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Retro: Nashville, Mon. June 17th, 1985

Source: TV Guide issue 1681

CHANNELS
2 WKRN Nashville ABC
4 WSMV Nashville NBC
5 WTVF Nashville CBS
8 WDCN Nashville PBS
13 WBKO Bowling Green KY ABC
17 WZTV Nashville IND
22 WCTE Cookeville PBS
30 WCAY Nashville IND
39 WFYZ Murfreesboro IND/Religion
KET Kentucky Educational Television PBS
WGN 9 Chicago IND
WOR 9 New York IND

5AM
4 NBC News-Connie Chung
5 CBS News-Faith Daniels
WGN Abbott and Costello BW
WOR Jimmy Swaggart

5:30
4 Ralph Emery
5 Ag-Day
17 Carl Tipton
WGN Faith 20
WOR 700 Club

5:55
13 Farm and Home

6AM
2 ABC News-Bell/Meserve
5 CBS News-Kurtis/George
13 ABC/Local News
17 Jimmy Swaggart
30 Superheroes
39 Biznet News
WGN Muppet Show

6:30
17 Great Space Coaster
30 Superfriends
WGN Cartoons
WOR Straight Talk
A discussion of the Reagan tax reforms.

7AM
2 13 Good Morning America
Scheduled: Liza Minnelli.
4 Today
Coverage of the scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery.
17 Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig
30 Inspector Gadget
39 Ronnie Page Gospel
WGN Bozo

7:15
8 A.M. Weather

7:30
8 Nightly Business Report
Guest commentator: Alan Greenspan.
17 Tom & Jerry
22 Farm Day
30 Heathcliff
WOR Romper Room and Friends

7:45
22 AM Weather

8AM
5 News
8 Sesame Street
17 Scooby Doo
30 Fat Albert
39 Living to Go

8:30
5 Press Your Luck
17 Woody Woodpecker and Friends
30 Tranzor Z
39 Bill Swad
WGN Beverly Hillbillies
WOR Flying Nun

9am
2 13 Phil Donahue
4 Hour Magazine
First of a three-part interview with Victoria Principal; actor Ryan O'Neal.
5 Match Game
8 22 Electric Company
17 The Facts of Life
Conclusion. Blair flies into rage as her sister [Eve Plumb] prepares to enter the convent.
30 700 Club
39 Richard Roberts
WGN Waltons
WOR Gidget

9:30
5 Price is Right
8 22 3-2-1 Contact
17 Brady Bunch
WOR Partridge Family

10AM
2 Sally Jessy Raphael
4 Wheel of Fortune
8 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
13 Angie
Philadelphia waitress Angie Falco [Donna Pescow] falls in love with Brad Benson [Robert Hays], not suspecting that he's one of the richest men in Philadelphia.
17 Family
22 House for All Seasons
30 Jim Bakker
39 Church Service
WGN The Big Valley
WOR Bewitched

10:30
2 13 All-Star Blitz
Scheduled: Telma Hopkins, Larry Manetti, Charles Nelson Reilly, Marion Ross.
[Now seen at this new time.]
4 Scrabble
5 Talk of the Town
8 Today's Special
22 Housewarming with Charlie Wing
39 20 Minute Workout
WOR I Dream of Jeannie

11am
2 13 Ryan's Hope
4 Channel Four Magazine
8 22 Sesame Street
17 Andy Griffith
30 Jimmy Swaggart
39 Odyssey [85]
WGN Family
WOR News

11:30
2 Loving
5 Young and the Restless
13 Midday
17 Divorce Court
30 Living to Go

Noon
2 13 All My Children
8 Nova
In 1982's "Goodbye Louisiana," narrator Burt Lancaster studies the threats posed by the Mississippi River should its course change dramatically.
17 Movie
"Having Babies." [1976] TV-movie interweaving the stories of three couples and an unwed expectant mother preparing for "natural" childbirth. Karen Valentine, Greg Mullavey.
22 Sounds of an Upper Cumberland Summer
30 Flipper
WGN News
WOR Movie
"Falling in Love Again." [1980] Elliott Gould and Susannah York star in this bittersweet tale about an unfulfilled businessman who finds happiness in his reflections of the past.

12:30
4 Sale of the Century
5 As the World Turns
22 Children's Concert
The annual event by the Tennessee Tech Symphony Orchestra.
30 I Dream of Jeannie
WGN INN News-Hanover/Scott

1PM
2 13 One Life to Live
4 Another World
8 Nature
22 Newton's Apple
30 Eight is Enough
39 INN News-Hanover/Scott
WGN Carol Burnett and Friends

1:30
5 Capitol
22 Timmy and Lassie
39 We're Cooking Now
WGN Andy Griffith BW

2PM
2 13 General Hospital
4 Santa Barbara
5 Guiding Light
8 Nature of Things
17 Amazing Spider-Man
22 Austin City Limits
30 MLB Baseball
Cincinnati at San Francisco.
39 Alive and Well - wasn't this a USA Network show?
WGN I Dream of Jeannie
WOR Hawaii Five-0

2:30
17 Flintstones
KET Electric Company
WGN Scooby Doo

3PM
2 Little House on the Prairie
4 Days of Our Lives
5 $25,000 Pyramid
Scheduled: Charles Siebert, Jo Anne Worley. Host: Tom Kennedy. (TVG probably meant Dick Clark...not Tom Kennedy.)
8 Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
13 Loving
17 Bugs Bunny & Porky Pig
22 KET Sesame Street
39 Odyssey [85]
WOR Joker's Wild
WGN Superfriends

3:30
5 Joker's Wild
8 3-2-1 Contact
13 Diff'rent Strokes
17 Tom & Jerry
WGN Heathcliff
WOR Tic Tac Dough

4PM
2 Dallas
After a miscarriage, Pam tells Bobby about her father's genetic defect.
4 $100,000 Name That Tune
5 Dukes of Hazzard
Sheriff Rosco [James Best] loses his badge for abetting the Dukes in a jewel robbery.
8 22 KET Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
13 Jeffersons
George and Louise [Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford] have a spat just before they are to be interviewed as a typical happily married black couple.
17 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
39 Odyssey [85]
WGN Leave it to Beaver BW
WOR Dating Game

4:30
4 Jeopardy!
8 22 KET Electric Company
13 WKRP in Cincinnati
Bailey's public-opinion show brings out the weirdest people in town. Jan Smithers.
17 Voltron
WGN Laverne and Shirley
WOR Newlywed Game

5PM
2 News
4 Wheel of Fortune
5 Sanford and Son
Fred and Lamont [Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson] accept an expense-paid trip to Hawaii and unwittingly become involved in a jewel-thief scheme. First of 3 parts.
8 Sesame Street
13 M*A*S*H
Letters from stateside kids elicit a variety of responses reflecting wartime experiences. Captain Bainbridge: Richard Paul.
17 Gilligan's Island BW
Ginger prepares to appear in a "very off-Broadway" production. Ginger: Tina Louise.
22 3-2-1 Contact
Marc learns how gravity affects a roller coaster; and Lisa takes a ride in a glider plane.
30 Happy Days
Part 1. Fonz meets a pink-clad biker [Roz Kelly] who yearns to be his partner in a demolition derby. Fonzie: Henry Winkler.
39 Odyssey [85]
KET World of Cartooning
Guest: Paul Conrad, who has won three Pulitzer prizes for his editorial cartoons.
WGN Good Times
WOR Police Woman

5:25
4 Weather

5:30
2 13 ABC News-Peter Jennings
4 NBC News-Roger Mudd
5 CBS News-Dan Rather
17 Alice
Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town football game together. Flo: Polly Holliday.
22 KET Nightly Business Report
Guest commentator: Alan Greenspan.
30 Laverne and Shirley
Laverne fears the worst at the onset of morning sickness.
WGN Archie Bunker's Place

6PM
2 Love Connection
4 5 13 News
8 22 MacNeil, Lehrer Newshour
17 Diff'rent Strokes
Drummond's rules on drinking drive Wills [Todd Bridges] to move in with a friend.
30 Star Trek
"Space Seed" concerns a race of superhumans frozen in space for 200 years. Ricardo Montalban plays Khan, his role in the movie "Star Trek II: The Wrate of Khan," which was based on this episode.
KET Wild America
Three ring-tailed rascals are observed: the raccoon, coatimundi and cacomistle, which use their forepaws as tools.
WGN Private Benjamin
WOR Sale of the Century

6:30
2 People's Court
A case involving jewelry missing from a bail-bond business. Joseph Wapner.
5 Family Feud
13 Wheel of Fortune
17 Jeffersons
George spots Helen having lunch with another man and is determined to show Tom that his wife is unfaithful. Sherman Hemsley.
KET Dispatches
WGN Soap
WOR Bosom Buddies

7PM
2 13 MLB Baseball
At press time, ABC planned to cover either Chicago Cubs at New York Mets or San Diego at Los Angeles.
4 TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes
Segments include practical jokes on Loretta Lynn and Adrian Zmed; bloopers from Kristian Alfonso and Peter Reckell ["Days of Our Lives"] and Mr. T; Robert Klein's look at how New Yorker stay healthy; humorous commercials with Sandy Dennisl, John Cleese and Stan Freberg; "Undersea Kingdom," a 1936 Saturday-morning cliffhanger.
5 Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Lee [Bruce Boxleitner] fears for the safety of his uncle, a stalwart Air Force colonel facing a court-martial for the deaths of five pilots during air maneuvers he conducted.
8 22 Heart of the Dragon
"Mediating" in domestic disputes is the topic.
17 Cousteau's Mississippi
Jacques Cousteau's 54th TV expedition explores the historical, cultural and environmental aspects of the Mississippi River. Included: scenes of the Calypso navigating numerous locks and dams.
30 Movie
"The King and I." Five Oscars went to this opulent 1956 adaption of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical hit.
["Lifeline" pledges are accepted periodically throughout the movie]
39 Movie
"A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story." [1977] Blythe Danner and Edward Herrmann star in this TV-movie that emphasizes personal drama over baseball action.
KET Great Performances
WGN Greatest American Hero
WOR News

8PM
4 Movie
"Remembrance of Love" reunites two Holocaust survivors [played by Kirk Douglas and Israeli actress Chana Eden] for a bittersweet romance in modern-day Israel. Douglas's son Eric plays his father's role as a teenager; Robert Clary, an actual death-camp survivor, portrays himself. A 1982 TV-movie. Pam Dawber.
5 Kate & Allie
Kate's relationship with a handsome plumber [Gregory Salata] is running hot and cold-the only thing they can agree on is mutual attraction. Kate: Susan Saint James. Allie: Jane Curtin.
8 Nature of Things
Featured: A segment on the power of the wind includes footage of a hurricane and a tornado. Also: a segment on cerebral palsy.
22 American Playhouse
"Paper Angels" dramatizes the emotional ordeal experienced by Chinese immigrants in the early part of this century. Ping Wu.
WGN Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
WOR Television: Our Life and Times
See 11:30PM for details.

8:30
5 Newhart
The TV station suffers diminished reception after Michael [Peter Scolari] hires Stephanie [Julia Duffy] as the new receptionist.

9PM
5 Cagney & Lacey
A fast-rising police captain suggests that Cagney [Sharon Gless] would do well to accept his advances. Tyne Daly.
8 Portfolio
17 Charles Givens Building the American Dream-Commercial
22 Battered Wives, Shattered Lives
"More common than muggings, auto accidents and rape combined, wife battering accounts for 40 percent of the serious injuries treated in hospital emergency rooms." That's one of the grim statistics cited by Ed Asner in this report, which examines domestic violence and what's being done about it. The hour begins by exploring the probable causes of abusive behavior and a paradox of a victim remaining in a violent relationship out of love. One such woman was Dorothy Rapp. She believed that marriage was "for better or for worse," but 30 years of beatings culminated in her shooting and killing her husband in 1981. [She was acquitted of all charges]. For other victims, staying is a matter of economic necessity. It's a choice, says one sociologist, between "staying and being hit or leaving and living in poverty." Also: candid interviews with battered wives and abusive husbands; segments on options available to women seeking help and the effects of domestic violence on children; and a look at the increasing tendency of courts "to treat family violence as a serious crime, not simply a husband-and-wife matter". (From close-up)
39 In Search Of...
An examination of evidence that could suggest the different resting places for the remains of John the Baptist.
KET MacNeil, Lehrer Newshour
WGN News

9:30
8 Sneak Previews
Scheduled: The films of Woody Allen, including "The Purple Rose of Cairo," "Zelig," "Broadway Danny Rose" and "Manhattan."
17 Benny Hill
Benny as a delegate to a French television festival, and as a drama-school student.
39 WGN INN News

10PM
2 4 5 13 News
8 Nightly Business Report
Guest commentator: Alan Greenspan.
17 Andy Griffith BW
Thelma Lou stands up Barney for a date with Gomer.
22 Adam Smith's Money World
Arbitrage, in which investors speculate on price discrepancies in financial markets.
30 Too Close for Comfort
Envious of Sara's appearance, Jackie [Deborah Van Valkenburgh] decides to have breast implants.
39 Odyssey [85]
KET News (from different KY stations, open captioned)
WGN SCTV
WOR Phil Silvers BW

10:30
2 M*A*S*H
A bus breakdown strands the men in unfamiliar territory.
4 Three's Company
5 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: Kathleen Turner.
8 22 Latenight America
Scheduled: The CIA is discussed.
13 Nightline
17 Tonight Show - preempted from WSMV
From 1984: Amy Irving; restaurateur Fran Tate. Johnny Carson.
30 Quincy
Four mummified bodies are discovered in the walls of a Victorian house.
WGN Cannon
WOR Hawaii Five-0

11PM
2 WKRP in Cincinnati
Herb [Frank Bonner] is approached by a high-school classmate who has undergone a remarkable transformation.
4 Barney Miller
Part 1. Barney refuses to evict the residents of a condemned hotel.
5 Simon & Simon
The Simons get involved with an exclusive dating service when an insurance rep [Erin Gray] hires them to find stolen antiques.
13 Eye on Hollywood
A program on James Bond movies includes clips from "A View to a Kill."

11:30
2 Nightline
4 Late Night with David Letterman
Scheduled: Doc Severinsen.
13 Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
A look at the behavior of bobcats and coyotes, with an emphasis on the characteristics that link them to their domestic cousins.
17 Television: Our Life and Times
Tony Randall hosts this salute that includes reminiscences by Jack Paar, producer Garry Marshall, Jerry Mathers, Steve Allen, Danny Thomas, Don Knotts, Jane Wyatt, Robert Stack, Flip Wilson and Fran Allison. Among the clips: "You Bet Your Life," "The Fugitive," "I Love Lucy," "Make Room for Daddy," "The Honeymooners," "Flipper" and "Peyton Place."
30 Night Gallery
A hateful businesswoman gets hers in this story with Zsa Zsa Gabor.
WGN Movie
"The Chalk Garden." [1964] Screen version of Enid Bagnold's clever play about some rather odd people living in a British manor house. Deborah Kerr.
WOR Saturday Night

12AM
2 Movie BW
"The President's Lady." [1953] The story of Andrew and Rachel Jackson [Charlton Heston, Susan Hayward] from controversial courtship to the White House.
30 Doctor is In
39 Odyssey [85]
WOR Joe Franklin

12:10
5 Columbo
A murderer's airtight alibi puts him miles away from the scene of the crime.

12:30
4 Tic Tac Dough

1AM
4 Headline News
WOR Movie BW
"Out of the Past." [1947] A private eye [Robert Mitchum], a bad girl [Jane Greer] and a mobster [Kirk Douglas] mix well for intrigue and murder.

1:30
5 Record Guide
17 INN News

1:45
2 Jimmy Swaggart

2AM
5 CBS News Nightwatch-Charles Rose
39 Odyssey [85]
WGN INN News-Morton Dean

2:30
WGN Zane Grey

3AM
WGN Movie BW
"Winds of the Wasteland." [1936] John Wayne.
WOR Joe Franklin

4AM
5 CBS News Nightwatch Continues
39 Odyssey [85]
WOR Headline News

4:30
WGN Movietone News BW

4:55
4 Job Market

-crainbebo
 
Tom Kennedy was host of "Body Language," a charades game which
aired on CBS at 3 PM (CT) and was pre-empted in Nashville. Somebody
obviously got it and "Pyramid" mixed up.

CBS tried one more show at that time; "Press Your Luck" aired at 3 (4 ET)
from January to September 1986. The Eye Network was the last of the
traditional Big Three to air a show in that timeslot; when "PYL" was canceled,
the time went back to the affiliates, as NBC had done in 1978 and ABC in 1984.

I remember that Charles Siebert, who appeared on "Trapper John, M.D.," was
a frequent guest on "Pyramid." He was a very good "Pyramid" player, too.
 
I see that WCAY's usual afternoon programming was pre-empted by baseball. What was their regular schedule?
 
Sorry for the long wait, but as for WCAY, at 2PM usually was "Gidget," 2:30 Fat Albert, 3PM was Tranzor Z, 3:30 Heathcliff, 4PM Inspector Gadget, and 4:30 Leave it to Beaver. All of those shows were preempted the next day as well for more MLB baseball.

-crainbebo
 
I see in this listing that WFYZ/39(now WHTN) was carrying Odyssey(85). Is this the ill-fated MTV clone that I saw on Vineland NJ's Ch. 65(at the time, WRBV; now WUVP)?
 
FWiW, the Friday before was the last daytime episode of Richard Dawson's "Family Feud.", hence the new time for "All Star Blitz" on 2 and 13, with the pilot for "Angie" at 10 on 13.
 
I see in this listing that WFYZ/39(now WHTN) was carrying Odyssey(85). Is this the ill-fated MTV clone that I saw on Vineland NJ's Ch. 65(at the time, WRBV; now WUVP)?

Maybe it was a religious program, as Channel 39 was/is a religious station.
 
I'm thinking Odyssey (85) was a religious program as well. Maybe it was a rebroadcast of a religious network, like the PTL Club or TBN. But it also could have been Christian/religious music.

-crainbebo
 
Maybe it was a religious program, as Channel 39 was/is a religious station.

Actually, Channel 39 started out as a general entertainment independent station, but since it was licensed to Murfreesboro (@ 30 miles SE), it wasn't successful competing against Channel 17, which was fairly well established by then, and Channel 30.
 
Actually, Channel 39 started out as a general entertainment independent station, but since it was licensed to Murfreesboro (@ 30 miles SE), it wasn't successful competing against Channel 17, which was fairly well established by then, and Channel 30.

Channel 39 was/is also hampered by a short tower (820 feet), farther away from Nashville near Gladeville (Wilson County). Channels 17 and 30 shared/share a tower in Whites Creek, just north of Nashville (1348 feet for Channel 17/1355 feet for Channel 30).
 
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