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Retro: Baxter Bulletin (Mountain Home, AR - Springfield, MO Area) October 6, 1986

Retro: Baxter Bulletin (Mountain Home, AR - Springfield, MO Area) October 6, 1986
OTA Stations:
KYTV-TV, Ch. 3 (NBC), Springfield, MO (Home Cable Ch. 3 & Cotter Ch. 3)
KARK-TV, Ch. 4 (NBC), Little Rock, AR (Home Cable Ch. 4)
KEMV-TV, Ch. 6 (PBS), Mountain View, AR (Home Cable Ch. 6 & Cotter Ch. 6)
KATV-TV, Ch. 7 (ABC), Little Rock, AR (Home Cable Ch. 7)
KAIT-TV, Ch. 8 (ABC), Jonesboro, AR (Cotter Ch. 8)
WGN-TV, Ch. 9 (IND), Chicago, IL (Home Cable Ch. 9 & Cotter Ch. 13)
KOLR-TV, Ch. 10 (CBS), Springfield, MO (Home Cable Ch. 10 & Cotter Ch. 10)
KTHV-TV, Ch. 11 (CBS), Little Rock, AR (Home Cable Ch. 11)
WTBS-TV, Ch. 17 (Incorrectly listed as Ch. 13 - IND), Atlanta, GA
KOZK-TV, Ch. 21 (PBS), Springfield, MO (Home Cable Ch. 8 & Cotter Ch. 21)
KDEB-TV, Ch. 27 (Fox\IND), Springfield, MO (Home Cable Ch. 2 & Cotter Ch. 7)
KSPR-TV, Ch. 33 (ABC), Springfield, MO (Cotter Ch. 11)

KYTV-TV, Ch. 3 (NBC), Springfield, MO (Home Cable Ch. 3 & Cotter Ch. 3)
(Nothing listed from 5:00AM to 5:30AM.)
5:30AM Jimmy Swaggart
6:00AM Today's Business
6:30AM NBC News at Sunrise
7:00AM Today
9:00AM Family Ties
9:30AM Sale of the Century
10:00AM Wheel of Fortune
10:30AM Scrabble
11:00AM Super Password
11:30AM True Confessions
12:00PM News
12:30PM Days of Our Lives
1:30PM Another World
2:30PM Santa Barbara
3:30PM Magnum, P.I.
4:30PM M*A*S*H
5:00PM Jeopardy
5:30PM NBC News
6:00PM News
6:30PM Wheel of Fortune
7:00PM ALF
7:30PM Amazing Stories
8:00PM MOVIE: 'Fight for Jenny' (1986)
10:00PM News
10:30PM The Best of Carson
11:30PM Late Night with David Letterman
12:30AM Dallas
1:30AM News

KARK-TV, Ch. 4 (NBC), Little Rock, AR (Home Cable Ch. 4)
(Nothing listed from 5:00AM to 5:30AM.)
5:30AM The Beverly Hillbillies
6:00AM NBC News at Sunrise
6:30AM News
7:00AM Today
9:00AM Family Ties
9:30AM Sale of the Century
10:00AM Wheel of Fortune
10:30AM Scrabble
11:00AM Super Password
11:30AM Search for Tomorrow
12:00PM Little Rock Today
12:30PM Days of Our Lives
1:30PM Another World
2:30PM Santa Barbara
3:30PM All New Dating Game
4:00PM Three's Company
4:30PM The Jeffersons
5:00PM News
5:30PM NBC News
6:00PM News
6:30PM The New Newlywed Game
7:00PM ALF
7:30PM Amazing Stories
8:00PM MOVIE: 'Fight for Jenny' (1986)
10:00PM News
10:30PM The Best of Carson
11:30PM Late Night with David Letterman
12:30AM Hart to Hart

KEMV-TV, Ch. 6 (PBS), Mountain View, AR (Home Cable Ch. 6 & Cotter Ch. 6)
(Nothing listed from 5:00AM to 6:30AM.)
6:30AM Farm Day
6:45AM AM Weather
7:00AM Focus on Society
7:30AM Captain Kangaroo
8:00AM Sesame Street
9:00AM Instructional Programs
2:30PM GED-TV
3:00PM 3-2-1 Contact
3:30PM Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
4:00PM Sesame Street
5:00PM The Muppets
5:30PM The Wild, Wild World of Animals
6:00PM The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour
7:00PM The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth
8:00PM The Smuggler
8:30PM New Fall Season (AETN)
9:00PM The Story of English: The Guid Scots Tounge
10:00PM West of the Imagination: Golden Land

KATV-TV, Ch. 7 (ABC), Little Rock, AR (Home Cable Ch. 7)
5:00AM Today's Business
5:30AM CNN Headline News
6:00AM Daybreak
7:00AM Good Morning America
9:00AM The Oprah Winfrey Show
10:00AM Divorce Court
10:30AM True Confessions
11:00AM The Million Dollar Chance of a Lifetime
11:30AM Loving
12:00PM All My Children
1:00PM One Life to Live
2:00PM General Hospital
3:00PM Hour Magazine
4:00PM Diff'rent Strokes
4:30PM Jeopardy!
5:00PM News
5:30PM ABC News
6:00PM News
6:30PM Wheel of Fortune
7:00PM MacGyver
8:00PM NFL Football: San Diego at Seattle
11:00PM News
11:30PM Entertainment Tonight
12:00AM Nightlife
12:30AM ABC News Nightline
1:00AM News
1:30AM Gunsmoke

KAIT-TV, Ch. 8 (ABC), Jonesboro, AR (Cotter Ch. 8)
(Nothing listed from 5:00AM to 5:30AM.)
5:30AM Jimmy Swaggart
6:00AM CNN Headline News
6:30AM Farm Report
7:00AM Good Morning America
9:00AM Donahue
10:00AM Fame, Fortune & Romance
10:30AM Celebrity Double Talk
11:00AM All My Children
12:00PM Midday
12:30PM Loving
1:00PM One Life to Live
2:00PM General Hospital
3:00PM The Waltons
4:00PM Scooby Doo
4:30PM Bewitched
5:00PM Jeopardy!
5:30PM ABC News
6:00PM News
6:30PM Wheel of Fortune
7:00PM MacGyver
8:00PM NFL Football: San Diego at Seattle
11:00PM News
11:30PM ABC News Nightline
12:00AM CNN Headline News

WGN-TV, Ch. 9 (IND), Chicago, IL (Home Cable Ch. 9 & Cotter Ch. 13)
5:00AM Varied Programs
5:30AM Faith Twenty
6:00AM Superfriends
6:30AM M.A.S.K.
7:00AM The Bozo Show
8:30AM The Beverly Hillbillies
9:00AM The Waltons
10:00AM The Big Valley
11:00AM Falcon Crest
12:00PM News
1:00PM The Dick Van Dyke Show
1:30PM Carol Burnett & Friends
2:00PM The Andy Griffith Show
2:30PM Heathcliff & the Cattilac Cats
3:00PM Filmation's Ghostbusters
3:30PM The Smurfs
4:00PM G.I. Joe
4:30PM The Transformers
5:00PM The Facts of Life
5:30PM Good Times
6:00PM Barney Miller
6:30PM Benson
7:00PM MOVIE: 'The Goodbye Girl' (1977)
9:00PM News
10:00PM The Honeymooners
10:30PM Magnum, P.I.
11:30PM MOVIE: 'Any Wednesday' (1966)

KOLR-TV, Ch. 10 (CBS), Springfield, MO (Home Cable Ch. 10 & Cotter Ch. 10)
(Nothing listed from 5:00AM to 5:30AM.)
5:30AM CBS Morning News
6:00AM CBS Morning News
8:00AM The Million Dollar Chance of a Lifetime
8:30AM Sally Jessy Raphael
9:00AM Donahue
10:00AM The Price is Right
11:00AM News
11:30AM The Young & the Restless
12:30PM As the World Turns
1:30PM Capitol
2:00PM Guiding Light
3:00PM The New Dating Game
3:30PM Love Connection
4:00PM Little House on the Prarie
5:00PM The People's Court
5:30PM CBS News
6:00PM News
6:30PM The New Newlywed Game
7:00PM Kate & Allie
7:30PM My Sister Sam (PREMIERE)
8:00PM Newhart
8:30PM Designing Women
9:00PM Cagney & Lacey
10:00PM News
10:30PM The Jeffersons
11:00PM Simon & Simon
12:10AM MOVIE: 'Drop-Out Father' (1982)
1:30AM News

KTHV-TV, Ch. 11 (CBS), Little Rock, AR (Home Cable Ch. 11)
5:00AM CBS Early Morning News
5:30AM Jimmy Swaggart
6:00AM CBS Morning News
8:00AM $25,000 Pyramid
8:30AM The New Card Sharks
9:00AM Donahue
10:00AM The Price is Right
11:00AM The Young & the Restless
12:00PM News
12:30PM As the World Turns
1:30PM Capitol
2:00PM Guiding Light
3:00PM Knot's Landing
4:00PM Love Connection
4:30PM The Judge
5:00PM The People's Court
5:30PM CBS News
6:00PM News
6:30PM The Hollywood Squares
7:00PM Kate & Allie
7:30PM My Sister Sam (PREMIERE)
8:00PM Newhart
8:30PM Designing Women
9:00PM Cagney & Lacey
10:00PM News
10:30PM Simon & Simon
11:40PM MOVIE: 'Legs' (1983)
1:00AM CBS News Nightwatch

WTBS-TV, Ch. 17 (Incorrectly listed as Ch. 13 - IND), Atlanta, GA
5:00AM CNN Headline News
5:30AM Tom & Jerry & Friends
7:05AM I Dream of Jeannie
7:35AM Bewitched
8:05AM Down to Earth
8:35AM I Love Lucy
9:05AM MOVIE: 'Angel City' (1980)
11:05AM Perry Mason
12:05PM MOVIE: 'The Life & Assination of the Kingfish' (1977)
2:05PM Tom & Jerry & Friends
3:05PM Scooby Doo
3:35PM The Flinstones
4:05PM Gilligan's Island
4:35PM Leave It to Beaver
5:05PM The Andy Griffith Show
5:35PM The Andy Griffith Show
6:05PM Sanford & Son
6:35PM The Honeymooners
7:05PM MOVIE: 'Divorce, American Style' (1967)
9:05PM MOVIE: 'Virgin Island' (1959)
10:50PM National Geographic Explorer
12:50AM MOVIE: 'Storm Warning' (1951)

KOZK-TV, Ch. 21 (PBS), Springfield, MO (Home Cable Ch. 8 & Cotter Ch. 21)
(Nothing listed from 5:00AM to 6:00AM.)
6:00AM Farm Day
6:15AM A.M. Weather
6:30AM Nightly Business Report
7:00AM The Body Electric
7:30AM Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
8:00AM Sesame Street
9:00AM Instructional Programs
3:30PM The Joy of Painting
4:00PM Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
4:30PM Sesame Street
5:30PM 3-2-1 Contact
6:00PM Nightly Business Report
6:30PM The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour
7:30PM Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cookin'
8:00PM Ancient Lives
9:00PM West of the Imagination: The Images of Glory
10:00PM Profiles of Nature
10:30PM The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour

KDEB-TV, Ch. 27 (Fox\IND), Springfield, MO (Home Cable Ch. 2 & Cotter Ch. 7)
(Nothing listed from 5:00AM to 5:30AM.)
5:30AM The Jim & Tammy Show
6:30AM The Jetsons
7:00AM Filmation's Ghostbusters
7:30AM Centurions
8:00AM Heathcliff & the Cattilac Cats
8:30AM M.A.S.K.
9:00AM The Jim & Tammy Show
10:00AM The Richard Roberts Show
11:00AM I Love Lucy
11:30AM I Love Lucy
12:00PM The Waltons
1:00PM Quincy
2:00PM Private Benjamin
2:30PM Bewitched
3:00PM Scooby Doo
3:30PM She Ra Princess of Power
4:00PM The Transformers
4:30PM G.I. Joe
5:00PM The Wonderful World of Disney
6:00PM Too Close for Comfort
6:30PM Benson
7:00PM The Rockford Files
8:00PM MOVIE: 'Warning Shot' (1967)
10:00PM Taxi
10:30PM Three's Company
11:00PM The Odd Couple
11:30PM The 700 Club
12:30AM Entertainment Tonight
1:00AM Tales of the Unexpected
1:30AM Crook & Chase

KSPR-TV, Ch. 33 (ABC), Springfield, MO (Cotter Ch. 11)
5:00AM 20 Minute Workout
5:30AM He-Man & the Masters of the Universe
6:00AM Thundercats
6:30AM The Flinstones
7:00AM Good Morning America
9:00AM Falcon Crest
10:00AM Fame, Fortune & Romance
10:30AM Celebrity Double Talk
11:00AM Ryan's Hope
11:30AM Loving
12:00PM All My Children
1:00PM One Life to Live
2:00PM General Hospital
3:00PM Dennis the Menace (ANIMATED)
3:30PM Sammy's Place
5:00PM The Beverly Hillbillies
5:30PM ABC News
6:00PM WKRP in Cincinnati
6:30PM Superior Court
7:00PM Bonanza
(For some reason, KSPR-TV was delaying ABC primetime by 1 hour, probably so they could continue to sell some local commercial spots in primetime, or to fulfill syndication contracts. They wouldn't start airing ABC primetime from 7-10PM until 2 weeks later.)
8:00PM MacGyver
9:00PM NFL Football: San Diego at Seattle (TAPE DELAYED)
12:00AM Star Trek
1:00AM MOVIE: 'Storm Warning' (1951)
 
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Good thing this was before the Internet! Otherwise, Springfield NFL fans would have been pissed at KSPR for tape-delaying MNF.
 
KSPR should have carried the football game live and aired "MacGyver" at another time. Of course, ABC may have objected to that for whatever reason.
 
KSPR should have carried the football game live and aired "MacGyver" at another time. Of course, ABC may have objected to that for whatever reason.
It is kinda weird. According to what I've seen from other TV listings from that week, ABC was also showing the 1986 World Series & KSPR-TV actually did not show the first hour of the games.
 
Another thing was that, as this time, KSPR-TV was owned by Lorimar-Telepictures, who was decided that they wanted the ABC affilation for KSPR-TV. The former ABC affilate in Springfield, MO, KDEB-TV, Ch. 27 (Now MyNetworkTV affilate, KOZL-TV.) was run by a company called Meyer Communications (As KMTC-TV from 1968 to 1985.) who actually ran the station on a shoestring budget & as a result, the station wasn't doing too well in the ratings (It didn't help that the other TV stations in the area were on VHF.). In 1985, Meyer Communications renewed the affilation with ABC for 2 years, until Janurary 1987 & sold the station to a company called Woods Communications, who had changed the callsign to KDEB-TV & promised ABC that they would make improvements. In the meantime, KSPR-TV, which had only been on the air for almost 3 years & 7 months was sold from a local company, which was called Springfield TV Association Ltd. to Lorimar-Telepictures. In 1985, Lorimar-Telepictures & KSPR-TV sent a presentation to ABC & in turn, KDEB-TV & Woods Communications were asked by ABC to send them presentation showing why they should keep the affilation (This was when KDEB-TV was in the process of renewing their affilation with ABC.) & ABC decided that they would be better off with Lorimar-Telepictures & KSPR-TV. ABC terminated the affilation with KDEB-TV in April 1986 & allowed them to carry ABC programming untill October 1986. In the meantime KDEB-TV started dropping most of ABC's programming except half of the primetime programming, which was picked up by KSPR-TV, except for the Saturday morning programming which KSPR-TV didn't start carrying until October 1986. Woods Communications & KDEB-TV ended up filling a lawsuit against Lorimar-Telepictures, KSPR-TV & ABC & they won, but then lost on appeal. There is some more I could probably add here but this post has gone on long enough.
Article from the Springfield Leader and Press (April 4, 1986) about about ABC yanking the affilation from KDEB-TV
Article from the Springfield Leader and Press (April 4, 1986) about about ABC yanking the affilation from KDEB-TV (Page 2)
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53235830/tv-station-kdeb-seeks-109-million-in/
Article from the Springfield News-Leader (May 8, 1986) about lawsuit
Article from the Springfield News-Leader (May 8, 1986) about lawsuit (Page 2)
Charles Woods Television Corp. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
High Court Refuses TV Station Appeal
 
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Good thing this was before the Internet! Otherwise, Springfield NFL fans would have been pissed at KSPR for tape-delaying MNF.
KSPR wasn't the only station doing this. KOMO Seattle and KATU Portland both tape delayed MNF to 7pm Pacific Time in order to get their evening news as usual (although Seahawks games would be aired live). And until about 2000, Hawaiian stations would tape delay most weekday sports events until prime time.
 
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