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Retro: Nevada, Wed. January 2nd, 1991

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crainbebo

Source: TV Guide

Channels
2 KTVU Oakland CA Fox
2r KTVN Reno CBS
3 KVBC Las Vegas NBC
3s KCRA Sacramento CA NBC
4 KRNV Reno NBC
5 KVVU Henderson Fox
5r KNPB Reno PBS
8 KLAS Las Vegas CBS
8r KOLO Reno ABC
10 KLVX Las Vegas PBS
13 KTNV Las Vegas ABC
21 KRLR Las Vegas IND
21r KAME Reno Fox
33 KFBT Las Vegas IND
39 KBLR Las Vegas IND
40 KTXL Sacramento Fox

1/2/1992 - Wednesday

5AM
2 Success N Life
3s News
5 Headline News
8r Ag Day
21 G.I. Joe
33 Quantum Shopping

5:30
2r Agriculture USA
3 Headline News
5 This Morning's Business
8 40 First Business
8r 13 ABC News-Mike Schneider
21 Merrie Melodies

6AM
2 Headline News
2r This Morning's Business
3 4 NBC News-Faith Daniels
5 A.M. Southern Nevada
8 CBS News-Osgood/Corderi
21 Police Academy
21r Dennis the Menace
33 40 700 Club

6:30
2r CBS News
3 4 8 8r News
5 Morning Stretch
13 Good Morning Las Vegas
21 Flintstones
21r Woody Woodpecker

6:45
5r AM Weather

7AM
2 Mornings
Debut: This daily news program features local and international news; regional weather and traffic updates; business and stock reports; interviews; and informational sergments. (This replaced a block of morning cartoons on KTVU.
2r 8 This Morning
Scheduled: Dennis Quaid.
3 3s 4 Today
Scheduled: A profile of SEn. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.). Also: High school ROTC programs.
5 Gummi Bears
5r Creativity with Bill Moyers
8r 13 Good Morning America
Scheduled: David Frost.
21 G.I. Joe
21r Alvin & The Chipmunks
33 Underdog
39 Movie BW
'My Love For Yours.' (1939) Romantic farce with Madeleine Carroll as a liberated businesswoman trying to resist a clever suitor (Fred MacMurray).
40 Wake, Rattle & Roll

7:15
10 AM Weather

7:30
5 DuckTales
5r Sesame Street
10 French II
21 Wake, Rattle & Roll
21r Muppet Babies
33 King Leonardo
40 Merrie Melodies

8AM
5 Rescue Rangers
21 Woody Woodpecker
21r Gummi Bears
33 Batman
40 Alvin & The Chipmunks

8:20
10 French I

8:30
5 Tale Spin
5r Sesame Street
21 Jetsons
21r Flintstones
33 Gilligan's Island
40 Leave it to Beaver BW

9AM
2 8 Joan Rivers
Scheduled: Singer Mary Wilson.
2r Family Feud
3 4 Let's Make a Deal (the short-lived NBC version)
3s Sally Jessy Raphael
5 8r Regis & Kathie Lee
Scheduled: Comedian Richard Jeni.
10 Sesame Street
13 People's Court
21 21r 700 Club
33 Movie BW
'Sailing Along.' (1938) Jessie Matthews as a barge girl who becomes a musical-comedy star. Roland Young.
39 Movie
'The Little Princess.' (1939) Shirley Temple had one of her best vehicles in this story about a waif who haunts army hospitals looking for her father. Richard Greene.
40 I Love Lucy BW

9:30
2r Wheel of Fortune (This wasn't long before Bob Goen moved to NBC...which would be the final daytime version)
3 4 Classic Concentration
5r 3-2-1 Contact
13 Graham Kerr
40 I Love Lucy BW

10AM
2 I Love Lucy BW
2r 8 The Price is Right
3 4r To Tell the Truth
3s Joan Rivers
See 9am, KTVU.
5 Newhart
5r Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
8r 13 Home
Scheduled: A study of homeless women with children. Also: grocery bags as wallpaper.
21 21r Commercial Program
40 Mama's Family

10:30
2 Bewitched
3 Joker's Wild
4 Marsha Warfield
5 21r Newhart
5r Sewing with Nancy
21 I Dream of Jeannie
40 Mama's Family

11AM
2 The Judge
2r 8 The Young & The Restless
3 The Challengers
3s Classic Concentration
4 People's Court
5 Mama's Family
5r Nathalie Dupree's Matter of Taste
8r 13 Match Game
Scheduled: Bruce Baum, Pat Musick, Roger E. Mosley, Edie McClurg, Brad Garrett.
21 Highway to Heaven
21r Odd Couple
33 Newsworthy (syndicated? local?)
39 Movie
'Mickey.' (1948) A small-town tombody (Lois Butler) Gets into more trouble than her father (Bill Goodwin) can reckon with. Irene Hervey.
40 Andy Griffith

11:30
2 Divorce Court
3 Generations
3s Let's Make a Deal
4 Personalities
5 Mama's Family
5r Hooked on Aerobics
8r Loving
13 News
21r The Fall Guy
33 Here's Lucy
40 Dick Van Dyke BW

Noon
2 4 8 News
2r Growing Pains
3 Days of Our Lives
3s News
5 Family Ties
5r Rostropovich Returns to Russia
8r All My Children
13 Sally Jessy Raphael
Scheduled: unrequited love.
21 The Judge
33 What's Happening!!
40 Andy Griffith

12:30
2 Movie
'Young Billy Young.' (1969) Robert Mitchum and Angie Dickinson in a tale of murder and retribution in the Old West.
2r 8 Bold & The Beautiful
4 Generations
5 Family Ties
21 The Judge
21r Movie
'With Six You Get Eggroll.' (1968) Doris Day and Brian Keith team in this family sitcom about the romance between a widow and widower.
33 Jackie Gleason BW
40 Dick Van Dyke BW

1PM
2r 8 As the World Turns
3 4 Another World
3s Santa Barbara
5 Movie
'The Private History of a Campaign That Failed.' (1981) TV-movie based on Mark Twain's story of 15 Hannibal, Mo., boys who ruthlessly pursue Union forces in the early months of the Civil War. Pat Hingle, Joseph Adams.
8r 13 One Life to Live
21 Movie
'They All Laughed.' (1981) The romantic escapades of three New York City private detectives. Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara.
33 Love Boat
39 Movie BW
'Rocket Ship.' (1936) Feature version of the 'Flash Gordon' serial, about efforts to prevent Earth's destruction by the planet Mongo. Flash: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe. Dale: Jean Rogers.
40 To Be Announced

1:05
10 3-2-1 Contact

1:30
5 Merchants and Masterpieces
40 To Be Announced

1:40
10 Square One Television

2PM
2r 8 Guiding Light
3 4 Santa Barbara
3s Days of Our Lives
8r 13 General Hospital
33 Get Smart
40 Family Ties

2:30
2 Peter Pan & The Pirates
21r Small Wonder
33 Welcome Back, Kotter
39 Racket Squad BW
40 Facts of Life

3PM
2 Alvin & The Chipmunks
2r Phil Donahue
Scheduled: Author Peter M. Browne ('The Bachelor's Bible').
3 Simon & Simon
3s 8 Geraldo
Scheduled guest: photographer Francesco Scavulio.
4 Days of Our Lives
5 Super Mario Bros. Super Show
5r MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour (previous day?)
8r Joan Rivers
See 9am, KTVU.
10 Blitz on Cartooning
13 All My Children
21 Dennis the Menace
21r DuckTales
33 Inspector Gadget
39 Golf Doctor
40 Peter Pan & The Pirates

3:30
2 Merrie Melodies
5 Alvin & The Chipmunks
10 3-2-1 Contact
21 Muppet Babies
21r 40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
33 Heathcliff
39 Mighty Mouse

4PM
2 G.I. Joe
2r 13 Oprah Winfrey
Scheduled topic: People who grew up with women they did not know were their mothers.
3 Magnum P.I.
3s 8 Phil Donahue
KCRA - Scheduled topic: the sexual and emotional needs of men and women.
KLAS - See 3pm, KTVN.
4 Sally Jessy Raphael
See noon, KTNV.
5 Peter Pan & The Pirates
5r Reading Rainbow
'The Bicycle Man' performs stunts in a Japanese village.
8r Geraldo
See 3pm, KCRA.
10 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
21 Merrie Melodies
21r Rescue Rangers
33 Real Ghostbusters
39 Golden Years of Television BW
40 ALF
ALF becomes possessed by a devilish mailorder ventriloquist's dummy. Larry Dykstra: Bill Daily.

4:30
2 Tiny Toon Adventures
5 40 Charles in Charge
KVVU - Charles' relationship with his girlfriend Linda (Kris Greenberg) is threatened when he is smitten with a beautiful model.
KTXL - Charles gets into hot water when his visiting mother (Ellen Travolta) baby-sits the Powell children so that Charles can go to a party.
5r Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
10 Reading Rainbow
See 4pm, KNPB.
21 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
21r Tale Spin
33 He-Man
39 New Gidget

5PM
2 Out of This World
While showing off a new power called 'gleeping,' Evie (Maureen Flanningan) accidentally turns Beano (Joe Alaskey) into a dog.
2r Cheers
Woody's parents want him to come home because they feel Boston is corrupting him, so0 the gang makes a home movie to prove them wrong.
3 3s 4 8 News
5 Mr. Belvedere
Heather plays Lincoln to Angela's Douglas, and the topic is which one gets the captain of the debate team; Belvedere bunks with Wesley.
5r 10 Sesame Street
8r Hard Copy
Part 1 of two on Lee Harvey Oswald features an interview with his widow, Marina.
13 ABC News (a little early for PT?)
21 Tiny Toon Adventures
21r To Be Announced
33 Gilligan's Island BW
Gilligan's voted president of the island.
39 Name Game BW (??? What was this? It's not The Name of the Game which aired from '68-'71 and was in color.)
40 Who's the Boss?
A blunder in English class convinces Tony to get rid of his Brooklyn accent and brush up on his syntax.

5:30
2 21 Hogan Family
KTVU - During the Hogans' trip to Paris, a princess (Alexandra Powers) playing hooky runs into and over David, who's instantly smitten. Part 1 of 3.
KRLR - At a self-defense class, Valerie (Valerie Harper) puts Annie's arm in a sling; David leaves the boys with a sitter to keep a date.
2r 8r 13 News
3 4 NBC News-Brokaw
5 Who's the Boss?
Angela (Judith Light) makes a big splash at Tony's first frat party after dipping into the spiked punch.
8 CBS News-Rather
33 Addams Family BW
40 Kate & Allie
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Kate is shaken by Emma's transfer to UCLA and decides to join the Peace Corps.

6pm-later in a separate post
 
6PM
2 Who's the Boss?
Tony pushes on his ex-con father-in-law (James Coco) to get a real job and quit dreaming that the diet book he wrote in jail will get published.
2r CBS News
3 4 8 13 News
3s NBC News
5 40 Cheers
KVVU - Carla (Rhea Perlman) thinks the only way she can win a dance contest is by teaming up with her old partner-Nick (Dan Hedaya).
KTXL - Sam wants to fill in for sportscaster Dave Richards (Fred Dryer).
5r Creativity with Bill Moyers
Actor-director John Huston recalls his youth and his beginnings as a painter and a writer. Also discussed: 'The African Queen.'
8r ABC News
10 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
21 21 Jump Street
The Jump Streeters pursue a chem student who's manufacturing synthetic heroin, and stumble upon a Chinese student (Ping Wu) who's aiding in his country's uprising.
21r M*A*S*H
Potter's bungled operation is bothering him enough to call in psychiatrist Sidney Freedman (Allan Arbus).
33 Munsters BW
39 Total Recall (game show...what was this?)

6:30
2 Mama's Family
Mama and Bubba (Vicki Lawrence, Allan Kayser) are about to graduate high school together, but Bubba decides to skip the ceremony.
2r 3s 8r News
3 Jeopardy!
4 A Current Affair
5 Cheers
A daredevil (Joseph Whipp) Diane met in Europe takes her and Sam up for a spin in his new plane-and then dies at 20,000 feet.
5r Nightly Business Report
Commentator: Hobart Rowen.
13 Golden Girls
The new housekeeper's magic powers spell bad news when she is fired. Marguerite: Paula Kelly.
21 M*A*S*H
Heavy shelling near the front prompts Hawkeye to draw up a will for his friends.
33 Get Smart
39 Jai-Alai
40 Who's the Boss?
Samantha devotes herself to ballet after her instructor says he has the makings of a prima ballerina.

7PM
2 Cheers
Carla (Rhea Perlman) thinks the only way she can win a dance contest is by teaming up with her old partner-Nick (Dan Hedaya).
2r 3 Wheel of Fortune
3s News
4 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: Mark Harmon ('Dillinger').
5 A Current Affair
5r MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
8 Inside Edition
8r Who's the Boss?
Sam's new career in modeling is tough on Tony, who sees his daughter becoming financially-independent.
10 Nightly Business Report
13 Night Court
Harry throws a surprise party for Dan (John Larroquette), who must share the spotlight with Harry's magic tricks and Mac's in-laws.
21 227
Mary and Rose win a butler (Franklin Cover) in a raffle.
21r Star Trek: The Next Generation
While the Enterprise is swept into the gravitational wake of two-dimensional life forms, Troi (Marina Sirtis) realizes her powers have left her.
33 New Dragnet
A stolen lithograph puts the cops on the trail of art forgers.
39 Kennel Club (dog racing)
40 The Cosby Show
The Huxtables celebrate Father's Day in December after Cliff (Bill Cosby) complains about the impractical gifts he's received in the past.

7:30
2 13 Family Feud
2r Jeopardy!
3 8r The Cosby Show
See 7pm, KTXL.
3s 8 Entertainment Tonight
See 7pm, KRNV.
4 Inside Edition
5 Personalities
10 Varsity Quiz
Meadows vs. Rancho. Host: Bob Amblad.
21 Kate & Allie
Chip might be in need of protection from Allie's wrath when she finds a condom in his jeans pocket.
33 Amen
Just as the Reverend is ready to make her Mrs. Reuben Gregory, Thelma gets orders to ship out to Germany.
39 Nostalgia Network BW (public-domain showcase?)
40 Cheers
Sam and Woody compete in a race to get a three-second kiss on the lips from Rebecca.

8PM
2 Movie
'Support Your Local Sheriff!' (1969) Western spoof about an easygoing stranger who becomes the lawman of a wild and woolly town. James Garner.
2r 8 48 Hours
'Fatal Secret' explores the fears and ethical debate surrounding the possible transmission of AIDS between health-care providers and patients. Included: 'the first reported case of a patient who may have contracted AIDS from her dentist,' says reporter Erin Moriarty.
3 3s 4 Unsolved Mysteries
A new segment probes the reopening of a murder case following anonymous phone calls to Florida police insisting the victim is still alive. Also: Repeat reports on experiences of three sets of identical twins; a policeman's hunt for his partner's killer.
5 Movie
'Casual Sex?' (1988) Disease-conscious friends (Victoria Jackson, Lea Thompson) vacation at a health spa in hopes of meeting safe partners.
5r 10 David Frost with the President and First Lady
Debut: David Frost opens a series of six monthly interview shows with a White House chat with the President and Mrs. Bush (taped in late December). In their last talk (August 1989), Frost recalls that the President 'said that he really hadn't been tested yet.' This interview, he continues, 'takes place after he's been put to the test-at home on the budget-and abroad on the Gulf [crisis].' In the hour, Frost is slated to talk with the Bushes separately and together. Scheduled future guests include former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Robin Williams.
8r 13 Wonder Years
Growing up seems fraught with confusion and isolation for Kevin (Fred Savage), who's faced with a painful realization at his father's company picnic.
21 Movie
'The Cat and the Canary.' (1978) Seriocomic remake of the haunted-house classic. Carol Lynley.
21r Movie
'The Odd Couple.' (1968) Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon in Neil Simon's hilarious Broadway hit about mismatched roommates. Well directed by Gene Saks.
33 Cagney & Lacey
39 Movie
'Subterfuge.' (1968) Gene Barry as a CIA operative sent to England to expose a double agent. Joan Collins.
40 Movie
'10 to Midnight.' (1983) Charles Bronson as an imitation Dirty Harry who takes the law into his own hands to catch a vicious killer.
[KTXL is advising viewer discretion.]

8:30
8r 13 Growing Pains
Mike has second thoughts about splitting up with Kate (Chelsea Noble), especially after he discovers that she's dating his friend Eddie (K.C. Martel).

9PM
2r 8 Jake & The Fatman
It's a race against time as Jake (Joe Penny) struggles to get a witness (Kate Vernon), who's in no hurry to testify against a crime boss (David Groh), into court before McCabe's deadline.
3 3s 4 Story Behind the Story
Richard Kiley and Jane Wallace host reenactments taking different angles on the news. Scheduled: the 1945 crash of a B-25 bomber into the Empire State Building; Elvis Presley's senior-prom date in 1953 Memphis; a disastrous dress rehearsal in 1944 for D-Day.
5r 10 Carnegie Hall at 100
A centenary tribute to New York's celebrated concert venue features archival footage and interviews with many of its performers.
8r 13 Doogie Howser, M.D.
Doogie encourages a basketball star (Billy 'Sly' Williams) to face up to his debilitating condition. At the same time, Doogie's enmeshed in a lie he told his dad about why the Chevy is in the shop.
33 St. Elsewhere
Afraid of losing work time, a high-rise construction worker keeps quiet about his medical history; Auschlander basks in the light of an old flame (Geraldine Fitzgerald).

9:30
8r 13 Married People
When her dad (Paul Gleason) visits, Cindy (Megan Gallivan) wants to show how she and Allen have taken a shine to the Big Apple by inviting the neighbors to dinner.

10PM
2 40 News
2r 8 WIOU
Kelby is on the hot seat when Billy Randfield (Dick Anthony Williams) asks her to witness his execution). Outside the prison, people place bets in a ghoulish time-of-death pool, and weather bunny Taylor (Kate McNeil) does her stand-up. At the station, Ann (Jayne Brook) collects money for a cleaning woman's medical expenses.
3 3s 4 Hunter
From last season: A Catholic priest (James Sutorius) hears the confession of his friend's killer, who is seeking revenge against those whose testimony sent him to prison.
5 Hard Copy
See 5pm, KOLO.
5r 10 American Pie
Debut: A four-part digest of regional PBS documentaries with common themes opens with 'Searching for Home.' Included: 'Lighthouses' in New England.
8r 13 The Brotherhood
The slaying of their mobster father 20 years before left two brothers (Anthony LaPaglia, Jeffrey Meek) to grow up on opposite sides of the law-one becoming a crime boss, the other a detective bent on bringing his brother to justice. An unsold pilot.
21 Hunter (Syndicated Rerun)
A small-time crook calls in a favor from Hunter after learning that his latest job was performed on a mob-owned bank.
21r Star Trek
A computer offers damaging evidence against Kirk (William Shatner), who has been brought to trial for criminal negligence.
33 Movie BW
'Silver City Bonanza.' (1951) Singing cowboy Rex Allen chases the bad guys. Buddy Ebsen. [After the movie: 'King of the Texas Rangers' and 'Navy Blues.']
39 Flying Nun

10:30
5 Instant Recall
Scheduled: The 1975 airlift of orphans to the U.S. from South Vietnam. Also: the movies 'American Graffiti' and 'Lawrence of Arabia.'
39 Nostalgia Network BW
 
11PM
2 Cheers
Norm (George Wendt) reluctantly lets the gang in on his new investment, but everyone wants out when the business seems doomed.
2r 3 3s 4 8 8r 13 News
5 Arsenio Hall
Scheduled: Singer Guy.
5r Make Yourself at Home
Teaching children how to cook; building a play structure that can be disassembled for storage.
10 Nightly Business Report
21 The Odd Couple
Felix tries to get his college band on Monty Hall's nostalgia show.
21r Hardcastle & McCormick
39 Wrestling
40 Commercial Program

11:30
2 M*A*S*H
B.J. (Mike Farrell) is introduced as Trapper's replacement. Part 1 of 2.
2r America Tonight-Kuralt/Stahl
3 3s 4 Tonight Show
Scheduled: Merv Griffin, musician Leon Redbone. Johnny Carson.
5 Adam Smith's Money World
From February 1990: The modeling industry.
8 Entertainment Tonight
See 7pm.
8r 13 Nightline
10 Jack Horkheimer-Star Hustler
21 Brothers
A three-star restaurant review brings a generous offer to buy the Point After, and Joe and the crew start reminiscing about the old days.
40 Star Trek: The Next Generation
After crashing the shuttlecraft onto Vagra 2, Troi (Marina Sirtis) is held hostage by a sadistic creature that delights in taunting the rescue team.

12am
2 Hard Copy
2r Mission: Impossible
A stress clinic assassins who died after killing others.
5 My Talk Show
Veejay 'Downtown' Julie Brown is Anne Marie's guest.
8 America Tonight
8r Arsenio Hall
See 11pm, KVVU.
13 Into the Night with Rick Dees
Scheduled: Dennis Weaver.
21 Bosom Buddies
21r Hunter
33 NWA Wrestling
39 Movie BW
'Flying Blind.' (1941) When a flier (Richard Arlen) goes into business for himself, he must cope with foreign agents and a neglected fiancee (Jean Parker). The usual action.

12:30
2 5 Twilight Zone
3 3s 4 Late Night-David Letterman
From 1989: Martin Short.
8 Mission: Impossible
A stress clinic links assassins who died after killing others.
21 Hazel
40 Commercial Program

1AM
2 Hill Street Blues
5 Movie
'Casual Sex?' (1988) See 8pm.
8r Movie
'The Hard Way.' (1980) TV-movie with Patrick McGoohan as a retiring hit man pressured into one last mission. Lee Van Cleef.
13 Love Connection
21 Andy Griffith
21r The A-Team
33 Man Under Cover (This was a very short-lived 1978 series with David Cassidy. Amazing that KFBT aired this!)
40 Movie
'Unfaithfully Yours.' (1984) An update of Preston Sturges' 1948 farce about a symphony conductor (Dudley Moore) who suspects his young wife (Nastassja Kinski) is having an affair. (Was this still Night Comfort Theater sponsored by La Brie's Sleep Centers?)

1:10
2r Wolf
A developmentally disabled man (Lou Ferrigno) is charged with kidnapping when he tries to protect a young girl (Juliet Sorcey).

1:30
3 3s 4 Later-Bob Costas
Scheduled: Actress Pamela Reed.
13 Trump Card
21 Father Knows Best BW

1:40
8 Wolf
See 1:10, KTVN.

2AM
2 Trapper John M.D
3 Headline News
3s 13 News (90 min on KCRA...also Headline News?)
21 The Donna Reed Show BW
33 Quantum Shopping

2:30
3 News
13 Movie
'Nothing Sacred.' (1937) Producer David O. Selznick's classic farce about a smalltown woman (Carole Lombard) feigning an incurable illness for a New York fling. (possibly a Movie Greats Network broadcast?)
21 Father Knows Best BW

2:50
8 News

3AM
2 Movie
'Love Thy Neighbor.' (1984) John Ritter and Penny Marshall play next-door neighbors who drift into an affair after their spouses run off together.
5 Movie
'Key West.' (1973) TV-movie with Stephen Boyd as a retired CIA agent who becomes the victim of an eccentric tycoon's revenge plot.
8r Honeymooners BW
21 Movie
'The Cat & The Canary.' (1978) See 8pm.
40 My Talk Show
See midnight, KVVU.

3:20
8 CBS News Nightwatch

3:30
3s NBC News-Faith Daniels (very early!)
8r Honeymooners BW
40 Police Story

4AM
3s News (an hour this time...more Headline News?)
8r The Facts of Life

4:30
8r It's Your Business
Scheduled: Economic predictions for 1991.
40 The Saint
 
It's odd that the Big Three from SLC (which served northeast Nevada) weren't included.

Also odd that KCRA was included but not KXTV or KOVR (the CBS and ABC affiliates from Sacramento).
 
ftballfan said:
It's odd that the Big Three from SLC (which served northeast Nevada) weren't included.
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My 1974 Nevada edition didn't include them either. Probably people in NE Nevada got the Utah edition, since edition lines didn't always follow state lines. For example, I have a TV Guide postmarked from Idaho, but it's of the Eastern Washington edition instead of the Utah-Idaho edition. That's because that area got Spokane stations.
 
In 1991, Las Vegas was too small to have four independent stations (that included KVVU, which basically was still being programmed as an independent). KBLR was really scraping the bottom of the barrel for programming, with public domain movies (I think "Movie Greats Network" aired on that station) and odd specials.

Also, I noticed the trend of KVVU and KRLR re-airing their primetime movie late at night. I'm taking the wild guess that the late-night airing was uncut, at least on KRLR.
 
It's not that Vegas was too small, it was that there was not enough programming to go around for four different indies. I can post the weekend schedules soon.
 
crainbebo said:
It's not that Vegas was too small, it was that there was not enough programming to go around for four different indies. I can post the weekend schedules soon.
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Las Vegas was a slightly smaller market than Tucson in 1991, and the latter didn't have two profitable indies at that time. I would imagine KVVU and KRLR were both making some kind of money at the time, but not KFBT (which had a few watchable shows and a lot of infomercials) or KBLR. Running old movies and low-end product with no infomercials was risky for KBLR, and I don't think they stayed on the air much longer after this listing under the original ownership.

Looking closer at the movies, it looked like KTNV aired "Movie Greats Network" (unless they had a separate library of public domain movies) but KBLR ran PD titles that were part of the same package. I'd like to see the weekend schedule.
 
KBLR went to Telemundo in 1993, so they would have likely kept the public-domain movies and terrible programming up until then. I'm surprised they didn't air home shopping part of the day, as a lot of low-budget indies did that.
 
crainbebo said:
KBLR went to Telemundo in 1993, so they would have likely kept the public-domain movies and terrible programming up until then. I'm surprised they didn't air home shopping part of the day, as a lot of low-budget indies did that.
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I may be wrong, but according to the Television Factbook on worldradiohistory.com, it did not list KBLR in 1993, so I suspect they went dark for some time between these listings and when the station was sold and became Telemundo. I wouldn't be surprised if it did.
 
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