Retro: Ch. 9 Los Angeles, KHJ December 1, 1989 and KCAL December 2, 1989

[RandTV]

Last schedule as KHJ, Friday, December 1, 1989

MORNING
5:00 The Saint
6:00 First Business
6:30 Mighty Mouse
7:00 Bugs Bunny
7:30 Daffy Duck
8:00 Porky Pig
8:30 Dennis the Menace (cartoon)
9:00 LA in the Morning
10:00 Live with Regis & Kathie Lee
11:00 Sally Jessy Raphael
AFTERNOON
12:00 Channel 9 News at Noon
12:30 Win, Lose or Draw - Robb Weller
1:00 Everyday
2:00 Sally Jessy Raphael (different episode from that on 11:00 AM)
3:00 Mickey & Donald
4:00 DuckTales
4:30 Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers
5:00 The A-Team
EVENING
6:00 Who's the Boss?
6:30 Diff'rent Strokes
7:00 Love Connection
7:30 Kate & Allie
8:00 Channel 9 News at 8
8:30 Inside Edition
9:00 Channel 9 News at 9
9:30 Carol Burnett
10:00 Hart to Hart
11:00 Barney Miller
11:30 Love Connection
LATE NIGHT
12:00 Family Feud - Ray Combs
12:30 Ebony/Jet Showcase
1:00 America's Black Forum
1:30 SCTV
2:00 Hit Video USA

First schedule as KCAL, Saturday, December 2, 1989

MORNING
6:00 New Zoo Revue
6:30 Wild Kingdom
7:00 Youth & the Issues
7:30 Teen Talk
8:00 Risking It All
8:30 Paid Programming
9:00 Risking It All
9:30 Paid Programming
10:00 World of Survival
10:30 Los Angeles Times/Orange County Holiday Parade
AFTERNOON
12:00 Wolf Rock Power Hour (pairing of the 1984 Saturday morning music video-oriented shows Wolf Rock TV [w/ Wolfman Jack] from ABC, and Kidd Video from NBC)
1:00 Movie: "Paper Dolls" (1982 TV movie) - Joan Hackett, Daryl Hannah, Joan Collins
3:00 Police Story
4:00 The Fall Guy
5:00 The A-Team
EVENING
6:00 Diff'rent Strokes
6:30 Lassie
7:00 Kate & Allie
7:30 Barney Miller
8:00 Mafia Wars
10:00 War of the Worlds (1988-90 drama series based on the H. G. Wells novel)
11:00 Movie: "Seven" (1979, Action) - William Smith, Barbara Leigh, Martin Kove
LATE NIGHT
1:00 SCTV
1:30 SCTV
2:00 Paid Programming
2:30 Hit Video USA

 

[Ccook55]

Wolf Rock TV was one of those "blink and you'll miss it" kids shows ABC regrets ("Uncle Croc's Block", we're looking at you as well).

I digress, I was a pup in Riverside CA in 1961 and recalled KHJ. Lost track of it and all Los Angeles TV when we moved to Georgia in '65.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Here are Airchecks of KHJ9 becoming KCAL9. Thats right Pat Harvey is the only person from KHJ to KCAL9 transition that is remaining at the station only this time she also has to do segments for CBS Los Angeles News and CBS2 News too besides KCAL9.

 

[vjm]

You can't get anymore late 80s SoCal than that California 9 promo.

 

[K.M. Richards]

I was actually watching when the call letters changed, and technically everything after midnight on the KHJ schedule was aired under the KCAL calls.

 

[RandTV]

I was actually watching when the call letters changed, and technically everything after midnight on the KHJ schedule was aired under the KCAL calls.

Did you also watch when Channel 2 changed its call from KNXT to KCBS on April 1-2, 1984?

 

[K.M. Richards]

Did you also watch when Channel 2 changed its call from KNXT to KCBS on April 1-2, 1984?

I'm pretty sure I watched the special that aired beforehand, so I think so. But I distinctly remember the KHJ to KCAL change.

 

[EricSam]

This is where Jerry Dunphy went to after he left KABC Eyewitness News in 1989. Ch 9 was crippled at the time but rised again with their new image. This is where Jerry was for the rest of his natural life until he died in early 2002, except for his 1995-97 return to Ch 2. During his shortlived comeback at the station he once anchored in the 60s & early 70s, it was already KCBS and co-anchored Action News with his old Eyewitness colleague Ann Martin. Jerry Dunphy & Tawny Little co-anchored together on both Chs 7 & 9.

 

[K.M. Richards]

This is where Jerry Dunphy went to after he left KABC Eyewitness News in 1989. Ch 9 was crippled at the time but rised again with their new image. This is where Jerry was for the rest of his natural life until he died in early 2002, except for his 1995-97 return to Ch 2. During his shortlived comeback at the station he once anchored in the 60s & early 70s, it was already KCBS and co-anchored Action News with his old Eyewitness colleague Ann Martin. Jerry Dunphy & Tawny Little co-anchored together on both Chs 7 & 9.

He started his career in Peoria, was news director at the short-lived UHF station KEDD in Wichita in 1954, then returned to his hometown of Milwaukee after a year, from which he moved to WBBM-TV Chicago. He went from there to co-owned KNXT in 1960, then to KABC in 1975, which is where you nicely pick up the timeline.

History of UHF Television

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(P. S. - I think the word you were looking for in the second sentence was "rose" ...)

 

[RandTV]

This is where Jerry Dunphy went to after he left KABC Eyewitness News in 1989. Ch 9 was crippled at the time but rised again with their new image. This is where Jerry was for the rest of his natural life until he died in early 2002, except for his 1995-97 return to Ch 2. During his shortlived comeback at the station he once anchored in the 60s & early 70s, it was already KCBS and co-anchored Action News with his old Eyewitness colleague Ann Martin. Jerry Dunphy & Tawny Little co-anchored together on both Chs 7 & 9.

He joined Ch. 9 just months before its callsign change. Both he and the equally iconic Hal Fishman were inspirations of The Simpsons' Kent Brockman!