Source: Boston Globe
Boston/Providence/New Hampshire TV
Thursday December 3, 1981
WGBH 2-PBS- Boston
9:15- Sign-on/A.M Weather
9:30- Educational Programming
11:30- Fast Forward
12pm- Sesame Street
1pm- Educational Programming
2:30- Movie- A Star is Born (1937)
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
5:30- Electric Company
6pm- French Chef
6:30- Nightly Business Report
7pm- Dr. Who
7:30- Wild World of Animals
8pm- Here Come the Puppets (with Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog)
9pm- Pledge Break
9:15- Snow Goose
10:00- Teach Life
10:30- Movie- The Pure Hell of St. Trinians (1960)
11:55pm- Sign-Off (with David Ives doing the mission statement, William Pierce doing the script for the sign-off)
WBZ 4- NBC- Boston
5 AM FARM HOME AND GARDEN
5:30 MORNING STRETCH
6 AM NBC NEWS/EYEWITNESS NEWS
7 AM TODAY SHOW
9 AM- HOUR MAGAZINE
10 AM- REGIS PHILBIN
10:30- BLOCKBUSTERS
11 AM- WHEEL OF FORTUNE (soon Chuck Woolery would Leave Wheel of Fortune at Christmas 1981, and Pat Sajak, fresh from doing the weather for KNBC 4 in Los Angeles would take over for Mr. Woolery on December 28, 1981)
11:30- BATTLESTARS
12 PM- EYEWITNESS NEWS AT NOON (with Jack Chase and Don Kent--, not for long- soon one month later, Jack Chase would retire and John Henning would take over his place)
12:30- PEOPLE ARE TALKING
1 PM- DAYS OF OUR LIVES
2 PM- ANOTHER WORLD
3 PM- TEXAS
4 PM- JOHN DAVIDSON
5 PM- THE MUPPETS
5:30- LIVE ON 4
6 PM- EYEWITNESS NEWS- (with Liz Walker, Jack Williams, Bruce Schwegglor and Bob Lobel)
7 PM NBC NEWS
7:30- EVENING MAGAZINE
8 PM- MONEYSENSE (pre-empting Skyward Christmas)
8:30- COMING TOGETHER
9 PM- DIFF’RENT STROKES
9:30- GIMME A BREAK
10 PM- HILL STREET BLUES
11 PM- EYEWITNESS NEWS
11:30- TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON (Guest Host: George Carlin)
12:30- HAWAII FIVE-O
1:35- EYEWITNESS NEWS
WCVB 5- ABC- Boston
5 AM PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOWS
5:30 ASK THE DOCTOR
6 AM NEWSCENTER 5
7 AM- GOOD MORNING AMERICVA
9 AM- GOOD DAY
10:30- DONAHUE
11:30- RICHARD SIMMONS
12 PM- NEWSCENTER 5 MIDDAY (with Jack Hynes)
12:30- RYAN’S HOPE
1 PM- ALL MY CHILDREN
2 PM- ONE LIFE TO LIVE
3 PM- GENERAL HOSPITAL
4 PM- THE WALTONS
5 PM- HERE’S LUCY
5:30- ALL IN THE FAMILY
6 PM- NEWSCENTER 5 (with Chet Curtis, Natalie Jacobson, Tom Ellis, Dick Albert and Don Gillis)
7 PM- ABC NEWS
7:30- CITY STREETS
8 PM- MORK AND MINDY
8:30- BEST OF THE WEST
9 PM- NFL FOOTBALL- Cleveland Browns @ Houston Oilers from the Astrodome (Houston won 17-13)
11:45- NEWSCENTER 5
12:15- ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE
12:45- MOVIE- Last of the Mohicans
WNAC 7- CBS- Boston
6 AM REFLECTIONS
6:05 FARM MARKET REPORT
6:20 SPANISH AUDIO NEWS
6:30 LIFT EVERY VOICE
7AM- Morning News
9AM- Up to the Minute
9:30- Alice
10AM- Weekday
11AM- The Price Is Right
12PM- News 7 at Noon
12:30- The Young and The Restless
1:30- As The World Turns
2:30- Search for Tomorrow
3PM- Guiding Light
4pm- Streets of San Francisco
5pm- You Asked for It
5:30- Family Feud
6pm- News 7
7PM- CBS News
7:30- The Changing Family
8:30- Local Follow-up-/The Changing Family- from May to December
9pm- Knots Landing
10PM- Jessica Novak
11pm- News 7
11:30- Quincy
12:40- The Saint
1:50- News
2:20am- Sign-off
WXNE 25- Boston- Ind.
5 AM 700 CLUB
6 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
6:30 DAILY MASS
7 AM STAR BLAZERS
7:30 FORCE 5
8 AM LITTLE RASCALS
8:30 FLIPPER
9 AM LASSIE
9:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10 AM 700 CLUB
11:30 PEOPLE’S COURT
12 NOON ANOTHER LIFE
12:30 MCHALE'S NAVY
1 PM GET SMART
1:30 GOMER PYLE U.S.M.C
2 PM DENNIS THE MENACE
2:30 FRED FLINTSTONE AND FRIENDS
3 PM FORCE FIVE
3:30 STAR BLAZERS
4 PM LITTLE RASCALS
4:30 THE INCREDIBLE HULK
5:30 PINK PANTHER
6 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE
7 PM CAROL BURNETT
7:30 CANDLEPINS FOR CASH
8 PM PRIME MOVIE 25 – His Girl Friday (1940)
10 PM 700 CLUB
11 PM RAT PATROL
11:30- THE ROCKFORD FILES
12:30 NFL REVIEW AND PREVIEW
1 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
1:30 D JAMES KENNEDY
2 AM 700 CLUB
3 AM PRAISE THE LORD
WSMW 27-Worcester Ind.
6 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
6:30 INSIDE WORCESTER
7 AM JIM AND TAMMY
9 AM WORCESTER ECONOMICAL COUNCIL PRESENTS
9:30 JIMMY SWAGGART
10 AM SUPER PAY CARDS
10:30 POP GOES THE COUNTRY
11 AM JIM AND TAMMY
12 NOON DAILY MASS
12:30 MOVIE- The Crimson Pirate (1952)
2:30 MIKE DOUGLAS
3:30 BUGS BUNNY
4 PM WONDER WOMAN
5 PM- LET'S MAKE A DEAL
5:30- THE WALTONS
6:30- WORCESTER NEWS
7 PM PREVIEW SUBSCRIPTION TV
12:45- NEWS
1:15- SIGN-OFF
38 WSBK- Boston- Ind
6 AM ROMPER ROOM
6:30 BATMAN
7 AM SUPERFRIENDS
7:30 SCOOBY DOO
8 AM BUGS BUNNY/PORKY PIG
8:30 THREE STOOGES
9 AM NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR
9:30 DAYTIME
10:20 NEWS
10:30 LEAVE IT TO THE WOMEN
11 AM OUR MISS BROOKS
11:30 NEWS
12 NOON MOVIE – Sign of the Pagan (1955)
2 PM ANDY GRIFFITH
2:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
3 PM BEWITCHED
3:30 ADAM 12
4 PM EMERGENCY ONE
5 PM CARTER COUNTRY
5:30 WHAT'S HAPPENING
6 PM JEFFERSONS
6:30 BOB NEWHART
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 NHL HOCKEY- Buffalo Sabres @ Boston Bruins (Boston won 6-3)
10 PM NEWS
10:30 ODD COUPLE
11 PM BARNEY MILLER
11:30 MOVIE- His Majesty O’Keefe (1964)
1:30 ALFRED HICHCOCK
2 AM SIGN OFF
44 WGBX- Boston- PBS
5 PM- UP AND COMING (Why did WGBX sign-on at 5pm?)
5:30- VILLA ALEGRE
6 PM- I AM, I CAN, I WILL
6:30- UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR
7 PM- OPEN MIND
7:30- MACNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
8 PM- DICK CAVETT
8:30- OVER EASY
9 PM- THE HARVEST RUN
10 PM- NEWS (with Christopher Lydon)
10:30- MACNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
11 PM- CAPTIONED ABC NEWS
11:30- SIGN-OFF
56 WLVI- Boston- Ind.
6 AM HOT FUDGE
6:30 OUR GANG (52 MGM LITTLE RASCALS EPISODES ONLY)
7 AM POPEYE (THEATRICAL)
7:30 TOM AND JERRY
8 AM WOODY WOODPECKER
8:30 BANANA SPLITS
9 AM WOODY WOODPECKER
9:30 BANANA SPLITS
10 AM CAMBRIDGE, USA
10:30 NEW ENGLAND TODAY
11 AM LOVE BOAT (ABC)
12 NOON THAT GIRL
12:30 PARTRIDGE FAMILY
1 PM NEW ZOO REVUE
1:30 BOZO THE CLOWN
2 PM HUCK AND YOGI
2:30 CASPER
3 PM MIGHTY MOUSE
3:30 WOODY WOODPECKER
4 PM TOM AND JERRY
4:30 FLINTSTONES
5 PM BRADY BUNCH
5:30 BRADY BUNCH
6 PM HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
6:30 LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY
7 PM WELCOME BACK KOTTER
7:30 GOOD TIMES
8 PM 8 OCLOCK MOVIE – You Can’t Win Em’ All
10 PM NEWS
10:30 MARY TYLER MOORE
11 PM SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
12 MID BUCK RODGERS
12:30 SANFORD AND SON
1 AM STAR TREK
2 AM SIGN OFF
56 WLVI had begun a 10 pm Newscast. Field was adamant about adding News to all their stations. They would dismantle the company selling 4 of tehse stations to seperate owners. 56 WLVI would be sold to Gannett which would continue their news.
68 WQTV- Boston- (ON TV)
7 AM BIZ NET NEWS
8 AM ASK WASHINGTON
9 AM JIM AND TAMMY
10 AM FINANCIAL NEWS NETWORK
3 PM ON TV
6 WLNE- CBS- New Bedford/Providence
7am- CBS Morning News
9am- Guiding Light
10am- One Day At A Time
10:30- Alice
11am- The Price is Right
12pm- Up to the Minute
12:30- Young and the Restless
1:30- As The World Turns
2:30- Search for Tomorrow
3pm- Movie- The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
5pm- The Muppets
5:30- Entertainment Tonight
6pm- Action News (Who was WLNE’s news lineup in 1981)
6:30- CBS News
7pm- The Muppets
7:30- You Asked for It
8pm- Magnum P.I
9pm- Knots Landing
10pm- Jessica Novak
11pm- Action News
11:30- Benny Hill
12am- Quincy
1:10am- The Saint
2:20am- Sign-Off
10 WJAR- NBC- Providence
7am- Today
9am- Donahue
10am- The People’s Court
10:30- Blockbusters
11am- Wheel of Fortune
11:30- Battlestars
12pm- NewsWatch 10
12:30- The Doctors
1pm- Days of our Lives
2pm- Another World
3pm- Texas
4pm- Tom and Jerry
4:30- The Brady Bunch
5pm- Welcome Back, Kotter
5:30- Happy Days Again
6pm- NewsWatch 10 (who was WJAR’S news lineup in 1981)
6:30- NBC News
7pm- P.M Magazine
7:30- Richard Simmons
8pm- Skyward Christmas
9pm- Diff’rent Strokes
9:30- Gimme A Break
10pm- Hill Street Blues
11pm- NewsWatch 10
11:30- The Tonight Show
12:30- Tomorrow
2am- NewsWatch 10
2:30- sign-off
12 WPRI- ABC- Providence
7am- Good Morning America
9am- Love Boat
10am- Family Feud
10:30- Joker’s Wild
11am- Hour Magazine
12pm- NewsCenter 12
12:30- Ryan’s Hope
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life To Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Merv Griffin
5:30- M*A*S*H
6pm- NewsCenter 12- (who was WPRI’s news lineup back in 1981)
6:30- ABC News
7pm- Tic Tac Dough
7:30- Family Feud
8pm- Mork and Mindy
8:30- Best of the West
9 PM- NFL Football- Cleveland Browns @ Houston Oilers from the Astrodome (Houston won 17-13)
11:45- NewsCenter 12
12:15- ABC News Nightline
1am- Big Valley
2am- NewsCenter 12
2:30- Sign-off
9 WMUR- ABC- Manchester, NH
7am- Good Morning America
9am- Donahue
10am- Richard Simmons
10:30- That Girl
11am- Love Boat
12pm- Family Feud
12:30- Ryan’s Hope
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life to Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- The Edge of Night
4:30- Kidbits
5:30- Merv Griffin
6:30- ABC News
7pm- The News
7:30- The Muppets
8pm- Mork and Mindy
8:30- Best of the West
9 PM- NFL Football- Cleveland Browns @ Houston Oilers from the Astrodome (Houston won 17-13)
11:45- The News
12:15- ABC News Nightline
12:45- Sign-Off
11 WENH- PBS- Durham, N.H.
9am- Modern Supervisory Techniques
9:30- Educational Programming
12pm- Sesame Street
1pm- Educational Programming
3pm- American Government Survey
3;30- American Government Survey
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
5:30- Antiques
6pm- Power Game
6:30- Nightly Business Report
7pm- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30- Dick Cavett
8pm- Sneak Previews
8:30- Pledge Break
8:45- Movie- How Green Was My Valley (1941)
10:45pm- Sign-Off
Boston/Providence/New Hampshire TV
Thursday December 3, 1981
WGBH 2-PBS- Boston
9:15- Sign-on/A.M Weather
9:30- Educational Programming
11:30- Fast Forward
12pm- Sesame Street
1pm- Educational Programming
2:30- Movie- A Star is Born (1937)
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
5:30- Electric Company
6pm- French Chef
6:30- Nightly Business Report
7pm- Dr. Who
7:30- Wild World of Animals
8pm- Here Come the Puppets (with Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog)
9pm- Pledge Break
9:15- Snow Goose
10:00- Teach Life
10:30- Movie- The Pure Hell of St. Trinians (1960)
11:55pm- Sign-Off (with David Ives doing the mission statement, William Pierce doing the script for the sign-off)
WBZ 4- NBC- Boston
5 AM FARM HOME AND GARDEN
5:30 MORNING STRETCH
6 AM NBC NEWS/EYEWITNESS NEWS
7 AM TODAY SHOW
9 AM- HOUR MAGAZINE
10 AM- REGIS PHILBIN
10:30- BLOCKBUSTERS
11 AM- WHEEL OF FORTUNE (soon Chuck Woolery would Leave Wheel of Fortune at Christmas 1981, and Pat Sajak, fresh from doing the weather for KNBC 4 in Los Angeles would take over for Mr. Woolery on December 28, 1981)
11:30- BATTLESTARS
12 PM- EYEWITNESS NEWS AT NOON (with Jack Chase and Don Kent--, not for long- soon one month later, Jack Chase would retire and John Henning would take over his place)
12:30- PEOPLE ARE TALKING
1 PM- DAYS OF OUR LIVES
2 PM- ANOTHER WORLD
3 PM- TEXAS
4 PM- JOHN DAVIDSON
5 PM- THE MUPPETS
5:30- LIVE ON 4
6 PM- EYEWITNESS NEWS- (with Liz Walker, Jack Williams, Bruce Schwegglor and Bob Lobel)
7 PM NBC NEWS
7:30- EVENING MAGAZINE
8 PM- MONEYSENSE (pre-empting Skyward Christmas)
8:30- COMING TOGETHER
9 PM- DIFF’RENT STROKES
9:30- GIMME A BREAK
10 PM- HILL STREET BLUES
11 PM- EYEWITNESS NEWS
11:30- TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON (Guest Host: George Carlin)
12:30- HAWAII FIVE-O
1:35- EYEWITNESS NEWS
WCVB 5- ABC- Boston
5 AM PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOWS
5:30 ASK THE DOCTOR
6 AM NEWSCENTER 5
7 AM- GOOD MORNING AMERICVA
9 AM- GOOD DAY
10:30- DONAHUE
11:30- RICHARD SIMMONS
12 PM- NEWSCENTER 5 MIDDAY (with Jack Hynes)
12:30- RYAN’S HOPE
1 PM- ALL MY CHILDREN
2 PM- ONE LIFE TO LIVE
3 PM- GENERAL HOSPITAL
4 PM- THE WALTONS
5 PM- HERE’S LUCY
5:30- ALL IN THE FAMILY
6 PM- NEWSCENTER 5 (with Chet Curtis, Natalie Jacobson, Tom Ellis, Dick Albert and Don Gillis)
7 PM- ABC NEWS
7:30- CITY STREETS
8 PM- MORK AND MINDY
8:30- BEST OF THE WEST
9 PM- NFL FOOTBALL- Cleveland Browns @ Houston Oilers from the Astrodome (Houston won 17-13)
11:45- NEWSCENTER 5
12:15- ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE
12:45- MOVIE- Last of the Mohicans
WNAC 7- CBS- Boston
6 AM REFLECTIONS
6:05 FARM MARKET REPORT
6:20 SPANISH AUDIO NEWS
6:30 LIFT EVERY VOICE
7AM- Morning News
9AM- Up to the Minute
9:30- Alice
10AM- Weekday
11AM- The Price Is Right
12PM- News 7 at Noon
12:30- The Young and The Restless
1:30- As The World Turns
2:30- Search for Tomorrow
3PM- Guiding Light
4pm- Streets of San Francisco
5pm- You Asked for It
5:30- Family Feud
6pm- News 7
7PM- CBS News
7:30- The Changing Family
8:30- Local Follow-up-/The Changing Family- from May to December
9pm- Knots Landing
10PM- Jessica Novak
11pm- News 7
11:30- Quincy
12:40- The Saint
1:50- News
2:20am- Sign-off
WXNE 25- Boston- Ind.
5 AM 700 CLUB
6 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
6:30 DAILY MASS
7 AM STAR BLAZERS
7:30 FORCE 5
8 AM LITTLE RASCALS
8:30 FLIPPER
9 AM LASSIE
9:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10 AM 700 CLUB
11:30 PEOPLE’S COURT
12 NOON ANOTHER LIFE
12:30 MCHALE'S NAVY
1 PM GET SMART
1:30 GOMER PYLE U.S.M.C
2 PM DENNIS THE MENACE
2:30 FRED FLINTSTONE AND FRIENDS
3 PM FORCE FIVE
3:30 STAR BLAZERS
4 PM LITTLE RASCALS
4:30 THE INCREDIBLE HULK
5:30 PINK PANTHER
6 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE
7 PM CAROL BURNETT
7:30 CANDLEPINS FOR CASH
8 PM PRIME MOVIE 25 – His Girl Friday (1940)
10 PM 700 CLUB
11 PM RAT PATROL
11:30- THE ROCKFORD FILES
12:30 NFL REVIEW AND PREVIEW
1 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
1:30 D JAMES KENNEDY
2 AM 700 CLUB
3 AM PRAISE THE LORD
WSMW 27-Worcester Ind.
6 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
6:30 INSIDE WORCESTER
7 AM JIM AND TAMMY
9 AM WORCESTER ECONOMICAL COUNCIL PRESENTS
9:30 JIMMY SWAGGART
10 AM SUPER PAY CARDS
10:30 POP GOES THE COUNTRY
11 AM JIM AND TAMMY
12 NOON DAILY MASS
12:30 MOVIE- The Crimson Pirate (1952)
2:30 MIKE DOUGLAS
3:30 BUGS BUNNY
4 PM WONDER WOMAN
5 PM- LET'S MAKE A DEAL
5:30- THE WALTONS
6:30- WORCESTER NEWS
7 PM PREVIEW SUBSCRIPTION TV
12:45- NEWS
1:15- SIGN-OFF
38 WSBK- Boston- Ind
6 AM ROMPER ROOM
6:30 BATMAN
7 AM SUPERFRIENDS
7:30 SCOOBY DOO
8 AM BUGS BUNNY/PORKY PIG
8:30 THREE STOOGES
9 AM NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR
9:30 DAYTIME
10:20 NEWS
10:30 LEAVE IT TO THE WOMEN
11 AM OUR MISS BROOKS
11:30 NEWS
12 NOON MOVIE – Sign of the Pagan (1955)
2 PM ANDY GRIFFITH
2:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
3 PM BEWITCHED
3:30 ADAM 12
4 PM EMERGENCY ONE
5 PM CARTER COUNTRY
5:30 WHAT'S HAPPENING
6 PM JEFFERSONS
6:30 BOB NEWHART
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 NHL HOCKEY- Buffalo Sabres @ Boston Bruins (Boston won 6-3)
10 PM NEWS
10:30 ODD COUPLE
11 PM BARNEY MILLER
11:30 MOVIE- His Majesty O’Keefe (1964)
1:30 ALFRED HICHCOCK
2 AM SIGN OFF
44 WGBX- Boston- PBS
5 PM- UP AND COMING (Why did WGBX sign-on at 5pm?)
5:30- VILLA ALEGRE
6 PM- I AM, I CAN, I WILL
6:30- UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR
7 PM- OPEN MIND
7:30- MACNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
8 PM- DICK CAVETT
8:30- OVER EASY
9 PM- THE HARVEST RUN
10 PM- NEWS (with Christopher Lydon)
10:30- MACNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
11 PM- CAPTIONED ABC NEWS
11:30- SIGN-OFF
56 WLVI- Boston- Ind.
6 AM HOT FUDGE
6:30 OUR GANG (52 MGM LITTLE RASCALS EPISODES ONLY)
7 AM POPEYE (THEATRICAL)
7:30 TOM AND JERRY
8 AM WOODY WOODPECKER
8:30 BANANA SPLITS
9 AM WOODY WOODPECKER
9:30 BANANA SPLITS
10 AM CAMBRIDGE, USA
10:30 NEW ENGLAND TODAY
11 AM LOVE BOAT (ABC)
12 NOON THAT GIRL
12:30 PARTRIDGE FAMILY
1 PM NEW ZOO REVUE
1:30 BOZO THE CLOWN
2 PM HUCK AND YOGI
2:30 CASPER
3 PM MIGHTY MOUSE
3:30 WOODY WOODPECKER
4 PM TOM AND JERRY
4:30 FLINTSTONES
5 PM BRADY BUNCH
5:30 BRADY BUNCH
6 PM HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
6:30 LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY
7 PM WELCOME BACK KOTTER
7:30 GOOD TIMES
8 PM 8 OCLOCK MOVIE – You Can’t Win Em’ All
10 PM NEWS
10:30 MARY TYLER MOORE
11 PM SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
12 MID BUCK RODGERS
12:30 SANFORD AND SON
1 AM STAR TREK
2 AM SIGN OFF
56 WLVI had begun a 10 pm Newscast. Field was adamant about adding News to all their stations. They would dismantle the company selling 4 of tehse stations to seperate owners. 56 WLVI would be sold to Gannett which would continue their news.
68 WQTV- Boston- (ON TV)
7 AM BIZ NET NEWS
8 AM ASK WASHINGTON
9 AM JIM AND TAMMY
10 AM FINANCIAL NEWS NETWORK
3 PM ON TV
6 WLNE- CBS- New Bedford/Providence
7am- CBS Morning News
9am- Guiding Light
10am- One Day At A Time
10:30- Alice
11am- The Price is Right
12pm- Up to the Minute
12:30- Young and the Restless
1:30- As The World Turns
2:30- Search for Tomorrow
3pm- Movie- The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
5pm- The Muppets
5:30- Entertainment Tonight
6pm- Action News (Who was WLNE’s news lineup in 1981)
6:30- CBS News
7pm- The Muppets
7:30- You Asked for It
8pm- Magnum P.I
9pm- Knots Landing
10pm- Jessica Novak
11pm- Action News
11:30- Benny Hill
12am- Quincy
1:10am- The Saint
2:20am- Sign-Off
10 WJAR- NBC- Providence
7am- Today
9am- Donahue
10am- The People’s Court
10:30- Blockbusters
11am- Wheel of Fortune
11:30- Battlestars
12pm- NewsWatch 10
12:30- The Doctors
1pm- Days of our Lives
2pm- Another World
3pm- Texas
4pm- Tom and Jerry
4:30- The Brady Bunch
5pm- Welcome Back, Kotter
5:30- Happy Days Again
6pm- NewsWatch 10 (who was WJAR’S news lineup in 1981)
6:30- NBC News
7pm- P.M Magazine
7:30- Richard Simmons
8pm- Skyward Christmas
9pm- Diff’rent Strokes
9:30- Gimme A Break
10pm- Hill Street Blues
11pm- NewsWatch 10
11:30- The Tonight Show
12:30- Tomorrow
2am- NewsWatch 10
2:30- sign-off
12 WPRI- ABC- Providence
7am- Good Morning America
9am- Love Boat
10am- Family Feud
10:30- Joker’s Wild
11am- Hour Magazine
12pm- NewsCenter 12
12:30- Ryan’s Hope
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life To Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Merv Griffin
5:30- M*A*S*H
6pm- NewsCenter 12- (who was WPRI’s news lineup back in 1981)
6:30- ABC News
7pm- Tic Tac Dough
7:30- Family Feud
8pm- Mork and Mindy
8:30- Best of the West
9 PM- NFL Football- Cleveland Browns @ Houston Oilers from the Astrodome (Houston won 17-13)
11:45- NewsCenter 12
12:15- ABC News Nightline
1am- Big Valley
2am- NewsCenter 12
2:30- Sign-off
9 WMUR- ABC- Manchester, NH
7am- Good Morning America
9am- Donahue
10am- Richard Simmons
10:30- That Girl
11am- Love Boat
12pm- Family Feud
12:30- Ryan’s Hope
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life to Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- The Edge of Night
4:30- Kidbits
5:30- Merv Griffin
6:30- ABC News
7pm- The News
7:30- The Muppets
8pm- Mork and Mindy
8:30- Best of the West
9 PM- NFL Football- Cleveland Browns @ Houston Oilers from the Astrodome (Houston won 17-13)
11:45- The News
12:15- ABC News Nightline
12:45- Sign-Off
11 WENH- PBS- Durham, N.H.
9am- Modern Supervisory Techniques
9:30- Educational Programming
12pm- Sesame Street
1pm- Educational Programming
3pm- American Government Survey
3;30- American Government Survey
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
5:30- Antiques
6pm- Power Game
6:30- Nightly Business Report
7pm- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30- Dick Cavett
8pm- Sneak Previews
8:30- Pledge Break
8:45- Movie- How Green Was My Valley (1941)
10:45pm- Sign-Off
