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Boston/Providence/New Hampshire TV- Friday October 12, 1979

Source: Boston Globe

Boston/Providence/New Hampshire TV

Friday October 12, 1979

Boston
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS) - WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
8:15am- Test Pattern
8:45am- Sign-on/AM Weather
9am- Educational Programming
11am- Electric Company
11:30- Sesame Street
12:30- Educational Programming
2pm- Once Upon a Classic
2:30- Sesame Street
3:30- Villa Allegre
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers
5:30- Electric Company
6pm- Zoom
6:30- Mister Rogers
7pm- Say Brother- “Cost of a Facelift”
8pm- Washington Week in Review
8:30- Wall Street Week
9pm- Masterpiece Theater
10pm- The Ten O’Clock News (with Christopher Lydon)
10:30- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
11pm- Movie- Wee Geordie, Bill Travers (1966)
12:30- Sign-off (with David Ives doing the mission statement, William Pierce doing the sign-off script)

WBZ-TV 4 (NBC) WESTINGHOUSE
5:30 AM INTERNATIONAL ZONE
6 AM FARM HOME AND GARDEN
6:30 NBC NEWS/EYEWITNESS NEWS
7AM- Today
9 AM DOCTORS
9:30 MINDREADERS
10AM- Card Sharks
10:30- Hollywood Squares
11am- High Rollers
11:30- Wheel of Fortune
12pm- Eyewitness News (with Jack Chase)
12:30 Woman 79
1:30 Days of Our Lives
2:30- Another World
4 PM Mike Douglas
5:30 Live on 4
6pm- Eyewitness News (with Tony Pepper, Jack Williams, Bruce
Schwegglor and Bob Lobel)
7pm- NBC News
7:30 NBA Basketball- Houston Rockets @ Boston Celtics (Boston won 114-106, BTW this was Larry Bird’s first game in the NBA)
9:30- The Guinness Games
10pm- Diff’rent Strokes
10:30- Hello Larry!
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson-
1am- Midnight Special
2:30- Eyewitness News (repeat of 11pm)
3am- Sign-Off

WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)
5 AM PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOWS
5:30 ASK THE DOCTOR
6 AM CAPTAIN BOB
6:30 HANNA BARBARA'S WORLD OF SUPER ADVENTURE
7AM- Good Morning America
9AM- Good Day
10:30- Donahue
11:30- Laverne and Shirley
12PM- NewsCenter 5 MIDDAY- (with Jack Hynes)
12:30- Ryan's Hope
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life to Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Rhoda
4:30- Family Feud (ABC)
5pm- Carol Burnett
5:30- All in the Family
6pm- NewsCenter 5- (with Natalie Jacobson, Chet Curtis, Dick Albert and Don Gillis)
7pm- ABC News
7:30- The October Game (The Mass State Lottery game show)
8pm- World Series Baseball- Game 3 – Baltimore Orioles @ Pittsburgh Pirates (Baltimore won 8-4, Pittsburgh would go on to win the 1979 World Series)
11:15pm- NewsCenter 5 (with Natalie Jacobson, Tom Ellis, Dick Albert and Don Gillis)
11:45pm- Charlie’s Angels
12:50am- Movie- Spell of Evil (1973)
3:45am- NewsCenter 5
3:55am- The October Game
4:30am- Good Day


WNAC-TV 7 (CBS)
6 AM Reflections
6:05 Farm Market Report
6:20 Spanish Audio News
6:30 Public Affairs Shows
7AM- Morning with Charles Kuralt
8am- Captain Kangaroo
9AM- Dinah Shore
10AM- Beat the Clock
10:30- Whew
11AM- The Price Is Right
12PM- News
12:30- Search for Tomorrow
1pm- The Young and The Restless
1:30PM- As The World Turns
2:30PM- Guiding Light
3:30- One Day at a Time
4pm- Streets of San Francisco
5pm- Joker’s Wild
5:30- Candlepins for Cash
6pm- Newsroom 7 (anchored by John Henning)
7PM- CBS News
7:30- Newlywed Game
8pm- Yabba Dabba Doo
9pm- Dukes of Hazzard
10pm- Dallas
11pm- Newsroom 7
11:30- NBA Basketball- Los Angeles Lakers @ San Diego Clippers (Lakers won 103-102 in Magic Johnson’s first NBA game)
1:30am- NFL Game of The Week (repeat of the October 7th game between Pittsburgh and Cleveland)
2am- Newsroom 7
2:30- Greater Bostonians
3:35- Reflections
3:45am- Sign-Off

38 WSBK (Ind.) STORER
6 AM THREE STOOGES
7 AM BUGS BUNNY
7:30 PORKY PIG
8 AM POPEYE (60'S EPISODES)
8:30 ROMPER ROOM
9 AM TOM LARSON
10 AM IRONSIDE
11 AM MARCUS WELBY MD
12 NOON AFTERNOON MOVIE – Holiday (1979)
2 PM HECKLE & JECKLE
2:30 PORKY PIG
3 PM BUGS BUNNY
3:30 STAR BLAZERS
4 PM MY THREE SONS
4:30 EMERGENCY
5:30 HOGAN’S HEROES
6 PM ADAM 12
6:30 ODD COUPLE
7 PM MAUDE
7:30 DICK VAN DYKE
8 PM SERGEANT BILKO
8:30 OUR MISS BROOKS
9 PM MOVIE- They Came From Beyond Space (1967)
11 PM CHICO AND THE MAN
11:30 CHARLIE CHAN FESTIVAL
1:30am- SIGN-OFF

56 WLVI (Ind) FIELD
5:30 NEW ENGLAND TODAY
6 AM OUR GANG (MGM LITTLE RASCALS 1938-44)
6:30 MIGHTY HERCULES
7 AM TOM AND JERRY
7:30 FLINTSTONES
8 AM GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
8:30 WOODY WOODPECKER
9 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
9:30 BOZO'S BIG TOP
10 AM MEET THE MANAGER
10:30 NEW ENGLAND TODAY
11 AM FAMILY AFFAIR
11:30 THAT GIRL
12 NOON I LOVE LUCY
12:30 PASSWORD PLUS (NBC)
1 PM PARTRIDGE FAMILY
1:30 BANANA SPLITS
2 PM HUCK & 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
6:30 MAKE ME LAUGH
7 PM SANFORD AND SON
7:30 MARY TYLER MOORE
8 PM 8 OCLOCK MOVIE- Yellow Submarine (1968)
10 PM LOVE AMERICAN STYLE
10:30 LOVE AMERICAN STYLE
11 PM BENNY HILL
11:30 GROUCHO
12 MID BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
12:30 GREEN ACRES
1 AM MAN FROM UNCLE
2 AM SIGN OFF

25 WXNE (Ind) Christian Broadcasting Network
7 AM 700 CLUB
8:30 FLIPPER
9 AM LASSIE AND TIMMY
9:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10 AM 700 CLUB
11:30 DAILY MASS
12 NOON GOMER PYLE USMC
12:30 MC HALE'S NAVY
1 PM GET SMART
1:30 ROOM 222
2 PM BULLWINKLE
2:30 ROBIN HOOD
3 PM THUNDERBIRDS
3:30 SPIDER MAN
4 PM KROFFT SUPERSTARS
4:30 SUPERMAN
5 PM BIONIC HOUR
6 PM GET SMART
6:30 JACKIE GLEASON
7 PM ROCKFORD FILES
8 PM BONANZA
9 PM 700 CLUB
10:30 THE LESSON
11 PM BIG VALLEY
12 AM BACHELOR FATHER
12:30 DECEMBER BRIDE
1 AM 700 LUB
2 AM SIGN OFF

27 WSMW (Ind)
6 AM BULLWINKLE
6:30 MAGILLA GORILLA
7 AM BUGS BUNNY AND FRIENDS
8 AM UNDERDOG
8:30 MISTER ED
9 AM GREEN ACRES
9:30 GHOST AND MRS MURR
10 AM PTL CLUB
12 NOON DAILY MASS
12:30 AFTERNOON MOVIE- Eternally Yours (1939)
2:30 THE FBI
3:30 PORKY PIG
4:30 BUGS BUNNY
5 PM BEWITCHED
5:30 CHICO & THE MAN
6 PM GONG SHOW
6:30 CANDID CAMERA
7 PM KOJAK
8 PM MOVIE 27- The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974)
10 PM WORCESTER NEWS
10:30 ELDER AMERICANS
11 PM MAUDE
11:30- MOVIE- Coast of Skeltons (1965)
1:30- WORCESTER NEWS
1:45- SIGN-OFF

68 WQTV (ON TV) ARLINGTON
7 AM PTL CLUB
9 AM FIT FOR LIFE
9:30 FINANCIAL NEWS NETWORK
5 PM NEWS
5:30- CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP
6 PM- THIS IS THE NFL
6:30- ALL THAT JAZZ
7 PM SUBSCRIPTION TV



44 WGBX (PBS) WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
5 PM HODGEPODGE LODGE
5:30 VILLA ALLEGRE
6 PM CAPTIONED FRENCH CHEF
6:30 OVER EASY
7 PM DICK CAVETT
7:30 MACNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
8 PM POLDARK
9 PM WORLD
10 PM NEWS (simulcasted with Ch. 2)
10:30 DICK CAVETT
11 PM CAPTIONED ABC NEWS
11:30 SIGN-OFF

PROVIDENCE
WTEV-TV 6 (CBS)
7am- MORNING WITH CHARLES KURALT
8am- CAPTAIN KANGAROO
9am- GHOST AND MRS. MUIR
9:30- LOVE OF LIFE (soon to be cancelled)
10am- BEAT THE CLOCK
10:30- WHEW
11am- THE PRICE IS RIGHT
12pm- NEWS SCOPE 6
12:30- SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
1 PM- YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
1:30- AS THE WORLD TURNS
2:30- GUIDING LIGHT
3:30- ONE DAY AT A TIME
4 PM- MOVIE- Bedtime Story (1964) (host: George Allen)
6 PM- MATCH GAME (Syndicated 5-day version)
6:30 NEWS SCOPE 6 (anchored by Truman Taylor)
7 PM CBS NEWS
7:30 FAMILY FEUD
8pm- YABBA DABBA DOO
9pm- DUKES OF HAZZARD
10pm- DALLAS
11pm- NEWS SCOPE 6
11:30- NBA Basketball- Los Angeles Lakers @ San Diego Clippers (Lakers won 103-102 in Magic Johnson’s first NBA game)
1:30- NEWS SCOPE 6
2 AM- COMMUNITY CALENDAR
2:15- THOUGHT TO LIVE BY
2:20- MOVIE- Nothing but Trouble (1944)
3:39- SIGN-OFF

WJAR-TV 10 (NBC)
7 AM- TODAY
9 AM- DONAHUE
10 AM- CARD SHARKS
10:30- HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
11 AM- HIGH ROLLERS
11:30- WHEEL OF FORTUNE
12 PM- NEWSWATCH 10
12:30- CAROL BURNETT
1 PM- DAYS OF OUR LIVES
2 PM- THE DOCTORS
2:30- ANOTHER WORLD
4 PM- THE BRADY BUNCH
4:30- MARY TYLER MOORE
5 PM ODD COUPLE
5:30- HAPPY DAYS
6 PM NEWSWATCH 10 (anchored by Doug White, John Ghiorse and Chris Clark?)
6:30 NBC NEWS
7 PM- PM MAGAZINE
7:30- TIC TAC DOUGH
8 PM- DIFF’RENT STROKES
8:30- HELLO LARRY
9 PM- ROCKFORD FILES
11 PM- NEWSWATCH 10
11:30- TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON
1 AM- MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
2:30- NEWSWATCH 10 (repeat)
3 AM- SIGN-OFF

WPRI-TV 12 (ABC)
7 AM- GOOD MORNING AMERICA
9 AM- MIKE DOUGLAS
10 AM- DIRECT QUESTION
10:30- THE 20,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID
11 AM- LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY
11:30- FAMILY FEUD
12 PM- NEWSCENTER 12
12:30- RYAN’S HOPE
1 PM- ALL MY CHILDREN
2 PM- ONE LIFE TO LIVE
3 PM- GENERAL HOSPITAL
4 PM- MERV GRIFFIN
5:30- M*A*S*H
6 PM- NEWSCENTER 12 (anchored by Walter Cryan) (BTW, the news theme to Channel 12 back then was 1977’s I feel love by Donna Summer)
6:30- ABC NEWS
7 PM- NEWLYWED GAME
7:30- CROSS-WITS
8 PM- WORLD SERIES BASEBALL- GAME 3- Baltimore @ Pittsburgh- (Baltimore won 8-4, Pittsburgh would go on to win the 1979 World Series)
11:15- NEWSCENTER 12
11:45- CHARLIE’S ANGELS
12:50- JUKE-BOX
2:20- MOVIE- The People (1971)
3:34- SIGN-OFF

NEW HAMPSHIRE
WMUR-TV 9 (ABC) Manchester,NH
7 AM- GOOD MORNING AMERICA
9 AM- PTL CLUB
10 AM- DONAHUE
11 AM- LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY
11:30- FAMILY FEUD
12 PM- THE 20,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID
12:30- RYAN’S HOPE
1 PM- ALL MY CHILDREN
2 PM- ONE LIFE TO LIVE
3 PM- GENERAL HOSPITAL
4 PM- THE EDGE OF NIGHT
4:30- GILLIGAN’S ISLAND
5 PM- BONANZA
6 PM- NEWS (what was WMUR’s news title in ’79)
6:30- ABC NEWS
7 PM- COURTSHIP OF EDDIE’S FATHER
7:30- ROOM 222
8 PM- WORLD SERIES BASEBALL- GAME 3- Baltimore @ Pittsburgh- (Baltimore won 8-4, Pittsburgh would go on to win the 1979 World Series)
11:15- NEWS
11:45- CHARLIES ANGELS
12:50- NEWS
1:20- SIGN-OFF

WENH-TV 11 (PBS) Durham, NH (University of New Hampshire)
9AM- EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
11AM- ONCE UPON A CLASSIC
11:30- SESAME STREET
12:30- EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
3 PM- MASTERPIECE THEATER- “Love for Lydia”
4 PM- SESAME STREET
5 PM- MISTER ROGERS
5:30- OVER EASY
6 PM- NEWS
6:30- YOUR TIME
7 PM- MACNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
7:30- DICK CAVETT
8 PM- WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW
8:30- WALL STREET WEEK
9 PM- BBC OUTLOOK
10 PM- SECRET AGENT
11 PM- SIGN-OFF
 
> NEW HAMPSHIRE
> WMUR-TV 9 (ABC) Manchester,NH

> 6 PM- NEWS (what was WMUR’s news title in ’79)

"The News". Yup. Just "The News". It would be 2 years before United Television would sell WMUR to Imes Communications, so WMUR was still running the way they had for years. Up until the Imes sale, WMUR only did a live 30 minute news at 6 & 11 PM weekdays. They would have a booth announcer do a live 10 or 15 minute read of wire copy news at sign on & sign off 7 days a week, while a slide showing News and the call letters appeared on screen. The weekday newscasts were done with 1 studio camera, the news anchor sitting at a table with blue curtains behind him with a mic in a desk stand introduced the news by saying: "Good evening, I'm Fred Koecher (who I believe is still with WMUR hosting part of a weekly public affairs show on Sunday mornings) and this is the News". They used newsfilm up until the Imes took over, but by now the film was in color. WMUR didn't go to local color until 1973.

Mark
 
> > NEW HAMPSHIRE
> > WMUR-TV 9 (ABC) Manchester,NH
>
> > 6 PM- NEWS (what was WMUR’s news title in ’79)
>
> "The News". Yup. Just "The News". It would be 2 years
> before United Television would sell WMUR to Imes
> Communications, so WMUR was still running the way they had
> for years. Up until the Imes sale, WMUR only did a live 30
> minute news at 6 & 11 PM weekdays. They would have a booth
> announcer do a live 10 or 15 minute read of wire copy news
> at sign on & sign off 7 days a week, while a slide showing
> News and the call letters appeared on screen. The weekday
> newscasts were done with 1 studio camera, the news anchor
> sitting at a table with blue curtains behind him with a mic
> in a desk stand introduced the news by saying: "Good
> evening, I'm Fred Koecher (who I believe is still with WMUR
> hosting part of a weekly public affairs show on Sunday
> mornings) and this is the News". They used newsfilm up until
> the Imes took over, but by now the film was in color. WMUR
> didn't go to local color until 1973.
>
> Mark
>
The title "The News" was used for years on the McGraw-Hill
stations, and may still be; I know I've seen ads for WRTV/6
Indianapolis' "The News."
 
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