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
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