In my tv market (Jackson, Miss.) ETV channel 29 did not but I notice when looking at old tv schedules from across the country that quite a few did. Did the one in your market air a movie once or twice a week? I was wondering just how common it was back in the 1970's & 80's?
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Did your local or state PBS channel air movies?
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Include today if they do it. I wasn't aware the PBS stations still air movies.
Around 2000 on Saturday nights UNC-TV aired those movies that Turner Classic Movies shows now. They showed the Turner logo before each movie.
I remember those very well, especially the Friday night flicks. A few years ago they even had a Thanksgiving classic film festival with movies from "Mrs. Miniver" to "42nd Street". Why did they quit doing them?
OETA in Oklahoma has aired movies. "The OETA Movie Club" Saturday nights.
(And movies from the Saturday broadcast have been repeated Friday nights).
Most of the time - Occasionally, blocks of "Festival" and "AugustFest" programming may air in its place.
I've watched usually via KOED channel 11 from Tulsa.
I've also seen OETA on flagship station KETA 13 Oklahoma City, which KOED is a satellite of. On KOET 3 Eufaula, OK, a satellite of KOED.
Also on KWET 12 Cheyenne, OK.
In analog, KETA occasionally would be received over KAFT 13 (AETN/PBS) Fayetteville, AR.
KWET is a satellite of KETA.
(And movies from the Saturday broadcast have been repeated Friday nights).
Most of the time - Occasionally, blocks of "Festival" and "AugustFest" programming may air in its place.
I've watched usually via KOED channel 11 from Tulsa.
I've also seen OETA on flagship station KETA 13 Oklahoma City, which KOED is a satellite of. On KOET 3 Eufaula, OK, a satellite of KOED.
Also on KWET 12 Cheyenne, OK.
In analog, KETA occasionally would be received over KAFT 13 (AETN/PBS) Fayetteville, AR.
KWET is a satellite of KETA.
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The MST3K with commentary? That must be a mindscrew. Then again, PBS needs all the viewers they can get, for those donations during pledge drives.
The only movie I remember WQED airing was It's a Wonderful Life
(back when all PBS stations were airing it for their holiday pledge drive)
When I lived in Michigan WKAR in East Lansing would run movies sometimes.
(back when all PBS stations were airing it for their holiday pledge drive)
When I lived in Michigan WKAR in East Lansing would run movies sometimes.
WKNO in Memphis was doing something similar on weekends in the early 2000's. It was during a season that they also tried showing reruns of other shows like The Twilight Zone, Matlock, and Little House on the Prairie late nights and weekends, but it only lasted one season. I get the impression that they were probably dropped because some major donors who were TV snobs probably put pressure on them to drop it.
Then a few years ago WKNO had a late night horror movie show showing movies like Plan 9 From Outer Space and other similar PD movies for a few years, but it's gone now as well.
I remember being a kid and happening on Monty Python during a weeknight on PBS.... whew i'm old...
UNC-TV ran them for a while a few years back. I liked some of it.
yes. Last batch they had was season 3 from 1991
San Francisco's KQED has shown movies on Saturday nights for well over a decade.
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