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Flint/Tri-Cities, Michigan__Thursday, June 4, 1992

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FreddyE1977

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from 6/4/92 edition of the Flint JournalWNEM-TV5 (NBC)6:00PM Local News6:30PM NBC Nightly News7:00PM Outdoor Magazine7:30PM Cosby Show (*syndicated)8:00PM Cosby Show (network prime-time)8:30PM A Different World9:00PM Cheers9:30PM Wings10:00PM LA Law11:00PM Local News11:35PM Tonight Show12:35AM Late Night w/David Letterman1:35AM Later w/Bob Costas2:05AM Simon and Simon3:00AM Fall GuyWJRT-TV 12 (ABC)6:00PM Local News6:30PM ABC News7:00PM Jeopardy! (*punctuation is original!)7:30PM Wheel of Fortune8:00PM Young Riders9:00PM MacGyver10:00PM Prime Time Live11:00PM Local News11:35PM Cheers12:05AM Nightline12:35AM Dennis Miller1:35 AM Local News (*replay)2:05AM ABC News (overnite)WEYI-TV 25 (CBS)6:00PM Married….with Children6:30PM CBS Evening News7:00PM Family Feud7:30PM Golden Girls8:00PM Top Cops9:00PM CBS News Special: Year of the Generals (profile of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, along with Patton, Eisenhower, etc.)11:00PM Married….with Children11:30PM Silk Stalkings12:30AM Personals1:00AM Night Games1:30AM The Judge2:00AM CBS News (overnite)WFUM-TV 28 (Univ. of Michigan/PBS)6:00PM Club Connect6:30PM Nightly Business Report7:00PM MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour8:00PM Michigan Outdoors9:00PM Wild America10:00PM Mystery! (*punctuation is original!)11:00PM Rod and Reel11:30PM Michigan Magazine12:00AM Nova12:37AM Star Hustler12:45PM Sign-OffWSMH-TV 66 (FOX)6:00PM Who’s the Boss?6:30PM Mama’s Family7:00PM Hard Copy7:30PM Entertainment Tonight8:00PM Simpsons8:30PM Drexell’s Class9:00PM Beverly Hills 9021010:00PM Star Trek, The Next Generation11:00PM Arsenio Hall12:00AM WKRP in Cincinnati12:30AM Auto Show1:00AM Celebrate the Soul of American Music (Diahann Carroll and Dionne Warwick honor the best in American Black Music)(I cannot tell if this program ran past 3AM of if station signed-off, does not specify)Since that time, WEYI-25 and WNEM-5 have swapped affiliations (NBC-CBS).Some things that I found interesting on the schedule:- WNEM's decision to back a syndicated repeat of The Cosby Show up against the first-run NBC edition.- WEYI-TV did not have a local news operation at the time, and would just plug-in reruns of Married with Children wherever local news was indicated! (today, local stations seem to do endless hours upon hours of local news...even if not enough happens to warrant it!)- The Simpsons still holding down an 8PM prime-time slot, just as they do today, followed by the utterly forgettable Drexel's Class. (did it run more than just this one time? I forget!) Fox certainly had some clinkers back when they were still trying to sort things out!- The distinctive Outdoors flavor of the local PBS schedule. I noticed while living in that area that the locals are really into their hunting, fishing, boating, etc.- I am fairly certain that the midnight running of WKRP in Cincinnati on WSMH-TV66 was not the classic Tim Reid-Loni Anderson variety, but rather the short-lived, early '90's revival with Tawney Kitaen and Michael Des Barres (66 promoted it rather heavily as I recall). Listing is not specific though.- A very impressive looking music special running on 66 at 1AM....couldn't find an earlier time?- The very refreshing, total lack of "PAID PROGAMMING" being mentioned anywhere in the schedule!!!
 
FreddyE1977 said:
WFUM-TV 28 (Univ. of Michigan/PBS)12:00AM Nova12:37AM Star Hustler12:45PM Sign-Off
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Wasn't Nova usually an hour program?
- WNEM's decision to back a syndicated repeat of The Cosby Show up against the first-run NBC edition.
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Though I think WNEM ran the syndied Cosby every weeknight at that time. Going back-to-back with NBC's Cosby was just a weekly coincidence.
- WEYI-TV did not have a local news operation at the time, and would just plug-in reruns of Married with Children wherever local news was indicated! (today, local stations seem to do endless hours upon hours of local news...even if not enough happens to warrant it!)
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WEYI did have local news, but they only had a weekday newscast at 5:30PM, with nothing at Noon, 6, or 11, or on weekends.
- I am fairly certain that the midnight running of WKRP in Cincinnati on WSMH-TV66 was not the classic Tim Reid-Loni Anderson variety, but rather the short-lived, early '90's revival with Tawney Kitaen and Michael Des Barres (66 promoted it rather heavily as I recall). Listing is not specific though.
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Since this was a weekday schedule, chances are this was the classsic CBS run, with "The New WKRP" on weekends.
 
Unfortunately, the Flint Journal daily editions only start from 6PM forward. :-[I'll have to look around and see if I have one of the Sunday supplements lyingaround anyplace.
 
As far as WKRP goes, it may have been a mix of new & old like it was here in Ft. wayne at the time. WFFT aired the new WKRP on Sunday afternoon (usually after a Cubs game). It also aired once during the week. The CBS version then aired the other four nights during the week. But, who knows?
 
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