HARTFORD/NEW HAVEN RETRO - March 23-29, 1991 - Independents/Fox Affiliate

[Markd]

This is from TV Guide Hartford/New Haven Edition March 23-29, 1991

61 WTCI TV (Fox) Chase
Saturday
5 AM DOCTOR GENE SCOTT
6 AM BULLWINKLE
6:30 JETSONS
7 AM FLINTSTONES
7:30 KRYPTON FACTOR
8 AM PETER PAN AND THE PIRATES
8:30 BOBBY'S WORLD
9 AM TOM & JERRY KIDS
9:30 KILLER TOMATOES
10 AM PIGSBURGH PIGS
10:30 FOX FUN HOUSE
11 AM MY SECRET IDENTITY
11:30 FAMILY TIES
12 NOON STAR TREK
1 PM HUNTER
2 PM MOVIE - Heart Of A Champion: Ray Mancini Story (1985)
4 PM MOVIE - Oceans Of Fire (1986)
6 PM 21 JUMP STREET
7 PM STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
8 PM HIDDEN VIDEO
9 PM YEARBOOK
8 PM YOU TAKE THE KIDS
9 PM COPS
9:30 COPS
10 PM NEWS
10:30 ON THE SCENE
11 PM COMIC STRIP: LATE NIGHT
12 MIDNIGHT NIGHT FLIGHT
2 AM CHINESE NEW YEAR PARADE
3 AM MOVIE - Rawhyde (1951)
4:30 MOVIE - Little Light Music (1977)

SUNDAY
6 AM UNDERDOG
7 AM RICHIE RICH
7:30 FANTASTIC MAX
8 AM DON COYOTE & SANCHO PANDA
8:30 MIDNIGHT PATROL
9 AM MUNSTERS TODAY
9:30 MY SECRET IDENTITY
10 AM FAME
11 AM MOVIE - That Darned Cat (1965)
1 PM MOVIE - Tough Love (1985)
3 PM MOVIE - Wishes Of Billy Grier (1984)
5 PM 21 JUMP STREET
6 PM STAR TREK: NEXT GENERATION
7 PM TRUE COLORS
7:30 PARKER LEWIS CAN'T LOSE
8 PM IN LIVING COLOR
8:30 GET A LIFE
9 PM MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
9:30 MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
10 PM COMIC STRIP PRIME TIME
11 PM NEWS
11:30 MISSING/REWARD
12 MIDNIGHT PAID PROGRAMMING
1 AM GENE SCOTT

MONDAY-FRIDAY
5 AM GENE SCOTT
6 AM MORNING STRETCH
6:30 BULLWINKLE
7 AM JETSONS
7:30 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS
8 AM FLINTSTONES
8:30 WOODY WOODEPCKER
9 AM MOVIE -
Monday - Divorce Hers (1973)
Tuesday - Divorce His (1974)
Wednesday - Take Your Best Shot (1982)
Thursday - Oceans Of Fure (1976)
Friday - Flame Of Love (1979)
11 AM HARDCASTLE & MCCORMICK
12 NOON MATCH GAME (ABC PREEMPTION)
12:30 PEOPLE'S COURT
1 PM CHALLENGERS
1:30 TRUMP CARD
2 PM FAMILY TIES
2:30 PETER PAN AND THE PIRATES
3 PM DUCKTALES
3:30 CHIP & DALES
4 PM TALE SPIN
4:30 GUMMI BEARS
5 PM TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
5:30 CHARLES IN CHARGE
6 PM PERFECT STRANGERS
6:30 LOVE CONNECTION
7 PM STAR TREK
MONDAY
8 PM MOVIE - Desparately Seeking Susan (1985)
TUESDAY
8 PM MOVIE - Backfire (1982)
WEDNESDAY
8 PM MOVIE - Clue (1985)
THURSDAY
8 PM SIMPSONS
8:30 BABES
9 PM BEVERLY HILLS 90210
FRIDAY
8 PM AMERICA'S MOST WANTED
9 PM AGAINST THE LAW
MONDAY-FRIDAY
10 PM NEWS
10:30 NEWHART
11 PM NIGHT COURT
11:30 LOVE CONNECTION
12 MIDNIGHT THREE'S COMPANY
12:30 AMEN
1 AM HUNTER
2 AM GENE SCOTT


20 WTXX (Ind) Renaissance

SATURDAY
5 AM CHiPS
6 AM CHiPS
7 AM LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
7:30 LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
8 AM WEBSTER
8:30 WEBSTER
9 AM NEW LASSIE
9:30 WIDGET
10 AM OUT OF THIS WORLD
10:30 OUT OF THIS WORLD
11 AM WWF WRESTLING
12 NOON HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
1 PM HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
2 PM MOVIE - Double Exposure (1989)
4 PM MOVIE - Hog Wild (1974)
6 PM SUPER BOY
6:30 SUPER FORCE
7 PM HARRY & THE HENDERSONS
7:30 GROWING PAINS
8 PM MOVIE - Back Stab (1990)
10 PM NEW DRAGNET
10:30 NEW ADAM 12
11 PM ALF
11:30 DRACULA
12 MIDNIGHT WWF WRESTLING
1 AM SMASH HITS
1:30 REUNION
2 AM MOVIE - The Man Bolt
4 AM HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN

SUNDAY
5 AM JEFFERSONS
5:30 HARRY & THE HENDERSONS
6 AM JEFFERSONS
6:30 BUGS BUNNY AND FRIENDS
7 AM DENNIS THE MENACE CARTOONS
7:30 POPEYE AND FRIENDS
8 AM VIDEO POWER
8:30 DAVID PAUL
9 AM IN TOUCH
10 AM KENNETH COPELAND
11 AM JERRY FAWELL
12 NOON MOVIE - Fire On The Mountain (1981)
2 PM MOVIE - Educating Rita (1983)
4 PM MOVIE - Hard To Hold (1984)
6 PM HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
7 PM HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
8 PM MOVIE - Donovan's Reef (1963)
10 PM NEON RIDER
11 PM SLEDGEHGAMMER
11:30 JEFFERSONS
12 MIDNIGHT BYRON ALLEN
1 AM MONSTERS
1:30 TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE
2 AM SIGN OFF (WILL PICK UP HOME SHOPPING NETWORK IN APRIL WHEN WHCT GOES DARK)

MONDAY-FRIDAY
5 AM SUCCESS IN LIFE
6 AM POPEYE
6:30 BUGS BUNNY
7 AM VIDEO POWER
7:30 TOXIC CURSADERS
8 AM DENNIS THE MENACE CARTOONS
8:30 REAL GHOSTBUSTERS
9 AM MIGHTY MOUSE AND FRIENDS
9:30 WAKE RATTLE ROLL
10 AM ALF
10:30 HAPPY DAYS
11 AM THE JUDGE
11:30 ODD COUPLE
12 NOON KATE & ALLIE
12:30 BRADY BUNCH
1 PM I DREAM OF JEANNIE
1:30 BEWITCHED
2 PM WEBSTER
2:30 FACTS OF LIFE
3 PM GI JOE
3:30 HE MAN
4 PM MERRIE MELODIES
4:30 TINY TOONS
5 PM GROWING PAINS
5:30 HOGAN FAMILY
6 PM COSBY SHOW
6:30 227
7 PM COSBY SHOW
7:30 M*A*S*H (Except Monday)
NHL HOCKEY - Hartford At Montreal (Monday)
8 PM MOVIE - (Tuesday-Friday)
Tuesday - Bulletproof (1987)
Wednesday - Last Plane Out (1983)
Thursday - Certain Fury (1985)
Friday - Karate Kid (1984)
10 PM M*A*S*H
10:30 MAMA'S FAMILY
11 PM ALL IN THE FAMILY
11:30 JEFFERSONS
12 MIDNIGHT CHiPS
1 AM DUKES OF HAZARD
2 AM SIGN OFF (HOME SHOPPING NETWORK WOULD MOVE HERE IN APRIL OF 1991 WHEN 18 WHCT WENT DARK)

18 WHCT (Ind) Astroline
(Programming not firm at press time - May Not Have Aired As Listed) The station might have actually went dark at this point. The secision to go dark occurred before TV publications could list them or delete them
SATURDAY
5 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
12 NOON HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
4 PM PAID PROGRAMMING
7 PM WRESTLING
8 PM MOVIE - TO BE ANNOUNCED
10 PM WRESTLING
11 PM PAID PROGRAMMING
MIDNIGHT WRESTLING
1 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK

SUNDAY
5 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
8 AM FRED PRICE
9 AM KENNETH COPELAND
10 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
11 AM PAID PROGRAMMING
NOON HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
4 PM MOVIE - TO BE ANNOUNCED
6 PM MOVIE - TO BE ANNOUNCED
8 PM IN TOUCH
9 PM JERRY FAWELL
10 PM PAID PROGRAMMING
11 PM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK

MONDAY-FRIDAY
5 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
7 AM PAID PROGRAMMING
9 AM KENNETH COPELAND
9:30 LARRY LEE
10 AM 700 CLUB
11 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
4 PM MOVIE - To Be Announced
6 PM PAID PROGRAMMING
9 PM PAID PROGRAMMING
11 PM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK

Note: WHCT 18 would go dark very early in April or late in March - This schedule may not have even aired.

26 WTWS (Ind)

SATURDAY
5 AM PAID PROGRAMMING
11 AM WWF WRESTLING
12 NOON WCW WRESTLING
1 PM MOVIE - Sugarland Express (1974)
3 PM MOVIE - 7 Percent Solution (1976)
5 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE
6 PM BONANZA
7 PM HILL STREET BLUES
8 PM UPTOWN COMEDY
9 PM SEARCH
10 PM WCW WRESTLING
11 PM SOUL TRAIN
12 MIDNIGHT MOVIE - Road Hustlers (1968)
1 AM PAID PROGRAMMING

SUNDAY
5 AM PAID PROGRAMMING
7 AM D JAMES KENNEDY
8 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
9 AM TRIUMPHANT
9:30 IT IS WRITTEN
10 AM HANNA BARBARA'S WORLD OF SUPER ADVENTURES
12 NOON PARTRIDGE FAMILY
12:30 MY THREE SONS
1 PM AIRWOLF
2 PM TJ HOOKER
3 PM MOVIE - Diamond Thieves (1979)
5 PM MOVIE - Frisco Kid (1979)
7 PM WWF WRESTLING
8 PM J V IMPE
8:30 HERALD OF TRUTH
9 PM PAID PROGRAMMING
12 MID PAID PROGRAMMING

MONDAY-FRIDAY
5 AM PAID PROGRAMMING
6 AM KENNETH COPELAND
6:30 MARYLIN HICKEY
7 AM INSPECTOR GADGET
7:30 HEATHCLIFF
8 AM CASPER
8:30 MISTER ED
9 AM GREEN ACRES
9:30 I LOVE LUCY
10 AM BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
11:30 PARTRIDGE FAMILY
12 NOON MY FAVORITE MARTIAN
12:30 HOGAN'S HEROES
1 PM BONANZA
2 PM GUNSMOKE
3 PM GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
3:30 GET SMART
4 PM LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
4:30 MC HALE'S NAVY
5 PM DICK VAN DYKE
5:30 I LOVE LUCY
6 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE
7 PM HILL STREET BLUES
8 PM AIRWOLF
9 PM A TEAM
10 PM HONEYMOONERS
11 PM HOGAN'S HEROES
11:30 TWILIGHT ZONE
12 MID PAID PROGRAMMING

 

[classictvfan]

A couple of comments:


HE MAN
Which version?


LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE
That should be Little House On The Prairie.

 

[classictvfan]

When did WTWS come on the scene, Mark? What happened to it?

 

[mdamico23]

> When did WTWS come on the scene, Mark? What happened to it?
>
WTWS/26 in New London, CT went on the air in the mid to late 1980s. They had their own news for awhile (anchored by Jim Parisi, who later went to WMUR in Manchester, NH). They also carried Yankees baseball (the feed from WPIX, who carried the Yankees at the time),

WTWS had a pretty good signal, at least to the south. They were a frequent DX catch at my parents house in Monmouth County, NJ (which is 150+ miles from New London). I am not sure how the signal was towards Hartford, which is the area they targeted. (They ID'd themselves as WTWS New London/Hartford).

By the mid-1990s, the station encountered financial problems. The local news was cancelled and the station stopped carrying the Yankees. Eventually, it was sold to PAX and became WHPX, the Pax station for the Hartford area. As with most PAX affiliates, Channel 26 is now mostly infomercials.

-Mike

 

[KML0224]

WTWS-TV (IND) channel 26 came on in September of 1986 (or that's when I first discovered it when visting on the weekend from Maine). I believe the Station Manager was Jim Konteleon and used to do a "Manager's Minute" segment which was an opinion of his about a current event or whatever. "Newsbeat 26" used to be on weeknights at 10 PM. Mike Ratte did sports. He would later move on to ABC in Springfield, MA. The station used to air quite a bit of WWF/E wrestling. They also used to air AWA wrestling (1988 to 1990 or so) and GWF, the Global Wrestling Federation out of Dallas' famed Sportotorium (home to World Class Championship Wrestling for years).

In the prior posts, channel 61 of Hartford was, and is, WTIC-TV. Also, WHCT-TV channel 18 of Hartford went off the air on April 9, 1991. I still have the story from channel 3's 6 PM newscast that evening, reported on by Diane Alverio. <P ID="signature">______________
The 2006 New York Yankees...on to title #27!</P>

 

[Markd]

> HE MAN
> Which version?

It was probably the 1990 version.

> LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE
> That should be Little House On The Prairie.

OK

 

[Markd]

> When did WTWS come on the scene, Mark? What happened to it?

I believe it signed on in the summer of 1986. The station initially had low budget programming. In the late 80's when the Viacom shows fell off WTXX's schedule as WTXX got more recent programming WTWS 26 got the Viacom shows like I Love Lucy, Honeymooners, Beverly Hillbillies, Andy Griffith, and others. They also got the MCA shows that WTIC Fox 61 lost in the late 80's. Still with these shows the station was paying huge sums while not getting ratings. WTXX and WTIC TV did far better. WTIC TV had mostly barter with a few strong cash shows and Fox. They were the leading independent by 1991 though WTXX spent more cash on shows.

Eventually in 1992 WTWS as it hit hard times did not renew any Viacom shows. In the fall of 1992 WTWS wanted to buy WTXX 20's inventory but Renaissance' asking price was just too high. By 1993 WTWS had no ratings but began to make money with infomercials and religious shows. The entertainment shows were all barter. In 1994 LIN which owned WTNH ABC 8 by then acquired the Viacom shows previously on WTWS along with Columbia/Sony shows previously on WTIC TV. In 1995 LIN then began an LMA with 59 WTVU becoming WBNE and the WB station. WB 59 aired the Viacom and Sony shows along with WB shows.

26 WTWS was sold to Paxson in 1995 and picked up more infomercials and Valuvision (now Shop NBC). In 1998 Paxson bought dark 18 WHCT but opted to put Uinvision there and then sold WHCT to Entravision. WTWS picked up Pax TV upon the Fall 1998 sign on.

Today Channel 26 is an i (formerly called Pax TV) affiliate/O & O.