Independents carrying uncleared network programming

[newsmark]

> >
> Before CBS started offering the optional 11AM CT feed of
> "The Young and the Restless," my local CBS affiliate had
> been airing Y&R on a one-day delay at 11AM.

In the early 80s, CBS was pre-feeding Y&R at, I believe, 3:30 a.m. Central time. KDFW-4 in Dallas recorded that feed and played it at 11 a.m., so they could have local news at noon.

KXII-12 in Sherman didn't have anyone on staff at 3:30 a.m., but they wanted to keep their noon farm show, so they aired Y&R from KDFW's signal off air for several years.

It looked pretty bad most days. Occasionally you'd see a KDFW ID supered, or even a Channel 4 promo.

 

[TimL]

In the early 1980's WOAC-TV 67 in Canton, Ohio picked up the CBS Late Movie (McCloud, NcMillan, Banacek, etc,) when WJW-TV 8 Cleveland would air movies. This gave CBS clearance for the Late Movie in at least a portion of Northeastern Ohio. I think 67 also aired a few weeks of David Letterman after his move from NBC, Channel 8 finally picked Letterman up.

 

[chris12]

From seeing lots of these old schedules and some Boston Globe on microfilm, Boston indies were picking up quite a bit of stuff from the late 60s when 38 picked up NBC's 12-2 PM block and ABC's 2-4 pm block which included Jeopardy, Eye Guess, Newlywed Game, Dating Game. Also, channel 68 picked up a bunch of stuff from all three networks such as Another World, Super Password, Search For Tomorrow, Card Sharks just to name a few. Also, in Milwaukee in the eraly 80s WVTV Channel 18 picked up a ton of NBC daytime stuff such as Blockbusters, Wheel Of Fortune, Vegas Gambit,Texas, Sale of the Century. I wonder how that worked, did the indy station pay for the rights to the shows or was it negotiated between the stations or the network?

 

[bhayes1016]

When I visited Atlanta in the early 90s for the first time, I remember that WUPA-69 (don't recall what their call letters were during the period) carried "Match Game 90" which was passed over by WSB-2 (and most ABC affiliates around the country who ran news instead).

I don't recall any stations in the Evansville, IN market (my hometown market) not carrying the full network line-ups or passing select shows off to the indies (of which there was exactly one in the early 80s, WEVV-44 - later the Fox affiliate and now the CBS affiliate).

I know that KPRC-2-Houston passed of Sunset Beach to KTXH-20-UPN until it was cancelled. I think they then passed the first season or two of Passions off before picking it up.

I believe they originally ran it in an overnight slot before KNWS-51 picked it up and ran it in the afternoon.

 

[Ultimajock]

...in Green Bay, after ABC dropped the full-time "Dick Cavett Show," their then-affiliate WLUK/11 pre-empted "ABC's Wide World of Entertainment" to carry "The CBS Late Movie," which itself was being pre-empted by CBS' then-affiliate WBAY-TV/2. Then, when WLRE/26 (now WGBA) first took to the air in 1980, they picked up "The CBS Late Movie" for a spell. WBAY had a habit of not taking CBS' late night offerings; WBAY never ran "The Merv Griffin Show," leaving that for KFIZ-TV/34 in Fond du Lac (which picked up WVTV/18 Milwaukee's air signal and rebroadcast it)...

 

[gr8oldies]

In Ft. Wayne, CBS affiliate WANE-TV dropped "Good Times" which aired two Saturdays from the Monday airing on WKJG, channel 33, the NBC affiliate. WHIO-TV in Dayton always delayed the Friday night CBS movie and aired it Sunday night (calling it the "CBS Movie").

 

[bpatrick]

Ted Turner nearly found himself facing a lawsuit
from NBC in 1972; he picked up three primetime
and two daytime shows pre-empted on WSB, then
put up billboards around Atlanta announcing that
"the NBC network moves to Channel 17," and listing
the five shows (Banacek, Cool Million, Madigan,
Jeopardy!, and Who, What Or Where). Of course,
NBC wasn't moving to 17--wouldn't move to 11 for
another eight years (and Turner tried to get ABC
away from 11)--and when the Peacock Network
threatened to sue, the billboards came down in a
hurry.

Turner also used to carry Merv Griffin when he
was on CBS latenight; 5 tried it (even put Merv
in the afternoon) but found better success with
movies.

Most shows pre-empted on 2, 5, or 11 eventually
found their way to 14, 36, or 69. I remember 69
carrying the soap Loving when 2 pre-empted it
in the mid-'80s; they also carried CBS's "Crimetime
After Primetime," which 5 pre-empted in favor of
Arsenio Hall. And as someone else pointed out,
11 pre-empted NBC's daytime reruns of Full House,
which were picked up by 14.

Back closer to home, independent Channel 48 (now MyTV)
in Greensboro used to carry CBS's morning show, which
WFMY pre-empted for years in favor of its local
Good Morning Show.