MAINE TV- Thursday January 5, 1989

[highwayman128]

Source: Portland Press Herald

MAINE TV- Thursday January 5, 1989

WLBZ 2- NBC- Bangor
6am- NBC News at Sunrise
6:30- NewsCenter
7am- Today Show
9am- Days of Our Lives
10am- Sale of The Century
10:30- Classic Concentration
11am- Wheel Of Fortune
11:30- Scrabble
12pm- NewsCenter
12:30- Donahue
1:30- Scrabble
2pm- Another World
3pm- Santa Barbara
4pm- Quincy M.E
5pm- M*A*S*H
5:30- Cheers
6pm- NewsCenter 2
6:30- NBC News
7pm- Family Feud
7:30- Family Ties
8pm- Cosby Show
8:30- A Different World
9pm- Cheers
9:30- Dear John
10pm- L.A Law
11pm- NewsCenter 2
11:30- Tonight Show
12:30- Late Night With David Letterman
1:30- Sign-Off

WBZ 4- NBC- Boston
5 AM BODY BY JAKE
5:30 BUSINESS THIS MORNING
6 AM NBC NEWS
6:30 EYEWITNESS NEWS
7:00am- Today
9:00am- Hour Magazine
10:00am- Sale of the Century
10:30am- Classic Concentration
11:00am- Wheel of Fortune
11:30am- Scrabble
12:00pm- Eyewitness News at Noon (with John Henning)
12:30pm- People are Talking
1:30pm- Love Connection
2:00pm- Days of Our Lives
3:00pm- Santa Barbara
4:00pm- Win, Lose or Draw (the Syndicated version hosted by the late Bert Convy)
4:30pm- Family Feud (the Syndicated Version of the CBS Game Show hosted by the late Ray Combs)
5:00pm- People's Court (Judge Wapner, Rusty and Doug)
5:30pm- Eyewitness News
6:00pm- Eyewitness News (with Liz Walker, Jack Williams, Bruce Schwoegler and Bob Lobel)
7:00pm- NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
7:30pm- Evening Magazine
8:00pm- Cosby Show
8:30- A Different World
9:00pm- Cheers
9:30pm- Dear John
10pm- L.A Law
11:00pm- Eyewitness News
11:30pm- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
12:30am- Late Night with David Letterman
1:30am- Eyewitness News


WABI 5- CBS- Bangor
6am- CBS Early Morning News
7am- CBS Morning News
9am- Hour Magazine
10am- Family Feud
10:30- Card Sharks
11am- The Price is Right
12pm- Group One Medical
12:30- Young and the Restless
1:30- Bold and the Beautiful
2pm- As The World Turns
3pm- Guiding Light
4pm- Oprah Winfrey
5pm- Win, Lose or Draw
5:30- Hollywood Squares
6pm- Telejournal News
6:30- CBS News
7pm- Cosby Show
7:30- Newhart
8pm- 48 Hours
9pm- Paradise
10pm- Knots Landing
11pm- Telejournal News
11:30- Night Heat

WCVB 5- ABC- Boston
5 AM NEWSCENTER 5 FIRST
6 AM NEWSCENTER 5
7:00am- Good Morning America (with Charles Gibson and Joan Lunden)
9:00am- Good Day! (with Eileen Prose)
10:00am- Geraldo
11:00am- Sally Jessy Raphael
11:30am- Ryan’s Hope
12:00pm- NewsCenter 5 Midday (with Jim Boyd, Susan Wornick and Bob Copeland)
12:30pm- Loving
1:00pm- All My Children
2:00pm- One Life To Live
3:00pm- General Hospital
4:00pm- Afterschool Special- “The Kid Who Couldn’t Quit”
5:00pm- Oprah Winfrey
6:00pm- NewsCenter 5 (with Chet Curtis, Natalie Jacobson, Dick Albert and Mike Lynch)
7:00pm- ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
7:30pm- Chronicle
8:00pm- Knightwatch
9:00pm- Dynasty
10:00pm- Heartbeat
11:00pm- NewsCenter 5
11:30pm- ABC News Nightline
12:00am- Day’s End
1:00am- USA Today
1:30am- Hill Street Blues

WCSH 6- NBC- Portland
5:50am- Weather
6am- NBC News at Sunrise
6:30- NewsCenter
7am- Today Show
9am- Days Of Our Lives
10am- Sweethearts
10:30- Classic Concentration
11am- Wheel of Fortune
11:30- Win, Lose or Draw
12pm- NewsCenter
12:30- Donahue
1:30- Sale of the Century
2pm- Another World
3pm- Santa Barbara
4pm- Magnum P.I
5pm- Hollywood Squares
5:30- Entertainment Tonight
6pm- NewsCenter
6:30- NBC News
7pm- Cosby Show
7:30- Family Ties
8pm- Cosby Show
8:30- A Different World
9pm- Cheers
9:30- Dear John
10pm- L.A Law
11pm- NewsCenter
11:30- Tonight Show
12:30am- Late Night with David Letterman

WVII 7- ABC- Bangor
6am- PTL Club
7am- Good Morning America
9am- Weight Loss
9:30- Family Medical Center
10am- Home
10:30- Growing Pains
11am- Ducktales
11:30- My Little Pony
12pm- Geraldo
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life to Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Afterschool Special- “The Kid Who Couldn’t Quit”
5:30-NewsPlus 7
6pm- USA Today
6:30- ABC News
7pm- Entertainment Tonight
7:30- Dating Game
8pm- War of the Worlds
9pm- Dynasty
10pm- Heartbeat
11pm- NewsPlus 7
11:30- ABC News Nightline
12am- Sign-off

WNEV 7- CBS- Boston
5 AM CBS NEWS NIGHTWATCH
6 AM CBS NEWS
6:30 NEWS
7:00am- Ready To Go (Local Kid’s Show hosted by Scot Reese and Liz Callaway)
8:00am- CBS This Morning (DELAYED ONE HOUR)
10:00am- Talk of the Town
10:30am- Family Feud
11:00am- The Price is Right
12:00pm- New England News
12:30pm- The Young and the Restless
1:30pm- The Bold and the Beautiful
2:00pm- As The World Turns
3:00pm- Guiding Light
4:00pm- Cagney and Lacey
5:00pm- New England News
6:00pm- New England News
6:30pm- CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
7:00pm- Wheel of Fortune
7:30pm- Jeopardy!
8:00pm- 48 Hours
9:00pm- Paradise
10:00pm- Dynasty
11:00pm- New England News
11:35pm- Jeopardy!
12:05am- Night Heat

WMTW 8- ABC- Poland Spring
5:45- PTL Club
6am- ABC News World News This Morning
6:30- TV 8 News
7am- Good Morning America
9am- Hour Magazine
10am- Sally Jesse Raphael
10:30- Family Medical Center
11am- Growing Pains
11:30- Home
12pm- Ryan’s Hope
12:30- Loving
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life to Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Afterschool Special- “The Kid Who Couldn’t Quit”
5pm- Superior Court
5:30- People’s Court
6pm- TV 8 News
6:30- ABC News
7pm- A Current Affair
7:30- Kate And Allie
8pm- Knightwatch
9pm- Dynasty
10pm- Heartbeat
11pm- TV 8 News
11:30- ABC News Nightline
12am- Laverne and Shirley

WCBB 10- PBS- Lewiston
6:45am- A.M Weather
7am- Nightly Business Report
7:30- Captain Kangaroo
8am- Today’s Special
8:30- Zoobillee Zoo
9am- Sesame Street
10am- Mister Rogers
10:30- Square One TV
11am- 3-2-1 Contact
11:30- Sesame Street
12:30pm- Mister Rogers
1pm- Instructional TV
2:30- NatureScene
3pm- Learn to Read
3:30- Sesame Street
4:30- Mister Rogers
5pm- Square One TV
5:30- 3-2-1 Contact
6pm- Today’s Special
6:30- Business Report
7pm- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
8pm- The Power Game
9pm- Mystery!- “Inspector Morse: Service of the Dead”
10pm- Songs From My Fair Lady
11pm- Never the Twain
11:30- The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin

WENH 11- PBS- Durham, NH
7:45am- A.M Weather
8am- Sesame Street
9am- Mister Rogers
9:30- Instructional TV
12pm- Sesame Street
1pm- Instructional TV
2:30- American Experience
4:30- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
5pm- Sesame Street
6pm- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
7pm- Business Report
7:30- Highlights from Power
8pm- The Power Game
9pm- Divided Union
10pm- The Day the Universe Changed
11pm- Bill Moyers’ World of Ideas
11:30- Your Show of Shows

MPBN- PBS- WMEB 12-Orono/ WMEG 26- Biddeford
7:15am- A.M Weather
7:30am- Business Report
8am- Beginnings
9am- Sesame Street
10am- Captain Kangaroo
10:30- Square One TV
11am- 3-2-1 Contact
11:30- Sesame Street
12:30- Mister Rogers
1pm- Educational TV
2:30- Body Electric
3pm- Learn to Read
3:30- Sesame Street
4:30- Mister Rogers
5pm- Square One TV
5:30- Voyage of the Mimi
6pm- NatureScene
6:30- Nightly Business Report
7pm- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
8pm- The Power Game
9pm- Mystery!- “Inspector Morse: Service of the Dead”
10pm- This Old House
10:30- Life Matters
11pm- Tax Tips
11:30- Sign-Off

WGME 13- CBS- Portland
6am- CBS Morning News
7am- CBS This Morning
9am- Regis and Kathie Lee
10am- Family Feud
10:30- Card Sharks
11am- The Price is Right
12pm- News 13
12:30- Young and the Restless
1:30- Bold and The Beautiful
2pm- As The World Turns
3pm- Guiding Light
4pm- Oprah Winfrey
5pm- Win, Lose or Draw
5:30- USA Today
6pm- News 13
6:30- CBS News
7pm- Wheel of Fortune
7:30- Jeopardy!
8pm- 48 Hours
9pm- Paradise
10pm- Knots Landing
11pm- News 13
11:30- Night Heat

WSBK 38- Ind.- Boston
5 AM MORNING STRETCH
5:30 DICK VAN DYKE
6 AM BRAVESTARR
6:30 THUNDERCATS
7 AM HE MAN AND SHE RA
7:30 BEVERLY HILLS TEENS
8 AM COMIC STRIP
8:30 SCOOBY DOO
9 AM GIDGET
9:30 ANDY GRIFFITH
10 AM BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
10:30 ALICE
11 AM DIVORCE COURT
11:30 AM BOSTON
12 NOON TRAPPER JOHN MD
1 PM MAUDE
1:30 JEFFERSONS
2 PM GUMBY
2:30 MY LITTLE PONY
3 PM GHOSTBUSTERS
3:30 CARE BEARS
4 PM NEW ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS
4:30 DUCKTALES
5 PM FUN HOUSE
5:30 PUNKY BREWSTER
6 PM FAMILY TIES
6:30 FAMILY TIES
7 PM CHEERS
7:30 NEWHART
8 PM MOVIE- North By Northwest (1959)
11 PM M*A*S*H
11:30 MORTON DOWNEY JR.
12:30 ST. ELSEWHERE
1:30 HOGAN’S HEROES
2 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK OVERNIGHT SERVICE

WPXT 51- FOX- Portland
7am- Real Ghostbusters
7:30- Yogi Bear
8am- Dennis the Menace
8:30- Woody Woodpecker
9am- Finders Keepers
9:30- Gimme a Break
10am- I Dream of Jeannie
10:30- Dating Game
11am- Newlywed Game
11:30- Divorce Court
12pm- Perry Mason
1pm- Happy Days
1:30- Gidget
2pm- JEM
2:30- The Jetsons
3pm- C.O.P.S
3:30- Duck Tales
4pm- Double Dare
4:30- Webster
5pm- Star Trek
6pm- M*A*S*H
6:30- All in the Family
7pm- M*A*S*H
7:30- Newhart
8pm- Movie- The Last Dragon (1985)
10pm- News
11pm- Gong Show
11:30- Arsenio Hall

WLVI 56- Ind.- Boston
6 AM TRANSFORMERS
6:30 TOM AND JERRY
7 AM DENNIS THE MENACE CARTOONS
7:30 GI JOE
8 AM BUGS BUNNY
9 AM JEM
9:30 POPEYE
10 AM ZOOBILEE ZOO
10:30 MIGHTY MOUSE
11 AM CNN NEWS
12 NOON DATING GAME
12:30 NEWLYWED GAME
1 PM BEWITCHED
1:30 I DREAM OF JEANNIE
2 PM BUGS BUNNY
2:30 TEDDY RUXPIN
3 PM SMURFS
3:30 C.O.P.S
4 PM TOM AND JERRY
4:30 REAL GHOSTBUSTERS
5 PM BRADY BUNCH
5:30 WEBSTER
6 PM THREE’S COMPANY
6:30 FACTS OF LIFE
7 PM NIGHT COURT
7:30 U.S.A TODAY
8 PM MOVIE – Circle of Iron (1979)
10 PM 56 NEWS AT 10
11 PM USA TODAY
11:30 ARSENIO HALL
12:30 GONG SHOW
1 AM PAID PROGRAMMING
3:30 SIGN OFF

 

[RALfan]

WCVB 5- ABC- Boston

4:00pm- Afterschool Special- “The Kid Who Couldn’t Quit”

What regularly aired here?

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

I recall being on vacation in July, 1960 and driving into New England and up into Maine. At one motel, the only TV station that could be received was WMTW, Channel 8, from Poland Springs, Maine. Interestingly, it was an ABC-TV affiliate at a time when that network was considered in third-place far behind NBC and CBS. I later read that due to that station's transmitter and tower being on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, it reached into several states along with Canada.

 

[EJ204]

Yeah, both WMTW 8 and 94.9 WMTQ/WHOM on top of Mount Washington have interesting histories and incredible coverage areas.

WMTQ started as a weather station, sending info from Mount Washington to the government weather office in Boston, since the top of the mountain has such unusual weather. Somehow, that transitioned to a commercial FM station and a TV station. Being on a the tallest mountain in the Northeast allowed Channel 8 to hit not just the Portland market but made WMTW the original ABC affiliate for the Burlington-Plattsburgh market, and in turn, for Montreal.

Because Mount Washington was too far from Portland to allow WMTW to be licensed as a Portland station, they put the studios in a hotel in the resort community of Poland Spring, about 25 miles north of Portland, and that turned out to be the TV station's unusual city of license, one of the smallest communities to have a TV station licensed to it. Even though there's no real municipality of Mount Washington, there is a post office at the top of the mountain, so people buying post cards could have them postmarked with that name. That's how the FM got Mount Washington as its city of license.

I remember when my family spent a week at a cottage on a lake just outside Newport VT, near the Canadian border. We got three TV stations perfectly: 7, 8 and 9. Tele-Metropole 7 and Radio-Canada 9 were in French from Sherbrooke Quebec, and WMTW 8 from Mt. Washington. If we wanted to try to catch NBC or CBS from Plattsburgh and Burlington, they were barely watchable in the day and only a bit better at night. I'm sure many people in northern VT, NH, Maine as well as Quebec, were disappointed a few years ago when, in anticipation of digital TV coming, WMTW was relocated to a tower about 20 miles west of Portland. The top of Mt. Washington was a great place to be in analog days but not in the digitial era, especially with an increasing population along the Maine coast south of Portland.

 

[ssetta]

What station in Bangor aired Wheel and Jeopardy at the time?

 

[edward1978]

Did WPXT air The Super Mario Bros. Super Show?

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Given that WMTW-8 had no local midday newscast, I wonder if the 6:30 A.M. newscast was live or a rebroadcast of the previous night's 11 P.M. newscast??

I couldn't imagine WMTW having a studio crew for a half-hour morning newscast and cut-ins during "Good Morning America" and not having any more local programming until 6 P.M.

 

[FreddyE1977]

WMTW 8- ABC- Poland Spring
5:45- PTL Club

Which meant we were likely broadcasting Jim Bakker from the peak of Mount Washington
to the outer reaches of Nova Scotia someplace.

Sorry about that, Canada! ;D

 

[only1moore]

WCVB 5- ABC- Boston

4:00pm- Afterschool Special- “The Kid Who Couldn’t Quit”

What regularly aired here?

IIRC, "Donahue" since WCVB was on a Talk show binge at the time based on the schedule.

 

[edward1978]

Will you guys please answer my question, I want to know if WPXT aired The Super Mario Bros Super Show.

 

[Bluenoser]

WMTW 8- ABC- Poland Spring
5:45- PTL Club

Which meant we were likely broadcasting Jim Bakker from the peak of Mount Washington
to the outer reaches of Nova Scotia someplace.

Sorry about that, Canada! ;D

Only Quebec got subjected to Bakker via TV8...we got him in the Maritimes through WVII-that was bad enough, given some of ch 7's production values at the time