PBS Intructional TV Schedules

[RandTV]

I remember enjoying reading my 6th grade teacher's booklet for San Francisco PBS station KQED's (Ch. 9) instructional program schedule for the 1982-83 school year (let alone, TV season), which is as follows:

MONDAY
10:00 The Electric Company
10:30 American Legacy/Wordshop
10:45 Magic Pages
11:00 Eureka!
11:05 Trade-Offs
11:25 Eureka!
11:30 Wordsmith
11:45 The Book Bird/Readit
1:00 Tuned-In
1:15 Vegetable Soup II (15-minute version of the original 30-minute program)
1:30 The Inside Story with Slim Goodbody/Bioscope
1:45 The Search for Science/The Science Alliance

TUESDAY
10:00 The Electric Company
10:30 ThinkAbout
10:45 Inside/Out
11:00 Film of the Week (instructional film; sometimes two films to fit the alotted time)
11:30 The Inside Story with Slim Goodbody/Bioscope
11:45 Tell Me What You See
1:00 Let's Draw
1:15 The Search for Science/The Science Alliance
1:30 MeasureMetric
1:45 Tuned-In

WEDNESDAY
10:00 The Electric Company
10:30 Wordsmith
10:45 All About You
11:00 Cover to Cover/Storybound
11:15 Vegetable Soup II
11:30 Eureka!
11:35 Truly American
11:55 Eureka!
1:00 Multicultural Series*
1:30 ThinkAbout
1:45 The Book Bird/Readit

THURSDAY
10:00 Eureka!
10:05 Truly American
10:25 Eureka!
10:30 ThinkAbout
10:45 MeasureMetric
11:00 Inside/Out
11:15 All About You
11:30 Multicultural Series*
1:00 Magic Pages
1:15 Tell Me What You See
1:30 American Legacy/Wordshop
1:45 Let's Draw

FRIDAY
10:00 3-2-1 Contact
10:30 Eureka!
10:35 Trade-Offs
10:55 Eureka!
11:00 Let's Draw
11:15 The Search for Science/The Science Alliance
11:30 Film of the Week
1:00 3-2-1 Contact
1:30 ThinkAbout
1:45 Cover to Cover/Storybound

*'Multicultural Series' consisted of Villa Alegre (Latino), Getting to Know Me (Black), Beansprouts (Chinese), Rainbow's End (Deaf), and People You Like to Know (Physically/Mentally Challenged), all on a varying rotating basis.

NOTE: The Dick Cavett Show and Over Easy aired at 12:00 and 12:30 respectively.

PRIMARY SOURCES: Petaluma Argus-Courier and Ukiah Daily Journal via newspapers.com.

 

[RandTV]

Here is KQED's Instructional TV schedule (10:00 to 12:00 and 1:00 to 2:00; with The Dick Cavett Show and Over Easy in between) from the week of February 4, 1980. Source is the Oakland Tribune.

MONDAY
10:00 Electric Company
10:30 Thinkabout
10:45 Under the Blue Umbrella
11:00 All About You
11:15 Self, Incorporated
11:30 3-2-1 Contact (newly premiered on PBS Jan. 14)
1:00 Word Shop
1:15 Inside/Out
1:30 Film of the Week

TUESDAY
10:00 Readalong
10:10 Truly American
10:30 Wordsmith
10:45 MeasureMetric
11:00 Book Bird
11:15 Freestyle
11:30 Under the Blue Umbrella
11:45 All About You
1:00 Vegetable Soup II (title for 15 min. version)
1:15 Thinkabout
1:30 Self, Incorporated
1:45 Get It Together

WEDNESDAY
10:00 Readalong
10:10 Trade-Offs
10:30 Vegetable Soup II
10:45 Inside/Out
11:00 Tell Me What You See
11:15 Cover to Cover
11:30 Film of the Week
1:00 Get It Together
1:10 Truly American
1:30 Book Bird
1:45 Let's Draw

THURSDAY
10:00 Readalong
10:10 Trade-Offs
10:30 Thinkabout
10:45 All About You
11:00 3-2-1 Contact
11:30 Pacific Bridges
1:00 MeasureMetric
1:15 Cover to Cover
1:30 Let's Draw
1:45 Freestyle

FRIDAY
10:00 Electric Company
10:30 Word Shop
10:45 Under the Blue Umbrella
11:00 Vegetable Soup II
11:15 Thinkabout
11:30 Inside/Out
11:45 Tell Me What You See
1:00 Film of the Week
1:30 Wordsmith
1:45 Book Bird

 

[RandTV]

Here's a more diverse Instructional TV schedule for KTEH 54 in San Jose (now KQED Plus) from that same week. At 12 Noon each day, it was listed as 'Specials, plus The Electric Company at 12:30.

MONDAY
8:30 Song Bag (w/ folk singer Tony Saletan)
8:45 All About You
9:00 Readalong
9:30 Cover to Cover
9:45 Stories to Talk About
10:30 MeasureMetric
10:45 Inside/Out
11:00 America in Perspective
11:30 All About You
11:45 Vegetable Soup II
1:00 Freestyle
1:15 Animals and Such
1:30 Freestyle
1:45 Readalong
1:55 Ecology Film
2:15 Self, Incorporated

TUESDAY
8:30 Villa Alegre
9:00 Thinkabout
9:15 MeasureMetric
9:30 Book Bird
9:45 Vegetable Soup II
10:00 Two Cents Worth
10:15 Two Plus You
10:30 Wordsmith
10:45 Self, Incorporated
11:00 Films In Demand
11:30 Freestyle
11:45 Cover to Cover
1:00 Freestyle
1:15 Word Shop
1:30 Thinkabout
1:45 Song Bag
2:00 America in Perspective

WEDNESDAY
8:30 Bread and Butterflies
8:45 Vegetable Soup II
9:00 Readalong
9:10 People You'd Like to Know
9:20 Calling Captain Consumer
9:30 Word Shop
9:45 All About You
10:00 Thinkabout
10:15 Animals and Such
10:30 Cover to Cover
10:45 Trade-Offs
11:05 People You'd Like to Know
11:15 Animals and Such
11:30 Many Americans
11:50 Calling Captain Consumer
1:00 Book Bird
1:15 Life Around Us
1:45 Readalong
1:55 Many Americans
2:15 Thinkabout

THURSDAY
8:30 Animals and Such
8:45 Two Plus You
9:00 Thinkabout
9:15 Wordsmith
9:30 Two Cents Worth
9:45 Villa Alegre
10:15 Freestyle
10:30 Book Bird
10:45 Wordsmith
11:00 Ecology Film Series
11:20 Calling Captain Consumer
11:30 Inside/Out
11:45 Book Bird
1:00 People You'd Like to Know
1:10 Stories to Talk About
1:30 Thinkabout
1:45 Self, Incorporated
2:00 Inside/Out
2:15 Bread and Butterflies

FRIDAY
8:30 All About You
8:45 Cover to Cover
9:00 Readalong
9:10 Stories to Talk About
9:30 Inside/Out
9:45 Freestyle
10:00 Thinkabout
10:15 Freestyle
10:30 Song Bag
10:45 Two Cents Worth
11:00 Life Around Us
11:15 Thinkabout
11:30 Word Shop
11:45 Two Plus You
1:00 Films in Demand (likely KTEH's version of KQED's "Film of the Week")
1:30 MeasureMetric
1:45 Readalong
1:55 People You'd Like to Know
2:05 Calling Captain Consumer
2:15 Thinkabout