Source: AFN TV Guide
This was in the days where AFN was just one TV channel and carried across Germany and Europe on multiple UHF channels. Not all channels will be listed in this post, but the most-viewed channels were: Ch 34 SHAPE (4,500 watts); Ch 33 Brussels (1,000 watts); Ch 29 Berlin (4,000 watts); Ch 51 Bitburg Air Base (5,000 watts); Chs 23 and 31 Frankfurt (40 and 60 watts); Ch 30 Kaiserslautern (3000 watts); Chs 22 and 56 in Mannheim (15 and 150 watts); Channels 44 and 57 in Nuernberg (both 1.5 watts); Ch 55 Stuttgart (50 watts); Ch 30 Vogelweh (3000 watts); Ch 22 Wiesbaden (2000 watts); and Ch 80 Soesterberg (20,000 watts).
12/30/1991
0500 NBC News
0530 Wall Street Journal Report
0600 CNN Sports Tonight
0630 McLaughlin Group
0700 Business World (I assume the ABC News show)
0730 Headline News
0800 Just for Kids - Sesame Street
Mr. Hanford has Biff and Sully hang the first dollar he ever made on the wall, but when they hit the nail, the whole store falls down. Siskel & Ebert make a guest appearance on 'Sneak Previews' with Oscar and Telly.
0900 The Race to Save the Planet
'Do We Really Want to Live This Way?' We may be paying a heavy price as a consumer-based society in the way we are destroying our natural environment. This episode looks at how the pursuit of profit has lead to the pollution of many natural resources, including the North Sea. Hosted by Meryl Streep, narrated by Roy Scheider. (PBS program)
1000 America's Black Forum
'Inner City Hospitals.' Host Julian Bond discusses the challenges America's inner-city hospitals face with the staff members of the century-old Harlem hospital of New York City and District of Columbia General Hospital officials Mark J. Chantang and Carl Simpson. Their discussion centers on the future of public hospital care in American and the future of health care for Black Americans.
1025 General Hospital
Mac and Dominique panic when they spot Faison at the airport. They manage to escape, then head for a mountain retreat. Meanwhile, Robert protests when he's suspected of giving secret information to Faison.
1110 Guiding Light
Blake reports to Alan-Michael the details of her meeting with Nick, claiming he's a con artist who may have had some plastic surgery done on himself; Mallet throws Hart out when he comes to visit Julie; Fletcher reverses his attitude toward Nick when learns that he is the son of a correspondent he knew in Beirut; Mindy tells Nick to get out of town.
1200 Headline News
1230 Gasthaus
1235 Classic Concentration
1300 Good Morning America
1500 Oprah Winfrey
'Parents Who Refuse Medical Treatment.' Oprah talks with parents who choose faith healing or prayer for their children in lieu of care from medical professionals.
1545 Just for Kids: Cartoons
1600 Widget
1620 Tale Spin
1645 CNN Newsroom
1705 Family Feud
1730 America's Top Ten
1800 Headline News
1820 AFN News
1840 George Michael Sports Machine
1905 Growing Pains
'How Could I Leave Her Behind.' Mike (Kirk Cameron) has dates with a load of girls...all in one night and at separate times...much to the envy of Ben (Jeremy Miller). (OAD 1/2/1991)
1930 Doogie Howser M.D.
'Fatal Distraction.' Ever since Wanda (Lisa Dean Ryan) took over the maternal role in the Plenn household following her mother's death, Doogie's been going dateless. Romance re-enters his life, however, in the form of a pretty student nurse to whom he has been assigned as instructor. (OAD 2/20/1991)
2000 Gasthaus
2010 Perfect Strangers
'See How They Run.' Balki runs for Student Body President in what seems at first to be a simple election. But when Larry suddenly becomes a frustrated would-be political campaign manager, he manages to turn the whole thing into a major mess. (OAD 2/22/1991)
2035 60 Minutes
2135 Knots Landing
'Always on Your Side.' The MacKenzies rearrange their lives for Jason - Mack is even prepared to go to jail to protect the boy; Gary gets news from Val's doctor; Frank and Charlotte have their first non-date; Linda's ploy backfires; and Kate's new pal, Steve, stirs up trouble. (OAD 2/7/1991)
2230 AFN News - Late Edition
2300 The Arsenio Hall Show
2400 Late Night with David Letterman
0100 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
0200 Larry King Live
0300 Sports: To Be Announced
12/31/1991 - New Year's Eve
0500 NBC News
0530 CBS News
0600 CNN Sports Tonight
0630 ABC News
0700 Nightline
0730 Headline News
0745 Just for Kids - Sesame Street
Everyone has an idea about what they want included in the design of the new store, and Biff, Sully and Stella convince Mr. Hanford to let them help. James Taylor sings about Jelly Man Kelly.
0845 AFN Morning Movie
'Archer.' (1985) PG. A young man, Dave Power (Brett Climo) and a horse named Archer set out to walk 500 miles to Melbourne, just for the opportunity to ride in the Melbourne Cup Race. The path is a long one, full of wrong turns, crooks of all kinds, but also with kind and helpful people. Filmed on location in Australia. Robert Colby, Ned Lander, Nicole Kidman.
1025 General Hospital
The intensive medical and psychological tests reveal that Sly is healthy, fit and capable of withstanding a custody hearing trial; Julia, in an effort to help Bill keep the child with him, begins gathering evidence that puts Nancy in a negative fight. (I wonder when in the storyline this occurred? Summer 1991? Spring? I know AFN was months behind on soaps.)
1110 Guiding Light
Bridget expresses more vengeance against Gilly than Kat. As Holly embraces Ed to thank him for what he has done for her...who should walk in! Hamp tells a disappointed Kat that she has to return to her mother. Kat and Bridget go to Hamp and Gilly's engagement party and drop the bombshell.
1200 Headline News
1230 Gasthaus
1235 Classic Concentration
1300 Good Morning America
1500 Donahue
CBS news anchorman Dan Rather joins Phil to discuss his turbulent career and talk about the current problems facing the CBS news division.
1550 Just for Kids: Cartoons
1600 Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!
Charlie Brown is obliged to attend Peppermint Patty's New Year's Eve party, even though he has to finish the novel "War and Peace".
1625 Think Fast! (I didn't know AFN aired Nickelodeon game shows...)
1650 CNN Newsroom
1705 Family Feud
1730 Entertainment Tonight (they occasionally had a late-night rerun at 0400...but not on 12/30 or 12/31.)
1800 Headline News
1820 AFN Evening News
1840 CNN Sports Late Night
1905 Family Matters
When Eddie's big ego causes his rock band to walk out on him during the making of a rock video, the rest of the Winslows offer some ideas that might save the production. (OAD 4/27/1990)
1930 Roseanne
'Valentine's Day.' Valentine's Day finds Dan (John Goodman) shopping for full-figure lingerie, and a very shy Darlene (Sara Gilbert) getting unwanted help with her boyfriend (Sawn Phelan) from Becky and Cupid Roseanne. (OAD 2/12/1991)
2000 Cheers
'Cheers Fouls Out.' Sam could be banned in Boston after he cons Boston Celtics basketball star Kevin McHale to play for Cheers in a basketball match...and McHale gets injured! (OAD 9/27/1990)
2030 John Hancock Bowl
From El Paso, TX. Live. (Contenders were UCLA and Illinois. A very unusual and low-scoring game, with UCLA beating Illinois 6-3 in front of 42,000+ attendees.)
2330 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (Now this is interesting. How did AFN arrange this for the military? Times Square 'ball drop' was at 5:59AM the next morning in Germany. Did he do a separate broadcast solely for the military audience with a European countdown or something? ABC was not airing primetime NYE at that time, as they aired reruns of sitcoms and Homefront from 8-11p.)
Note: The length of the game and the New Year's Eve special at 2330 will affect the rest of tonight's programming, preempting and/or delaying some or most of the programs listed here. Please watch AFN's on-screen program announcements for all the details.
Times to be announced
Thirtysomething
'Life Class.' After her surgery, Nancy (Patricia Wettig) feels sexually void and seeks to come to terms with her feelings through the art class she is instructing. (OAD 10/2/1990)
Equal Justice
'Curses.' Jesse (Kathleen Lloyd) examines her conscience on whether a teenager is responsible for murder; Jo Ann (Sarah Jessica Parker) gets an opportunity to assist on a high profile case; and Christopher (James Wilder) discovers a new love interest.
AFN News-Late Edition
The Arsenio Hall Show
Late Night with David Letterman
The Tonight Show
Tuesday Late Late Show
'Android.' (1982) In the distant future, MAX-404 (Don Osses), an almost-human android, works as an assistant to Dr. Daniel (Klaus Kinski) on a remote, two-man, space station/laboratory. 'Max', whose emotional abilities have been growing stronger every day, allows a ship with three escaped fugitives from a penal planet to dock at the station against Dr. Daniel's orders. The snooping convicts discover that Dr. Daniel has been secretly working on another android, Cassandra-405, a beautiful and powerful female with human emotions. 'Max' is pleased at the discovery until he figures out that Dr. Daniel is planning to unplug him and keep the beautiful Cassandra-405 all to himself.
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This was in the days where AFN was just one TV channel and carried across Germany and Europe on multiple UHF channels. Not all channels will be listed in this post, but the most-viewed channels were: Ch 34 SHAPE (4,500 watts); Ch 33 Brussels (1,000 watts); Ch 29 Berlin (4,000 watts); Ch 51 Bitburg Air Base (5,000 watts); Chs 23 and 31 Frankfurt (40 and 60 watts); Ch 30 Kaiserslautern (3000 watts); Chs 22 and 56 in Mannheim (15 and 150 watts); Channels 44 and 57 in Nuernberg (both 1.5 watts); Ch 55 Stuttgart (50 watts); Ch 30 Vogelweh (3000 watts); Ch 22 Wiesbaden (2000 watts); and Ch 80 Soesterberg (20,000 watts).
12/30/1991
0500 NBC News
0530 Wall Street Journal Report
0600 CNN Sports Tonight
0630 McLaughlin Group
0700 Business World (I assume the ABC News show)
0730 Headline News
0800 Just for Kids - Sesame Street
Mr. Hanford has Biff and Sully hang the first dollar he ever made on the wall, but when they hit the nail, the whole store falls down. Siskel & Ebert make a guest appearance on 'Sneak Previews' with Oscar and Telly.
0900 The Race to Save the Planet
'Do We Really Want to Live This Way?' We may be paying a heavy price as a consumer-based society in the way we are destroying our natural environment. This episode looks at how the pursuit of profit has lead to the pollution of many natural resources, including the North Sea. Hosted by Meryl Streep, narrated by Roy Scheider. (PBS program)
1000 America's Black Forum
'Inner City Hospitals.' Host Julian Bond discusses the challenges America's inner-city hospitals face with the staff members of the century-old Harlem hospital of New York City and District of Columbia General Hospital officials Mark J. Chantang and Carl Simpson. Their discussion centers on the future of public hospital care in American and the future of health care for Black Americans.
1025 General Hospital
Mac and Dominique panic when they spot Faison at the airport. They manage to escape, then head for a mountain retreat. Meanwhile, Robert protests when he's suspected of giving secret information to Faison.
1110 Guiding Light
Blake reports to Alan-Michael the details of her meeting with Nick, claiming he's a con artist who may have had some plastic surgery done on himself; Mallet throws Hart out when he comes to visit Julie; Fletcher reverses his attitude toward Nick when learns that he is the son of a correspondent he knew in Beirut; Mindy tells Nick to get out of town.
1200 Headline News
1230 Gasthaus
1235 Classic Concentration
1300 Good Morning America
1500 Oprah Winfrey
'Parents Who Refuse Medical Treatment.' Oprah talks with parents who choose faith healing or prayer for their children in lieu of care from medical professionals.
1545 Just for Kids: Cartoons
1600 Widget
1620 Tale Spin
1645 CNN Newsroom
1705 Family Feud
1730 America's Top Ten
1800 Headline News
1820 AFN News
1840 George Michael Sports Machine
1905 Growing Pains
'How Could I Leave Her Behind.' Mike (Kirk Cameron) has dates with a load of girls...all in one night and at separate times...much to the envy of Ben (Jeremy Miller). (OAD 1/2/1991)
1930 Doogie Howser M.D.
'Fatal Distraction.' Ever since Wanda (Lisa Dean Ryan) took over the maternal role in the Plenn household following her mother's death, Doogie's been going dateless. Romance re-enters his life, however, in the form of a pretty student nurse to whom he has been assigned as instructor. (OAD 2/20/1991)
2000 Gasthaus
2010 Perfect Strangers
'See How They Run.' Balki runs for Student Body President in what seems at first to be a simple election. But when Larry suddenly becomes a frustrated would-be political campaign manager, he manages to turn the whole thing into a major mess. (OAD 2/22/1991)
2035 60 Minutes
2135 Knots Landing
'Always on Your Side.' The MacKenzies rearrange their lives for Jason - Mack is even prepared to go to jail to protect the boy; Gary gets news from Val's doctor; Frank and Charlotte have their first non-date; Linda's ploy backfires; and Kate's new pal, Steve, stirs up trouble. (OAD 2/7/1991)
2230 AFN News - Late Edition
2300 The Arsenio Hall Show
2400 Late Night with David Letterman
0100 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
0200 Larry King Live
0300 Sports: To Be Announced
12/31/1991 - New Year's Eve
0500 NBC News
0530 CBS News
0600 CNN Sports Tonight
0630 ABC News
0700 Nightline
0730 Headline News
0745 Just for Kids - Sesame Street
Everyone has an idea about what they want included in the design of the new store, and Biff, Sully and Stella convince Mr. Hanford to let them help. James Taylor sings about Jelly Man Kelly.
0845 AFN Morning Movie
'Archer.' (1985) PG. A young man, Dave Power (Brett Climo) and a horse named Archer set out to walk 500 miles to Melbourne, just for the opportunity to ride in the Melbourne Cup Race. The path is a long one, full of wrong turns, crooks of all kinds, but also with kind and helpful people. Filmed on location in Australia. Robert Colby, Ned Lander, Nicole Kidman.
1025 General Hospital
The intensive medical and psychological tests reveal that Sly is healthy, fit and capable of withstanding a custody hearing trial; Julia, in an effort to help Bill keep the child with him, begins gathering evidence that puts Nancy in a negative fight. (I wonder when in the storyline this occurred? Summer 1991? Spring? I know AFN was months behind on soaps.)
1110 Guiding Light
Bridget expresses more vengeance against Gilly than Kat. As Holly embraces Ed to thank him for what he has done for her...who should walk in! Hamp tells a disappointed Kat that she has to return to her mother. Kat and Bridget go to Hamp and Gilly's engagement party and drop the bombshell.
1200 Headline News
1230 Gasthaus
1235 Classic Concentration
1300 Good Morning America
1500 Donahue
CBS news anchorman Dan Rather joins Phil to discuss his turbulent career and talk about the current problems facing the CBS news division.
1550 Just for Kids: Cartoons
1600 Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!
Charlie Brown is obliged to attend Peppermint Patty's New Year's Eve party, even though he has to finish the novel "War and Peace".
1625 Think Fast! (I didn't know AFN aired Nickelodeon game shows...)
1650 CNN Newsroom
1705 Family Feud
1730 Entertainment Tonight (they occasionally had a late-night rerun at 0400...but not on 12/30 or 12/31.)
1800 Headline News
1820 AFN Evening News
1840 CNN Sports Late Night
1905 Family Matters
When Eddie's big ego causes his rock band to walk out on him during the making of a rock video, the rest of the Winslows offer some ideas that might save the production. (OAD 4/27/1990)
1930 Roseanne
'Valentine's Day.' Valentine's Day finds Dan (John Goodman) shopping for full-figure lingerie, and a very shy Darlene (Sara Gilbert) getting unwanted help with her boyfriend (Sawn Phelan) from Becky and Cupid Roseanne. (OAD 2/12/1991)
2000 Cheers
'Cheers Fouls Out.' Sam could be banned in Boston after he cons Boston Celtics basketball star Kevin McHale to play for Cheers in a basketball match...and McHale gets injured! (OAD 9/27/1990)
2030 John Hancock Bowl
From El Paso, TX. Live. (Contenders were UCLA and Illinois. A very unusual and low-scoring game, with UCLA beating Illinois 6-3 in front of 42,000+ attendees.)
2330 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (Now this is interesting. How did AFN arrange this for the military? Times Square 'ball drop' was at 5:59AM the next morning in Germany. Did he do a separate broadcast solely for the military audience with a European countdown or something? ABC was not airing primetime NYE at that time, as they aired reruns of sitcoms and Homefront from 8-11p.)
Note: The length of the game and the New Year's Eve special at 2330 will affect the rest of tonight's programming, preempting and/or delaying some or most of the programs listed here. Please watch AFN's on-screen program announcements for all the details.
Times to be announced
Thirtysomething
'Life Class.' After her surgery, Nancy (Patricia Wettig) feels sexually void and seeks to come to terms with her feelings through the art class she is instructing. (OAD 10/2/1990)
Equal Justice
'Curses.' Jesse (Kathleen Lloyd) examines her conscience on whether a teenager is responsible for murder; Jo Ann (Sarah Jessica Parker) gets an opportunity to assist on a high profile case; and Christopher (James Wilder) discovers a new love interest.
AFN News-Late Edition
The Arsenio Hall Show
Late Night with David Letterman
The Tonight Show
Tuesday Late Late Show
'Android.' (1982) In the distant future, MAX-404 (Don Osses), an almost-human android, works as an assistant to Dr. Daniel (Klaus Kinski) on a remote, two-man, space station/laboratory. 'Max', whose emotional abilities have been growing stronger every day, allows a ship with three escaped fugitives from a penal planet to dock at the station against Dr. Daniel's orders. The snooping convicts discover that Dr. Daniel has been secretly working on another android, Cassandra-405, a beautiful and powerful female with human emotions. 'Max' is pleased at the discovery until he figures out that Dr. Daniel is planning to unplug him and keep the beautiful Cassandra-405 all to himself.
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