Source: Anchorage Daily News "TV News"
Station lineup is the same, though KENI-TV had already changed their calls to KTUU by 1981.
5:45 AM
13-Bethel Chapel
6:00
13-No Word For Rape (5/17)
Donahue (5/18-21)
6:23
7-Alaska Is
6:30
7-MacNeil/Lehrer Report
11-Captain Kangaroo (same-day delay)
13-It's Your Business
7:00
2-Today (same-day delay; with Paul Harvey at 7:25 and local news at 8:25)
7-Numero Uno (5/17)
Tony Brown's Journal (5/18)
California Dreams ("The Dreams of Don Guadelupe", 5/19)
Media Probes ("Political Spots", 5/20)
With Ossie and Ruby ("A Solo Song: For Doc", 5/21)
11-CBS Morning News (same-day delay; local news at 7:55 and 8:25)
13-Good Morning America (same-day delay)
7:30
7-Up and Coming (5/17)
Sen. Ted Stevens' Report to the State (which would later become The Alaska Report, 5/18)
Dick Cavett Show (Jim Dale Part 2, 5/19)
Byline (5/20)
Exploring The Arts Special ("P.D.Q. Bach", 5/21)
8:00
7-DICK CAVETT SHOW:
Saul Bellow Part 3 (5/17)
Jim Dale Part 1 (5/18)
Michael Davis (5/20)
Why In The World? (5/19 and 5/21)
8:30
7-Over Easy
9:00
2-PTL Club
7-Saudi Arabia (Part 3: "Oil, Money, and Politics", 5/17)
Firing Line (5/18)
Lord Mountbatten: A Man for the Century (5/19)
American Playhouse "Oppenheimer: Part 2", 5/20)
Masterpiece Theatre ("Love in a Cold Climate: Finale", 5/21)
11-Alice
13-Good Morning Alaska
9:30
11-Richard Simmons Show
13-Ryan's Hope
10:00
2-The Woman's Touch
7-Images of Indians (5/17 and 5/19)
Que Pasa, U.S.A.? (5/18 and 5/20)
Checking In Out (5/21)
11-Health Field
13-All My Children
10:30
2-Diff'rent Strokes
7-Villa Allegre
11-Norma Goodman (except 5/19; Opportunities for Seniors would air that day)
11:00
2-Wheel of Fortune
7-Sesame Street
11-Norma Goodman (5/19)
13-One Life to Live
11:30
2-Texas
11-All God's Children (5/17)
Guiding Light (5/18-21)
Noon
7-Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
13-General Hospital
12:25 PM
11-News Update
12:30
2-The Doctors
7-The Electric Company
11-Capitol
1:00
2-Search for Tomorrow
7-The New Voice
11-The Young and the Restless
13-Donahue
1:30
2-Days of our Lives
7-Over Easy
2:00
7-Nova ("City Spaces, Human Places", 5/17)
Saudi Arabia (Part 3: "Oil, Money, and Politics", 5/18)
Jazz at the Maintenance Shop ("Woody Shaw Quartet No. 2", 5/19)
Byline (5/20)
Mount St. Helens: Why They Died (5/21)
11-As The World Turns
13-MOVIE:
"Battle Hymn" (1957, 5/17)
"Bye Bye Birdie" (1963, 5/18)
"The Red Pony" (1949, 5/19)
"Beserk!" (1968, 5/20)
"Between Heaven and Hell (1956, 5/21)
2:30
2-Another World
7-Media Probes ("Political Spots", 5/20)
Matters of Lies and Death ("Warrior's Woman", 5/21)
3:00
7-Images of Indians (5/17 and 5/19)
Que Pasa, U.S.A.? (5/18 and 5/20)
Checking In Out (5/21)
11-Woman's Page
3:30
2-CHiPS
7-Villa Allegre
11-Tattletales
4:00
7-Sesame Street
11-The Price Is Right
13-Family Feud
4:30
2-Little House on the Prairie
13-You Asked For It
4:55
11-News Update
5:00
7-Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11-One Day at a Time
13-The Love Boat
5:30
2-The Jeffersons
7-The Electric Company
11-M*A*S*H
MONDAY EVENING:
6:00
2-NBC Nightly News (Roger Mudd/Tom Brokaw)
7-Tuned In
11-CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
13-ABC World News Tonight (Frank Reynolds)
6:30
2-Newservice 2
7-Aviation Weather
11-Eyewitness News
13-Action News 13 (John Vallentine/Cindy Suryan)
7:00
2-Little House on the Prairie ("He Wan Only 12", Part 1)
7-MacNeil/Lehrer Report
11-Happy Days Again
13-That's Incredible
7:30
7-Senator Ted Stevens' Report to the State
11-Family Feud (nighttime)
8:00
2-Bob Hope Special: Stars Over Texas
7-The Shakespeare Plays ("Trolius and Cressida")
11-Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
13-MOVIE: "Beyond The Third Reich" (1982)
9:00
2-More TV Censored Bloopers (which would lead to the more popular "Bloopers (and Practical Jokes)" series/specials
11-M*A*S*H
9:30
11-Making The Grade
10:00
2-Newservice 2
11-Lou Grant
13-Solid Gold
10:30
2-28:50 (must be a magazine show)
11:00
2-Paul Harvey Comments
7-Dick Cavett Show (Jim Dale Paer 1)
11-People of the Land
13-Alaska Statewide News
11:05
2-Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Guests: Henry Fonda (in one of his last TV interviews), Crystal Gayle, Fernando Lamas, and Lacey Neuhaus)
11:30
7-Captioned ABC News
13-Alaska's People (sort of like our version of PM Magazine)
Midnight
7-Alaska Is...
11-Columbo
MOVIE: "King Crab" (1980)
Yeah, two schedules in one! The Anchorage TV schedules back in the '70s and '80s were way better than Fairbanks' because of one thing: VARIETY! Oh yeah, not to mention Channels 2, 11, and 13 airing almost every show from their networks.
Jonathan Allen
Station lineup is the same, though KENI-TV had already changed their calls to KTUU by 1981.
5:45 AM
13-Bethel Chapel
6:00
13-No Word For Rape (5/17)
Donahue (5/18-21)
6:23
7-Alaska Is
6:30
7-MacNeil/Lehrer Report
11-Captain Kangaroo (same-day delay)
13-It's Your Business
7:00
2-Today (same-day delay; with Paul Harvey at 7:25 and local news at 8:25)
7-Numero Uno (5/17)
Tony Brown's Journal (5/18)
California Dreams ("The Dreams of Don Guadelupe", 5/19)
Media Probes ("Political Spots", 5/20)
With Ossie and Ruby ("A Solo Song: For Doc", 5/21)
11-CBS Morning News (same-day delay; local news at 7:55 and 8:25)
13-Good Morning America (same-day delay)
7:30
7-Up and Coming (5/17)
Sen. Ted Stevens' Report to the State (which would later become The Alaska Report, 5/18)
Dick Cavett Show (Jim Dale Part 2, 5/19)
Byline (5/20)
Exploring The Arts Special ("P.D.Q. Bach", 5/21)
8:00
7-DICK CAVETT SHOW:
Saul Bellow Part 3 (5/17)
Jim Dale Part 1 (5/18)
Michael Davis (5/20)
Why In The World? (5/19 and 5/21)
8:30
7-Over Easy
9:00
2-PTL Club
7-Saudi Arabia (Part 3: "Oil, Money, and Politics", 5/17)
Firing Line (5/18)
Lord Mountbatten: A Man for the Century (5/19)
American Playhouse "Oppenheimer: Part 2", 5/20)
Masterpiece Theatre ("Love in a Cold Climate: Finale", 5/21)
11-Alice
13-Good Morning Alaska
9:30
11-Richard Simmons Show
13-Ryan's Hope
10:00
2-The Woman's Touch
7-Images of Indians (5/17 and 5/19)
Que Pasa, U.S.A.? (5/18 and 5/20)
Checking In Out (5/21)
11-Health Field
13-All My Children
10:30
2-Diff'rent Strokes
7-Villa Allegre
11-Norma Goodman (except 5/19; Opportunities for Seniors would air that day)
11:00
2-Wheel of Fortune
7-Sesame Street
11-Norma Goodman (5/19)
13-One Life to Live
11:30
2-Texas
11-All God's Children (5/17)
Guiding Light (5/18-21)
Noon
7-Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
13-General Hospital
12:25 PM
11-News Update
12:30
2-The Doctors
7-The Electric Company
11-Capitol
1:00
2-Search for Tomorrow
7-The New Voice
11-The Young and the Restless
13-Donahue
1:30
2-Days of our Lives
7-Over Easy
2:00
7-Nova ("City Spaces, Human Places", 5/17)
Saudi Arabia (Part 3: "Oil, Money, and Politics", 5/18)
Jazz at the Maintenance Shop ("Woody Shaw Quartet No. 2", 5/19)
Byline (5/20)
Mount St. Helens: Why They Died (5/21)
11-As The World Turns
13-MOVIE:
"Battle Hymn" (1957, 5/17)
"Bye Bye Birdie" (1963, 5/18)
"The Red Pony" (1949, 5/19)
"Beserk!" (1968, 5/20)
"Between Heaven and Hell (1956, 5/21)
2:30
2-Another World
7-Media Probes ("Political Spots", 5/20)
Matters of Lies and Death ("Warrior's Woman", 5/21)
3:00
7-Images of Indians (5/17 and 5/19)
Que Pasa, U.S.A.? (5/18 and 5/20)
Checking In Out (5/21)
11-Woman's Page
3:30
2-CHiPS
7-Villa Allegre
11-Tattletales
4:00
7-Sesame Street
11-The Price Is Right
13-Family Feud
4:30
2-Little House on the Prairie
13-You Asked For It
4:55
11-News Update
5:00
7-Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
11-One Day at a Time
13-The Love Boat
5:30
2-The Jeffersons
7-The Electric Company
11-M*A*S*H
MONDAY EVENING:
6:00
2-NBC Nightly News (Roger Mudd/Tom Brokaw)
7-Tuned In
11-CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
13-ABC World News Tonight (Frank Reynolds)
6:30
2-Newservice 2
7-Aviation Weather
11-Eyewitness News
13-Action News 13 (John Vallentine/Cindy Suryan)
7:00
2-Little House on the Prairie ("He Wan Only 12", Part 1)
7-MacNeil/Lehrer Report
11-Happy Days Again
13-That's Incredible
7:30
7-Senator Ted Stevens' Report to the State
11-Family Feud (nighttime)
8:00
2-Bob Hope Special: Stars Over Texas
7-The Shakespeare Plays ("Trolius and Cressida")
11-Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
13-MOVIE: "Beyond The Third Reich" (1982)
9:00
2-More TV Censored Bloopers (which would lead to the more popular "Bloopers (and Practical Jokes)" series/specials
11-M*A*S*H
9:30
11-Making The Grade
10:00
2-Newservice 2
11-Lou Grant
13-Solid Gold
10:30
2-28:50 (must be a magazine show)
11:00
2-Paul Harvey Comments
7-Dick Cavett Show (Jim Dale Paer 1)
11-People of the Land
13-Alaska Statewide News
11:05
2-Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Guests: Henry Fonda (in one of his last TV interviews), Crystal Gayle, Fernando Lamas, and Lacey Neuhaus)
11:30
7-Captioned ABC News
13-Alaska's People (sort of like our version of PM Magazine)
Midnight
7-Alaska Is...
11-Columbo
MOVIE: "King Crab" (1980)
Yeah, two schedules in one! The Anchorage TV schedules back in the '70s and '80s were way better than Fairbanks' because of one thing: VARIETY! Oh yeah, not to mention Channels 2, 11, and 13 airing almost every show from their networks.
Jonathan Allen