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Retro: Birmingham and North Alabama, Monday, 9/20/93

C

Charles

Guest
CHANNELS LISTED

BIRMINGHAM
6-WBRC (ABC)
13-WVTM (NBC)
21-WTTO (Fox)
42-WBMG (CBS)
68-WABM (Ind.)

HUNTSVILLE
19-WHNT (CBS)
31-WAAY (ABC)
48-WAFF (NBC)
54-WZDX (Fox)

TUSCALOOSA
17-WDBB (Fox)
33-WCFT (CBS)

ANNISTON
40-WJSU (CBS)

FLORENCE
15-WOWL (NBC)
26-WYLE (Ind.)

GADSDEN
44-WNAL (Fox)

COLUMBUS, MS.
4-WCBI (CBS)

TUPELO
9-WTVA (NBC)

APT-Alabama Public Television: WCIQ-7, Mt. Cheaha State Park; WBIQ-10, Birmingham; WHIQ-25, Huntsville; WFIQ-36, Florence

5:00
4 42-CBS News
6-Country Boy Eddy
17 21 44-Success N Life
40-Jerry Springer
54-Tom and Jerry

5:30
4-AG Day
9 13 15 48-NBC News
19-CBS News
31-Waay Too Early (a nice play on the station’s call letters! :) )
33 42-This Morning’s Business
54-Captain Planet

6:00
4 40 42-This Morning
6 31-News
9-Mornin’
13 48-Today
15-Jamie Cooper
17 21 42-Tale Spin
19-Daybreak
26-Vintage Cartoons
33-CBS News
54-Darkwing Duck
68-Around the World in Eighty Dreams

6:30
17 21 44-Darkwing Duck
33-Rush Limbaugh
54-Goof Troop
68-Widget

7:00
6 31-Good Morning America
9 15-Today
17 21 44-Conan the Adventurer
19 33-This Morning
26-Shop At Home (Until 11:00)
54-Bonkers
68-Ducktales

7:10
APT-Jack Horkheimer

7:15
APT-A.M. Weather

7:30
17 21 44 54-Power Rangers
68-Pink Panther
APT-Shining Time Station

8:00
4 13-Phil Donahue
17 21 44 54-Merry Melodies
40 48-Sally Jessy Raphael
42-Regis and Kathie Lee
68-Jetsons

8:30
17 21 44-Tom and Jerry Kids
54-Garfield and Friends
68-Yogi and Friends

9:00
4-In the heat of the Night
6 33-Les Brown
9-Geraldo
13-Sally Jessy Raphael
15-Shepherd’s Chapel Bible Study
17 21 44-Alf
19-Newhart
31-Regis and Kathie Lee
40-Phil Donahue
42-Jenny Jones
48-Montel Williams
54-Matlock
68-Kenneth Copeland

9:30
17 21 44-Commercial Program
19-Family Feud
68-Shepherd’s Chapel Bible Study

10:00
4 19 33 40 42-Price is Right
6-All My Children
9-Sally Jessy Raphael
13-Jerry Springer
15-Judge
17 21 44 54-In the Heat of the Night
31-Home
48-John and Leeza
APT-Sesame Street

10:30
15-Concentration
68-Brady Bunch

11:00
4 19 33 40 42-Young and the Restless
6-Bertice Berry
9-John and Leeza
13-News
15-Bible Televisit
17 21 44-Perry Mason
26-Romance Theatre
31-All My Children
48-Concentration
54-Geraldo
68-I Dream of Jeannie

11:30
15 48-Caesar’s Challenge
26-Paradise Beach
68-Odd Couple

12:00
4-Midday
6 19 31 33-News
9-Noon
13 15 48-Days of Our Lives
17 21 44-I Love Lucy
26-Shop at Home (until 4:00)
40-By the Way
42-Family Feud
54-Family Matters
68-Vicki!

12:30
4 19 33 40 42-Bold and the Beautiful
6-Jeopardy!
9-Days of Our Lives
17 21 44-Andy Griffith
31-Loving
54-700 Club

1:00
4 19 33 40 42-As the World Turns
6 31-One Life to Live
13 15 48-Another World
17 21 44-Matlock
68-Jane Whitney
APT-Science Alabama

1:30
9-Another World
54-Sonic the Hedgehog

2:00
4 19 33 40 42-Guding Light
6 31-General Hospital
13 15-John and Leeza
17 21 44-Family Matters
48-Inside Edition
54-Tale Spin
68-Joan Rivers

2:30
9-Inside Edition
17 21 44-Goof Troop
48-Jeopardy!
54-Tom and Jerry Kids
APT-Barney and Friends

3:00
4-Garfield and Friends
6-Inside Edition
9-Maury Povich
13-Geraldo
15-Jane Whitney
17 21 44-Bonkers
19-Empty Nest
31-Who’s the Boss?
33 40-Oprah Winfrey
42-Montel Williams
48-Phil Donahue
54-Tiny Toons
68-Ducktales
APT-Reading Rainbow

3:30
4-Family Matters
6-Jeopardy!
17 21 44-Tiny Toons
19-Designing Women
31-Full House
54-Animaniacs
68-Sonic the Hedgehog
APT-Square One Television

4:00
4-Full House
6 9 48-Oprah Winfrey
13-A Current Affair
15-TBA
17 21 44-Animaniacs
19-Andy Griffith
26-Mr. Bogus
31-Maury Povich
33 40-Inside Edition
42-Different World
54-Batman
68-Xuxa
APT-Carmen San Diego

4:30
4 42-Designing Women
13-American Journal
15-Joan Rivers
17 21 44-Batman
19-Rescue 911
26-Hallo Spencer
33 40-Jeopardy!
54-Saved by the Bell
68-Captain Planet and the Planeteers
APT-Sesame Street

5:00
4-A Current Affair
6 13 19 31 33 40 48-News
9-Coach
17 21 44-Full House
26-Inspector Gadget
42-Designing Women
54-Family Matters
68-Brady Bunch

5:30
4 19 33 40 42-CBS News
6 31-ABC News
9 13-NBC News
15-15 Magazine
17 21 44-Wonder Years
26-Captain N
54-Roseanne
68-Wavelength
APT-Lamb Chop’s Play-Along

6:00
4 6 9 13 19 31 33 40 42-News
15 48-NBC News
17 21 44-Cosby Show
26-Wavelength
54-Golden Girls
68-People’s Court
APT-G.E.D.

6:30
4 54-Cops
6 9 33 40 48-Wheel of Fortune
13 31-Hard Copy
15-News
17 21 44-Roseanne
19-A Current Affair
26-It’s Your Business
42-Married…with Children
68-People’s Court

7:00
4 19 33 40 42-Evening Shade
6 31-Day One
9 13 15 48-Fresh Prince
17 21 44 54-Movie: “Based on an Untrue Story” (Made for TV, ‘93)
26-Highway to Heaven
68-Love Connection
APT-MacNeil, Lehrer

7:30
4 19 33 40 42-Dave’s World (Debut)
68-Real Stories of the Highway Patrol

8:00
4 19 33 40 42-Murphy Brown
6 31-NFL Football: Denver @ Kansas City
9 13 15 48-Movie: “Danielle Steele’s ‘Star’” (Made for TV, ‘93)
26-Movie: “Cartel” (‘90)
68-Movie: “The Long Walk Home” (‘90)
APT-Nature

8:30
4 19 33 40 42-Love and War

9:00
4 19 33 40 42-Northern Exposure
17 21 44-Star Trek: The Next Generation
54-Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

10:00
4 9 13 15 19 33 40 42 48-News
17 21 44 54-Chevy Chase
26-Bottom Line
68-Love Connection
APT-Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada

10:30
68-I Dream of Jeannie

10:35
4-Married…with Children
9 15 48-Tonight
13 19-Cheers
33 40 42-David Letterman

11:00
6 31-News
17 21 44-Arsenio Hall
26-Movie: “Green Grows the Rushes” (British, ‘51)
54-Commercial Programs (until 12:00)
68-Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
APT-Jack Horkheimer

11:05
4 19-David Letterman
13-Rush Limbaugh

11:30
68-Odd Couple

11:35
6 31-Nightline
9 40-Arsenio Hall
13-Tonight
15 48-Conan O’Brien
33-Hard Copy
42-Swetaing Bullets

12:00
17 21 44-Star Trek
54-Gunsmoke
68-Action Update (note: this was a paid program highlighting action from the local dog track)

12:05
4-Sweating Bullets
6 31-Entertainment Tonight
19-Married…with Children
33-Designing Women

12:30
68-Commercial Program

12:35
6 42-Commercial Program
9 13-Conan O’Brien
15 48-Bob Costas
19-Cosby Show
31-Arsenio Hall
33-Geraldo
40-Rush Limbaugh

1:00
17 21 44-Commercial Program
26-Shop at Home (until 5:00)
54-Movie: “Purple Rain” (‘84)

1:05
4 19-News
6-World News Now (until 3:00)
40-Entertainment Tonight
42-Barney Miller
48-Jerry Springer

1:30
17 21 44-Amen

1:35
4-Up to the Minute (until 5:00)
9 13-Bob Costas
19-Family Ties
31-Rush Limbaugh
33 40-News
42-Who’s the Boss?

2:00
17 21 44-Movie: “Staying Alive” (‘83)

2:05
9 13 48-Nightside (until 3:30 on 9; until 5:30 on 13 and 48)
19 42-Up to the Minute (until 5:30 on 19; until 5:00 on 42)
31-ANC News
33-Entertainment Tonight

3:00
6-Home Shopping Spree (until 4:30)
31-World News Now (until 5:30)

3:30
9-Headline News (until 5:30)

4:00
17 21 44-Growing Pains

4:30
6-Country Boy Eddy and Friends
17 21 44-Charles in Charge
68-Halo Spencer
 
I notice the Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and Gadsden FOX stations all showed the same
programs.
 
> I notice the Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and Gadsden FOX stations
> all showed the same
> programs.
>
I think that at the time Channels 17 and 44 were satellites
of Birmingham's Channel 21, and 17 still duplicates 21 (now
the WB affiliate). 44 is Pax (i).

BTW, the reference to WAAY's Waay Too Early: they also had,
at one time, a morning show called Morning-WAAY (another play
on the call letters).
 
Initially, Channel 17 was the Fox affiliate for Birmingham, and Channel 44 was a repeater. Neither signal covered Birmingham that well. In 1991, Channel 17 threw in the towel, and took 44 with them. Channel 17 begam broadcasting at a lower power of an antenna closer to Tuscaloosa. They became repeaters of Channel 21, rebroadcasting the entire Channel 21 schedule. It was at that time that 21 became the Fox affiliate for central Alabama. In '93 or '94 (I can't remember when, exactly), Channels 17 and 44 began to broadcast separate schedules, with each station serving their own markets. After the "big switch" of affiliates in '96, Channels 17 and 21 became stations without network affiliation, and Channel 44 became the CBS affiliate for NE Alabama. In early '97, Channel 21 became a WB affiliate, and 17 became a repeater of Channel 21 in mid to late '97, and Channel 44 became the Pax affiliate for Birmingham in '98.
 
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