Source: Nashua Telegraph via Google News Archive.
02 - WGBH (PBS) Boston
6:45 AM Weather
7:00 Sesame Street
8:00 The Electric Company
8:30 Mister Rogers
9:00 Fast Forward
10:00 Educational programming
11:30 High Feather
12:00 Sesame Street
1:00 Educational programming
3:00 French Chef
3:30 Over Easy
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers
5:30 The Electric Company
6:00 Sesame Street
7:00 Doctor Who "The Robots of Death" (part 3)
7:30 Wild, Wild World of Animals (one of the least known but most effective North American predators is the badger)
8:00 Evening at Pops (singer Andy Williams joins John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra)
9:00 Tonight, Scandinavia (the leaders of five Scandinavian countries attend a musical tribute to the cultural legacy of Scandinavia held at the Minneapolis Orchestra Hall; Neville Marriner hosts with guest performers including Birgit Nillson, Judith Blegen and Victor Borge)
10:30 News
11:00 Nightly Business Report
11:30 sign-off
04 - WBZ (NBC) Boston
5:30 Morning Stretch
6:00 News
7:00 Today
9:00 Hour Magazine
10:00 Diff'rent Strokes
10:30 Wheel of Fortune
11:00 Match Game
11:30 Card Sharks
12:00 News
12:30 People Are Talking
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Hawaii Five-O
4:00 People's Court
4:30 More Real People
5:00 Family Feud
5:30 Live on 4
6:00 News
7:00 NBC Nightly News
7:30 Evening Magazine
8:00 Little House on the Prairie
9:00 Movie: "Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night" (1977)
11:00 News
11:30 Best of Carson (guests: Sammy Davis Jr., Mariette Hartley, Bob & Ray, Merie Earle)
12:30 Late Night with David Letterman (guests: comedienne Carol Leiffer, comedian Steve Allen)
1:30 NBC News Overnight
2:30 News
3:00 Solid Gold (hosts: Andy Gibb, Marilyn McCoo; guests: Rick James, Barry Manilow, Roseanne Cash, John Cougar, Ronnie Milsap, Huey Lewis & The News)
4:00 Prime Time
4:30 Eyewitness News Conference
05 - WCVB (ABC) Boston
5:00 Good Day!
5:30 Chronicle
6:00 News
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Good Day!
10:00 Donahue
11:00 Tom Cottle: Up Close
11:30 Richard Simmons
12:00 News
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Waltons
5:00 Here's Lucy
5:30 All in the Family
6:00 News
7:00 ABC World News Tonight
7:30 Chronicle
8:00 That's Incredible! (the U.S. Rubik's Cube championship, a legless high school athlete, a 13-year-old magician, a young waterskier)
9:00 ABC Monday Night Football: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys
12:00 News
12:30 Nightline
1:00 Seven Million Dollar Fugitive
2:00 Night Shift
2:30 Dick Tracy Serials
3:15 Five All Night
3:30 News
4:00 Good Day!
07 - WNEV (CBS) Boston
6:00 Summer Semester
6:30 Captain Kangaroo
7:00 CBS Morning News
9:00 Weekday!
10:00 One Day at a Time
10:30 Alice
11:00 Price is Right
12:00 News
12:30 Young and the Restless
1:30 As the World Turns
2:30 Capitol
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Movie: TBA
6:00 News (Tom Ellis and Robin Young anchored the station's evening newscasts for the first time that day)
7:00 CBS Evening News
7:30 Entertainment Tonight (an interview with Dudley Moore; part 1 of "Safety in Hollywood" examines accidents and injuries sustained during TV and film production)
8:00 Private Benjamin
8:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
9:00 M*A*S*H
9:30 House Calls
10:00 Lou Grant
11:00 News
11:30 Trapper John, M.D.
12:40 Columbo
2:25 News
2:55 Weekday!
followed by sign-off
09 - WMUR (ABC) Manchester
6:00 Jim Bakker
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Donahue
10:00 Richard Simmons
10:30 That Girl
11:00 The Love Boat
12:00 Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 The Edge of Night
4:30 Kidbits
5:30 Merv Griffin Show
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7:00 News
7:30 The Muppets (guest: Sandy Duncan)
8:00 That's Incredible!
9:00 ABC Monday Night Football: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys
12:00 News
12:30 Nightline
followed by sign-off
11 - WENH (PBS) Durham
8:15 AM Weather
8:30 Sesame Street
9:30 Educational programming
12:00 Sesame Street
1:00 Educational programming
2:30 Kings to Commoners
3:30 Lilias, Yoga and You
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers
5:30 Numero Uno
6:00 Contemporary Health Issues "What Motivates Human Behavior?"
6:30 Doctor Who "The Seeds of Doom" (part 6)
7:00 Nightly Business Report
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8:00 Father, Dear Father
8:30 No, Honestly!
9:00 Tonight, Scandinavia (see ch. 2, 9PM)
10:30 The River in the Desert (a film about the Colorado River examines the water crisis in the Southwest and the attitudes and historical forces which have precipitated it)
11:00 PBS Latenight (Dennis Wholey)
12:00 sign-off
25 - WXNE (Ind) Boston
6:15 News
6:30 Underdog
7:00 The Pink Panther
7:30 Josie and the Pussycats
8:00 Force Five
8:30 Sport Billy
9:00 Secret War
9:30 McHale's Navy
10:00 700 Club
11:30 Movie: TBA
1:30 Get Smart!
2:00 Spider-Man
2:30 Force Five
3:00 Star Blazers
3:30 The Pink Panther
4:00 Little House on the Prairie
5:00 Eight is Enough
6:00 CHiPs Patrol
7:00 Mork and Mindy
8:00 Movie: "Another Part of the Forest" (1948)
10:00 700 Club
11:00 Carol Burnett and Friends (guests: David Hartman, Paula Kelly)
11:30 Movie: "Torpedo Bay" (1962)
followed by sign-off
38 - WSBK (Ind) Boston
6:30 Romper Room
7:00 Batman
7:30 Scooby-Doo
8:00 Porky Pig and Friends
8:30 Cartoons
9:00 F-Troop
9:30 Daytime
10:30 Charlie Rose
11:00 Adam-12
11:30 Independent Network News
12:00 Marcus Welby, M.D.
1:00 Movie: TBA
3:00 Emergency!
4:00 Bewitched
4:30 The Odd Couple
5:00 Charlie's Angels
6:00 The Jeffersons
6:30 Bob Newhart
7:00 M*A*S*H
7:30 Barney Miller
8:00 Movie: "Ring of Passion" (1978)
10:00 That's Hollywood "The Rocky Road to Romance"
10:30 Independent Network News
11:00 The Twilight Zone
12:00 Movie: "The All Kissed the Bride" (1942)
followed by sign-off
44 - WGBX (PBS) Boston
5PM Dick Cavett
5:30 French Chef
6:00 3-2-1 Contact
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 American Story "The First Americans"
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8:00 Understanding Humar Behavior (human psychology)
8:30 Making It Count
9:00 People and Organizations
9:30 Exploring Language
10:00 Odyssey "The Incas" (three archaeologists trace the extensive network of roads, towns and agricultural regions responsible for the prosperity of these 16th century Peruvians)
11:00 ABC World News Tonight (CC)
11:30 sign-off
56 - WLVI (Ind) Cambridge
7:00 Bugs Bunny
7:30 Tom and Jerry
8:00 Woody Woodpecker
8:30 The Flinstones
9:00 Great Space Coaster
9:30 Banana Splits
10:00 De Todo Un Poco
10:30 New England Today
11:00 The Love Boat (preempted by WCVB)
12:00 Couples
12:30 Mary Tyler Moore
1:00 Lost in Space
2:00 Yogi Bear
2:30 Casper
3:00 Mighty Mouse
3:30 Woody Woodpecker
4:00 Tom and Jerry
4:30 The Flinstones
5:00 Brady Bunch
5:30 I Love Lucy
6:00 Welcome Back, Kotter
6:30 Laverne and Shirley and Company
7:00 Good Times
7:30 Benny Hill
8:00 Movie: "A Patch of Blue" (1965)
10:00 Mary Tyler Moore
11:00 Saturday Night (host: Kate Jackson; guest: Delbert McClinton)
followed by sign-off
02 - WGBH (PBS) Boston
6:45 AM Weather
7:00 Sesame Street
8:00 The Electric Company
8:30 Mister Rogers
9:00 Fast Forward
10:00 Educational programming
11:30 High Feather
12:00 Sesame Street
1:00 Educational programming
3:00 French Chef
3:30 Over Easy
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers
5:30 The Electric Company
6:00 Sesame Street
7:00 Doctor Who "The Robots of Death" (part 3)
7:30 Wild, Wild World of Animals (one of the least known but most effective North American predators is the badger)
8:00 Evening at Pops (singer Andy Williams joins John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra)
9:00 Tonight, Scandinavia (the leaders of five Scandinavian countries attend a musical tribute to the cultural legacy of Scandinavia held at the Minneapolis Orchestra Hall; Neville Marriner hosts with guest performers including Birgit Nillson, Judith Blegen and Victor Borge)
10:30 News
11:00 Nightly Business Report
11:30 sign-off
04 - WBZ (NBC) Boston
5:30 Morning Stretch
6:00 News
7:00 Today
9:00 Hour Magazine
10:00 Diff'rent Strokes
10:30 Wheel of Fortune
11:00 Match Game
11:30 Card Sharks
12:00 News
12:30 People Are Talking
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Hawaii Five-O
4:00 People's Court
4:30 More Real People
5:00 Family Feud
5:30 Live on 4
6:00 News
7:00 NBC Nightly News
7:30 Evening Magazine
8:00 Little House on the Prairie
9:00 Movie: "Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night" (1977)
11:00 News
11:30 Best of Carson (guests: Sammy Davis Jr., Mariette Hartley, Bob & Ray, Merie Earle)
12:30 Late Night with David Letterman (guests: comedienne Carol Leiffer, comedian Steve Allen)
1:30 NBC News Overnight
2:30 News
3:00 Solid Gold (hosts: Andy Gibb, Marilyn McCoo; guests: Rick James, Barry Manilow, Roseanne Cash, John Cougar, Ronnie Milsap, Huey Lewis & The News)
4:00 Prime Time
4:30 Eyewitness News Conference
05 - WCVB (ABC) Boston
5:00 Good Day!
5:30 Chronicle
6:00 News
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Good Day!
10:00 Donahue
11:00 Tom Cottle: Up Close
11:30 Richard Simmons
12:00 News
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Waltons
5:00 Here's Lucy
5:30 All in the Family
6:00 News
7:00 ABC World News Tonight
7:30 Chronicle
8:00 That's Incredible! (the U.S. Rubik's Cube championship, a legless high school athlete, a 13-year-old magician, a young waterskier)
9:00 ABC Monday Night Football: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys
12:00 News
12:30 Nightline
1:00 Seven Million Dollar Fugitive
2:00 Night Shift
2:30 Dick Tracy Serials
3:15 Five All Night
3:30 News
4:00 Good Day!
07 - WNEV (CBS) Boston
6:00 Summer Semester
6:30 Captain Kangaroo
7:00 CBS Morning News
9:00 Weekday!
10:00 One Day at a Time
10:30 Alice
11:00 Price is Right
12:00 News
12:30 Young and the Restless
1:30 As the World Turns
2:30 Capitol
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Movie: TBA
6:00 News (Tom Ellis and Robin Young anchored the station's evening newscasts for the first time that day)
7:00 CBS Evening News
7:30 Entertainment Tonight (an interview with Dudley Moore; part 1 of "Safety in Hollywood" examines accidents and injuries sustained during TV and film production)
8:00 Private Benjamin
8:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
9:00 M*A*S*H
9:30 House Calls
10:00 Lou Grant
11:00 News
11:30 Trapper John, M.D.
12:40 Columbo
2:25 News
2:55 Weekday!
followed by sign-off
09 - WMUR (ABC) Manchester
6:00 Jim Bakker
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Donahue
10:00 Richard Simmons
10:30 That Girl
11:00 The Love Boat
12:00 Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 The Edge of Night
4:30 Kidbits
5:30 Merv Griffin Show
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7:00 News
7:30 The Muppets (guest: Sandy Duncan)
8:00 That's Incredible!
9:00 ABC Monday Night Football: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys
12:00 News
12:30 Nightline
followed by sign-off
11 - WENH (PBS) Durham
8:15 AM Weather
8:30 Sesame Street
9:30 Educational programming
12:00 Sesame Street
1:00 Educational programming
2:30 Kings to Commoners
3:30 Lilias, Yoga and You
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers
5:30 Numero Uno
6:00 Contemporary Health Issues "What Motivates Human Behavior?"
6:30 Doctor Who "The Seeds of Doom" (part 6)
7:00 Nightly Business Report
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8:00 Father, Dear Father
8:30 No, Honestly!
9:00 Tonight, Scandinavia (see ch. 2, 9PM)
10:30 The River in the Desert (a film about the Colorado River examines the water crisis in the Southwest and the attitudes and historical forces which have precipitated it)
11:00 PBS Latenight (Dennis Wholey)
12:00 sign-off
25 - WXNE (Ind) Boston
6:15 News
6:30 Underdog
7:00 The Pink Panther
7:30 Josie and the Pussycats
8:00 Force Five
8:30 Sport Billy
9:00 Secret War
9:30 McHale's Navy
10:00 700 Club
11:30 Movie: TBA
1:30 Get Smart!
2:00 Spider-Man
2:30 Force Five
3:00 Star Blazers
3:30 The Pink Panther
4:00 Little House on the Prairie
5:00 Eight is Enough
6:00 CHiPs Patrol
7:00 Mork and Mindy
8:00 Movie: "Another Part of the Forest" (1948)
10:00 700 Club
11:00 Carol Burnett and Friends (guests: David Hartman, Paula Kelly)
11:30 Movie: "Torpedo Bay" (1962)
followed by sign-off
38 - WSBK (Ind) Boston
6:30 Romper Room
7:00 Batman
7:30 Scooby-Doo
8:00 Porky Pig and Friends
8:30 Cartoons
9:00 F-Troop
9:30 Daytime
10:30 Charlie Rose
11:00 Adam-12
11:30 Independent Network News
12:00 Marcus Welby, M.D.
1:00 Movie: TBA
3:00 Emergency!
4:00 Bewitched
4:30 The Odd Couple
5:00 Charlie's Angels
6:00 The Jeffersons
6:30 Bob Newhart
7:00 M*A*S*H
7:30 Barney Miller
8:00 Movie: "Ring of Passion" (1978)
10:00 That's Hollywood "The Rocky Road to Romance"
10:30 Independent Network News
11:00 The Twilight Zone
12:00 Movie: "The All Kissed the Bride" (1942)
followed by sign-off
44 - WGBX (PBS) Boston
5PM Dick Cavett
5:30 French Chef
6:00 3-2-1 Contact
6:30 Nightly Business Report
7:00 American Story "The First Americans"
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8:00 Understanding Humar Behavior (human psychology)
8:30 Making It Count
9:00 People and Organizations
9:30 Exploring Language
10:00 Odyssey "The Incas" (three archaeologists trace the extensive network of roads, towns and agricultural regions responsible for the prosperity of these 16th century Peruvians)
11:00 ABC World News Tonight (CC)
11:30 sign-off
56 - WLVI (Ind) Cambridge
7:00 Bugs Bunny
7:30 Tom and Jerry
8:00 Woody Woodpecker
8:30 The Flinstones
9:00 Great Space Coaster
9:30 Banana Splits
10:00 De Todo Un Poco
10:30 New England Today
11:00 The Love Boat (preempted by WCVB)
12:00 Couples
12:30 Mary Tyler Moore
1:00 Lost in Space
2:00 Yogi Bear
2:30 Casper
3:00 Mighty Mouse
3:30 Woody Woodpecker
4:00 Tom and Jerry
4:30 The Flinstones
5:00 Brady Bunch
5:30 I Love Lucy
6:00 Welcome Back, Kotter
6:30 Laverne and Shirley and Company
7:00 Good Times
7:30 Benny Hill
8:00 Movie: "A Patch of Blue" (1965)
10:00 Mary Tyler Moore
11:00 Saturday Night (host: Kate Jackson; guest: Delbert McClinton)
followed by sign-off