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RETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE- Saturday October 13, 1979

Source: The Boston GlobeRETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE- Saturday October 13, 1979BOSTONWGBH-TV 2 (PBS)8am- Sesame Street9am- Mister Rogers9:30- Zoom10am- Sesame Street11am- Mister Rogers11:30- Nova12:30- Crockett’s Victory Garden1pm- Over Easy1:30- Over Easy2pm- Over Easy2:30- Over Easy3pm- Over Easy3:30- Kup’s Show4:30- Like it Is5pm- Freestyle5:30- Sesame Street6:30- Eliot Norton Reviews7pm- Sneak Previews7:30- Fast Forward8pm- Nova- “Life on a Silken Thread”9pm- American Film Theatre- A Delicate Balance (1973)11:15pm- Sign-OffWBZ-TV 4 (NBC)6am- International Zone6:30- Carrascolendas7am- Vegetable Soup II7:30- For Kids Only8am- Daffy Duck9am- Fred and Barney10am- Super Ghostbusters10:30- The New Shmoo11am- Get Off Your Block11:30- Eyewitness News12pm- Jonny Quest12:30- The Jetsons1pm- Magic Movie Machine1:30- Last of the Wild2pm- World of Survival2:30- Movie- The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)5pm- The Most Valuable Players Awards6pm- Eyewitness News6:30- NBC News7pm- Gong Show7:30- Hollywood Squares8pm- NBA Basketball- Boston Celtics @ Cleveland Cavaliers10pm- A Man Called Sloane11pm- Eyewitness News11:30- Saturday Night Live1am- Rock Concert2:30- Sign-OffWCVB-TV 5 (ABC)6am- A Better Way6:30- Discovery7am- Captain Kangaroo7:30- Barbapapa8am- Superfriends9am- Plasticman11am- Spiderwoman11:30- Candlepin Bowling12:30- World Series Baseball- Game 4- Baltimore Orioles @ Pittsburgh Pirates3:30- NCAA Football- Oklahoma Sooners @ Texas Longhorns7pm- Lawrence Welk8pm- The Ropers8:30- Detective School9pm- Love Boat10pm- Hart to Hart11pm- NewsCenter 511:30- Movie- Gaslight (1944)1:45- Movie- No Minor Vices (1946)WNAC-TV 7 (CBS)6:30- School Discipline7am- Peoplescope7:30- Vegetable Soup8am- Mighty Mouse9am- Bugs Bunny10:30- Popeye Hour11:30- Fat Albert12pm- Jason of Star Command12:30- Tarzan1:30- 30 Minutes2pm- Up Front2:30- Tarzan3:30- Streets of San Francisco4:30- CBS Sports Spectacular6pm- Newsroom 76:30- Black News7pm- Dance Fever7:30- Sha Na Na8pm- Movie- Lifeguard (1976)10pm- Paris11pm- Newsroom 711:30- Movie- Chisum (1970)1:30- Movie- Frankenstein’s Daughter (1959)WXNE-TV 25 (Ind.)7am- Courageous Cat7:30- Puppet Tree Gang8am- The Hulk8:30- Ironman9am- Captain America9:30- Lassie10am- Lassie11:30- Movie- Jack Slade (1953) 1pm- Bronco2pm- Bonanza3pm- Big Valley 4pm- High Chaparral5pm- Alias Smith and Jones6pm- Grizzly Adams7pm- Adventure Classics8pm- Voyage to the Bottom Of The Sea9pm- 700 Club10:30- The Lesson11pm- Dakota12am- Sign-OffWSMW-TV 27 (Ind.) 8am- Agricultural USA8:30- Vegetable Soup9am- Magic Movie Machine9:30- Mundo Real10am- Storybook Lady10:30- Dick Tracy Cartoons11am- Tennis- “Island Holiday Classic”12pm- Wrestling1pm- Bowling2pm- Candid Camera2:30- Movie- Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938)4:30- Movie- Dead Men Tell (1941)6pm- Movie- Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)7:30- Bugs Bunny8pm- Nashville U.S.A8:30- That Nashville Music 9pm- Porter Wagoner9:30- Pop Goes the Country10pm- Nashville on the Road10:30- College Football- Holy Cross @ Colgate (Tape)WSBK-TV 38 (Ind.)8am- Faith For Today8:30- Viewpoint on Nutrition9am- Villa Allegre9:30- Carrascolendas10am- Hot Fudge10:30- Movie- Blondie on a Burger (1946)12pm- Bowery Boys1:30- Movie- Destry Rides Again (1939)3pm- Rifleman4pm- Movie- Batman (1966)6pm- Hogan’s Heroes6:30- Adam-12 7pm- Family Feud7:30- NHL Hockey- Boston Bruins @ Washington Capitals10pm- Boston Bruins Wrap-Up10:30- Abbott and Costello11pm- Chico and the Man11:30- Movie- Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944)WGBX-TV 44 (PBS)10am- Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education5pm- Consumer Survival Kit5:30- People of the First Light6pm- Say Brother7pm- Once Upon a Classic- “The Old Curiosity Shop”7:30- Feelings8pm- Forsyte Saga9pm- Footsteps9:30- Here’s to Your Health10pm- Agronsky and Company10:30- Ten O’Clock News (did WGBH have their own Weekend Newscast in ’79)11pm- Sign-OffWLVI-TV 56 (Ind.)8am- Music and Word 8:30- Jimmy Swaggart9am- Oral Roberts9:30- Old Time Gospel Hour 10am- Kenneth Copeland 11am- Wrestling12pm- Then Came Bronson1pm- Movie- The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)2:40- Movie- War of the Colossal Beast (1958)4pm- Movie- The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) 6pm- Happy Days Again6:30- Sanford and Son7pm- Star Trek8pm- Movie- Secret of Santa Vittoris (1969)11pm- Juke Box11:30- Movie- A Graveyard of Horror (1971) PROVIDENCEWTEV-TV 6 (CBS)6am- Learning Disabilities6:30- Farmer's Corner7am- Leave it to Beaver7:30- Father Gets Home8am- Mighty Mouse9am- Bugs Bunny10:30- Popeye Hour11:30- Fat Albert12pm- Jason of Star Command12:30- Tarzan1:30- 30 Minutes2pm- Movie- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)4:30pm- CBS Sports Spectacular6pm- NewsScope 66:30- CBS News7pm- Family Feud7:30- Muppet Show8pm- Movie- Lifeguard (1976)10pm- Paris11pm- NewsScope 611:30- Movie- Theatre of Blood (1973)1:45- NewsScope 62am- Sign-OffWJAR-TV 10 (NBC)7am- Marianne’s Funbunch 7:30- Magic Movie Machine8am- Daffy Duck9am- Fred and Barney10am- Super Ghostbusters10:30- The New Shmoo11am- Flash Gordon11:30- Battle of the Planets12pm- Bewitched12:30- Hogan’s Heroes1pm- Movie- It’s Only Money (1962)3pm- Movie- Pleasure of his Company (1961)5pm- Star Trek6pm- NewsWatch 106:30- NBC News7pm- Sha Na Na7:30- Dance Fever8pm- CHiPs9pm- BJ and the Bear10pm- A Man Called Sloane11pm- NewsWatch 1011:30- Saturday Night Live1am- Soap Factory2am- Sign-offWPRI-TV 12 (ABC)7am- Pink Panther7:30- Allamaze8am- Superfriends9am- Plasticman11am- Spiderwoman11:30- Scooby Doo12pm- Wrestling12:30- World Series Baseball- Baltimore Orioles @ Pittsburgh Pirates (Game 4)3:30- NCAA Fotball- Oklahoma Sooners @ Texas Longhorns7pm- Lawrence Welk8pm- The Ropers8:30- Detective School9pm- Love Boat10pm- Hart to Hart11pm- NewsCenter 1211:30- Movie- The Log of the Black Pearl (1975)
 
Here is the schedule cleaned up (I know I do a lot of these, its just that I feel its about time they get cleaned up)

Source: The Boston Globe

RETRO BOSTON/PROVIDENCE- Saturday October 13, 1979

BOSTON

WGBH-TV 2 (PBS)

8am- Sesame Street
9am- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
9:30- Zoom
10am- Sesame Street
11am- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
11:30- Nova
12:30- Crockett’s Victory Garden
1pm- Over Easy
1:30- Over Easy
2pm- Over Easy
2:30- Over Easy
3pm- Over Easy
3:30- Kup’s Show
4:30- Like it Is
5pm- Freestyle
5:30- Sesame Street
6:30- Eliot Norton Reviews
7pm- Sneak Previews
7:30- Fast Forward
8pm- Nova- “Life on a Silken Thread”
9pm- American Film Theatre- A Delicate Balance (1973)
11:15pm- Sign-Off

WBZ-TV 4 (NBC)

6am- International Zone
6:30- Carrascolendas
7am- Vegetable Soup II
7:30- For Kids Only
8am- Daffy Duck
9am- Fred and Barney
10am- Super Ghostbusters
10:30- The New Shmoo
11am- Get Off Your Block
11:30- Eyewitness News
12pm- Jonny Quest
12:30- The Jetsons
1pm- Magic Movie Machine
1:30- Last of the Wild
2pm- World of Survival
2:30- Movie- The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
5pm- The Most Valuable Players Awards
6pm- Eyewitness News
6:30- NBC News
7pm- Gong Show
7:30- Hollywood Squares
8pm- NBA Basketball- Boston Celtics @ Cleveland Cavaliers
10pm- A Man Called Sloane
11pm- Eyewitness News
11:30- Saturday Night Live
1am- Rock Concert
2:30- Sign-Off

WCVB-TV 5 (ABC)

6am- A Better Way
6:30- Discovery
7am- Captain Kangaroo
7:30- Barbapapa
8am- Superfriends
9am- Plasticman
11am- Spiderwoman
11:30- Candlepin Bowling
12:30- World Series Baseball- Game 4- Baltimore Orioles @ Pittsburgh Pirates
3:30- NCAA Football- Oklahoma Sooners @ Texas Longhorns
7pm- Lawrence Welk
8pm- The Ropers
8:30- Detective School
9pm- Love Boat
10pm- Hart to Hart
11pm- NewsCenter 5
11:30- Movie- Gaslight (1944)
1:45- Movie- No Minor Vices (1946)

WNAC-TV 7 (CBS)

6:30- School Discipline
7am- Peoplescope
7:30- Vegetable Soup
8am- Mighty Mouse
9am- Bugs Bunny
10:30- Popeye Hour
11:30- Fat Albert
12pm- Jason of Star Command
12:30- Tarzan
1:30- 30 Minutes
2pm- Up Front
2:30- Tarzan
3:30- Streets of San Francisco
4:30- CBS Sports Spectacular
6pm- Newsroom 7
6:30- Black News
7pm- Dance Fever
7:30- Sha Na Na
8pm- Movie- Lifeguard (1976)
10pm- Paris
11pm- Newsroom 7
11:30- Movie- Chisum (1970)
1:30- Movie- Frankenstein’s Daughter (1959)

WXNE-TV 25 (Ind.)

7am- Courageous Cat
7:30- Puppet Tree Gang
8am- The Hulk
8:30- Ironman
9am- Captain America
9:30- Lassie
10am- Lassie
11:30- Movie- Jack Slade (1953)
1pm- Bronco
2pm- Bonanza
3pm- Big Valley
4pm- High Chaparral
5pm- Alias Smith and Jones
6pm- Grizzly Adams
7pm- Adventure Classics
8pm- Voyage to the Bottom Of The Sea
9pm- 700 Club
10:30- The Lesson
11pm- Dakota
12am- Sign-Off

WSMW-TV 27 (Ind.)

8am- Agricultural USA
8:30- Vegetable Soup
9am- Magic Movie Machine
9:30- Mundo Real
10am- Storybook Lady
10:30- Dick Tracy Cartoons
11am- Tennis- “Island Holiday Classic”
12pm- Wrestling
1pm- Bowling
2pm- Candid Camera
2:30- Movie- Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938)
4:30- Movie- Dead Men Tell (1941)
6pm- Movie- Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
7:30- Bugs Bunny
8pm- Nashville U.S.A
8:30- That Nashville Music
9pm- Porter Wagoner
9:30- Pop Goes the Country
10pm- Nashville on the Road
10:30- College Football- Holy Cross @ Colgate (Tape)

WSBK-TV 38 (Ind.)

8am- Faith For Today
8:30- Viewpoint on Nutrition
9am- Villa Allegre
9:30- Carrascolendas
10am- Hot Fudge
10:30- Movie- Blondie on a Burger (1946)
12pm- Bowery Boys
1:30- Movie- Destry Rides Again (1939)
3pm- Rifleman
4pm- Movie- Batman (1966)
6pm- Hogan’s Heroes
6:30- Adam-12
7pm- Family Feud
7:30- NHL Hockey- Boston Bruins @ Washington Capitals
10pm- Boston Bruins Wrap-Up
10:30- Abbott and Costello11pm- Chico and the Man
11:30- Movie- Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944)

WGBX-TV 44 (PBS)

10am- Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
5pm- Consumer Survival Kit
5:30- People of the First Light
6pm- Say Brother
7pm- Once Upon a Classic- “The Old Curiosity Shop”
7:30- Feelings
8pm- Forsyte Saga
9pm- Footsteps
9:30- Here’s to Your Health
10pm- Agronsky and Company
10:30- Ten O’Clock News (did WGBH have their own Weekend Newscast in ’79)
11pm- Sign-Off

WLVI-TV 56 (Ind.)

8am- Music and Word
8:30- Jimmy Swaggart
9am- Oral Roberts
9:30- Old Time Gospel Hour
10am- Kenneth Copeland
11am- Wrestling
12pm- Then Came Bronson
1pm- Movie- The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
2:40- Movie- War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
4pm- Movie- The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
6pm- Happy Days Again
6:30- Sanford and Son
7pm- Star Trek
8pm- Movie- Secret of Santa Vittoris (1969)
11pm- Juke Box
11:30- Movie- A Graveyard of Horror (1971)

PROVIDENCE

WTEV-TV 6 (CBS)

6am- Learning Disabilities
6:30- Farmer's Corner
7am- Leave it to Beaver
7:30- Father Gets Home
8am- Mighty Mouse
9am- Bugs Bunny
10:30- Popeye Hour
11:30- Fat Albert
12pm- Jason of Star Command
12:30- Tarzan
1:30- 30 Minutes
2pm- Movie- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
4:30pm- CBS Sports Spectacular
6pm- NewsScope 6
6:30- CBS News
7pm- Family Feud
7:30- Muppet Show
8pm- Movie- Lifeguard (1976)
10pm- Paris
11pm- NewsScope 6
11:30- Movie- Theatre of Blood (1973)
1:45- NewsScope 6
2am- Sign-Off

WJAR-TV 10 (NBC)

7am- Marianne’s Funbunch
7:30- Magic Movie Machine
8am- Daffy Duck
9am- Fred and Barney
10am- Super Ghostbusters
10:30- The New Shmoo
11am- Flash Gordon
11:30- Battle of the Planets
12pm- Bewitched
12:30- Hogan’s Heroes
1pm- Movie- It’s Only Money (1962)
3pm- Movie- Pleasure of his Company (1961)
5pm- Star Trek
6pm- NewsWatch 10
6:30- NBC News
7pm- Sha Na Na
7:30- Dance Fever
8pm- CHiPs
9pm- BJ and the Bear
10pm- A Man Called Sloane
11pm- NewsWatch 10
11:30- Saturday Night Live
1am- Soap Factory
2am- Sign-off

WPRI-TV 12 (ABC)

7am- Pink Panther
7:30- Allamaze
8am- Superfriends
9am- Plasticman
11am- Spiderwoman
11:30- Scooby Doo
12pm- Wrestling
12:30- World Series Baseball- Baltimore Orioles @ Pittsburgh Pirates (Game 4)
3:30- NCAA Football- Oklahoma Sooners @ Texas Longhorns
7pm- Lawrence Welk
8pm- The Ropers
8:30- Detective School
9pm- Love Boat
10pm- Hart to Hart
11pm- NewsCenter 12
11:30- Movie- The Log of the Black Pearl (1975)
 
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