Source: The Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- Monday July 13, 1987- (During the Iran-Contra Scandal with Oliver North)
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (PBS) Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
5 WCVB-TV (ABC) Boston
6 WLNE-TV (CBS) Providence/New Bedford
7 WNEV-TV (CBS) Boston
9 WMUR-TV (ABC) Manchester, NH
10 WJAR-TV (NBC) Providence
11 WENH-TV (PBS) Durham, NH
12 WPRI-TV (ABC) Providence
21 WNHT-TV (Ind.) Concord, NH
25 WFXT-TV (FOX) Boston
27 WHLL-TV (Ind.) Worcester
36 WSBE-TV (PBS) Providence
38 WSBK-TV (Ind.) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (PBS) Boston
46 WHRC-TV (Ind.) Norwell
50 WNDS-TV (Ind.) Derry,NH
56 WLVI-TV (Ind.) Boston
64 WNAC-TV (FOX) Providence
66 WHSH-TV (Ind.) Marlborough/Boston
68 WQTV-TV (Ind./ABC/CBS/NBC) Boston
MORNING
7:00
2- Sesame Street
4-10- Today
5-9-12- Good Morning America
7- CBS Morning News
11- Body Electric
21- Ask Washington
25- Top Cat
27- PTL Club
38- He- Man
56- Mighty Mouse
64- Heathcliff
68- Danger Mouse
7:30
6-7- Morning Program
11- To Life!
25- Centurions
38- She-Ra
56- My Little Pony
64- Scooby-Doo
68- Captain Kangaroo (A PBS program WGBH nor WGBX didn’t clear)
7:45
11- A.M Weather
8:00
2- Mister Rogers
11- Sesame Street
21- 20 Minute Workout
25- Defenders of the Earth
27- Richard Roberts
38- Scooby Doo
56- Dennis the Menace
64- My Little Pony
68- Addams Family
8:30
2- Sesame Street
21- CNN News
25- The Jetsons
38- GoBots
56- Heathcliff
64- Bionic Six
68- Addams Family
9:00
4-5-6-7-9-12 Iran-Contra Hearings
10-21- Donahue
11- Mister Rogers
25- The Chipmunks
27- Jimmy Swaggart
38- Beverly Hillbillies
50- Wild West
56- Tom and Jerry
64- Mister Ed
66- Home Shopping
68- Munsters
9:30
2- Mister Rogers
11- Stringslong
25- Catholic Mass
27- Video Shopping
38- Journal
56- Bugs and Woody
64- Green Acres
68- Leave it to Beaver
10:00
2- Perkins Family
4-5-6-7-9-12- Iran-Contra Hearings
10- Sale of the Century
11- Yan Can Cook
21- Dynasty
25- 700 Club
38- Andy Griffith
50-64- Richard Roberts
56- Inspector Gadget
68- Make Room for Daddy
10:30
2-11- Reading Rainbow
10- Crosswits
38- Tony Randall
56- Zoobillee Zoo
68- Burns and Allen
11:00
2-36- 3-2-1 Contact
4-5-6-7-9-12- Iran-Contra Hearings
11- Secret City
21- Medical Center
25- Dukes of Hazzard
38- Maude
50- Success-n-Life
56- De Todo Un Poco
64- 700 Club
68- Jack Benny
11:30
2-36- Sesame Street
11- Boomerang
38- Dick Van Dyke
56- Point of View
68- McHale’s Navy
AFTERNOON
12:00
4-5-7-10-12- News
6-38- Home Shopping
9- Ryan’s Hope
11- Sesame Street
21- Here’s Lucy
25- Greatest American Hero
27- Movie- A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
50- Streets of San Francisco
56- True Confessions
64- Value Network
66- Home Shopping
68- Bonanza
12:30
2- Nature
4- People are Talking
5-9-12- Loving
6-7- Young and the Restless
10- Sally Jesse Raphael
21- One Big Family
38- $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
56- That Girl
1:00
5-9-12- All My Children
10- Days of Our Lives
11- We’re Cooking Now
21- Movie- The Big Score (1964)
25- Wonder Woman
38- Harry-O
50- Hangin’ In
56- Bewitched
64- Addams Family
68- Movie- Innocents in Paris (1955)
1;30
2- In Search f the Trojan War
4- Love Connection
6-7- Bold and the Beautiful
11- Perkins Family
50- Laverne and Shirley
56- I Dream of Jeannie
64- Zoobillee Zoo
2:00
4-5-6-7-9-12-44- Iran-Contra Hearings
10- Another World
11- KnowZone
25- Top Cat
38- Maverick
50- Happy Days
56- Tom and Jerry
64- Jetsons
2:30
2- Joy of Painting
11- Nova
21- Jackie Gleason Show
25- Popeye
27- Addams Family
50- He-Man
56- Flintstones
64- GoBots
3:00
2- French Chef
4-5-6-7-9-12-44- Iran-Contra Hearings
10- Santa Barbara
21- Dobie Gillis
25- Porky Pig
27- Eight is Enough
38- Superfriend
50- She-Ra
56- Smurfs
64- Dennis the Menace
66- Home Shopping
68- Ironside
3:30
2-36- Sesame Street
11- Reading Rainbow
21- Gilligan’s Island
25- Bugs Bunny
38- Galaxy Rangers
50- GoBots
56- Thundercats
64- Smurfs’ Adventures
4:00
4-5-6-7-9-12-44- Iran-Contra Hearings
10- Hour Magazine
11- 3-2-1- Contact
21- Greatest American Hero
25- The Chipmunks
27- Love Boat
38-50- Ghost Busters
46- Music Videos
56- Transformers
64- G.I Joe
68- Streets of San Francisco
4:30
2-11-36- Mister Rogers
4-5-6-7-9-12-44- Iran-Contra Hearings
25- Jetsons
38- Rambo
50- Bewitched
56- G.I Joe
64- Transformers
5:00
2- Reading Rainbow
4- People’s Court
5- Hill Street blues
7- $100,000 Pyramid
9- Police Woman
10- Dating Game
11- Sesame Street
12- Hollywood Squares
21- Crosswits
25- CHiPs
27- Little House on the Prairie
38- Lou Grant
44- Open Mind
50- Eight is Enough
56- Brady Bunch
64- Happy Days
68- Rockford Files
5:30
2-36- 3-2-1 Contact
4- Live on 4
7- Wheel of Fortune
10- Newlywed Game
12- M*A*S*H
21- Three’s Company
44- Sesame Street
56- Monkees
64- Gimme a Break
EVENING
6:00
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
21- Movie- Incredible Journey (1963)
25- Diff’rent Strokes
27- Love Connection
38- Quincy
46- Wall Street Report
50- Mork and Mindy
56- The Ropers
64- Benson
66- Home Shopping
68- Star Trek
6:30
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
10- NBC News
25- Silver Spoons
27- People’s Court
44- Business Report
46- Germany Today
50- Mork and Mindy
56- What’s Happening!!
64- Too Close for Comfort
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- People’s Court
7- CBS News
9- Newlywed Game
10- PM Magazine
11-36- Business Report
12- Wheel of Fortune
21-64- Star Trek
25- Gimme A Break
27- The Saint
38- Jeffersons
44- Modern Maturity
46- Hello Jerusalem
50- WKRP in Cincinnati
56- Fall Guy
68- Movie- Incredible Journey (1963)
7:30
2- Wild World of Animals
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6- Love Connection
7-10- Entertainment Tonight
9- Private Benjamin
11- Fighter Pilots
12- Jeopardy!
25- Current Affair
38- Alice
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
50- All In the Family
8:00
2- National Audubon Society Specials
4- Ice Cream Wars (special on Ice Cream shops in the Boston area, pre-empting ALF)
5-9-12- Movie- Samson and Delilah (1984)
6-7- Newhart
10- Alf
11- Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
21- Movie- The Users (1978)
25- Movie- Foxes (1980)
27- Movie- The Tall Men (1955)
38- Movie- Foul Play (1978)
46- Derrick (German)
50- Streets of San Francisco
56- Movie- 9 to 5 (1980)
64- Movie- Big Red (1962)
68- Commanders
8:30
4-10- Valerie
6-7- Kate and Allie
44- War: A Commentary
9:00
2-36- American Masters
4-10- Movie- The Facts of Life Down Under (1987)
6-7- Designing Women
11- Movie- Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
46- News Scope
50- Hawaii Five-O
64- Movie- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
66- Home Shopping
68- Anna Karenina
9:30
44- Black Forum
46- Business Nippon
10:00
2-44-56 News
5-9-12- ABC News Closeup
6-7- Cagney and Lacey
21- Barney Miller
25- WKRP in Cincinnati
27- Barnaby Jones
46- Movie
50- Rockford Files
56- News
10:30
2-44- Business Report- (sign-off time for WGBX, 11pm)
11- League of their Own
21- Too Close for Comfort
25- Benny Hill
38- Odd Couple
11:00
2- Godzilla meets Mona Lisa
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- The Prisoner
21- Charlie’s Angels
25-64- Late Show
27- Against the Wind
38- M*A*S*H
50- Cossman’s Secrets
56- Tales of the Unexpected
68- Best of Groucho
11:30
4-10- Best of Carson
5-9-12- Nightline
6- Benny Hill
7- Entertainment Tonight
38- Hogan’s Heroes
50- Carol Burnett (Sign-off time for WNDS, 12:30am)
56- Nightlife
68- Kojak
12:00
2- News- (Sign-off time for WGBH, 12:30am)
5-9-12- Sportsnite (sign-off time for WPRI, 1am)
6-7- Simon and Simon
11- MacNeil/Lehrer Newsour (sign-off time for WENH, 1am)
21- Tales of the Unexpected (sign-off time for WNHT, also 12:30am)
25- I Love Lucy
27- Movie- The Sunshine Patriot (1968) (sign-off time for WHLL, 2am)
38- Alfred Hitchcock
56- INN News (sign-off time for WLVI, 12:30am)
64- Racing (Lincoln Park)
66- Home Shopping Club
12:30
4-10- Late Night with David Letterman
25- I Love Lucy
38- Alfred Hitchcock
64- Tales of Unexpected
68- Baretta (WQTV would sign-off at 1:30am)
1am
5- Soap
9- News (sign-off time for WMUR, 1:30am)
25- Get Smart
38- Maude
64- Value Network
1:10
6- Movie- Benny’s Place- (1982)
1:15
7- Movie- Benny’s Place (1982)
1:30
4-5-10- News
38- Home Shopping Network
2:00
4- Evening Magazine
5- Dynasty
2:30
4- Primetime
6-7- News
3:00
4- Eyewitness News
5- CNN News
6- CBS News Nightwatch
7- Nancy Merrill
66- Home Shopping
3:30
4- More Real People
7- CBS News Nightwatch
RETRO BOSTON TV- Monday July 13, 1987- (During the Iran-Contra Scandal with Oliver North)
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (PBS) Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
5 WCVB-TV (ABC) Boston
6 WLNE-TV (CBS) Providence/New Bedford
7 WNEV-TV (CBS) Boston
9 WMUR-TV (ABC) Manchester, NH
10 WJAR-TV (NBC) Providence
11 WENH-TV (PBS) Durham, NH
12 WPRI-TV (ABC) Providence
21 WNHT-TV (Ind.) Concord, NH
25 WFXT-TV (FOX) Boston
27 WHLL-TV (Ind.) Worcester
36 WSBE-TV (PBS) Providence
38 WSBK-TV (Ind.) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (PBS) Boston
46 WHRC-TV (Ind.) Norwell
50 WNDS-TV (Ind.) Derry,NH
56 WLVI-TV (Ind.) Boston
64 WNAC-TV (FOX) Providence
66 WHSH-TV (Ind.) Marlborough/Boston
68 WQTV-TV (Ind./ABC/CBS/NBC) Boston
MORNING
7:00
2- Sesame Street
4-10- Today
5-9-12- Good Morning America
7- CBS Morning News
11- Body Electric
21- Ask Washington
25- Top Cat
27- PTL Club
38- He- Man
56- Mighty Mouse
64- Heathcliff
68- Danger Mouse
7:30
6-7- Morning Program
11- To Life!
25- Centurions
38- She-Ra
56- My Little Pony
64- Scooby-Doo
68- Captain Kangaroo (A PBS program WGBH nor WGBX didn’t clear)
7:45
11- A.M Weather
8:00
2- Mister Rogers
11- Sesame Street
21- 20 Minute Workout
25- Defenders of the Earth
27- Richard Roberts
38- Scooby Doo
56- Dennis the Menace
64- My Little Pony
68- Addams Family
8:30
2- Sesame Street
21- CNN News
25- The Jetsons
38- GoBots
56- Heathcliff
64- Bionic Six
68- Addams Family
9:00
4-5-6-7-9-12 Iran-Contra Hearings
10-21- Donahue
11- Mister Rogers
25- The Chipmunks
27- Jimmy Swaggart
38- Beverly Hillbillies
50- Wild West
56- Tom and Jerry
64- Mister Ed
66- Home Shopping
68- Munsters
9:30
2- Mister Rogers
11- Stringslong
25- Catholic Mass
27- Video Shopping
38- Journal
56- Bugs and Woody
64- Green Acres
68- Leave it to Beaver
10:00
2- Perkins Family
4-5-6-7-9-12- Iran-Contra Hearings
10- Sale of the Century
11- Yan Can Cook
21- Dynasty
25- 700 Club
38- Andy Griffith
50-64- Richard Roberts
56- Inspector Gadget
68- Make Room for Daddy
10:30
2-11- Reading Rainbow
10- Crosswits
38- Tony Randall
56- Zoobillee Zoo
68- Burns and Allen
11:00
2-36- 3-2-1 Contact
4-5-6-7-9-12- Iran-Contra Hearings
11- Secret City
21- Medical Center
25- Dukes of Hazzard
38- Maude
50- Success-n-Life
56- De Todo Un Poco
64- 700 Club
68- Jack Benny
11:30
2-36- Sesame Street
11- Boomerang
38- Dick Van Dyke
56- Point of View
68- McHale’s Navy
AFTERNOON
12:00
4-5-7-10-12- News
6-38- Home Shopping
9- Ryan’s Hope
11- Sesame Street
21- Here’s Lucy
25- Greatest American Hero
27- Movie- A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
50- Streets of San Francisco
56- True Confessions
64- Value Network
66- Home Shopping
68- Bonanza
12:30
2- Nature
4- People are Talking
5-9-12- Loving
6-7- Young and the Restless
10- Sally Jesse Raphael
21- One Big Family
38- $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
56- That Girl
1:00
5-9-12- All My Children
10- Days of Our Lives
11- We’re Cooking Now
21- Movie- The Big Score (1964)
25- Wonder Woman
38- Harry-O
50- Hangin’ In
56- Bewitched
64- Addams Family
68- Movie- Innocents in Paris (1955)
1;30
2- In Search f the Trojan War
4- Love Connection
6-7- Bold and the Beautiful
11- Perkins Family
50- Laverne and Shirley
56- I Dream of Jeannie
64- Zoobillee Zoo
2:00
4-5-6-7-9-12-44- Iran-Contra Hearings
10- Another World
11- KnowZone
25- Top Cat
38- Maverick
50- Happy Days
56- Tom and Jerry
64- Jetsons
2:30
2- Joy of Painting
11- Nova
21- Jackie Gleason Show
25- Popeye
27- Addams Family
50- He-Man
56- Flintstones
64- GoBots
3:00
2- French Chef
4-5-6-7-9-12-44- Iran-Contra Hearings
10- Santa Barbara
21- Dobie Gillis
25- Porky Pig
27- Eight is Enough
38- Superfriend
50- She-Ra
56- Smurfs
64- Dennis the Menace
66- Home Shopping
68- Ironside
3:30
2-36- Sesame Street
11- Reading Rainbow
21- Gilligan’s Island
25- Bugs Bunny
38- Galaxy Rangers
50- GoBots
56- Thundercats
64- Smurfs’ Adventures
4:00
4-5-6-7-9-12-44- Iran-Contra Hearings
10- Hour Magazine
11- 3-2-1- Contact
21- Greatest American Hero
25- The Chipmunks
27- Love Boat
38-50- Ghost Busters
46- Music Videos
56- Transformers
64- G.I Joe
68- Streets of San Francisco
4:30
2-11-36- Mister Rogers
4-5-6-7-9-12-44- Iran-Contra Hearings
25- Jetsons
38- Rambo
50- Bewitched
56- G.I Joe
64- Transformers
5:00
2- Reading Rainbow
4- People’s Court
5- Hill Street blues
7- $100,000 Pyramid
9- Police Woman
10- Dating Game
11- Sesame Street
12- Hollywood Squares
21- Crosswits
25- CHiPs
27- Little House on the Prairie
38- Lou Grant
44- Open Mind
50- Eight is Enough
56- Brady Bunch
64- Happy Days
68- Rockford Files
5:30
2-36- 3-2-1 Contact
4- Live on 4
7- Wheel of Fortune
10- Newlywed Game
12- M*A*S*H
21- Three’s Company
44- Sesame Street
56- Monkees
64- Gimme a Break
EVENING
6:00
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
21- Movie- Incredible Journey (1963)
25- Diff’rent Strokes
27- Love Connection
38- Quincy
46- Wall Street Report
50- Mork and Mindy
56- The Ropers
64- Benson
66- Home Shopping
68- Star Trek
6:30
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
10- NBC News
25- Silver Spoons
27- People’s Court
44- Business Report
46- Germany Today
50- Mork and Mindy
56- What’s Happening!!
64- Too Close for Comfort
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- People’s Court
7- CBS News
9- Newlywed Game
10- PM Magazine
11-36- Business Report
12- Wheel of Fortune
21-64- Star Trek
25- Gimme A Break
27- The Saint
38- Jeffersons
44- Modern Maturity
46- Hello Jerusalem
50- WKRP in Cincinnati
56- Fall Guy
68- Movie- Incredible Journey (1963)
7:30
2- Wild World of Animals
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6- Love Connection
7-10- Entertainment Tonight
9- Private Benjamin
11- Fighter Pilots
12- Jeopardy!
25- Current Affair
38- Alice
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
50- All In the Family
8:00
2- National Audubon Society Specials
4- Ice Cream Wars (special on Ice Cream shops in the Boston area, pre-empting ALF)
5-9-12- Movie- Samson and Delilah (1984)
6-7- Newhart
10- Alf
11- Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
21- Movie- The Users (1978)
25- Movie- Foxes (1980)
27- Movie- The Tall Men (1955)
38- Movie- Foul Play (1978)
46- Derrick (German)
50- Streets of San Francisco
56- Movie- 9 to 5 (1980)
64- Movie- Big Red (1962)
68- Commanders
8:30
4-10- Valerie
6-7- Kate and Allie
44- War: A Commentary
9:00
2-36- American Masters
4-10- Movie- The Facts of Life Down Under (1987)
6-7- Designing Women
11- Movie- Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
46- News Scope
50- Hawaii Five-O
64- Movie- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
66- Home Shopping
68- Anna Karenina
9:30
44- Black Forum
46- Business Nippon
10:00
2-44-56 News
5-9-12- ABC News Closeup
6-7- Cagney and Lacey
21- Barney Miller
25- WKRP in Cincinnati
27- Barnaby Jones
46- Movie
50- Rockford Files
56- News
10:30
2-44- Business Report- (sign-off time for WGBX, 11pm)
11- League of their Own
21- Too Close for Comfort
25- Benny Hill
38- Odd Couple
11:00
2- Godzilla meets Mona Lisa
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- The Prisoner
21- Charlie’s Angels
25-64- Late Show
27- Against the Wind
38- M*A*S*H
50- Cossman’s Secrets
56- Tales of the Unexpected
68- Best of Groucho
11:30
4-10- Best of Carson
5-9-12- Nightline
6- Benny Hill
7- Entertainment Tonight
38- Hogan’s Heroes
50- Carol Burnett (Sign-off time for WNDS, 12:30am)
56- Nightlife
68- Kojak
12:00
2- News- (Sign-off time for WGBH, 12:30am)
5-9-12- Sportsnite (sign-off time for WPRI, 1am)
6-7- Simon and Simon
11- MacNeil/Lehrer Newsour (sign-off time for WENH, 1am)
21- Tales of the Unexpected (sign-off time for WNHT, also 12:30am)
25- I Love Lucy
27- Movie- The Sunshine Patriot (1968) (sign-off time for WHLL, 2am)
38- Alfred Hitchcock
56- INN News (sign-off time for WLVI, 12:30am)
64- Racing (Lincoln Park)
66- Home Shopping Club
12:30
4-10- Late Night with David Letterman
25- I Love Lucy
38- Alfred Hitchcock
64- Tales of Unexpected
68- Baretta (WQTV would sign-off at 1:30am)
1am
5- Soap
9- News (sign-off time for WMUR, 1:30am)
25- Get Smart
38- Maude
64- Value Network
1:10
6- Movie- Benny’s Place- (1982)
1:15
7- Movie- Benny’s Place (1982)
1:30
4-5-10- News
38- Home Shopping Network
2:00
4- Evening Magazine
5- Dynasty
2:30
4- Primetime
6-7- News
3:00
4- Eyewitness News
5- CNN News
6- CBS News Nightwatch
7- Nancy Merrill
66- Home Shopping
3:30
4- More Real People
7- CBS News Nightwatch
