Source: Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- Tuesday November 25, 1980
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (PBS) Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
5 WCVB-TV (ABC) Boston
6 WLNE-TV (CBS) New Bedford/Providence
7 WNAC-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
25 WXNE-TV (Ind.) Boston
27 WSMW-TV (Ind.) Worcester
38 WSBK-TV (Ind.) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (PBS) Boston
56 WLVI-TV (Ind.) Boston
68 WQTV-TV (Ind.) Boston
9:00
2- Modern Supervision
4- Hour Magazine
5- Good Day!
6- Gilligan’s Island
7- The Jeffersons
9- PTL Club
10- Donahue
12- John Davidson
25- Lassie
38- Don Lane
56- New Zoo Revue
9:30
2- Educational TV
6- One Day At A Time
7- Alice
25- Leave it To Beaver
56- Bozo’s Big Top
10:00
4- Mike Douglas
6- The Jeffersons
7- Weekday
9- Donahue
10- Las Vegas Gambit
25- 700 Club
27- PTL Club
38- Tom Larson
56- Point Of View
10:30
5- Donahue
6- Alice
10- Blockbusters
12- Family Feud
56- New England Today
11:00
4-5-7- The Funeral Mass of John McCormack (30 minutes)
6- Price is Right
9-12-56- Love Boat
10- Wheel of Fortune
38- Maude
11:30
4- Password Plus
5- Your New Day
10- Mary Tyler Moore Show
25- Definition; News
38- Richard Simmons
11:45
25- Be Fit, Be Happy
12:00
4-5-6-7-10-12- News
9- Family Feud
25- Get Smart
27- Catholic Mass
38- Movie- Tammy Tell Me True (1961)
56- To Tell The Truth
12:30
4- People Are Talking
5-9-12- Ryan’s Hope
6-7- Search for Tomorrow
10- The Doctors
25- McHale’s Navy
27- That Nashville Music
56- Courtship of Eddie’s Father
1:00
4-10- Days of our Lives
5-9-12- All My Children
6-7- Young and the Restless
25- Gomer Pyle
27- Mike Douglas
56- Partridge Family
1:30
25- Bullwinkle
56- Banana Splits
2:00
4-10- Another World
5-9-12- One Life To Live
6-7- As The World Turns
25- Underdog
27- Match Game
38- You Bet Your Life
56- Yogi Bear
2:30
2- Sesame Street
25- Wonder Woman
27- Candid Camera
38- Nanny and the Professor
56- Casper
3:00
4-10- Texas
5-9-12- General Hospital
6-7- Guiding Light
11- Growing Years
25- Land of the Lost
27- Porky Pig
38- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
56- Mighty Mouse
68- Magic Star Traveler
3:30
2- Villa Allegre
11- Over Easy
25- Star Blazers
27- Bugs Bunny
38- I Dream of Jeannie
56- Woody Woodpecker
68- Gone But Not Forgotten
4:00
2-11- Sesame Street
4- John Davidson
5- World Of People
6- Movie- Casablanca (1942)
7- Movie- A Big Hand for a Little Lady (1966)
9- Edge of Night
10-56- Tom and Jerry
12- Merv Griffin
25- Force Five
27- Wonder Woman
38- Bewitched
68- Movie- Carry On Nurse (1960)
4:30
5- Carol Burnett
9- New Candid Camera
10- Brady Bunch
25- Wonder Woman
38- One Day at a Time
56- Flintstones
5:00
2-11- Mister Rogers
4- Match Game
5- Rhoda
9- Petticoat Junction
10- Happy Days Again
27- Welcome Back, Kotter
38- Starsky and Hutch
56- Brady Bunch
5:30
2- Electric Company
4- Live on 4
5- All In The Family
9- Tic Tac Dough
10- Carol Burnett
11- 3-2-1 Contact
12- M*A*S*H
25- Let’s Make A Deal
27- Kojak
6:00
2- 3-2-1 Contact
4-5-6-7-9-10-11-12- News
25- Face the Music
38- What’s Happening
56- Happy Days Again
68- Boston…Live
6:30
2- Over Easy
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
10- NBC News
11- That’s It In Sports
25- Candlepins for Cash
27- News
38- Bob Newhart
56- Good Times
7:00
2-11- Dr. Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6-10- News
7- CBS News
9- Joker’s Wild
12- Tic Tac Dough
25- Rockford Files
38- M*A*S*H
56- Sanford and Son
7:30
2-6- Wild World of Animals
4- Evening Magazine
5- Muppet Show
7- Family Feud
9- Wild Kingdom
10- PM Magazine
11- Dick Cavett
12- Face the Music
38- Barney Miller
56- Benny Hill
8:00
2-11- Nova- Cancer Causing Substance in Drinking Water
4-10- 30 Years of TV Comedy’s Greatest Hits
5-9-12- Happy Days Episode 8-3- Dreams Can Come True
6-7- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
25- Bonanza
38- Movie- The Night Strangler (1972)
56- Movie- War Wagon (1967)
8:30
5-9-12- Laverne and Shirley- Episode 6-2- Welcome to Burbank
6-7- Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
9:00
2-11- Body in Question- “Modern”
5-9-12- Three’s Company- Episode 5-4- Downhill Chaser
6-7- Little Lord, Fauntleroy
25- 700 Club
9:30
5-9-12- Too Close For Comfort- Episode 1-4- Sara's Monroe Doctrine
38- Paul Binton
10:00
2-38- News
4-10- Alan King Thanksgiving Special
5-9-12- Hart to Hart- Episode 2-3- This Lady is Murder
11- Carry on Laughing
56- Love, American Style
10:30
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
25- Mainstream
38- Hollywood Squares
56- Love, American Style
11:00
2- Captioned ABC News
4-5-6-7-9-10-11-12- News- (sign-off for WENH, 11:30pm)
25- Jackie Gleason
38- Morecambe and Wise
56- Wayne & Shuster
11:30
2- Dick Cavett (sign-off for WGBH, midnight)
4-10- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
5-9- ABC News Nightline
6- Benny Hill
7- Lou Grant
12- M*A*S*H
25- Movie- Dawn at Soccoro (1954) (sign-off for WXNE, 12:50am)
38- Movie- Fire (1977) (sign-off for WSBK, 1:10am)
56- Groucho
11:50
5-9- Movie- A Fistful of Dynamins (1971)
12:00
6- Lou Grant
12- ABC News Nightline
12:20
12- Movie- Midnight Cowboy (1969) (sign-off for WPRI, 2:13am)
12:30
4-10- Tomorrow- (sign-off for WJAR, 2am)
27- Movie- Jim Thorpe, All American (1951) (sign-off for WSMW, 2:17am)
12:40
7- Movie- All The Kind Strangers (1974)
1:10
6- Movie- Return Engagement (1978) (sign-off for WLNE, 2:28am)
2:00
4- Movie- Appointment in London (1956)
2:15
5- Five All Night Live
2:50
7- Asian Focus- (sign-off for WNAC, 3:15am)
4:00
4- Community Auditions
4:10
5- New Heaven/New Earth
4:30
4- MoneySense
4:40
5- Good Day!
Note: The Reason why WGBX 44 wasn’t up there because they went off the air for two months, November and December, while transmitter work is under way to increase the public station's broadcast signal range.
RETRO BOSTON TV- Tuesday November 25, 1980
CHANNEL LINEUP
2 WGBH-TV (PBS) Boston
4 WBZ-TV (NBC) Boston
5 WCVB-TV (ABC) Boston
6 WLNE-TV (CBS) New Bedford/Providence
7 WNAC-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
25 WXNE-TV (Ind.) Boston
27 WSMW-TV (Ind.) Worcester
38 WSBK-TV (Ind.) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (PBS) Boston
56 WLVI-TV (Ind.) Boston
68 WQTV-TV (Ind.) Boston
9:00
2- Modern Supervision
4- Hour Magazine
5- Good Day!
6- Gilligan’s Island
7- The Jeffersons
9- PTL Club
10- Donahue
12- John Davidson
25- Lassie
38- Don Lane
56- New Zoo Revue
9:30
2- Educational TV
6- One Day At A Time
7- Alice
25- Leave it To Beaver
56- Bozo’s Big Top
10:00
4- Mike Douglas
6- The Jeffersons
7- Weekday
9- Donahue
10- Las Vegas Gambit
25- 700 Club
27- PTL Club
38- Tom Larson
56- Point Of View
10:30
5- Donahue
6- Alice
10- Blockbusters
12- Family Feud
56- New England Today
11:00
4-5-7- The Funeral Mass of John McCormack (30 minutes)
6- Price is Right
9-12-56- Love Boat
10- Wheel of Fortune
38- Maude
11:30
4- Password Plus
5- Your New Day
10- Mary Tyler Moore Show
25- Definition; News
38- Richard Simmons
11:45
25- Be Fit, Be Happy
12:00
4-5-6-7-10-12- News
9- Family Feud
25- Get Smart
27- Catholic Mass
38- Movie- Tammy Tell Me True (1961)
56- To Tell The Truth
12:30
4- People Are Talking
5-9-12- Ryan’s Hope
6-7- Search for Tomorrow
10- The Doctors
25- McHale’s Navy
27- That Nashville Music
56- Courtship of Eddie’s Father
1:00
4-10- Days of our Lives
5-9-12- All My Children
6-7- Young and the Restless
25- Gomer Pyle
27- Mike Douglas
56- Partridge Family
1:30
25- Bullwinkle
56- Banana Splits
2:00
4-10- Another World
5-9-12- One Life To Live
6-7- As The World Turns
25- Underdog
27- Match Game
38- You Bet Your Life
56- Yogi Bear
2:30
2- Sesame Street
25- Wonder Woman
27- Candid Camera
38- Nanny and the Professor
56- Casper
3:00
4-10- Texas
5-9-12- General Hospital
6-7- Guiding Light
11- Growing Years
25- Land of the Lost
27- Porky Pig
38- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
56- Mighty Mouse
68- Magic Star Traveler
3:30
2- Villa Allegre
11- Over Easy
25- Star Blazers
27- Bugs Bunny
38- I Dream of Jeannie
56- Woody Woodpecker
68- Gone But Not Forgotten
4:00
2-11- Sesame Street
4- John Davidson
5- World Of People
6- Movie- Casablanca (1942)
7- Movie- A Big Hand for a Little Lady (1966)
9- Edge of Night
10-56- Tom and Jerry
12- Merv Griffin
25- Force Five
27- Wonder Woman
38- Bewitched
68- Movie- Carry On Nurse (1960)
4:30
5- Carol Burnett
9- New Candid Camera
10- Brady Bunch
25- Wonder Woman
38- One Day at a Time
56- Flintstones
5:00
2-11- Mister Rogers
4- Match Game
5- Rhoda
9- Petticoat Junction
10- Happy Days Again
27- Welcome Back, Kotter
38- Starsky and Hutch
56- Brady Bunch
5:30
2- Electric Company
4- Live on 4
5- All In The Family
9- Tic Tac Dough
10- Carol Burnett
11- 3-2-1 Contact
12- M*A*S*H
25- Let’s Make A Deal
27- Kojak
6:00
2- 3-2-1 Contact
4-5-6-7-9-10-11-12- News
25- Face the Music
38- What’s Happening
56- Happy Days Again
68- Boston…Live
6:30
2- Over Easy
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
10- NBC News
11- That’s It In Sports
25- Candlepins for Cash
27- News
38- Bob Newhart
56- Good Times
7:00
2-11- Dr. Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6-10- News
7- CBS News
9- Joker’s Wild
12- Tic Tac Dough
25- Rockford Files
38- M*A*S*H
56- Sanford and Son
7:30
2-6- Wild World of Animals
4- Evening Magazine
5- Muppet Show
7- Family Feud
9- Wild Kingdom
10- PM Magazine
11- Dick Cavett
12- Face the Music
38- Barney Miller
56- Benny Hill
8:00
2-11- Nova- Cancer Causing Substance in Drinking Water
4-10- 30 Years of TV Comedy’s Greatest Hits
5-9-12- Happy Days Episode 8-3- Dreams Can Come True
6-7- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
25- Bonanza
38- Movie- The Night Strangler (1972)
56- Movie- War Wagon (1967)
8:30
5-9-12- Laverne and Shirley- Episode 6-2- Welcome to Burbank
6-7- Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
9:00
2-11- Body in Question- “Modern”
5-9-12- Three’s Company- Episode 5-4- Downhill Chaser
6-7- Little Lord, Fauntleroy
25- 700 Club
9:30
5-9-12- Too Close For Comfort- Episode 1-4- Sara's Monroe Doctrine
38- Paul Binton
10:00
2-38- News
4-10- Alan King Thanksgiving Special
5-9-12- Hart to Hart- Episode 2-3- This Lady is Murder
11- Carry on Laughing
56- Love, American Style
10:30
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
25- Mainstream
38- Hollywood Squares
56- Love, American Style
11:00
2- Captioned ABC News
4-5-6-7-9-10-11-12- News- (sign-off for WENH, 11:30pm)
25- Jackie Gleason
38- Morecambe and Wise
56- Wayne & Shuster
11:30
2- Dick Cavett (sign-off for WGBH, midnight)
4-10- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
5-9- ABC News Nightline
6- Benny Hill
7- Lou Grant
12- M*A*S*H
25- Movie- Dawn at Soccoro (1954) (sign-off for WXNE, 12:50am)
38- Movie- Fire (1977) (sign-off for WSBK, 1:10am)
56- Groucho
11:50
5-9- Movie- A Fistful of Dynamins (1971)
12:00
6- Lou Grant
12- ABC News Nightline
12:20
12- Movie- Midnight Cowboy (1969) (sign-off for WPRI, 2:13am)
12:30
4-10- Tomorrow- (sign-off for WJAR, 2am)
27- Movie- Jim Thorpe, All American (1951) (sign-off for WSMW, 2:17am)
12:40
7- Movie- All The Kind Strangers (1974)
1:10
6- Movie- Return Engagement (1978) (sign-off for WLNE, 2:28am)
2:00
4- Movie- Appointment in London (1956)
2:15
5- Five All Night Live
2:50
7- Asian Focus- (sign-off for WNAC, 3:15am)
4:00
4- Community Auditions
4:10
5- New Heaven/New Earth
4:30
4- MoneySense
4:40
5- Good Day!
Note: The Reason why WGBX 44 wasn’t up there because they went off the air for two months, November and December, while transmitter work is under way to increase the public station's broadcast signal range.