source: Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- PATRIOTS DAY 1981
Monday April 20, 1981
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
MORNING
8:00
4-10- Today (from 7am)
5-9-12- Good Morning America
6-7- Captain Kangaroo
25- Josie and the Pussycats
27- Movie- Soldier of Fortune (1953)
38- Porky Pig/Bugs Bunny
56- Great Space Coaster
8:30
25- Underdog
38- Cartoon Festival
56- Fred Flinstone
8:45
2- A.M Weather
9:00
2- Humanities Through Arts
4- Hour Magazine
5- Good Day!
6- GIlligan's Island
7- The Jeffersons
9- Jim Bakker
10- Donahue
12- John Davidson
25- Camp Wilderness
38- Richard Simmons
56- New Zoo Revue
9:30
2- Over Easy
6- Real Life Stories
7- Alice
25- Leave it to Beaver
38- Maude
56- Bozo's Big Top
10:00
2- Mister Rogers
4- Las Vegas Gambit
6- The Jeffersons
7- Weekday!
9- Donahue
10- Richard Simmons
25- 700 Club
27- Cross Wits
38- Tom Larson
56- De Todo Un Poco
10:30
2- Electric Company
4-10- Blockbusters
5- Donahue
6- Alice
12- Family Feud
27- Candid Camera
56- New England Today
11:00
2- Paddington Bear
4-10- Wheel of Fortune
6-38- Baseball- Boston Red Sox .vs. Texas Rangers from Fenway Park (Red Sox won 4-2)
7- Price is Right
9-12-56- Love Boat
27- Jim Bakker
11:30
2- French Chef
4-10- Password Plus
5- Family Feud
7- Boston Marathon (Coverage from starting line)
25- Doris Day
AFTERNOON
12:00
2- Sesame Street
4- Boston Marathon
5-10-12- News
9- Family Feud
25- Gomer Pyle
27- Mass
56- To Tell The Truth
12:05
7- News
12:30
5-9-12- Ryan's Hope
7- Search for Tomorrow
10- The Doctors
25- McHale's Navy
27- Grand Ole Opry
56- $50,000 Pyramid
1:00
2- Dick Cavett
5- Boston Marathon (live coverage of home stretch)
7- Young and the Restless
9-12- All My Children
10- Days of Our Lives
25- Face the Music
27- Mike Douglas
56- Partridge Family
1:30
2- Search for Solutions
6- Young and the Restless (joined in progress)
25- Let's Make A Deal
56- Banana Splits
1:45
38- Three Stooges
2:00
5-9-12- One Life to Live
6- As The World Turns
7- Boston Marathon
10- Another World
25- Spiderman
38- Hollywood Squares
56- Yogi Bear
2:30
2- Sesame Street
11- Mulligan Stew
25- Krofft Superstars
27- Candid Camera
38- Chico and The Man
56- Casper
68- Boston Marathon
3:00
4-10- Texas
5-9-12- General Hospital
6-7- Guiding Light
11- Children with Needs
25- Force Five
27- Porky Pig
38- Ghost and Mrs. Muir
56- Bugs Bunny
3:30
2- Villa Alegre
11- Over Easy
25- Star Blazers
27- Bugs Bunny
38- I Dream of Jeannie
56- Woody Woodpecker
68- Star Performances
4:00
2-11- Sesame Street
4- John Davidson
5- World of People
6- Movie- Blindfold (1966)
7- Movie- The Story of Mankind (1957)
9- Edge of Night
10- Brady Bunch
12- Merv Griffin
25- Get Smart
27- Wonder Woman
38- Bewitched
56- Tom and Jerry
68- Movie- I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
4:30
5- Carol Burnett
9- Candid Camera
10- Happy Days Again
25- Bullseye
38- One Day at A Time
56- Flintstones
5:00
2-11- Mister Rogers
4- Match Game
5- Rhoda
9- Petticoat Junction
10- Welcome Back KOtter
25- Tic Tac Dough
27- Special- Miss World Beauty Pageant
38- Starsky and Hutch
44- Pearls
56- Brady Bunch
5:30
2- Electric Company
4- Live on 4
5- All in the Family
9- Tic Tac Dough
10- Sanford and Son
11- Paddington Bear
12- M*A*S*H
25- Candlepins for Cash
44- Villa Allegre
EVENING
6:00
2- Paddington Bear
4-5-6-7-9-10-11-12- News
25- Wonder Woman
38- Hogan's Heroes
44- French Chef
56- Happy Days Again
68- Boston...Live!
6:30
2- Mister Rogers
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
10- NBC News
11- Doctor Who
27- News
38- Bob Newhart
44- Over Easy
56- Good Times
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- Sha Na Na
7- CBS News
9- Joker's Wild
10- News
11- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
12- Tic Tac Dough
25- Rockford Files
38- M*A*S*H
44- Dick Cavett
56- Sanford and Son
7:30
2-6- Wide World of Sports
4- Evening Magazine
5- Miller's Court
7- Family Feud
9- Cancer Society Special
10- PM Magazine
11- Dick Cavett Show
12- God and Us
38- Barney Miller
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
56- Sha Na Na
8:00
2-11- Shakespeare Plays- "Antony and Cleopatra" (WENH would sign-off at 11pm)
4-10- Little House on the Prairie
5-9-12- That's Incredible
6-7- Private Benjamin
25- Big Valley
38- The Odd Couple
44- Tom Cottle
56- Movie- Flight from Ashlya (1964)
8:30
6-7- Two of Us
38- Stanley Cup Playoffs- St. Louis Blues @ New York Rangers
44- Art of Living
9:00
4- Portrait of Jerry Souza
5-9-12- Dynasty
6-7- M*A*S*H
10- Movie- The Stranger at Jefferson High (1981)
25- 700 Club
44- They Write The Songs
9:30
6-7- House Calls
44-Here's To Your Health
10;00
4- Impact Special- "Victims of Crime"
5-9-12- Soap
6-7- Lou Grant
44- Ozark Storytelling
56- World at War
10:30
25- Outdoors
56- World at War
11:00
2- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
4-5-6-7-9-10-12-38- News
25- Movie- Champagne for Caesar (1950) (sign-off time for WXNE, 12:39am)
44- Captioned ABC News (sign-off time for WGBX, 11:30pm)
56- Benny Hill
11:30
2- Dick Cavett Show (sign-off time for WGBH, midnight)
4- Impact Follow Up- "Crime and Punishment"
5-9-12- ABC News Nightline
6-7- CBS Reports
10- Tonight Show- (David Letterman, guest host)
38- Movie- House of Women (1962) (sign-off time for WSBK, 12:55am)
56- Best of Groucho (sign-off time for WLVI, also midnight as WGBH)
12:00
5-9-12- Fantasy Island
6- Benny Hill
7- Quincy
12:30
6- Quincy
10- Mary Tyler Moore
1:00
4- Tomorrow
10- Hogan's Heroes (sign-off time for WJAR, 1:30am)
1:10
5- Night Shift
7- Harry O
1:40
6- Harry O (sign-off time for WLNE, 2:50am)
1:50
5- Movie- The Killing Game (1968)
2:20
7- News
2:35
4- Mike Douglas
2:50
7- ECO
3:20
5- Movie- Getting Straight (1970)
7- Jewish Perspective (sign-off time for WNAC, 3:50am)
3:35
4- Movie- The Leather Saint (1956)
RETRO BOSTON TV- PATRIOTS DAY 1981
Monday April 20, 1981
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
MORNING
8:00
4-10- Today (from 7am)
5-9-12- Good Morning America
6-7- Captain Kangaroo
25- Josie and the Pussycats
27- Movie- Soldier of Fortune (1953)
38- Porky Pig/Bugs Bunny
56- Great Space Coaster
8:30
25- Underdog
38- Cartoon Festival
56- Fred Flinstone
8:45
2- A.M Weather
9:00
2- Humanities Through Arts
4- Hour Magazine
5- Good Day!
6- GIlligan's Island
7- The Jeffersons
9- Jim Bakker
10- Donahue
12- John Davidson
25- Camp Wilderness
38- Richard Simmons
56- New Zoo Revue
9:30
2- Over Easy
6- Real Life Stories
7- Alice
25- Leave it to Beaver
38- Maude
56- Bozo's Big Top
10:00
2- Mister Rogers
4- Las Vegas Gambit
6- The Jeffersons
7- Weekday!
9- Donahue
10- Richard Simmons
25- 700 Club
27- Cross Wits
38- Tom Larson
56- De Todo Un Poco
10:30
2- Electric Company
4-10- Blockbusters
5- Donahue
6- Alice
12- Family Feud
27- Candid Camera
56- New England Today
11:00
2- Paddington Bear
4-10- Wheel of Fortune
6-38- Baseball- Boston Red Sox .vs. Texas Rangers from Fenway Park (Red Sox won 4-2)
7- Price is Right
9-12-56- Love Boat
27- Jim Bakker
11:30
2- French Chef
4-10- Password Plus
5- Family Feud
7- Boston Marathon (Coverage from starting line)
25- Doris Day
AFTERNOON
12:00
2- Sesame Street
4- Boston Marathon
5-10-12- News
9- Family Feud
25- Gomer Pyle
27- Mass
56- To Tell The Truth
12:05
7- News
12:30
5-9-12- Ryan's Hope
7- Search for Tomorrow
10- The Doctors
25- McHale's Navy
27- Grand Ole Opry
56- $50,000 Pyramid
1:00
2- Dick Cavett
5- Boston Marathon (live coverage of home stretch)
7- Young and the Restless
9-12- All My Children
10- Days of Our Lives
25- Face the Music
27- Mike Douglas
56- Partridge Family
1:30
2- Search for Solutions
6- Young and the Restless (joined in progress)
25- Let's Make A Deal
56- Banana Splits
1:45
38- Three Stooges
2:00
5-9-12- One Life to Live
6- As The World Turns
7- Boston Marathon
10- Another World
25- Spiderman
38- Hollywood Squares
56- Yogi Bear
2:30
2- Sesame Street
11- Mulligan Stew
25- Krofft Superstars
27- Candid Camera
38- Chico and The Man
56- Casper
68- Boston Marathon
3:00
4-10- Texas
5-9-12- General Hospital
6-7- Guiding Light
11- Children with Needs
25- Force Five
27- Porky Pig
38- Ghost and Mrs. Muir
56- Bugs Bunny
3:30
2- Villa Alegre
11- Over Easy
25- Star Blazers
27- Bugs Bunny
38- I Dream of Jeannie
56- Woody Woodpecker
68- Star Performances
4:00
2-11- Sesame Street
4- John Davidson
5- World of People
6- Movie- Blindfold (1966)
7- Movie- The Story of Mankind (1957)
9- Edge of Night
10- Brady Bunch
12- Merv Griffin
25- Get Smart
27- Wonder Woman
38- Bewitched
56- Tom and Jerry
68- Movie- I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
4:30
5- Carol Burnett
9- Candid Camera
10- Happy Days Again
25- Bullseye
38- One Day at A Time
56- Flintstones
5:00
2-11- Mister Rogers
4- Match Game
5- Rhoda
9- Petticoat Junction
10- Welcome Back KOtter
25- Tic Tac Dough
27- Special- Miss World Beauty Pageant
38- Starsky and Hutch
44- Pearls
56- Brady Bunch
5:30
2- Electric Company
4- Live on 4
5- All in the Family
9- Tic Tac Dough
10- Sanford and Son
11- Paddington Bear
12- M*A*S*H
25- Candlepins for Cash
44- Villa Allegre
EVENING
6:00
2- Paddington Bear
4-5-6-7-9-10-11-12- News
25- Wonder Woman
38- Hogan's Heroes
44- French Chef
56- Happy Days Again
68- Boston...Live!
6:30
2- Mister Rogers
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
10- NBC News
11- Doctor Who
27- News
38- Bob Newhart
44- Over Easy
56- Good Times
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- Sha Na Na
7- CBS News
9- Joker's Wild
10- News
11- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
12- Tic Tac Dough
25- Rockford Files
38- M*A*S*H
44- Dick Cavett
56- Sanford and Son
7:30
2-6- Wide World of Sports
4- Evening Magazine
5- Miller's Court
7- Family Feud
9- Cancer Society Special
10- PM Magazine
11- Dick Cavett Show
12- God and Us
38- Barney Miller
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
56- Sha Na Na
8:00
2-11- Shakespeare Plays- "Antony and Cleopatra" (WENH would sign-off at 11pm)
4-10- Little House on the Prairie
5-9-12- That's Incredible
6-7- Private Benjamin
25- Big Valley
38- The Odd Couple
44- Tom Cottle
56- Movie- Flight from Ashlya (1964)
8:30
6-7- Two of Us
38- Stanley Cup Playoffs- St. Louis Blues @ New York Rangers
44- Art of Living
9:00
4- Portrait of Jerry Souza
5-9-12- Dynasty
6-7- M*A*S*H
10- Movie- The Stranger at Jefferson High (1981)
25- 700 Club
44- They Write The Songs
9:30
6-7- House Calls
44-Here's To Your Health
10;00
4- Impact Special- "Victims of Crime"
5-9-12- Soap
6-7- Lou Grant
44- Ozark Storytelling
56- World at War
10:30
25- Outdoors
56- World at War
11:00
2- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
4-5-6-7-9-10-12-38- News
25- Movie- Champagne for Caesar (1950) (sign-off time for WXNE, 12:39am)
44- Captioned ABC News (sign-off time for WGBX, 11:30pm)
56- Benny Hill
11:30
2- Dick Cavett Show (sign-off time for WGBH, midnight)
4- Impact Follow Up- "Crime and Punishment"
5-9-12- ABC News Nightline
6-7- CBS Reports
10- Tonight Show- (David Letterman, guest host)
38- Movie- House of Women (1962) (sign-off time for WSBK, 12:55am)
56- Best of Groucho (sign-off time for WLVI, also midnight as WGBH)
12:00
5-9-12- Fantasy Island
6- Benny Hill
7- Quincy
12:30
6- Quincy
10- Mary Tyler Moore
1:00
4- Tomorrow
10- Hogan's Heroes (sign-off time for WJAR, 1:30am)
1:10
5- Night Shift
7- Harry O
1:40
6- Harry O (sign-off time for WLNE, 2:50am)
1:50
5- Movie- The Killing Game (1968)
2:20
7- News
2:35
4- Mike Douglas
2:50
7- ECO
3:20
5- Movie- Getting Straight (1970)
7- Jewish Perspective (sign-off time for WNAC, 3:50am)
3:35
4- Movie- The Leather Saint (1956)