source: Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- PATRIOTS DAY 1983
Monday April 18, 1983
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 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
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
7:00
2- Sesame Street
4-10- Today
5-9-12- Good Morning America
6-7- Morning News
25- Pink Panther
27- Jim Bakker
38- Batman
56- Bugs Bunny
7:30
25- Gilligan's Island
38- Heckle & Jeckle
56- Tom and Jerry
8:00
2- Mister Rogers
25- Little Rascals
27- The Waltons
38- Porky Pig and Friends
56- Great Space Coaster
8:15
11- A.M Weather
8:30
2-11- Sesame Street
25- Force Five
38- F Troop
56- The Flintstones
68- Insight
9:00
4- Hour Magazine
5- Good Day!- Boston Marathon Live!
6- Movie- Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
7- Look At The Marathon- Bill Rodgers
9-10- Donahue
12- The Waltons
25- Famine
27- Inside Worcester
38- Aerobicize
56- Bozo
68- Jim Bakker
9:30
2- Electric Company
11- Educational Programming
27- Jimmy Swaggart
38- Daytime
56- De Todo Un Poco
10:00
2- Sesame Street
4- Facts of Life
5- Donahue
9-10- Richard Simmons
12- Big Valley
25- 700 Club
27- Vicki Jamison
56- New England Today
68- Market Opening
10:30
4-10- Sale of the Century
9- That Girl
38- Ghost and Mrs. Muir
56- News
68- Stock Update
11:00
2- Mister Rogers
4-10- Wheel of Fortune
5- Tom Cottle
6-38- Baseball- Milwaukee Brewers @ Boston Red Sox
27- Jim Bakker
68- NYSE Most Active
11:30
2- 3-2-1 Contact
4-5-7 The Boston Marathon
10- Dream House
25- Laurel and Hardy
68- Commodities/Stocks
AFTERNOON
12:00
2-11- Sesame Street
9- Family Feud
10-12- News
25- Movie- Erenchie (1951)
27- Daily Mass
56- Merv Griffin
68- Business Update
12:10
7- News
12:30
9-12- Ryan's Hope
10- Search for Tomorrow
27- INN News
68- Business News
1:00
2- Movie- Algiers (1938)
9-12- All My Children
10- Days of Our Lives
11- Educational Programming
27- Auto Racing- Long Beach Grand Prix
56- Lost in Space
68- NYSE Most Active
1:30
6- As The World Turns
25- Little Rascals
38- Carter Country
68- Business News
2:00
9-12- One Life to Live
10- Another World
25- Flipper
27- American Rifleman
38- Beverly Hillbillies
56- Casper
68- NYSE Most Active
2:30
2- Magic of Oil Painting
6- Capitol
11- National Press Club
25- Spider-Man
27- Austin City Limits
38- Andy Griffith
56- Mighty Mouse
68- Stock Prices
3:00
2- French Chef
4- Hawaii Five-O
5-9-12- General Hospital
6- Guiding Light
10- Fantasy
25- Force Five
27- Golf- LPGA Orlando Classic Tournament
38- Heckle and Jeckle
56- Bugs Bunny
68- Business Update
3:30
2- Over Easy
11- Lillias, Yoga and You
25- Superfriends
38- Porky Pig and Friends
56- Woody Woodpecker
68- Stock Prices
4:00
2-11- Sesame Street
4- People's Court
5- The Waltons
6- Washington Behind Closed Doors
9- Edge of Night
10- Happy Days Again
12- Merv Griffin
25- Gilligan's Island
38- Scooby Doo
56- Tom and Jerry
68- Most Active Stocks
4:30
4- Match Game
9- Hour Magazine
10- Three's Company
25- Mork and Mindy
38- Scooby-Doo
56- The Flintstones
68- FNN Wrap-Up
5:00
2-11- Mister Rogers
4- Family Feud
5- Soap
10- More Real People
12- M*A*S*H
25- Eight is Enough
38- Charlie's Angels
44- French Chef
56- The Brady Bunch
5:30
2- 3-2-1 Contact
4- Live on 4
5- All in The Family
9-10- People's Court
11- The Second Century
12- Barney Miller
44- Maggie
56- The Brady Bunch
EVENING
2- Sesame Street
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- The Second Century
25- CHiPs Patrol
38- M*A*S*H
44- What Price is Health Care?
56- Happy Days Again
6:30
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
10- NBC News
11- Doctor Who
38- The Jeffersons
44- Business Report
56- Laverne and Shirley
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- When Will the Dying Stop?
7- CBS News
9- Joker's Wild
10- P.M Magazine
11- Business Report
12- Tic Tac Dough
25- WKRP in Cincinnati
38- M*A*S*H
44- The Second Century
56- Three's Company
7:30
2- Wild World of Animals
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
7-Tom Ellis anchors- A Complete Look at the Marathon
9- Tic Tac Dough
10- Entertainment Tonight
11-44- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
12- Family Feud
25- WKRP in Cincinnati
38- Stanley Cup Hockey- Boston Bruins @ Buffalo Sabres
56- Three's Company
8:00
2- Frontline- "Abortion Clinics"
4-10- Love, Sidney
5- Mederios of Boston (profile of Humberto Cardinal Mederios)
6-7- Archie Bunker's Place
9-12- That's Incredible
11- All Creatures Great and Small
25- Movie- Quick! Before it Melts
44- Business Management
56- Movie- The Caretakers (1963)
8:30
4-10- Family Ties
6-7- Foot in the Door
44- Personal Finance
9:00
2- Great Performances- "Wagner's Ring, Siegfried (Act 3)
4-10- Movie- Breaking Away (1979)
5-9-12- Movie- Resurrection (1980)
6-7- M*A*S*H
11- Frontline
44- People and Organization
9:30
6-7- One Day at A Time
44- Exploring Language
10:00
6-7- Cagney and Lacey
11- Enterprise
25- 700 Club
44-56- News
10:30
2- News
11- Inside Story
38- INN News
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Report- (sign-off time for WGBX, 11pm)
11:00
2- Business Report (sign-off time for both WGBH and WENH, 11:30pm)
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- Dick Cavett
25- Pink Panther
38- Twilight Zone
56- Mary Hartman
11:30
4-10- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
5- The Boston Marathon
6- Benny Hill
7- Trapper John M.D
9-12- ABC News Nightline
25- The Rockford Files
38- Movie- Girl on the Run (1958) (sign-off tiem for WSBK, 12:47am)
56- Saturday Night
12:00
6- Trapper John M.D
9-12- The Last Word
12:30
4-10- David Letterman
5- ABC News Nightline
25- Rat Patrol
56- News (both WXNE and WLVI would sign-off at 1am)
12:40
7- Columbo
1:00
5- The Last Word
12- News (sign-off time for WPRI, 1:30am)
1:10
6- Columbo
1:30
4-10- NBC News Overnight (sign-off time for WJAR, 2:30am)
2:00
5- Movie- The Devil's Web (1975)
7- CBS News Nightwatch
2:20
6- CBS News Nightwatch
RETRO BOSTON TV- PATRIOTS DAY 1983
Monday April 18, 1983
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 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
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
7:00
2- Sesame Street
4-10- Today
5-9-12- Good Morning America
6-7- Morning News
25- Pink Panther
27- Jim Bakker
38- Batman
56- Bugs Bunny
7:30
25- Gilligan's Island
38- Heckle & Jeckle
56- Tom and Jerry
8:00
2- Mister Rogers
25- Little Rascals
27- The Waltons
38- Porky Pig and Friends
56- Great Space Coaster
8:15
11- A.M Weather
8:30
2-11- Sesame Street
25- Force Five
38- F Troop
56- The Flintstones
68- Insight
9:00
4- Hour Magazine
5- Good Day!- Boston Marathon Live!
6- Movie- Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
7- Look At The Marathon- Bill Rodgers
9-10- Donahue
12- The Waltons
25- Famine
27- Inside Worcester
38- Aerobicize
56- Bozo
68- Jim Bakker
9:30
2- Electric Company
11- Educational Programming
27- Jimmy Swaggart
38- Daytime
56- De Todo Un Poco
10:00
2- Sesame Street
4- Facts of Life
5- Donahue
9-10- Richard Simmons
12- Big Valley
25- 700 Club
27- Vicki Jamison
56- New England Today
68- Market Opening
10:30
4-10- Sale of the Century
9- That Girl
38- Ghost and Mrs. Muir
56- News
68- Stock Update
11:00
2- Mister Rogers
4-10- Wheel of Fortune
5- Tom Cottle
6-38- Baseball- Milwaukee Brewers @ Boston Red Sox
27- Jim Bakker
68- NYSE Most Active
11:30
2- 3-2-1 Contact
4-5-7 The Boston Marathon
10- Dream House
25- Laurel and Hardy
68- Commodities/Stocks
AFTERNOON
12:00
2-11- Sesame Street
9- Family Feud
10-12- News
25- Movie- Erenchie (1951)
27- Daily Mass
56- Merv Griffin
68- Business Update
12:10
7- News
12:30
9-12- Ryan's Hope
10- Search for Tomorrow
27- INN News
68- Business News
1:00
2- Movie- Algiers (1938)
9-12- All My Children
10- Days of Our Lives
11- Educational Programming
27- Auto Racing- Long Beach Grand Prix
56- Lost in Space
68- NYSE Most Active
1:30
6- As The World Turns
25- Little Rascals
38- Carter Country
68- Business News
2:00
9-12- One Life to Live
10- Another World
25- Flipper
27- American Rifleman
38- Beverly Hillbillies
56- Casper
68- NYSE Most Active
2:30
2- Magic of Oil Painting
6- Capitol
11- National Press Club
25- Spider-Man
27- Austin City Limits
38- Andy Griffith
56- Mighty Mouse
68- Stock Prices
3:00
2- French Chef
4- Hawaii Five-O
5-9-12- General Hospital
6- Guiding Light
10- Fantasy
25- Force Five
27- Golf- LPGA Orlando Classic Tournament
38- Heckle and Jeckle
56- Bugs Bunny
68- Business Update
3:30
2- Over Easy
11- Lillias, Yoga and You
25- Superfriends
38- Porky Pig and Friends
56- Woody Woodpecker
68- Stock Prices
4:00
2-11- Sesame Street
4- People's Court
5- The Waltons
6- Washington Behind Closed Doors
9- Edge of Night
10- Happy Days Again
12- Merv Griffin
25- Gilligan's Island
38- Scooby Doo
56- Tom and Jerry
68- Most Active Stocks
4:30
4- Match Game
9- Hour Magazine
10- Three's Company
25- Mork and Mindy
38- Scooby-Doo
56- The Flintstones
68- FNN Wrap-Up
5:00
2-11- Mister Rogers
4- Family Feud
5- Soap
10- More Real People
12- M*A*S*H
25- Eight is Enough
38- Charlie's Angels
44- French Chef
56- The Brady Bunch
5:30
2- 3-2-1 Contact
4- Live on 4
5- All in The Family
9-10- People's Court
11- The Second Century
12- Barney Miller
44- Maggie
56- The Brady Bunch
EVENING
2- Sesame Street
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- The Second Century
25- CHiPs Patrol
38- M*A*S*H
44- What Price is Health Care?
56- Happy Days Again
6:30
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
10- NBC News
11- Doctor Who
38- The Jeffersons
44- Business Report
56- Laverne and Shirley
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- When Will the Dying Stop?
7- CBS News
9- Joker's Wild
10- P.M Magazine
11- Business Report
12- Tic Tac Dough
25- WKRP in Cincinnati
38- M*A*S*H
44- The Second Century
56- Three's Company
7:30
2- Wild World of Animals
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
7-Tom Ellis anchors- A Complete Look at the Marathon
9- Tic Tac Dough
10- Entertainment Tonight
11-44- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
12- Family Feud
25- WKRP in Cincinnati
38- Stanley Cup Hockey- Boston Bruins @ Buffalo Sabres
56- Three's Company
8:00
2- Frontline- "Abortion Clinics"
4-10- Love, Sidney
5- Mederios of Boston (profile of Humberto Cardinal Mederios)
6-7- Archie Bunker's Place
9-12- That's Incredible
11- All Creatures Great and Small
25- Movie- Quick! Before it Melts
44- Business Management
56- Movie- The Caretakers (1963)
8:30
4-10- Family Ties
6-7- Foot in the Door
44- Personal Finance
9:00
2- Great Performances- "Wagner's Ring, Siegfried (Act 3)
4-10- Movie- Breaking Away (1979)
5-9-12- Movie- Resurrection (1980)
6-7- M*A*S*H
11- Frontline
44- People and Organization
9:30
6-7- One Day at A Time
44- Exploring Language
10:00
6-7- Cagney and Lacey
11- Enterprise
25- 700 Club
44-56- News
10:30
2- News
11- Inside Story
38- INN News
44- MacNeil/Lehrer Report- (sign-off time for WGBX, 11pm)
11:00
2- Business Report (sign-off time for both WGBH and WENH, 11:30pm)
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- Dick Cavett
25- Pink Panther
38- Twilight Zone
56- Mary Hartman
11:30
4-10- Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
5- The Boston Marathon
6- Benny Hill
7- Trapper John M.D
9-12- ABC News Nightline
25- The Rockford Files
38- Movie- Girl on the Run (1958) (sign-off tiem for WSBK, 12:47am)
56- Saturday Night
12:00
6- Trapper John M.D
9-12- The Last Word
12:30
4-10- David Letterman
5- ABC News Nightline
25- Rat Patrol
56- News (both WXNE and WLVI would sign-off at 1am)
12:40
7- Columbo
1:00
5- The Last Word
12- News (sign-off time for WPRI, 1:30am)
1:10
6- Columbo
1:30
4-10- NBC News Overnight (sign-off time for WJAR, 2:30am)
2:00
5- Movie- The Devil's Web (1975)
7- CBS News Nightwatch
2:20
6- CBS News Nightwatch