source: Boston Globe
RETRO BOSTON TV- PATRIOTS DAY 1985
Monday April 15, 1985
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
21 WNHT-TV (Ind.) Concord,NH
25 WXNE-TV (Ind.) Boston
27 WSMW-TV (Ind.) Worcester
36 WSBE-TV (PBS) Providence
38 WSBK-TV (Ind.) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (PBS) Boston
50 WNDS-TV (Ind.) Derry, NH
56 WLVI-TV (Ind.) Boston
68 WQTV-TV (Ind.) Boston
MORNING
9:00
4-10- Hour Magazine
5- Good Day!
7- Jeopardy!
9- Jim Bakker
11- Lillias, Yoga and You
12- Trapper John, M.D
21- Ask Washington
25- Family
38- 20 Minute Workout
56- Popeye
68- Another World (an NBC program WBZ didn't clear)
9:30
2- Electric Company
7- $25,000 Pyramid
11- Educational Program
27-50- Jimmy Swaggart
38- Daytime
56- Great Space Coaster
10:00
2- Newton's Apple
4- Time Machine
5- Good Day!
7- Morning Live special- "Marathon"
9- Muppets
10- Sally Jessy Raphael
12- Jeopardy!
21- Dick Powell Theater
25- 700 Club
27-50- Richard Roberts
38- Starsky and Hutch
56- Point of View
68- Body Language (A CBS program WNEV didn't clear)
10:30
2- 3-2-1 Contact
4-10- Sale of the Century
9- Joker's Wild
12- Family Feud
56- De Todo Un Poco
68- Newlywed Game
11:00
2- Voyage of the Mimi
4-10- Wheel of Fortune
5- News
6- The Price is Right
7- Marathon '85
9-12-68- All-Star Blitz (an ABC program WCVB didn't clear)
21- Burke's Law
27-50- Jim Bakker
38- Divorce Court
56- New England Today
11:30
2- Voyage of the Mimi
4- Boston Marathon '85
5- The Boston Marathon
7- Marathon '85
9-68- Family Feud (another ABC program WCVB didn't clear)
10- Scrabble
12- Ryan's Hope
25- Catholic Mass
38- Anything For Money
AFTERNOON
12:00
2-11- Sesame Street
6- Divorce Court
7-10-12-27- News
9- Ryan's Hope
21- 20 Minute Workout
25- The Rifleman
50- INN News
56- I Love Lucy
68- Super Password (another NBC program WBZ didn't Clear)
12:15
7- Marathon '85
12:30
6- As The World Turns
9-12- Loving
10-68- Search for Tomorrow (another NBC program WBZ didn't Clear)
21- News
25- Rat Patrol
50-56- I Love Lucy
1:00
2- Wild World of Animals
9-12- All My Children
10- Days Of Our Lives
11-36- Educational Programming
21- We're Cooking Now
25- McHale's Navy
27- People's Court
50- Petticoat Junction
56- Mighty Mouse
68- Perry Mason
1:30
2- Nova
6- As The World Turns
21- FNN: Moneytalk
25- Get Samrt
27- Hazel
38- Hogan's Heroes
50- Family Affair
56- Casper
2:00
9-12- One Life to Live
10- Antoher World
21- Wall Street Final
25- Gillgian's Island
27- Movie- Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
38- Beverly Hillbillies
50- Gomer Pyle
56- Flintstones
68- Big Valley
2:30
2- Joy of Painting
6- Capitol
11- Earth Explored
25- Superfriends
38- GoBots (Part 1 of 5)
50- My Three Sonx
56- Bugs Bunny
3:00
2- French Chef
4- Last But Not Least
5-9-12- General Hospital
6-7- Guiding Light
10- Santa Barbara
11- Master Chefs
21- Wall Street Final
25- Incredible Hulk
38- Scooby Doo
50- He-Man
68- Plasticman
3:30
2- Electric Company
11- Lillias, Yoga and You
38- Voltron
50- Brady Bunch
56- Heathcliff
68- Superman
4:00
2-36- Sesame Street
4- Santa Barbara
5- Rituals
6- Movie- The Sand Pebbles (1966)
7- Let's Make A Deal
9- Hart to Hart
10- Donahue
11- Wild World of Animals
12- Merv Griffin
21- Fantasy Island
25- Dukes of Hazzard
27- Flying Nun
38- Tranzon
50- Incredibule Hulk
56- Inspector Gadget
68- Rockford Files
4:30
5- Rhoda
7- Match Game
11- Mister Rogers
21- Merv Griffin
27- Donna Reed
38- He-Man
56- Brady Bunch
5:00
2-36- Mister Rogers
4- People's Court
5- Too Close for Comfort
7- $100,000 Name That Tune
9- Barnaby Jones
10- Three's Company
11- Sesame Street
12- M*A*S*H
25- Family Affair
27- Father Knows Best
38- Quincy
44- Electric Company
50-56- Brady Buncdh
68- Carol Burnett
5:30
2- 3-2-1 Contact
4- Live on 4
5- All in the Family
7- Wheel of Fortune
10- $100,000 Name That Tune
12- Taxi
21- News
25- Rainbow Land
27- Love Connection
44- Sesame Street
50-56- Happy Days Again
68- Bob Newhart
EVENING
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
21- Here's Lucy
25- Diff'rent Strokes
27- Solid Gold
38- One Day at a Time
50- Taxi
56- Three's Company
68- Mary Tyler Moore
6:30
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
10- NBC News
21- Barney Miller
25- Mork and Mindy
38- Jeffersons
44- Business Report
50-56- Laverne and Shirley
68- Bob Newhart
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- People's Court
7- CBS News
9- Tic Tac Dough
10- P.M Magazine
11-36- Business Report
12- Wheel of Fortune
21- Donahue
25- Diff'rent Strokes
38- M*A*S*H
44- Congress
50- Family Feud
56- Three's Company
68- Sale of The Century
7:30
2- Wild World of Animals
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6- Love Connection
7-10- Entertainment Tonight
9- Benson
11- Sneak Previews
12- Family Feud
25- WKRP in Cincinnati
38- Barney Miller
44- General Biology
50- All in the Family
56- Taxi
68- Joker's Wild
8:00
2-36- Ancient Lives
4-10- Bob Hope Special- "Salute to the Soaps"
5-9-12- Hardcastle and McCormick
6-7- Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus
11- Seeing Things
21- Movin' On
25- Eight is Enough
38- Movie- A Night To Remember (1958)
44- Introductory Computer Program
50- Mannix
56- Movie- See How She Runs (1977)
68- Delvecchio
9:00
2-11-36- American Playhouse- "Nightsongs"
4-10- Movie- Airplane (1980)
5-9-12- Movie- Lady Blue (1985)
6-7- Space
21- Charlie's Angels
25- Movie- A Rumor of War (1980)
44- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
50- Hawaii Five-O
68- Mannix
10:00
21-44-50-56- News
68- Mary Tyler Moore
10:30
21- Fantasy Island- (sign-off time for WNHT, 11:30pm)
38- Dick Van Dyke
44- Wilderness Journal (sign-off time for WGBX, 11pm)
50- Mary Tyler Moore
56- Sanford and Son
68- Bob Newhart
11:00
2- Business Report (sign-off times for both WGBH and WENH, 11:30pm)
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- New Tech Times
25- Dick Van Dyke
38- M*A*S*H
50- Bob Newhart
56- Bizarre
68- Jack Benny
11:30
4-10- Best of Carson
5-9-12- ABC News Nightline
6-56- Benny Hill
7- Entertainment Tonight
25- 700 Club
38- Hogan's Heroes
50- Saturday Night Live
68- Burns and Allen (Sign-off time for WQTV, midnight)
12:00
5- Night Gallery
6-7- Simon and Simon
9-68- Eye on Hollywood
12- Family
38- Divorce Court
50-56- News (sign-off times for both WNDS and WLVI, 12:30am)
12:30
4-10- David Letterman
5- Night Gallery
9- Newsnine
38- Maude- (sign-off time for WSBK, 1am)
1:00
5- News
9- Hawk (sign-off Time for WMUR, WPRI and WXNE, 1:30am)
12- Eye on Hollywood
25- INN News
1:10
6-7- McMillan and Wife
1:30
4-10- News- (sign-off time for WJAR)
5- Sally Jessy Raphael
2:00
4- Evening Magazine
5- Movie- Claudia
RETRO BOSTON TV- PATRIOTS DAY 1985
Monday April 15, 1985
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
21 WNHT-TV (Ind.) Concord,NH
25 WXNE-TV (Ind.) Boston
27 WSMW-TV (Ind.) Worcester
36 WSBE-TV (PBS) Providence
38 WSBK-TV (Ind.) Boston
44 WGBX-TV (PBS) Boston
50 WNDS-TV (Ind.) Derry, NH
56 WLVI-TV (Ind.) Boston
68 WQTV-TV (Ind.) Boston
MORNING
9:00
4-10- Hour Magazine
5- Good Day!
7- Jeopardy!
9- Jim Bakker
11- Lillias, Yoga and You
12- Trapper John, M.D
21- Ask Washington
25- Family
38- 20 Minute Workout
56- Popeye
68- Another World (an NBC program WBZ didn't clear)
9:30
2- Electric Company
7- $25,000 Pyramid
11- Educational Program
27-50- Jimmy Swaggart
38- Daytime
56- Great Space Coaster
10:00
2- Newton's Apple
4- Time Machine
5- Good Day!
7- Morning Live special- "Marathon"
9- Muppets
10- Sally Jessy Raphael
12- Jeopardy!
21- Dick Powell Theater
25- 700 Club
27-50- Richard Roberts
38- Starsky and Hutch
56- Point of View
68- Body Language (A CBS program WNEV didn't clear)
10:30
2- 3-2-1 Contact
4-10- Sale of the Century
9- Joker's Wild
12- Family Feud
56- De Todo Un Poco
68- Newlywed Game
11:00
2- Voyage of the Mimi
4-10- Wheel of Fortune
5- News
6- The Price is Right
7- Marathon '85
9-12-68- All-Star Blitz (an ABC program WCVB didn't clear)
21- Burke's Law
27-50- Jim Bakker
38- Divorce Court
56- New England Today
11:30
2- Voyage of the Mimi
4- Boston Marathon '85
5- The Boston Marathon
7- Marathon '85
9-68- Family Feud (another ABC program WCVB didn't clear)
10- Scrabble
12- Ryan's Hope
25- Catholic Mass
38- Anything For Money
AFTERNOON
12:00
2-11- Sesame Street
6- Divorce Court
7-10-12-27- News
9- Ryan's Hope
21- 20 Minute Workout
25- The Rifleman
50- INN News
56- I Love Lucy
68- Super Password (another NBC program WBZ didn't Clear)
12:15
7- Marathon '85
12:30
6- As The World Turns
9-12- Loving
10-68- Search for Tomorrow (another NBC program WBZ didn't Clear)
21- News
25- Rat Patrol
50-56- I Love Lucy
1:00
2- Wild World of Animals
9-12- All My Children
10- Days Of Our Lives
11-36- Educational Programming
21- We're Cooking Now
25- McHale's Navy
27- People's Court
50- Petticoat Junction
56- Mighty Mouse
68- Perry Mason
1:30
2- Nova
6- As The World Turns
21- FNN: Moneytalk
25- Get Samrt
27- Hazel
38- Hogan's Heroes
50- Family Affair
56- Casper
2:00
9-12- One Life to Live
10- Antoher World
21- Wall Street Final
25- Gillgian's Island
27- Movie- Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
38- Beverly Hillbillies
50- Gomer Pyle
56- Flintstones
68- Big Valley
2:30
2- Joy of Painting
6- Capitol
11- Earth Explored
25- Superfriends
38- GoBots (Part 1 of 5)
50- My Three Sonx
56- Bugs Bunny
3:00
2- French Chef
4- Last But Not Least
5-9-12- General Hospital
6-7- Guiding Light
10- Santa Barbara
11- Master Chefs
21- Wall Street Final
25- Incredible Hulk
38- Scooby Doo
50- He-Man
68- Plasticman
3:30
2- Electric Company
11- Lillias, Yoga and You
38- Voltron
50- Brady Bunch
56- Heathcliff
68- Superman
4:00
2-36- Sesame Street
4- Santa Barbara
5- Rituals
6- Movie- The Sand Pebbles (1966)
7- Let's Make A Deal
9- Hart to Hart
10- Donahue
11- Wild World of Animals
12- Merv Griffin
21- Fantasy Island
25- Dukes of Hazzard
27- Flying Nun
38- Tranzon
50- Incredibule Hulk
56- Inspector Gadget
68- Rockford Files
4:30
5- Rhoda
7- Match Game
11- Mister Rogers
21- Merv Griffin
27- Donna Reed
38- He-Man
56- Brady Bunch
5:00
2-36- Mister Rogers
4- People's Court
5- Too Close for Comfort
7- $100,000 Name That Tune
9- Barnaby Jones
10- Three's Company
11- Sesame Street
12- M*A*S*H
25- Family Affair
27- Father Knows Best
38- Quincy
44- Electric Company
50-56- Brady Buncdh
68- Carol Burnett
5:30
2- 3-2-1 Contact
4- Live on 4
5- All in the Family
7- Wheel of Fortune
10- $100,000 Name That Tune
12- Taxi
21- News
25- Rainbow Land
27- Love Connection
44- Sesame Street
50-56- Happy Days Again
68- Bob Newhart
EVENING
2-11- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
21- Here's Lucy
25- Diff'rent Strokes
27- Solid Gold
38- One Day at a Time
50- Taxi
56- Three's Company
68- Mary Tyler Moore
6:30
6- CBS News
9-12- ABC News
10- NBC News
21- Barney Miller
25- Mork and Mindy
38- Jeffersons
44- Business Report
50-56- Laverne and Shirley
68- Bob Newhart
7:00
2- Doctor Who
4- NBC News
5- ABC News
6- People's Court
7- CBS News
9- Tic Tac Dough
10- P.M Magazine
11-36- Business Report
12- Wheel of Fortune
21- Donahue
25- Diff'rent Strokes
38- M*A*S*H
44- Congress
50- Family Feud
56- Three's Company
68- Sale of The Century
7:30
2- Wild World of Animals
4- Evening Magazine
5- Chronicle
6- Love Connection
7-10- Entertainment Tonight
9- Benson
11- Sneak Previews
12- Family Feud
25- WKRP in Cincinnati
38- Barney Miller
44- General Biology
50- All in the Family
56- Taxi
68- Joker's Wild
8:00
2-36- Ancient Lives
4-10- Bob Hope Special- "Salute to the Soaps"
5-9-12- Hardcastle and McCormick
6-7- Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus
11- Seeing Things
21- Movin' On
25- Eight is Enough
38- Movie- A Night To Remember (1958)
44- Introductory Computer Program
50- Mannix
56- Movie- See How She Runs (1977)
68- Delvecchio
9:00
2-11-36- American Playhouse- "Nightsongs"
4-10- Movie- Airplane (1980)
5-9-12- Movie- Lady Blue (1985)
6-7- Space
21- Charlie's Angels
25- Movie- A Rumor of War (1980)
44- MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
50- Hawaii Five-O
68- Mannix
10:00
21-44-50-56- News
68- Mary Tyler Moore
10:30
21- Fantasy Island- (sign-off time for WNHT, 11:30pm)
38- Dick Van Dyke
44- Wilderness Journal (sign-off time for WGBX, 11pm)
50- Mary Tyler Moore
56- Sanford and Son
68- Bob Newhart
11:00
2- Business Report (sign-off times for both WGBH and WENH, 11:30pm)
4-5-6-7-9-10-12- News
11- New Tech Times
25- Dick Van Dyke
38- M*A*S*H
50- Bob Newhart
56- Bizarre
68- Jack Benny
11:30
4-10- Best of Carson
5-9-12- ABC News Nightline
6-56- Benny Hill
7- Entertainment Tonight
25- 700 Club
38- Hogan's Heroes
50- Saturday Night Live
68- Burns and Allen (Sign-off time for WQTV, midnight)
12:00
5- Night Gallery
6-7- Simon and Simon
9-68- Eye on Hollywood
12- Family
38- Divorce Court
50-56- News (sign-off times for both WNDS and WLVI, 12:30am)
12:30
4-10- David Letterman
5- Night Gallery
9- Newsnine
38- Maude- (sign-off time for WSBK, 1am)
1:00
5- News
9- Hawk (sign-off Time for WMUR, WPRI and WXNE, 1:30am)
12- Eye on Hollywood
25- INN News
1:10
6-7- McMillan and Wife
1:30
4-10- News- (sign-off time for WJAR)
5- Sally Jessy Raphael
2:00
4- Evening Magazine
5- Movie- Claudia