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Retro: Bristol/Kingsport/Johnson City Sun., July 4, 1999

From TV Guide, Bristol/Kingsport/Johnson City Edition:

WSJK (WETP) Ch. 2 Sneedville, TN (PBS)

8 AM Sesame Street
9 AM Barney & Friends
9:30 Teletubbies
10 AM Noddy
10:30 Puzzle Place
11 AM Theodore Tugboat
11:30 Storytime
12 N Pets: Part Of The Family
12:30 Book Of Virtues
1 PM Educational Programming
3 PM Evening At Pops
4 PM Joy Of Painting
4:30 Martha's Sewing Room
5 PM Quilt In A Day
5:30 In The Mix
6 PM World Business Review
6:30 Take Two (some sort of interview or documentary about a person)
7 PM Thinking Allowed (Part 1 on Barbara Marx Hubbard's book "Conscious Evolution.")
7:30 HealthWeek (healthy recipes, the difference between "good fat and bad fat," the value of organic foods)
8 PM Capitol Fourth (from the Capitol's West Lawn: host Barry Bostwick (who once played George Washington, IIRC), Kenny G, Jo Dee Messina, Nell Carter, Maureen McGovern, the Temptations Revue)
9:30 John Glenn: American Hero
11 PM Computer Chronicles
11:30 Firing Line
sign off 12 M

WCYB Ch. 5 Bristol, VA (NBC)

5:30 All News Channel News
6:30 Hour Of Power (Robert Schuller)
7:30 News
8 AM Today (Applegate/Ford; Summer Sanders discusses her book)
9 AM Wimbledon (men's championship)
3 PM Golf: American Century Celebrity Championship (final round, time approximate)
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 NBC News (anchor not given)
7 PM NBC Movie: "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective"
9 PM NBC Movie: "Ed McBain's 87th Precinct" (not the 1961-62 NBC series, but a 1996 film with Michael Gross and Paul Johansson)
11 PM News
11:20 Highlights Tonight
11:35 Inside Edition Weekend
12:05 Inside Edition
12:35 Dateline NBC
1:35 Meet The Press
2:35 ANC News (to 5)

WATE Ch. 6 Knoxville (ABC)

5 AM Coach
5:30 This Old House
6 AM Wall Street Journal Report
6:30 B. Smith With Style
7 AM Search-M. Lyon (religion)
7:30 Day Of Discovery
8 AM Infomercial
9 AM It Is Written
9:30 Hour Of Power
10:30 Upon This Rock
11 AM Coach
11:30 This Week
12:30 Political Roundtable
1 PM Drag Racing: NHRA Sears Craftsman Nationals
2 PM X Games: in-line skating (women's vert), snowboarding (men's big air), sport climbing (men's speed)
3 PM Golf: Western Open (final round)
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 ABC News (Carole Simpson)
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney: "Race The Sun"
9 PM 20/20
10 PM The Practice
11 PM News
11:35 George Michael Sports Machine
12:05 ER
1:05 NYPD Blue
2:05 Access Hollywood
3:05 World News Now (to 5)

WVLT Ch. 8 Knoxville (CBS)

5 AM News
5:30 Raceline
6 AM Wild Wild Web (magazine show)
6:30 Life In The Word
7 AM Jesse Duplantis (religion)
7:30 Kenneth Copeland
8 AM News
8:30 Church Service (Methodist)
9 AM CBS Sunday Morning (Charles Osgood)
10:30 Face The Nation
11 AM Church Service (Baptist)
12 N Hear Every Voice
12:30 Infomercials
2 PM Movie: "JFK" (Part 1)
4 PM Movie: "JFK" (conclusion)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (John Roberts)
7 PM 60 Minutes
8 PM Touched By An Angel
9 PM CBS Movie: "Blue Sky"
11 PM News
11:30 Entertainment Tonight
12:30 Infomercials
1:30 Wild Things (wildlife)
2:30 America's Dumbest Criminals
3 AM Up To The Minute (to 5)

WBIR Ch. 10 Knoxville (NBC)

6 AM Coral Ridge (D. James Kennedy)
7 AM Mull's Singing Convention (how many years was this on in Tennessee?)
8 AM News
9 AM Wimbledon: Men's Championship
3 PM Golf: American Century Celebrity Championship (final round, time approximate)
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Heartland Tonight
8 PM Festival On The 4th (the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's 4th of July concert)
10 PM Picture This America: 4th of July (historic people, places, and events that reflect the spirit of the 4th of July: Monticello, President Truman's yacht the USS Williamsburg, sand sculptures)
11 PM News
11:20 Sunday Sports Extra
12 M Spotlight On Sports
12:30 Three's Company
1 AM World Vision
2 AM Dateline NBC
3 AM Meet The Press
4 AM ANC News (to 5)

WJHL Ch. 11 Johnson City, TN (CBS)

6 AM Your New House
6:30 Better Homes And Gardens
7 AM Nick News
7:30 Day Of Discovery
8 AM Lower Lighthouse
8:30 TV Sunday School
9 AM CBS Sunday Morning
10:30 Church Service (Methodist)
11 AM Church Service (Presbyterian)
12 N Face The Nation
12:30 Today's Homeowner
1 PM Infomercials
2 PM Coach
2:30 Coach
3 PM Coach
3:30 American Athlete (Katarina Witt, Eric Dickerson, Tommy Lasorda)
4 PM Coach
4:30 Coach
5 PM Coach
5:30 Coach
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM 60 Minutes
8 PM Touched By An Angel
9 PM CBS Movie: "Blue Sky"
11 PM News
11:35 ER
12:35 Siskel & Ebert (previewed and reviewed: "Wild Wild West"with Will Smith and Kevin Kline, "South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut")
1:05 V.I.P.
sign off 2:05 AM

WLOS Ch. 13 Asheville, NC (ABC)

5:30 Farm Bureau Report
6 AM Winner's Way With Mac Hammond
7 AM Gerald Mann (religion, I think)
7:30 Ralph Sexton Ministries
8 AM News
9 AM Infomercial
9:30 Kenneth Copeland
10 AM Rod Parsley (religion)
10:30 Infomercial
11 AM This Week
12 N Infomercials
1 PM Drag Racing (see Ch. 6)
2 PM X Games (see Ch. 6)
3 PM Golf: Western Open (final round)
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 ABC News
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney: "Race The Sun"
9 PM 20/20
10 PM The Practice
11 PM News
11:35 Infomercial
12:05 America's Black Forum
12:35 New York Undercover
1:35 Infomercial
2:05 World News Now (to 5)

WKPT Ch. 19 Kingsport, TN (ABC)

5:30 Travel Update
6 AM Martha Stewart Living
6:30 What Does The Bible Plainly Say
7 AM Steps To Life
7:30 Jack Van Impe
8 AM Biblical Viewpoint
8:30 Coral Ridge
9 AM Kenneth Copeland
9:30 Rod Parsley
10 AM Word For Living
10:30 Infomercials
11:30 This Week
12:30 Infomercial
1 PM Drag Racing (see Ch. 6)
2 PM X Games (see Ch. 6)
3 PM Golf: Western Open (final round)
6 PM Walker, Texas Ranger (time approximate)
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney: "Race The Sun"
9 PM 20/20
10 PM The Practice
11 PM Walker, Texas Ranger
12 M Extra!
1 AM Access Hollywood
2 AM Infomercial
2:30 World News Now (to 5)

WAPK Ch. 30 Kingsport (UPN)

7:30 Search (Church of Christ)
8 AM Infomercials
9 AM BeetleBorgs
9:30 Incredible Hulk (animated)
10 AM X-Men
10:30 Spider-Man
11 AM Algo's Factory
11:30 Peer Pressure (kids' game)
12 N Click (another kids' game)
12:30 Student Bodies
1 PM Kickin' It (interviewed: Kevin Costner, Carmen Electra, Val Kilmer, Whitney Houston, Edward Norton, James McDaniel, Niki Taylor)
2 PM Motown Live
3 PM Party Of Five
4 PM Movie: "Voices From A Locked Room"
6 PM Wild Things
7 PM Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
8 PM Xena: Warrior Princess
9 PM Macy's/Tribune Fireworks Display (over New York's East River)
10 PM Pensacola: Wings Of Gold
11 PM Entertainment Tonight
12 M Comedy Showcase
1 AM Save Our Streets
1:30 Wild Wild Web
2 AM Shop At Home (to 6:30 AM)

WEMT Ch. 39 Johnson City (Fox)

5:30 U.S. Farm Report
6 AM Malibu, CA
6:30 Homer's Workshop
7 AM Infomercials
9 AM Fox News Sunday
10 AM Infomercials
12 N Movie: "River's Edge"
2 PM Movie: "Hoosiers"
4 PM Movie: "Easy Rider"
6 PM Simpsons
6:30 Seinfeld
7 PM World's Funniest!
7:30 King Of The Hill (guest voice: Sarah Michelle Gellar)
8 PM Simpsons
8:30 Simpsons (guest voices: George Carlin, Martin Mull)
9 PM X-Files
10 PM X-Files
11 PM America's Dumbest Criminals
11:30 NYPD Blue
12:30 Mortal Kombat: Conquest
1:30 Infomercial
2 AM Movie: "The Secret Garden"
4 AM Star Trek: The Next Generation

WTNZ Ch. 43 Knoxville (Fox)

5 AM Golf 2000
5:30 Infomercial
6 AM Martha Stewart Living
6:30 Infomercial
7 AM Preaching The Gospel
7:30 Church Service (Apostolic)
8 AM Jack Van Impe
8:30 Church Service (Baptist)
9 AM Fox News Sunday
10 AM Power Of The Word
10:30 Infomercials
11:30 Word For Living
12 N Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1 PM Xena: Warrior Princess
2 PM Movie: "Alien 3"
4 PM Untouchables (since it says it's in black and white, I'm assuming this is the Robert Stack version)
5 PM Infomercial
5:30 Martin
6 PM Party Of Five
7 PM World's Funniest!
7:30 King Of The Hill
8 PM Simpsons
8:30 Simpsons
9 PM X-Files
10 PM X-Files
11 PM Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
12 M Walker, Texas Ranger
1 AM Seinfeld
1:30 Infomercial
2 AM Comedy Showcase
3 AM Movie: "Battle Beyond The Stars" (to 5)

WSBN Ch. 47 Norton, VA/WMSY Ch. 52 Marion, VA (PBS)

8 AM Zooboomafoo
8:30 Charlie Horse Music Pizza
9 AM Sesame Street
10 AM Business And The Law
10:30 Business And The Law
11 AM Time To Grow
11:30 Time To Grow
12 N City Show
12:30 Computer Chronicles
1 PM Art Works
1:30 Joy Of Painting
2 PM Crafting For The '90s
2:30 Sewing With Nancy
3 PM Frontiers Of Medicine
3:30 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
4 PM Washington Week In Review
4:30 Wall Street Week
5 PM Hot Dog Program (wonder if this is the hot-dog eating competiton?)
6 PM Funding Your Dreams
6:30 McLaughlin Group
7 PM Tony Brown's Journal
7:30 Small Business 2000
8 PM Capitol Fourth
9:30 John Glenn: American Hero
sign off 11 PM

WYMT Ch. 57 Hazard, KY (CBS)

7 AM Church Service (Church of Christ)
7:30 Hour Of Decision (Billy Graham used to use this name for his programs; I don't think this is the same.)
8:30 Biblical Viewpoint
9 AM Time For Praise (Ch. 57 may be the only CBS affiliate that still doesn't carry "Sunday Morning.")
10 AM Church Service (Baptist)
10:30 Classifieds (Ch. 57 now carries the first half-hour of "Face The Nation.")
11 AM Gateway Gospel
12 N Classifieds
12:30 Today's Homeowner
1 PM Entertainers
2 PM Inside Kentuckiana Golf
2:30 Infomercial
3 PM Stars & Stripes
4 PM NightMan
5 PM Psi Factor
6 PM News
6:30 Issues And Answers (wonder how much they had to pay ABC for the use of that name)
7 PM 60 Minutes
8 PM Touched By An Angel
9 PM CBS Movie: "Blue Sky"
11 PM News
11:35 Classifieds
12:05 Access Hollywood
1:05 NightMan
2:05 Up To The Minute (to 4:30)
4:30 Infomercial

Although not listed in this edition WLFG, Channel 68 in Grundy, VA, offers religious, regional, and family programming.
 
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