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Retro: Charleston/Columbus/Parkersburg May 11th, 1987

Source: Point Pleasant Register

WSAZ Channel 3 (NBC)
5:45 Before Hours–Bob Jamieson
6:00 NBC News at Sunrise (Deborah Norville)
6:30 NewsCenter 3
7:00 Today (Bryant Gumbel/Jane Pauley)
9:00 Crosswits (David Sparks)
9:30 Wordplay [Delay from 12:30]
10:00 $ale of The Century
10:30 Classic Concentration
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
Noon Super Password
12:30 NewsCenter 3
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Santa Barbara
4:00 Mr. Cartoon
5:00 Knight Rider
6:00 NewsCenter 3
6:30 NBC Nightly News (Tom Brokaw)
7:00 PM Magazine
7:30 The New Newlywed Game
8:00 ALF
8:30 Valerie's Family
9:00 NBC Monday Night at the Movies: "Hands of A Stranger" (Part 2)
11:00 NewsCenter 3
11:30 Best of Carson
12:30 Late Night with David Letterman
1:30 Ask Dr. Ruth
Off The Air at 2am


WTVN [Now WSYX] Channel 6 (ABC) Columbus
6:30 World News This Morning
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Hour Magazine
10:00 Webster
10:30 The Facts of Life
11:00 Love Boat
Noon Action 6 News
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Oprah Winfrey Show
5:00 John Davidson's Hollywood Squares
5:30 Action 6 News
6:00 Action 6 News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight (Peter Jennings)
7:00 Entertainment Tonight
7:30 The New Newlywed Game
8:00 ABC Monday Night Movie: "Queenie" (Part 2)
11:00 Action 6 News
11:30 WKRP in Cincinnati
Midnight ABC News Nightline
12:30 ValueTelevision
Sign Off Follows

WCHS Channel 8 (ABC)
6:00 Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 World News This Morning
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Oprah Winfrey Show
10:00 Knots Landing
11:00 Fame, Fortune and Romance
11:30 Ryan's Hope
Noon News 8
12:30 Loving
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Fall Guy
5:00 The Facts of Life
5:30 John Davidson's Hollywood Squares
6:00 News 8
6:30 ABC World News Tonight–Peter Jennings
7:00 People's Court
7:30 The Judge
8:00 ABC Monday Night Movie: "Queenie" (Part 2)
11:00 News 8
11:30 ABC News Nightline (Ted Koppel)
Midnight More Real People [2 Episodes]
1:00 SIGN OFF


WBNS Channel 10 (CBS) Columbus
6:00 20 Minute Workout
6:30 10-TV Eyewitness News
7:00 CBS Morning News
7:30 The Morning Program
9:00 $25,000 Pyramid [Delay from 10:00am]
9:30 Card Sharks [Delay from 10:30]
10:00 Trapper John, M.D.
11:00 Price is Right
Noon 10-TV Eyewitness News
12:30 The Young & the Restless
1:30 Bold and The Beautiful
2:00 As The World Turns
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Divorce Court
4:30 Jeopardy!
5:00 M*A*S*H
5:30 10-TV Eyewitness News
6:00 10-TV Eyewitness News
6:30 CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
7:00 10-TV Eyewitness News
7:30 Wheel of Fortune
8:00 Kate & Allie
8:30 My Sister Sam
9:00 Newhart
9:30 Designing Women
10:00 Cagney and Lacey
11:00 10-TV Eyewitness News
11:30 Magnum, P.I.
12:30 Night Owl Theater: "Colombo"
2:30 CBS News NightWatch


WOWK Channel 13 (CBS)
5:45 PTL Club
6:45 TV 13 Action News
7:00 CBS Morning News
7:30 The Morning Program (Smith/Hartley)
9:00 Donahue
10:00 The $25,000 Pyramid
10:30 Card Sharks
11:00 Price is Right
Noon TV 13 Action News
12:30 The Young & the Restless
1:30 Bold and the Beautiful
2:00 As The World Turns
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Magnum, P.I.
5:00 Divorce Court
5:30 Three's Company
6:00 TV 13 Action News
6:30 CBS Evening News (Dan Rather)
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 Kate & Allie
8:30 My Sister Sam
9:00 Newhart
9:30 Designing Women
10:00 Cagney and Lacey
11:00 TV 13 Action News
11:30 CBS Late Night: "Simon & Simon"
12:30 CBS Late Movie: "Girl Happy" (1965)
2:00 TV 13 Action News
Off The Air

WTAP 15 (NBC)
6:15 Before Hours (Bob Jamieson)
6:30 NBC News at Sunrise–Deborah Norville
6:45 News
7:00 Today (Bryant Gumbel/Jane Pauley)
9:00 Donahue
10:00 $ale of The Century
10:30 Classic Concentration
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
Noon News
12:30 Wordplay
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Santa Barbara
4:00 She-Ra: Princess of Power
4:30 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
5:00 The New Newlywed Game
5:30 The All-New Dating Game
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News–Tom Brokaw
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 ALF
8:30 Valerie's Family
9:00 NBC Monday Night at the Movies: "Hands of A Stranger"
11:00 News
11:30 Best of Carson
12:30 Late Night with David Letterman
Sign Off Follows
 
Cincinnati Kid said:
Interesting that there are no independent or PBS station(s) listed by the newspaper.

Or the Columbus NBC station, WCMH-TV. Is this what was printed in the paper or are you (the original poster) being selective in the stations you're choosing to list?
 
Rollo-Smokes said:
Cincinnati Kid said:
Interesting that there are no independent or PBS station(s) listed by the newspaper.

Or the Columbus NBC station, WCMH-TV. Is this what was printed in the paper or are you (the original poster) being selective in the stations you're choosing to list?

I agree about being selective on both counts -- in the paper's weekly TV listings in the May 15, 1987 edition, the channels listed were as follows:

Cable 3 -- CBN
Channel 3 (Cable 2) -- WSAZ (NBC)
Cable 4 -- ESPN
Cable 5 -- WTBS Atlanta
Channel 6 -- WTVN (ABC)
Channel 8 - WCHS (ABC)
Channel 33 (Cable 9) -- WPBY (PBS)
Channel 10 -- WBNS (CBS)
Channel 20 (Cable 11) -- WOUB (PBS)
Cable 13 -- CNN
Channel 13 (Cable 12) - WOWK (CBS)
Cable 14 -- WGN Chicago
Channel 15 - WTAP (NBC)
Channel 23 (at the time) (Cable 7) - WVAH (independent)

WCMH was not listed, as it was not carried on the local cable system. But they did carry two PBSs, two superstations and the local indy (WVAH), which were not listed in the original post.
 
azumanga said:
I agree about being selective on both counts -- in the paper's weekly TV listings in the May 15, 1987 edition, the channels listed were as follows:

Cable 3 -- CBN
Channel 3 (Cable 2) -- WSAZ (NBC)
Cable 4 -- ESPN
Cable 5 -- WTBS Atlanta
Channel 6 -- WTVN (ABC)
Channel 8 - WCHS (ABC)
Channel 33 (Cable 9) -- WPBY (PBS)
Channel 10 -- WBNS (CBS)
Channel 20 (Cable 11) -- WOUB (PBS)
Cable 13 -- CNN
Channel 13 (Cable 12) - WOWK (CBS)
Cable 14 -- WGN Chicago
Channel 15 - WTAP (NBC)
Channel 23 (at the time) (Cable 7) - WVAH (independent)

WCMH was not listed, as it was not carried on the local cable system. But they did carry two PBSs, two superstations and the local indy (WVAH), which were not listed in the original post.

Based on that lineup, having three NBC stations in the listings would be a bit much **, so I can understand no WCMH. But it would have been nice if the two PBSers and WVAH were given some shine in the post.

** I spent the summer of '87 with relatives in Tazewell, VA (in the Bluefield area) and the cable system there received three NBC affiliates -- WVVA Bluefield, WCYB-TV Bristol, and WSLS-TV Roanoke. Over the air we received WVVA and WSLS but not WCYB. I would assume the local paper in Tazewell (which I don't remember reading) may have listed WVVA and one of the other two, maybe all three.
 
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