This is a retro schedule from the News and Courier from August 6, 1986.
WCBD 2 (ABC) Charleston
Sign-on 5:30am
5:30am- AgDay
6am- ABC World News This Morning/Local News
7am- Good Morning America
9am- Cannon (CBS series from 70s)
10am- The Love Boat
11am- Fantasy Island (preempting Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and The New Love, American Style)
Noon- Ryan's Hope
12:30- Loving
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life to Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Quincy
5pm- Benson
5:30- Three's Company
6pm- TV-2 Eyewitness News
6:30- ABC World News Tonight (Tom Jarriel filling in for Peter Jennings)
7pm- Wheel of Fortune
7:30- Jeopardy! (still the same order now)
8pm- Perfect Strangers
8:30- Mr. Sunshine
9pm- MacGyver
10pm- Hotel
11pm- TV-2 Eyewitness News
11:30- That's My Mama
Midnight- What's Happening
12:30am- Nightline (delayed one hour)
1am- TV-2 Eyewitness News (rerun)
Sign-off 1:30am
WCIV 4 (NBC) Charleston (Most NBC programs in stereo)
Sign-on 6am
6am- CNN News
6:30am- NBC News at Sunrise
7am- Today
9am- The Phil Donahue Show
10am- Santa Barbara (probably on 1-day delay)
11am- Wheel of Fortune (daytime)
11:30am- Scrabble
Noon- Super Password
12:30- Search for Tomorrow
1pm- Days of our Lives
2pm- Another World
3pm- She-Ra: Princess of Power
3:30- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (cartoons on NBC in a decent-sized market in the afternoon)
4pm- Different Strokes
4:30- The Beverly Hillbillies
5pm- Private Benjamin
5:30- Perfect Match (yes, that was their lead-in to the news)
6pm- News 4
6:30- NBC Nightly News (Connie Chung filling in)
7pm- Entertainment Tonight
7:30- The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
8pm- Highway to Heaven
9pm- Gimme a Break!
9:30- You Again?
10pm- St. Elsewhere
11pm- News 4
11:30- The Tonight Show (starring Johnny Carson)
12:30am- David Letterman
1:30am- CNN News (sign-off at 2am)
WCSC 5 (CBS) Charleston
5am- Nightwatch continued (station was on 24 hours weekdays)
6am- Jimmy Swaggart
6:30- CBS Early Morning News (Faith Daniels, Forrest Sawyer)
7am- CBS Morning News
9am- Dallas (reruns)
10am- The $25,000 Pyramid
10:30- Card Sharks
11am- The Price is Right
Noon- Midday
12:30- The Young and the Restless
1:30pm- As the World Turns
2:30pm- Capitol
3pm- Guiding Light
4pm- The Jeffersons
4:30- Good Times
5pm- Sanford & Son
5:30- Divorce Court
6pm- People's Court
6:30pm- Live 5 News
7pm- CBS Evening News (Rather)
7:30- The New Newlywed Game
8pm- Christopher Columbus (Part 1 of 2 of mini-series)
11pm- Live 5 News
11:30- Twilight Zone (CBS)
Midnight- T.J. Hooker (CBS)
1am- Movie: "Once Upon a Scoundrel" (1973)
2:30am- CBS News Nightwatch till 6am
WITV 7 (PBS/ETV) Charleston
Sign-on 6am
6am- Carolina Journal
6:30am- Farm Day
6:45am- A.M. Weather
7am- Sesame Street (three straight episodes till 10am)
10am- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
10:30- Reading Rainbow
11am- Naturescene
11:30- World of Animals
Noon- Movie (no title show)
1pm- World of Animals
1:30- And Then There Were 13
2pm- Basics
2:30- Country Garden
3pm- Kathy's Kitchen
3:30- Painting Southern Landscapes
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
5:30- World of Animals
6pm- MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour
7pm- Nightly Business Report
7:30- Carolina Journal
8pm- National Geographic (historical profile of Jerusalem)
9pm- Remembering the Bomb (show on 40th anniversary of bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
10pm- Non-Fiction Television
11pm- Nightly Business Report
11:30- Carolina Journal
Sign-off at midnight
WTAT 24 (independent) Charleston, 24 hours
5am- Columbo
5:30- Cartoons
6am- Tom and Jerry
6:30- Voltron: Defender of the Universe
7am- Robotech
7:30- The Flintstones
8am- Superfriends
8:30- Inspector Gadget
9am- Jim and Tammy (Jim and Tammy Bakker)
10am- The 700 Club
11am- Richard Roberts (Oral Robert's son)
Noon- Bewitched
12:30- Movie: "Born Innocent" (1974)
2:30- The Jetsons
3pm- Scooby Doo
3:30- Transformers
4pm- Challenge of the GoBots
4:30- G.I. Joe
5pm- ThunderCats
5:30- The Brady Bunch
6pm- Leave it to Beaver
6:30- Gilligan's Island
7pm- Hangin' In
7:30- Hogan's Heroes
8pm- Movie: "The Soldier" (1982)
10pm- Mission: Impossible
11pm- Carol Burnett Show
11:30pm- Bob Newhart
Midnight- The Dick Van Dyke Show
12:30am- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1am- Mannix
2am- Movie: "Larry" (1974)
4am- McCloud
WCBD 2 (ABC) Charleston
Sign-on 5:30am
5:30am- AgDay
6am- ABC World News This Morning/Local News
7am- Good Morning America
9am- Cannon (CBS series from 70s)
10am- The Love Boat
11am- Fantasy Island (preempting Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and The New Love, American Style)
Noon- Ryan's Hope
12:30- Loving
1pm- All My Children
2pm- One Life to Live
3pm- General Hospital
4pm- Quincy
5pm- Benson
5:30- Three's Company
6pm- TV-2 Eyewitness News
6:30- ABC World News Tonight (Tom Jarriel filling in for Peter Jennings)
7pm- Wheel of Fortune
7:30- Jeopardy! (still the same order now)
8pm- Perfect Strangers
8:30- Mr. Sunshine
9pm- MacGyver
10pm- Hotel
11pm- TV-2 Eyewitness News
11:30- That's My Mama
Midnight- What's Happening
12:30am- Nightline (delayed one hour)
1am- TV-2 Eyewitness News (rerun)
Sign-off 1:30am
WCIV 4 (NBC) Charleston (Most NBC programs in stereo)
Sign-on 6am
6am- CNN News
6:30am- NBC News at Sunrise
7am- Today
9am- The Phil Donahue Show
10am- Santa Barbara (probably on 1-day delay)
11am- Wheel of Fortune (daytime)
11:30am- Scrabble
Noon- Super Password
12:30- Search for Tomorrow
1pm- Days of our Lives
2pm- Another World
3pm- She-Ra: Princess of Power
3:30- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (cartoons on NBC in a decent-sized market in the afternoon)
4pm- Different Strokes
4:30- The Beverly Hillbillies
5pm- Private Benjamin
5:30- Perfect Match (yes, that was their lead-in to the news)
6pm- News 4
6:30- NBC Nightly News (Connie Chung filling in)
7pm- Entertainment Tonight
7:30- The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
8pm- Highway to Heaven
9pm- Gimme a Break!
9:30- You Again?
10pm- St. Elsewhere
11pm- News 4
11:30- The Tonight Show (starring Johnny Carson)
12:30am- David Letterman
1:30am- CNN News (sign-off at 2am)
WCSC 5 (CBS) Charleston
5am- Nightwatch continued (station was on 24 hours weekdays)
6am- Jimmy Swaggart
6:30- CBS Early Morning News (Faith Daniels, Forrest Sawyer)
7am- CBS Morning News
9am- Dallas (reruns)
10am- The $25,000 Pyramid
10:30- Card Sharks
11am- The Price is Right
Noon- Midday
12:30- The Young and the Restless
1:30pm- As the World Turns
2:30pm- Capitol
3pm- Guiding Light
4pm- The Jeffersons
4:30- Good Times
5pm- Sanford & Son
5:30- Divorce Court
6pm- People's Court
6:30pm- Live 5 News
7pm- CBS Evening News (Rather)
7:30- The New Newlywed Game
8pm- Christopher Columbus (Part 1 of 2 of mini-series)
11pm- Live 5 News
11:30- Twilight Zone (CBS)
Midnight- T.J. Hooker (CBS)
1am- Movie: "Once Upon a Scoundrel" (1973)
2:30am- CBS News Nightwatch till 6am
WITV 7 (PBS/ETV) Charleston
Sign-on 6am
6am- Carolina Journal
6:30am- Farm Day
6:45am- A.M. Weather
7am- Sesame Street (three straight episodes till 10am)
10am- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
10:30- Reading Rainbow
11am- Naturescene
11:30- World of Animals
Noon- Movie (no title show)
1pm- World of Animals
1:30- And Then There Were 13
2pm- Basics
2:30- Country Garden
3pm- Kathy's Kitchen
3:30- Painting Southern Landscapes
4pm- Sesame Street
5pm- Mister Rogers Neighborhood
5:30- World of Animals
6pm- MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour
7pm- Nightly Business Report
7:30- Carolina Journal
8pm- National Geographic (historical profile of Jerusalem)
9pm- Remembering the Bomb (show on 40th anniversary of bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
10pm- Non-Fiction Television
11pm- Nightly Business Report
11:30- Carolina Journal
Sign-off at midnight
WTAT 24 (independent) Charleston, 24 hours
5am- Columbo
5:30- Cartoons
6am- Tom and Jerry
6:30- Voltron: Defender of the Universe
7am- Robotech
7:30- The Flintstones
8am- Superfriends
8:30- Inspector Gadget
9am- Jim and Tammy (Jim and Tammy Bakker)
10am- The 700 Club
11am- Richard Roberts (Oral Robert's son)
Noon- Bewitched
12:30- Movie: "Born Innocent" (1974)
2:30- The Jetsons
3pm- Scooby Doo
3:30- Transformers
4pm- Challenge of the GoBots
4:30- G.I. Joe
5pm- ThunderCats
5:30- The Brady Bunch
6pm- Leave it to Beaver
6:30- Gilligan's Island
7pm- Hangin' In
7:30- Hogan's Heroes
8pm- Movie: "The Soldier" (1982)
10pm- Mission: Impossible
11pm- Carol Burnett Show
11:30pm- Bob Newhart
Midnight- The Dick Van Dyke Show
12:30am- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1am- Mannix
2am- Movie: "Larry" (1974)
4am- McCloud