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Retro: Eastern New England - Sunday October 7, 1979

Source – TV Guide Eastern New England edition

2 - WGBH Boston (PBS)
08:00a Sesame Street
09:00a Mister Rogers
09:30a The Electric Company
10:00a Writing For a Reason (x2)
11:00a As Man Behaves – instruction
12:00p Pro Soccer (no teams listed)
01:00p Here to Make Music – Schubert’s “Trout” Quintent
02:00p Musical Comedy Tonight (songs and dances from Broadway shows)
03:30p Mark Russell (political satirist)
04:00p Camera Three (profile of Marvin Hamlisch)
04:30p Another Voice – interview
05:00p Say Brother
06:00p Sesame Street
07:00p Crockett’s Victory Garden
07:30p Friends of Man (animals serving as pets and work partners)
08:00p Connections (origins of the atom bomb)
09:00p Masterpiece Theater “Love for Lydia” part 3
10:00p The Two Ronnies
10:30p The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
11:00p Artists’ Showcase

3 – WFSB Hartford (CBS)
06:00a Best of News Day
06:30a Face the State
07:00a Christoper Closeup
07:30a My Neighbor’s Religion
08:00a Three Robonic Stooges (yes, the Three Stooges in cartoon form as robots)
08:30a Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine (celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first moon landing)
09:00a CBS News Sunday Morning – Charles Kuralt
10:30a Barrio – Yolanda Cerrera
11:30a Face the Nation
12:00p Up Front
12:30p NFL Today (hosts: Brent Musberger, Irv Cross, Jayne Kennedy; Pete Rose comments on the World Series)
01:00p NFL Football – Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants
04:00p NFL Football – Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings
07:00p 60 Minutes
08:00p Archie Bunker’s Place
08:30p One Day at A Time
09:00p Alice
09:30p The Jeffersons
10:00p Comment – discussion
10:30p Face the State
11:00p News
11:15p CBS News – Ed Bradley
11:30p CBS News Special (covering Pope John Paul II’s trip to America)
12:00a Weekend Sports Wrap-Up
12:15a Movie “Summer and Smoke” 1961

4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
06:30a Living Word – religion
06:45a Davey and Goliath
07:00a Prime Time – elder affairs (topic: Social Security and government spending)
07:30a Nosotros – Pablo Correa
08:00a Papal Visit (special) – Pope John Paul II is expected to deliver a speech on the role of women in the church at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
11:30a News
12:00p Meet the Press
12:30p Patriots ’79 (host: Roger Twibell) (in place of NBC’s NFL ’79)
01:00p News Conference
01:30p Movie “Evel Knievel” 1971
03:00p In Search Of
03:30p Guinness Games (Three contestants wager on the outcomes of attempts to break world records documented in the “Guinness Book of World Records”)
04:00p NFL Football – Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
07:00p Disney’s Wonderful World “The $1,000,000 Duck”
08:00p Movie “Gray Lady Down” 1978
10:00p Prime Time Sunday (host: Tom Snyder – focus on the Papal visit)
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “The Carpetbaggers” 1964

5 – WCVB Boston (ABC)
06:00a Christopher Closeup (guest: Arlo Guthrie)
06:30a Westbrook Hospital
07:00a Davey and Goliath
07:30a Animals, Animals, Animals
08:00a Kids Are People Too (guests: Tony Orlando, Carl Weathers, Suzi Chaffee, consumer reporter David Horowitz, and physical-fitness instructor David Luna)
09:30a Sunday Open House (interview with Carl Yastrzemski; demonstration of firefighting techniques; a discussion on the rights of pregnant employees; a demonstration of rehabilitation techniques for people with impaired vision; a report on the Newton Art Center’s Antique Show; a look at carved ivory miniatures by Japanese artist Netsuke)
11:30a New Heaven/New Earth
12:00p Issues and Answers
12:30p Five on Five (host: Jack Hynes)
01:00p Aqui (host: Jorge Inserni)
01:30p City Streets (host: Marc Holmes; discussion of emergency energy needs)
02:00p Jacques Cousteau (social behavior of dolphins)
03:00p Papal Mass (Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass on the Mall in Washington)
05:30p Carol Burnett and Friends
06:00p News
06:30p The Baxters (originally a locally produced show that was picked up for national syndication; the cast would act out a scene and then the audience would comment)
07:00p Out of the Blue
07:30p A New Kind of Family
08:00p Mork and Mindy
08:30p The Associates
09:00p Movie “Vampire” 1979 TV
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “Interlude” 1968

6 – WTEV New Bedford (CBS)
06:00a Worship
06:30a For Our Times – religion
07:00a Church Service – Catholic
07:30a The Jetsons
08:00a Develin – cartoon
08:30a Portuguese Around Us
09:00a CBS News Sunday Morning – Charles Kuralt
10:30a Truman Taylor Talks To – interview
11:00a Another Voice – report
12:00p Six at Large
12:30p NFL Today
01:00p NFL Football – Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants (at press time the Detroit Lions at New England Patriots game was not a sell-out; if it was in time that game would be shown)
04:00p NFL Football – Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings
07:00p 60 Minutes
08:00p Archie Bunker’s Place
08:30p One Day at A Time
09:00p Alice
09:30p The Jeffersons
10:00p Trapper John
11:00p News
11:30p CBS News Special
12:00a Match Game
12:30a Ironside
01:30a News

7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
06:25a Greater Bostonians – music
06:30a Up Front (host: Ted O’Brien)
07:00a Peoplescope (host: Bill Turpie)
07:30a Womankind (host: Tayna Hart)
08:00a Senior Circuit (topics: beano games and hospital patients’ rights)
08:30a Lift Every Voice – music
09:00a Asian Focus – Gloria Chun
09:15a Church Service – Catholic
10:00a Robert Schuller
11:00a ECO (host: Maria de los Angeles)
12:00p Face the Nation
12:30p NFL Today
01:00p NFL Football – Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Giants (at press time the Detroit Lions at New England Patriots game was not a sell-out; if it was in time that game would be shown)
04:00p Movie “Prince of the Foxes” 1949
06:00p News
06:30p Newsmakers
07:00p 60 Minutes
08:00p Archie Bunker’s Place
08:30p One Day at A Time
09:00p Alice
09:30p The Jeffersons
10:00p Trapper John
11:00p News
11:30p Nightscene (host: David Brudnoy; guest: Leonard Nimoy)
12:30a Movie “Savage Season” 1970
02:00a News
02:30a Greater Bostonians – music

8 – WTNH New Haven (ABC)
07:00a This is the Life – religion
07:30a Davey and Goliath
07:45a New Day “The Role of Wealth”
08:00a Church Service – Catholic
08:30a Battle of the Planets
09:00a Star Trek
10:00a LDS World Conference (coverage of the conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons))
12:00p Fight For City Hall (candidates for various offices in East Haven)
12:30p Fight For City Hall (candidates for the first selectmen of Branford, CT)
01:00p Fight For City Hall (candidates for the first selectmen of Guilford, CT)
01:30p Fight For City Hall (candidates for the first selectmen of Madison, CT)
02:00p This is the World Series (Mel Allen highlights memorable moments)
03:00p Papal Mass (Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass on the Mall in Washington)
05:30p Make it Real
06:00p News
06:30p ABC News – Sam Donaldson
07:00p Out of the Blue
07:30p New Kind of Family
08:00p Mork and Mindy
08:30p The Associates
09:00p Movie “Vampire” 1979 TV
11:00p News
11:30p New Haven Columbus Day Parade Highlights
11:45p Movie “Bang the Drum Slowly” 1975
02:00a News

9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
07:00a Jerry Falwell – religion
08:00a Show My People
08:30a Day of Discovery
09:00a Oral Roberts
09:30a Herald of Truth – religion
10:00a Westbrook Hospital
10:30a Insight – religion
11:00a Rex Humbard – religion
12:00p Issues and Answers
12:30p College Football ‘79
01:00p Wrestling
02:00p Bonanza
03:00p Papal Mass (Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass on the Mall in Washington)
05:30p Movie “Fiesta” 1947
07:00p Out of the Blue
07:30p New Kind of Family
08:00p Mork and Mindy
08:30p The Associates
09:00p Movie “Vampire” 1979 TV
11:00p ABC News
11:15p PTL Club – religion

10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
06:00a This is the Life
06:30a Davey and Goliath
07:00a Battle of the Planets
07:30a Hogan’s Heroes
08:00a Papal Visit (special)
11:30a News Conference – interview
12:00p Meet the Press
12:30p NFL ‘79
01:00p To Be Announced
04:00p NFL Football – Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
07:00p Disney’s Wonderful World – “The $1,000,000 Duck”
08:00p Movie “Gray Lady Down” 1978
10:00p Prime Time Sunday (host: Tom Snyder – focus on the Papal visit)
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “Villa Rides” 1968
01:30a Week Starts Here

12 – WPRI Providence (ABC)
06:00a Front and Center
06:45a Nuevos Horizontes
07:00a Allamaze – children
07:30a Jimmy Swaggart – religion
08:00a Soul Village – music
08:30a Day of Discovery
09:00a Oral Roberts
09:30a To Be Equal
10:00a Robert Schuller
11:00a Face the News
11:30a World Tomorrow
12:00p Area 12
12:30p College Football ‘79
01:00p Front and Center
01:45p Nuevos Horizontes
02:00p World of Survival
02:30p This is the World Series
03:30p Movie “Harry in Your Pocket” 1973
05:30p News
06:00p ABC News – Sam Donaldson
06:30p Newsmakers
07:00p Out of the Blue
07:30p A New Kind of Family
08:00p Mork and Mindy
08:30p The Associates
09:00p Movie “Vampire” 1979 TV
11:00p News
11:30p Benny Hill
12:00a Emergency One!
01:00a Issues and Answers

25 – WXNE Boston (Ind)
08:00a Jimmy Swaggart – religion
09:00a Ever Increasing Faith
10:00a Wake Up America – religion
10:30a It’s Your Life (host: Tom O’Connell – discussion on day care services)
11:00a Watchworks (host: Paul Fitzgerald – architectural problems facing the handicapped and elderly)
11:30a America’s Problems and Challenges
12:00p Focus on the Family
12:30p Deaf Hear – religion
01:00p Backyard
01:30p Puppet Tree Gang – children
04:00p 700 Club
06:00p Ross Bagley – religion
07:30p 700 Club
09:00p Jerry Falwell – religion
10:00p The King Is Coming – religion
10:30p Jesus Festival
11:00p It’s Your Life (repeat from 10:30a)
11:30p Watchworks (repeat from 11a)

27 – WSMW Worcester (Ind)
07:00a Jimmy Swaggart – religion
08:00a Day of Discovery – religion
08:30a Jerry Falwell – religion
09:30a American Religious Town Hall
10:00a It is Written – religion
10:30a Leroy Jenkins – religion
11:00a Rex Humbard – religion
12:00p Bowling
01:00p Polka Varieties
02:00p Movie “Every Man a King” 1970
04:00p Crimes of Passion
05:00p Norm Crosby’s The Comedy Shop
05:30p Last of the Wild
06:00p Wild Kingdom
06:30p Bowling
07:30p Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (music by David Bowie, Carly Simon, and Nick Gilder; comedy by Nancy Parker)
09:00p Jacobs Brothers Quartette
11:30p Dog Racing from Plainfield, MA
11:45p David Susskind (topic: bisexuality)

36 – WSBE Providence (PBS)
10:00a Sesame Street
11:00a Mister Rogers
11:30a The Electric Company
12:00p Studio See – children
12:30p Big Blue Marble
01:00p Washington Week in Review
01:30p Wall Street Week
02:00p Great Performances (David Mamet’s “A Life in the Theater”)
03:30p Mark Russell
04:00p Evening at Symphony – Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and Tartini’s Trumpet Concerto in D
05:00p Crockett’s Victory Garden
05:30p Old Houseworks
06:00p The Long Search
07:00p Nuclear Issue
08:00p Connections
09:00p Masterpiece Theater “Love for Lydia” part 3
10:00p The Two Ronnies – comedy
10:30p The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin – comedy
11:00p Mark Russell
11:30p Sitcom – documentary (about Garry Marshall and his shows “Happy Days”, “Laverne and Shirley” and “Mork and Mindy”)

38 – WSBK Boston (Ind)
07:30a Wheeelie – cartoon
08:00a Devlin – cartoon
08:30a Johnny Quest – cartoon
09:00a Popeye
09:30a Top Cat
10:00a The Jetsons
10:30a Movie “Keep ‘Em Flying” 1941
12:00p Movie “The Caine Mutiny” 1954
02:30p Movie “Ruby Gentry” 1952
04:00p Movie “Carousel” 1956
06:30p That’s Hollywood
08:00p Gunsmoke
09:00p Maverick
10:00p Ask The Manager
10:30p Drum (Black News)
11:00p Public Affairs Special
11:30p It’s Your Business
12:00a Athletes – profile
12:15a Listen
12:30p Mass. Council of Rabbis

44 – WGBX Boston (PBS)
05:00p Life Around Us
05:30p Wall Street Week
06:00p The Long Search
07:00p Austin City Limits
08:00p Masterpiece Theater “Love for Lydia” part 2
09:00p Movie “Tales of Hoffman” 1951

53 – WEDN Norwich CT (PBS)
09:30a The Electric Company
10:00a Studio See – children
10:30a Zoom
11:00a Mister Rogers
11:30a The Electric Company
12:00p Pro Soccer
01:00p To Be Announced
02:00p To Be Announced
03:30p Mark Russell
04:00p Evening at Symphony – Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and Tartini’s Trumpet Concerto in D
05:00p Firing Line (Gen. William C. Westmoreland discusses defense spending and SALT II)
06:00p TV Community College
07:00p Sesame Street
08:00p Connections
09:00p Masterpiece Theater “Love for Lydia” part 3
10:00p Ascent of Man

56 – WLVI Boston (Ind)
07:30a Day of Discovery
08:00a Rex Humbard – religion
09:00a Big Blue Marble
09:30a Tom and Jerry
10:00a Woody Woodpecker
10:30a The Flintstones
11:00a Gilligan’s Island
11:30a The Brady Bunch
12:00p Movie “My Six Loves” 1963
02:00p Movie “What a Way To Go!” 1964
04:00p Movie “The Great Waldo Pepper” 1975
06:00p Space 1999
07:00p Star Trek
08:00p Movie “High Sierra” 1940
10:00p Joe Oteri – interview (guests: Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda; Rhea Zakish, creator of a non-competitive communications game)
11:30p Point of View (guest: William Loeb, publisher of the Manchester Union Leader)
12:00a People Power – discussion
12:30a Notre Dame Football (taped replay of Georgia Tech at Notre Dame)

68 – WQTV Boston (Ind)
07:00a Movie – To Be Announced
08:30a Jerry Falwell – religion
09:30a State House Forum
10:00a Greek Show – variety
11:00a Italian Show – Romanagoli
12:00p Wrestling
01:00p This is the NFL
Starcase subscription TV runs the remainder of the day
 
Noone in the New England region carried CBS News Sunday Morning? Surprised. Also I swore that WFSB never ran CBS Sunday Morning Cartoon reruns (CBS offered an hour of cartoons Sunday Mornings until 1982 for their O & O stations and any affiliate that wanted them - These cartoons were reruns of shows CBS had on Satruday mornings previous seasons that had been canceled) I also thought 7 WNAC ran that hour of shows. Also, WMUR I believe ran Kids Are People Too and Animals Animals Animals Saturday Mornings 6 to 8 AM. WMUR had an agreement to carry every ABC show as a condition for affiliation. This changed in 1989 after which WMUR preempted an occasional show. They did carry ABC sunday morning shows out of pattern to make room for the religious shows they made a ton of money on Sundays.

YES WXNE was All Religious on Sunday Mornings, like its then three sister stations. CBN stations were non commercial Sundays the entire day until the fall of 1980. Sister station WYAH 27 Virginia Beach (now CW 27 WGNT) went from running all Christian Programming on Sundays to running secualr shows fro 1030 AM to 3 PM initially and till 6 PM by the Spring of 1981. WXNE I believe was similar with this. During the Week all CBN stations were secular about 15 hours a day and Christian about 6 hours a day. WXNE was an also ran back in 1979 while WYAH, WANX Atlanta, and KXTX Dallas were far stronger (WYAH was the sole independent in VA Beach till 1979, while WANX (now CBS 46 WGCL) and KXTX were one of 2 indies). WXNE though had 2 very agressive competitors. WXNE slowly got stronger and by the Fall of 1986 when the station was put up for sale. WXNE had a decent schedule - but still behind WSBK and WLVI. Still when Fox bought that station it took about 5 years for the station to become in league with competition. Fox's immediate changes in 1987 did very little for WXNE becoming WFXT (and Fox agressively reimanged the station but every show till about 1988 was a holdover from the CBN days).
 
I STAND CORRECTED - WFSB was running CBS News Sunday Morning as well. So there was one station in the market running that.
 
As did WTEV. I'm not sure why WNAC didn't. They did preempt CBS morning news during the week towards the end of their time as a CBS affiliate (1993-94) - by then they were WHDH and owned by Sunbeam.
 
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