Retro: Eastern North Carolina Monday, September 15, 1980

[bpatrick]

From TV Guide, Eastern North Carolina Edition:

WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro (CBS)

6 AM Good Morning Show
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM One Day At A Time
9:30 The Jeffersons
10 AM Andy Griffith
10:30 Alice
11 AM Price Is Right
12 N Mary Tyler Moore
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
2 PM As The World Turns
3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM Munsters
4:30 What's Happening!!
5 PM Baretta
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Face The Music (Name That Tune wannabe,
hosted by TV's Tarzan, Ron Ely, who also
hosted that year's Miss America Pageant)
7:30 PM Magazine
8 PM CBS Movie: "Foul Play"
10:30 M*A*S*H (special time tonight)
11 PM News
11:30 Quincy
12:40 The Saint

NPT UNC-TV was then called North Carolina Public
Television. Stations listed: WUND/2 Edenton; WUNC/4
Chapel Hill; WUNK/25 Greenville; WUNL/26 Winston-Salem;
WUNJ/39 Wilmington

7:45 A.M. Weather
8:05 By-Line (interview)
don't know if there's an in-school program
buried in here
9 AM Sesame Street
10 AM In-school programming
3 PM Hatha Yoga
3:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM 3-2-1 Contact
5:30 Over Easy
6 PM Dick Cavett
6:30 Making It Count
7 PM MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30 North Carolina People
8 PM Joan Robinson: One Woman's
Story (documentary about her battle
with ovarian cancer)
10:30 Joan Robinson Epilogue: Five Years
Later
sign off 11 PM

WWAY Ch. 3 Wilmington (ABC)

6 AM PTL Club
7 AM Good Morning America (David Hartman)
9 AM PTL Club continues
10 AM Real McCoys
10:30 Family Feud
11 AM Love Boat
12 N News
12:15 Mid-Day
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Edge Of Night
4:30 Popeye And Friends
5 PM Happy Days Again
5:30 Good Times
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News (Frank Reynolds/Peter
Jennings/Max Robinson)
7 PM Newlywed Game
7:30 Sanford And Son
8 PM That's Incredible!
9 PM NFL Football: Oilers-Browns
12 M News (time approximate)
12:30 Nightline (Ted Koppel)
12:50 TBA
1:50 News

WRAL Ch. 5 Raleigh (ABC)

6:30 Country Morning: Farm News
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM Hour Magazine
10 AM Time For Uncle Paul (the Triangle's
greatest kids' show)
10:30 Edge Of Night
11 AM Love Boat
12 N News
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Tom & Jerry And Friends
4:30 Happy Days Again
5 PM Good Times
5:30 Andy Griffith
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News
7 PM Sanford And Son
7:30 PM Magazine
8 PM That's Incredible!
9 PM NFL Football: Oilers-Browns
12 M News (time approximate)
12:30 Nightline
12:50 Rat Patrol

WTTG Ch. 5 Washington, DC (Ind.)

6 AM Panorama
7 AM Tom And Jerry
7:30 Porky Pig
8 AM Flintstones
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Popeye
9 AM I Love Lucy
9:30 Make Room For Daddy
10 AM Leave It To Beaver
10:30 My Three Sons
11 AM Chico And The Man
11:30 Love, American Style
11:55 News
12 N Panorama
1 PM Medical Center
2 PM Ghost And Mrs. Muir
2:30 New Zoo Revue
3 PM Fred Flintstone And Friends
3:30 Tom And Jerry
4 PM Flintstones
4:30 Superman (George Reeves)
5 PM Brady Bunch
5:30 I Love Lucy
6 PM Andy Griffith
6:30 Happy Days Again
7 PM Welcome Back, Kotter
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Starsky & Hutch
9 PM Merv Griffin
10 PM News
11 PM M*A*S*H
11:30 Odd Couple
12 M Perry Mason
1 AM Then Came Bronson
2 AM Private Secretary (Ann Sothern)

WECT Ch. 6 Wilmington (NBC)

6 AM Carolina In The Morning
7 AM Today (Tom Brokaw)
9 AM Donahue
10 AM David Letterman
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune (soap stars appear
this week, starting with Josh Taylor of
"Days Of Our Lives")
11:30 Password Plus
12 N Carolina At Noon
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Texas
4 PM All In The Family
4:30 I Love Lucy
5 PM Andy Griffith
5:30 Carol Burnett And Friends
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News (John Chancellor)
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 Hollywood Squares
8 PM Shogun (Part 1 of 5)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show (this repeat is the last
90-minute show; tomorrow it's cut
to an hour)
1 AM Tomorrow (will expand to 90 minutes
starting at 12:30 tomorrow night)

WITN Ch. 7 Washington, NC (NBC)

5:30 Doris Day
6 AM Almanac
7 AM Today
9 AM Dinah! & Friends
10 AM David Letterman
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Password Plus
12 N News
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Texas
4 PM Munsters
4:30 Leave It To Beaver
5 PM Hogan's Heroes
5:30 Bullseye (Barry & Enright game that
looks a lot like Joker's Wild and Tic
Tac Dough, host Jim Lange)
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 Tic Tac Dough
8 PM Shogun (Part 1 of 5)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Tomorrow
2 AM News

WGHP Ch. 8 High Point (ABC)

6 AM Good Morning Piedmont
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM John Davidson
10:30 Doris Day
11 AM Love Boat
12 N Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Bugs Bunny
4:30 Sha Na Na
5 PM Good Times
5:30 M*A*S*H
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News
7 PM Joker's Wild
7:30 Tic Tac Dough
8 PM That's Incredible!
9 PM NFL Football: Oilers-Browns
12 M News (time approximate)
12:30 Nightline
12:50 The Rookies
1:50 News

WNCT Ch. 9 Greenville, NC (CBS)

5 AM PTL Club
6 AM Carolina Today
8 AM Morning With Bob Schieffer
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Jeffersons
10:30 Alice
11 AM Price Is Right
12 N News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
2 PM As The World Turns
3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM Happy Days Again
4:30 Gunsmoke
5:30 M*A*S*H
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Joker's Wild
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM CBS Movie: "Foul Play"
10:30 M*A*S*H
11 PM News
11:30 Quincy
12:40 The Saint

WTVD Ch. 11 Durham (CBS)

6:30 Summer Semester: "Reading For
Parent And Child"
7 AM Morning With Bob Schieffer
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Donahue
10 AM Jeffersons
10:30 Alice
11 AM Price Is Right
12 N News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
2 PM As The World Turns
3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM One Day At A Time
4:30 John Davidson
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Family Feud
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM CBS Movie: "Foul Play"
10:30 M*A*S*H
11 PM News
11:30 Mary Tyler Moore
12 M Rockford Files

WCTI Ch. 12 New Bern (ABC)

6 AM Morning Magazine
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM Donahue
10 AM John Davidson
11 AM Love Boat
12 N Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM TV POWWW Hour
5 PM Andy Griffith
5:30 Good Times
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News
7 PM Sanford And Son
7:30 PM Magazine
8 PM That's Incredible!
9 PM NFL Football: Oilers-Browns
12 M News (time approximate)
12:30 Nightline
12:50 College Football '80
1:20 News

WXII Ch. 12 Winston-Salem (NBC)

5:30 700 Club
6:30 News
7 AM Today
9 AM Donahue
10 AM Hour Magazine
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 The Doctors
12 N News
12:30 12:30 (that's the name of the show)
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Texas
4 PM All In The Family
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5 PM Brady Bunch
5:30 Happy Days Again
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Family Feud
7:30 Bullseye
8 PM Shogun (Part 1 of 5)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Tomorrow

WBTW Ch. 13 Florence, SC (CBS/ABC)

6:30 Arthur Smith
7 AM Good Morning Jesus
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Morning With Bob Schieffer
10 AM Jeffersons
10:30 Alice
11 AM Price Is Right
12 N The Lucy Show
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
2 PM As The World Turns
3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM One Day At A Time
4:30 The Virginian
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Tic Tac Dough
7:30 Clemson Football
8 PM CBS Movie: "Foul Play"
10:30 M*A*S*H
11 PM News
11:30 Quincy
12:40 The Saint

WTBS (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)

6:05 World At Large
6:30 Family Affair
7 AM Funtime
8 AM I Love Lucy
8:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
9 AM Hazel
9:30 Green Acres
10 AM Movie: "The Steel Claw"
12 N Freeman Reports
1 PM Movie: "The Good Die Young"
2:50 Funtime
3:30 Space Giants
4 PM Flintstones
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5 PM My Three Sons
5:30 Beverly Hillbillies
6 PM Carol Burnett And Friends
6:30 Bob Newhart
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 Sanford And Son
8 PM Movie: "Smash-Up"
10:10 News
11:10 Night Gallery
11:40 Movie: "The Big Sky"
2:10 Movie: "Alexander Hamilton"
3:45 Movie: "Black Legion"
5:30 Love, American Style

WPTF (WRDC) Ch. 28 Durham (NBC)

5:30 700 Club
6:30 Hap Hansen Today
7 AM Today
9 AM Another World
10 AM David Letterman
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Password Plus
12 N Card Sharks (game-show hosts Jack
Clark, Tom Kennedy, Jim Lange, and
Alex Trebek play this week)
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM New Zoo Revue
2:30 Popeye/Woody Woodpecker
3:30 Scooby Doo
4 PM Wonder Woman
5 PM Starsky & Hutch
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Carol Burnett And Friends
7:30 What's Happening!!
8 PM Shogun (Part 1 of 5)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Tomorrow

 

[RegularJoeRG]

I know this is only a portion of one state, but in a way I can see why Card Sharks only lasted so long on NBC. The reason seems to be poor affiliate clearance! Only one out of four NBC stations listed carried it at this point in 1980.

 

[bpatrick]

Chalk it up to being aired at noon (ET), when many East
Coast affiliates were into their noon newscasts. I was living
in Greenville, SC, at the time; it was the only NBC daytime
show pre-empted in that market. Likewise, WXIA Atlanta,
which had just become an NBC affiliate, pre-empted it--the
only NBC daytime show pre-empted there (although "Wheel
Of Fortune" and "Password Plus" aired on delay because 11
Alive carried "Hour Magazine" at 11 AM).

 

[DToTheJ]

But wasn't a Channel 14 or Channel 69 in Atlanta around that time to carry unwanted network daytime programming such as that?

 

[harrisburgpatv]

Chalk it up to being aired at noon (ET), when many East
Coast affiliates were into their noon newscasts. I was living
in Greenville, SC, at the time; it was the only NBC daytime
show pre-empted in that market. Likewise, WXIA Atlanta,
which had just become an NBC affiliate, pre-empted it--the
only NBC daytime show pre-empted there (although "Wheel
Of Fortune" and "Password Plus" aired on delay because 11
Alive carried "Hour Magazine" at 11 AM).

When "The Doctors" moved from 2pm to 12:30 on August 4, 1980, that spelled the end of WGAL-8 in Lancaster carrying anything NBC offered at noon - their "noonday on 8" show moved from 12:30 to noon to make room. From this point on, the rest of CS, P+, sitcom reruns, Just Men!, Go!, Hot Potato, Super Password......never seen in the HLLY market.

 

[mleach]

For some reason the "search" function has stopped working for me on this site so forgive me for asking a "repeat question" but these North Carolina listings...why weren't the Virginia stations like Hampton Roads, Roanoke or even Richmond included? Not sure how far "south' Hampton Roads' stations went into NC or even SC ( if they even did ) but my brother some years back had told me that the signals of Richmond's WTVR, WXEX and WWBT..its possible to get them in Raleigh...may not be perfect but they are watchable, of course its been YEARS since I had been to Raleigh so I can't say for sure. But the fact that no Virginia station was listed...wonder why?

Politics? "Bad Blood" between the stations such as the one that had existed for a time between WNCT and WTKR over cable coverage?

Also wasn't there an attempt at one time by the Raleigh-Durham stations to take the Nags Head area out of the Hampton Roads TV market?

 

[bpatrick]

But wasn't a Channel 14 or Channel 69 in Atlanta around that time to carry unwanted network daytime programming such as that?

Channel 69 didn't sign on until 1981. Channel 36 did take some network programs Chs. 2 (ABC), 5 (CBS), and 11
(NBC) didn't clear, but IIRC Card Sharks wasn't one of them.

 

[bpatrick]

For some reason the "search" function has stopped working for me on this site so forgive me for asking a "repeat question" but these North Carolina listings...why weren't the Virginia stations like Hampton Roads, Roanoke or even Richmond included? Not sure how far "south' Hampton Roads' stations went into NC or even SC ( if they even did ) but my brother some years back had told me that the signals of Richmond's WTVR, WXEX and WWBT..its possible to get them in Raleigh...may not be perfect but they are watchable, of course its been YEARS since I had been to Raleigh so I can't say for sure. But the fact that no Virginia station was listed...wonder why?

Politics? "Bad Blood" between the stations such as the one that had existed for a time between WNCT and WTKR over cable coverage?

Also wasn't there an attempt at one time by the Raleigh-Durham stations to take the Nags Head area out of the Hampton Roads TV market?

The Virginia stations had their own edition of TV Guide--Eastern Virginia (toward the end it was Virginia State, as
Roanoke and Lynchburg were merged into it). In the '50s there was a Virginia-Carolina edition that included all the
Virginia stations plus Johnson City, TN, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Raleigh, and Durham, but by the early '60s this had been split (as TV Guide often did) into North Carolina, Carolina-Tennessee, Eastern Virginia, and Central Virginia.

TV Guide, an employee once told me, had a rule that a station had to cover at least 15% of an edition's coverage area in order to be included in that edition. The Norfolk stations didn't penetrate much below Albemarle Sound; the counties above that body of water got Eastern Virginia; you were a rarity if you got Richmond stations in Raleigh, although I have picked up Ch. 8 in Garner before WGHP signed on. So that's basically why the Virginia stations were not in the Eastern North Carolina edition (for that matter, Wilmington wasn't in the South Carolina edition even though their stations covered Myrtle Beach).

I think I've heard that about Raleigh trying to take Nags Head away from Norfolk. Can't see it; I've never picked up Raleigh that far east. If Nags Head belonged to any other market it would be Greenville/New Bern/Washington, and even then the cable system would need to pick up WCTI. Unless things have changed, the last time I looked the cable system there had two CBS stations (WTKR and WNCT), two NBC (WITN and WAVY), but only one ABC (WVEC).

 

[mleach]

I think I've heard that about Raleigh trying to take Nags Head away from Norfolk. Can't see it; I've never picked up Raleigh that far east. If Nags Head belonged to any other market it would be Greenville/New Bern/Washington, and even then the cable system would need to pick up WCTI. Unless things have changed, the last time I looked the cable system there had two CBS stations (WTKR and WNCT), two NBC (WITN and WAVY), but only one ABC (WVEC).

Never got Raleigh TV myself when I was in Nags Head back in 2002 ( though I did get Raleigh's WRDU-FM on the oceanfront ) But I can't see the Nags Head/Outer Banks region ever becoming part of the Raleigh-Durham TV either...unless...in the extreme unlikely event that WRAL would take over WNCT, WTVD takes over WSKY channel 4 ( and keeps their signal out of Virginia ) and WNCN uses WITN as a translator or something. Of course it will never happen but interesting WAVY's Sports Director/Anchor Bruce Rader several years ago did raise some eyebrows over a similar plan with his "brainstorm" that the Washington DC stations "should take over all of the Virginia TV..except Tidewater". In Bruce's mind for example WRC-TV should be seen on Richmond's channel 12, likewise with Charlottesville's channel 29 and Roanoke's channel 10...the only thing "local" should be the commercials and thats it.no need for local TV news and the weather can be done by WRC's weather team ( Bob Ryan ). Sports? Washington all the way !! Why? Because Bruce Rader for some reason believed that Virginia has/had "a lot many emotional ties to Washington" and to him its good to let the "big guys" take over so therefor viewers in Roanoke if given a choice to either watch WDBJ or WUSA...they would pick WUSA. No I don't buy that either and I doubt the Virginia stations would even consider such a plan. Also it needs to be said the fact that Bruce Rader is from the DC area ( that explains it LOL )...anyway despite wacky Bruce, no surprise that there was a lot of folks in the DC area who believed this "plan" is a good one though I seriously doubt the viewers in the other parts of Virginia would share in Rader's "brainstorm". Be sort of like the Charlotte stations "taking over" Raleigh's. The Charlotte viewers of course wouldn't mind but I am sure the Raleigh viewers would rather get their ABC from WTVD and not WSOC.

 

[bpatrick]

People in Greensboro might be willing to take ABC
from WSOC rather than WXLV; some cable systems
in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point DMA
(especially on the southern end) do, in fact, carry
WSOC. But I agree that Raleigh/Durham viewers
would not give up WTVD. As for Roanoke, there's
only a snowball's chance you-know-where that viewers
would prefer CBS on WUSA than on WDBJ, given the
latter's following in that market; that's about like
substituting Atlanta's WGCL for WFMY in Greensboro.
I think Mr. Rader could have saved his breath because
most people are not going to give up their local news
for that of an out-of-market station. And, oh yes. Where
he does he get off thinking that Roanoke/Lynchburg and
the rest of southwestern Virginia have any emotional ties
to D.C.? The two regions are about as far apart politically
as it gets.