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Retro: Eastern Virginia Sat., Nov. 12, 1977

From TV Guide, Eastern Virginia Edition:

WTAR (WTKR) Ch. 3 Norfolk (CBS)

6:30 Better Way...
7 AM Petticoat Junction
7:30 Kidsworld
8 AM What's New, Mr. Magoo?
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Skatebirds
10:30 Oyster Bowl Parade (pre-empts "Space Academy" and the first half of the "Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour")
11:30 Batman/Tarzan (joined in progress)
12 N Secrets Of Isis
12:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
1 PM Wacko (guests: Ted Ziegler and rock group the Hotcakes)
1:30 CBS Children's Film Festival ("Friend Or Foe," from England)
2 PM Wild Wild World Of Animals
2:30 Movie: "Last Train From Gun Hill"
4 PM NFL Game Of The Week
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular: Dixie 500 (NASCAR race from Atlanta), Pendleton (OR) Rodeo Championships, World's Strongest Man
Competition, Part VI
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
7 PM Hee Haw (Dennis Weaver, Eddie Rabbitt)
8 PM Mary Tyler Moore (reruns, pre-empts Bob Newhart)
8:30 We've Got Each Other
9 PM The Jeffersons
9:30 Tony Randall
10 PM Carol Burnett
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Girls! Girls! Girls!" (Elvis Presley, from '62)
1:30 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (Debby Boone, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Styx, Jim Stafford, Jimmie Walker)

WHSV Ch. 3 Harrisonburg (NBC/ABC)

7 AM Light Unto My Path
7:30 Jabberjaw (ABC, delay from Sun 10:30 AM)
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
11 AM Krofft Supershow
12 N ABC Weekend Special: "Trouble River" (Part 1, about a teenager in the early days of the Pacific Northwest who rafts his grandmother downriver to avoid renegades)
12:30 American Bandstand (Brenton Wood, Dorothy Moore, Gary Muledeer)
1:30 College Football Pregame Show
1:45 College Football: Colorado-Oklahoma
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (U.S. vs. Cuba in amateur boxing from Houston; Teofilo Stevenson, two-time Olympic heavyweight champ from Cuba, is profiled but is not on the card, time approximate)
6:30 Good News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Tabitha
8:30 ABC Movie: "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid"
11 PM James Robison Presents
11:30 700 Club
12:30 Dateline: Religion

WTVR Ch. 6 Richmond (CBS)

6 AM Sunrise Semester: "Man's Place In Nature"
6:30 Cavalcade
7 AM Ghost Busters (delay from Sun 9 AM)
7:30 Ark II (delay from Sun 9:30 AM)
8 AM What's New, Mr. Magoo?
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Skatebirds
10:30 Space Academy
11 AM Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour
12 N Secrets Of Isis
12:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
1 PM Lost In Space
2 PM TBA
3:30 Wrestling (from Raleigh)
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Bob Newhart
8:30 We've Got Each Other
9 PM The Jeffersons
9:30 Tony Randall
10 PM Carol Burnett
11 PM News
11:30 Star Trek
12:30 Gunsmoke

WXEX (WRIC) Ch. 8 Petersburg-Richmond (ABC)

7 AM RFD #8
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
11 AM Krofft Supershow
12 N ABC Weekend Special
12:30 Soul Train
1:30 College Football Pregame Show
1:45 College Football (Colorado-Oklahoma)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (time approximate)
6:30 News
7 PM Lawrence Welk
8 PM Tabitha
8:30 ABC Movie: "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Wild Bunch"

WAVY Ch. 10 Norfolk (NBC)

5:50 News
6 AM The Lucy Show
6:30 Batman
7 AM Batman
7:30 Pink Panther
8 AM C.B. Bears
9 AM Space Sentinels
9:30 Archie/Sabrina
10:30 I Am The Greatest: The Adventures Of Muhammad Ali
11 AM Thunder
11:30 Search And Rescue
12 N Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
12:30 Red Hand Gang
1 PM Cliffwood Avenue Kids
1:30 New Mickey Mouse Club
2 PM Soul Train (Lou Rawls, the Ritchie Family)
3 PM Black Forum
3:30 New Mickey Mouse Club
4 PM Basketball: Cuban national team vs. defending NCAA champ Marquette, from Milwaukee
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 Wrestling (from Raleigh)
7:30 Inside Area 10
8 PM Bionic Woman
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Godfather" (Part 1 of 4--the four-night telecast includes "Godfather II")
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live (host Ray Charles with the Raylettes and members of his '60s band; comedian Franklin Ajaye)
1 AM Movie: "The Beast With Five Fingers"
3 AM News
3:10 For You...Black Woman
3:40 Movie: "Giant From The Unknown"
4:50 The Lucy Show

WWBT Ch. 12 Richmond (NBC)

7 AM Whistle Stop
7:30 Courtship Of Eddie's Father
8 AM Batman
8:30 Our Gang
9 AM Little Rascals
9:30 Who, What, Wherehouse
10 AM Cliffwood Avenue Kids
10:30 I Am The Greatest: The Adventures Of Muhammad Ali
11 AM Thunder
11:30 Search And Rescue
12 N Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
12:30 Changing Focus (Virginia Commonwealth basketball coach Dana Kirk (personal note: his brother was my barber when I lived in Tampa); Barry McKane, general manager of Richmond's first black radio station)
1 PM Lone Ranger
1:30 Sha Na Na
2 PM Movie: "Reunion In France"
4 PM Basketball (see Ch. 10)
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 NBC News (anchor not given but appears to have been Catherine Mackin)
7 PM Emergency One!
8 PM Bionic Woman
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Godfather" (Part 1 of 4)
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live

WVEC Ch. 13 Norfolk (ABC)

6:30 Comedy Time
7:30 Hot Fudge
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
11 AM Krofft Supershow
12 N ABC Weekend Special
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 College Football Pregame Show
1:45 College Football: Colorado-Oklahoma
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (time approximate)
6:30 Focus (a Ku Klux Klan rally and crossburning; the City of Hampton's Traffic Court)
7 PM Lawrence Welk (Latin-flavored songs)
8 PM Tabitha
8:30 ABC Movie: "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid"
11 PM ABC News (Tom Jarriel/Sylvia Chase)
11:15 News
11:30 Movie: "Hustling"
1 AM Conversation
1:30 News/Alcoholics Anonymous

WHRO Ch. 15 Norfolk (PBS)

8 AM Antiques
8:30 Consumer Survival Kit
9 AM Crockett's Victory Garden
9:30 French Chef
10 AM I, Claudius (Part 1 of 13)
11 AM Forsyte Saga
12 N Camera Three (pre-empted on WTAR/WTKR, delay from Sun 11 AM)
12:30 off the air
5 PM The Best Of Families
6 PM The Age Of Uncertainty (the economic impact of the arms race)
7 PM Nova ("The Tongues Of Men" explores the multiplicity of languages)
8 PM The Advocates (Reps. Morris Udall (D-AZ) and Robert Krueger (D-TX) debate the question, "Should We Support President Carter's Energy Program?")
9 PM Pro Soccer
10 PM College Football: Hampden-Sydney vs. Randolph Macon, taped earlier today in Ashland, VA
sign off 12:30 AM

WCVE Ch. 23 Richmond (PBS)

7:30 P.S. 23
8 AM Wild Wild World Of Animals
8:30 Tour en L'Air/Ballet Adagio
9:30 VTR (first of three shows with Eliot Noyes; today: his Oscar-nominated "Clay")
10 AM Lilias, Yoga And You
10:30 Crafty Creations
11 AM Parent Effectiveness
11:30 Belly Dancing For Fun And Health
12 N French Chef
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
1 PM Sesame Street
2 PM Electric Company
2:30 Sesame Street
3:30 Electric Company
4 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
4:30 The Commanders (biographies of WWII military leaders)
5:30 Best Of Ernie Kovacs
6 PM Images Of Aging
7 PM Once Upon A Classic ("Robin Hood," part 6)
7:30 Music (how to perceive the form of a composition)
8 PM The Best Of Families (Part 3)
9 PM War And Peace
10 PM College Football (see Ch. 15)
sign off 12:30 AM

WYAH (WGNT) Ch. 27 Portsmouth (Ind.)

7 AM Jetsons
7:30 Huck 'n Yogi
8 AM Popeye 'n Bugs Bunny
9 AM Jonny Quest
9:30 Brady Kids
10 AM Superman
10:30 Tarzan
11:30 Lone Ranger
12 N Movie: "Seven Thieves"
2 PM Laredo
3 PM High Chaparral
4 PM Big Valley
5 PM Bonanza
6 PM Movie: "The Rains Of Ranchipur"
8 PM Holiday In Melodyland
8:30 Rex Humbard
9:30 The Lesson
10 PM Oral Roberts
10:30 George & Diane Ivey
11 PM Rifleman
11:30 Journey To Adventure
sign off 12 M

WVIR Ch. 29 Charlottesville (NBC)

8 AM Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine
9 AM Big Blue Marble
9:30 Animal World
10 AM Wild Kingdom
10:30 I Am The Greatest: The Adventures Of Muhammad Ali
11 AM Thunder
11:30 Search And Rescue
12 N Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
12:30 R.F.D. Hollywood
1 PM Wrestling (not sure where from, probably from Raleigh)
2 PM Movie: "Mirage"
4 PM Basketball (see Ch. 10)
6 PM Movie: "Perilous Voyage" (William Shatner is in this one from '69, time approximate)
8 PM Bionic Woman
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Godfather" (Part 1 of 4)
11 PM Sha Na Na (guest: Teresa Brewer)
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Circuit Rider

WVPT Ch. 51 Harrisonburg (PBS)

8 AM Sesame Street
9 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9:30 Electric Company
10 AM Once Upon A Classic (same as Ch. 23)
10:30 Daniel Foster, M.D.
11 AM Consultation (medical advice)
11:30 Consumer Survival Kit
12 N Better Way...
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
1 PM Hodgepodge Lodge
1:30 Flower Show
2 PM Word On Words
2:30 Guppies To Groupers
3 PM By-Line!
3:30 Opa! (no idea what this is)
4 PM Garden Show
4:30 Cinema Showcase
5 PM The Best Of Families
6 PM Images Of Aging
7 PM Black Perspective On The News
7:30 Music
8 PM Forsyte Saga (Part 1)
9 PM Men Of Bronze (stories of black veterans of World War I, their exploits and the prejudices they encountered)
10 PM Movie: "Barrier" (a Polish-made movie about a med student searching for a meaningful life, from '66)
sign off 11:25 PM
 
Hey bpatrick! Have you got any TV listings from local TV guides from Eastern Virginia from the late 90s? If so, just let me know, and I'd love to see some posted!
The time range is 1995-99.

Here are the listings...

3 - WHSV Harrisonburg (ABC)
3N - WTKR Norfolk (CBS)
6 - WTVR Richmond (CBS)
8 - WRIC Petersburg (NBC)
10 - WAVY Norfolk (NBC)
12 - WWBT Richmond (NBC)
13 - WVEC Hampton (ABC)
15 - WHRO Norfolk (PBS)
23 - WCVE Richmond (PBS)
27 - WGNT Portsmouth (UPN)
29 - WVIR Charlottesville (NBC)
33 - WTVZ Norfolk (Fox, switched to the WB in 1998)
35 - WRLH Richmond (Fox)
41 - WHTJ Charlottesville (PBS)
42 - WVPY Front Royal (PBS)
43 - WVBT Virginia Beach (WB, switched to Fox in 1998)
49 - WJCB Norfolk (Ind, became Pax affiliate and changed call letters to WPXV in 1998)
51 - WVPT Staunton (PBS)
57 - WCVW Richmond (PBS)
65 - WAWB Ashland (WB, switched to UPN and changed call letters to WUPV in 1997)
 
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