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Retro: Eugene, OR with some cable channels, September 13, 1988

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crainbebo

Source: Eugene-Register Guard

Channels listed
2 KTVU San Francisco (Fox, superstation at the time)
2 HBO
4 KOZY-TV Eugene (Cable only Independent)
5 ESPN
6 CHEK Victoria (CTV)
7 KOAC Corvalis, OR (PBS)
9 KEZI Eugene (ABC)
12 KPTV Portland, OR (Independent)
13 KVAL Eugene (CBS)
16 KMTR Eugene (NBC)
17 WTBS Atlanta
17 CBN Cable
27 USA Network

Listings start at 5PM and end at midnight

5PM
2 Double Dare
2 Supermom (4:30)
4 Pro Basketball: Great Blazers
5 Surfer Magazine
6 16 Family Ties
7 Square One Television
9 People's Court
12 Little House on The Prairie
13 M*A*S*H
17 Movie: The Philladephila Story
17 Movie: The Story of Will Rogers
27 Dance Party
13 News
16 News

5:30
2 Silver Spoons
2 Movie: Mr. Mom
5 Classic (???)
6 News
7 3-2-1 Contact
9 News

6PM
2 Three's Company
4 Games
5 Summer (???)
6 News
7 World of Ideas
12 Family Ties
27 Cartoon Express

6:30
2 The Jeffersons
5 Men's Pro Volleyball
7 Nightly Business Report
9 ABC News
12 Benson
13 CBS News
16 NBC News

7PM
2 Baseball: Giants at Padres
2 America Undercover: Live From London
4 High School Football: Sheldon vs. North Eugene
6 Last Frontier
7 Macneil/Lehrer NewsHour
9 USA Today Television
12 Cheers
13 Wheel of Fortune
16 Family Ties
17 The 700 Club
27 Airwolf

7:30
5 Water Skiing
6 Gimme a Break!!
9 Newhart
12 Newlywed Game
13 Jeopardy!
16 Cheers
17 Baseball: Braves at Dodgers

8PM
6 Bob Hope: News Network
7 Nova
9 Who's The Boss?
12 Movie: The Pink Panther Strikes Again
13 Roger Rabbit and Secrets of Toontown
16 Matlock
17 Remington Steele
27 Tales of The Gold Monkey

8:30
5 SportsCenter
9 Full House

9PM
2 Movie: A Fine Mess
4 Movie: The Last Time I Saw Paris
5 In PGA Tour (???)
6 13 Movie: Mistress
7 Front Street Weekly
9 The Barbara Walters Special
16 In The Heat of The Night
17 Paper Chase
27 WWF Prime Time

9:30
5 Running
7 This Old House
17 Second Year

10PM
2 News
5 Scholastic (???)
7 POV
9 The Koppel Report
12 News
16 The Hard Rock
17 Hardcastle and McCormick
17 Straight Talk
27 Wrestling

10:30
2 Movie: The Pick-Up Artist
5 Lighter Side of Sports (with Jay Johnstone)

11PM
2 Magnum P.I.
4 Learning Japanese
5 SportsLook
6 CTV News
7 Mystery!
9 13 16 News
12 Twlight Zone
17 Movie: Cape Fear
17 The 700 Club
27 Alfred Hitchcock

11:30
4 Black Clouds
5 SportsCenter
6 News
12 Barney Miller
27 Riptide

11:35
9 Koppel Report Continued
13 Taxi
16 Best of Johnny Carson


-crainbebo
 
Interesting that Eugene carried the SF indie (Ch. 2) and a Canadian channel. When I lived in the market 10 years later, both were long gone. As was KPTV out of Portland. There was a certain period in the 80's where imported stations were the norm in Oregon. (I remember watching all the SF network stations in Medford in the early 80's). But it soon disappeared. I suppose the local stations started to raise a stink.
 
Whoever wrote those listings in that 'one word' sure made ESPN's program titles as obtuse as possible! ::) Newspaper listings shortening titles has always bugged me.
The 'In PGA Tour' program was 'This Week In The PGA Tour', a weekly magazine/wrapup of the the previous and preview of the next tournament, that aired til just a few years ago, when the PGA Tour moved most of its cable coverage to the Golf Channel.
No idea what "Classic" and "Summer" were.
 
searadiofreak said:
Interesting that Eugene carried the SF indie (Ch. 2) and a Canadian channel. When I lived in the market 10 years later, both were long gone. As was KPTV out of Portland. There was a certain period in the 80's where imported stations were the norm in Oregon. (I remember watching all the SF network stations in Medford in the early 80's). But it soon disappeared. I suppose the local stations started to raise a stink.
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I was living in Michigan at that time, and likewise my cable would carry a wide array of over-the-air signals from Michigan, Ohio and Canada (I recall having as many as five CBS affiliates at one time). With a good antenna and tall mast, you could easily pull in over-the-air signals from 100+ miles, which all of the cable operators apparently did. Then they passed Syndex and they were all forced to start blocking programs and chopping lineups. (in some cases this led to nasty turf-battles between adjoining local stations over territory, such as WXYZ-7 in Detroit and WJRT-12 in Flint, both ABC affiliates)
 
crainbebo said:
Listings start at 5PM and end at midnight

5PM
2 Double Dare
2 Supermom (4:30)
4 Pro Basketball: Great Blazers
5 Surfer Magazine
6 16 Family Ties
7 Square One Television
9 People's Court
12 Little House on The Prairie
13 M*A*S*H
17 Movie: The Philladephila Story
17 Movie: The Story of Will Rogers
27 Dance Party
13 News
16 News

5:30
2 Silver Spoons
2 Movie: Mr. Mom
5 Classic (???)
6 News
7 3-2-1 Contact
9 News
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I thought you had left off listings for 13 and 16 at 6 PM when I realized you put their 5:30 shows after the 5 PM shows... hey, it happens... Thanks for sharing! This one was quite interesting, if only for just seven hours!
 
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