Retro: hartford/New Haven Television - Summer 1993 - Independents

[Markd]

Taken From July 10-16, 1993 New York TV Guide Edition (except for second WTXX Schedule)

61 WTIC TV (Fox)Renaissance
Saturday
5 AM SHEPHERD'S CHAPEL
6 AM SMALL WONDER
6:30 WIDGET
7 AM WIDGET
7:30 LIKELY STORY
8 AM DOG CITY
8:30 BOBBY'S WORLD
9 AM TOM & JERRY KIDS
9:30 TAZMANIA
10 AM TINY TOONS
10:30 EEK THE CAT
11 AM X MEN
11:30 SUPER DAVE
12 NOON AMERICAN GLADIATORS
1 PM MOVIE - Crocadile Dundee (1986)
3 PM UNTOUCHABLES
4 PM LIFESTYLES OF RICH & FAMOUS
5 PM STAR SEARCH
6 PM STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE 9
7 PM STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
8 PM COPS
8:30 COPS
9 PM FRONT PAGE
10 PM NEWS
10:30 NIGHT COURT
11 PM COMIC STRIP LIVE
12 MIDNIGHT STAR TREK
1 AM MOVIE - Without A Clue (1988)
3 AM MOVIE - Moses The Law Giver (1976)

SUNDAY
5 AM SHEPHERD'S CHAPEL
6 AM WIDGET
6:30 WIDGET
7 AM YO YOGI
7:30 DON COYOTE & SANCHO PANDA
8 AM YOUNG ROBIN HOOD
8:30 PIRATES OF DARK WATER
9 AM CONAN THE ADVENTURER
9:30 MR BOGUS
10 AM BEAUTY & THE BEAST
11 AM FAMILY TIES
11:30 HARRY & THE HENDERSONS
12 NOON MOVIE - Polly (1989)
2 PM MOVIE - Music Box (1989)
4 PM STAR TREK
5 PM STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE 9
6 PM STAR TREK: NEXT GENERATION
7 PM PARKER LEWIS CAN'T LOSE
7:30 DANGER THEATRE
8 PM IN LIVING COLOR
8:30 ROC
9 PM MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
9:30 HERMAN'S HEAD
10 PM NEWS
10:30 NIGHT COURT
11 PM FLYING BLIND
11:30 EDGE
12 MIDNIGHT STAR TREK
1 AM NEW UNTOUCHABLES
2 AM GENE SCOTT

MONDAY-FRIDAY
5 AM SHEPHERD'S CHAPEL
6 AM CAPTAIN N (DUCKTALES Effective 24)
6:30 CHIP & DALES
7 AM JAMES BOND JR
7:30 BEETLEJUICE
8 AM NEW ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS
8:30 DARKWING DUCK
9 AM STUNT DAWGS
9:30 PERFECT STRANGERS
10 AM JENNY JONES
11 AM PEOPLE'S COURT
11:30 THREE'S COMPANY
12 NOON LOVE CONNECTION
12:30 FAMILY TIES
1 PM IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
2 PM CHARLES IN CHARGE
2:30 TALE SPIN
3 PM MERRIE MELODIES
3:30 TOM & JERRY KIDS
4 PM TINY TOONS
4:30 BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
5 PM GOOF TROOP
5:30 SAVED BY THE BELL
6 PM FULL HOUSE
6:30 LOVE CONNECTION (WONDER YEARS effective August 2)
7 PM ROSEANNE
7:30 MURPHY BROWN
MONDAY
8 PM FOX MOVIE - Weekend At Bernie's (1989)
TUESDAY
8 PM CLASS OF 96
9 PM LOOK OF THE YEAR
WEDNESDAY
8 PM BEVERLY HILLS 90210
9 PM MELROSE PLACE
THURSDAY
8 PM SIMPSONS
8:30 MARTIN
9 PM IN LIVING COLOR
9:30 DOWN THE SHORE
FRIDAY
8 PM AMERICA'S MOST WANTED
9 PM SIGHTINGS
9:30 CODE 3
MONDAY-FRIDAY
10 PM NEWS
10:30 STAR TREK: NEXT GENERATION
11:30 NIGHT COURT
12 MID AMEN
12:30 NEWHART
1 AM NEWS
1:30 GENE SCOTT

20 WTXX (Ind) Counterpoint
SATURDAY
5 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
8 AM ULTRAMAN: TOWARD THE FUTURE
9 AM T REX
9:30 T REX
10 AM CHILDREN'S MASS
10:30 SACRED HEART KIDS' CLUB
11 AM DAVEY & GOLIATH
11:30 NUESTRA FAMILIA
12 NOON HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
3 PM BUGS BUNNY AND FRIENDS
4 PM DUCKTALES
4:30 GI JOE
5 PM COSBY SHOW
5:30 COSBY SHOW
6 PM NEW WKRP IN CINCINATTI
6:30 HOGAN FAMILY
7 PM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
10 PM MOVIE - Deadline (1981)
12 MID MOVIE - Robbery Under Arms (1957)
2 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK

SUNDAY
5 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
7 AM T REX
7:30 DAVEY & GOLIATH
8 AM SACRED HEART KIDS CLUB
8:30 SPIRITUAL LIFE CRUSADE
9 AM TEACHINGS OF CHRIST
9:30 SEARCH
10 AM SUNDAY MASS
11 AM NUESTRA FAMILIA
11:30 CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP
12 NOON HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
3 PM TIME TRAXX
4 PM KUNG FU: LEGEND CONTINUES
5 PM SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO
6 PM CATWALK
7 PM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
10 PM MOVIE - Inside The Third Riech (1981) Part One
11:30 GEORGE MICHAEL'S SPORTS MACHINE
12 MID MOVIE - Appointment In London (1953)
2 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK

MONDAY-FRIDAY
5 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
9 AM HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
10 AM DAILY MASS
10:30 MON - CATHOLIC VIEWPOINT
TUES - FOCUS
WED - TEACHINGS OF CHRIST
THURS - CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP
FRI - JESUIT JOURNAL
11 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
3 PM DUCKTALES
3:30 POPEYE/BUGS BUNNY
4 PM CAMP CANDY
4:30 NINJA TURTLES
5 PM GROWING PAINS
5:30 COSBY SHOW
6 PM WONDER YEARS
6:30 JEFFERSONS
7 PM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
10 PM MOVIE
MON - Inside Third Riech (1982) Part 2
TUES - Inside Third Riech - Part 3 (1982)
WED - Juggernaut (1974)
THURS - Thunderbolt & Lightfoot (1974)
FRI - KICKIN IT MUSIC VIDEOS
12 MID MOVIE
MON - Viva Maria (1965)
TUES - Fort Yuma (1955)
WED - Once A Thief (1950)
THURS - Branigan (1975)
FRI - Bank Shot (1974)
2 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK

In the summer WTXX still had no LMA with WTIC TV but Renaissance assigned programming 7 days a week from 3 to 7 PM for WTXX to run free of charge while Renaissance sold the ad time. The rest of the day except for barter ads WTXX had NO COMMERCIALS. Even during the movies they ran PSA's. The only ad time they recieved was from The Home Shopping Network and the CTNA which telecast a daily mass and other shows over WTXX. Meanwhile Counterpoint wanted a 6 hour a day LMA with WTIC TV/Renaissance while Renaissance wanted 7-9 AM;11 AM to Midnight daily. Once talks ended WTXX entered into an LMA with WVIT TV 30 the NBC affiliate. Under that deal WTXX would run cartoons weekdays from 7-9 AM and 3 to 7 PM as well as a 10 PM newscast and syndicated shows from 10:30 PM to Midnight or 1 AM. WVIT would also have a few hours on Saturdays and Sundays but not the same amount as weekdays. The rest of the day continued to be programmed by Counterpoint. WTIC TV and Renaissance took Counterpoint to Court to stop the LMA with WVIT but Counterpoint prevailed and pulled the WTXX shows on July 18, 1993. WTXX continued running no commercials during time outside of the WVIT LMA portion of the day except for Highway to Heaven.

Here is a late summer WTXX schedule under WVIT's LMA. August 7-13, 1993

20 WTXX (Ind) Counterpoint/Viacom LMA
SATURDAY
5 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
7 AM CATHOLIC VIEWPOINT
7:30 DAVEY & GOLIATH
8 AM JETSONS
8:30 WOODY WOODPECKER
9 AM TWINKLE DREAM BEING
9:30 FLINTSTONES
10 AM CHILDREN'S MASS
10:30 SACRED HEART KIDS' CLUB
11 AM NUESTRA FAMILIA
11:30 FATHER MICHAEL MANNING
12 NOON HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
3 PM MOVIE - Thunderbolt & Lightfoot (1974)
5 PM KUNG FU: LEGEND CONTINUES
6 PM TIME TRAXX
7 PM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
10 PM WVIT 30 NEWS
10:30 BROADCAST NEW ENGLAND
11 PM MOVIE - The Alamo (1960)
3 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK

SUNDAY
5 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
6 AM FATHER MICHAEL MANNING
6:30 TEACHINGS OF CHRIST
7 AM LIFE IS WORTH LIVING - Bishop Fulton Sheen
7:30 DAVEY & GOLIATH
8 AM KING ARTHUR
8:30 WIZARD OF OZ
9 AM GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
9:30 AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DREAMS
10 AM SUNDAY MASS
11 AM SEARCH
11:30 CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP
12 NOON HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
1 PM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
3 PM MOVIE - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
6 PM AMERICA COMES TO GRACELAND
7 PM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
10 PM WVIT 30 NEWS
10:30 NEWSWORTHY
11 PM BROADCAST NEW YORK
11:30 GEORGE MICHAEL'S SPORTS MACHINE
12 MID SPIRITUAL LIFE CRUSADE
12:30 NUESTRA FAMILIA
1 AM LIFE IS WORTH LIVING
1:30 SEARCH
2 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK

MONDAY-FRIDAY
5 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
7 AM CAMP CANDY
7:30 T REX
8 AM SCOOBY DOO
8:30 CHILDREN'S ROOM
9 AM HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
10 AM DAILY MASS
10:30 MON - CATHOLIC VIEWPOINT
TUES - FOCUS
WED - TEACHINGS OF CHRIST
THURS - CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP
FRI - JESUIT JOURNAL
11 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
3 PM WOODY WOODPECKER
3:30 BULLWINKLE
4 PM DENNIS THE MENACE CARTOONS
4:30 UNDERDOG
5 PM INSPECTOR GADGET
5:30 NINJA TURTLES
6 PM FLINTSTONES
6:30 JETSONS
7 PM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
10 PM WVIT 30 NEWS
10:30 DESIGNING WOMEN
11 PM MOVIE -
MON - American Werefolf In London (1981)
TUES - Beauty & The Beast (1963)
WED - Beast Of Hollow Mountain (1956)
THURS - Scorned & Swindled (1985)
FRI - Return Of Dracula (1958)
1 AM MOVIE -
MON - Creeping Unknown (1955)
TUES - Deathmask (1984)
WED - In Company Of Werewolfs (1984)
THURS - Monster That Challenged The World (1964)
FRI - Money On The Side (1982)
3 AM HOME SHOPPING NETWORK



26 WTWS (Ind)

SATURDAY
5 AM PAID PROGRAMMING
6 AM US FARM REPORT
6:30 WORLD TOMORROW
7 AM FAITH FIR TODAY
7:30 IT IS WRITTEN
8 AM PAID PROGRAMMING
10 AM HANNA BARBARA'S WORLD OF SUPER ADVENTURES
12 NOON WWF WRESTLING
1 PM WCW WRESTLING
2 PM CALIFORNIA DREAMS
2:30 EXTREMISTS
3 PM SUPER SPORTS FOLLIES
3:30 ON PIT ROAD
4 PM MOVIE - All Of Me (1984)
6 PM #1 COUNTRY
6:30 HOT HIP & COUNTRY
7 PM HILL STREET BLUES
8 PM A TEAM
9 PM BONANZA
10 PM UPTOWN COMEDY
11 PM SOUL TRAIN
12 MIDNIGHT APOLLO COMEDY CLUB
1 AM NIGHT FLIGHT
2 AM PAID PROGRAMMING

SUNDAY
5 AM PAID PROGRAMMING
7 AM JOHN HAGEE
8 AM FRED PRICE
9 AM D JAMES KENNEDY
10 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
11 AM SUNSHINE FACTORY
12 NOON MOVIE - First Time (1979)
2 PM TJ HOOKER
3 PM A TEAM
4 PM MOVIE - Kill Me If You Can (1968)
6 PM WWF WRESTLING
7 PM RESCUE 911
8 PM MOVIE - Borgia Stick (1967)
10 PM IN TOUCH
11 PM JACK VAN IMPE
11:30 PAID PROGRAMMING

MONDAY-FRIDAY
5 AM LARRY LEA
5:30 MARYLIN HICKEY
6 AM KENNETH COPELAND
6:30 JAMES ROBINSON
7 AM PAID PROGRAMMING
8 AM VIDEO POWER
8:30 NEW ZOO REVUE
9 AM BENNY HINN
9:30 KENNETH COPELAND
10 AM 700 CLUB
11 AM BONANZA
12 NOON A TEAM
1 PM AIRWOLF
2 PM TJ HOOKER
3 PM LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
3:30 I DREAM OF JEANNIE
4 PM HAPPY DAYS
4:30 BRADY BUNCH
5 PM BEWITCHED
5:30 MORK & MINDY
6 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
7 PM RESCUE 911
8 PM QUINCY
9 PM BARNABY JONES
10 PM VEGAS
11 PM HILL STREET BLUES
12 MID PAID PROGRAMMING

 

[KML0224]

WTXX and WVIT Agreement ended when?

What I'm trying to remember is when the channel 30-produced newscast for channel 20 ended? Was it when NBC took over channel 30 (and made them an O&O) or when Tribune took over channel 20 in the LMA with channel 61?<P ID="signature">______________
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[wxctintern]

Re: WTXX and WVIT Agreement ended when?

I forget what year it was, but it was when WVIT became a O&O station that WTXX became an LMA partner with FOX 61. I think the switch happend the first of the month. I think Monday & Tuesday Connecticut News 30 was on at 10PM, then starting Wednesday it was the FOX 61 News.

 

[Markd]

Re: WTXX and WVIT Agreement ended when?

> I forget what year it was, but it was when WVIT became a O&O
> station that WTXX became an LMA partner with FOX 61. I think
> the switch happend the first of the month. I think Monday &
> Tuesday Connecticut News 30 was on at 10PM, then starting
> Wednesday it was the FOX 61 News.


HERE IS WHAT I HAVE HEARD!!!
This information I believe is close to accurate but some internal conditions may have been somewhat different from what I have heard from my sources.


I believe it was in 1998 sometime in the Summer. But I will see if I can tell by looking at listings. I do not remember WTXX's schedule changeing alot when the LMA changed over from WVIT to WTIC TV.

The LMA's were each very different though. Initially the LMA between WTXX and WVIT from the Summer of 1993 to the Sring of 1996 at least was only a part-time agreement that covered 7-10 AM; 3-7 PM; and 9 or 10 PM to 12 Midnight or 1 AM depending on the night. The LMA also eventually covered UPN nights starting at 8 PM. Weekend time periods were about 7 hours but dayparts would vary depenging on the needs of WVIT and WTXX. The LMA covered all the ad-time plus programming which belonged to WVIT. WVIT would merely buy the air-time. Counterpoint employees actually worked master controls and WTXX's facilities were 25 miles away from WVIT's. Counterpoint continued to own the technical facilities of WTXX. Counterpoint also sold NO ad time during their hours except to Home Shopping network. They only ran PSA's as well as Catholic related messages. They also continued to run a couple hours a day of Catholic programming. Counterpoint's goal was eventually to make WTXX a cross between EWTN (EXCEPT FAR MORE LIBERAL liturgically and somewhat more progessive theologically) and a general entertainment independent. Their plan was to be 50 % Catholic and 50 % secular programming and their hope was to become a superstation and offer Catholic viewers an alternative to EWTN's fundamentalist Latinized based Catholic programming. At that time EWTN was under fire with alot of bishops as well and thier own bishop (who recently retired... and by the way they still have no bishop in Birmingham as of yet) actually saved (allowed EWTN to be taken over by a Lay board plus set up a theology department to keep them in line)EWTN from being siezed as Church property (Yes the Dociese of Birmingham owned interest in Irondale Monastary property).

Anyhow demographics demonstrated that there was a lack of interest among mainline Catholics to create more mainstream programming. As a result in 1996 when HSN's contract with Counterpoint expired WVIT offered a LMA covering the 6 AM to 1 AM time period. Under the deal 2 hours a day would still be Catholic programming but the rest of the day would be programmed by WVIT. At this point the cartoons after 5 PM disappeared and were replaced by more mainstream syndicated talk and reality shows and a few sitcoms. Still WVIT would only buy airtime and WTXX would remain in Waterbury with their own employees doing day to day operation there. Under the agreement 10-11 AM would ALWAYS be Catholic Mass and programming plus the 5 AM hour. This happened in 1996 sometime.

I believe in 1998 the deal with WVIT expired. At that point Tribune now owned WTIC TV through the acquisition of Renaissance Broadcasting. Counterpoint's goals haad changed and a full LMA was now considered. Under that deal WTIC TV bought most of WVIT's programming inventory they had been running on WTXX (some talk and reality shows would remain with WVIT but most went to WTIC TV). WTIC TV then picked up the LMA where Viacom left off.

At some point in 1998 WTXX's ownership Counterpoint restructured and changed its name (do not remember the name). The ownership became for profit and merely only owned the license of WTXX. By 1999 the LMA was converted to complete operations. WTXX moved in with WTIC TV's facilities and most of Counterpoint's employees became Tribune employees. At this point only the license was owned by Tribune. Tribune would buy WTXX outright in 2001 when the FCC began allowing duopolies. Still under this deal the 10 AM hour 7 DAYS A WEEK would remain for Catholic Mass for many more years. It MIGHT even be a permanent deal. This still airs today as a result.