from Pittsburg Morning Sun
WDAF 4-NBC Kansas City (Pittsburg cable 24)
6:30 Romper Room
7:00 Kissyfur
7:30 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
8:00 Smurfs
9:00 Alvin & the Chipmunks
9:30 ALF (animated)
10:30 Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
11:00 Punky Brewster/New Archies
noon Star Search
1:00 Triple Threat
1:30 Missouri Outdoors
2:00 PBA Bowling: True Value Open (from Indy)
3:30 NBC SportsWorld
5:00 News
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Hee Haw
7:00 227
7:30 Amen
8:00 Golden Girls
8:30 Empty Nest
9:00 Hunter
10:00 News
10:30 Saturday Night Live (host Demi Moore, music from Johnny Clegg and Savuka)
mid. WWF Wrestling (no details as to which McMahon program aired on ch 4)
KCTV 5-CBS Kansas City (Pittsburg cable 25)
5:00 Dukes of Hazzard
6:00 Garner Ted Armstrong
6:30 Young Universe
7:00 Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy
7:30 Superman
8:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
9:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
9:30 Garfield & Friends
10:00 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
10:30 Teen Wolf
11:00 Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!
11:30 CBS Storybreak
noon Wild Kingdom
12:30 Dukes of Hazzard
1:30 College Football: teams TBA
5:00 Wheel of Fortune
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 News
6:30 Kansas Lottery
7:00 Dirty Dancing
7:30 Raising Miranda
8:00 Simon & Simon
9:00 West 57th
10:00 News
10:30 Movie "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
1:00 Save the Children
1:30 Movie "By Love Possessed"
3:45 Movie "Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!"
KOAM 7-CBS Pittsburg (Pittsburg cable 10)
6:30 Denver the Last Dinosaur
7:00 Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy
7:30 Superman
8:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
9:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
9:30 Garfield & Friends
10:00 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
10:30 Teen Wolf
11:00 Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!
11:30 CBS Storybreak
noon Dennis Franchione (Pittsburg State football; he's currently coach at Texas State)
12:30 Arkansas Razorback Football
1:30 College Football: teams TBA
5:00 Weekend with Crook & Chase
5:30 Hee Haw
6:30 Kansas Lottery
7:00 Dirty Dancing
7:30 Raising Miranda
8:00 Simon & Simon
9:00 West 57th
10:00 News
10:30 NWA Pro Wrestling
11:30 WWF Superstars of Wrestling
12:30 Movie "Flash Gordon"
2:30 Hit Video USA
KMBC 9-ABC Kansas City (Pittsburg cable 26)
6:30 US Farm Report
7:00 Flintstone Kids
7:30 New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
8:30 Slimer! & the Real Ghostbusters
9:30 Pup Named Scooby-Doo
10:00 Bugs Bunny & Tweety
11:00 Animal Crack-Ups
11:30 ABC Weekend Special
noon Small Wonder
12:30 Movie "Kentucky Woman"
2:30 College Football: teams TBA
6:00 News
6:30 Chiefs Insider Report
7:00 Crimes of the Century (Jack Ruby's killing of Lee Harvey Oswald; a convicted murderer takes a lie-detector test to prove his innocence)
8:00 Police Story (2 hrs)
10:00 News
10:30 Movie "F/X"
12:30 Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street
1:30 ABC News
KODE 12-ABC Joplin (Pittsburg cable 11)
6:00 He-Man & the Masters of the Universe
6:30 Transformers
7:00 Flintstone Kids
7:30 New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
8:30 Slimer! & the Real Ghostbusters
9:30 Pup Named Scooby-Doo
10:00 Bugs Bunny & Tweety
11:00 Animal Crack-Ups
11:30 My Little Pony (x2)
12:30 How to Build a Fortune
1:00 Joe Land Success
2:00 Twin Star Productions
2:30 College Football: teams TBA
6:00 Jeopardy!
6:30 Wheel of Fortune
7:00 Crimes of the Century
8:00 Police Story (2 hrs)
10:00 News
10:30 Movie "The Money Pit"
12:30 GLOW Wrestling
KSNF 16-NBC Joplin (Pittsburg cable 2)
6:30 Kidsongs
7:00 Kissyfur
7:30 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
8:00 Smurfs
9:00 Alvin & the Chipmunks
9:30 ALF (animated)
10:30 Completely Mental Misaventures of Ed Grimley
11:00 Punky Brewster/New Archies
noon Movie "Escape to Witch Mountain"
2:00 PBA Bowling: True Value Open
3:30 NBC SportsWorld
5:00 Mama's Family
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
7:00 227
7:30 Amen
8:00 Golden Girls
8:30 Empty Nest
9:00 Hunter
10:00 News
10:30 Saturday Night Live
mid. Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street
1:00 Twilight Zone
1:30 Public People/Private Lives
KOZJ 26-PBS Joplin (Pittsburg cable 8; relays KOZK Springfield)
8:00 Computer Chronicles
8:30 Sewing with Nancy
9:00 Growing a Business
9:30 Gourmet Cooking
10:00 Flower Shop
10:30 Life Matters
11:00 Quilting
11:30 Sneak Previews
noon Frugal Gourmet
12:30 Victory Garden
1:00 Woodwright's Shop
1:30 This Old House
2:00 MotorWeek
2:30 Madeleine Cooks
3:00 Joy of Painting
3:30 Fun with Watercolors
4:00 American Art Forum
4:30 Nature
5:30 Newton's Apple
6:00 Modern Maturity
6:30 Ozarks Close-Up
7:00 WonderWorks "Necessary Parties" (conclusion)
8:00 Lawrence Welk (saluting famous musical families, including the Everly Brothers and the Cash/Carter family)
9:00 Austin City Limits (guest Reba McIntire)
10:00 Lonesome Pine Special (guest Tracy Nelson)
Pittsburg's cableco, Cable TV of Pittsburg, ran an ad that week on the converter grid page-here's the full Pittsburg cable line-up:
Italicized cable channels were listed by the Morning Sun
2 KSNF-NBC
3 Family Channel
4 AMC
5 HBO
6 USA Network
7 Weather/Public Access/Local Origination
8 KOZJ-PBS (the ad mentioned KOZK, the station it relays)
9 CNN
10 KOAM-CBS
11 KODE-ABC
12 A&E
13 WTBS Atlanta
14 Disney Channel
15 Lifetime
16 TNN
17 ESPN
20 Weather Channel
21 Showtime
22 Nickelodeon
23 MTV
24 WDAF-NBC
25 KCTV-CBS
26 KMBC-ABC
27 Headline News
28 TNT
29 FNN
30 Discovery Channel
31 Cable Value Network
32 EWTN
33 PSU/TLC
34 C-SPAN (House)
35 C-SPAN2 (Senate)
The company also offered 13 cable FM stations.
Also, WGN Chicago, carried by all cablecos in the converter grid outside Pittsburg (Crawford Co, Arma, Fort Scott, Cherokee, McCune, and Mulberry-Liberal), was also listed in the Morning Sun.
WDAF 4-NBC Kansas City (Pittsburg cable 24)
6:30 Romper Room
7:00 Kissyfur
7:30 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
8:00 Smurfs
9:00 Alvin & the Chipmunks
9:30 ALF (animated)
10:30 Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
11:00 Punky Brewster/New Archies
noon Star Search
1:00 Triple Threat
1:30 Missouri Outdoors
2:00 PBA Bowling: True Value Open (from Indy)
3:30 NBC SportsWorld
5:00 News
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Hee Haw
7:00 227
7:30 Amen
8:00 Golden Girls
8:30 Empty Nest
9:00 Hunter
10:00 News
10:30 Saturday Night Live (host Demi Moore, music from Johnny Clegg and Savuka)
mid. WWF Wrestling (no details as to which McMahon program aired on ch 4)
KCTV 5-CBS Kansas City (Pittsburg cable 25)
5:00 Dukes of Hazzard
6:00 Garner Ted Armstrong
6:30 Young Universe
7:00 Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy
7:30 Superman
8:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
9:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
9:30 Garfield & Friends
10:00 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
10:30 Teen Wolf
11:00 Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!
11:30 CBS Storybreak
noon Wild Kingdom
12:30 Dukes of Hazzard
1:30 College Football: teams TBA
5:00 Wheel of Fortune
5:30 CBS Evening News
6:00 News
6:30 Kansas Lottery
7:00 Dirty Dancing
7:30 Raising Miranda
8:00 Simon & Simon
9:00 West 57th
10:00 News
10:30 Movie "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
1:00 Save the Children
1:30 Movie "By Love Possessed"
3:45 Movie "Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!"
KOAM 7-CBS Pittsburg (Pittsburg cable 10)
6:30 Denver the Last Dinosaur
7:00 Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy
7:30 Superman
8:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
9:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
9:30 Garfield & Friends
10:00 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
10:30 Teen Wolf
11:00 Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!
11:30 CBS Storybreak
noon Dennis Franchione (Pittsburg State football; he's currently coach at Texas State)
12:30 Arkansas Razorback Football
1:30 College Football: teams TBA
5:00 Weekend with Crook & Chase
5:30 Hee Haw
6:30 Kansas Lottery
7:00 Dirty Dancing
7:30 Raising Miranda
8:00 Simon & Simon
9:00 West 57th
10:00 News
10:30 NWA Pro Wrestling
11:30 WWF Superstars of Wrestling
12:30 Movie "Flash Gordon"
2:30 Hit Video USA
KMBC 9-ABC Kansas City (Pittsburg cable 26)
6:30 US Farm Report
7:00 Flintstone Kids
7:30 New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
8:30 Slimer! & the Real Ghostbusters
9:30 Pup Named Scooby-Doo
10:00 Bugs Bunny & Tweety
11:00 Animal Crack-Ups
11:30 ABC Weekend Special
noon Small Wonder
12:30 Movie "Kentucky Woman"
2:30 College Football: teams TBA
6:00 News
6:30 Chiefs Insider Report
7:00 Crimes of the Century (Jack Ruby's killing of Lee Harvey Oswald; a convicted murderer takes a lie-detector test to prove his innocence)
8:00 Police Story (2 hrs)
10:00 News
10:30 Movie "F/X"
12:30 Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street
1:30 ABC News
KODE 12-ABC Joplin (Pittsburg cable 11)
6:00 He-Man & the Masters of the Universe
6:30 Transformers
7:00 Flintstone Kids
7:30 New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
8:30 Slimer! & the Real Ghostbusters
9:30 Pup Named Scooby-Doo
10:00 Bugs Bunny & Tweety
11:00 Animal Crack-Ups
11:30 My Little Pony (x2)
12:30 How to Build a Fortune
1:00 Joe Land Success
2:00 Twin Star Productions
2:30 College Football: teams TBA
6:00 Jeopardy!
6:30 Wheel of Fortune
7:00 Crimes of the Century
8:00 Police Story (2 hrs)
10:00 News
10:30 Movie "The Money Pit"
12:30 GLOW Wrestling
KSNF 16-NBC Joplin (Pittsburg cable 2)
6:30 Kidsongs
7:00 Kissyfur
7:30 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
8:00 Smurfs
9:00 Alvin & the Chipmunks
9:30 ALF (animated)
10:30 Completely Mental Misaventures of Ed Grimley
11:00 Punky Brewster/New Archies
noon Movie "Escape to Witch Mountain"
2:00 PBA Bowling: True Value Open
3:30 NBC SportsWorld
5:00 Mama's Family
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
7:00 227
7:30 Amen
8:00 Golden Girls
8:30 Empty Nest
9:00 Hunter
10:00 News
10:30 Saturday Night Live
mid. Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street
1:00 Twilight Zone
1:30 Public People/Private Lives
KOZJ 26-PBS Joplin (Pittsburg cable 8; relays KOZK Springfield)
8:00 Computer Chronicles
8:30 Sewing with Nancy
9:00 Growing a Business
9:30 Gourmet Cooking
10:00 Flower Shop
10:30 Life Matters
11:00 Quilting
11:30 Sneak Previews
noon Frugal Gourmet
12:30 Victory Garden
1:00 Woodwright's Shop
1:30 This Old House
2:00 MotorWeek
2:30 Madeleine Cooks
3:00 Joy of Painting
3:30 Fun with Watercolors
4:00 American Art Forum
4:30 Nature
5:30 Newton's Apple
6:00 Modern Maturity
6:30 Ozarks Close-Up
7:00 WonderWorks "Necessary Parties" (conclusion)
8:00 Lawrence Welk (saluting famous musical families, including the Everly Brothers and the Cash/Carter family)
9:00 Austin City Limits (guest Reba McIntire)
10:00 Lonesome Pine Special (guest Tracy Nelson)
Pittsburg's cableco, Cable TV of Pittsburg, ran an ad that week on the converter grid page-here's the full Pittsburg cable line-up:
Italicized cable channels were listed by the Morning Sun
2 KSNF-NBC
3 Family Channel
4 AMC
5 HBO
6 USA Network
7 Weather/Public Access/Local Origination
8 KOZJ-PBS (the ad mentioned KOZK, the station it relays)
9 CNN
10 KOAM-CBS
11 KODE-ABC
12 A&E
13 WTBS Atlanta
14 Disney Channel
15 Lifetime
16 TNN
17 ESPN
20 Weather Channel
21 Showtime
22 Nickelodeon
23 MTV
24 WDAF-NBC
25 KCTV-CBS
26 KMBC-ABC
27 Headline News
28 TNT
29 FNN
30 Discovery Channel
31 Cable Value Network
32 EWTN
33 PSU/TLC
34 C-SPAN (House)
35 C-SPAN2 (Senate)
The company also offered 13 cable FM stations.
Also, WGN Chicago, carried by all cablecos in the converter grid outside Pittsburg (Crawford Co, Arma, Fort Scott, Cherokee, McCune, and Mulberry-Liberal), was also listed in the Morning Sun.