Retro: Kansas City, Sat. September 13th, 1986

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Source: TV Guide #1742, Fall Preview (arrived from ebay today)

CHANNELS
2 KQTV St. Joseph ABC
4 WDAF Kansas City NBC
5 KCTV Kansas City CBS
6 KMOS Sedalia PBS
9 KMBC Kansas City ABC
11 KTWU Topeka PBS
13 WIBW Topeka CBS
19 KCPT Kansas City PBS
27 KSNT Topeka NBC
41 KSHB Kansas City IND
49 KTKA Topeka ABC
62 KZKC Kansas City IND
WGN WGN 9 Chicago, IL IND

5AM
5 Headline News Continues
41 Lucy Show
62 CHiPs

5:30
41 Cisco Kid
WGN Superman

5:55
2 Good Morning St. Joe

6AM
2 On Target
5 Garner Ted Armstrong
19 Nature of Human Conflict
41 Speak Out
62 Route 66 BW
WGN Cartoons

6:15
WGN Buyer's Forum

6:30
2 9 13 US Farm Report
4 Romper Room (local Kansas City version?)
5 Young Universe
Debut: In this series with a newsmagazine format, children report on people, places and things of interest to kids ages 10-14.
41 Blinkins
WGN Issues Unlimited

7AM
2 9 49 Wuzzles
4 27 Kissyfur
Debut: The animated adventures of a young circus bear and his father Gus, who settle in with the residents of a swampland.
5 13 Berenstain Bears
41 Popeye
62 Rifleman BW
WGN US Farm Report

7:30
2 9 49 Care Bears Family
Debut: Based on "The Care Bears Movie" [1985], each bear represents an emotion, and all join forces to prevent a villain from destroying all love and feeling in the world
4 27 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Berars
5 13 Wildfire
Debut: A mystically powerful stallion returns a princess to her homeland, from which he rescued her 12 years earlier, to thwart a witch's efforts to usurp the royal throne.
11 Algebra
41 Rainbow Brite
62 Rifleman BW
WGN Wild Kingdom

8AM
2 9 49 Flintstone Kids
Debut: The Flintstones return as 10-year-old children, and Dino the dinosaur as a pup, all growing up in prehistoric Bedrock. Voices: Lennie Weinrib, Hamilton Camp, B.J. Ward.
4 27 Smufs
5 13 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
11 Photographic Vision
19 New Literacy
41 Ulysses 31
62 Wrestling
WGN Garner Ted Armstrong

8:30
41 Popples
WGN Minority Business Report

9AM
2 9 49 Real Ghostbusters
Debut: The characters from the 1984 hit movie continue to answer calls for help against all kinds of otherwordly things.
5 13 Galaxy High School
Debut: Students from every planet under the sun attend this far-out school, including two exchange students from Earth.
6 Sesame Street
11 Sneak Previews
Scheduled: "Shanghai Surprise" [Sean Penn, Madonna] and "Malcolm" [Colin Friels].
41 Pink Panther
62 Movie-Adventure BW
"Bomba and the Hidden City." [1950] Jungle Boy [Johnny Sheffield] is pitted against a villainous chieftain [Paul Guillfoyle].
WGN Charlando

9:30
2 9 49 Pound Puppies
Debut: The adventures of puppies living in a pound awaiting adoption, but still able to explore the world outside by way of a tunnel
4 27 Punky Brewster
5 13 Teen Wolf
Debut: Based on the 1985 movie about a teenager whose worry isn't acne, but breaking out in wolf hair, like his hirsute family. Voices: Townsend Coleman, Jeannie Elias.
11 This Old House
WGN People to People

10AM
2 9 49 Bugs Bunny and Friends
4 27 Alvin and the Chipmunks
5 13 Pee-Wee's Playhouse
Debut: Pee-wee Herman presents zany live-action sketches and animated shorts.
6 Reading Rainbow
11 Woodwright's Shop
19 Rod & Reel: Streamside
41 Puttin' on the Hits
WGN World Tomorrow

10:30
2 9 49 Ewoks
4 Foofur
Debut: Lovable hound dog Foofur inherits his master's old house and opens it to his various friends and relatives.
5 Puppy's Great Adventures
6 Mister Roger's Neighborhood
11 Cats & Dogs
13 Whizzo's Saturday Circus (local kids show, originally from KC)
19 Motorweek
27 Young Universe
41 FTV
62 Wrestling
WGN Star Games

11AM
2 9 49 Weekend Special
A new season begins with "Cap'n Readmore Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," an unusual animated version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic. Voices: Lucille Bliss, Stanley Jones.
4 Baseball Bunch
5 Comedy Classics BW
6 Living with Animals
11 Joy of Painting
13 Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling!
19 French Chef
27 Big 8 Locker Room
Debut: This weekly series features football highlights of games played in the conference.
41 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

11:30
2 49 Littles
4 This Week in Baseball
5 Ebony/Jet Showcase
Guests: Bill Cosby, actress Jackee Harry ["227"] and Chubby Checker.
6 Rockschool
9 27 College Football
North Carolina at Kansas. Carolina's Tar Heels lead the series 1-0, defeating the Jayhawks 23-17 in 1984.
11 Victory Garden
19 Madeleine Cooks
62 Movie-Comedy BW
"Our Relations." [1936] Merry mix-up about a pair of twin brothers, with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in top form playing dual roles. Iris Adrian.
WGN Davy Crockett/Last of the Mohicians
Two animated adventures: "Davy Crockett on the Mississippi" follows the legendary hero en route to deliver the President's peace message to an Indian tribe; and James Fenimore Cooper's classic "The Last of the Mohicians," about an Indian scout who leads two British women through frontier lands during the French and Indian War.

Noon
2 49 American Bandstand
Big Country performs "One Great Thing."
4 Track and Field
Highlights of the IAAF Mobil Grand Prix Final, taped Sept. 10 at Stadio Olympico in Rome, Italy. Among those scheduled to compete: Edwin Moses, Evelyn Ashford, Said Aouita, Ben Johnson and Steve Scott.
5 Movie-Western
"Gunfight in Abilene." [1967] An ex-Confederate officer becomes town sheriff and tries to settle a bitter dispute between cattlemen and farmers. Cal: Bobby Darin. Grant: Leslie Nielsen.
6 19 Frugal Gourmet
11 Sesame Street
13 News
41 Lost in Space

12:15
13 Your Question Please (mailbag show?)

12:30
2 School Days
6 Madeleine Cooks
13 Private Benjamin
19 This Old House
49 Kung Fu

1PM
2 Al Carrell
6 Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cookin'-Outdoors
11 19 Intro to College Composition
13 Road Running
The sixth annual Mercedes Mile, a prestigious race down New York City's Fifth Avenue. Among the scheduled competitors are course record-holder Sydney Maree, Mary Decker Slaney and Maricica Pulca.
41 Greatest American Hero
62 Movie-Adventure
"Hammerhead." [1968] An adventurer [Vince Edwards] and his girl friend [Judy Geeso] track a master criminal [Peter Vaughan].

1:#0
2 Woody Widenhofer: Football
5 13 College Football
The Ohio State Buckeyes take on the Washington Huskies. The Buckeyes already have a 16-10 loss to Alabama this season. QB Jim Karsatos had 20 completions in the game but the running attack never got started. The Huskies hope to have their running game improved by the return of Rick Fenney, who was injured most of last season.
6 Victory Garden
49 College Football's Top 10 Preview
The best college football teams in the Nation as selected by the Football Writers Association of America. Bill Flemming is the host.
WGN Movie-Comedy BW
"The Time of Their Lives." [1946] Good Abbott and Costello farce with Lou as a Revolutionary War ghost at large in 1946. Lots of laughs. Marjorie Reynolds, John Shelton.

2PM
2 49 College Football Pregame
4 Baseball Pregame
6 Great Migration: Year of the Wildebeest
11 19 Focus on Society
41 Incredible Hulk

2:15
4 Baseball
Boston at New York Yankees. [Alternate game: Cincinnati at Los Angeles.]

2:30
2 9 49 College Football
Michigan takes on Notre Dame.
11 19 Focus on Society
27 Baseball (JIP)
Boston at New York Yankees. [Alternate game: Cincinnati at Los Angeles.]

3PM
6 Equal Justice Under Law
11 Environmental Psychology
19 Victory Garden
41 Battlestar Galactica
62 Movie-Cartoon
"Pickwick Papers." [1985] Animated version of Dickens' classic.
WGN Soul Train

3:30
6 Innovation
19 Berlin Wall: 25 Years Later

4PM
6 Masterpiece Theatre
Part 3 of "Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years" opens in 1932 as a weakened Churchill [Robert Hardy] arrives in Munich for a possible meeting with Hitler.
11 Congress: We the People
19 Worlds Apart
41 Dempsey & Makepeace
WGN Puttin' on the Hits

4:30
WGN Fame

5PM
4 News
5 Wild Kingdom
6 Matinee at the Buou
11 In-Charge Parenting
13 In Your Own Back Yard
19 Innovation
27 Wheel of Fortune
41 Solid Gold
62 To Be Announced

5:30
4 27 NBC News-Connie Chung
5 13 CBS News-Bob Schieffer
11 Living with Animals
19 Sneak Previews
See 9AM, KTWU.
62 What's Happening Now!!
WGN At the Movies

6PM
2 27 Hee Haw
Guests include Loretta Lynn, Riders in the Sky, Don Hoist, the Million Dollar Band.
4 Hee Haw
Guests include Hank Williams Jr., Ernest Borgnine, Rattlesnake Annie, Keith Whitley.
5 9 News
11 Jacques Cousteau
The social behavior of dolphins is examined as Cousteau and crew anchor off the Strait of Gibraltar. Research ship Calypso's crew adopts Babille, a female dolphin, and soon provides her with a man.
13 This Week in Country Music
Dwight Yoakam and Carl Perkins perform.
19 Nova
"When Wonder Drugs Don't Work" reports on the problem of bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
41 Ted Knight
Research for a front-page tribute to a deceased civic leader raises some questions about the man's death. Wendell: Patrick Cranshaw.
49 Bosom Buddies
62 Fame
The solution to Leroy's financial problem comes in the form of another big problem: his savvy preteen niece [Caryn Ward]. Meanwhile, Danny [Carlo Imperato] meets another Danny Amatullo [John Carradine].
WGN Baseball
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh.

6:30
5 Wheel of Fortune
6 Nova
See KCPT 6PM.
9 Small Wonder
Jamie [Jerry Supiran] falls for a girl at school who judges people by how much money they have. Jessica: Lihann Jones. Warren: Daryl Bartley.
13 WKRP in Cincinnati
Momma Carlson [Carol Bruce] plans to change the station's format.
41 Check it Out!
Christian [Jeff Pustil] is crushed when his carpool scheme backfires. Howard: Don Adams. Edna: Dinah Christie.
49 9 to 5
Debut: An updated version of the series about three secretaries working for a conglomerate, based on the 1980 movie. Sally Struthers joins the cast as Marsha and Edward Winter as the boss, William [Bud] Coleman.

Part 2 in a separate post.

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7PM
2 9 49 The Winds of War
Part 5. Pug [Robert Mitchum] who's unofficially in command of destroyers escorting an England-bound U.S. convoy in March of 1941, runs afoul of U-boats. On the Continent, Natalie [Ali MacGraw] and her uncle [John Houseman] are shunted about as they desperately seek passage to the States. Byron Henry: Jan-Michael Vincent. President Roosevelt: Ralph Bellamy.
4 27 Facts of Life
Conclusion. Natalie and Tootie [Mindy Cohn, Kim Fields] find that privacy is at a premium in their one-room apartment, which "doubles as a roach resort." Blair: Lisa Whelchel.
5 13 Melba
Susan [Gracie Harrison] fears her boring job won't impress her friends at a high-school runion, but they are impressed with Melba's job-which they think is Susan's. Melba: Melba Moore. Paula: Lynnda Ferguson.
11 Six-Gun Heroes BW
"Wild Mustang" [1935], with Harry Carey.
19 Wonderworks
For klutzy Milo Crimpley [Ilan Mitchell-Smith], everything that can go wrong does. Desperate, Milo takes "How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days," a course in "perfectology" that involves unusual confidence-building tasks prescribed by the eccentric Dr. Silverfish [Wallace Shawn].
41 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Included: segments on Ted Knight and modeling agent John Casablancas; a visit to the Swiss resort of Burgenstock.
62 Gunsmoke
An illegally convicted Matt is sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor in the judge's silver mine. Flood: John Colicos. Matt: James Arness.

7:30
4 27 227
Calvin [Curtis Baldwin] misinterprets Sandra's neighborly friendliness and falls madly in love with her. Sandra: Jackee Henry.
5 13 Movie-Biography BW
Robert De Niro won an Academy Award for his knockout portrayal of boxer Jake La Motta in this powerful 1980 biography, directed by Martin Scorsese. Its subject, the Bronx-born La Motta, compiled a record of 83-19-4 in his 13 year ring career, winning the world-middleweight title from Marcel Cerdan in 1949 and holding it for nearly two years until he was stopped by Sugar Ray Robinson in Feb 1951. The brutality of those key bouts-stylishly choreographed by Scorsese and Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker-punctuates the story of a man who is just as violent out of the ring. Cathy Moriarty and Joe Pesci won Oscar nominations as Jake's wife Vickie and brother Joey, but the film belongs to De Niro, who actually put on 50 pounds during a break in shooting to portray the La Motta who, in late middle age, was reduced by business failure and a short prison stretch to working as a comedian and emcee in seedy strip joints. Boxer Eddie Mustapha Muhammad plays boxer Billy Fox.
6 Conversations

8PM
4 27 Golden Girls
Dorothy [Beatrice Arthur] is having trouble facing minor surgery on her foot. Sophia: Estelle Getty. Rose: Betty White.
6 Stage 9
Singer-songwriter Linda Allen performs.
11 1986 Drum Corps International Championships
Closing-day coverage of the 15th annual competition at the University of Wisconsin features the five finalists, which are judged on musical execution, marching and dress. Top units include the Garfield [NJ] Knights [three-time defending champs].
19 All Creatures Great and Small
Debut: A 13-part series based on the books of British veterinarian James Herriot. In the opener, Herriot [Christopher Timothy] looks for his first position. Produced by the BBC.
41 Movie-Western
"Sabata." [1969] Lee Van Cleef plays a gunman who blackmails the masterminds of a Texas bank robbery. Banjo: William Berger.
62 Movie-Drama
"Target Eagle." [1982] Crime fighters hunt smugglers supplying explosives for nuclear weapons. Jorge Rivero, Maud Adams.

8:30
4 27 Easy Street
Debut: Loni Anderson stars as L.K. McGuire, a former showgirl who inherits a Beverly Hills estate that she must share with her blue-blooded in-laws. In the opener, L.K. invites her scruffy Uncle Billy [Jack Elam] and his rest-home roommate [Lee Weaver] to spend the weekend at the estate.
6 Country Express
An interview with Juice Newton, videos by George Strait, Marie Osmond, Sawyer Brown.

9PM
4 27 Miss America Pageant
"Tomorrow is Yours" is the theme as reigning Miss America Susan Akin of Meridian, Miss., relinquishes her crown to one of 51 contestants in the 59th annual gala from Convention Hall along the boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ. The evening opens with the traditional parade of entrants from the 50 states plus Washington, D.C. Ten finalists are then chosen to compete in evening-gown, swimsuit and talent events, and a panel of eight judges picks one of them to be the new queen and recipient of more than $200,000 in scholarships and prizes. Entertainment: Kathie Lee Johnson joins the contestants for "It's Never Too Late to Start."; Akin, Miss America 1981 Susan Powell and Miss America 1978 Susan Perkins sing "Modern Woman"; emcee Gary Collins and 1977 titlist Dorothy Benham perform "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"; and everyone combines for "America Is" and "Living in America."
6 Austin City Limits
Louise Mandrell shares the hour with Mel McDaniel. Songs include "I Want to Say Yes," "Loving Proof," "Let it Roll," "Stand Up."
19 I, Claudius
Debut: How the despised and crippled Claudius [10 BC-54 AD] came to rule the Roman Empire is chronicled in this 13-part drama based on the novels of Robert Graves. Part 1 involves the reign of Claudius's grandparents; the emperor Augustus [Brian Blessed] and his scheming wife Livia [Sian Phillips].
WGN News

9:30
WGN INN News-Marvin Scott

10PM
2 5 9 13 News
6 Mystery!
11 I, Claudius
See 9PM, KCPT.
19 Agony
Jane [Maureen Lipman] fields questions from the press when word gets out that her husband has left her. Lawrence: Simon Williams.
41 Tales from the Darkness
Things heat up when the family of a wealthy TV evangelist gathers after his death for the reading of the will. Caroline: Connie Stevens.
49 Taxi
Cured of his multiple personalities by Dr. Joyce Brothers, Latka plans at last to marry Simka [Carol Kane]. Latka: Andy Kaufman.
62 Movie-Thriller
"Dracula Has Risen from the Grave." [1968] More sanguinary doings in the mountains of Transylvania, with Christopher Lee, again cast as the king of vampires. Maria: Veronica Carlson.
WGN You Write the Songs

10:30
2 5 Rock 'n Roll Evening News
Debut: Steve Kmetko hosts this fast-paced magazine about the music and life style of the rock generation, featuring interviews, studio performances and personality profiles. First up: Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper.
9 Movie-Comedy/Drama
"Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York." [1975] Jeannie Berlin plays the hapless heroine of Gail Parent's best seller about a Manhattan girl searching for a Prince Charming. Roy Scheider, Rebecca Dianne Smith.
13 Solid Gold
Former host Marilyn McCoo [1981-84] returns for the seventh season, which includes weekly appearances by comedian Arsenio Hall and music reporter Nina Blackwood. Included: Belinda Carlisle, Julian Lennon, Peter Cetera.
19 Austin City Limits
George Strait shares the hour with Dwight Yoakam. Songs include "Marina Del Rey," "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?"
41 Movie-Thriller BW
"The Giant Claw." [1957] A winged monster threatens New York. Jeff Morrow.
49 Movie-Comedy
"Son of Paleface." [1952] Bob Hope and Jane Russell in a rambunctious sequel to their comic horse opera "Paleface." Good broad satire; one of Hope's best. Roy Rogers.
WGN Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

11PM
4 27 News
6 American Interests
A February interview with Gen. Bernard Rogers, head of the US European Command for NATO forces, who discusses U.S. military policy in defense of Western Europe.
11 David Susskind
Discussion topic: "AIDS Scare-Changing Social Habits."

11:30
2 Wrestling
4 27 Saturday Night Live
From January: Host Dudley Moore appears in a beaaty-pageant spoof, plays classical and soul music on the piano and welcomes singer Al Green, who performs "Going Away" and "True Love." Cast: Nora Dunn, Terry Sweeney, Jon Lovitz, Danitra Vance.
5 Hawaii Five 0
A compulsive gambler's keeping quiet about witnessing a cop's murder in a casino raid because his sister, a policewoman, believes he's gambling.
13 At the Movies
Rex Reed and Bill Harris discuss horror movies, including "The Exorcist," "The Fly."
19 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
WGN Police Story

12AM
11 Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler
13 Entertainment This Week
62 Canned Film Festival
"The Slime People" [1963], starring Robert Hutton and Les Tremayne.

12:30
2 Tales from the Darkside
5 America's Top 10
Bananarama, Huey Lewis & The News, Lionel Richie, Steve Winwood.
9 Harry O
41 MTV Top 20 Video Countdown
49 Rifleman BW
WGN In Search Of...

1am
2 ABC News
4 Star Search
5 This Week in Country Music
13 News
27 MTV Top 20 Video Countdown
WGN Tales from the Darkside

1:15
2 News

1:30
5 Melba Moore's Collection of Love Songs
On video: James Taylor, Paul McCartney, Sheena Easton and Jermaine Stewart.
9 ABC News
41 Puttin' on the Hits
62 Movie-Martial Arts
"The Eagle's Killer." Chang Wu-Lang, Chin Pai-Ling, Huang Chang-Li.
WGN You Write the Songs

1:45
2 Good Morning St. Joe

2AM
5 Headline News
27 41 FTV
Laura Branigan sings "I Found Someone." Also: spoofs of "Delirious," "Rock & Roll Is Here to Stay," "Things Can Only Get Better."
WGN INN News

2:30
41 Solid Gold
Roy Clark, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Morris Day, Dennis De Young, Little Richard, Phil Collins [interview] and Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Bobby Rudell ["The Golden Boys of Bandstand"]. Music: "Tuff Enuff."
WGN Movie-Western
"Man from the Alamo." [1953] Glenn Ford is fine as a rugged soldier out to avenge the mass slaughter of frontier families by vicious renegades.

3:30
41 Movie-Crime Drama
"The Grissom Gang." [1971] Robert Aldrich directed this bizarre and violent melodrama about a kidnaped heiress [Kim Darby] in Depression-era Kansas City. Scott Wilson.
62 Rifleman BW

4AM
62 Lone Ranger BW

4:30
62 F Troop
WGN Movietone News BW

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[installLSC]

2 27 Hee Haw
Guests include Loretta Lynn, Riders in the Sky, Don Hoist, the Million Dollar Band.
4 Hee Haw
Guests include Hank Williams Jr., Ernest Borgnine, Rattlesnake Annie, Keith Whitley.

Could "Hee Haw" still be bicycling tapes at this point? In the satellite era, why would stations air different episodes on the same week?

WGN Baseball
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh.

Odd to see a Cubs game on Saturday night in this era. Remember, there would be no night games in Wrigley at all until 1988, and teams tended to play more Saturday afternoon games in general back then.

 

[crainbebo]

They could be. It was probably 1983 when the bicycling method stopped. I recall in the first season of Wheel of Fortune, tapes were bicycled (83-84) in some markets, but then went to satellite.

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[newsmark]

According to the episode guide in tv.com, the episode on KQTV/2 and KSNT/27 was a rerun of the last episode of the season. The one on WDAF/4 was a rerun of the "next-to-last" episode of the season.

Whether via satellite or bicycle tape, the distributor would have put out new copies of the episodes with different barter spots included.

My best guess is somehow WDAF put out the wrong episode number on the schedule they sent out. Or maybe they preempted a week sometime during the summer and were running a week behind.

 

[bmasters1981]

This season, Jim Nantz would go solo on The Prudential College Football Report, after having had Pat Haden with him in the previous year; IINM, he would occasionally have Ara Parseghian with him in the 1987 and '88 seasons.

 

[MDCSWildcats86]

The Hawaii Five-O episode listed is called "Dealer's Choice: Blackmail", originally aired February 3, 1977.

John Ritter played the compulsive gambler. Would have been an eye-opener for those only familiar with his Three's Company work.

 

[marklungo]

Thanks for posting this, Crainbebo! Two comments:

1. The show identified as Tales From the Darkness (10 PM on Channel 41) is actually Tales from the Darkside. (The episode is "The Unhappy Medium", if anyone's interested.)

2. Do you have any KC weekday schedules from this period?