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Retro: Kentucky Saturday, January 3, 1981

From TV Guide, Kentucky Edition:

WAVE Ch. 3 Louisville (NBC)

6:30 Farming With Jack Crowner
7 AM Kentucky Afield
7:30 Blue Apple Clubhouse
8 AM Godzilla/Hong Kong Phooey Hour
9 AM Flintstones Comedy Show
10:30 Daffy Duck
11 AM Batman And The Super 7
12 N Wrestling
1 PM America's Top 10
1:30 Star Trek (animated)
2 PM Nashville On The Road (guests: Bill Anderson,
Jim Ed Brown)
2:30 Pop Goes The Country (guest: B.J. Thomas;
host: Tom T. Hall)
3 PM Backstage At The Grand Ole Opry (guests:
Roy Clark and Connie Smith)
3:30 NFL '80
4 PM AFC Playoff: Bills-Chargers (San Diego won,
20-14)
7 PM Dance Fever (time approximate, the Temptations
perform; judges are Rip Taylor, skater Linda Fratianne,
Lyle Waggoner)
7:30 Emphasis (local)
8 PM Barbara Mandrell (guests: Bob Hope and Marty Robbins)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Burnt Offerings"
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live (no information given)
1 AM Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (Bob Marley and the Wailers,
the Little River Band, comic George Miller, comedy group
the Village Idiots)
2:30 Movie: "Two For The Money" (nothing to do with the game show,
but a made-for-TV cop flick from '71)

WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

7 AM U.S. Farm Report
7:30 Hot Fudge
8 AM Godzilla/Hong Kong Phooey Hour
9 AM Flintstones Comedy Show
10:30 Daffy Duck
11 AM Batman And The Super 7
12 N Wrestling (no, this is not on NBC--Chs. 3, 5, and 18 all
offered a wrestling show at this time)
1 PM Star Trek (the original)
2 PM Movie: "Operation CIA"
3:30 NFL '80
4 PM AFC Playoff: Bills-Chargers
7 PM Lawrence Welk (time approximate)
8 PM Barbara Mandrell
9 PM NBC Movie: "Burnt Offerings"
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Big City Comedy Show
1:30 Second City Television
2 AM Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers, Chic, David Johansen, the Village
People, REO Speedwagon, and "comic Jay Leno"--
shows his status in the business at the time)

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (CBS)

5:55 Farm News
6 AM Sunrise Semester: "Modern Israel"
6:30 Call The Doctor
7:30 Roy Rogers
8 AM Mighty Mouse/Heckle And Jeckle
8:30 Tom And Jerry Comedy Show
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 All New Popeye Hour
11:30 Drak Pack
12 N The NFL Today
12:30 NFC Playoff: Vikings-Eagles (Eagles won, 31-16)
3:30 Movie: "When Every Day Was The Fourth Of July"
(time approximate)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
7 PM Soup Man (a member of a gang that terrorizes the
elderly quits after one of his victims helps him discover
his self-worth)
7:30 To Tell The Truth (Robin Ward)
8 PM WKRP In Cincinnati
8:30 Tim Conway
9 PM Secrets Of Midland Heights
10 PM CBS Reports (Ed Bradley looks at life in the U.S.
Embassy in Thailand)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Enter Laughing"
1:30 Here And Now
2 AM News

WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)

7 AM Louisville Tonight (repeat of Friday's show)
7:30 Brady Bunch
8 AM Mighty Mouse/Heckle And Jeckle
8:30 Tom And Jerry Comedy Show
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 All New Popeye Hour
11:30 Flintstones
12 N NFL Today
12:30 NFC Playoff: Vikings-Eagles
3:30 Beverly Hillbillies (time approximate)
4 PM Flintstones
4:30 Bugs Bunny & Friends
5 PM Muppet Show (guest: Paul Simon)
5:30 Pink Panther
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM College Basketball: Louisville at Kansas State
9 PM Secrets Of Midland Heights (time approximate)
10 PM CBS Reports
11 PM News
11:30 Tribute To Chet Atkins (with Roy Acuff, Foster
Brooks, Charlie Daniels, Jimmy Dean, and the
Statler Brothers)
1:30 News

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (ABC)

6:30 Kids Are People Too (guests: Jodie Foster,
Rupert Holmes, actor Matt Dillon, deaf actress
Julianne Gold--delay from Sun 10:30 AM)
7:30 Animals, Animals, Animals (naturalist Jud Vandevere
studies sea otters in Southern California, delay from
Sun 11:30 AM)
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Fonz And The Happy Days Gang
9:30 Richie Rich/Scooby And Scrappy Doo
10:30 Thundarr The Barbarian
11 AM Heathcliff And Dingbat
11:30 Plastic Man/Baby Plas Comedy Show
12 N TBA
6:30 Too Close For Comfort (delay from Tue 9:30, a one-shot
delay)
7 PM Hee Haw (Merle Haggard, Slim Pickens, John Conlee--a country
singer who spells his last name differently from a certain Texas
politician)
8 PM Breaking Away (Shaun Cassidy)
9 PM Love Boat (passengers: Lew Ayers, Janet Gaynor (whose career
goes back at least to the '20s), Jessica Walter, Alex Cord, Sal
Viscuso)
10 PM Fantasy Island (guests: Bobby Sherman, Eva Gabor)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Little Murders"
1:45 Movie: "The Gambler From Natchez"
3:20 Movie: "The Lawless Breed"

WKPC Ch. 15 Louisville (PBS)

12 N Sesame Street
1 PM Movie: "Sagebrush Trail" (John Wayne, from '33)
2 PM Matinee At The Bijou ("Gung Ho!" from '43, Chapter 2 of
"Don Winslow Of The Navy" from '42)
3:30 Word On Words
4 PM All About TV
4:30 Tomorrow's Families (Greg Morris looks at newborn care)
5 PM History Of Space Travel
5:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
6 PM Extensions
6:30 This Old House
7 PM Superstar Profile (Gregory Peck)
7:30 Sneak Previews (Neil Diamond's version of "The Jazz Singer,"
"Resurrection" with Ellen Burstyn, "Seems Like Old Times" with
Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase)
8 PM Movie: "Wicked As They Come"
10 PM Soundstage (Journey performs)
11 PM Movie: "That Night In Rio"

WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC)

6:30 Ag-USA
7 AM U.S. Farm Report
7:30 Superman (George Reeves)
8 AM Godzilla/Hong Kong Phooey Hour
9 AM Flintstones Comedy Show
10:30 Daffy Duck
11 AM Cliffwood Avenue Kids
11:30 Center Circle
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Leisure
1:30 L'Chaim--To Life (the history of Eastern
European Jews from the 1880s to the
founding of Israel in 1948)
3 PM Sanford And Son
3:30 NFL '80
4 PM AFC Playoff: Bills-Chargers
7 PM Lawrence Welk (time approximate)
8 PM Barbara Mandrell
9 PM NBC Movie: "Burnt Offerings"
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Sha Na Na

WXIX Ch. 19 Cincinnati (Ind.)

6:15 Perspective
7 AM Woody Woodpecker
7:30 Bugs And Porky
8 AM Popeye
8:30 Superman (George Reeves)
9 AM Tarzan (Ron Ely)
10 AM Movie: "Abbott And Costello Meet
Frankenstein"
11:30 Movie: "Flying Deuces" (Laurel and Hardy)
1 PM Movie: "Grand Prix" (James Garner)
4 PM Movie: "Flying Tigers" (John Wayne)
6 PM Happy Days Again
6:30 M*A*S*H
7 PM Sha Na Na (guest: Scatman Crothers)
7:30 Sha Na Na (guests: Danny and the Juniors,
doing "At The Hop")
8 PM Backstage At The Grand Ole Opry (host Bill
Anderson, guests T.G. Sheppard and Jimmy
C. Newman)
8:30 Pop Goes The Country (host Tom T. Hall welcomes
Johnny Rodriguez)
9 PM Porter Wagoner (guest: Mack Magaha)
9:30 Nashville Swing
10 PM Nashville On The Road (Bill Anderson, Jim Ed Brown)
10:30 That Nashville Music (Con Hunley, Alabama, Buddy Spicher)
11 PM M*A*S*H
11:30 All In The Family
12 M What's Happening America? (magazine show with Shana Alexander;
stories include a profile of President Reagan's brother Neal, religion
and marijuana in Jamaica, Allenwood Prison--minimum-security prison
for executives)
1 AM Mission: Impossible

WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (CBS)

7 AM Movie: "Oklahoma Renegades" (watch for the Cisco Kid, Duncan
Renaldo, in this one from '40)
8 AM Mighty Mouse/Heckle And Jeckle
8:30 Tom And Jerry Comedy Show
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 All-New Popeye Hour
11:30 Drak Pack
12 N TBA
1:30 Tobacco Talk
2 PM SEC Basketball: Georgia-Kentucky (UK will open the 2011 conference
play with UGA)
4 PM SEC Basketball: Tennessee-Alabama (time approximate)
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM WKRP In Cincinnati
8:30 Tim Conway
9 PM Secrets Of Midland Heights
10 PM CBS Reports
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Jeremiah Johnson"

WLKY 32 Alive Louisville (ABC)

7 AM Big Blue Marble
7:30 Kidsworld
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Fonz And The Happy Days Gang
9:30 Richie Rich/Scooby And Scrappy-Doo
10:30 Thundarr The Barbarian
11 AM Heathcliff And Dingbat
11:30 Plastic Man/Baby Plas Comedy Show
12 N ABC Weekend Special: "Arthur The Kid"
12:30 American Bandstand (guests: Johnny Rivers
and Tierra)
1:30 Movie: "The Chinese Ring" (Charlie Chan)
2:35 Movie: "Sky Dragon" (more Charlie Chan)
3:40 Movie: "The Feathered Serpent" (and more Charlie Chan)
4:45 Movie: "Shadows Over Chinatown" (need I repeat myself?)
5:50 Movie: "Dark Alibi" (ditto)
7 PM Tales Of The Unexpected
7:30 Medical Line
8 PM Breaking Away
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Fantasy Island
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "There's A Girl In My Soup"
1:15 Movie: "On Any Sunday" (1971 documentary about
motorcycling, produced by Steve McQueen and Bruce
Brown ("The Endless Summer"))
2:45 ABC News (anchor not given)

WTVQ Ch. 36 Lexington (ABC)

7:30 Tom And Jerry And Friends
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Fonz And The Happy Days Gang
9:30 Richie Rich/Scooby And Scrappy-Doo
10:30 Thundarr The Barbarian
11 AM Heathcliff And Dingbat
11:30 Plastic Man/Baby Plas Comedy Show
12 N ABC Weekend Special
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Wrestling
2:30 Movie: "Paint Your Wagon"
5:30 With Arms Of Love (what's being done to fight
hunger and poverty in Africa and Asia)
6:30 Monte Carlo Show (guests: Liberace and Marco
Valenti; host is Patrick Wayne, John's son and
later host of the failed '90s revival of "Tic Tac
Dough")
7:30 Dance Fever (championship round; judges are
Eva Gabor, Gower Champion, and David Hodo)
8 PM Breaking Away
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Fantasy Island
11 PM News
11:15 ABC News
11:30 Movie: "My Little Chickadee" (one of the great
comedies, with Mae West and W.C. Fields)

WDRB Ch. 41 Louisville (Ind.)

7:30 New Shapes: Education
8 AM Space Kidettes
8:30 PTL Club
10:30 NFL Review And Preview
11:30 Wrestling
12:30 Jack Johnson: Black Power In The Ring
(story of the first African-American heavyweight
champ)
1:30 Sha Na Na (guest: Scatman Crothers)
2 PM SEC Basketball: Georgia-Kentucky
4 PM SEC Basketball: Tennessee-Alabama (time approximate)
6 PM Solid Gold (co-host Neil Sedaka, time approximate)
7 PM Kung Fu
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM That Nashville Music (Johnny Russell, Susie Allanson,
Freddie Hart, Buddy Spicher)
9:30 Wild Kingdom
10 PM INN News
10:30 In Search Of... (the truth about the Salem witchcraft
trials)
11 PM 700 Club
12:30 Ross Bagley (gospel music)

KET Kentucky Educational Television (WKZT/23 Elizabethtown,
WKSO/29 Somerset, WKMR/38 Morehead, WKLE/46 Lexington,
WKON/52 Owenton, WCVN/54 Covington, WKMJ/68 Louisville)

5 PM Matinee At The Bijou (same as Ch. 15)
6:30 Run That By Me Again (sports show)
7 PM Soundstage (same as Ch. 15)
8 PM Land Where The Blues Began (musicians from the
Mississippi Delta recall how the blues began: in the
fields, from anger, or lost loves)
9 PM America (Alistair Cooke looks at immigration at the
turn of the 20th century in "The Huddled Masses")
10 PM Bogart (biography of you-know-who)
11 PM To Norway: Home Of The Giants (John Cleese in a
satire of travelogues)
 
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