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Retro: Kentucky Saturday, November 14, 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 Flintstones
8:30 Smurfs
9:30 Kid Super Power Hour With Shazam
10:30 Space Stars
11:30 Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Nashville On The Road
1:30 Pop Goes The Country
2 PM Hands On (woodworking)
2:30 Intergalactic Thanksgiving (animated)
3 PM Movie: "Chisum" (John Wayne)
5 PM Portrait Of A Legend
5:30 America's Top 10
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News (Jessica Savitch)
7 PM Dance Fever (judges: Arte Johnson, Donna
Dixon, and Johnny Lee, who also sings
"Prisoner Of Hope")
7:30 Emphasis
8 PM Barbara Mandrell (B.J. Thomas, Tony Orlando)
9 PM Nashville Palace (hosts: Tammy Wynette and
George Jones; guests: Minnie Pearl, Charley
Pride, Terri Gibbs)
10 PM Fitz And Bones (the Smothers Brothers as
trouble-prone newspaper reporters)
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live (hostess Bernadette Peters;
Billy Joel; the Go-Go's)
1 AM Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
2:30 Movie: "Situation Hopeless But Not Serious"

WLWT Ch. 5 Cincinnati (NBC)

6:30 Better Way
7 AM U.S. Farm Report
7:30 Doctor Snuggles
8 AM Mr. Moon's Magic Circus
8:30 Smurfs
9:30 Kid Super Power Hour With Shazam
10:30 Space Stars
11:30 Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Choice In Life
1:30 Portrait Of A Legend
2 PM Movie: "Two Mules For Sister Sara"
(Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine)
4 PM Sportsworld (Alex Ramos vs. Norberto Sebater,
middleweights, 10 rounds, from Atlantic City; Women's
World Professional Wristwrestling Championships, from
Six Flags Over Georgia)
5:30 In Search Of...
6 PM News
6:30 Lawrence Welk
7:30 Look At Us (a segment on citizen crimefighting programs)
8 PM Barbara Mandrell
9 PM Nashville Palace
10 PM Fitz And Bones
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live

WCPO Ch. 9 Cincinnati (CBS)

6 AM Sunrise Semester (topic not given)
6:30 Call The Doctor (eye, ear, nose, and throat problems--
rerun from Sun 11 AM)
7:30 Roy Rogers
8 AM Kwicky Koala
8:30 Trollkins
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 Popeye And Olive
11 AM Blackstar
11:30 Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro
12:30 Tom And Jerry
1 PM The New Fat Albert Show
1:30 Kidsworld
2 PM We're Movin' (magazine show)
2:30 Movie: "Of Love And Desire"
4:30 CBS Sports Saturday: WBA junior welterweight
championship, live from Cleveland: Aaron Pryor
defends his title against Dujuan Johnson, 15 rounds.
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
7 PM Juvenile Court
7:30 People's Court
8 PM Walt Disney ("Mickey And The Beanstalk" and Part 1
of "Dumbo")
9 PM CBS Movie: "High Anxiety"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean"
1:30 Here And Now
2 AM News

WGN Ch. 9 Chicago (Ind.)
Listed Eastern Time

7 AM Cartoons
7:30 Buyer's Forum
7:45 Three Score/Community Calendar
8 AM U.S. Farm Report
8:30 World Tomorrow
9 AM Rex Humbard
9:30 Issues Unlimited
10 AM Charlando (en espanol)
10:30 Abbott And Costello
11 AM Superman
11:30 Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
12:30 Movie: "Incident At Phantom Hill"
2:30 Movie: "Abbott And Costello Meet The
Invisible Man"
4 PM America's Top 10
4:30 Soul Train
5:30 The New You Asked For It (Rich Little)
6 PM Muppet Show
6:30 Welcome Back, Kotter
7 PM Barney Miller
7:30 Laverne & Shirley & Company
8 PM NBA Basketball: Bulls-Bullets
10:30 Independent Network News (time approximate)
11 PM News
11:30 Solid Gold
12:30 Movie: "The Day Of The Jackal"
3 AM News
3:30 Movie: "Dive Bomber"
5:30 TBA

WHAS Ch. 11 Louisville (CBS)

7 AM Louisville Tonight (rerun of Friday night's show)
7:30 Bugs Bunny & Friends
8 AM Kwicky Koala
8:30 Trollkins
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 Popeye And Olive
11 AM Blackstar
11:30 Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro
12:30 Tom And Jerry
1 PM New Fat Albert Show
1:30 30 Minutes (an Arizona high-school tutoring program)
2 PM Movie: "Escape From The Planet Of The Apes"
4 PM Andy Griffith
4:30 Horse Race: Kentucky Cardinal Handicap from Churchill
Downs
5 PM Bonanza
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Hee Haw (Faron Young, Sylvia, Chubby Wise)
8 PM Walt Disney
9 PM CBS Movie: "High Anxiety"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "In The Glitter Palace"
1:30 News

WKRC Ch. 12 Cincinnati (ABC)

6:30 Kids Are People Too (quarterback Jim Plunkett;
ventriloquist Willie Tyler and Lester, delay from
Sun 10:30 AM)
7:30 Animals, Animals, Animals (raccoons at California's
Marin Wildlife Center, delay from Sun 11:30 AM)
8 AM Superfriends
8:30 Heathcliff And Marmaduke
9 AM Fonz And The Happy Days Gang
9:30 Laverne & Shirley (animated)
10 AM Richie Rich, Scooby And Scrappy Doo
11 AM Goldie Gold And Action Jack
11:30 Thundarr The Barbarian
12 N College Football Pre-Game Show
12:20 College Football: Teams TBA
3:30 College Football Pre-Game Show (time approximate)
3:50 College Football: Teams TBA
7 PM Hee Haw (time approximate)
8 PM Maggie
8:30 Making A Living (formerly "It's A Living")
9 PM Love Boat (passengers: Juliet Mills, Buddy Hackett,
Cesare Danova, Nancy Dussault)
10 PM Fantasy Island (visitors: Paul Williams, Joan Prather)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Poseidon Adventure"
1:50 Movie: "Vendetta For The Saint" (Roger Moore, from '66)
3:50 Movie: "Berlin Correspondent"

WKPC Ch. 15 Louisville (PBS)

12 N World Of Cooking
12:30 This Old House
1 PM Woodwright's Shop
1:30 Photo Show
2 PM Crockett's Victory Garden
2:30 Ben Wattenberg At Large
3 PM By-Line
3:30 Word On Words
4 PM All About TV
4:30 I Am, I Can, I Will
5 PM Soccer Made In Germany
6 PM Matinee At The Bijou (Billy Halop and the Dead
End Kids in "Little Tough Guy" (1938); Chapter 7
of "The Phantom Empire" (1935))
7:30 Sneak Previews
8 PM Movie: "The Young In Heart"
10 PM Movie: "His Girl Friday" (Cary Grant/Rosalind Russell
classic from '40)
11:30 Omega Factor
sign off 12:30 AM

WTBS Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)

5:45 World At Large
6:05 It's Your Business
6:35 Infinity Factory
7:05 Vegetable Soup
7:35 Romper Room
8:05 Partridge Family
8:35 Movie: "Beyond The Time Barrier"
10:05 Movie: "PT 109" (Cliff Robertson as JFK)
1:05 Movie: "Mirage"
3:35 Movie: "Witness For The Prosecution"
6 PM College Scoreboard
6:05 Georgia Championship Wrestling
7 PM College Scoreboard
7:05 Wrestling continues
8:05 Nashville Alive!
9:05 Football Saturday
10:05 News
11:05 Movie: "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"
1:40 Movie: "Fanny"
4:25 Mission: Impossible

WLEX Ch. 18 Lexington (NBC)

6 AM U.S. Farm Report
6:30 Farming With Jack Crowner
7 AM Space Kidettes
7:30 Jetsons
8 AM Flintstones
8:30 Smurfs
9:30 Kid Super Power Hour With Shazam
10:30 Addams Family (the sitcom)
11 AM Call The Doctor
11:30 Winner's Circle
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Extension Profile
1:30 Bluegrass Personalities
2 PM Movie: "The Funniest Man In The World"
(compilation of Charlie Chaplin's best from
1914-21)
3:45 TBA
4 PM Sportsworld
5:30 Sanford And Son
6 PM That Nashville Music (Jim Ed Brown, Margo Smith)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Lawrence Welk
8 PM Barbara Mandrell
9 PM Nashville Palace
10 PM Fitz And Bones
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1 AM Movie: "Nightmare In The Sun"

WXIX Ch. 19 Cincinnati (Ind.)

6:15 Perspective
7 AM Laurel And Hardy Laugh Tunes
7:30 Bugs And Porky
8 AM Tom And Jerry
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Brady Bunch
9:30 Bewitched
10 AM Monkees
10:30 Movie: "Pardon My Sarong" (Abbott and
Costello)
12 N Soul Train
1 PM Movie: "Friendly Fire" (Carol Burnett in an
outstanding dramatic performance)
4 PM Movie: "Obsession"
6 PM Happy Days Again
6:30 M*A*S*H
7 PM Sha Na Na (guest: Charley Pride)
7:30 Dance Fever (judges: Jimmy Baio, Melissa Gilbert,
K.C. (of K.C. and the Sunshine Band); musical
guests Yarbrough and Peoples)
8 PM Backstage At The Grand Ole Opry (B.J. Thomas,
Grandpa Jones, Larry Gatlin)
8:30 Pop Goes The Country (Alabama, Boxcar Willie)
9 PM Porter Wagoner (guest: Johnny Carver)
9:30 Nashville Swing
10 PM Nashville On The Road
10:30 That Nashville Music (Faron Young, Sheila Andrews,
the Thrasher Brothers)
11 PM M*A*S*H
11:30 Love Boat (delay from Wed 12 M, pre-empted on Ch. 12)
12:40 Evening At The Improv

WKYT Ch. 27 Lexington (CBS)

7 AM Movie: "Stagecoach To Denver" (Allan Lane, the voice of
Mister Ed, stars, from '46)
8 AM Kwicky Koala
8:30 Trollkins
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
10:30 Popeye And Olive
11 AM Blackstar
11:30 Tarzan, Lone Ranger, Zorro
12:30 Wild Kingdom
1 PM Southeastern Football Today
1:30 Woodsmith
2 PM Tobacco Talk
2:30 Nashville On The Road
3 PM Backstage At The Grand Ole Opry
3:30 McLain Family Band
4 PM Pop Goes The Country
4:30 CBS Sports Saturday
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Walt Disney
9 PM CBS Movie: "High Anxiety"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "American Graffiti"

WLKY 32 Alive Louisville (ABC)

7 AM Romper Room
7:30 Kidsworld
8 AM Superfriends
8:30 Heathcliff And Marmaduke
9 AM Fonz And The Happy Days Gang
9:30 Laverne & Shirley
10 AM Richie Rich, Scooby And Scrappy Doo
11 AM Goldie Gold And Action Jack
11:30 Thundarr The Barbarian
12 N College Football Pre-Game Show
12:20 College Football: Teams TBA
3:30 College Football Pre-Game Show (time approximate)
3:50 College Football: Teams TBA
7 PM Omni: The New Frontier (ice ages, an airborne observatory,
time approximate)
7:30 Animals Around Us
8 PM Maggie
8:30 Making A Living
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Fantasy Island
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Hustle"
2 AM Movie: "Tentacles"
3:45 ABC News (Tom Jarriel)

WTVQ Ch. 36 Lexington (ABC)

7 AM Tom And Jerry And Friends
8 AM Superfriends
8:30 Heathcliff And Marmaduke
9 AM Fonz And The Happy Days Gang
9:30 Laverne & Shirley
10 AM Richie Rich, Scooby And Scrappy Doo
11 AM Goldie Gold And Action Jack
11:30 Thundarr The Barbarian
12 N College Football Pre-Game Show
12:20 College Football: Teams TBA
3:30 College Football Pre-Game Show (time approximate)
3:50 College Football: Teams TBA
7 PM Movie: "Norwood" (Glen Campbell, Joe Namath in his
film debut, from '70, time approximate)
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Fantasy Island
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "El Dorado" (John Wayne, Robert Mitchum)

WDRB Ch. 41 Louisville (Ind.)

7:30 New Shapes: Education
8 AM Space Kidettes
8:30 Jim Bakker
9:30 NFL Review And Preview
10:30 American Educational TV Network
11:30 Fitness Motivation
12 N I Love Lucy
12:30 In Search Of...
1 PM Wild Kingdom
1:30 Wrestling
2:30 Movie: "Godzilla vs. Megalon"
4:10 Movie: "Bruce Lee: His Last Days--His Last
Nights"
6 PM Solid Gold (Crystal Gayle, Rod Stewart, Debbie
Harry, Don McLean, Billy Preston)
7 PM Battlestar Galactica
8 PM Rockford Files
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Independent Network News
10:30 Hilarity Hall
11 PM Movie: "From The Earth To The Moon"

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) (PBS)

4 PM General Educational Development
4:30 General Educational Development
5 PM Firing Line (economist Julian Simon discusses overpopulation
and world hunger)
6 PM Matinee At The Bijou
7:30 Another Page
8 PM Live From The Met (soprano Renatta Scotto in Puccini's trilogy
of one-act operas, "Il Trittico")
sign off 11:45 PM
 
Every NBC affiliate had a regional wrestling show at noon? From what I remember, NBC was running reruns of 'Bullwinkle' in that slot in '81-82.

The ABC football games included Alabama vs. Penn State, Iowa vs. Wisconsin, NC State vs. Duke, or Arkansas/Texas A &M early, and Southern Mississippi-Florida State in the late slot.
 
As I've pointed out in similar Saturday listings for Kentucky
from that era, yes, all three NBC affiliates had a wrestling
show at noon, but it's just coincidence, since there was
certainly no NBC network wrestling show. I seem to recall
WXII, the NBC affiliate in Winston-Salem and sister station
to WLWT, running wrestling at noon (and Louisville stations
programmed so much like Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point
stations in the '70s and '80s that it somehow makes sense to
find wrestling on WAVE in that timeslot).

It was not uncommon to see NBC affiliates pre-empting
"The Daffy/Speedy Show" and Bullwinkle from 12-1; where I
live in North Carolina, WXII pre-empted them while WSLS Roanoke
carried them.
 
Thanks; I couldn't remember what other NBC cartoon was pre-empted. I live in the Bay Area, and recall my local affiliate pre-empting 'Daffy and Speedy' for some local kids' show, but still airing 'Bullwinkle'.

Even though the wrestling in this listing wasn't an NBC telecast, was it the same regional syndicated show, or local shows for each market?
 
onairb said:
Thanks; I couldn't remember what other NBC cartoon was pre-empted. I live in the Bay Area, and recall my local affiliate pre-empting 'Daffy and Speedy' for some local kids' show, but still airing 'Bullwinkle'.

Even though the wrestling in this listing wasn't an NBC telecast, was it the same regional syndicated show, or local shows for each market?

Does anyone have listings for WKYH-TV 57 from Hazard from that day(Saturday 11/14/1981)?
 
You'll need somebody with the West Virginia edition of
TV Guide, or a newspaper from southeastern Kentucky.
WKYH/WYMT wasn't carried in the Kentucky edition at
the time.
 
No doubt. Louisville and Lexington were part of Nick
Gulas' territory for many years (along with Memphis,
Nashville, Chattanooga, Huntsville, and Birmingham,
among others). I don't know who promoted Cincinnati;
a few years later Ted Turner would be making inroads
into Columbus and Huntington.
 
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