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Retro: KSTP, Minneapolis, Friday, December 22, 1978

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5:00 a.m.-To Be Announced
6:00 a.m.-News
6:20 a.m.-Country Day
7:00 a.m.-Today Show
9:00 a.m.-Twin Cities Today
10:00 a.m.-High Rollers
10:30 a.m.-Wheel Of Fortune
11:00 a.m.-America Alive!
12:00'p.m.-Hollywood Squares
12:30'p.m.-Days Of Our Lives
1:30 p.m.-Doctors
2:00 p.m.-Another World
3:00 p.m.-New Mickey Mouse Club
3:30 p.m.-Superman
4:00 p.m.-Emergency One!
5:00 p.m.-Hogan's Heroes
5:30 p.m.-NBC News
6:00 p.m.-News
6:30 p.m.-Abbott And Costello
7:00 p.m.-Bob Hope Special
8:00 p.m.-Rockford Files
9:00 p.m.-Eddie Capra Mysteries
10:00 p.m.-News
10:30 p.m.-Johnny Carson
 
This was about three months before KSTP-5 dropped its NBC affiliation of over thirty years and switched to ABC (which it has been affiliated with ever since).

While ABC (thanks to it's sudden rise from third in the prime-time ratings to first during the 1975/76 TV season) was able to upgrade it's affiliate in many cities, landing KSTP was a coup since KSTP had been one of NBC's strongest stations.

Conversely, it was a huge loss for NBC, which had slipped to third in the prime-time ratings race by 1978.

KSTP's defection probably convinced some CBS and NBC affiliates who were "on the fence" about going to ABC to make the switch.

Didn't KSTP Radio also switch from NBC to ABC's American Information Radio Network at the same time?
 
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