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Retro: Maine Fri, Mar 6, 1981

"That's the way it was...": Walter Cronkite's last night anchoring CBS Evening News

from TV Guide: Maine edition

2 WLBZ-NBC Bangor * 4S CHSJ-CBC Saint John * 5 WABI-CBS Bangor *
6 WCSH-NBC Portland * 7 WVII-ABC Bangor * 8 WMTW-ABC Poland Spring *
8p WAGM-ABC/CBS/NBC Presque Isle * 10 WCBB-PBS Augusta * 11 WENH-PBS Durham *
12 WMEB-PBS Orono * 13 WGAN-CBS Portland * 26 WMEG-PBS Biddeford *
38B WSBK-Ind Boston * 56B WLVI-Ind Boston

CHSJ listings listed ET
12 is relayed by WMEM-10 Presque Isle and WMED-13 Calais

Morning

5:45
8 Jim Bakker

5:50
6 News

6:00
6 Health Field
7-8p Jim Bakker
13 Maine Weather

6:25
5 Open Door

6:30
2-6 First Radio Parish Church
5 Health Field
13 Sunrise Semester
38B Romper Room

6:35
2-6 News

6:45
8 News

7:00
2-6 Today
5-13 CBS Morning News
7-8-8p Good Morning America
38B Batman
56B Popeye

7:30
4S 100 Huntley Street
38B Scooby-Doo
56B Flintstones

7:45
10 AM Weather

8:00
5-13 Captain Kangaroo
10 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
38B Porky Pig/Bugs Bunny
56B Great Space Coaster

8:15
11 AM Weather

8:30
10 Over Easy
11 Instructional TV
38B Cartoon Festival
56B Fred Flintstone & Friends

8:45
12-26 AM Weather

9:00
2 Phil Donahue
4S Friendly Giant
5 Tennessee Tuxedo
6 Days of Our Lives
7 Fred Flintstone & Friends
8 Family Feud
8p Captain Kangaroo
10-12-26 Instructional TV
13 Mike Douglas
38B Richard Simmons
56B New Zoo Revue

9:15
4S Friendly Giant

9:30
4S Mr. Dressup
5 Richard Simmons
7 New Zoo Revue
8 Hour Magazine
38B Maude
56B Bozo's Big Top

10:00
2-6 Las Vegas Gambit
4S Sesame Street
5-8p Jeffersons
7 Your New Day (Vidal Sassoon)
13 John Davidson
38B Tom Larson
56B Meet the Manager

10:30
2-6 Blockbusters
5-8p Alice
7-8 You Bet Your Life
56B New England Today

10:50
38B News

11:00
2-6 Wheel of Fortune
4S Mid-Day
5-8p-13 Price is Right
7-8-56B Love Boat
10-11 3-2-1 Contact
38B Don Lane

11:30
2-6 Password Plus
4S Match Game
10-12-26 Electric Company
11 Once Upon a Classic

Afternoon

Noon
2 Card Sharks
4S Price is Right
5 Let's Make a Deal
6 News
7 Family Feud
8 Mary Tyler Moore
8p You Bet Your Life
10-11-12-26 Sesame Street
13 Carol Burnett & Friends
38B Movie "The Happy Time"
56B To Tell the Truth

12:30
2 Doctors
5-8p-13 Search for Tomorrow
6 Phil Donahue
7-8 Ryan's Hope
56B $50,000 Pyramid

1:00
2 Days of Our Lives
4S Edge of Night
5-8p-13 Young & the Restless
7-8 All My Children
10-11-12-26 Instructional TV
56B Partridge Family

1:30
4S Take 30
6 Doctors
56B Banana Splits

2:00
2-6 Another World
4S Today from the Pacific
5-8p-13 As the World Turns
7-8 One Life to Live
38B You Bet Your Life
56B Huck & Yogi

2:30
11 Masterpiece Theatre
38B Chico & the Man
56B Casper

3:00
2-6 Texas
4B Famous Five
5-8p-13 Guiding Light
7-8 General Hospital
10 Dick Cavett
38B Ghost & Mrs. Muir
56B Bugs Bunny

3:30
4S Dick Van Dyke
10-11-12-26 Over Easy
38B I Dream of Jeannie
56B Woody Woodpecker

4:00
2 Movie "From Hell to Texas"
4S Woody Woodpecker
5-8p One Day at a Time
6 Jackie Gleason
7 Edge of Night
8 Odd Couple
10-11-12-26 Sesame Street
13 Bugs Bunny & Friends
38B Bewitched
56B Tom & Jerry

4:30
4S New Brunswick Report (CBC-produced)
5-8p John Davidson
6 Grizzly Adams
7 Mike Douglas
8 Petticoat Junction
13 Merv Griffin
38B One Day at a Time
56B Flintstones

5:00
8 Beverly Hillbillies
10-11-12-26 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
38B Starsky & Hutch
56B Brady Bunch

5:30
4S Family Feud
6 PR (doc on a Puerto Rican family who moves to the US; Andy Griffith normally airs here)
8 Hogan's Heroes
10-11-12-26 3-2-1 Contact
56B Brady Bunch

Evening

6:00
2-5-6-7-8-8p-11-13 News
4S Flamingo Road
10-12-26 Festival '81 Preview
38B Hogan's Heroes
56B Happy Days Again

6:30
2-6 NBC Nightly News (John Chancellor; Tom Brokaw was hosting Today)
5-8p-13 CBS Evening News
7-8 ABC World News Tonight (Frank Reynolds; WMTW's ad for Region 8 News also shows Peter Jennings and Max Robinson)
10-12-26 Case Studies in Small Business
11 Doctor Who
38B Bob Newhart
56B Good Times

7:00
2-13-38B M*A*S*H
4S Ritter's Cove
5-8p High School Basketball: Eastern Maine boys' Class A semifinals (from Bangor)
6 Family Feud
7 Rockford Files
8 Tic Tac Dough
10-11-12-26 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
56B Sanford & Son

7:30
2 Family Feud
4S WKRP in Cincinnati
6 All in the Family
8 Joker's Wild
10-11 Dick Cavett
12-26 Festival '81 Preview
13 Happy Days Again
38B Barney Miller
56B Sha Na Na

8:00
2-6 Harper Valley PTA
4S Tommy Hunter
7-8 Benson
10-11-12-26 Washington Week in Review
13 Incredible Hulk
38B Movie "Steelyard Blues"
56B Top of the Hill (conclusion)

8:30
2-6 Brady Brides
5-8p High School Basketball: Eastern Maine boys' Class A semifinals
7-8 I'm a Big Girl Now
10-11-12-26 Wall Street Week

9:00
2-6 Nero Wolfe
4S Dallas
7-8 Movie "The Long Journey Back"
10 Charlie Chaplin
11 Bill Moyers' Journal
12-26 Movie "Pride of the Yankees"
13 Dukes of Hazzard

9:30
10 Paper Chase

10:00
2-6 NBC Magazine with David Brinkley
4S The National (Knowlton Nash)
5-8p-13 Dukes of Hazzard
11 Two Ronnies
38B INN News
56B Rookies

10:25
4S News

10:30
10 Movie "The Purple Rain"
11 With Ossie & Ruby
38B Hollywood Squares

10:45
4S Canadian Mens' Curling Championship Highlights

11:00
2-5-6-7-8-8p-13 News
4S Movie "The Oblong Box"
38B Odd Couple
56B Benny Hill

11:30
2-6 Tonight Show
5-8p-13 Movie "Citizens Band" (aka Handle with Care)
7-8 Fridays
12-26 Captioned ABC News
38B Movie "The Furies"
56B After Benny, Thames Presents

Late Night

Midnight
10 Night Gallery

12:30
2-6 Midnight Special
10 Alfred Hitchcock

12:40
8 Jim Bakker

2:00
6 News
 
>When did most of the Maritimes shift from Bangor networks to Boston/Detroit?? Until just last year NBC via WLBZ2 Bangor was on cable in St.John and Fredericton, but has since been replaced by WHDH Boston. Maine PBS was the only Maine station I noticed on cable at hotel I was staying at.





"That's the way it was...": Walter Cronkite's last night
> anchoring CBS Evening News
>
> from TV Guide: Maine edition
>
> 2 WLBZ-NBC Bangor * 4S CHSJ-CBC Saint John * 5 WABI-CBS
> Bangor *
> 6 WCSH-NBC Portland * 7 WVII-ABC Bangor * 8 WMTW-ABC Poland
> Spring *
> 8p WAGM-ABC/CBS/NBC Presque Isle * 10 WCBB-PBS Augusta * 11
> WENH-PBS Durham *
> 12 WMEB-PBS Orono * 13 WGAN-CBS Portland * 26 WMEG-PBS
> Biddeford *
> 38B WSBK-Ind Boston * 56B WLVI-Ind Boston
>
> CHSJ listings listed ET
> 12 is relayed by WMEM-10 Presque Isle and WMED-13 Calais
>
> Morning
>
> 5:45
> 8 Jim Bakker
>
> 5:50
> 6 News
>
> 6:00
> 6 Health Field
> 7-8p Jim Bakker
> 13 Maine Weather
>
> 6:25
> 5 Open Door
>
> 6:30
> 2-6 First Radio Parish Church
> 5 Health Field
> 13 Sunrise Semester
> 38B Romper Room
>
> 6:35
> 2-6 News
>
> 6:45
> 8 News
>
> 7:00
> 2-6 Today
> 5-13 CBS Morning News
> 7-8-8p Good Morning America
> 38B Batman
> 56B Popeye
>
> 7:30
> 4S 100 Huntley Street
> 38B Scooby-Doo
> 56B Flintstones
>
> 7:45
> 10 AM Weather
>
> 8:00
> 5-13 Captain Kangaroo
> 10 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
> 38B Porky Pig/Bugs Bunny
> 56B Great Space Coaster
>
> 8:15
> 11 AM Weather
>
> 8:30
> 10 Over Easy
> 11 Instructional TV
> 38B Cartoon Festival
> 56B Fred Flintstone & Friends
>
> 8:45
> 12-26 AM Weather
>
> 9:00
> 2 Phil Donahue
> 4S Friendly Giant
> 5 Tennessee Tuxedo
> 6 Days of Our Lives
> 7 Fred Flintstone & Friends
> 8 Family Feud
> 8p Captain Kangaroo
> 10-12-26 Instructional TV
> 13 Mike Douglas
> 38B Richard Simmons
> 56B New Zoo Revue
>
> 9:15
> 4S Friendly Giant
>
> 9:30
> 4S Mr. Dressup
> 5 Richard Simmons
> 7 New Zoo Revue
> 8 Hour Magazine
> 38B Maude
> 56B Bozo's Big Top
>
> 10:00
> 2-6 Las Vegas Gambit
> 4S Sesame Street
> 5-8p Jeffersons
> 7 Your New Day (Vidal Sassoon)
> 13 John Davidson
> 38B Tom Larson
> 56B Meet the Manager
>
> 10:30
> 2-6 Blockbusters
> 5-8p Alice
> 7-8 You Bet Your Life
> 56B New England Today
>
> 10:50
> 38B News
>
> 11:00
> 2-6 Wheel of Fortune
> 4S Mid-Day
> 5-8p-13 Price is Right
> 7-8-56B Love Boat
> 10-11 3-2-1 Contact
> 38B Don Lane
>
> 11:30
> 2-6 Password Plus
> 4S Match Game
> 10-12-26 Electric Company
> 11 Once Upon a Classic
>
> Afternoon
>
> Noon
> 2 Card Sharks
> 4S Price is Right
> 5 Let's Make a Deal
> 6 News
> 7 Family Feud
> 8 Mary Tyler Moore
> 8p You Bet Your Life
> 10-11-12-26 Sesame Street
> 13 Carol Burnett & Friends
> 38B Movie "The Happy Time"
> 56B To Tell the Truth
>
> 12:30
> 2 Doctors
> 5-8p-13 Search for Tomorrow
> 6 Phil Donahue
> 7-8 Ryan's Hope
> 56B $50,000 Pyramid
>
> 1:00
> 2 Days of Our Lives
> 4S Edge of Night
> 5-8p-13 Young & the Restless
> 7-8 All My Children
> 10-11-12-26 Instructional TV
> 56B Partridge Family
>
> 1:30
> 4S Take 30
> 6 Doctors
> 56B Banana Splits
>
> 2:00
> 2-6 Another World
> 4S Today from the Pacific
> 5-8p-13 As the World Turns
> 7-8 One Life to Live
> 38B You Bet Your Life
> 56B Huck & Yogi
>
> 2:30
> 11 Masterpiece Theatre
> 38B Chico & the Man
> 56B Casper
>
> 3:00
> 2-6 Texas
> 4B Famous Five
> 5-8p-13 Guiding Light
> 7-8 General Hospital
> 10 Dick Cavett
> 38B Ghost & Mrs. Muir
> 56B Bugs Bunny
>
> 3:30
> 4S Dick Van Dyke
> 10-11-12-26 Over Easy
> 38B I Dream of Jeannie
> 56B Woody Woodpecker
>
> 4:00
> 2 Movie "From Hell to Texas"
> 4S Woody Woodpecker
> 5-8p One Day at a Time
> 6 Jackie Gleason
> 7 Edge of Night
> 8 Odd Couple
> 10-11-12-26 Sesame Street
> 13 Bugs Bunny & Friends
> 38B Bewitched
> 56B Tom & Jerry
>
> 4:30
> 4S New Brunswick Report (CBC-produced)
> 5-8p John Davidson
> 6 Grizzly Adams
> 7 Mike Douglas
> 8 Petticoat Junction
> 13 Merv Griffin
> 38B One Day at a Time
> 56B Flintstones
>
> 5:00
> 8 Beverly Hillbillies
> 10-11-12-26 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
> 38B Starsky & Hutch
> 56B Brady Bunch
>
> 5:30
> 4S Family Feud
> 6 PR (doc on a Puerto Rican family who moves to the US; Andy
> Griffith normally airs here)
> 8 Hogan's Heroes
> 10-11-12-26 3-2-1 Contact
> 56B Brady Bunch
>
> Evening
>
> 6:00
> 2-5-6-7-8-8p-11-13 News
> 4S Flamingo Road
> 10-12-26 Festival '81 Preview
> 38B Hogan's Heroes
> 56B Happy Days Again
>
> 6:30
> 2-6 NBC Nightly News (John Chancellor; Tom Brokaw was
> hosting Today)
> 5-8p-13 CBS Evening News
> 7-8 ABC World News Tonight (Frank Reynolds; WMTW's ad for
> Region 8 News also shows Peter Jennings and Max Robinson)
> 10-12-26 Case Studies in Small Business
> 11 Doctor Who
> 38B Bob Newhart
> 56B Good Times
>
> 7:00
> 2-13-38B M*A*S*H
> 4S Ritter's Cove
> 5-8p High School Basketball: Eastern Maine boys' Class A
> semifinals (from Bangor)
> 6 Family Feud
> 7 Rockford Files
> 8 Tic Tac Dough
> 10-11-12-26 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
> 56B Sanford & Son
>
> 7:30
> 2 Family Feud
> 4S WKRP in Cincinnati
> 6 All in the Family
> 8 Joker's Wild
> 10-11 Dick Cavett
> 12-26 Festival '81 Preview
> 13 Happy Days Again
> 38B Barney Miller
> 56B Sha Na Na
>
> 8:00
> 2-6 Harper Valley PTA
> 4S Tommy Hunter
> 7-8 Benson
> 10-11-12-26 Washington Week in Review
> 13 Incredible Hulk
> 38B Movie "Steelyard Blues"
> 56B Top of the Hill (conclusion)
>
> 8:30
> 2-6 Brady Brides
> 5-8p High School Basketball: Eastern Maine boys' Class A
> semifinals
> 7-8 I'm a Big Girl Now
> 10-11-12-26 Wall Street Week
>
> 9:00
> 2-6 Nero Wolfe
> 4S Dallas
> 7-8 Movie "The Long Journey Back"
> 10 Charlie Chaplin
> 11 Bill Moyers' Journal
> 12-26 Movie "Pride of the Yankees"
> 13 Dukes of Hazzard
>
> 9:30
> 10 Paper Chase
>
> 10:00
> 2-6 NBC Magazine with David Brinkley
> 4S The National (Knowlton Nash)
> 5-8p-13 Dukes of Hazzard
> 11 Two Ronnies
> 38B INN News
> 56B Rookies
>
> 10:25
> 4S News
>
> 10:30
> 10 Movie "The Purple Rain"
> 11 With Ossie & Ruby
> 38B Hollywood Squares
>
> 10:45
> 4S Canadian Mens' Curling Championship Highlights
>
> 11:00
> 2-5-6-7-8-8p-13 News
> 4S Movie "The Oblong Box"
> 38B Odd Couple
> 56B Benny Hill
>
> 11:30
> 2-6 Tonight Show
> 5-8p-13 Movie "Citizens Band" (aka Handle with Care)
> 7-8 Fridays
> 12-26 Captioned ABC News
> 38B Movie "The Furies"
> 56B After Benny, Thames Presents
>
> Late Night
>
> Midnight
> 10 Night Gallery
>
> 12:30
> 2-6 Midnight Special
> 10 Alfred Hitchcock
>
> 12:40
> 8 Jim Bakker
>
> 2:00
> 6 News
>
 
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