SOURCE: THE BANGOR DAILY NEWS, MAY 8, 1981 EDITION
Canadian stations listed ET. WLVI wasn’t added to the Daily News yet.
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC)
6:30: First Radio Parish Church
6:35: Newscenter Report
7:00: Today
9:00: Donahue: Ralph Nader
10:00: Las Vegas Gambit
10:30: Blockbusters
11:00: Wheel of Fortune (Pat Sajak did not take over until December 28)
11:30: Password Plus (Allen Ludden, sidelined the previous October, would die a month later)
12:00: Card Sharks
12:30: The Doctors
1:00: Days of Our Lives
2:00: Another World
3:00: Texas
4:00: Movie: “Battlestar Galactica” (1978; Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch (not THAT one)) (Part 1)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: M*A*S*H
7:30: Family Feud
8:00: Little House on the Prairie
9:00: NBC Monday Night at the Movies: “The Star Maker” (Premiere; Rock Hudson, Suzanne Pleshette) (Part 1)
11:00: News
11:30: The Best of Carson
12:30: Adam-12 (followed by sign-off)
CHSJ (CBAT) Channel 4 Saint John, NB (Fredericton, NB) (CBC)
7:30: 100 Huntley Street (these days, it is now a 30-minute show)
9:00: The Friendly Giant
9:30: Mr. Dressup
10:00: Sesame Street
11:00: Midday Report
11:30: Match Game (however, in the North Shore, it’s the Northeast Report)
12:00: The Price is Right
1:00: The Edge of Night
1:30: Take 30 From...: Harry Brown continues his tour of his hometown, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2:00: Today From the Atlantic
3:00: News From Zoos
3:30: Wok With Yan
4:00: King of Kensington
4:30: CBC News
5:30: Family Feud (probably the syndicated version)
6:00: Nurse
7:00: Ladies and Gentlemen, Bob Newhart
8:00: M*A*S*H (same as the one on CBS later on)
8:30: Front Page Challenge (ran until 1995)
9:00: The KGB Connection: Soviet operations in North America are examined in detail
10:00: CBC National News
10:27: CBC News
10:40: Movie: “The Last Grenade” (1970; Stanley Baker, Alex Cord) (followed by sign-off)
WABI Channel 5 Bangor (CBS)
6:25: Open Door
6:30: Health Field
7:00: Morning With Charles Kuralt
8:00: Captain Kangaroo
9:00: Tennessee Tuxedo (“will NOT fail!”)
9:30: Richard Simmons
10:00: The Jeffersons
10:30: Alice
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: Let’s Make a Deal (from Vancouver)
12:30: Search for Tomorrow (moved to 2:30 later in 1981)
1:00: The Young and the Restless (moved to 12:30 later in 1981)
2:00: As the World Turns (moved to 1:30 later in 1981)
3:00: Guiding Light (did not change time slots the entire year)
4:00: One Day at a Time
4:30: John Davidson: Angie Dickinson, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Brian Kerwin, Bud Greenspan, Chef Ted Erhardt
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: The Joker’s Wild
7:30: Tic Tac Dough
8:00: Lynda Carter’s Celebration
9:00: M*A*S*H
9:30: House Calls
10:00: Lou Grant
11:00: News
11:30: Quincy M.E.
12:40: Harry O (followed by sign-off)
WCSH Channel 6 Portland (NBC)
5:50: Weather
6:00: Health Field
6:30: First Radio Parish Church
6:35: News
7:00: Today
9:00: Days of Our Lives (probably day-behind from 1:00)
10:00: Las Vegas Gambit
10:30: Blockbusters
11:00: Wheel of Fortune
11:30: Password Plus
12:00: News (the only Maine station in the listings at the time to carry a noon newscast)
12:30: Donahue: Miscarriage of Justice the Victims
1:30: The Doctors (delayed from 12:30)
2:00: Another World
3:00: Texas
4:00: Charlie Rose
4:30: Andy Griffith
5:00: Six Million Dollar Man
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Family Feud
7:30: All in the Family
8:00: Little House on the Prairie
9:00: NBC Monday Night at the Movies: “The Star Maker”
11:00: News
11:30: The Best of Carson
12:30: Tomorrow
2:00: News (followed by sign-off)
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC)
6:00: Jim Bakker
7:00: Good Morning America
9:00: Fred Flintstone and Friends
9:30: New Zoo Revue
10:00: Marcus Welby M.D.
11:00: The Love Boat
12:00: Family Feud
12:30: Ryan’s Hope
1:00: All My Children
2:00: One Life to Live
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: The Edge of Night
4:30: Mike Douglas: Ronnie Milsap co-hosts; also features Ron Howard, Dr. Lee Salk, Arsenio Hall (!), and Amy Levin
6:00: News
6:30: ABC World News Tonight
7:00: The Rockford Files
8:00: That’s Incredible
9:00: ABC Monday Night Movie: “The Best Little Girl in the World” (Premiere; Charles Durning, Eva Marie Saint) (Look for a young Jennifer Jason Leigh in her pre-“Revenge” days) (Opening can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew3D7iQS4B8)
11:00: News
11:30: Nightline
12:00: Fantasy Island (followed by sign-off)
WAGM Channel 8 Presque Isle (CBS primary; ABC/NBC secondary)
6:00: Jim Bakker
7:00: Good Morning America
9:00: Captain Kangaroo (delayed from 8:00)
10:00: The Jeffersons
10:30: Alice
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: Let’s Make a Deal
12:30: Search for Tomorrow
1:00: The Young and the Restless
2:00: As the World Turns
3:00: Guiding Light
4:00: One Day at a Time
4:30: John Davidson (same as WABI)
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: The Joker’s Wild
7:30: Tic Tac Dough
8:00: Little House on the Prairie
9:00: M*A*S*H
9:30: House Calls
10:00: Lou Grant
11:00: News
11:30: Quincy M.E. (followed by sign-off)
WMTW Channel 8 Poland Spring (serves Portland) (ABC)
5:45: Jim Bakker
6:45: News
7:00: Good Morning America
9:00: Family Feud (probably day-behind from noon)
9:30: Hour Magazine
10:30: The $50,000 Pyramid
11:00: The Love Boat
12:00: Mary Tyler Moore
12:30: Ryan’s Hope
1:00: All My Children
2:00: One Life to Live
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: The Odd Couple
4:30: Get Smart
5:00: The Beverly Hillbillies
5:30: Hogan’s Heroes
6:00: News
6:30: ABC World News Tonight
7:00: Tic Tac Dough
7:30: The Joker’s Wild
8:00: That’s Incredible
9:00: ABC Monday Night Movie: “The Best Little Girl in the World”
11:00: News
11:30: Nightline
12:00: Fantasy Island (followed by sign-off)
CKLT Channel 9 Saint John, NB (CTV)
6:00: University of the Air
6:30: Romper Room
7:00: Canada A.M.
9:00: Atlantic A.M.
9:30: What’s Cooking
10:00: The Mad Dash (with Pierre Lalonde)
10:30: Just Like Mom
11:00: The Flintstones
11:30: Let’s Make a Deal
12:00: Definition (ran until 1989)
12:30: Joyce Davidson
1:00: Alan Thicke
2:00: Another World
3:00: Texas
4:00: The Jeffersons
4:30: ATV Evening News
5:30: M*A*S*H (reruns)
6:00: House Calls
6:30: Little House on the Prairie (probably same as NBC)
7:30: Circus
8:00: Pete’s Place
8:30: Bizarre
9:00: Movie: “Fiddler on the Roof” (1971; Topol, Norma Crane) (Part 1)
11:00: CTV National News
11:20: ATV News
12:00: Movie: “The Arrangement” (1969; Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway) (Part 2) (followed by sign-off)
WCBB Channel 10 Lewiston (licensed to Augusta) (PBS)
7:45: A.M. Weather
8:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8:30: Over Easy
9:00: Be a Better Shopper
9:30: Letter People
9:45: Measuremetric
10:00: Thinkabout
10:15: All About You
10:30: Inside/Out
10:45: Picture Book Park
11:00: Common Cents
11:30: The Electric Company
12:00: Sesame Street
1:00: Magic Pages
1:15: Octopuff in Kumquat
1:30: Trade-Offs
1:50: Matter of Fiction
2:10: Truly American
2:30: To Be Announced
3:00: Dick Cavett
3:30: Over Easy
4:00: Sesame Street
5:00: Mister Rogers
5:30: The Electric Company
6:00: Paddington Bear
6:30: Over Easy
7:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30: Dick Cavett
8:00: Great Performances
9:30: Lost to the Revolution
10:00: Black Man’s Land
11:00: Captioned ABC News (followed by sign-off)
WMEB Channel 12 Orono (serves Bangor) (PBS) (relayed also to Presque Isle 10, Calais 13, and Biddeford 26)
8:45: A.M. Weather
9:00: Be a Better Shopper
9:30: Letter People
9:45: Measuremetric
10:00: Thinkabout
10:15: All About You
10:30: Inside/Out
10:45: Picture Book Park
11:00: Common Cents
11:15: Primary Science
11:30: The Electric Company
12:00: Sesame Street
1:00: Magic Pages
1:15: Octopuff in Kumquat
1:30: Trade-Offs
1:50: Matter of Fiction
2:10: Truly American
2:30: To Be Announced
3:00: To Be Announced
3:30: Over Easy
4:00: Sesame Street
5:00: Mister Rogers
5:30: The Electric Company
6:00: Paddington Bear
6:30: Over Easy
7:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30: 1-800 Special
8:00: Great Performances
9:30: Lost to the Revolution
10:00: Black Man’s Land
11:00: Dick Cavett: Harry Belafonte (Part 1)
11:30: Captioned ABC News (followed by sign-off)
WGAN (WGME) Channel 13 Portland (CBS)
6:00: Weather
6:30: Summer Semester
7:00: Morning With Charles Kuralt
8:00: Captain Kangaroo
9:00: Mike Douglas: Brooke Shields co-hosts; also features Bo Hopkins, Alex Haley, Adrien Arpel, Lauren Newman, Sylvia, Wil Shriner
10:00: John Davidson (same as WABI, except for everyone after Kerwin; WGAN carried the first 60 minutes only)
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: Fight Back
12:30: Search for Tomorrow
1:00: The Young and the Restless
2:00: As the World Turns
3:00: Guiding Light
4:00: Bugs Bunny and Friends
4:30: Merv Griffin (no details given)
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: M*A*S*H (reruns)
7:30: Happy Days Again
8:00: Lynda Carter’s Celebration
9:00: M*A*S*H
9:30: House Calls
10:00: Lou Grant
11:00: News
11:30: Quincy M.E.
12:40: Harry O (followed by sign-off)
WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta, GA (Independent)
5:20: Rat Patrol
5:50: World at Large
6:00: Hollywood Report
7:00: Superstation Funtime
8:00: I Dream of Jeannie
8:30: My Three Sons
9:00: Hazel
9:30: Green Acres
10:00: Movie: “A Fine Madness” (1966; Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward)
12:00: Freeman Reports
1:00: Movie: “Winter Meeting” (1948; Bette Davis, Jim Davis)
3:00: Superstation Funtime
3:30: The Flintstones
4:00: The Addams Family
4:30: The Brady Bunch
5:00: I Love Lucy
5:30: The Beverly Hillbillies
6:00: Carol Burnett and Friends
6:30: Bob Newhart
7:00: All in the Family
7:30: Major League Baseball: Pittsburgh Pirates @ Atlanta Braves (Atlanta beat Pittsburgh 3-2 in 10 innings)
10:00: TBS Evening News (time approximate)
11:00: Night Gallery
11:30: Movie: “My Cousin Rachel” (1953; Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton)
1:30: Major League Baseball (replay of earlier game)
4:00: Rat Patrol (time approximate)
4:30: Mission: Impossible
WSBK Channel 38 Boston, MA (Independent)
6:30: Romper Room
7:00: Batman
7:30: Scooby Doo
8:00: Bugs Bunny and Friends
8:30: Cartoons
9:00: Richard Simmons
9:30: Maude
10:00: Tom Larson
10:50: News
11:00: Ironside
12:00: Movie: “Take Her, She’s Mine” (1963; James Stewart, Sandra Dee)
2:00: Hollywood Squares
2:30: Chico and the Man
3:00: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
3:30: I Dream of Jeannie
4:00: Bewitched
4:30: One Day at a Time (probably CBS and delayed from 4:00, and probably not carried on WNAC (now WHDH) Channel 7 Boston)
5:00: Starsky and Hutch
6:00: Hogan’s Heroes
6:30: Bob Newhart
7:00: M*A*S*H
7:30: Major League Baseball: Boston Red Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays (Boston beat Toronto 7-6)
10:15: Independent Network News (time approximate)
10:45: Dave Allen
11:15: The Odd Couple
11:45: Movie: “An Affair to Remember” (1957; Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr) (followed by sign-off)
ESPN (Cable)
5:00: Polo: World Cup Quarterfinal
6:30: Volleyball: Superstar Cup: British Columbia vs. Quebec (Match 18)
7:00: Sportscenter
8:00: NASL Soccer: Minnesota Kicks vs. Tulsa Roughnecks
10:00: Sportscenter
11:00: Track and Field: Budweiser Invitational
1:30: Volleyball: Superstar Cup: Alberta vs. Saskatchewan (Match 19)
2:00: Auto Racing
4:30: College Baseball: Connecticut vs. New Hampshire (Game 2)
7:00: Sportscenter
8:00: NHL Hockey Show
8:30: Handball: 1981 Top Ace Championships (Match 6)
9:00: Auto Racing: Formula 1 Argentina Grand Prix
11:30: Sportscenter
12:00: NHL Hockey Show
12:30: Gymnastics: USGF National Junior Championships Solo Competition
2:00: Sportscenter
2:30: College Baseball (see 4:30 entry)
Canadian stations listed ET. WLVI wasn’t added to the Daily News yet.
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC)
6:30: First Radio Parish Church
6:35: Newscenter Report
7:00: Today
9:00: Donahue: Ralph Nader
10:00: Las Vegas Gambit
10:30: Blockbusters
11:00: Wheel of Fortune (Pat Sajak did not take over until December 28)
11:30: Password Plus (Allen Ludden, sidelined the previous October, would die a month later)
12:00: Card Sharks
12:30: The Doctors
1:00: Days of Our Lives
2:00: Another World
3:00: Texas
4:00: Movie: “Battlestar Galactica” (1978; Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch (not THAT one)) (Part 1)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: M*A*S*H
7:30: Family Feud
8:00: Little House on the Prairie
9:00: NBC Monday Night at the Movies: “The Star Maker” (Premiere; Rock Hudson, Suzanne Pleshette) (Part 1)
11:00: News
11:30: The Best of Carson
12:30: Adam-12 (followed by sign-off)
CHSJ (CBAT) Channel 4 Saint John, NB (Fredericton, NB) (CBC)
7:30: 100 Huntley Street (these days, it is now a 30-minute show)
9:00: The Friendly Giant
9:30: Mr. Dressup
10:00: Sesame Street
11:00: Midday Report
11:30: Match Game (however, in the North Shore, it’s the Northeast Report)
12:00: The Price is Right
1:00: The Edge of Night
1:30: Take 30 From...: Harry Brown continues his tour of his hometown, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2:00: Today From the Atlantic
3:00: News From Zoos
3:30: Wok With Yan
4:00: King of Kensington
4:30: CBC News
5:30: Family Feud (probably the syndicated version)
6:00: Nurse
7:00: Ladies and Gentlemen, Bob Newhart
8:00: M*A*S*H (same as the one on CBS later on)
8:30: Front Page Challenge (ran until 1995)
9:00: The KGB Connection: Soviet operations in North America are examined in detail
10:00: CBC National News
10:27: CBC News
10:40: Movie: “The Last Grenade” (1970; Stanley Baker, Alex Cord) (followed by sign-off)
WABI Channel 5 Bangor (CBS)
6:25: Open Door
6:30: Health Field
7:00: Morning With Charles Kuralt
8:00: Captain Kangaroo
9:00: Tennessee Tuxedo (“will NOT fail!”)
9:30: Richard Simmons
10:00: The Jeffersons
10:30: Alice
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: Let’s Make a Deal (from Vancouver)
12:30: Search for Tomorrow (moved to 2:30 later in 1981)
1:00: The Young and the Restless (moved to 12:30 later in 1981)
2:00: As the World Turns (moved to 1:30 later in 1981)
3:00: Guiding Light (did not change time slots the entire year)
4:00: One Day at a Time
4:30: John Davidson: Angie Dickinson, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Brian Kerwin, Bud Greenspan, Chef Ted Erhardt
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: The Joker’s Wild
7:30: Tic Tac Dough
8:00: Lynda Carter’s Celebration
9:00: M*A*S*H
9:30: House Calls
10:00: Lou Grant
11:00: News
11:30: Quincy M.E.
12:40: Harry O (followed by sign-off)
WCSH Channel 6 Portland (NBC)
5:50: Weather
6:00: Health Field
6:30: First Radio Parish Church
6:35: News
7:00: Today
9:00: Days of Our Lives (probably day-behind from 1:00)
10:00: Las Vegas Gambit
10:30: Blockbusters
11:00: Wheel of Fortune
11:30: Password Plus
12:00: News (the only Maine station in the listings at the time to carry a noon newscast)
12:30: Donahue: Miscarriage of Justice the Victims
1:30: The Doctors (delayed from 12:30)
2:00: Another World
3:00: Texas
4:00: Charlie Rose
4:30: Andy Griffith
5:00: Six Million Dollar Man
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Family Feud
7:30: All in the Family
8:00: Little House on the Prairie
9:00: NBC Monday Night at the Movies: “The Star Maker”
11:00: News
11:30: The Best of Carson
12:30: Tomorrow
2:00: News (followed by sign-off)
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC)
6:00: Jim Bakker
7:00: Good Morning America
9:00: Fred Flintstone and Friends
9:30: New Zoo Revue
10:00: Marcus Welby M.D.
11:00: The Love Boat
12:00: Family Feud
12:30: Ryan’s Hope
1:00: All My Children
2:00: One Life to Live
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: The Edge of Night
4:30: Mike Douglas: Ronnie Milsap co-hosts; also features Ron Howard, Dr. Lee Salk, Arsenio Hall (!), and Amy Levin
6:00: News
6:30: ABC World News Tonight
7:00: The Rockford Files
8:00: That’s Incredible
9:00: ABC Monday Night Movie: “The Best Little Girl in the World” (Premiere; Charles Durning, Eva Marie Saint) (Look for a young Jennifer Jason Leigh in her pre-“Revenge” days) (Opening can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew3D7iQS4B8)
11:00: News
11:30: Nightline
12:00: Fantasy Island (followed by sign-off)
WAGM Channel 8 Presque Isle (CBS primary; ABC/NBC secondary)
6:00: Jim Bakker
7:00: Good Morning America
9:00: Captain Kangaroo (delayed from 8:00)
10:00: The Jeffersons
10:30: Alice
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: Let’s Make a Deal
12:30: Search for Tomorrow
1:00: The Young and the Restless
2:00: As the World Turns
3:00: Guiding Light
4:00: One Day at a Time
4:30: John Davidson (same as WABI)
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: The Joker’s Wild
7:30: Tic Tac Dough
8:00: Little House on the Prairie
9:00: M*A*S*H
9:30: House Calls
10:00: Lou Grant
11:00: News
11:30: Quincy M.E. (followed by sign-off)
WMTW Channel 8 Poland Spring (serves Portland) (ABC)
5:45: Jim Bakker
6:45: News
7:00: Good Morning America
9:00: Family Feud (probably day-behind from noon)
9:30: Hour Magazine
10:30: The $50,000 Pyramid
11:00: The Love Boat
12:00: Mary Tyler Moore
12:30: Ryan’s Hope
1:00: All My Children
2:00: One Life to Live
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: The Odd Couple
4:30: Get Smart
5:00: The Beverly Hillbillies
5:30: Hogan’s Heroes
6:00: News
6:30: ABC World News Tonight
7:00: Tic Tac Dough
7:30: The Joker’s Wild
8:00: That’s Incredible
9:00: ABC Monday Night Movie: “The Best Little Girl in the World”
11:00: News
11:30: Nightline
12:00: Fantasy Island (followed by sign-off)
CKLT Channel 9 Saint John, NB (CTV)
6:00: University of the Air
6:30: Romper Room
7:00: Canada A.M.
9:00: Atlantic A.M.
9:30: What’s Cooking
10:00: The Mad Dash (with Pierre Lalonde)
10:30: Just Like Mom
11:00: The Flintstones
11:30: Let’s Make a Deal
12:00: Definition (ran until 1989)
12:30: Joyce Davidson
1:00: Alan Thicke
2:00: Another World
3:00: Texas
4:00: The Jeffersons
4:30: ATV Evening News
5:30: M*A*S*H (reruns)
6:00: House Calls
6:30: Little House on the Prairie (probably same as NBC)
7:30: Circus
8:00: Pete’s Place
8:30: Bizarre
9:00: Movie: “Fiddler on the Roof” (1971; Topol, Norma Crane) (Part 1)
11:00: CTV National News
11:20: ATV News
12:00: Movie: “The Arrangement” (1969; Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway) (Part 2) (followed by sign-off)
WCBB Channel 10 Lewiston (licensed to Augusta) (PBS)
7:45: A.M. Weather
8:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8:30: Over Easy
9:00: Be a Better Shopper
9:30: Letter People
9:45: Measuremetric
10:00: Thinkabout
10:15: All About You
10:30: Inside/Out
10:45: Picture Book Park
11:00: Common Cents
11:30: The Electric Company
12:00: Sesame Street
1:00: Magic Pages
1:15: Octopuff in Kumquat
1:30: Trade-Offs
1:50: Matter of Fiction
2:10: Truly American
2:30: To Be Announced
3:00: Dick Cavett
3:30: Over Easy
4:00: Sesame Street
5:00: Mister Rogers
5:30: The Electric Company
6:00: Paddington Bear
6:30: Over Easy
7:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30: Dick Cavett
8:00: Great Performances
9:30: Lost to the Revolution
10:00: Black Man’s Land
11:00: Captioned ABC News (followed by sign-off)
WMEB Channel 12 Orono (serves Bangor) (PBS) (relayed also to Presque Isle 10, Calais 13, and Biddeford 26)
8:45: A.M. Weather
9:00: Be a Better Shopper
9:30: Letter People
9:45: Measuremetric
10:00: Thinkabout
10:15: All About You
10:30: Inside/Out
10:45: Picture Book Park
11:00: Common Cents
11:15: Primary Science
11:30: The Electric Company
12:00: Sesame Street
1:00: Magic Pages
1:15: Octopuff in Kumquat
1:30: Trade-Offs
1:50: Matter of Fiction
2:10: Truly American
2:30: To Be Announced
3:00: To Be Announced
3:30: Over Easy
4:00: Sesame Street
5:00: Mister Rogers
5:30: The Electric Company
6:00: Paddington Bear
6:30: Over Easy
7:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Report
7:30: 1-800 Special
8:00: Great Performances
9:30: Lost to the Revolution
10:00: Black Man’s Land
11:00: Dick Cavett: Harry Belafonte (Part 1)
11:30: Captioned ABC News (followed by sign-off)
WGAN (WGME) Channel 13 Portland (CBS)
6:00: Weather
6:30: Summer Semester
7:00: Morning With Charles Kuralt
8:00: Captain Kangaroo
9:00: Mike Douglas: Brooke Shields co-hosts; also features Bo Hopkins, Alex Haley, Adrien Arpel, Lauren Newman, Sylvia, Wil Shriner
10:00: John Davidson (same as WABI, except for everyone after Kerwin; WGAN carried the first 60 minutes only)
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: Fight Back
12:30: Search for Tomorrow
1:00: The Young and the Restless
2:00: As the World Turns
3:00: Guiding Light
4:00: Bugs Bunny and Friends
4:30: Merv Griffin (no details given)
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: M*A*S*H (reruns)
7:30: Happy Days Again
8:00: Lynda Carter’s Celebration
9:00: M*A*S*H
9:30: House Calls
10:00: Lou Grant
11:00: News
11:30: Quincy M.E.
12:40: Harry O (followed by sign-off)
WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta, GA (Independent)
5:20: Rat Patrol
5:50: World at Large
6:00: Hollywood Report
7:00: Superstation Funtime
8:00: I Dream of Jeannie
8:30: My Three Sons
9:00: Hazel
9:30: Green Acres
10:00: Movie: “A Fine Madness” (1966; Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward)
12:00: Freeman Reports
1:00: Movie: “Winter Meeting” (1948; Bette Davis, Jim Davis)
3:00: Superstation Funtime
3:30: The Flintstones
4:00: The Addams Family
4:30: The Brady Bunch
5:00: I Love Lucy
5:30: The Beverly Hillbillies
6:00: Carol Burnett and Friends
6:30: Bob Newhart
7:00: All in the Family
7:30: Major League Baseball: Pittsburgh Pirates @ Atlanta Braves (Atlanta beat Pittsburgh 3-2 in 10 innings)
10:00: TBS Evening News (time approximate)
11:00: Night Gallery
11:30: Movie: “My Cousin Rachel” (1953; Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton)
1:30: Major League Baseball (replay of earlier game)
4:00: Rat Patrol (time approximate)
4:30: Mission: Impossible
WSBK Channel 38 Boston, MA (Independent)
6:30: Romper Room
7:00: Batman
7:30: Scooby Doo
8:00: Bugs Bunny and Friends
8:30: Cartoons
9:00: Richard Simmons
9:30: Maude
10:00: Tom Larson
10:50: News
11:00: Ironside
12:00: Movie: “Take Her, She’s Mine” (1963; James Stewart, Sandra Dee)
2:00: Hollywood Squares
2:30: Chico and the Man
3:00: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
3:30: I Dream of Jeannie
4:00: Bewitched
4:30: One Day at a Time (probably CBS and delayed from 4:00, and probably not carried on WNAC (now WHDH) Channel 7 Boston)
5:00: Starsky and Hutch
6:00: Hogan’s Heroes
6:30: Bob Newhart
7:00: M*A*S*H
7:30: Major League Baseball: Boston Red Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays (Boston beat Toronto 7-6)
10:15: Independent Network News (time approximate)
10:45: Dave Allen
11:15: The Odd Couple
11:45: Movie: “An Affair to Remember” (1957; Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr) (followed by sign-off)
ESPN (Cable)
5:00: Polo: World Cup Quarterfinal
6:30: Volleyball: Superstar Cup: British Columbia vs. Quebec (Match 18)
7:00: Sportscenter
8:00: NASL Soccer: Minnesota Kicks vs. Tulsa Roughnecks
10:00: Sportscenter
11:00: Track and Field: Budweiser Invitational
1:30: Volleyball: Superstar Cup: Alberta vs. Saskatchewan (Match 19)
2:00: Auto Racing
4:30: College Baseball: Connecticut vs. New Hampshire (Game 2)
7:00: Sportscenter
8:00: NHL Hockey Show
8:30: Handball: 1981 Top Ace Championships (Match 6)
9:00: Auto Racing: Formula 1 Argentina Grand Prix
11:30: Sportscenter
12:00: NHL Hockey Show
12:30: Gymnastics: USGF National Junior Championships Solo Competition
2:00: Sportscenter
2:30: College Baseball (see 4:30 entry)
