Source: Bangor Daily News via Google News Archive
Note: Stations may be interrupting scheduled programming for coverage of the space shuttle launch.
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC)
7:00: The World Tomorrow
7:30: This is the Life
8:00: Cyrano
9:00: Movie: “The Grizzly and the Treasure” (1974)
11:00: Candlepin Challenge
12:00: Page Two
12:30: Meet the Press
1:00: From Generation to Generation
2:00: Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox (Red Sox won 5-4)
5:00: Let’s Rock (time approximate)
5:30: Wild Kingdom
6:00: News
6:30: NBC News
7:00: CHiPs
8:00: NBC Movie: “Fugitive From the Empire” (1981, Premiere) Lane Caudell, George Kennedy
10:00: Heaven on Earth
11:00: News
11:15: Mormon World Conference
CHSJ (CBAT) Channel 4 Saint John (CBC)
Listed Eastern Time.
6:30: Jimmy Swaggart
7:30: Jerry Falwell
8:30: Rex Humbard
9:00: Crossroads
9:30: Day of Discovery
10:00: Meeting Place
11:00: The World Tomorrow
11:30: Country Canada
11:31: North Shore Magazine (North Shore only)
12:00: New Life
12:30: Hymn Sing
1:00: Agri-News
1:30: Harris/Lorimer Report
2:00: Stardate
2:30: Disney’s Wonderful World
3:30: Sportsweekend
6:00: The Beachcombers
6:30: The Muppets
7:00: Those Flying Canucks
8:00: NHL Hockey: “Playoff Eliminations” (No other details given, although it’s possible Hockey Night in Canada carried Game 4 of the Nords-Flyers series, which the Nords won 3-2 in overtime to tie the series at two games each.)
11:00: CBC National News (time approximate)
11:25: 100 Huntley Street
WABI Channel 5 Bangor (CBS)
6:55: Open Door
7:00: Ken Copeland’s Believers Voice of Victory (still airs to this day)
8:00: Jimmy Swaggart
9:00: Rex Humbard
9:30: Day of Discovery
10:00: Jerry Falwell
11:00: Oral Roberts
11:30: Face the Nation
12:00: Teenage Father
12:30: Car Care Central
1:00: NBA Basketball: Playoff Game (no details given; three games were played, see below)
3:30: Masters Golf Tournament: Final Round action
6:00: CBS News
6:30: Follow-Up
7:00: 60 Minutes
8:00: Peter and Paul (Part 1)
10:00: Trapper John, M.D.
11:00: News
11:15: CBS News
11:30: Movie: “Joan of Arc” (1948) Ingrid Bergman, Jose Ferrer (Sign-off at 1:30)
WCSH Channel 6 Portland (NBC)
6:30: First Radio Parish Church
6:35: Newscenter Extra
6:45: News
7:00: Tennessee Tuxedo (with Don Adams voicing the title character)
7:30: Drawing Power
8:00: Rex Humbard
8:30: This is the Life
9:00: Big Blue Marble
9:30: Underdog
10:00: Movie: “The Road to Hong Kong” (1962) Bing Crosby, Bob Hope
12:00: From Generation to Generation
12:30: Meet the Press
1:00: Red Sox Highlights
1:30: Car Care Central
2:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 2)
5:00: The Palace (host Jack Jones) (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC News
7:00: CHiPs
8:00: NBC Movie (see Channel 2)
10:00: Heaven on Earth
11:00: News
11:15: Country Countdown ’80
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC)
6:00: Journey to Adventure
6:30: It’s Your Business
7:00: Viewpoint
7:30: Celebration
8:00: Soul’s Harbor
9:00: James Robison
9:30: Ernest Angley
10:30: World of Survival
11:00: The Real McCoys
11:30: Viewpoint
12:00: Issues and Answers
12:30: Monte Carlo Show
1:30: Championship Fishing
2:00: Greatest Sports Legends
2:30: To Be Announced
3:00: Fitness Motivation
3:30: The American Sportsman: Members of the U.S. gold medal hockey team reunite to go fishing for gigantic blue fin tuna and actor Gregory Harrison surfs in the waters off the Indonesian island of Java.
4:30: Wide World of Sports: WBA Lightweight Championship fight between Hilmer Konty and Sean O’Grady (live from Atlantic City); New York State Fireman’s competition (from Hempstead, New York)
6:00: ABC News
6:30: Sha Na Na
7:00: Those Amazing Animals
8:00: All-Star Family Feud: Two country shows, Dallas and the Dukes of Hazzard, face two city shows, The Jeffersons and It’s a Living
9:00: ABC Sunday Night Movie: Convoy (1976) Kris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw
11:00: ABC News
11:15: Jim Bakker
WAGM Channel 8 Presque Isle (CBS primary; ABC and NBC secondary)
7:00: Jim Bakker
8:00: Jimmy Swaggart
9:00: Rex Humbard
9:30: Day of Discovery
10:00: Jerry Falwell
11:00: Mormon World Conference
12:00: Issues and Answers (lone ABC program listed for the day)
12:30: Meet the Press (lone NBC program listed for the day)
1:00: NBA Basketball
3:30: Masters Golf Tournament (see Channel 5)
6:00: CBS News
6:30: Follow-Up
7:00: 60 Minutes
8:00: Peter and Paul (Part 1)
10:00: Trapper John, M.D.
11:00: CBS News
11:15: Jack Van Impe
11:45: Jim Bakker
WMTW Channel 8 Poland Spring (Portland) (ABC)
6:15: Extra Edition
6:45: Krofft Superstars
7:15: Celebration
7:45: To Be Announced
8:15: Rex Humbard
9:15: Sunday Mass
10:00: Day of Discovery
10:30: Jerry Falwell
11:30: Wild Kingdom
12:00: To Be Announced
2:30: Movie: “Portrait of Jeannie” (1948) Jennifer Jones, Ethel Barrymore
3:30: The American Sportsman (see Channel 7)
4:30: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 7)
6:00: ABC News
6:30: The Odd Couple
7:00: Those Amazing Animals
8:00: All-Star Family Feud (see Channel 7)
9:00: ABC Sunday Night Movie (see Channel 7)
11:00: ABC News
11:15: Jim Bakker
CKLT Channel 9 Saint John (CTV)
Listed Eastern Time.
6:30: University of the Air
7:30: Revival Hour
8:30: Rex Humbard
9:00: Oral Roberts
9:30: Wild Animals of the World
10:00: Horst Koehler
10:30: Shulman File
11:30: Sunday Mass
12:00: It is Written
12:30: Faith and Music
1:00: What Will They Think of Next?
1:30: Festival Plus
2:00: In View
2:30: Movie: “Animals are Beautiful People” (1975)
4:30: The Untamed World
5:00: News
5:30: Question Period
6:00: The Waltons
7:00: Enos (short-lived spin-off of The Dukes of Hazzard)
8:00: CHiPs
9:00: Vega$
10:00: W5
11:00: CTV National News
11:20: ATV News
12:00: Movie: “Trouble Comes to Town” (1972) Lloyd Bridges, Pat Hingle
WCBB Channel 10 Augusta (PBS)
8:00: Sesame Street
9:00: Mister Rogers
9:30: The Electric Company
10:00: Big Blue Marble
10:30: Once Upon a Classic
11:00: Movie: “Mr. Deeds Goes To Town” (1936) Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
12:00: TV Auction
2:00: TV Auction (continued)
4:00: TV Auction (continued)
6:00: TV Auction
8:00: TV Auction (continued)
10:00: TV Auction (continued)
WMEB Channel 12 Orono (PBS)
8:00: Sesame Street
9:00: Mister Rogers
9:30: The Electric Company
10:00: Sesame Street
11:00: NOVA: “The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian”
12:00: Big Blue Marble
12:30: Once Upon a Classic
1:00: Washington Week in Review
1:30: Wall $treet Week
2:00: Magic Method of Oil Painting
2:30: Vic Braden’s Tennis for the Future
3:00: Lillian Hellman: A Profile
3:30: The Lawmakers
4:00: Mystery!: “The Racing Game: Horses for Courses” (Part 2)
5:00: Song by Song
6:00: Firing Line
7:00: Crockett’s Victory Garden
7:30: With Ossie and Ruby
8:00: All Creatures Great and Small II
9:00: Masterpiece Theatre: “Therese Raquin” (Part 1)
10:00: The Cousteau Odyssey
11:00: Dexter Gordon in Concert
WGME Channel 13 Portland (CBS)
6:00: Maine Weather
6:30: The World Tomorrow
7:00: Jimmy Swaggart
8:00: Oral Roberts
8:30: Day of Discovery
9:00: CBS News Sunday Morning (the only CBS station in all of Maine to carry it)
10:30: Robert Schuller From the Crystal Cathedral
11:30: Face the Nation
12:00: At Issue
12:30: Sports Afield
1:00: NBA Basketball
3:30: Masters Golf Tournament
6:00: CBS News
6:30: Follow-Up
7:00: 60 Minutes
8:00: Peter and Paul (Part 1)
10:00: Trapper John, M.D.
11:00: News
11:15: CBS News
11:30: Comedy Shop
12:00: Monte Carlo Show
WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta, Georgia (Independent)
5:30: Sunday Mass
6:00: Between the Lines
7:00: James Robison
7:30: It is Written
8:00: Three Stooges and Friends
9:00: Lost in Space
10:00: Hazel
10:30: Movie: “Notorious” (1946) Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman; Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
12:30: Movie: “Intermezzo” (1939) Ingrid Bergman, Leslie Howard
2:00: Major League Baseball: Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves (Braves won 3-2)
4:30: Last of the Wild (time approximate)
5:00: Auto Racing Highlights: Champion Spark Plug Classic from Road Atlanta
6:00: Rat Patrol
6:30: Nice People (Premiere): Host Bob Neal profiles actress Sally Struthers, Michael DeSisto, who runs a school for troubled youth, and Tom Cannon, the “philanthropist – postman”, in this series which spotlights the good works of America’s unsung heroes.
7:00: Tush (hosted by Bill Tush)
8:00: Movie: “The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze” (1963)
10:00: News
11:00: Ruff House
11:30: Open Up
12:30: Movie: “Cargo to Capetown” (1950) John Ireland, Ellen Drew
2:15: Movie: “Combat Squad” (1953) John Ireland, Hal March
3:15: Movie: “Red Skies of Montana” (1952) Richard Widmark, Jeffrey Hunter
WSBK Channel 38 Boston (Independent)
7:00: Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
7:30: Valley of the Dinosaurs
8:00: Porky Pig and Bugs Bunny
8:30: Jonny Quest
9:00: Popeye
9:30: Top Cat
10:00: The Jetsons
10:30: Movie: “Abbott and Costello in the Navy” (1961) Dick Powell, the Andrews Sisters
12:00: Movie: “Fear Strikes Out” (1957) Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden
2:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 2)
4:45: Movie: “Hud” (1963) Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas (time approximate)
6:45: Three Stooges
7:00: It’s Your Business
7:30: Massachusetts Council of Rabbis
Note: A Stanley Cup Playoff game may preempt regular programming (As it turned out, there was no game scheduled on this day as the Bruins were swept in three straight the previous night by the Minnesota North Stars.)
8:00: Faith for Today
8:30: Listen
8:45: The Athletes
9:00: Ask the Manager
9:30: Larson
10:00: Independent Network News
10:30: Leonard Bernstein Conducts: “Verdi Requiem”
ESPN (seen on cable)
6:00: Auto Racing: Virginia 500
7:00: Sportscenter
8:00: Figure Skating: British Championships
10:00: Sportscenter
11:00: 1980 Oakland A’s Highlights
11:30: College Lacrosse: Maryland vs. Virginia
2:00: 7th Annual World Quarter Horse Show
2:30: WCT Tennis: Singles and Doubles Finals (from Houston, Texas)
5:30: Auto Racing: Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix
7:30: Sportscenter
8:00: WCT Tennis: Singles and Doubles Finals (from Houston, Texas)
11:00: Sportscenter
12:00: Auto Racing: Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix
2:30: Sportscenter
3:00: College Lacrosse: Maryland vs. Virginia
Note: Religious Sunday fare was often syndicated it seems to more than one station in the same market, which probably explains why shows hosted by Rex Humbard and Jimmy Swaggart and others aired pretty much everywhere at the time. Not sure if by this stage in the decade satellite transmission to make syndication in general easier had begun regular usage.
NBA Basketball: Three playoff games were played that day. San Antonio beat Houston 114-112 to tie their series at 2 games each. Kansas City beat Phoenix 102-95 to take a 3-1 series lead. Milwaukee beat Philadelphia 109-98 to tie the series 2-2.
And finally, a couple of videos from this particular date...
Live coverage by ABC News of the first ever space shuttle launch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt6Bt1pZ4Is
Intro to the ABC Sunday Night Movie CONVOY:
http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?c=516
Note: Stations may be interrupting scheduled programming for coverage of the space shuttle launch.
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC)
7:00: The World Tomorrow
7:30: This is the Life
8:00: Cyrano
9:00: Movie: “The Grizzly and the Treasure” (1974)
11:00: Candlepin Challenge
12:00: Page Two
12:30: Meet the Press
1:00: From Generation to Generation
2:00: Major League Baseball: Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox (Red Sox won 5-4)
5:00: Let’s Rock (time approximate)
5:30: Wild Kingdom
6:00: News
6:30: NBC News
7:00: CHiPs
8:00: NBC Movie: “Fugitive From the Empire” (1981, Premiere) Lane Caudell, George Kennedy
10:00: Heaven on Earth
11:00: News
11:15: Mormon World Conference
CHSJ (CBAT) Channel 4 Saint John (CBC)
Listed Eastern Time.
6:30: Jimmy Swaggart
7:30: Jerry Falwell
8:30: Rex Humbard
9:00: Crossroads
9:30: Day of Discovery
10:00: Meeting Place
11:00: The World Tomorrow
11:30: Country Canada
11:31: North Shore Magazine (North Shore only)
12:00: New Life
12:30: Hymn Sing
1:00: Agri-News
1:30: Harris/Lorimer Report
2:00: Stardate
2:30: Disney’s Wonderful World
3:30: Sportsweekend
6:00: The Beachcombers
6:30: The Muppets
7:00: Those Flying Canucks
8:00: NHL Hockey: “Playoff Eliminations” (No other details given, although it’s possible Hockey Night in Canada carried Game 4 of the Nords-Flyers series, which the Nords won 3-2 in overtime to tie the series at two games each.)
11:00: CBC National News (time approximate)
11:25: 100 Huntley Street
WABI Channel 5 Bangor (CBS)
6:55: Open Door
7:00: Ken Copeland’s Believers Voice of Victory (still airs to this day)
8:00: Jimmy Swaggart
9:00: Rex Humbard
9:30: Day of Discovery
10:00: Jerry Falwell
11:00: Oral Roberts
11:30: Face the Nation
12:00: Teenage Father
12:30: Car Care Central
1:00: NBA Basketball: Playoff Game (no details given; three games were played, see below)
3:30: Masters Golf Tournament: Final Round action
6:00: CBS News
6:30: Follow-Up
7:00: 60 Minutes
8:00: Peter and Paul (Part 1)
10:00: Trapper John, M.D.
11:00: News
11:15: CBS News
11:30: Movie: “Joan of Arc” (1948) Ingrid Bergman, Jose Ferrer (Sign-off at 1:30)
WCSH Channel 6 Portland (NBC)
6:30: First Radio Parish Church
6:35: Newscenter Extra
6:45: News
7:00: Tennessee Tuxedo (with Don Adams voicing the title character)
7:30: Drawing Power
8:00: Rex Humbard
8:30: This is the Life
9:00: Big Blue Marble
9:30: Underdog
10:00: Movie: “The Road to Hong Kong” (1962) Bing Crosby, Bob Hope
12:00: From Generation to Generation
12:30: Meet the Press
1:00: Red Sox Highlights
1:30: Car Care Central
2:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 2)
5:00: The Palace (host Jack Jones) (time approximate)
6:00: News
6:30: NBC News
7:00: CHiPs
8:00: NBC Movie (see Channel 2)
10:00: Heaven on Earth
11:00: News
11:15: Country Countdown ’80
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC)
6:00: Journey to Adventure
6:30: It’s Your Business
7:00: Viewpoint
7:30: Celebration
8:00: Soul’s Harbor
9:00: James Robison
9:30: Ernest Angley
10:30: World of Survival
11:00: The Real McCoys
11:30: Viewpoint
12:00: Issues and Answers
12:30: Monte Carlo Show
1:30: Championship Fishing
2:00: Greatest Sports Legends
2:30: To Be Announced
3:00: Fitness Motivation
3:30: The American Sportsman: Members of the U.S. gold medal hockey team reunite to go fishing for gigantic blue fin tuna and actor Gregory Harrison surfs in the waters off the Indonesian island of Java.
4:30: Wide World of Sports: WBA Lightweight Championship fight between Hilmer Konty and Sean O’Grady (live from Atlantic City); New York State Fireman’s competition (from Hempstead, New York)
6:00: ABC News
6:30: Sha Na Na
7:00: Those Amazing Animals
8:00: All-Star Family Feud: Two country shows, Dallas and the Dukes of Hazzard, face two city shows, The Jeffersons and It’s a Living
9:00: ABC Sunday Night Movie: Convoy (1976) Kris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw
11:00: ABC News
11:15: Jim Bakker
WAGM Channel 8 Presque Isle (CBS primary; ABC and NBC secondary)
7:00: Jim Bakker
8:00: Jimmy Swaggart
9:00: Rex Humbard
9:30: Day of Discovery
10:00: Jerry Falwell
11:00: Mormon World Conference
12:00: Issues and Answers (lone ABC program listed for the day)
12:30: Meet the Press (lone NBC program listed for the day)
1:00: NBA Basketball
3:30: Masters Golf Tournament (see Channel 5)
6:00: CBS News
6:30: Follow-Up
7:00: 60 Minutes
8:00: Peter and Paul (Part 1)
10:00: Trapper John, M.D.
11:00: CBS News
11:15: Jack Van Impe
11:45: Jim Bakker
WMTW Channel 8 Poland Spring (Portland) (ABC)
6:15: Extra Edition
6:45: Krofft Superstars
7:15: Celebration
7:45: To Be Announced
8:15: Rex Humbard
9:15: Sunday Mass
10:00: Day of Discovery
10:30: Jerry Falwell
11:30: Wild Kingdom
12:00: To Be Announced
2:30: Movie: “Portrait of Jeannie” (1948) Jennifer Jones, Ethel Barrymore
3:30: The American Sportsman (see Channel 7)
4:30: Wide World of Sports (see Channel 7)
6:00: ABC News
6:30: The Odd Couple
7:00: Those Amazing Animals
8:00: All-Star Family Feud (see Channel 7)
9:00: ABC Sunday Night Movie (see Channel 7)
11:00: ABC News
11:15: Jim Bakker
CKLT Channel 9 Saint John (CTV)
Listed Eastern Time.
6:30: University of the Air
7:30: Revival Hour
8:30: Rex Humbard
9:00: Oral Roberts
9:30: Wild Animals of the World
10:00: Horst Koehler
10:30: Shulman File
11:30: Sunday Mass
12:00: It is Written
12:30: Faith and Music
1:00: What Will They Think of Next?
1:30: Festival Plus
2:00: In View
2:30: Movie: “Animals are Beautiful People” (1975)
4:30: The Untamed World
5:00: News
5:30: Question Period
6:00: The Waltons
7:00: Enos (short-lived spin-off of The Dukes of Hazzard)
8:00: CHiPs
9:00: Vega$
10:00: W5
11:00: CTV National News
11:20: ATV News
12:00: Movie: “Trouble Comes to Town” (1972) Lloyd Bridges, Pat Hingle
WCBB Channel 10 Augusta (PBS)
8:00: Sesame Street
9:00: Mister Rogers
9:30: The Electric Company
10:00: Big Blue Marble
10:30: Once Upon a Classic
11:00: Movie: “Mr. Deeds Goes To Town” (1936) Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
12:00: TV Auction
2:00: TV Auction (continued)
4:00: TV Auction (continued)
6:00: TV Auction
8:00: TV Auction (continued)
10:00: TV Auction (continued)
WMEB Channel 12 Orono (PBS)
8:00: Sesame Street
9:00: Mister Rogers
9:30: The Electric Company
10:00: Sesame Street
11:00: NOVA: “The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian”
12:00: Big Blue Marble
12:30: Once Upon a Classic
1:00: Washington Week in Review
1:30: Wall $treet Week
2:00: Magic Method of Oil Painting
2:30: Vic Braden’s Tennis for the Future
3:00: Lillian Hellman: A Profile
3:30: The Lawmakers
4:00: Mystery!: “The Racing Game: Horses for Courses” (Part 2)
5:00: Song by Song
6:00: Firing Line
7:00: Crockett’s Victory Garden
7:30: With Ossie and Ruby
8:00: All Creatures Great and Small II
9:00: Masterpiece Theatre: “Therese Raquin” (Part 1)
10:00: The Cousteau Odyssey
11:00: Dexter Gordon in Concert
WGME Channel 13 Portland (CBS)
6:00: Maine Weather
6:30: The World Tomorrow
7:00: Jimmy Swaggart
8:00: Oral Roberts
8:30: Day of Discovery
9:00: CBS News Sunday Morning (the only CBS station in all of Maine to carry it)
10:30: Robert Schuller From the Crystal Cathedral
11:30: Face the Nation
12:00: At Issue
12:30: Sports Afield
1:00: NBA Basketball
3:30: Masters Golf Tournament
6:00: CBS News
6:30: Follow-Up
7:00: 60 Minutes
8:00: Peter and Paul (Part 1)
10:00: Trapper John, M.D.
11:00: News
11:15: CBS News
11:30: Comedy Shop
12:00: Monte Carlo Show
WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta, Georgia (Independent)
5:30: Sunday Mass
6:00: Between the Lines
7:00: James Robison
7:30: It is Written
8:00: Three Stooges and Friends
9:00: Lost in Space
10:00: Hazel
10:30: Movie: “Notorious” (1946) Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman; Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
12:30: Movie: “Intermezzo” (1939) Ingrid Bergman, Leslie Howard
2:00: Major League Baseball: Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves (Braves won 3-2)
4:30: Last of the Wild (time approximate)
5:00: Auto Racing Highlights: Champion Spark Plug Classic from Road Atlanta
6:00: Rat Patrol
6:30: Nice People (Premiere): Host Bob Neal profiles actress Sally Struthers, Michael DeSisto, who runs a school for troubled youth, and Tom Cannon, the “philanthropist – postman”, in this series which spotlights the good works of America’s unsung heroes.
7:00: Tush (hosted by Bill Tush)
8:00: Movie: “The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze” (1963)
10:00: News
11:00: Ruff House
11:30: Open Up
12:30: Movie: “Cargo to Capetown” (1950) John Ireland, Ellen Drew
2:15: Movie: “Combat Squad” (1953) John Ireland, Hal March
3:15: Movie: “Red Skies of Montana” (1952) Richard Widmark, Jeffrey Hunter
WSBK Channel 38 Boston (Independent)
7:00: Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
7:30: Valley of the Dinosaurs
8:00: Porky Pig and Bugs Bunny
8:30: Jonny Quest
9:00: Popeye
9:30: Top Cat
10:00: The Jetsons
10:30: Movie: “Abbott and Costello in the Navy” (1961) Dick Powell, the Andrews Sisters
12:00: Movie: “Fear Strikes Out” (1957) Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden
2:00: Major League Baseball (see Channel 2)
4:45: Movie: “Hud” (1963) Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas (time approximate)
6:45: Three Stooges
7:00: It’s Your Business
7:30: Massachusetts Council of Rabbis
Note: A Stanley Cup Playoff game may preempt regular programming (As it turned out, there was no game scheduled on this day as the Bruins were swept in three straight the previous night by the Minnesota North Stars.)
8:00: Faith for Today
8:30: Listen
8:45: The Athletes
9:00: Ask the Manager
9:30: Larson
10:00: Independent Network News
10:30: Leonard Bernstein Conducts: “Verdi Requiem”
ESPN (seen on cable)
6:00: Auto Racing: Virginia 500
7:00: Sportscenter
8:00: Figure Skating: British Championships
10:00: Sportscenter
11:00: 1980 Oakland A’s Highlights
11:30: College Lacrosse: Maryland vs. Virginia
2:00: 7th Annual World Quarter Horse Show
2:30: WCT Tennis: Singles and Doubles Finals (from Houston, Texas)
5:30: Auto Racing: Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix
7:30: Sportscenter
8:00: WCT Tennis: Singles and Doubles Finals (from Houston, Texas)
11:00: Sportscenter
12:00: Auto Racing: Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix
2:30: Sportscenter
3:00: College Lacrosse: Maryland vs. Virginia
Note: Religious Sunday fare was often syndicated it seems to more than one station in the same market, which probably explains why shows hosted by Rex Humbard and Jimmy Swaggart and others aired pretty much everywhere at the time. Not sure if by this stage in the decade satellite transmission to make syndication in general easier had begun regular usage.
NBA Basketball: Three playoff games were played that day. San Antonio beat Houston 114-112 to tie their series at 2 games each. Kansas City beat Phoenix 102-95 to take a 3-1 series lead. Milwaukee beat Philadelphia 109-98 to tie the series 2-2.
And finally, a couple of videos from this particular date...
Live coverage by ABC News of the first ever space shuttle launch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt6Bt1pZ4Is
Intro to the ABC Sunday Night Movie CONVOY:
http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?c=516