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Retro: Maine Wed, Mar 4, 1981

from TV Guide-Maine edition

WLBZ 2-NBC Bangor
6:30 First Radio Parish Church
6:35 News
7:00 Today
9:00 Phil Donahue (guest Dr. Alfred Zamm)
10:00 Las Vegas Gambit
10:30 Blockbusters
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Password Plus
noon Card Sharks
12:30 Doctors
1:00 Days of Our Lives
2:00 Another World
3:00 Texas
4:00 Movie "Santa Fe Passage"
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 M*A*S*H
7:30 Family Feud
8:00 Real People (female auctioneer/a California man raising snails for restaurants/seniors' baseball/black rodeo in Oklahoma/Arnold the pig)
9:00 Diff'rent Strokes
9:30 Facts of Life
10:00 Quincy
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show (guests David Brenner and Christie Brinkley)
12:30 Adam-12

CHSJ 4-CBC Saint John Listed in ET
7:30 100 Huntley Street
9:00 and 9:15 Friendly Giant
9:30 Mr. Dressup
10:00 Sesame Street
11:00 Mid-Day (Ann Ramey, who also hosted children's programs at the station)
11:30 Match Game
noon Price is Right
1:00 Edge of Night
1:30 Take 30 (forum on the rights of disabled persons)
2:00 Today from Ontario
3:00 Just Ask Incorporated (how hands work/why boats float/how to harness wind energy/how cops take fingerprints)
3:30 Dick Van Dyke (bw)
4:00 Woody Woodpecker
4:30 New Brunswick Report (produced by CBC Fredericton; CBC would purchase the station in 1994, moving operations to Fredericton)
5:30 Family Feud
6:00 Trapper John, MD
7:00 Nature of Things (Athabasca tarsands)
8:00 Wild Canada (visiting the Laurentians)
9:00 Cities (Melina Mercouri in Athens)
10:00 The National
10:25 News
10:40 A Plus Lottery (loto numbers; the actual draws aired on ATV (the show was done from their Moncton studios, close to Atlantic Loto's downtown HQ) and Newfoundland's NTV)
10:45 Canadian Men's Curling Championships highlights
11:00 Movie "Will Penny"

WABI 5-CBS Bangor
6:25 Open Door
6:30 Health Field
7:00 CBS Morning News
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 Tennessee Tuxedo
9:30 Richard Simmons (discussing alcohol and alcoholism/recipe for stuffed fish)
10:00 Jeffersons
10:30 Alice
11:00 Price is Right
noon Let's Make a Deal
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Young & the Restless
2:00 As the World Turns
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 One Day at a Time
4:30 John Davidson (guests Robert Urich, Dottie West, Gallagher, Rupert Holmes, the Hudson Brothers, and Jay Leno)
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 Joker's Wild
7:30 Tic Tac Dough
8:00 Enos
9:00 Movie "No Place to Hide"
11:00 News
11:30 Movie "Human Feelings"

WCSH 6-NBC Portland
5:50 News
6:00 Health Field
6:30 First Radio Parish Church
6:35 News
7:00 Today
9:00 Days of Our Lives
10:00 Las Vegas Gambit
10:30 Blockbusters
11:00 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Password Plus
noon News
12:30 Phil Donahue (discussing coupons)
1:30 Doctors
2:00 Another World
3:00 Texas
4:00 Jackie Gleason (bw)
4:30 Life & Times of Grizzly Adams
5:30 Andy Griffith (bw)
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Family Feud
7:30 All in the Family
8:00 Real People
9:00 Diff'rent Strokes
9:30 Facts of Life
10:00 Quincy
11:00 News
11:30 Tonight Show
12:30 Tomorrow Coast-to-Coast (guest Malachi Martin)
2:00 News

WVII 7-ABC Bangor
6:00 Jim Bakker
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Fred Flintstone & Friends
9:30 New Zoo Revue
10:00 Your New Day (guest Susie Coelho; discussing men's fashions, cosmetic products, and facial hair pieces)
10:30 You Bet Your Life
11:00 Love Boat
noon Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1:00 All My Children
2:00 One Life to Live
3:00 General Hospital
4:00 Edge of Night
4:30 Mike Douglas (in Vegas with co-host Mickey Gilley and guests Neil Sedaka, Vic Damone, and Peter Barbutti)
6:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Tonight
7:00 Rockford Files
8:00 Eight is Enough
9:00 Aloha Paradise
10:00 Vega$
11:00 News
11:30 ABC News Nightline
mid. Love Boat
1:10 Police Story

WMTW 8-ABC Poland Spring
6:45 News
7:00 Good Morning America
9:00 Family Feud
9:30 Hour Magazine (guests Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Hayley Mills)
10:30 You Bet Your Life
11:00 Love Boat
noon 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 Odd Couple
4:30 ABC Afterschool Special "Run, Don't Walk" (pre-empts Petticoat Junction and Beverly Hillbillies)
5:30 Hogan's Heroes
6:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Now
7:00 Tic Tac Dough
7:30 Joker's Wild
8:00 Eight is Enough
9:00 Aloha Paradise
10:00 Vega$
11:00 News
11:30 ABC News Nightline
mid. Love Boat
1:10 Police Story

WAGM 8-CBS/NBC/ABC Presque Isle
6:00 Jim Bakker
7:00 Good Morning America (ABC; during its history, ch 8 has carried morning shows from all Big 3 networks)
9:00 Captain Kangaroo
10:00 Jeffersons
10:30 Alice
11:00 Price is Right
noon You Bet Your Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Young & the Restless
2:00 As the World Turns
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 One Day at a Time
4:30 ABC Afterschool Special "Walk, Don't Run" (pre-empts John Davidson, simulcast with then-sister station WABI; WABI and WAGM were sister stations from 1957 to 1984)
5:30 Journey to Adventure
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 Joker's Wild
7:30 Tic Tac Dough
8:00 Real People (NBC)
9:00 Movie "No Place to Hide"
11:00 News
11:30 Movie "Human Feelings"

WCBB 10-PBS Augusta
8:00 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
8:30 Over Easy (guests Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows)
9:00 Instructional Programs
11:30 Electric Company
noon Sesame Street
1:00 Instructional Programs
3:00 Dick Cavett (John Hammond, conclusion)
3:30 Over Easy (Allen/Meadows)
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 3-2-1 Contact
6:00 Characteristics of Learning Disabilities
6:30 Case Studies in Small Business
7:00 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
7:30 Dick Cavett (John & Mackenzie Phillips in the first of a 2-part discussion of drug addiction and rehabilitation)
8:00 Three Hostages
9:30 The Picnic (the Two Ronnies star in this silent slapstick story of a family outing)
10:00 Bill Moyers' Journal (guest Rene Dubos)
11:00 Captioned ABC News

WENH 11-PBS Durham
8:15 AM Weather
8:30 Instructional Programs
noon Sesame Street
1:00 Instructional Programs
3:00 Modern Supervision
3:30 Over Easy (Allen/Meadows)
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 3-2-1 Contact
6:00 News
6:30 Doctor Who
7:00 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
7:30 Dick Cavett (Phillips)
8:00 Three Hostages
9:30 The Picnic
10:00 Antiques
10:30 This Old House

MPBN (PBS): WMEB 12-Orono, WMEG 26-Biddeford, WMEM 10-Presque Isle, WMED 13-Calais
8:45 AM Weather
9:00 Instructional Programs
11:30 Electric Company
noon Sesame Street
1:00 Instructional Programs
3:30 Over Easy (Allen/Meadows)
4:00 Sesame Street
5:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 3-2-1 Contact
6:00 Characteristics of Learning Disabilities
6:30 Case Studies in Small Business
7:00 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
7:30 Canadian Commentary (MPBN is also carried on cable in the Maritimes, but confined just to NB in recent years, with WGBH the de facto station in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and WTVS Detroit in some areas on extended cable)
8:00 (10-11-12) Three Hostages
8:00 (26) Soundstage (guests Lacy J. Dalton and Con Hunley)
9:00 (26) Three Hostages
9:30 (10-11-12) The Picnic
10:00 (10-11-12) Video/Film Reviews: New American Filmmakers
10:30 (26) The Picnic
11:00 Dick Cavett (Phillips)
11:30 Captioned ABC News

WGAN 13-CBS Portland
6:00 Maine Weather
6:30 Sunrise Semester "Radio, Television and the New Technology"
7:00 CBS Morning News
8:00 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 Mike Douglas (co-host Martin Mull/guests Gene Hackman and Jane Bryant Quinn)
10:00 John Davidson (Urich/West/Gallagher/Holmes)
11:00 Price is Right
noon Carol Burnett & Friends
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1:00 Young & the Restless
2:00 As the World Turns
3:00 Guiding Light
4:00 Bugs Bunny & Friends
4:30 Merv Griffin (guests Mariette Hartley, Virginia Graham. Diana Canova, Donna Pescow, and Myra Chanin)
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 M*A*S*H
7:30 Happy Days Again
8:00 Enos
9:00 Movie "No Place to Hide"
11:00 News
11:30 Movie "Human Feelings"

WSBK 38-Ind Boston
6:30 Romper Room
7:00 Batman
7:30 Scooby-Doo
8:00 Great Space Coaster
8:30 Cartoon Festival
9:00 Richard Simmons
9:30 Maude
10:00 Tom Larson (guests include author Diane Ackerman)
10:50 News
11:00 Don Lane (guests Mark Wilson, Del Shannon, and Ralph MacTell; this was a re-packaged version of his Australian talk show)
noon Movie "The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond" (bw)
2:00 You Bet Your Life
2:30 Chico & the Man
3:00 Ghost & Mrs. Muir
3:30 I Dream of Jeannie
4:00 Bewitched
4:30 One Day at a Time
5:00 Starsky & Hutch
6:00 Hogan's Heroes
6:30 Bob Newhart
7:00 M*A*S*H
7:30 Barney Miller
8:00 Interferon: Closing In on Cancer (Tom Larson hosts this report on the controversial cancer drug)
8:30 NHL: Boston-Minnesota (Mini One-on-Action at the intermission features girls teams from Nashua and Assabet Valley; TV38 usually ran a movie at 8, followed by INN at 10, Hollywood Squares at 10:30, and Odd Couple at 11)
11:00 INN News
11:30 Movie "The Savage Innocents"

WLVI 56-Ind Boston
7:00 Popeye
7:30 Flintstones
8:00 Great Space Coaster
8:30 Fred Flintstone & Friends
9:00 New Zoo Revue
9:30 Bozo's Big Top
10:00 People Power
10:30 New England Today (NARCONON's Susan Simpson discusses drugs among women)
11:00 Love Boat (ABC, spiked by WCVB)
noon To Tell the Truth
12:30 $50,000 Pyramid
1:00 Partridge Family
1:30 Banana Splits
2:00 Huck & Yogi
2:30 Casper
3:00 Bugs Bunny
3:30 Woody Woodpecker
4:00 Tom & Jerry
4:30 Flintstones
5:00 Brady Bunch (x2)
6:00 Happy Days Again
6:30 Good Times
7:00 Sanford & Son
7:30 Sha Na Na (guests Rosey Grier and Milton Berle)
8:00 Movie "Fuzz" (this movie based on Ed McBain's 87th Precinct mysery novel was filmed in Boston)
10:00 Rookies
11:00 Benny Hill
11:30 After Benny, Thames Presents
 
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