Retro: Mobile/Biloxi/New Orleans Saturday, August 4, 1979

[Mario500]

Here are the local TV listings from the Mobile Press-Register:


WALA-TV Channel 10 (NBC)

6:00 AM Adult Basic Education
6:30 AM Bay City Rollers
7:00 AM Alvin and the Chipmunks
7:30 AM Fantastic Four
8:00 AM Godzilla Super 90
9:30 AM Daffy Duck
10:00 AM Fred and Barney
10:30 AM The Jetsons
11:00 AM Buford and the Galloping Ghost
11:30 AM Outlook
12:00 PM Jukebox (guests Slade, Peter Noone, Albert Hammond)
12:30 PM Wild Kingdom
1:00 PM Pre-Game Show
1:15 PM Baseball (regional coverage of Boston Red Sox at Milwaukee Brewers; Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates; California Angels at Minnesota Twins)
4:00 PM Public Policy Forum
5:00 PM Newspeople
5:30 PM NBC News
6:00 PM News
6:30 PM Donna Fargo (guests Peter Marshall and Joe Baker)
7:00 PM Chips
8:00 PM BJ and the Sea
9:00 PM Sword of Justice

WEAR-TV Channel 3 (ABC)

6:00 AM News
6:25 AM Agriculture Division
6:30 AM Hot Fudge
7:00 AM Fangface
7:30 AM Scooby’s All-Stars
9:00 AM Superfriends
10:30 AM Bigfoot and Wildboy
11:00 AM Pink Panther
11:30 AM American Bandstand
12:30 PM Soul Train
1:30 PM Soap Factory
2:00 PM Popi Goes the Country (guests Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley)
2:30 PM Wide World of Sports (live coverage of the WBA World Lightweight Championship bout between defender Ernesto Espana and Johnny Lira)
4:00 PM Golf “PGA Championship”
6:00 PM News
6:30 PM The Muppets (guest Leslie Uggams)
7:00 PM Battlestar Galactica
8:00 PM Love Boat
9:00 PM Fantasy Island

WEIQ-TV Channel 42 (Alabama Pubic Television/PBS)

12:00 PM Sesame Street
1:00 PM Sneak Preview
1:30 PM Sports Unlimited
2:00 PM The Long Search
3:00 PM National Geographic Special
4:30 PM Consumer Survival Kit
5:00 PM Garden Show
5:30 PM Another Voice
6:00 PM Capstone Week
6:30 PM Here’s to Your Health
7:00 PM Movie “Harlan County, U. S. A.” (1976)

WGNO-TV Channel 26 (Independent)

6:10 AM News
6:25 AM Greenlight
7:00 AM Popeye
8:00 AM Princess Knight
8:30 AM Tony the Pony
9:00 AM Movie “The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues” (1956)
10:30 AM Movie “Come Out Fighting” (1945)
12:00 PM Movie “Blondie Takes a Vacation” (1939)
1:30 PM Movie “The Unforgiven” (1960)
4:00 PM Movie “The Secret Invasion” (1964)
5:55 PM Serpas
6:00 PM Wrestling
7:00 PM Hee Haw (guests Conway Twitty, Dave and Sugar)
8:00 PM Movie “Darling” (1965)
10:00 PM Sickle Cell Telethon
11:00 PM Sickle Cell Telethon (continued)
1:00 AM Sickle Cell Telethon (continued)
3:00 AM Sickle Cell Telethon (continued)

WKRG-TV Channel 5 (CBS)

6:00 AM Gulf Coast Extension Review (local public affairs)
6:30 AM Kids’ Jamboree
7:00 AM Popeye
8:00 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
9:30 AM Tarzan/Super Seven
11:00 AM The Flintstones
11:30 AM Fat Albert
12:00 PM The Little Rascals
12:30 PM Film Festival
1:00 PM Wrestling
2:00 PM Movie “Ape Man of the Jungle” (1960)
3:30 PM Sports Spectacular (coverage of Men’s PBA Bowling in the Houston Open from Texas; Part 1 of the Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Track and Field games from Nairobi, Kenya; Dayton Supercross motorcycle racing from Florida)
5:00 PM Bad News Bears
5:30 PM CBS News
6:00 PM News
6:30 PM Hee Haw
7:30 PM Family Feud
8:00 PM CBS Movie “Thieves Like Us” (1974)

WLOX-TV Channel 13 (ABC)

6:45 AM Reverend Jessie Trotter
7:00 AM Fangface
7:30 AM Scooby’s All-Stars
9:00 AM Superfriends
10:30 AM Bigfoot and Wildboy
11:00 AM Pink Panther
11:30 AM American Bandstand
12:30 PM Wrestling
1:30 PM Ebony Experience
2:00 PM Outdoors Along the Coast
2:30 PM Wide World of Sports (live coverage of the WBA World Lightweight Championship bout between defender Ernesto Espana and Johnny Lira)
4:00 PM Golf “PGA Championship”
6:00 PM News
6:15 PM Hello, Jackson County
6:30 PM Faith of Our Fathers
7:00 PM Battlestar Galactica
8:00 PM Love Boat
9:00 PM Fantasy Island

 

[fortmill]

So, I'm assuming WGNO was carried on cable in Mobile. It's the only NOLA station listed. And what's with all the other channel's listings ending at 9 PM? It is nice to see Saturday listings of broadcast channels with no infomercials listed--actually some interesting programs, in addition to sports, on Saturday afternoon...

 

[Mario500]

WALA-TV Channel 10 (NBC)

8:00 PM BJ and the Sea

I corrected the error after previewing the post, yet it stayed in there. It's actually "BJ and the Bear". The ability to edit posts should last at least one day.

And what's with all the other channel's listings ending at 9 PM?

I was unable to print both pages of the newspaper's TV listings.