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Retro: Montana Sat, Aug 26, 1989

from TV Guide-Montana edition (this was the week of the controversial Oprah cover)
Out-of-state channels listed MT
Pledge periods may delay programs on PBS stations


KTVQ 2-CBS Billings
6:00 Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy
6:30 Superman
7:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
8:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
8:30 Garfield & Friends
9:00 Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!
9:30 Teen Wolf
10:00 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
10:30 CBS StoryBreak
11:00 Beach Boys: Endless Summer
noon Elvis '56
1:00 NFL Preview
2:00 World Series of Golf
4:00 Think Fast (finale)
4:30 CBS Evening News
5:00 Small Wonder
5:30 Spectacular World of Guinness Records
6:00 Wild Kingdom
6:30 Wheel of Fortune
7:00 Paradise
8:00 Tour of Duty
9:00 West 57th (1988 tribute to Roy Orbison, who died that year; February profile of director Henry Jaglom; January report on an ex-cop who exposes racism in Southern California police departments)
10:00 News
10:30 War of the Worlds
11:30 Perspective

KREM 2-CBS Spokane
7:00 Porky Pig & Friends
8:00 Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy
8:30 Superman
9:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
10:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
10:30 Garfield & Friends
11:00 Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!
11:30 Porky Pig & Friends
noon Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
12:30 CBS StoryBreak
1:00 Infomercials
2:00 TBA
2:30 Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous
3:30 Think Fast (finale)
4:00 World Series of Golf (same-day tape)
6:00 Simon & Simon
7:00 CBS Evening News
7:30 News
8:00 National Geographic (Glenda Jackson narrates a tour along the Thames)
9:00 Paradise
10:00 Tour of Duty
11:00 West 57th
mid. News
12:30 Movie "Tough Enough"

KUTV 2-NBC Salt Lake City
6:00 Kissyfur
6:30 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
7:00 Smurfs
8:00 Chipmunks
8:30 ALF (animated)
9:30 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
10:00 Punky Brewster (animated)
10:30 Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
11:00 Spectacular World of Guinness Records
11:30 Life's Most Embarrassing Moments
noon Baseball Pre-Game
12:15 Baseball: Baltimore-NY Yankees
3:00 This Week in Baseball
3:30 Greatest Sports Legends (Stan Smith)
4:00 Other Side of Victory
4:30 NBC Nightly News
5:00 Cousteau's Rediscovery of the World (the crew explores Australia)
6:00 News
6:30 My Secret Identity
7:00 Amen
7:30 13 East
8:00 Golden Girls
8:30 Empty Nest
9:00 Hunter
10:00 News
10:35 Black Sheep Squadron
11:35 Saturday Night Live (rerun from May with host Wayne Gretzky and music by Fine Yong Cannibals)
1:05 Movie "The Last Sunset"

KWGN 2-Ind Denver
5:00 That's My Mama
5:30 SCTV Network
6:00 US Farm Report
6:30 Mary Tyler Moore
7:00 Jeffersons
7:30 Fame
8:30 At the Movies
9:00 Movie "If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium"
11:30 Movie "Killers of Kilimanjaro"
1:00 Movie "Midas Run"
3:00 Starting from Scratch
3:30 T & T
4:00 Magnum, PI
5:00 Battlestar Galactica
6:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
7:00 Movie "...All the Marbles"
9:00 News
9:30 INN News
10:00 Sanford & Son
10:30 Movie "Clash of the Titans"
1:00 Infomercials
2:00 Movie "The Eyes of Charles Sand"
3:30 Mary Tyler Moore
4:00 Welcome Back, Kotter
4:30 Mary Tyler Moore

KRTV 3-CBS Great Falls
6:00 Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy
6:30 Superman
7:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
8:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
8:30 Garfield & Friends
9:00 Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!
9:30 Teen Wolf
10:00 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
10:30 CBS StoryBreak
11:00 DuckTales
11:30 Movie "You're My Everything"
1:30 Think Fast (finale)
2:00 World Series of Golf
4:00 This Week in Baseball
4:30 CBS Evening News
5:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
6:00 Spectacular World of Guinness Records
6:30 Wheel of Fortune
7:00 Paradise
8:00 Tour of Duty
9:00 West 57th
10:00 News
10:30 WWF Wrestling
11:30 Learning the Ropes

KYUS 3-Miles City/KOUS 4-Hardin-Billings/KCTZ 7-Bozeman (ABC)
Programs air on all 3 channels unless otherwise indicated
6:00 (3/4 only) Flintstone Kids
6:30 New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
7:30 Slimer! & the Real Ghostbusters
8:30 A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
9:00 Bugs Bunny & Tweety
10:00 Animal Crack-Ups
10:30 ABC Weekend Special "Liberty and the Littles" (pt 2)
11:00 In Depth
11:30 Supermodel of the World
1:30 Little League 50th Anniversary Special (host Mike Adamle, joined by Fred Savage)
2:00 Little League World Series: championship game, Trumbull (CT) defeated Kaohsiung (Taiwan) 5-2
4:00 Mama's Family
4:30 ABC World News Saturday
5:00 1989 SEC Kickoff
6:00 (3/4) Star Trek: The Next Generation
6:00 (7) DC Follies
6:30 (7) Weekend with Crook & Chase
7:00 Family Classics "Student Exchange" (conclusion; series finale)
8:00 B.L. Stryker (2 hr series return)
10:00 WWF Wrestling
11:00 Freddy's Nightmares
mid. (3/4 only) Tender is the Night (pt 2)

KXLF 4-CBS/ABC Butte
6:00 Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy
6:30 Superman
7:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
8:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
8:30 Garfield & Friends
9:00 Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!
9:30 Teen Wolf
10:00 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
10:30 CBS StoryBreak
11:00 Flintstone Kids
11:30 ABC Weekend Special "Liberty and the Littles" (pt 2)
noon 1989 SEC Kickoff
1:00 Powerboat Racing: offshore action from Grand Haven MI
2:00 World Series of Golf
4:00 She's the Sheriff
4:30 It's a Living
5:00 CBS Evening News
5:30 TBA
6:30 Wheel of Fortune
7:00 Paradise
8:00 Tour of Duty
9:00 West 57th
10:00 News
10:30 War of the Worlds
11:30 Friday the 13th: The Series
12:30 Focus

KXLY 4-ABC Spokane
6:45 Sunday School of the Air
7:00 Animated Classics
8:00 Flintstone Kids
8:30 New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
9:30 Slimer! & the Real Ghostbusters
10:30 A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
11:00 Bugs Bunny & Tweety
noon Animal Crack-Ups
12:30 ABC Weekend Special "Liberty and the Littles" (pt 2)
1:00 Small Wonder
1:30 Healthy Lifestyles
2:00 Hardcastle & McCormick
3:00 Hart to Hart
4:00 Fishing the West
4:30 Little League 50th Anniversary Special
5:00 Little League World Series (same-day tape)
7:00 News
7:30 ABC World News Saturday
8:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
9:00 Family Classics "Student Exchange" (conclusion; series finale)
10:00 B.L. Stryker (2 hr series return)
mid. News
12:30 Entertainment This Week
1:30 Hardcastle & McCormick
2:30 News
3:00 ABC News

KFBB 5-ABC Great Falls
6:00 Flintstone Kids
6:30 New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
7:30 Slimer! & the Real Ghostbusters
8:30 A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
9:00 Bugs Bunny & Tweety
10:00 Animal Crack-Ups
10:30 ABC Weekend Special "Liberty and the Littles" (pt 2)
11:00 Andy Griffith
11:30 Siskel & Ebert
noon Great Escape
12:30 Fishing the West
1:00 Abbott & Costello (bw)
1:30 Little League 50th Anniversary Special
2:00 Little League World Series
4:00 ABC World News Saturday
4:30 Healthy Lifestyles
5:00 Wonderful World of Disney "The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove" (conclusion, 2 hrs)
7:00 Family Classics "Student Exchange" (conclusion; series finale)
8:00 B.L. Stryker (2 hr series return)
10:00 News
10:20 ABC News
10:35 War of the Worlds
11:35 Monsters
12:05 Tales from the Darkside

KXGN 5-CBS/NBC Glendive
6:30 Superman
7:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
8:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
8:30 Garfield & Friends
9:00 Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!
9:30 Teen Wolf
10:00 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
10:30 CBS StoryBreak
11:00 Learning the Ropes
11:30 Cowboy Polo Association Finals
noon Hydroplane Racing: Seafair Rainier Cup
1:00 Allergy Test
1:30 Think Fast (finale)
2:00 World Series of Gold
4:00 This is the Life
4:30 CBS Evening News
5:00 Hee Haw (co-host Reba McIntire/guest Kitty Wells)
6:00 Paradise
7:00 Tour of Duty
8:00 West 57th
9:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
10:00 Saturday Night Live

KSL 5-CBS Salt Lake City
6:00 Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy
6:30 Superman
7:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
8:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
8:30 Garfield & Friends
9:00 Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!
9:30 Teen Wolf
10:00 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
10:30 CBS Storybreak
11:00 Wonderful World of Disney
noon Movie "The Bad News Bears"
1:55 Paul James Celebrity Roast Preview
2:00 World Series of Golf
4:00 Think Fast (finale)
4:30 CBS Evening News
5:00 Hee Haw
6:00 News
6:30 Siskel & Ebert
7:00 5 Hits Forty (celebrating KSL-TV's 40th anniversary)
8:00 Tour of Duty
9:00 West 57th
10:00 News
10:35 M*A*S*H
11:05 Movie "Tomorrow's Child"
1:05 USA Today

KTVM 6-Butte/KCFW 9-Kalispell/KECI 13-Missoula (NBC/ABC)
6:00 Kissyfur
6:30 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
7:00 Smurfs
8:00 Chipmunks
8:30 ALF (animated)
9:30 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
10:00 Punky Brewster (animated)
10:30 Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
11:00 Denver the Last Dinosaur
11:30 Wild Kingdom
noon Baseball Pre-Game
12:15 Baseball: Baltimore-NY Yankees
3:00 Abbott & Costello (bw)
3:30 Public People/Private Lives
4:30 NBC Nightly News
5:00 News
5:30 M*A*S*H
6:00 Wonderful World of Disney "The Swamp Fox: Day of Reckoning" (conclusion)
7:00 Amen
7:30 13 East
8:00 Golden Girls
8:30 Empty Nest
9:00 Hunter
10:00 Star Trek
11:00 Twilight Zone "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich"
11:30 Movie "Through Naked Eyes"

KHQ 6-NBC Spokane
6:30 Webster
7:00 Kissyfur
7:30 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
8:00 Home & Garden Hour
9:00 Smurfs
10:00 Chipmunks
10:30 ALF (animated)
11:30 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
noon Baseball Pre-Game
12:15 Baseball: Baltimore-NY Yankees
3:00 Golf: Fred Meyer Challenge
5:00 Hee Haw
6:00 NBC Nightly News
6:30 News
7:00 Movie "The Jazz Singer"
9:00 Amen
9:30 13 East
10:00 Golden Girls
10:30 Empty Nest
11:00 Hunter
mid. News
12:30 Carson's Comedy Classics (x2)
1:30 Saturday Night Live
3:00 Infomercial

KSPS 7-PBS Spokane
8:00 This Old House
8:30 Naturescene
9:00 Big Fish Down Under
10:00 How Far Home: Veterans After Vietnam
10:30 Entertaining the Troops
noon How Hitler Lost the War
1:10 Excellence in the Public Sector
2:00 Tony Brown's Journal "Who Killed Rhythm and Blues?"
2:30 North Idaho College Public Forum
3:00 Computer Chronicles
3:30 Joy of Painting
4:00 Beyond Business as Usual
4:30 Fight Back! with David Horowitz (first PBS station I've come across that carried this...I recal seeing it on WKBW Buffalo in the early 90s)
5:00 Austin City Limts
6:05 Rockin' the Night Away (Sonny Bono hosts this celebration of 50s and 60s music, featuring Chastity, Dion, Donovan, the Grass Roots, and Tommy James & the Shondells)
7:05 Rock UK! (British rock's impact on American culture)
8:00 Movie "The Compleat Beatles"
10:30 Doctor Who: Then & Now (the history of the cult classic)
11:40 Doctor Who "Destiny of the Daleks"

CFAC 7-Ind Lethbridge
5:00 News
6:00 Men in Action
6:30 It Figures
7:00 Mr. Wizard's World
7:30 Monty's Traveling Reptile Show
8:00 Ewoks
8:30 My Pet Monster
9:00 COPS
9:30 Hercules
10:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
10:30 ALF (animated)
11:30 Oceans Alive
noon Hobby Garden
12:30 Set Your Sails
1:00 Mechanic at Large
1:30 Wrestling (most likely Stampede, from 7's sister station/namesake in Calgary)
2:30 WWF Wrestling (from CHCH Hamilton, which Canadianized WWF's American shows)
3:30 Wonderful World of Disney (2 hrs)
5:30 News
6:00 Movie Show
6:30 FashionTelevision
7:00 War of the Worlds
8:00 Smith & Smith's Comedy Mill
8:30 Emergency Room
9:00 Hunter
10:00 News
10:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
11:00 Sports
11:30 Friday the 13th: The Series
12:30 Movie "Scorchy"
2:30 Movie "Black Cannon"
4:30 Beyond Tomorrow

KULR 8-NBC Billings
6:00 Kissyfur
6:30 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
7:00 Smurfs
8:00 Chipmunks
8:30 ALF (animated)
9:30 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
10:00 Punky Brewster (animated)
10:30 Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
11:00 Fishing the West
11:30 Greatest Sports Legends
noon Baseball Pre-Game
12:15 Baseball: Baltimore-NY Yankees
3:00 Infomercial
3:30 TBA
4:30 NBC Nightly News
5:00 Wonderful World of Disney
6:00 USA Today
7:00 Amen
7:30 13 East
8:00 Golden Girls
8:30 Empty Nest
9:00 Hunter
10:00 News
10:30 Saturday Night Live

KPAX 8-CBS/ABC Missoula
6:00 Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy
6:30 Superman
7:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
8:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
8:30 Garfield & Friends
9:00 Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!
9:30 Teen Wolf
10:00 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
10:30 CBS StoryBreak
11:00 Flintstone Kids
11:30 ABC Weekend Special "Liberty and the Littles" (pt 2)
noon Dayton International Air Show
1:00 Closest to the Pin
1:30 Think Fast (finale)
2:00 World Series of Golf
4:00 Hee Haw
5:00 CBS Evening News
5:30 Beach Boys: Endless Summer
6:30 Wheel of Fortune
7:00 Paradise
8:00 Tour of Duty
9:00 West 57th
10:00 News
10:30 Mama's Family
11:00 She's the Sheriff
11:30 It's a Living
mid. Friday the 13th: The Series

KUMV 8-NBC Williston
6:00 Kissyfur
6:30 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
7:00 Smurfs
8:00 Chipmunks
8:30 ALF (animated)
9:30 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
10:00 Punky Brewster (animated)
10:30 Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
11:00 Infomercial
11:30 Wild Kingdom
noon Baseball Pre-Game
12:15 Baseball: Baltimore-NY Yankees
3:00 Public People/Private Lives
4:00 Webster
4:30 NBC Nightly News
5:00 Family Ties
5:30 Wheel of Fortune
6:00 Amen
6:30 13 East
7:00 Golden Girls
7:30 Empty Nest
8:00 Hunter
9:00 News
9:30 Saturday Night Live
11:00 WWF Wrestling
mid. Friday the 13th: The Series

KUSM 9-PBS Bozeman
7:00 Sesame Street
8:00 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
8:30 OWL/TV
9:00 Newton's Apple
9:30 American Interests
10:00 Madeleine Cooks
10:30 Victory Garden
11:00 Frugal Gourmet
11:30 This Old House
noon Woodwright's Shop
12:30 Hometime
1:00 MotorWeek '89
1:30 Make Yourself at Home
2:00 Sewing with Nancy
2:30 Collectors
3:00 Washington Week in Review
3:25 Firing Line (from Cape Town, an interview with black activist Neville Alexander)
3:55 Adam Smith's Money World
4:25 Wall Street Week
5:00 Long Ago & Far Away
5:30 Sing Out America! with Judy Collins
7:00 Lawrence Welk Special
8:00 Great Moments from Austin City Limits
10:00 National Audubon Society "Sharks"

KXMD 11-CBS Williston
6:00 Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy
6:30 Superman
7:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
8:00 Pee-wee's Playhouse
8:30 Garfield & Friends
9:00 Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!
9:30 Teen Wolf
10:00 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
10:30 CBS StoryBreak
11:00 Women Under Cover
noon NFL Preview
1:00 Super Sports Follies
1:30 Think Fast (finale)
2:00 World Series of Golf
4:00 Austin Encore!
4:30 CBS Evening News
5:00 Hee Haw
6:00 Paradise
7:00 Tour of Duty
8:00 West 57th
9:00 News
9:30 M*A*S*H
10:00 Freddy's Nightmares
11:00 AWA Wrestling

KTVH 12-NBC Helena
6:00 Kissyfur
6:30 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
7:00 Smurfs
8:00 Chipmunks
8:30 ALF (animated)
9:30 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
10:00 Punky Brewster (animated)
10:30 Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
11:00 Superboy
11:30 This Week in Baseball
noon Baseball Pre-Game
12:15 Baseball: Baltimore-NY Yankees
3:00 Wild Kingdom
3:30 Cowboy Polo Association Finals
4:30 Hee Haw
5:30 NBC Nightly News
6:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
7:00 Amen
7:30 13 East
8:00 Golden Girls
8:30 Empty Nest
9:00 Hunter
10:00 Married...with Children
10:30 Saturday Night Live
mid. Twilight Zone

KTGF 16-NBC Great Falls
6:00 Kissyfur
6:30 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
7:00 Smurfs
8:00 Chipmunks
8:30 ALF (animated)
9:30 Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids
10:00 Punky Brewster (animated)
10:30 Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
11:00 America's Top 10
11:30 Survival is a Knack
noon Baseball Pre-Game
12:15 Baseball: Baltimore-NY Yankees
3:00 Infomercials
4:00 Twilight Zone "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich"
4:30 NBC Nightly News
5:00 It's a Living
5:30 She's the Sheriff
6:00 Mama's Family
6:30 Charles in Charge
7:00 Amen
7:30 13 East
8:00 Golden Girls
8:30 Empty Nest
9:00 Hunter
10:00 News
10:30 Saturday Night Live
mid. Friday the 13th: The Series
 
As TV Guide collectors well know, the bullet format in the Montana edition was convoluted, to say the least :D Here's how the stations were listed:

[xx] black bullet, white number
"xx" white bullet, black number
(|xx|) sandwich bullet (white with black sides, black number)
(=|xx|=) striped sandwich bullet (black background with striped sides, white number)
Also, SLC and Spokane channels were listed in the cable section of the Channels Listed page

[2] KTVQ-CBS Billings
"2" KREM-CBS Spokane
(|2|) KWGN-Ind Denver
(=|2|=) KUTV-NBC Salt Lake City
[3] KRTV-CBS Great Falls
"3" KYUS-ABC Miles City
[4] KXLF-CBS/ABC Butte
"4" KXLY-ABC Spokane
(|4|) KOUS-ABC Hardin/Billings
[5] KFBB-ABC Great Falls
"5" KXGN-CBS/NBC Glendive
(=|5|=) KSL-CBS Salt Lake City
[6] KTVM-NBC/ABC Butte
"6" KHQ-NBC Spokane
[7] KCTZ-ABC Bozeman
"7" KSPS-PBS Spokane
(|7|) CFAC-Ind Lethbridge
[8] KULR-NBC Billings
"8" KPAX-CBS/ABC Missoula
(|8|) KUMV-NBC Williston
[9] KCFW-NBC/ABC Kalispell
(1|1) KXMD-CBS Williston
[12] KTVH-NBC Helena
[13] KECI-NBC/ABC Missoula
[16] KTGF-NBC Great Falls
 
Bluenoser said:
As TV Guide collectors well know, the bullet format in the Montana edition was convoluted, to say the least :D Here's how the stations were listed:

[xx] black bullet, white number
"xx" white bullet, black number
(|xx|) sandwich bullet (white with black sides, black number)
(=|xx|=) striped sandwich bullet (black background with striped sides, white number)
Also, SLC and Spokane channels were listed in the cable section of the Channels Listed page

And CFAC Lethbridge was also listed in the cable section, but was OTA on some translators near the border.
 
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