RETRO: Nashville, Monday 9/10/1979

[MikeyBos]

Source: TV Guide, Nashville Edition

Channels Listed

Nashville
2 KGNE (ABC)
4 WSM-TV (NBC)
5 WTVF (CBS)
8 WDCN-TV (PBS)
17 WZTV (Ind.)

Bowling Green
13 WBKO-TV (ABC)

E Kentucky Education Network
21 Murray-Mayfield
23 Elizabethtown
29 Somerset
35 Hazard
53 Bowling Green

MORNING

5:15
5 COUNTRY JOURNAL

5:30
2 NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
5 CARL TIPTON

5:45
4 WEATHER

5:55
4 MORNING DEVOTION
17 NEWS

6 AM
2 THREE STOOGES AND FRIENDS
4 MORNING SHOW
5 MONDAY MORNING
17 UNDERDOG

6:25
2 BULLWINKLE

6:30
17 FRED FLINTSTONE AND FRIENDS

6:45
13 A.M. KENTUCKY

6:55
2 NEWS

7 AM
2-13 GOOD MORNING AMERICA
4 TODAY
5 CAPTAIN KANGAROO
17 PTL CLUB

7:15
E A.M. WEATHER

7:45
8 WEATHER

8 AM
5 MORNINGS ON 5
8 SESAME STREET

8:30
5 DORIS DAY

9 AM
2 $20,000 PYRAMID
4 PHIL DONAHUE
5 ALL IN THE FAMILY
8 MISTER ROGERS
13 DINAH!
17 I DREAM OF JEANNIE

9:30
2 CROSS-WITS
5 WHEW!
8 ELECTRIC COMPANY
17 PETTICOAT JUNCTION

9:55
5 CBS NEWS

10 AM
2-13 LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
4 HIGH ROLLERS
5 PRICE IS RIGHT
8 ONCE UPON A CLASSIC
17 DINAH!

10:30
2-13 FAMILY FEUD
4 WHEEL OF FORTUNE

11 AM
2 EDGE OF NIGHT
4 MINDREADERS
5 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
8 OVER EASY
13 $20,000 PYRAMID

11:30
2-13 RYAN'S HOPE
4 NOON SHOW
5 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
8 MAGIC METHOD OF OIL PAINTING
17 MIKE DOUGLAS

AFTERNOON

Noon
2-13 ALL MY CHILDREN
5 MARY TYLER MOORE
8 MOVIE: "Four Daughters" (1938)

12:30
4 DAYS OF OUR LIVES
5 AS THE WORLD TURNS

1 PM
2-13 ONE LIFE TO LIVE
17 MOVIE: "Joe Dakota" (1957)

1:30
4 DOCTORS
5 GUIDING LIGHT
8 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

2 PM
2-13 GENERAL HOSPITAL
4 ANOTHER WORLD

2:30
5 M*A*S*H
17 ABBOTT AND COSTELLO

3 PM
2 LITTLE RASCALS AND FRIENDS
5 MUNSTERS
8 OVER EASY
13 EDGE OF NIGHT
17 SPEEDRACER
E SESAME STREET

3:30
2 OZZIE AND HARRIET
4 KROFFT SUPERSTARS
5 WOODY WOODPECKER
8 GED SERIES
13 BRADY BUNCH
17 SPIDERMAN

4 PM
2 BONANZA
4 REAL MCCOYS
5 GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
8-E MISTER ROGERS
13 BONANZA
17 SUPER HEROES

4:30
4 BEWITCHED
5 SANFORD AND SON
8-E ELECTRIC COMPANY
17 MY FAVORITE MARTIAN

5 PM
2 ABC NEWS
4 HAPPY DAYS AGAIN
5 NEWLYWED GAME
8 SESAME STREET
13 BEWITCHED
17 PARTRIDGE FAMILY

5:25
5 NEWS

5:30
2 DATING GAME
4 NBC NEWS
5 CBS NEWS
13 ABC NEWS
17 THAT GIRL

6 PM
2-4-5-13 NEWS
8 DICK CAVETT
17 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
E MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT

6:30
2 PM MAGAZINE
5 TIC TAC DOUGH
8 MacNEIL/LEHRER REPORT
13 COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER
17 MAYBERRY R.F.D.
E DICK CAVETT

7 PM
2-13 240-ROBERT
4 HOLOCAUST
5 BUGS BUNNY
8 BILL MOYERS' JOURNAL
17 WILD WILD WEST
E TIME MACHINE

7:30
5 PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON

8 PM
2-13 NFL FOOTBALL: Atlanta Falcons vs. Eagles in Philadelphia
5 M*A*S*H
8 MEETING OF MINDS
17 MOVIE: "Touch of Evil" (1958)
E AMERICAN DOCUMENTS

8:30
5 WKRP IN CINCINNATI

9 PM
5 LOU GRANT
8 POLDARK
E POLDARK

10 PM
4-5 NEWS
8 POLDARK
17 PAUL HARVEY

10:05
17 GET SMART

10:30
4 JOHNNY CARSON
5 WTVF REPORTS
17 700 CLUB

11 PM
2-13 NEWS
5 ROCKFORD FILES
8 ABC NEWS

11:30
2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL '79
13 TO BE ANNOUNCED

Mid.
2 NASHVILLE ON THE ROAD
4 TOMORROW
17 PTL CLUB

12:10
5 MOVIE: "Designing Women" (1957)

12:30
2 ADAM-12

1 AM
2 NEWS

2 AM
17 NEWS

 

[classictvfan]

Could you please upload listings for Saturday 9/8/79?

 

[firepoint525]

Nashville
2 KGNE (ABC)

Obviously, that should be WGNE, as we are east of the Mississippi River.

 

[MikeyBos]

Yes, typo.

Nashville
2 KGNE (ABC)

Obviously, that should be WGNE, as we are east of the Mississippi River.

 

[radiorob2.0]

Source: TV Guide, Nashville Edition

E Kentucky Education Network
21 Murray-Mayfield
23 Elizabethtown
29 Somerset
35 Hazard
53 Bowling Green

I'm surprised Channel 35 Hazard was included in the KET listing for Nashville. The KET station in Madisonville, also on Channel 35, is much closer and serves Hopkinsville (part of the Nashville market).

 

[w9wi]

Nashville
2 KGNE (ABC)

Obviously, that should be WGNE, as we are east of the Mississippi River.

Actually, WNGE were the calls. (Nashville General Electric)

 

[firepoint525]

Nashville
2 KGNE (ABC)

Obviously, that should be WGNE, as we are east of the Mississippi River.

Actually, WNGE were the calls. (Nashville General Electric)

I didn't catch that, but then again, I didn't live here at the time. But for that matter, they are no longer owned by Knight-Ridder, are they?

 

[firepoint525]

Source:  TV Guide, Nashville Edition
E Kentucky Education Network
21 Murray-Mayfield
23 Elizabethtown
29 Somerset
35 Hazard
53 Bowling Green

I'm surprised Channel 35 Hazard was included in the KET listing for Nashville.  The KET station in Madisonville, also on Channel 35, is much closer and serves Hopkinsville (part of the Nashville market).

Maybe that is because the Dukes of Hazard was on at the time! 

For that matter, was channel 29 in Paducah on the air at the time?  I see a Somerset listing for channel 29.

 

[radiorob2.0]

Source: TV Guide, Nashville Edition
E Kentucky Education Network
21 Murray-Mayfield
23 Elizabethtown
29 Somerset
35 Hazard
53 Bowling Green

I'm surprised Channel 35 Hazard was included in the KET listing for Nashville. The KET station in Madisonville, also on Channel 35, is much closer and serves Hopkinsville (part of the Nashville market).

Maybe that is because the Dukes of Hazard was on at the time!

For that matter, was channel 29 in Paducah on the air at the time? I see a Somerset listing for channel 29.

I wonder if Channel 35 was a typo. As far as Channel 29 Paducah, I'm not sure if KET signed on that signal by 1979 but it was around that time. I believe Channel 29 and 35 were the only redundant KET allocations since they existed on each end of the state.

 

[bpatrick]

I believe Young Broadcasting owns WKRN.

I remember seeing 35 Hazard listed in the Nashville
edition under Kentucky Educational Television and
thought it was strange, since it was listed in the
Kentucky edition. Now that y'all tell me KET has
a station on 35 in Madisonville I'm wondering if
someone gave incorrect information to TV Guide--
like the same person who spelled Owenton as
"Oeton."

And BTW, it's "The Dukes Of Hazzard" with two "z"s.
It was never established that the show took place
in Hazard, KY.

 

[mleach]

And BTW, it's "The Dukes Of Hazzard" with two "z"s.
It was never established that the show took place
in Hazard, KY.

A complete name change of a location and/or the act of mis-spelling on purpose is usually the case when it comes to TV shows ( and even movies ) when set is a small town/county rather than a major metro area. I assume the purpose of this is for legal reasons. For example the recent cancelled ABC sitcom with Kelsey Grammer "Hank" was set in the fictional town of River Bend, Virginia even though it didn't take long for many to figure out that River Bend was really the real life town of Front Royal, Virginia.

 

[w9wi]

I believe Young Broadcasting owns WKRN.

True. I *believe* they bought them directly from Knight-Ridder.

I wonder if Channel 35 was a typo. As far as Channel 29 Paducah, I'm not sure if KET signed on that signal by 1979 but it was around that time. I believe Channel 29 and 35 were the only redundant KET allocations since they existed on each end of the state.

KET didn't sign channel 29 Paducah on.

It was originally commercial WDXR-TV. They sold it to KET. I'm pretty sure it was on well before 1979 but don't have my reference material handy. I want to say it went on in 1971. Don't know when KET took it over but would be surprised if it hadn't happened by 1979.

 

[cowboybud]

I
And BTW, it's "The Dukes Of Hazzard" with two "z"s.
It was never established that the show took place
in Hazard, KY.

The fictional Hazzard County was in Georgia, I believe.

 

[azumanga]

KET didn't sign channel 29 Paducah on.

It was originally commercial WDXR-TV. They sold it to KET. I'm pretty sure it was on well before 1979 but don't have my reference material handy. I want to say it went on in 1971. Don't know when KET took it over but would be surprised if it hadn't happened by 1979.

According to Wikipedia (take with grain of salt), KET took over channel 29 in Paducah in 1981.

 

[bpatrick]

And BTW, it's "The Dukes Of Hazzard" with two "z"s.
It was never established that the show took place
in Hazard, KY.

A complete name change of a location and/or the act of mis-spelling on purpose is usually the case when it comes to TV shows ( and even movies ) when set is a small town/county rather than a major metro area. I assume the purpose of this is for legal reasons. For example the recent cancelled ABC sitcom with Kelsey Grammer "Hank" was set in the fictional town of River Bend, Virginia even though it didn't take long for many to figure out that River Bend was really the real life town of Front Royal, Virginia.

That can be true of a metro suburb; case in point, Llanview on "One Life To Live" is actually Bryn Mawr, PA.

And as for shows set in small towns, I don't care how much Andy Griffith denies it, Mayberry is Mt. Airy, NC, his hometown.
Pilot Mountain (Mt. Pilot on the show) is only a stone's throw from Mt. Airy, and numerous references imply that Mayberry
is near the mountains (as Mt. Airy is). However, Siler City isn't that close to Mt. Airy; it's a good 60 miles from Winston-
Salem and another 30 or so from Mt. Airy.

 

[bpatrick]

I believe Young Broadcasting owns WKRN.

True. I *believe* they bought them directly from Knight-Ridder.

I wonder if Channel 35 was a typo. As far as Channel 29 Paducah, I'm not sure if KET signed on that signal by 1979 but it was around that time. I believe Channel 29 and 35 were the only redundant KET allocations since they existed on each end of the state.

KET didn't sign channel 29 Paducah on.

It was originally commercial WDXR-TV. They sold it to KET. I'm pretty sure it was on well before 1979 but don't have my reference material handy. I want to say it went on in 1971. Don't know when KET took it over but would be surprised if it hadn't happened by 1979.

And I "believe" (in fact I'm sure of it) ;D that Young Broadcasting purchased the stations of Nationwide Communications: WBAY/2 Green Bay, WATE/6 Knoxville, and WRIC/8 Richmond. All are ABC affiliates, although WBAY was once a CBS affiliate and WATE an NBC one.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

And as for shows set in small towns, I don't care how much Andy Griffith denies it, Mayberry is Mt. Airy, NC, his hometown. Pilot Mountain (Mt. Pilot on the show) is only a stone's throw from Mt. Airy, and numerous references imply that Mayberry is near the mountains (as Mt. Airy is).

One repeated continuity error on "Ange" was all the references to Raleigh,
in terms of watching Raleigh TV for the most part (along with WZAZ-TV
Siler City)--when in order to go from Mt. Airy (Mayberry) to Raleigh you had
to go through the GSO/INT metro first.

Never a mention of Greensboro, although that's the TV market whose signals
probably reached Mayberry.

And it was a bit of magic for the family to fly from Raleigh to El Lay on TWA,
since that airline didn't serve RDU, much less have a nonstop to LAX!

 

[firepoint525]

I believe Young Broadcasting owns WKRN.

True. I *believe* they bought them directly from Knight-Ridder.

KET didn't sign channel 29 Paducah on.

It was originally commercial WDXR-TV. They sold it to KET. I'm pretty sure it was on well before 1979 but don't have my reference material handy. I want to say it went on in 1971. Don't know when KET took it over but would be surprised if it hadn't happened by 1979.

I believe WDXR-TV had left the air by 1979. Don't know when KET took it over.

Young Broadcasting is the only owner of channel 2 (so far) who has not changed their call letters.

 

[mleach]

And it was a bit of magic for the family to fly from Raleigh to El Lay on TWA,
since that airline didn't serve RDU, much less have a nonstop to LAX!

Maybe Griffith and company "saw the future" as today Raleigh's airport is one of the biggest in the south where not only one can fly to EL LAY but even to Paris and London as well and all non-stop too. Interesting all this growth came at Richmond, VA's exspense when back in the early 80's American Airlines wanted to open up a major hub in that city, but Virginia being, well Virginia didn't want the growth. Plus many in the Virginia House of Delicates such as Republican Robert Marshall from Prince William County for example over the years, they wanted keep their airports except for Dulles & National airports on the conservative side ( as in no flights to "questionable cities" ) so the city of Richmond and commonwealth of Virginia "suggested" growth at Raleigh so American Airlines went there instead and then BOOM !!!!! Today coast to coast flights are an everyday thing in Raleigh & Charlotte while in Virginia, well Charleston, West Virginia has more non-stop flight options than either Richmond or Hampton Roads. Sad !!

....and Richmond had their share of references on The Andy Griffith Show too. Talk about ironic.

 

[bpatrick]

It is strange that Andy & the gang never mentioned Greensboro,
since the best way to get to Raleigh from Mt. Airy/Pilot Mountain
is to take U.S. 52 to Winston-Salem, then I-40 to Raleigh. That
will take you through Greensboro.

It is to laugh at the thought of a television station in Siler City;
all we have is a radio station at the upper end of the AM band.
However, we do get WRAZ, the Fox affiliate in Raleigh.