Retro: Newfoundland Fri 2/11/77

[Bluenoser]

from Newfoundland Herald

NBC (Newfoundland Broadcasting Company): CJON St. John's, CJWN Corner Brook (CTV)
5:00 Music Till Dawn
5:30 CTV National News
5:50 Mr. Magoo
6:00 University of the Air
6:30 Pots & Pans
7:00 Uncle Bobby
7:30 Pixie & Dixie/Ricochet Rabbit
8:00 CTV National News
8:15 NBC News
8:20 Peter Potamus
8:30 Canada AM
10:30 Romper Room
11:00 Kareen's Yoga
11:30 First Impressions
Noon Definition
12:30 Augie Doggie/Snooper & Blabber
1:00 Phil Silvers
1:30 East Coast Theatre "Gidget Grows Up"
(NBC's afternoon movie had a different title each day, representing different parts of the province: Mon-South Coast Theatre, Tues-Bonavista/Trinity Playhouse, Wed-West Coast Theatre, Thurs-Central Newfoundland Playhouse, Fri-East Coast Theatre)
2:55 Take Kerr
3:00 Joyce Davidson
3:30 Alan Hamel
4:30 Another World
(NBC aired an hour-long highlight show on Sundays)
5:30 Flintstones
6:00 NBC Evening News
6:15 (CJWN only) West Coast News
6:30 Spiderman
7:00 The Price is Right
7:27 Pair Up with Robin Hood
7:30 Connection
8:00 Grand Old Country
8:30 Fish
9:00 Donny & Marie
10:00 Rockford Files
11:00 One Day at a Time
11:30 CTV National News & Provincial News Roundup
Mid. Twilight Zone
12:30 CTV National News
12:50 Late Show "Woman of Straw"
2:20 Alan Hamel
3:20 NFB Film
3:50 Music Till Dawn

CBC: CBNT St. John's, CBYT Corner Brook
9:30 CBC Regional News
9:35 Dick Van Dyke
10:00 Mon Ami
10:15 Friendly Giant
10:30 Canadian Schools
11:00 Mr. Dressup
11:30 Sesame Street
12:30 Bob McLean
1:00 Broph's Half-Hour
1:30 Bob McLean
2:00 Coffee Break
2:30 All in the Family
3:00 Edge of Night
3:30 Take 30
4:00 Celebrity Cooks
4:30 It's Your Choice
5:00 Black Box Theatre
5:30 Friday After School
6:00 Room 222
6:30 Here & Now
7:25 Provincial Affairs
7:30 Muppet Show
8:00 Ryan's Fancy
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9:00 Chico & the Man
9:30 Tommy Hunter Country
10:30 Police Story
11:30 The National
11:52 CBC Regional News/Weather/Sports
12:05 Ninety Minutes Live
1:35 Sign-Off
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Bluenoser on 07/21/05 03:12 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[mjlarochelle]

> NBC (Newfoundland Broadcasting Company): CJON St. John's,
> CJWN Corner Brook (CTV)
> 8:15 NBC News
---------------
That confused me at first, I thought they ran NBC from the States at first...lol.

> 6:15 (CJWN only) West Coast News
---------------
I never realized they had split-fed news...how long did that last? Was CJWN ever licensed separately from CJON?

> CBC: CBNT St. John's, CBYT Corner Brook
> 12:30 Bob McLean
------------
Was this a network program or a local one? Was this the same Bob McLean that hosted a morning show on CKCO?

> 12:05 Ninety Minutes Live
------------
Who could forget this disaster...why did you have to remind us?!

 

[KMRichards]

> NBC (Newfoundland Broadcasting Company): CJON St. John's,
> CJWN Corner Brook (CTV)

> 8:15 NBC News
> 8:20 Peter Potamus
> 8:30 Canada AM

They ran a cartoon between the news and the morning show?

> 1:30 East Coast Theatre "Gidget Grows Up"
> (NBC's afternoon movie had a different title each day,
> representing different parts of the province: Mon-South
> Coast Theatre, Tues-Bonavista/Trinity Playhouse, Wed-West
> Coast Theatre, Thurs-Central Newfoundland Playhouse,
> Fri-East Coast Theatre)

{satirical comment mode on}
So if you lived in the "wrong" part of the province and tried to watch, your television set blew up?
{satirical comment mode off}

> 3:30 Alan Hamel

A few years later, tried to make a name for himself in the U.S. The farthest he ever got with that was being the national spokesperson for a supermarket chain, IIRC.

> 6:00 NBC Evening News
> 6:15 (CJWN only) West Coast News

Was there a similar newscast on CJON, or was the Evening News a 30-minute program with a cutaway point at 6:15 for CJWN?

> 7:27 Pair Up with Robin Hood

Given that this three-minute program got its own listing, this must have been one of those home viewer games?

> 3:50 Music Till Dawn

What was used for the video portion? Anyone know?

Did the Newfoundland Herald just show listings as "NBC" and "CBC" or did they list the stations themselves, even though the listings were duplicated?<P ID="signature">______________


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[Bluenoser]

> > NBC (Newfoundland Broadcasting Company): CJON St. John's,
> > CJWN Corner Brook (CTV)
> > 6:00 NBC Evening News
> > 6:15 (CJWN only) West Coast News
>
> Was there a similar newscast on CJON, or was the Evening
> News a 30-minute program with a cutaway point at 6:15 for
> CJWN?

I'm not sure, but based on the listings, I'm assuming it's a regional opt-out for CJWN.
>
> > 7:27 Pair Up with Robin Hood
>
> Given that this three-minute program got its own listing,
> this must have been one of those home viewer games?

That's a pretty good bet- ATV in the Maritimes had a show around the same time called "Winner's Circle" which was sponsored by Robin Hood IIRC where viewers had to guess the result of a pre-recorded horse race from Montreal.

> > 3:50 Music Till Dawn
>
> What was used for the video portion? Anyone know?
>
Here's how the Herald describes it:
"Progressive contemporary music with the latest world and Canadian groups"

> Did the Newfoundland Herald just show listings as "NBC" and
> "CBC" or did they list the stations themselves, even though
> the listings were duplicated?

The Herald listed St. John's tx first, followed by Corner Brook:
NBC (6)(10)
CBC (8)(5)
Channels listed for NBC relays: 4,11,3,13,7,2,8
Channels listed for CBC relays: 8,13,12,5,9
>

 

[Braves2005]

>
> > 3:30 Alan Hamel
>
> A few years later, tried to make a name for himself in the
> U.S. The farthest he ever got with that was being the
> national spokesperson for a supermarket chain, IIRC.

Much farther than that,he is the husband of Suzanne Somers from Three's Company,and also is her manager. Suzanne met Alan when he hosted a game show called The Anniversary Game on ABC in 1968 and she was a model on the show. He also hosted a show called Mantrap in 1971-1972.

 

[RobertMoore]

> > 7:27 Pair Up with Robin Hood

> Given that this three-minute program got its own listing,
> this must have been one of those home viewer games?

For those who do not live in Canada, Robin Hood is the name of a baking flour, like Gold Medal and Martha White in the states.

 

[rugrats1]

> > NBC (Newfoundland Broadcasting Company): CJON St. John's,
> > CJWN Corner Brook (CTV)
> > 8:15 NBC News
> ---------------
> That confused me at first, I thought they ran NBC from the
> States at first...lol.
>

Shortly after the US NBC became available on The Rock via cable, they changed the name to "NTV".

The station's owner was, and still is, the eccentric Geoff Stirling.

>
> > CBC: CBNT St. John's, CBYT Corner Brook
> > 12:30 Bob McLean
> ------------
> Was this a network program or a local one? Was this the
> same Bob McLean that hosted a morning show on CKCO?
>

Yes, this was a national show, hosted by a man who would later work for CKCO. Prior to the CBC, he was a talk show host at WUAB in Cleveland and, later, "Dialing For Dollars" host at Philly's WPVI.

 

[rugrats1]

> > > NBC (Newfoundland Broadcasting Company): CJON St.
> John's,
> > > CJWN Corner Brook (CTV)
>
> > > 3:50 Music Till Dawn
> >
> > What was used for the video portion? Anyone know?
> >
> Here's how the Herald describes it:
> "Progressive contemporary music with the latest world and
> Canadian groups"
>
As for the video, I read somewhere that they used a live video image of a fish tank.

NTV (the former "NBC") was the first TV station in Canada to go 24/7, in 1972, with programs like these filling the late-night hours.

 

[ViewStu]

> > A few years later, tried to make a name for himself in the
> U.S. The farthest he ever got with that was being the
> national spokesperson for a supermarket chain, IIRC.
>
He's had better luck off-camera, as the longtime manager for his wife, Suzanne Somers.

 

[Davros2006]

(Old thread temporarily resurrected...)

These days, and I think a few of us know, the remaining time is filled with scenes of Newfoundland and Labrador done to Newfoundland music (and maybe the mainstream or country sometimes).

I also noted that Days of our Lives and Young and Restless had yet to be picked up. Meanwhile, Definition was doing reasonably well for CTV; Jim Perry would begin commuting between Toronto and L.A. when the Peacock network (you know which one) picked up Card Sharks the following year. He'd continue commuting until the end of the '80s when Sale of the Century finished a long run. Also, based on my personal viewing experiences of the late '80s and early '90s, when CJON ran a half-hour Price is Right, it was an edited version with one or two games followed by the final showcases of the day, and anything else in between. You'd have to watch CBS the next day to see all 60 minutes. (Yes, TPIR used to be a day-ahead of the Americans like Y&R and DAYS are in some places.)

 

[azumanga]

based on my personal viewing experiences of the late '80s and early '90s, when CJON ran a half-hour Price is Right, it was an edited version with one or two games followed by the final showcases of the day, and anything else in between.

Until now, I thought NTV carried the syndicated, weekly 30-minute version, which was still on the air at the time.

 

[Ultimajock]

>
> > 3:30 Alan Hamel

He also hosted a show called Mantrap in 1971-1972.

...actually, as I understand it, he co-produced "Mantrap" with Dick Clark but did not host it. The hosts were a trio of women -- Margot Kidder, Suzanne Somers and Meredith MacRae -- who interviewed a male guest on each program. Author Harlan Ellison wrote of his experience as a guest on the program (he was particularly smitten by Kidder, it appears) in his collection THE OTHER GLASS TEAT...