Source: The Newfoundland Herald (August 21-27, 1982); David Canary (“Another World”) on the cover
Note: All times listed are in Newfoundland Time. Also, PBS programming may be affected due to the pledge period.
CJON Channel 6 St. John’s (NTV/CTV)
6:00 AM: CTV National News
6:30 AM: ATV News
7:00 AM: Shanty Town
8:00 AM: Circle Square
8:30 AM: Let’s Go
9:00 AM: The Treehouse Club
9:30 AM: Kid’s Corner
10:30 AM: Harrigan
11:00 AM: Untamed Frontier: A look at puffins, a type of colourful sea bird.
11:30 AM: Superheroes: Captain America
12:00 PM: Barbapapa
12:30 PM: Wide World of Sports: Today’s program features the German Grand Prix, a bathtub race in Vancouver, and the finals of the National Swimming Championships.
2:30 PM: NTV Sports Special: Players Challenge Ladies Tennis (Today it’s known as the Rogers Cup, and is held in Toronto)
5:30 PM: Popeye
6:00 PM: Stars on Ice: Some of tonight’s glittering stars include dance pair Lillian Heming and Murray Carey, Perry Jewell, Bruno Jerry and Toller Cranston.
6:30 PM: Superstars of Wrestling
7:30 PM: Untamed World: A look at Africa’s Serengeti National Park.
8:00 PM: The Bobby Vinton Show
8:30 PM: Benson
9:00 PM: Circus: Tonight’s guests include Senor Don and his Arabian white horse, El Diablo Blanco, The Gunga Sisters, contortionists and serial acrobat Miss Evelyn.
9:30 PM: Academy Performance: “Mistress of Paradise” A haunting gothic thriller about a beautiful Northern heiress who marries a workly Southern plantation owner and discovers a frightening secret that threatens to destroy their love and their lives. (Stars Genevieve Bujold, Chad Everett and Anthony Andrews.)
11:30 PM: NTV Sports in Review ’82
12:30 AM: CTV National News
12:50 AM: ATV News
1:00 AM: The Love Boat: “Julia’s Wedding” (Part 2 of 2)
2:00 AM: NTV Saturday Night Late Show: “Black Christmas” (1975; Olivia Hussey)
4:00 AM: ’50s Connection: Today’s music is performed to a ’50s beat.
4:30 AM: Struggle Beneath the Sea
5:00 AM: Scenes of Newfoundland
CBNT Channel 8 St. John’s (CBC)
11:00 AM: Test Pattern and Music
11:27 AM: Sign-On
11:30 AM: Sesame Street
12:30 PM: The Jetsons
12:59 PM: CBC Regional News
1:05 PM: Room 222
1:30 PM: L’Imagination
2:00 PM: Barriers: Episode 16
2:30 PM: Saturday Movie Matinee: “The Plainsman”
4:00 PM: Wok With Yan
4:30 PM: Sportsweekend
7:30 PM: Saturday Report
8:00 PM: CBC Access
8:30 PM: Happy Days
9:00 PM: Archie Bunker’s Place
9:30 PM: Wild Canada
10:30 PM: CFL Football: Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Saskatchewan Roughriders
1:30 AM: The National
1:53 AM: Sign-Off
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC) (Cable 11 in St. John’s)
8:30 AM: Kidsworld
9:00 AM: Woody Woodpecker and Friends
9:30 AM: The Flintstones
10:00 AM: The Smurfs
11:00 AM: Kid Super Power Hour
12:00 PM: Spiderman
12:30 PM: Space Stars
1:30 PM: Movie: “Voyage of the Damned” (1976; Faye Dunaway)
3:30 PM: Baseball (No details given)
4:30 PM: Six Million Dollar Man
5:30 PM: Baseball: Boston Red Sox @ Oakland A’s
8:00 PM: NBC Nightly News
8:30 PM: Hogan’s Heroes
9:00 PM: The Muppets: Guest Liza Minelli
9:30 PM: Movie: “Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All” (Animated; Premiere)
11:30 PM: NBC Reports: “Whatever Happened to El Salvador?”
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: Saturday Night Live: Host Olivia Newton-John
(Sign-Off after that.)
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC) (Cable 7 in St. John’s)
7:30 AM: Big Blue Marble
8:00 AM: Great Space Coaster
8:30 AM: Underdog
9:00 AM: Bullwinkle
9:30 AM: Superfriends
10:00 AM: Thundarr/Goldie Gold
11:00 AM: Laverne and Shirley
11:30 AM: Richie Rich/Scooby Doo
12:30 PM: The Jetsons
1:00 PM: Jonny Quest
1:30 PM: Weekend Special: “The Winged Colt” (Part 1)
2:00 PM: American Bandstand: Christopher Atkins, Richard Simmons
3:00 PM: Movie: “Oedipus the King” (1968; Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles)
6:00 PM: Pursuit of Victory
6:30 PM: Wide World of Sports: U.S. Long Course Swimming Championships from Indianapolis; live coverage of the U.S. Platform Diving Championships from Pittsburgh
8:00 PM: Greatest Sports Legend
8:30 PM: Hee Haw: Don Williams, John Hartford, Connie Smith, Danny Flowers
9:30 PM: The Love Boat (2-Hour episode)
11:30 PM: Fantasy Island
12:30 AM: ABC News Weekend Report
12:45 AM: Stacy’s Country Jamboree
(Sign-off after that.)
*WTVS Channel 56 Detroit (PBS) (Cable 5 in St. John’s)
6:30 PM: Soccer Made in Germany
7:30 PM: Matinee at the Bijou
9:00 PM: Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
10:30 PM: Movie: “Auntie Mame” (1958; Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker)
(Sign-off after that.)
Galaxie (a joint venture between TVOntario and Rogers) (Cable 12 in St. John’s)
1:00 PM: Polka Dot Door
1:35 PM: Fables of the Green Forest
2:01 PM: Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
2:08 PM: The New Zoo Revue
3:00 PM: The Big Blue Marble
3:26 PM: Jeremy
3:39 PM: Guess What
3:48 PM: Robin and Rosie of Cockleshell Bay
4:00 PM: Tales of Magic
4:13 PM: Readalong
4:24 PM: Barbapapa
4:31 PM: Polka Dot Door
(Sign-off after that.)
*Subject to further research.
Note: All times listed are in Newfoundland Time. Also, PBS programming may be affected due to the pledge period.
CJON Channel 6 St. John’s (NTV/CTV)
6:00 AM: CTV National News
6:30 AM: ATV News
7:00 AM: Shanty Town
8:00 AM: Circle Square
8:30 AM: Let’s Go
9:00 AM: The Treehouse Club
9:30 AM: Kid’s Corner
10:30 AM: Harrigan
11:00 AM: Untamed Frontier: A look at puffins, a type of colourful sea bird.
11:30 AM: Superheroes: Captain America
12:00 PM: Barbapapa
12:30 PM: Wide World of Sports: Today’s program features the German Grand Prix, a bathtub race in Vancouver, and the finals of the National Swimming Championships.
2:30 PM: NTV Sports Special: Players Challenge Ladies Tennis (Today it’s known as the Rogers Cup, and is held in Toronto)
5:30 PM: Popeye
6:00 PM: Stars on Ice: Some of tonight’s glittering stars include dance pair Lillian Heming and Murray Carey, Perry Jewell, Bruno Jerry and Toller Cranston.
6:30 PM: Superstars of Wrestling
7:30 PM: Untamed World: A look at Africa’s Serengeti National Park.
8:00 PM: The Bobby Vinton Show
8:30 PM: Benson
9:00 PM: Circus: Tonight’s guests include Senor Don and his Arabian white horse, El Diablo Blanco, The Gunga Sisters, contortionists and serial acrobat Miss Evelyn.
9:30 PM: Academy Performance: “Mistress of Paradise” A haunting gothic thriller about a beautiful Northern heiress who marries a workly Southern plantation owner and discovers a frightening secret that threatens to destroy their love and their lives. (Stars Genevieve Bujold, Chad Everett and Anthony Andrews.)
11:30 PM: NTV Sports in Review ’82
12:30 AM: CTV National News
12:50 AM: ATV News
1:00 AM: The Love Boat: “Julia’s Wedding” (Part 2 of 2)
2:00 AM: NTV Saturday Night Late Show: “Black Christmas” (1975; Olivia Hussey)
4:00 AM: ’50s Connection: Today’s music is performed to a ’50s beat.
4:30 AM: Struggle Beneath the Sea
5:00 AM: Scenes of Newfoundland
CBNT Channel 8 St. John’s (CBC)
11:00 AM: Test Pattern and Music
11:27 AM: Sign-On
11:30 AM: Sesame Street
12:30 PM: The Jetsons
12:59 PM: CBC Regional News
1:05 PM: Room 222
1:30 PM: L’Imagination
2:00 PM: Barriers: Episode 16
2:30 PM: Saturday Movie Matinee: “The Plainsman”
4:00 PM: Wok With Yan
4:30 PM: Sportsweekend
7:30 PM: Saturday Report
8:00 PM: CBC Access
8:30 PM: Happy Days
9:00 PM: Archie Bunker’s Place
9:30 PM: Wild Canada
10:30 PM: CFL Football: Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Saskatchewan Roughriders
1:30 AM: The National
1:53 AM: Sign-Off
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC) (Cable 11 in St. John’s)
8:30 AM: Kidsworld
9:00 AM: Woody Woodpecker and Friends
9:30 AM: The Flintstones
10:00 AM: The Smurfs
11:00 AM: Kid Super Power Hour
12:00 PM: Spiderman
12:30 PM: Space Stars
1:30 PM: Movie: “Voyage of the Damned” (1976; Faye Dunaway)
3:30 PM: Baseball (No details given)
4:30 PM: Six Million Dollar Man
5:30 PM: Baseball: Boston Red Sox @ Oakland A’s
8:00 PM: NBC Nightly News
8:30 PM: Hogan’s Heroes
9:00 PM: The Muppets: Guest Liza Minelli
9:30 PM: Movie: “Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All” (Animated; Premiere)
11:30 PM: NBC Reports: “Whatever Happened to El Salvador?”
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: Saturday Night Live: Host Olivia Newton-John
(Sign-Off after that.)
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC) (Cable 7 in St. John’s)
7:30 AM: Big Blue Marble
8:00 AM: Great Space Coaster
8:30 AM: Underdog
9:00 AM: Bullwinkle
9:30 AM: Superfriends
10:00 AM: Thundarr/Goldie Gold
11:00 AM: Laverne and Shirley
11:30 AM: Richie Rich/Scooby Doo
12:30 PM: The Jetsons
1:00 PM: Jonny Quest
1:30 PM: Weekend Special: “The Winged Colt” (Part 1)
2:00 PM: American Bandstand: Christopher Atkins, Richard Simmons
3:00 PM: Movie: “Oedipus the King” (1968; Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles)
6:00 PM: Pursuit of Victory
6:30 PM: Wide World of Sports: U.S. Long Course Swimming Championships from Indianapolis; live coverage of the U.S. Platform Diving Championships from Pittsburgh
8:00 PM: Greatest Sports Legend
8:30 PM: Hee Haw: Don Williams, John Hartford, Connie Smith, Danny Flowers
9:30 PM: The Love Boat (2-Hour episode)
11:30 PM: Fantasy Island
12:30 AM: ABC News Weekend Report
12:45 AM: Stacy’s Country Jamboree
(Sign-off after that.)
*WTVS Channel 56 Detroit (PBS) (Cable 5 in St. John’s)
6:30 PM: Soccer Made in Germany
7:30 PM: Matinee at the Bijou
9:00 PM: Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
10:30 PM: Movie: “Auntie Mame” (1958; Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker)
(Sign-off after that.)
Galaxie (a joint venture between TVOntario and Rogers) (Cable 12 in St. John’s)
1:00 PM: Polka Dot Door
1:35 PM: Fables of the Green Forest
2:01 PM: Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
2:08 PM: The New Zoo Revue
3:00 PM: The Big Blue Marble
3:26 PM: Jeremy
3:39 PM: Guess What
3:48 PM: Robin and Rosie of Cockleshell Bay
4:00 PM: Tales of Magic
4:13 PM: Readalong
4:24 PM: Barbapapa
4:31 PM: Polka Dot Door
(Sign-off after that.)
*Subject to further research.