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: Crossroads
6:30 AM: In View
7:00 AM: CTV National News
7:20 AM: ATV News
7:30 AM: Rocket Robin Hood
8:00 AM: Jimmy Swaggart
9:00 AM: Oral Roberts
9:30 AM: Rex Humbard
10:00 AM: Faith For Today
10:30 AM: The World Tomorrow
11:00 AM: Old Time Gospel Hour
12:00 PM: Revival Hour
1:00 PM: Everybody’s Business
1:30 PM: Question Period
2:00 PM: Rocket Robin Hood Hour
3:00 PM: Untamed World
3:30 PM: NTV Sports Special: Players Challenge Ladies Tennis Finals
6:30 PM: NTV Movie Special: “For the Love of Benji” (1977; Benji, Patsy Garrett, Ed Nelson)
8:30 PM: Solid Gold
9:30 PM: One Day At a Time
10:00 PM: The Jeffersons
10:30 PM: Quincy
11:30 PM: W-5
12:30 AM: CTV National News
12:50 AM: ATV News
1:00 AM: 60 Minutes
2:00 AM: M*A*S*H
2:30 AM: NTV Sunday Late Show: “Day of the Animals” (1977; Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George, Ruth Roman)
4:30 AM: The John Davidson Show
5:30 AM: Scenes of Newfoundland
CBNT Channel 8 St. John’s (CBC)
10:45 AM: Test Pattern and Music
11:00 AM: Sign-On
11:03 AM: The Sullivans (Australian soap opera)
11:57 AM: Wild Kingdom
12:24 PM: CBC Regional News Highlights
12:30 PM: Meeting Place
1:30 PM: Earthbound
2:00 PM: Hymn Sing
2:30 PM: Titans
3:00 PM: CFL Football: British Columbia Lions @ Montreal Concordes
6:00 PM: Sunday Evening Report
6:30 PM: Walt Disney: “Kidnapped” (Part 2)
7:30 PM: The Beachcombers: “Steelhead”
8:00 PM: Hangin’ In: “The Princess and the Pea”
8:30 PM: Heritage
9:30 PM: Testament of Youth (Part 3)
10:30 PM: Music in the Air: “Around the World in Sixty Minutes”
11:30 PM: The National
11:45 PM: Newsfinal
11:56 PM: Hill Street Blues
(Sign-off after that.)
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC) (Cable 11 in St. John’s)
8:30 AM: This is the Life
9:00 AM: Woody Woodpecker and Friends
9:30 AM: The Man From Atlantis
10:30 AM: Movie: “The Count of Monte Cristo” (1975; Richard Chamberlain, Tony Curtis)
12:30 PM: Candlepin Challenge
1:30 PM: Page Two
2:00 PM: NFL Football: Preseason, New York Jets @ Houston Oilers
5:00 PM: To Be Announced
5:30 PM: Baseball: New York Mets @ Houston Astros
8:00 PM: NBC Nightly News
8:30 PM: Born to Be Wild
9:30 PM: ChiPs
10:30 PM: Magic With the Stars
12:30 AM: News
12:45 AM: Movie: “Invaders From Mars” (1953; Helene Carter, Arthur Franz)
(Sign-off after that.)
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC) (Cable 7 in St. John’s)
7:30 AM: Big Blue Marble
8:00 AM: Bullwinkle
8:30 AM: Great Space Coaster
9:00 AM: Hostess Family Classics
9:30 AM: Soul’s Harbor
10:30 AM: James Robison
11:00 AM: Ernest Angley
12:00 PM: The World Tomorrow
12:30 PM: Viewpoint
1:00 PM: This Week With David Brinkley
2:00 PM: Directions
2:30 PM: It’s Your Business
3:00 PM: Movie: “Lonely Are the Brave” (1962; Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau)
5:00 PM: Movie: “A Degree of Murder” (1969; Anita Pallenberg, Hans P. Hallwachs)
7:00 PM: Sportsbeat
7:30 PM: Sha Na Na: Guest Phyllis Diller
8:00 PM: ABC World News Tonight
8:30 PM: Code Red
9:30 PM: ABC Sunday Night Movie: “Airport ’77” (1977; Jack Lemmon, Brenda Vacarro)
12:30 AM: ABC News Weekend Report
12:45 AM: Jim Bakker
(Sign-off after that.)
*WTVS Channel 56 Detroit (PBS) (Cable 5 in St. John’s)
9:30 AM: Sesame Street
10:30 AM: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
11:00 AM: Sesame Street
12:00 PM: The Electric Company
12:30 PM: Matinee at the Bijou
2:00 PM: Inside Business Today
2:30 PM: Washington Week in Review
3:00 PM: Wall $treet Week
3:30 PM: The Firing Line
4:30 PM: Great Performances: “La Voix Humaine”
5:30 PM: Two American Artists
6:30 PM: Movie: “Auntie Mame” (1958; Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker)
9:30 PM: NOVA: “Animal Olympians”
10:30 PM: Masterpiece Theatre: “Disraeli: The Great Game” (Part 3)
11:30 PM: Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
(Sign-off after that.)
Galaxie (a joint venture between TVOntario and Rogers) (Cable 12 in St. John’s)
1:00 PM: Polka Dot Door
1:25 PM: The Adventures of Paddington Bear
1:34 PM: Vision On
2:00 PM: Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
2:07 PM: The New Zoo Revue
2:32 PM: Les Voyages de Tortillard
3:00 PM: Big Blue Marble
3:26 PM: Jeremy
3:39 PM: Guess What
3:48 PM: Hattytown Tales
4:00 PM: Tales of Magic
4:13 PM: Readalong
4:24 PM: Barbapapa
4:31 PM: Polka Dot Door
(Sign-off after that.)
St. John’s Community Channel (Cable 9 in St. John’s)
(Community messages until...)
9:15 AM: Storytime
9:30 AM: Church Magazine
10:00 AM: Annie and Her Friends
10:30 AM: The Canadian Tour
11:00 AM: The Music Makers
11:30 AM: Wheels of Life
12:00 PM: Community Profile
12:30 PM: CBS in View (Conception Bay South that is)
(Community messages until...)
5:00 PM: Harris and Harris Jamboree
5:30 PM: Satisfaction Guaranteed
6:00 PM: Capt. Ugh!
6:15 PM: Fitfully Yours Lorraine
6:30 PM: The Bible’s View
7:00 PM: Levi and His Westeneers
7:30 PM: Down to Earth
8:00 PM: Filipino Martial Arts
8:30 PM: Cable Television on Parliament Hill
(Community messages after that)
Corner Brook Community Channel (Cable 8 in Corner Brook)
(Community messages until...)
2:00 PM: The New You
2:30 PM: The Jesus Music Connection
3:30 PM: Up Front
4:00 PM: Sports Profile
4:30 PM: Solid Rock
6:00 PM: Studio Stage
6:30 PM: Shellbird’s Sunday Special
(Community messages 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: Crossroads
6:30 AM: In View
7:00 AM: CTV National News
7:20 AM: ATV News
7:30 AM: Rocket Robin Hood
8:00 AM: Jimmy Swaggart
9:00 AM: Oral Roberts
9:30 AM: Rex Humbard
10:00 AM: Faith For Today
10:30 AM: The World Tomorrow
11:00 AM: Old Time Gospel Hour
12:00 PM: Revival Hour
1:00 PM: Everybody’s Business
1:30 PM: Question Period
2:00 PM: Rocket Robin Hood Hour
3:00 PM: Untamed World
3:30 PM: NTV Sports Special: Players Challenge Ladies Tennis Finals
6:30 PM: NTV Movie Special: “For the Love of Benji” (1977; Benji, Patsy Garrett, Ed Nelson)
8:30 PM: Solid Gold
9:30 PM: One Day At a Time
10:00 PM: The Jeffersons
10:30 PM: Quincy
11:30 PM: W-5
12:30 AM: CTV National News
12:50 AM: ATV News
1:00 AM: 60 Minutes
2:00 AM: M*A*S*H
2:30 AM: NTV Sunday Late Show: “Day of the Animals” (1977; Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George, Ruth Roman)
4:30 AM: The John Davidson Show
5:30 AM: Scenes of Newfoundland
CBNT Channel 8 St. John’s (CBC)
10:45 AM: Test Pattern and Music
11:00 AM: Sign-On
11:03 AM: The Sullivans (Australian soap opera)
11:57 AM: Wild Kingdom
12:24 PM: CBC Regional News Highlights
12:30 PM: Meeting Place
1:30 PM: Earthbound
2:00 PM: Hymn Sing
2:30 PM: Titans
3:00 PM: CFL Football: British Columbia Lions @ Montreal Concordes
6:00 PM: Sunday Evening Report
6:30 PM: Walt Disney: “Kidnapped” (Part 2)
7:30 PM: The Beachcombers: “Steelhead”
8:00 PM: Hangin’ In: “The Princess and the Pea”
8:30 PM: Heritage
9:30 PM: Testament of Youth (Part 3)
10:30 PM: Music in the Air: “Around the World in Sixty Minutes”
11:30 PM: The National
11:45 PM: Newsfinal
11:56 PM: Hill Street Blues
(Sign-off after that.)
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC) (Cable 11 in St. John’s)
8:30 AM: This is the Life
9:00 AM: Woody Woodpecker and Friends
9:30 AM: The Man From Atlantis
10:30 AM: Movie: “The Count of Monte Cristo” (1975; Richard Chamberlain, Tony Curtis)
12:30 PM: Candlepin Challenge
1:30 PM: Page Two
2:00 PM: NFL Football: Preseason, New York Jets @ Houston Oilers
5:00 PM: To Be Announced
5:30 PM: Baseball: New York Mets @ Houston Astros
8:00 PM: NBC Nightly News
8:30 PM: Born to Be Wild
9:30 PM: ChiPs
10:30 PM: Magic With the Stars
12:30 AM: News
12:45 AM: Movie: “Invaders From Mars” (1953; Helene Carter, Arthur Franz)
(Sign-off after that.)
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC) (Cable 7 in St. John’s)
7:30 AM: Big Blue Marble
8:00 AM: Bullwinkle
8:30 AM: Great Space Coaster
9:00 AM: Hostess Family Classics
9:30 AM: Soul’s Harbor
10:30 AM: James Robison
11:00 AM: Ernest Angley
12:00 PM: The World Tomorrow
12:30 PM: Viewpoint
1:00 PM: This Week With David Brinkley
2:00 PM: Directions
2:30 PM: It’s Your Business
3:00 PM: Movie: “Lonely Are the Brave” (1962; Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau)
5:00 PM: Movie: “A Degree of Murder” (1969; Anita Pallenberg, Hans P. Hallwachs)
7:00 PM: Sportsbeat
7:30 PM: Sha Na Na: Guest Phyllis Diller
8:00 PM: ABC World News Tonight
8:30 PM: Code Red
9:30 PM: ABC Sunday Night Movie: “Airport ’77” (1977; Jack Lemmon, Brenda Vacarro)
12:30 AM: ABC News Weekend Report
12:45 AM: Jim Bakker
(Sign-off after that.)
*WTVS Channel 56 Detroit (PBS) (Cable 5 in St. John’s)
9:30 AM: Sesame Street
10:30 AM: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
11:00 AM: Sesame Street
12:00 PM: The Electric Company
12:30 PM: Matinee at the Bijou
2:00 PM: Inside Business Today
2:30 PM: Washington Week in Review
3:00 PM: Wall $treet Week
3:30 PM: The Firing Line
4:30 PM: Great Performances: “La Voix Humaine”
5:30 PM: Two American Artists
6:30 PM: Movie: “Auntie Mame” (1958; Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker)
9:30 PM: NOVA: “Animal Olympians”
10:30 PM: Masterpiece Theatre: “Disraeli: The Great Game” (Part 3)
11:30 PM: Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
(Sign-off after that.)
Galaxie (a joint venture between TVOntario and Rogers) (Cable 12 in St. John’s)
1:00 PM: Polka Dot Door
1:25 PM: The Adventures of Paddington Bear
1:34 PM: Vision On
2:00 PM: Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
2:07 PM: The New Zoo Revue
2:32 PM: Les Voyages de Tortillard
3:00 PM: Big Blue Marble
3:26 PM: Jeremy
3:39 PM: Guess What
3:48 PM: Hattytown Tales
4:00 PM: Tales of Magic
4:13 PM: Readalong
4:24 PM: Barbapapa
4:31 PM: Polka Dot Door
(Sign-off after that.)
St. John’s Community Channel (Cable 9 in St. John’s)
(Community messages until...)
9:15 AM: Storytime
9:30 AM: Church Magazine
10:00 AM: Annie and Her Friends
10:30 AM: The Canadian Tour
11:00 AM: The Music Makers
11:30 AM: Wheels of Life
12:00 PM: Community Profile
12:30 PM: CBS in View (Conception Bay South that is)
(Community messages until...)
5:00 PM: Harris and Harris Jamboree
5:30 PM: Satisfaction Guaranteed
6:00 PM: Capt. Ugh!
6:15 PM: Fitfully Yours Lorraine
6:30 PM: The Bible’s View
7:00 PM: Levi and His Westeneers
7:30 PM: Down to Earth
8:00 PM: Filipino Martial Arts
8:30 PM: Cable Television on Parliament Hill
(Community messages after that)
Corner Brook Community Channel (Cable 8 in Corner Brook)
(Community messages until...)
2:00 PM: The New You
2:30 PM: The Jesus Music Connection
3:30 PM: Up Front
4:00 PM: Sports Profile
4:30 PM: Solid Rock
6:00 PM: Studio Stage
6:30 PM: Shellbird’s Sunday Special
(Community messages after that)
*Subject to further research.