Source: The Newfoundland Herald (August 21-27, 1982); David Canary (“Another World”) on the cover
Note: All times listed are in Newfoundland Time.
CJON Channel 6 St. John’s (NTV/CTV)
6:00 AM: Romper Room
6:30 AM: Max the 2,000 Year Old Mouse
6:35 AM: ATV News
7:30 AM: CTV National News
7:50 AM: Rocket Robin Hood
8:00 AM: Definition
8:30 AM: Canada A.M.
10:30 AM: 100 Huntley Street
11:30 AM: Rocket Robin Hood
12:00 PM: Super Pay Cards
12:30 PM: The Young and the Restless
1:30 PM: Days of Our Lives
2:30 PM: The Alan Thicke Show
3:30 PM: Another World
4:30 PM: Texas
5:30 PM: The Flintstones
6:00 PM: The NTV/ATV Newshour
7:00 PM: The Price is Right
8:00 PM: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30 PM: Bizarre
9:00 PM: The Littlest Hobo
9:30 PM: Fame
10:30 PM: Falcon Crest
11:30 PM: Players International Tennis: Martina Navratilova vs. Tracy Austin
12:30 AM: CTV National News
12:50 AM: NTV News Update
1:00 AM: The Bionic Woman: “Welcome Home, Jaime” (Part 1 of 2)
2:00 AM: M*A*S*H
2:30 AM: NTV Thursday Late Show: “My Side of the Mountain” (Theodore Bikel, Ted Eccles)
4:30 AM: The John Davidson Show
5:30 AM: Scenes of Newfoundland
CBNT Channel 8 St. John’s (CBC)
10:35 AM: Test Pattern and Music
10:42 AM: Sign-On
10:45 AM: The Friendly Giant
11:00 AM: Mr. Dressup
11:30 AM: Sesame Street
12:30 PM: The Afternoon Regional News, Weather, and Sports
12:40 PM: The Barbara McLeod Show
1:00 PM: Summer Magazine (From Nova Scotia)
2:00 PM: The Human Race
3:00 PM: The Edge of Night
3:30 PM: Coronation Street
4:00 PM: Take 30 From Saskatoon
4:30 PM: Wok With Yan
5:00 PM: The Beachcombers: “Pax”
5:30 PM: Happy Days
6:00 PM: The Muppet Show: Guest Gene Kelly
6:30 PM: Here and Now
7:30 PM: Heritage
8:00 PM: The Two of Us
8:30 PM: The Winners
9:00 PM: Canadian Movie
10:30 PM: The National
10:55 PM: Yes, Minister!
11:23 PM: Newsfinal
11:57 PM: Barney Miller
12:27 AM: Minder
(Sign-off after that.)
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC) (Cable 11 in St. John’s)
8:05 AM: News
8:30 AM: The Today Show
10:30 AM: The Phil Donahue Show
11:30 AM: Diff’rent Strokes
12:00 PM: Wheel of Fortune
12:30 PM: Texas
1:30 PM: The Doctors
2:00 PM: Search for Tomorrow
2:30 PM: Days of Our Lives
3:30 PM: Another World
4:30 PM: CHiPs
5:30 PM: Movie: “The Enforcer” (1950; Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel)
7:30 PM: News
8:00 PM: NBC Nightly News
8:30 PM: Hogan’s Heroes
9:00 PM: The Muppets: Guest Steve Martin
9:30 PM: Fame
10:30 PM: Diff’rent Strokes
11:00 PM: Gimme a Break
11:30 PM: Hill Street Blues
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Martin Mull guest-hosts
2:00 AM: Late Night With David Letterman
3:00 AM: Sign-Off
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC) (Cable 7 in St. John’s)
7:30 AM: Jim Bakker
8:30 AM: Good Morning America
10:30 AM: Movie: “The Outsider” (1967; Darren McGavin, Sean Garrison)
12:30 PM: The Love Boat
1:30 PM: Family Feud
2:00 PM: Ryan’s Hope
2:30 PM: All My Children
3:30 PM: One Life to Live
4:30 PM: General Hospital
5:30 PM: Movie: “Backtrack” (1969; Neville Brand, James Drury)
7:30 PM: News
8:00 PM: ABC World News Tonight
8:30 PM: Happy Days Again
9:00 PM: Barney Miller
9:30 PM: Movie: “Massarati and the Brain” (Premiere) (Daniel Philon, Peter Billingsley)
11:30 PM: 20/20
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: Nightline
1:30 AM: Vega$
2:30 AM: Sign-Off
*WTVS Channel 56 Detroit (PBS) (Cable 5 in St. John’s)
8:45 AM: A.M. Weather
9:15 AM: A.M. Weather
9:45 AM: A.M. Weather
10:15 AM: A.M. Weather
(In-school programs, I assume, until...)
4:30 PM: Vegetable Soup
5:00 PM: Villa Algere
5:30 PM: Sesame Street
6:30 PM: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
7:00 PM: The Electric Company
7:30 PM: Here’s To Your Health
8:00 PM: Over Easy
8:30 PM: The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
9:00 PM: The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
9:30 PM: The Making of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
10:40 PM: The Making of “Superman: The Movie”
11:40 PM: Lights! Camera! Annie!
12:30 AM: The Dick Cavett Show
1:00 AM: Captioned ABC News
1:30 AM: PBS Late Night with Dennis Wholey
(Sign-off after that.)
Galaxie (a joint venture between TVOntario and Rogers) (Cable 12 in St. John’s)
11:00 AM: Polka Dot Door
11:29 AM: The Adventures of Paddington Bear
11:35 AM: Vision On
12:00 PM: Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
12:06 PM: The New Zoo Revue
12:32 PM: Les Voyages de Tortillard
1:00 PM: Big Blue Marble
1:26 PM: Jeremy
1:39 PM: Guess What
1:48 PM: Hattytown Tales
2:00 PM: Tales of Magic
2:12 PM: Readalong
2:24 PM: Barbapapa
2:31 PM: Polka Dot Door
(Sign-off after that.)
St. John’s Community Channel (Cable 9 in St. John’s)
(Community messages until...)
7:00 PM: Church Magazine
7:30 PM: Fire Dept. Honor Guard Services
8:00 PM: Red Cross Youth World Neighborhood Picnic
8:30 PM: Harris and Harris Jamboree
9:00 PM: CBS in View (Conception Bay South that is)
(Community messages after that)
Corner Brook Community Channel (Cable 8 in Corner Brook)
(Community messages all day)
*Subject to further research.
Note: All times listed are in Newfoundland Time.
CJON Channel 6 St. John’s (NTV/CTV)
6:00 AM: Romper Room
6:30 AM: Max the 2,000 Year Old Mouse
6:35 AM: ATV News
7:30 AM: CTV National News
7:50 AM: Rocket Robin Hood
8:00 AM: Definition
8:30 AM: Canada A.M.
10:30 AM: 100 Huntley Street
11:30 AM: Rocket Robin Hood
12:00 PM: Super Pay Cards
12:30 PM: The Young and the Restless
1:30 PM: Days of Our Lives
2:30 PM: The Alan Thicke Show
3:30 PM: Another World
4:30 PM: Texas
5:30 PM: The Flintstones
6:00 PM: The NTV/ATV Newshour
7:00 PM: The Price is Right
8:00 PM: Diff’rent Strokes
8:30 PM: Bizarre
9:00 PM: The Littlest Hobo
9:30 PM: Fame
10:30 PM: Falcon Crest
11:30 PM: Players International Tennis: Martina Navratilova vs. Tracy Austin
12:30 AM: CTV National News
12:50 AM: NTV News Update
1:00 AM: The Bionic Woman: “Welcome Home, Jaime” (Part 1 of 2)
2:00 AM: M*A*S*H
2:30 AM: NTV Thursday Late Show: “My Side of the Mountain” (Theodore Bikel, Ted Eccles)
4:30 AM: The John Davidson Show
5:30 AM: Scenes of Newfoundland
CBNT Channel 8 St. John’s (CBC)
10:35 AM: Test Pattern and Music
10:42 AM: Sign-On
10:45 AM: The Friendly Giant
11:00 AM: Mr. Dressup
11:30 AM: Sesame Street
12:30 PM: The Afternoon Regional News, Weather, and Sports
12:40 PM: The Barbara McLeod Show
1:00 PM: Summer Magazine (From Nova Scotia)
2:00 PM: The Human Race
3:00 PM: The Edge of Night
3:30 PM: Coronation Street
4:00 PM: Take 30 From Saskatoon
4:30 PM: Wok With Yan
5:00 PM: The Beachcombers: “Pax”
5:30 PM: Happy Days
6:00 PM: The Muppet Show: Guest Gene Kelly
6:30 PM: Here and Now
7:30 PM: Heritage
8:00 PM: The Two of Us
8:30 PM: The Winners
9:00 PM: Canadian Movie
10:30 PM: The National
10:55 PM: Yes, Minister!
11:23 PM: Newsfinal
11:57 PM: Barney Miller
12:27 AM: Minder
(Sign-off after that.)
WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor (NBC) (Cable 11 in St. John’s)
8:05 AM: News
8:30 AM: The Today Show
10:30 AM: The Phil Donahue Show
11:30 AM: Diff’rent Strokes
12:00 PM: Wheel of Fortune
12:30 PM: Texas
1:30 PM: The Doctors
2:00 PM: Search for Tomorrow
2:30 PM: Days of Our Lives
3:30 PM: Another World
4:30 PM: CHiPs
5:30 PM: Movie: “The Enforcer” (1950; Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel)
7:30 PM: News
8:00 PM: NBC Nightly News
8:30 PM: Hogan’s Heroes
9:00 PM: The Muppets: Guest Steve Martin
9:30 PM: Fame
10:30 PM: Diff’rent Strokes
11:00 PM: Gimme a Break
11:30 PM: Hill Street Blues
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Martin Mull guest-hosts
2:00 AM: Late Night With David Letterman
3:00 AM: Sign-Off
WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC) (Cable 7 in St. John’s)
7:30 AM: Jim Bakker
8:30 AM: Good Morning America
10:30 AM: Movie: “The Outsider” (1967; Darren McGavin, Sean Garrison)
12:30 PM: The Love Boat
1:30 PM: Family Feud
2:00 PM: Ryan’s Hope
2:30 PM: All My Children
3:30 PM: One Life to Live
4:30 PM: General Hospital
5:30 PM: Movie: “Backtrack” (1969; Neville Brand, James Drury)
7:30 PM: News
8:00 PM: ABC World News Tonight
8:30 PM: Happy Days Again
9:00 PM: Barney Miller
9:30 PM: Movie: “Massarati and the Brain” (Premiere) (Daniel Philon, Peter Billingsley)
11:30 PM: 20/20
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: Nightline
1:30 AM: Vega$
2:30 AM: Sign-Off
*WTVS Channel 56 Detroit (PBS) (Cable 5 in St. John’s)
8:45 AM: A.M. Weather
9:15 AM: A.M. Weather
9:45 AM: A.M. Weather
10:15 AM: A.M. Weather
(In-school programs, I assume, until...)
4:30 PM: Vegetable Soup
5:00 PM: Villa Algere
5:30 PM: Sesame Street
6:30 PM: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
7:00 PM: The Electric Company
7:30 PM: Here’s To Your Health
8:00 PM: Over Easy
8:30 PM: The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
9:00 PM: The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
9:30 PM: The Making of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
10:40 PM: The Making of “Superman: The Movie”
11:40 PM: Lights! Camera! Annie!
12:30 AM: The Dick Cavett Show
1:00 AM: Captioned ABC News
1:30 AM: PBS Late Night with Dennis Wholey
(Sign-off after that.)
Galaxie (a joint venture between TVOntario and Rogers) (Cable 12 in St. John’s)
11:00 AM: Polka Dot Door
11:29 AM: The Adventures of Paddington Bear
11:35 AM: Vision On
12:00 PM: Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
12:06 PM: The New Zoo Revue
12:32 PM: Les Voyages de Tortillard
1:00 PM: Big Blue Marble
1:26 PM: Jeremy
1:39 PM: Guess What
1:48 PM: Hattytown Tales
2:00 PM: Tales of Magic
2:12 PM: Readalong
2:24 PM: Barbapapa
2:31 PM: Polka Dot Door
(Sign-off after that.)
St. John’s Community Channel (Cable 9 in St. John’s)
(Community messages until...)
7:00 PM: Church Magazine
7:30 PM: Fire Dept. Honor Guard Services
8:00 PM: Red Cross Youth World Neighborhood Picnic
8:30 PM: Harris and Harris Jamboree
9:00 PM: CBS in View (Conception Bay South that is)
(Community messages after that)
Corner Brook Community Channel (Cable 8 in Corner Brook)
(Community messages all day)
*Subject to further research.
