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: The Greatest American Hero
9:00 PM: Simon and Simon
10:00 PM: Dynasty
11:00 PM: Honky Tonk (Hosted by Ronnie Hawkins)
11:30 PM: Hart to Hart
12:30 AM: CTV National News
12:50 AM: NTV News Update
1:00 AM: The Bionic Woman: “Fembots in Las Vegas” (Part 1 of 2)
2:00 AM: M*A*S*H
2:30 AM: NTV Tuesday Late Show: “The Class of Miss MacMichael” (Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed)
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: CBC Regional News, Weather, and Sports
12:40 PM: The Barbara McLeod Show
1:00 PM: Summer Magazine (From Nova Scotia)
2:00 PM: Projections: “Cree Hunters of Mistassini”
3:00 PM: The Edge of Night
3:30 PM: Coronation Street
4:00 PM: Take 30 From Montreal
4:30 PM: Wok With Yan
5:00 PM: The Beachcombers: “The Only Greek in Town”
5:30 PM: Happy Days
6:00 PM: The Muppet Show: Guest Senor Wences
6:30 PM: Here and Now
7:30 PM: Land and Sea
8:00 PM: Barney Miller
8:30 PM: The Nature of Things: “Jute Plastic”
9:30 PM: Three’s Company
10:00 PM: Too Close for Comfort
10:30 PM: The National
10:55 PM: This Land: “Salmon – King of the River”
11:23 PM: Newsfinal
11:57 PM: Barney Miller
12:27 AM: Cribbins
(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: “Children of Gays”
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: “Keep Your Powder Dry” (1945; Lana Turner, Laraine Day)
7:30 PM: News
8:00 PM: NBC Nightly News
8:30 PM: Hogan’s Heroes
9:00 PM: The Muppets: Guest Beverly Sills
9:30 PM: Father Murphy
10:30 PM: Bret Maverick
11:30 PM: McClain’s Law
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Dick Cavett guest-hosts (according to http://www.johnnycarson.com)
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: “Secret Ceremony” (1969; Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow)
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: “A Lovely Way to Die” (1968; Kirk Douglas, Sylva Koscina)
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: Happy Days
10:00 PM: Laverne and Shirley
10:30 PM: Three’s Company
11:00 PM: Too Close for Comfort
11:30 PM: Hart to Hart
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: Nightline
1:30 AM: Fantasy Island
(Sign-off after that.)
*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: National Geographic Special: “The Sharks”
10:30 PM: Mystery!: “Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole and the Fascist Beast”
11:30 PM: With Ossie and Ruby: “Hollywood Heroes”
12:00 AM: Were You There?: “Sports Profile”
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
11:30 AM: Doctor Snuggles
11:54 AM: Ludwig
12:00 PM: Robin and Rosie of Cockleshell Bay
12:12 PM: Fish Tales
12:30 PM: Willo the Wisp
12:36 PM: Salut!
12:45 PM: The Body Works
12:54 PM: Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
1:00 PM: Harriet’s Magic Hats
1:16 PM: Math Patrol
1:32 PM: Hattytown Tales
1:44 PM: Tell Me a Story
1:54 PM: Barbapapa
2:00 PM: Vision On
2:25 PM: Paddington Bear
2:30 PM: Polka Dot Door
(Sign-off after that.)
St. John’s Community Channel (Cable 9 in St. John’s)
(Community messages until...)
7:30 PM: Annie and Her Friends
8:00 PM: Down to Earth
8:30 PM: Wayne Gretzky Special
9:00 PM: The Music Makers
(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: The Greatest American Hero
9:00 PM: Simon and Simon
10:00 PM: Dynasty
11:00 PM: Honky Tonk (Hosted by Ronnie Hawkins)
11:30 PM: Hart to Hart
12:30 AM: CTV National News
12:50 AM: NTV News Update
1:00 AM: The Bionic Woman: “Fembots in Las Vegas” (Part 1 of 2)
2:00 AM: M*A*S*H
2:30 AM: NTV Tuesday Late Show: “The Class of Miss MacMichael” (Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed)
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: CBC Regional News, Weather, and Sports
12:40 PM: The Barbara McLeod Show
1:00 PM: Summer Magazine (From Nova Scotia)
2:00 PM: Projections: “Cree Hunters of Mistassini”
3:00 PM: The Edge of Night
3:30 PM: Coronation Street
4:00 PM: Take 30 From Montreal
4:30 PM: Wok With Yan
5:00 PM: The Beachcombers: “The Only Greek in Town”
5:30 PM: Happy Days
6:00 PM: The Muppet Show: Guest Senor Wences
6:30 PM: Here and Now
7:30 PM: Land and Sea
8:00 PM: Barney Miller
8:30 PM: The Nature of Things: “Jute Plastic”
9:30 PM: Three’s Company
10:00 PM: Too Close for Comfort
10:30 PM: The National
10:55 PM: This Land: “Salmon – King of the River”
11:23 PM: Newsfinal
11:57 PM: Barney Miller
12:27 AM: Cribbins
(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: “Children of Gays”
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: “Keep Your Powder Dry” (1945; Lana Turner, Laraine Day)
7:30 PM: News
8:00 PM: NBC Nightly News
8:30 PM: Hogan’s Heroes
9:00 PM: The Muppets: Guest Beverly Sills
9:30 PM: Father Murphy
10:30 PM: Bret Maverick
11:30 PM: McClain’s Law
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Dick Cavett guest-hosts (according to http://www.johnnycarson.com)
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: “Secret Ceremony” (1969; Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow)
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: “A Lovely Way to Die” (1968; Kirk Douglas, Sylva Koscina)
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: Happy Days
10:00 PM: Laverne and Shirley
10:30 PM: Three’s Company
11:00 PM: Too Close for Comfort
11:30 PM: Hart to Hart
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: Nightline
1:30 AM: Fantasy Island
(Sign-off after that.)
*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: National Geographic Special: “The Sharks”
10:30 PM: Mystery!: “Rumpole of the Bailey: Rumpole and the Fascist Beast”
11:30 PM: With Ossie and Ruby: “Hollywood Heroes”
12:00 AM: Were You There?: “Sports Profile”
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
11:30 AM: Doctor Snuggles
11:54 AM: Ludwig
12:00 PM: Robin and Rosie of Cockleshell Bay
12:12 PM: Fish Tales
12:30 PM: Willo the Wisp
12:36 PM: Salut!
12:45 PM: The Body Works
12:54 PM: Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
1:00 PM: Harriet’s Magic Hats
1:16 PM: Math Patrol
1:32 PM: Hattytown Tales
1:44 PM: Tell Me a Story
1:54 PM: Barbapapa
2:00 PM: Vision On
2:25 PM: Paddington Bear
2:30 PM: Polka Dot Door
(Sign-off after that.)
St. John’s Community Channel (Cable 9 in St. John’s)
(Community messages until...)
7:30 PM: Annie and Her Friends
8:00 PM: Down to Earth
8:30 PM: Wayne Gretzky Special
9:00 PM: The Music Makers
(Community messages after that)
Corner Brook Community Channel (Cable 8 in Corner Brook)
(Community messages all day)
*Subject to further research.