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: A-Plus Lottery Show (an ATV production)
8:30 PM: The ’50s Connection
9:00 PM: Major League Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays @ Baltimore Orioles
12:00 AM: Let’s Make a Deal (don’t ask me which version, but Monty Hall was the host)
12:30 AM: CTV National News
12:50 AM: NTV News Update
1:00 AM: The Bionic Woman: “Fembots in Las Vegas” (Part 2 of 2)
2:00 AM: M*A*S*H
2:30 AM: NTV Wednesday Late Show: “The Girl in Blue”
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 News, Weather, and Sports
12:40 PM: The Barbara McLeod Show
1:00 PM: Summer Magazine (From Nova Scotia)
2:00 PM: The Mud Spinner
2:30 PM: The Young Chefs
3:00 PM: The Edge of Night
3:30 PM: Coronation Street
4:00 PM: Take 30 From Toronto
4:30 PM: Wok With Yan
5:00 PM: The Beachcombers: “Gravy Train”
5:30 PM: Happy Days
6:00 PM: The Muppet Show: Guest Deborah Harry (of Blondie)
6:30 PM: Here and Now
7:30 PM: The Two Ronnies (British sitcom)
8:00 PM: Bless Me Father (British sitcom)
8:30 PM: Adventure B.C.
9:00 PM: Major League Baseball: Montreal Expos @ Cincinnati Reds
11:30 PM: The National
11:55 PM: Judge
12:23 AM: Newsfinal
12:57 AM: Barney Miller
(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: “Moon Over Burma” (1940; Dorothy Lamour, Preston Foster)
7:30 PM: News
8:00 PM: NBC Nightly News
8:30 PM: Hogan’s Heroes
9:00 PM: The Muppets: Guest Roy Clark
9:30 PM: Real People
10:30 PM: The Facts of Life
11:00 PM: Love, Sidney
11:30 PM: Quincy
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Dick Cavett 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 Far Out West” (1967; Ann Sheridan, Ruth McDevitt)
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: “The City” (1971; Anthony Quinn, E.G. Marshall)
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: The Phoenix
10:30 PM: The Fall Guy
11:30 PM: Dynasty
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: Nightline
1:30 AM: The Love Boat
(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: Survival: “Penguin Summer”
10:30 PM: Mark Russell
11:30 PM: A Time to Live with Leo Buscaglia
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: Fables of the Green Forest
12:00 PM: Willo the Wisp
12:05 PM: Big Blue Marble
12:32 PM: Skippy
1:00 PM: Doctor Snuggles
1:24 PM: Barbapapa
1:30 PM: Jeremy
1:44 PM: Noddy
2:00 PM: Tales of Magic
2:13 PM: Readalong
2:25 PM: Ludwig
2:30 PM: Polka Dot Door
(Sign-off after that.)
St. John’s Community Channel (Cable 9 in St. John’s)
(Community messages until...)
7:15 PM: Fitfully Yours, Lorraine
7:30 PM: Celebration ’82: Taped coverage of the CCTA convention held May 31, 1982 in Toronto
10:00 PM: The Late Night Music Show (With Boyd Slade)
(Community messages after that)
Corner Brook Community Channel (Cable 8 in Corner Brook)
(Community messages until...)
7:00 PM: The New You
7:30 PM: The Jesus Music Connection
8:30 PM: Up Front
9:00 PM: Sports Probe
9:30 PM: Studio Stage
10:00 PM: Shellbird Presents
(Community messages after that)
*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: A-Plus Lottery Show (an ATV production)
8:30 PM: The ’50s Connection
9:00 PM: Major League Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays @ Baltimore Orioles
12:00 AM: Let’s Make a Deal (don’t ask me which version, but Monty Hall was the host)
12:30 AM: CTV National News
12:50 AM: NTV News Update
1:00 AM: The Bionic Woman: “Fembots in Las Vegas” (Part 2 of 2)
2:00 AM: M*A*S*H
2:30 AM: NTV Wednesday Late Show: “The Girl in Blue”
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 News, Weather, and Sports
12:40 PM: The Barbara McLeod Show
1:00 PM: Summer Magazine (From Nova Scotia)
2:00 PM: The Mud Spinner
2:30 PM: The Young Chefs
3:00 PM: The Edge of Night
3:30 PM: Coronation Street
4:00 PM: Take 30 From Toronto
4:30 PM: Wok With Yan
5:00 PM: The Beachcombers: “Gravy Train”
5:30 PM: Happy Days
6:00 PM: The Muppet Show: Guest Deborah Harry (of Blondie)
6:30 PM: Here and Now
7:30 PM: The Two Ronnies (British sitcom)
8:00 PM: Bless Me Father (British sitcom)
8:30 PM: Adventure B.C.
9:00 PM: Major League Baseball: Montreal Expos @ Cincinnati Reds
11:30 PM: The National
11:55 PM: Judge
12:23 AM: Newsfinal
12:57 AM: Barney Miller
(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: “Moon Over Burma” (1940; Dorothy Lamour, Preston Foster)
7:30 PM: News
8:00 PM: NBC Nightly News
8:30 PM: Hogan’s Heroes
9:00 PM: The Muppets: Guest Roy Clark
9:30 PM: Real People
10:30 PM: The Facts of Life
11:00 PM: Love, Sidney
11:30 PM: Quincy
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Dick Cavett 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 Far Out West” (1967; Ann Sheridan, Ruth McDevitt)
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: “The City” (1971; Anthony Quinn, E.G. Marshall)
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: The Phoenix
10:30 PM: The Fall Guy
11:30 PM: Dynasty
12:30 AM: News
1:00 AM: Nightline
1:30 AM: The Love Boat
(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: Survival: “Penguin Summer”
10:30 PM: Mark Russell
11:30 PM: A Time to Live with Leo Buscaglia
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: Fables of the Green Forest
12:00 PM: Willo the Wisp
12:05 PM: Big Blue Marble
12:32 PM: Skippy
1:00 PM: Doctor Snuggles
1:24 PM: Barbapapa
1:30 PM: Jeremy
1:44 PM: Noddy
2:00 PM: Tales of Magic
2:13 PM: Readalong
2:25 PM: Ludwig
2:30 PM: Polka Dot Door
(Sign-off after that.)
St. John’s Community Channel (Cable 9 in St. John’s)
(Community messages until...)
7:15 PM: Fitfully Yours, Lorraine
7:30 PM: Celebration ’82: Taped coverage of the CCTA convention held May 31, 1982 in Toronto
10:00 PM: The Late Night Music Show (With Boyd Slade)
(Community messages after that)
Corner Brook Community Channel (Cable 8 in Corner Brook)
(Community messages until...)
7:00 PM: The New You
7:30 PM: The Jesus Music Connection
8:30 PM: Up Front
9:00 PM: Sports Probe
9:30 PM: Studio Stage
10:00 PM: Shellbird Presents
(Community messages after that)
*Subject to further research.