Posted a few days before the anniversary...
Listings for the day before the “Big Switch” of ’96. WBRC ends a 35 year run as the ABC affiliate for North-Central Alabama; the last day WCFT and WJSU operate as separate stations, and three Fox affiliates prepare for their new identities
Source: TV Guide, Northern Alabama Edition 8/31-9/6/1996
CHANNELS LISTED (with network affiliations of that day)
-BIRMINGHAM-
6 WBRC (ABC)
10 WBIQ (PBS)
13 WVTM (NBC)
21 WTTO (Fox)
42 WBMG (CBS)
68 WABM (UPN)
-HUNTSVILLE-
19 WHNT (CBS)
25 WHIQ (PBS)
31 WAAY (ABC)
48 WAFF (NBC)
54 WZDX (Fox)
-TUSCALOOSA-
17 WDBB (Fox)
33 WCFT (CBS)
-ANNISTON-
40 WJSU (CBS)
-GADSDEN-
44 WNAL (Fox/WB)
-FLORENCE-
15 WOWL (NBC)
26 WYLE (WB)
36 WFIQ (PBS)
-COLUMBUS, MISS.-
4 WCBI (CBS)
-TUPELO-
9 WTVA (NBC)
Note: Programming on Channels 7, 10, 25 and 36 is listed under the single bullet APT
5:00
4 Lighter Side of Sports
6-9 Headline News (until 6:00 on Ch. 9)
13 News for Kids
17-21-54 Infomercials (until 6:00 on Ch. 17)
19 AG-USA
26 Mitchells in the Morning
31 World News Now (until 6:00)
33-44 U.S. Farm Report
68 Brady Bunch
5:30
4 Full House
6-42 Infomercial
13 Captain Planet
19 19 Outdoors
21 California Dreams
33-48 Sportsman’s Showcase
44 Backyard America
54 Nick News
68 Laverne and Shirley
6:00
4 Dragon Ball
6 Main Floor
9 Jelly Bean Jungle
13 Today
15 Sports Report
17 Gladiators 2000
19 Daybreak
21 Baby Huey
26 Phantom 2040
31 News
33 Madison’s Adventures
40 Sammy and Company
42 U.S. Farm Report
44 Out of the Blue
48 Waters of Life
54 Bonkers
68 Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch
6:30
4 Captain Planet
6 Nancy Drew
9 Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch
15 Inside Agriculture
17 Out of the Blue
21 G.I. Joe Extreme
26 Sing Me a Story
33-40 News for Kids
42 Your Mind and Body
44 Sylvester and Tweety
48 NBA Inside Stuff
54 Bonkers
68 Princess Gwenevere
7:00
4-33-40 Timon and Pumba
6-31 Winnie the Pooh
9-15-48 Today
17-21-44-54 Bobby’s World
26 Bill Nye the Science Guy
42 Martha Stewart Living
68 Mutant League
APT Sesame Street
7:30
4-33-40 Felix the Cat
6-31 Free Willy
17-21-44-54 Bobby’s World
26 New Captain Planet
42 Haven
68 Mega Man
8:00
4-19-33-40 The Mask
6 Fudge
13 News
17-21-44-54 Power Rangers ZEO
26 Sylvester and Tweety
31 Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures
42 Bama’s Greatest Games
68 Darkstalkers
APT Barney and Friends
8:30
4-19-33-40 The Mask
6-31 Bump in the Night
17-21-44-54 Killer Tomatoes
26 Animaniacs
68 Biker Mice from Mars
APT Lamb Chop’s Play-Along
9:00
4-19-33-40 Ace Ventura
6-31 Bugs Bunny
9-13-15 Saved by the Bell
17-21-44-54 Casper
42 Crimson Tide This Week
48 Not Just News
68 Iron Man
APT Magic School Bus
9:30
4-19-33-40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
9-13-15-48 Hang Time
17-21-44-54 Goosebumps
26 Pinky and the Brain
42 Watson Brown: (UAB) Football
68 Fantastic Four
APT Wishbone
10:00
4-19-33-40-42 U.S. Open Tennis (until 5:00 p.m.)
6-31 Fudge
9-13-15-48 Saved by the Bell
17-21-44-54 Spider Man
26 Freakazoid!
68 Sing Me a Story
APT Ghostwriter
10:30
6-31 Aliens in the Family
9-13-15-48 California Dreams
26 Earthworm Jim
68 Bill Nye the Science Guy
APT Krafts’ Creatures
11:00
6 What a Mess
9-13-15 NBA Inside Stuff
17-21-44-54 In the Zone
26 Jetsons
31 Auburn Football Preview
48 Saturday Home Tour
68 Jelly Bean Jungle
APT Taste of Louisiana
11:30
6-31 Weekend Special
9 Nick News
13-48 Infomercials (until 12:30 on Ch. 13)
15 Iron Man
17-21-44-54 Baseball Pregame
26 Flintstones
68 Gadget Boy and Heather
APT Grilling with George Hirsch
12:00
6 Infomercial
9 Road to U.S. Olympic Gold
15 Extra!
17-21-44-54 Baseball: Braves at Cubs
26 WCW Wrestling
31 Children First: New Schools, New Rules
48 Team Baywatch USA
68 Movie: “Where the Heart Is” (1990)
APT Frugal Gourmet
12:30
6-31 Golf: Greater Milwaukee Open
13 National Geographic: On Assignment
15 TBA
APT Victory Garden
1:00
9 Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
15 Newsworthy
26 WCW Wrestling
48 SEC Football ’96: The Season Ahead
APT New Garden
1:30
9-13-15-48 Ironman Triathlon
APT Martha’s Sewing Room
2:00
26 Highlander
68 Movie: “Secrets” (Made for TV, 1995)
APT Sewing with Nancy
2:30
6-31 College Football: Clemson at North Carolina
APT Joy of Painting
3:00
9-13-15-48 NFL Kickoff 1996
17 Movie: “Stay Tuned” (1992)
21-44-54 Kickoff ’96 Preview
26 Fantastic Four
APT Nova
3:30
9-13-15-48 Volleyball
26 Woods and Wetlands
4:00
21 Matlock
26 Bob Vila’s Home Again
44 Pinky and the Brain
54 Tarzan: The Epic Adventure
68 Flipper
APT Adventures in Scale Modeling
4:30
26 Your New House
44 Gladiators 2000
5:00
4 Kidzone
9 Focus
13-19-42-48 News
15 TBA
17 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
21 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
26 Plant Groom
33-40 Wheel of Fortune
44 Flipper
68 Sweet Valley High
APT Hometime
5:30
4-19-33-40-42 CBS News
9 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
13-15-48 NBC News
26 Animal Doctor
68 Soul Train
APT Louisiana Cookin’
6:00
4 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
6 Jepoardy!
13 U.S. Customs: Classified
15 TBA
17-40-42 Baywatch
19 Lazarus Man
21 Home Improvement
26 College Football: Norfolk State vs. Virginia State
31 Star Trek: Voyager
33 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
44 Kirk
48 Wheel of Fortune
54 Star Trek
APT Julie’s Kitchen
6:30
6-9 Wheel of Fortune
15 Real Estate Classifieds
44 Brotherly Love
48 Jeopardy!
68 Fresh Prince
APT Wild America
7;00
4-19-33-40-42 Dr. Quinn
6 Movie: The Vanishing (1993)
9-13-15-48 Ushuala: The Ultimate Adventure
17-21-44-54 Cops
31 Second Noah
68 Movie: The Hurricane (1937)
APT Lawrence Welk
7:30
17-21-44-54 Cops
8:00
4-19-33-40-42 Touched by an Angel
9-13-15-48 Class Reunion
17-21-44-54 America’s Most Wanted
31 The Beatles’ Anthology
APT This Old House
8:30
APT New Yankee Workshop
9:00
4-19-33-40-42 Walker, Texas Ranger
6 News
17-21-54 Star Trek: Next Generation
44 Highlander
68 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
APT Are You Being Served?
9:30
6 Sports Live
10:00
4-6-9-13-31-33-40-42-48 News
15 Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
17-44-54 Mad TV
21 Andy Griffith
26 World of Nature
68 Amen
APT Keeping Up Appearances
10:30
4 Xena: Warrior Princess
6 Mad TV
9-13-15-48 Saturday Night Live
21 Andy Griffith
31 TBA
42 Baywatch Nights
68 Mama’s Family
APT Red Dwarf
10:35
19-40 Baywatch Nights
33 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
11:00
17 Tales from the Crypt
21 Mad TV
26 Renegade
31 Classifieds
44 High Tide
54 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
68 Comedy Showcase
APT Jack Horkheimer
11:30
4 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
6 Land’s End
17 Tales from the Crypt
31 TBA
42 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
11:35
19 Land’s End
33 Highlander
40 One West Waikiki
12:00
9 WCW Wrestling
13 Renegade
15 Tales from the Crypt
17-21-44 Infomercials (Until 1:00 on Ch. 17)
26 Soul Train
48-68 Night Stand
54 Movie: “The Sting II” (1983)
12:30
4 Sightings
6 Save Our Streets
15 Tales from the Crypt
21 WCW Wrestling
31 Forever Knight
42 Xena: Warrior Princess
44 Beyond Reality
12:35
19 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
40 Billy Abbott: Music
1:00
9 Soul Train
13 The Extraordinary
15 Extra!
17-44 Movie: “Requiem for a Secret Agent” (Italian, 1965)
26 USWA Wrestling
48 Beyond Reality
1:05
40 Your Mind and Body
1:30
4 Infomercial
6 Tales from the Crypt
21 Movie: “Ed and His Dead Mother” (1993)
31 Movie: “Perfect” (1985)
42 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
48 Baywatch
2:00
4 United States Air and Trade Show
6 Tales from the Crypt
9-13 Nightside (Until 4:30 on Ch. 9; until 5:00 on Ch. 13)
26 Movie: TBA
54 Babylon 5
2:30
6 News
42 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
48 Nightside (until 5:30)
3:00
4 College Football Preview
6 Entertainment Tonight
44 Movie: TBA
54 Save Our Streets
3:30
21 Head of the Class
31 ANC News
42 Court TV: Inside America’s Courts
4:00
6 Home Shoppers’ Spree
21-54 Infomercials
26 Joy of Music
4:30
4 It’s Your Business
6-9 Headline News
26 Planet Groom
31 U.S. Farm Report
4:35
33-40 Movie: TBA
Listings for the day before the “Big Switch” of ’96. WBRC ends a 35 year run as the ABC affiliate for North-Central Alabama; the last day WCFT and WJSU operate as separate stations, and three Fox affiliates prepare for their new identities
Source: TV Guide, Northern Alabama Edition 8/31-9/6/1996
CHANNELS LISTED (with network affiliations of that day)
-BIRMINGHAM-
6 WBRC (ABC)
10 WBIQ (PBS)
13 WVTM (NBC)
21 WTTO (Fox)
42 WBMG (CBS)
68 WABM (UPN)
-HUNTSVILLE-
19 WHNT (CBS)
25 WHIQ (PBS)
31 WAAY (ABC)
48 WAFF (NBC)
54 WZDX (Fox)
-TUSCALOOSA-
17 WDBB (Fox)
33 WCFT (CBS)
-ANNISTON-
40 WJSU (CBS)
-GADSDEN-
44 WNAL (Fox/WB)
-FLORENCE-
15 WOWL (NBC)
26 WYLE (WB)
36 WFIQ (PBS)
-COLUMBUS, MISS.-
4 WCBI (CBS)
-TUPELO-
9 WTVA (NBC)
Note: Programming on Channels 7, 10, 25 and 36 is listed under the single bullet APT
5:00
4 Lighter Side of Sports
6-9 Headline News (until 6:00 on Ch. 9)
13 News for Kids
17-21-54 Infomercials (until 6:00 on Ch. 17)
19 AG-USA
26 Mitchells in the Morning
31 World News Now (until 6:00)
33-44 U.S. Farm Report
68 Brady Bunch
5:30
4 Full House
6-42 Infomercial
13 Captain Planet
19 19 Outdoors
21 California Dreams
33-48 Sportsman’s Showcase
44 Backyard America
54 Nick News
68 Laverne and Shirley
6:00
4 Dragon Ball
6 Main Floor
9 Jelly Bean Jungle
13 Today
15 Sports Report
17 Gladiators 2000
19 Daybreak
21 Baby Huey
26 Phantom 2040
31 News
33 Madison’s Adventures
40 Sammy and Company
42 U.S. Farm Report
44 Out of the Blue
48 Waters of Life
54 Bonkers
68 Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch
6:30
4 Captain Planet
6 Nancy Drew
9 Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch
15 Inside Agriculture
17 Out of the Blue
21 G.I. Joe Extreme
26 Sing Me a Story
33-40 News for Kids
42 Your Mind and Body
44 Sylvester and Tweety
48 NBA Inside Stuff
54 Bonkers
68 Princess Gwenevere
7:00
4-33-40 Timon and Pumba
6-31 Winnie the Pooh
9-15-48 Today
17-21-44-54 Bobby’s World
26 Bill Nye the Science Guy
42 Martha Stewart Living
68 Mutant League
APT Sesame Street
7:30
4-33-40 Felix the Cat
6-31 Free Willy
17-21-44-54 Bobby’s World
26 New Captain Planet
42 Haven
68 Mega Man
8:00
4-19-33-40 The Mask
6 Fudge
13 News
17-21-44-54 Power Rangers ZEO
26 Sylvester and Tweety
31 Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures
42 Bama’s Greatest Games
68 Darkstalkers
APT Barney and Friends
8:30
4-19-33-40 The Mask
6-31 Bump in the Night
17-21-44-54 Killer Tomatoes
26 Animaniacs
68 Biker Mice from Mars
APT Lamb Chop’s Play-Along
9:00
4-19-33-40 Ace Ventura
6-31 Bugs Bunny
9-13-15 Saved by the Bell
17-21-44-54 Casper
42 Crimson Tide This Week
48 Not Just News
68 Iron Man
APT Magic School Bus
9:30
4-19-33-40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
9-13-15-48 Hang Time
17-21-44-54 Goosebumps
26 Pinky and the Brain
42 Watson Brown: (UAB) Football
68 Fantastic Four
APT Wishbone
10:00
4-19-33-40-42 U.S. Open Tennis (until 5:00 p.m.)
6-31 Fudge
9-13-15-48 Saved by the Bell
17-21-44-54 Spider Man
26 Freakazoid!
68 Sing Me a Story
APT Ghostwriter
10:30
6-31 Aliens in the Family
9-13-15-48 California Dreams
26 Earthworm Jim
68 Bill Nye the Science Guy
APT Krafts’ Creatures
11:00
6 What a Mess
9-13-15 NBA Inside Stuff
17-21-44-54 In the Zone
26 Jetsons
31 Auburn Football Preview
48 Saturday Home Tour
68 Jelly Bean Jungle
APT Taste of Louisiana
11:30
6-31 Weekend Special
9 Nick News
13-48 Infomercials (until 12:30 on Ch. 13)
15 Iron Man
17-21-44-54 Baseball Pregame
26 Flintstones
68 Gadget Boy and Heather
APT Grilling with George Hirsch
12:00
6 Infomercial
9 Road to U.S. Olympic Gold
15 Extra!
17-21-44-54 Baseball: Braves at Cubs
26 WCW Wrestling
31 Children First: New Schools, New Rules
48 Team Baywatch USA
68 Movie: “Where the Heart Is” (1990)
APT Frugal Gourmet
12:30
6-31 Golf: Greater Milwaukee Open
13 National Geographic: On Assignment
15 TBA
APT Victory Garden
1:00
9 Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
15 Newsworthy
26 WCW Wrestling
48 SEC Football ’96: The Season Ahead
APT New Garden
1:30
9-13-15-48 Ironman Triathlon
APT Martha’s Sewing Room
2:00
26 Highlander
68 Movie: “Secrets” (Made for TV, 1995)
APT Sewing with Nancy
2:30
6-31 College Football: Clemson at North Carolina
APT Joy of Painting
3:00
9-13-15-48 NFL Kickoff 1996
17 Movie: “Stay Tuned” (1992)
21-44-54 Kickoff ’96 Preview
26 Fantastic Four
APT Nova
3:30
9-13-15-48 Volleyball
26 Woods and Wetlands
4:00
21 Matlock
26 Bob Vila’s Home Again
44 Pinky and the Brain
54 Tarzan: The Epic Adventure
68 Flipper
APT Adventures in Scale Modeling
4:30
26 Your New House
44 Gladiators 2000
5:00
4 Kidzone
9 Focus
13-19-42-48 News
15 TBA
17 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
21 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
26 Plant Groom
33-40 Wheel of Fortune
44 Flipper
68 Sweet Valley High
APT Hometime
5:30
4-19-33-40-42 CBS News
9 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
13-15-48 NBC News
26 Animal Doctor
68 Soul Train
APT Louisiana Cookin’
6:00
4 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
6 Jepoardy!
13 U.S. Customs: Classified
15 TBA
17-40-42 Baywatch
19 Lazarus Man
21 Home Improvement
26 College Football: Norfolk State vs. Virginia State
31 Star Trek: Voyager
33 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
44 Kirk
48 Wheel of Fortune
54 Star Trek
APT Julie’s Kitchen
6:30
6-9 Wheel of Fortune
15 Real Estate Classifieds
44 Brotherly Love
48 Jeopardy!
68 Fresh Prince
APT Wild America
7;00
4-19-33-40-42 Dr. Quinn
6 Movie: The Vanishing (1993)
9-13-15-48 Ushuala: The Ultimate Adventure
17-21-44-54 Cops
31 Second Noah
68 Movie: The Hurricane (1937)
APT Lawrence Welk
7:30
17-21-44-54 Cops
8:00
4-19-33-40-42 Touched by an Angel
9-13-15-48 Class Reunion
17-21-44-54 America’s Most Wanted
31 The Beatles’ Anthology
APT This Old House
8:30
APT New Yankee Workshop
9:00
4-19-33-40-42 Walker, Texas Ranger
6 News
17-21-54 Star Trek: Next Generation
44 Highlander
68 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
APT Are You Being Served?
9:30
6 Sports Live
10:00
4-6-9-13-31-33-40-42-48 News
15 Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
17-44-54 Mad TV
21 Andy Griffith
26 World of Nature
68 Amen
APT Keeping Up Appearances
10:30
4 Xena: Warrior Princess
6 Mad TV
9-13-15-48 Saturday Night Live
21 Andy Griffith
31 TBA
42 Baywatch Nights
68 Mama’s Family
APT Red Dwarf
10:35
19-40 Baywatch Nights
33 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
11:00
17 Tales from the Crypt
21 Mad TV
26 Renegade
31 Classifieds
44 High Tide
54 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
68 Comedy Showcase
APT Jack Horkheimer
11:30
4 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
6 Land’s End
17 Tales from the Crypt
31 TBA
42 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
11:35
19 Land’s End
33 Highlander
40 One West Waikiki
12:00
9 WCW Wrestling
13 Renegade
15 Tales from the Crypt
17-21-44 Infomercials (Until 1:00 on Ch. 17)
26 Soul Train
48-68 Night Stand
54 Movie: “The Sting II” (1983)
12:30
4 Sightings
6 Save Our Streets
15 Tales from the Crypt
21 WCW Wrestling
31 Forever Knight
42 Xena: Warrior Princess
44 Beyond Reality
12:35
19 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
40 Billy Abbott: Music
1:00
9 Soul Train
13 The Extraordinary
15 Extra!
17-44 Movie: “Requiem for a Secret Agent” (Italian, 1965)
26 USWA Wrestling
48 Beyond Reality
1:05
40 Your Mind and Body
1:30
4 Infomercial
6 Tales from the Crypt
21 Movie: “Ed and His Dead Mother” (1993)
31 Movie: “Perfect” (1985)
42 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
48 Baywatch
2:00
4 United States Air and Trade Show
6 Tales from the Crypt
9-13 Nightside (Until 4:30 on Ch. 9; until 5:00 on Ch. 13)
26 Movie: TBA
54 Babylon 5
2:30
6 News
42 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
48 Nightside (until 5:30)
3:00
4 College Football Preview
6 Entertainment Tonight
44 Movie: TBA
54 Save Our Streets
3:30
21 Head of the Class
31 ANC News
42 Court TV: Inside America’s Courts
4:00
6 Home Shoppers’ Spree
21-54 Infomercials
26 Joy of Music
4:30
4 It’s Your Business
6-9 Headline News
26 Planet Groom
31 U.S. Farm Report
4:35
33-40 Movie: TBA