Listings for the day of the “Big Switch” of ’96. WBRC becomes the Fox affiliate for North-Central Alabama; WCFT and WJSU combine operations and become the market’s ABC affiliate, WNAL begins an eighteen month stint as a CBS affiliate, and WTTO and WDBB become independent stations.
Source: TV Guide, Northern Alabama Edition 8/31-9/6/1996
CHANNELS LISTED (with new network affiliations)
-BIRMINGHAM-
6 WBRC (Fox)
10 WBIQ (PBS)
13 WVTM (NBC)
21 WTTO (Ind.)
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 (Ind.)
33 WCFT (ABC)
-ANNISTON-
40 WJSU (ABC)
-GADSDEN-
44 WNAL (CBS)
-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 Church Service-Baptist
13 Travel Update
17 Infomercials (until 6:30)
19 Timon and Pumba
21 Minority Business Report
26 Music and the Spoken Word
31 Martha Stewart Living
44 TBA
5:30
6-42 Infomercials (until 6:30 on Ch. 42)
13 Reality Check
19 Felix the Cat
21 America’s Black Forum
26 Jerusalem on Line
31 Dialog
48 It’s Your Business
54 Iron Man
6:00
4 Golden Spiritual Hour
6 Lighter Side of Sports
13 Jimmy Swaggart
15 Remodeling Today
19 Daybreak
21 Creepy Crawlers
26 Nancy Drew
31 News
44 Infomercial
48 Waters of Life
54 Fantastic Four
68 Rivers of Living Waters
6:30
6 Hour of Power
9 Sportsman’s Showcase
15 Heaven’s Jubilee
17 Written Word
21 Tonko and the Guardians of the Magic
26 Hardy Boys
33-40 TBA
42 Seeking the Lost
44 Old-Time Gospel Hour
48 Infomercial
54 V.R. Troopers
68 Church Service
7:00
4 Frank Cayson Ministry
9 Campus Report
13-48 Today
15 Waters of Life
17 Coral Ridge
21 Living Word
26 TBA
31-33-40 Good Morning America-Sunday
42 Feed Your Mind!
54 Mega Man
68 More Than Conquerors Church
APT Sesame Street
7:30
4 Church Service-Church of Christ
6 Changed Lives
9 Time to Make a Difference
15 Way of Life
21 Church Service-Methodist
42 Strength for Today
54 WMAC Masters
68 Church Service (denomination not specified)
8:00
4-19-42-44 CBS Sunday Morning
6-13-31 News (until 10:00 on Ch. 6, until 9:00 on Ch. 13)
15 Church Service-Baptist
17 Church of Jesus Christ
21 Day of Discovery
26 Christ for the Crisis
33-40 This Week in West Alabama
48 Real Estate Classifieds
54 Infomercial
68 Ernest Angley
APT Mister Rogers
8:30
9 Christ for the Crisis
17 Victorious Living
21 Creflo A. Dollar
26 Master of the Wind
31 Real Estate Classifieds
33-40 This Week in Northeast Alabama
48 Outdoor Advantage
54 In Search of the Lord’s Way
APT Barney and Friends
9:00
9 Give Me the Bible
13 Meet the Press
15-17-48 Church Service
21 Kenneth Copeland
26 Jimmy Swaggart
33-40 TBA
54 Infomercial
68 Space Strikers
APT Magic School Bus
9:30
4 Day of Discovery
9 Coral Ridge
19 Abundant Living
31 In Touch
33-40 This Week
42-44 Face the Nation
54 Family Matters
68 Infomercials (until 10:30)
APT Wishbone
10:00
4-42-44 U.S. Open Tennis (until 5:00 p.m.)
6 Fox News Sunday
9 Jack Van Impe
13-19 Real Estate Classifieds
15 Meet the Press
17 Church Service-Assembly of God
21 Church Service
26 Movie: “Death Car on the Freeway”
31 Hour of Power
48 Church Service-Baptist
54 NFL Update
APT Reading Rainbow
10:30
9 Garner Ted Armstrong
13 Infomercial
19 Church Service-Baptist
21 V.R. Troopers
33-40 TBA
68 Teknoman
APT Puzzle Place
11:00
6-33-40 TBA
9-15-17-31 Church Service-Baptist
13-48 NFL Pregame
21 Movie: “Her Alibi” (1989)
54 NFL Pregame
68 Dragon Ball
APT Lamb Chop’s Play-Along
11:30
19 U.S. Open Tennis (Joined in Progress, until 5:00 p.m.)
68 WMAC Masters
APT Newton’s Apples
12:00
6-54 NFL Football: Falcons at Panthers
9-13-15-48 NFL Football: Raiders at Ravens
17 TBA
26 This Week in Motorsports
31 This Week
33-40 Movie: TBA
68 Movie: “Caddyshack II” (1988)
APT Kratts’ Creations
12:30
26 Motorweek
APT It’s a Kick
1:00
17 Movie: “This Boy’s Life” (1993)
21 Movie: “Star Trek III: the Search for Spock” (1984)
26 This Week in Baseball
31 Auburn Football Review
APT Discovering Alabama
1:30
26 Bobby Cox: Baseball
31 Extremists
APT Alabama Experience
2:00
26 Lighter Side of Sports
31 Crimson Tide This Week
33-40 TBA
68 Movie: “National Lampoon’s Animal House” (1978)
APT For the Record
2:30
26 Family Times
31 Tyson vs. Seldon: Championship
APT Tony Brown’s Journal
3:00
9-13-15-48 NFL Football: Patriots at Dolphins
17 Movie: “Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence” (Made for TV, 1994)
21 Star Trek: Next Generation
26 Hour of Deliverance
31-33-40 Golf: Greater Milwaukee Open
APT McLaughlin Group
3:30
6 SEC Football ’96: The Season Ahead
54 Movie: “Stay Tuned” (1992)
APT Firing Line
4:00
6 Save Our Streets
21 Star Trek: Next Generation
26 Gene Stallings: (Alabama) Football
68 Movie: “Ishtar” (1987)
APT Future Quest
4:30
26 Inside the Fence
APT Life on the Internet
5:00
4 Bob Vila’s Home Again
6 Funniest Home Videos
17 Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
19-33-40 News
21 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
26 Travel America
31 ABC News
42 CBS News
44 TBA
APT Computer Chronicles
5:30
4-44 CBS News
6-31 News
19 19 Outdoors
26 Today’s Environment
33-40 ABC News
42 Gene Stallings: (Alabama) Football
54 Cops
APT Sneak Previews
6:00
4-19-42-44 60 Minutes
6-54 Big Deal!
9-13-15-48 Dateline NBC
17 Sinbad
21 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
26 Kirk
31-33-40 Funniest Home Videos
68 Beverly Hills, 90210
APT Austin City Limits
6:30
26 Brotherly Love
31-33-40 Funniest Home Videos
7:00
4-19-42-44 Touched by an Angel
6-54 Movie: “Tornado” (Made for TV, 1996)
9-13-15-48 3rd Rock from the Sun
17 TBA
21 Royal Soap Opera
26 The Parent ‘Hood
31-33-40 Lois and Clark
68 Star Trek: Voyager
APT Fate of the Plains
7:30
9-13-15-48 Boston Common
26 Sister, Sister
8:00
4-42-44 Movie: “Reunion” (Made for TV, 1994)
9-13-15-48 Movie: “Betrayal of Trust” (Made for TV, 1994)
17 TBA
19 Jerry Lewis Telethon
26 Unhappily Ever After
31-33-40 Movie: “L.A. Story” (1991)
68 Babylon 5
APT Nature
8:30
26 Unhappily Ever After
9:00
6 News
17 TBA
21 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
26 Jimmy Swaggart
54 Babylon 5
68 Outer Limits
APT La Comedie-Francaise ou L’Amour
9:30
6 Seinfeld
10:00
4-6-9-13-19-31-33-40-42-48 News
15 Waters of Life
17-21 Andy Griffith
26 Wall Street Journal Report
44 TBA
54 Home Improvement
68 Magnum, P.I.
10:30
4-13 Cheers
6 Funniest Home Videos
9 George Michael’s Sports Machine
15 UNA (University of North Alabama) Review
17-21 Andy Griffith
26 Jack Van Impe
31 Law Line
42 It’s Showtime at the Apollo
54 Step by Step
10:35
19 Jerry Lewis Telethon
33-40 Entertainment This Week
48 Baywatch
11:00
4 Tommy Tuberville: (Ole Miss) Football
6 Highlander
9 TBA
13 Cheers
15 Hope for Life’s Journey
17-21 Matlock
26 George Michael’s Sports Machine
31 Dialog
54 Fresh Prince
68 Bobby T
11:30
4 Infomercial
13 Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
15 Outdoors with Archie Phillips
26 Christ for the Crisis
31 A Current Affair: Extra
42 Shelly Stewart
44 Emergency Call
54 Beverly Hills, 90210
11:35
33-40 Extremists
48 High Tide
12:00
4 World of National Geographic
6 Lazarus Man
9 Meet the Press
13 Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
15 Emergency Call
17 Todd Stroud: (University of West Alabama) Football
21 Infomercial
26 Straight Talk from Teens
42 Extra!
44 I Love Lucy
68 Entertainers
12:05
33-40 TBA
12:30
13 Emergency Call
17-21 Dear John
31 Siskel and Ebert
44 Andy Griffith
54 Doogie Howser, M.D.
12:35
33-40 News
48 Inside Edition Weekend
1:00
4 Listen to the Eagle
6 High Tide
9 Headline News (until 2:00)
13 Current Affair: Extra
17-21 TBA
26 Family Enrichment
31 News
42 In Your Face
44 Up to the Minute (until 4:00)
54 Doogie Howser, M.D.
1:05
48 News
1:10
33-40 World News Now (until 5:00)
1:30
4-54 Infomercials (until 3:30 on Ch. 54)
31 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
42 CBS News
1:40
48 Nightside (until 5:00)
2:00
4 Extra!
6 One West Waikiki
9-13 Nightside (until 4:30 on Ch. 9; until 5:00 on Ch. 13)
26 Dateline: Washington
2:30
26 TBA
31 ANC News
3:00
4 Current Affair: Extra
6 News
26 Ways and Means
31 World News Now (until 5:00)
3:30
6 Home Shoppers’ Spree
26 TBA
54 Infomercials (until 5:00)
4:00
4 It’s Your Business
26 Legal Notebook
44 ANC News
4:30
4 This Morning’s Business
6 Country Boy Eddy and Friends
9 Headline News
26 TBA
Source: TV Guide, Northern Alabama Edition 8/31-9/6/1996
CHANNELS LISTED (with new network affiliations)
-BIRMINGHAM-
6 WBRC (Fox)
10 WBIQ (PBS)
13 WVTM (NBC)
21 WTTO (Ind.)
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 (Ind.)
33 WCFT (ABC)
-ANNISTON-
40 WJSU (ABC)
-GADSDEN-
44 WNAL (CBS)
-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 Church Service-Baptist
13 Travel Update
17 Infomercials (until 6:30)
19 Timon and Pumba
21 Minority Business Report
26 Music and the Spoken Word
31 Martha Stewart Living
44 TBA
5:30
6-42 Infomercials (until 6:30 on Ch. 42)
13 Reality Check
19 Felix the Cat
21 America’s Black Forum
26 Jerusalem on Line
31 Dialog
48 It’s Your Business
54 Iron Man
6:00
4 Golden Spiritual Hour
6 Lighter Side of Sports
13 Jimmy Swaggart
15 Remodeling Today
19 Daybreak
21 Creepy Crawlers
26 Nancy Drew
31 News
44 Infomercial
48 Waters of Life
54 Fantastic Four
68 Rivers of Living Waters
6:30
6 Hour of Power
9 Sportsman’s Showcase
15 Heaven’s Jubilee
17 Written Word
21 Tonko and the Guardians of the Magic
26 Hardy Boys
33-40 TBA
42 Seeking the Lost
44 Old-Time Gospel Hour
48 Infomercial
54 V.R. Troopers
68 Church Service
7:00
4 Frank Cayson Ministry
9 Campus Report
13-48 Today
15 Waters of Life
17 Coral Ridge
21 Living Word
26 TBA
31-33-40 Good Morning America-Sunday
42 Feed Your Mind!
54 Mega Man
68 More Than Conquerors Church
APT Sesame Street
7:30
4 Church Service-Church of Christ
6 Changed Lives
9 Time to Make a Difference
15 Way of Life
21 Church Service-Methodist
42 Strength for Today
54 WMAC Masters
68 Church Service (denomination not specified)
8:00
4-19-42-44 CBS Sunday Morning
6-13-31 News (until 10:00 on Ch. 6, until 9:00 on Ch. 13)
15 Church Service-Baptist
17 Church of Jesus Christ
21 Day of Discovery
26 Christ for the Crisis
33-40 This Week in West Alabama
48 Real Estate Classifieds
54 Infomercial
68 Ernest Angley
APT Mister Rogers
8:30
9 Christ for the Crisis
17 Victorious Living
21 Creflo A. Dollar
26 Master of the Wind
31 Real Estate Classifieds
33-40 This Week in Northeast Alabama
48 Outdoor Advantage
54 In Search of the Lord’s Way
APT Barney and Friends
9:00
9 Give Me the Bible
13 Meet the Press
15-17-48 Church Service
21 Kenneth Copeland
26 Jimmy Swaggart
33-40 TBA
54 Infomercial
68 Space Strikers
APT Magic School Bus
9:30
4 Day of Discovery
9 Coral Ridge
19 Abundant Living
31 In Touch
33-40 This Week
42-44 Face the Nation
54 Family Matters
68 Infomercials (until 10:30)
APT Wishbone
10:00
4-42-44 U.S. Open Tennis (until 5:00 p.m.)
6 Fox News Sunday
9 Jack Van Impe
13-19 Real Estate Classifieds
15 Meet the Press
17 Church Service-Assembly of God
21 Church Service
26 Movie: “Death Car on the Freeway”
31 Hour of Power
48 Church Service-Baptist
54 NFL Update
APT Reading Rainbow
10:30
9 Garner Ted Armstrong
13 Infomercial
19 Church Service-Baptist
21 V.R. Troopers
33-40 TBA
68 Teknoman
APT Puzzle Place
11:00
6-33-40 TBA
9-15-17-31 Church Service-Baptist
13-48 NFL Pregame
21 Movie: “Her Alibi” (1989)
54 NFL Pregame
68 Dragon Ball
APT Lamb Chop’s Play-Along
11:30
19 U.S. Open Tennis (Joined in Progress, until 5:00 p.m.)
68 WMAC Masters
APT Newton’s Apples
12:00
6-54 NFL Football: Falcons at Panthers
9-13-15-48 NFL Football: Raiders at Ravens
17 TBA
26 This Week in Motorsports
31 This Week
33-40 Movie: TBA
68 Movie: “Caddyshack II” (1988)
APT Kratts’ Creations
12:30
26 Motorweek
APT It’s a Kick
1:00
17 Movie: “This Boy’s Life” (1993)
21 Movie: “Star Trek III: the Search for Spock” (1984)
26 This Week in Baseball
31 Auburn Football Review
APT Discovering Alabama
1:30
26 Bobby Cox: Baseball
31 Extremists
APT Alabama Experience
2:00
26 Lighter Side of Sports
31 Crimson Tide This Week
33-40 TBA
68 Movie: “National Lampoon’s Animal House” (1978)
APT For the Record
2:30
26 Family Times
31 Tyson vs. Seldon: Championship
APT Tony Brown’s Journal
3:00
9-13-15-48 NFL Football: Patriots at Dolphins
17 Movie: “Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence” (Made for TV, 1994)
21 Star Trek: Next Generation
26 Hour of Deliverance
31-33-40 Golf: Greater Milwaukee Open
APT McLaughlin Group
3:30
6 SEC Football ’96: The Season Ahead
54 Movie: “Stay Tuned” (1992)
APT Firing Line
4:00
6 Save Our Streets
21 Star Trek: Next Generation
26 Gene Stallings: (Alabama) Football
68 Movie: “Ishtar” (1987)
APT Future Quest
4:30
26 Inside the Fence
APT Life on the Internet
5:00
4 Bob Vila’s Home Again
6 Funniest Home Videos
17 Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
19-33-40 News
21 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
26 Travel America
31 ABC News
42 CBS News
44 TBA
APT Computer Chronicles
5:30
4-44 CBS News
6-31 News
19 19 Outdoors
26 Today’s Environment
33-40 ABC News
42 Gene Stallings: (Alabama) Football
54 Cops
APT Sneak Previews
6:00
4-19-42-44 60 Minutes
6-54 Big Deal!
9-13-15-48 Dateline NBC
17 Sinbad
21 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
26 Kirk
31-33-40 Funniest Home Videos
68 Beverly Hills, 90210
APT Austin City Limits
6:30
26 Brotherly Love
31-33-40 Funniest Home Videos
7:00
4-19-42-44 Touched by an Angel
6-54 Movie: “Tornado” (Made for TV, 1996)
9-13-15-48 3rd Rock from the Sun
17 TBA
21 Royal Soap Opera
26 The Parent ‘Hood
31-33-40 Lois and Clark
68 Star Trek: Voyager
APT Fate of the Plains
7:30
9-13-15-48 Boston Common
26 Sister, Sister
8:00
4-42-44 Movie: “Reunion” (Made for TV, 1994)
9-13-15-48 Movie: “Betrayal of Trust” (Made for TV, 1994)
17 TBA
19 Jerry Lewis Telethon
26 Unhappily Ever After
31-33-40 Movie: “L.A. Story” (1991)
68 Babylon 5
APT Nature
8:30
26 Unhappily Ever After
9:00
6 News
17 TBA
21 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
26 Jimmy Swaggart
54 Babylon 5
68 Outer Limits
APT La Comedie-Francaise ou L’Amour
9:30
6 Seinfeld
10:00
4-6-9-13-19-31-33-40-42-48 News
15 Waters of Life
17-21 Andy Griffith
26 Wall Street Journal Report
44 TBA
54 Home Improvement
68 Magnum, P.I.
10:30
4-13 Cheers
6 Funniest Home Videos
9 George Michael’s Sports Machine
15 UNA (University of North Alabama) Review
17-21 Andy Griffith
26 Jack Van Impe
31 Law Line
42 It’s Showtime at the Apollo
54 Step by Step
10:35
19 Jerry Lewis Telethon
33-40 Entertainment This Week
48 Baywatch
11:00
4 Tommy Tuberville: (Ole Miss) Football
6 Highlander
9 TBA
13 Cheers
15 Hope for Life’s Journey
17-21 Matlock
26 George Michael’s Sports Machine
31 Dialog
54 Fresh Prince
68 Bobby T
11:30
4 Infomercial
13 Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
15 Outdoors with Archie Phillips
26 Christ for the Crisis
31 A Current Affair: Extra
42 Shelly Stewart
44 Emergency Call
54 Beverly Hills, 90210
11:35
33-40 Extremists
48 High Tide
12:00
4 World of National Geographic
6 Lazarus Man
9 Meet the Press
13 Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
15 Emergency Call
17 Todd Stroud: (University of West Alabama) Football
21 Infomercial
26 Straight Talk from Teens
42 Extra!
44 I Love Lucy
68 Entertainers
12:05
33-40 TBA
12:30
13 Emergency Call
17-21 Dear John
31 Siskel and Ebert
44 Andy Griffith
54 Doogie Howser, M.D.
12:35
33-40 News
48 Inside Edition Weekend
1:00
4 Listen to the Eagle
6 High Tide
9 Headline News (until 2:00)
13 Current Affair: Extra
17-21 TBA
26 Family Enrichment
31 News
42 In Your Face
44 Up to the Minute (until 4:00)
54 Doogie Howser, M.D.
1:05
48 News
1:10
33-40 World News Now (until 5:00)
1:30
4-54 Infomercials (until 3:30 on Ch. 54)
31 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
42 CBS News
1:40
48 Nightside (until 5:00)
2:00
4 Extra!
6 One West Waikiki
9-13 Nightside (until 4:30 on Ch. 9; until 5:00 on Ch. 13)
26 Dateline: Washington
2:30
26 TBA
31 ANC News
3:00
4 Current Affair: Extra
6 News
26 Ways and Means
31 World News Now (until 5:00)
3:30
6 Home Shoppers’ Spree
26 TBA
54 Infomercials (until 5:00)
4:00
4 It’s Your Business
26 Legal Notebook
44 ANC News
4:30
4 This Morning’s Business
6 Country Boy Eddy and Friends
9 Headline News
26 TBA