Retro: Northern Alabama edition, Saturday morning, Sept 17, 1977

ohstuskaterpunk · Jun 12, 2005

Stations:

Birmingham
6 WBRC-TV (ABC)
13 WAPI-TV (NBC)
42 WBMG-TV (CBS)

Huntsville
19 WHNT (CBS)
31 WAAY-TV (NBC)
48 WYUR-TV (ABC)

Anniston
40 WHMA-TV (CBS)

Florence
15 WOWL-TV (NBC)

Tuscaloosa
33 WCFT-TV (CBS)

Nashville, Tenn.
"2" WNGE (ABC)
"4" WSM-TV (NBC)
"5" WTVF (CBS)

Columbus, Miss.
4 WCBI (ABC)

Tupelo
9 WTWV (NBC, ABC)

Listings starts with 6.30 am Central Time

6.30
"2" Children's Gospel Hour
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Pink Panther
"5" Sunrise Semester
"6" Animals, Animals, Animals--Children
Hal Linden hosted the show's 2nd season opener.
19 Tenn. Valley Farm Time
48 Tennessee Tuxedo--Cartoon
6.40
42 Focus
6.55
42 Popeye--Cartoon
7 am
"2", 4, 6, 48 Superfriends--Cartoons
[Sept 10 was the show's 5th season opener]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 C.B. Bears--Cartoons
[New show]
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner--Cartoons
8 am
"2", 4, 6, 48 Laff-O-Lympics--Cartoons
[New show]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Young Sentinels--Cartoon
[New show]
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 What's New, Mr. Magoo--Cartoon
[New show]
8.30
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Archie/Sabrina--Cartoons
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Skatebirds--Cartoons
[New show]
9.30
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Adventures of Muhammad Ali--Cartoon
[New show]
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Space Academy--Children
[New show]
10 am
"2", 4, 6, 48 Krofft Supershow--Children
[2nd season opener aired on Sept 10]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Thunder--Children
[New show]
"5", 33, 40, 42 Batman/Tarzan--Cartoons
19 Kidsworld
10.30
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Search and Rescue--Children
[New show]
11 am
"2", 4, 6, 48 Weekend Special--Children
"The Winged Colt", Part 2 of 3.
[New show]
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Baggy Pants and the Nitwits--Cartoons
[New show]
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Wacko--Children
Debut:
11.30
"2", 4 American Bandstand--Dick Clark
60 min. The show was in its 21st season.
"4', 9, 13, 15, 31 Red Hand Gang--Children
Part 2 of 5.
[New show]
"5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Fat Albert--Cartoon
The 6th season opener.
6 Bewitched--Comedy
48 Wrestling
12 pm
"4" Hot Fudge--Childen
"5", 9, 15 Wrestling
6 That Girl--Comedy
13 Clifford Avenue Kids--Children
19, 33, 40, 42 Isis--Children
31 Soul Train--Music
12.30
"2', 4, 6, 48 College Football Pre-Game Show
"4" Cisco Kid--Western (BW)
13 This Week in Baseball
[Note: The series started in the spring of 1977 in syndication. Moved to Fox Sports on Saturday afternoons starting in June 2000.]
19, 33, 40 Film Festival--Children
"Angel and Big Joe" (1975)
12.45
"2", 4, 6, 48 College Football
Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Neb. (Live)
1 pm
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Grandstand
"5" Fun City 5
19 Batman/Tarzan--Cartoons
33 Clifford Avenue Kids--Children
40 Books and Bookworms--Bit;er
1.15
"4", 9, 13, 15, 31 Baseball
Either Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles or New York Yankees at Detriot Tigers. (Live)

Note:
19, 33, 40, 42 aired "CBS Sports Spectacular" from 3.30-5 pm and "2", 4, 6, 48 aired "Wide World of Sports" from 4-5.30 pm.

NBC and ABC began their new Saturday morning schedule on Sept 10 and CBS on Sept 17.

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philEdited by ohstuskaterpunk on 06/12/05 09:41 PM.

bpatrick · Jun 12, 2005

> Stations:
>
> Birmingham
> 6 WBRC-TV (ABC)
> 13 WAPI-TV (NBC)
> 42 WBMG-TV (CBS)
>
> Huntsville
> 19 WHNT (CBS)
> 31 WAAY-TV (NBC)
> 48 WYUR-TV (ABC)
>
> Anniston
> 40 WHMA-TV (CBS)
>
> Florence
> 15 WOWL-TV (NBC)
>
> Tuscaloosa
> 33 WCFT-TV (CBS)
>
> Nashville, Tenn.
> "2" WNGE (ABC)
> "4" WSM-TV (NBC)
> "5" WTVF (CBS)
>
> Columbus, Miss.
> 4 WCBI (ABC)
>
> Tupelo
> 9 WTWV (NBC, ABC)
>
> 11.30
> "2", 4 American Bandstand--Dick Clark
> 60 min. The show was in its 21st season.
> "4', 9, 13, 15, 31 Red Hand Gang--Children
> Part 2 of 5.
> [New show]
> "5", 19, 33, 40, 42 Fat Albert--Cartoon
> The 6th season opener.
> 6 Bewitched--Comedy
> 48 Wrestling
> 12 pm
> "4" Hot Fudge--Childen
> "5", 9, 15 Wrestling
> 6 That Girl--Comedy

I'm surprised to see American Bandstand pre-empted
on Ch. 6. I was living in Dallas at the time. There,
WFAA/8 also pre-empted Bandstand and I don't know how
many times station president Mike Shapiro had to answer
questions about it on his Saturday-night show Inside
Television. I don't think he ever gave a satisfactory
answer as to why the station pre-empted it.

One reason I think CBS started its new Saturday-morning
lineup a week later was because of the U.S. Open tennis
tournament. On Sept. 10, CBS had the women's singles
finals and the men's semifinals, starting at noon (ET).

Edited by bpatrick on 06/12/05 10:43 PM.

ohstuskaterpunk · Jun 13, 2005

> I'm surprised to see American Bandstand pre-empted
> on Ch. 6. I was living in Dallas at the time. There,
> WFAA/8 also pre-empted Bandstand and I don't know how
> many times station president Mike Shapiro had to answer
> questions about it on his Saturday-night show Inside
> Television. I don't think he ever gave a satisfactory
> answer as to why the station pre-empted it.

I used to live in Birmingham, though I was very, very young in 1977 (3 yo to be exact). I do remember watching ABC's "American Bandstand" in the early 1980s on Ch. 6. I saw Madonna on AB for the first time in 1984.

> One reason I think CBS started its new Saturday-morning
> lineup a week later was because of the U.S. Open tennis
> tournament. On Sept. 10, CBS had the women's singles
> finals and the men's semifinals, starting at noon (ET).

I knew that but I thought it'll be senseless to mention that since CBS Sports have been airing the US Open for years.
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phil