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Retro: Northern Indiana, Tue. February 14th, 1989

Source: TV Guide (off eBay today!) For CST, subtract 1 hour.

CHANNELS
2 WBBM Chicago (CBS)
4 WTTV Indianapolis (IND)
5 WMAQ Chicago (NBC)
7 WLS Chicago (ABC)
9 WGN Chicago (IND)
11 WTTW Chicago (PBS)
15 WANE Fort Wayne (CBS)
16 WNDU South Bend (NBC)
21 WPTA Fort Wayne (ABC)
22 WSBT South Bend (CBS)
28 WSJV South Bend (ABC)
32 WFLD Chicago (Fox)
33 WKJG Fort Wayne (NBC)
34 WNIT South Bend (PBS)
39 WFWA Fort Wayne (PBS)
46 WHME South Bend (IND)
55 WFFT Fort Wayne (Fox)

5AM/
2 22 CBS News Nightwatch Continues
46 INN News-Brad Holbrook

5:30
4 INN News-Brad Holbrook
5 Liar's Club
7 Body by Jake
21 Morning Stretch
46 Ag Day
55 Headline News

5:50
28 NOAA Weather Service

5:55
9 Sign On

6AM
4 Yogi Bear
5 Sally Jessy Raphael (30min)
7 Oprah Winfrey
9 Kenneth Copeland
15 22 CBS News-Daniels/Osgood
16 33 NBC/Local News
21 ABC/Local News
28 ABC News-Sawyer/Zahn
46 Heritage Today
55 Rise with Shine

6:15
28 Good Morning Michiana
34 Firing Line

6:30
4 Gumby
5 Morning Stretch
9 Faith 20
15 This Morning's Business
22 News
28 ABC News-Sawyer/Zahn
39 Morning Agriculture Report
55 Popeye

6:45
34 39 AM Weather

7AM
2 This Morning's Business
4 G.I. Joe
5 NBC News-Deborah Norville
7 ABC/Local News
9 Archie Bunker's Place
11 AM Weather
15 22 This Morning
Scheduled: Author Michael Korda ["The Fortune"]; actress Ricki Lake ["Babycakes"].
16 33 Today-Gumbel/Pauley
Scheduled: The first year of marriage.
21 28 Good Morning America-Gibson/Lunden
Scheduled: Kirk Cameron and Julie McCullough ["Growing Pains"]; Robert Townsend ["The Mighty Quinn."]
32 Plastic Man
34 Captain Kangaroo
39 Nightly Business Report
46 Larry Lea
55 Froggie's Pad (local?)

7:15
11 AM Weather

7:30
2 CBS News-Daniels/Osgood
4 Scooby Doo
5 News
9 JEM
11 For All Practical Purposes
32 Silverhawks
34 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
39 Indiana Lawmakers
46 Fletcher Brothers

8AM
2 This Morning
4 Woody Woodpecker and Friends
5 Today
7 Good Morning America
9 Bozo
11 Captain Kangaroo
32 Woody Woodpecker
34 Sesame Street
39 Zoobilee Zoo
46 Lester Sumrall
55 DuckTales

8:30
4 Smurfs' Adventures
11 Sesame Street
32 Dennis the Menace
39 Captain Kangaroo
46 Jimmy Swaggart
55 Silverhawks

9am
4 Gimme a Break!
9 Smurfs' Adventures
15 22 Regis & Kathie Lee
Scheduled: Leslie Nielsen.
16 Santa Barbara
21 28 Phil Donahue
32 Flintstones
33 Wipeout
34 Body Electric
39 Sesame Street
46 LeSea Alive
55 Heritage Today

9:30
4 Carter Country
9 Gumby
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
32 My Little Pony 'N Friends
33 Super Password
Scheduled: Pat Carroll, Andrew Stevens.

10AM
2 15 22 Family Feud
4 Jeffersons
5 16 33 Sale of the Century
7 Oprah Winfrey
Scheduled: Spouses vie for the title "Husband of the Year."
9 Dukes of Hazzard
11 Sesame Street
21 28 Sally Jessy Raphael (this is the 60-minute version, not the half hr version)
32 CHiPs
39 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
46 700 Club
55 Success N Life

10:30
2 15 22 Card Sharks
4 Sanford and Son
5 16 33 Concentration
34 Square One Television
39 Body Electric

11AM
2 15 22 Price is Right
4 Today in Indiana
5 16 33 Wheel of Fortune (daytime)
7 21 28 Home
9 Charlie's Angels
11 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
32 Phil Donahue
34 3-2-1 Contact
39 Frugal Gourmet
46 James Robison
55 Divorce Court

11:30
5 16 33 Win, Lose or Draw
11 Zoobilee Zoo
34 Joy of County Painting
39 Art of William Alexander and Lowell Speers
46 Richard Roberts
55 The Judge

Noon
2 Superior Court
4 Perry Mason
5 16 Super Password
7 28 Growing Pains
9 Geraldo
Scheduled topic: transsexuals.
11 Mathworks
15 21 22 33 News
32 Can This Marriage Be Saved? (what was this?)
34 International Cooking School
39 Wonderworks
55 Andy Griffith

12:15
11 Finding Our Way

12:30
2 15 22 Young and the Restless
5 16 33 Scrabble
7 21 28 Loving
11 Sesame Street
32 Three's Company
34 Computer Chronicles
46 Breakthrough
55 Love Connection

1PM
4 700 Club
5 16 33 Days of Our Lives
7 21 28 All My Children
9 News
32 Munsters BW
39 Great Performances
46 Success N Life
55 Dating Game

1:30
2 15 22 Bold and the Beautiful
11 Frugal Gourmet
Jeff Smith turns a trash can into a grill to prepare barbecued chicken and spare ribs.
32 Batman
55 Relatively Speaking (this game show must have been short lived)

2PM
2 15 22 As the World Turns
4 I Dream of Jeannie
5 16 33 Another World
7 21 28 One Life to Live
9 Andy Griffith
11 Magic of Oil Painting
32 Too Close for Comfort
34 Austin City Limits
46 Lassie
55 Liar's Club

2:30
4 My Little Pony 'n Friends
9 Dick Van Dyke BW
11 Secret Intelligence
32 I Love Lucy BW
39 We're Cooking Now!
46 Yogi Bear
55 Bewitched

3PM
2 15 22 Guiding Light
4 Alvin and the Chipmunks
5 33 Santa Barbara
7 21 28 General Hospital
9 Leave it to Beaver BW
16 Smurfs' Adventures
32 I Dream of Jeannie
34 Zoobilee Zoo
39 Bill Moyers' World of Ideas
46 Jetsons
55 C.O.P.S. (cartoon)

3:30
4 Woody Woodpecker and Friends
9 Yogi Bear
11 The Kiss
16 Dennis the Menace
32 Popeye
34 39 Sesame Street
46 Ducktales (on a religious independent?)
55 Happy's Place (local WFFT show?)

4PM
2 Love Connection
4 Ducktales
5 Cagney & Lacey
7 Win, Lose or Draw
9 Bugs Bunny & Friends
15 Geraldo
16 Diff'rent Strokes
Arnold sneaks into a bar to see if it's true that his favorite teacher [Jayne Kennedy] moonlights there as a scantily clad waitress.
21 22 Oprah Winfrey
Scheduled: Spouses vie for the title "Husband of the Year."
28 Superior Court
32 Super Sloppy Double Dare
33 Magnum P.I.
Everyone's too busy to hear Magnum's sure-fire tourism idea, especially T.C. [Roger E. Mosley], whose son lands in jail after bending to peer pressure.
46 Alvin & The Chipmunks

4:20
11 Sesame Street

4:30
2 Divorce Court
4 Super Sloppy Double Dare
7 Jeopardy!
9 G.I. Joe
16 Gimme a Break!
The Kaniski family is still mourning the Chief's death and an uproar ensues when Jonathan [Jonathan Silverman] suggests that he and Julie move into her dad's bedroom.
28 People's Court
32 Alvin & The Chipmunks
34 39 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
46 Fun House

5PM
2 People's Court
4 Diff'rent Strokes
5 7 News
9 C.O.P.S.
11 3-2-1 Contact
A lesson in wilderness survival.
15 On Trial
A case involving owners of a car dealership. (This must have also been short-lived)
16 Family Ties
After watching Mallory suffer through a string of disastrous dates, Alex [Michael J. Fox] is convinced that he-and his computer-can find her the perfect boy friend.
21 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: Tom Hanks ["The Burbs"].
22 Win, Lose or Draw
From Jupiter, FL: Loni Anderson, Jason Bateman, Lynda Carter and Burt Reynolds.
28 Geraldo
32 Ducktales
33 Jeopardy!
34 39 Square One Television
A pollster learns that not every sample of people is representative of the general population.
46 Gomer Pyle USMC BW
Carter's trying for admittance to the Officer Candidate School. Carter: Frank Sutton.
55 New Gidget
Gidget [Caryn Richman] champions efforts to get a popular DJ back on the air.

5:30
2 5 News
4 Webster
9 Fun House
11 Degrassi Junior High
As a school dance approaches, Caitlin's crush on Joey [Pat Mastroianni] intensifies.
15 Current Affair
16 22 News
21 USA Today
Scheduled: The prescribing of Ritalin for hyperactive children; TV evangelists [Part 2].
32 Real Ghostbusters
33 People's Court
34 39 3-2-1 Contact
Topic: computer voice recognition.
46 Andy Griffith
55 Brady Bunch
Hero worship presents a problem: Bobby's idol is outlaw Jesse James.

6PM
2 News
4 Facts of Life
5 7 15 21 28 33 News
9 Facts of Life
When spring break arrives, the girls make plans to head for Fort Lauderdale - where the boys are. Part 1 of two. Mindy Cohn.
11 World of Survival
32 Diff'rent Strokes
Dudley convinces Arnold that he'll strike up friendships at school if he starts smoking cigarettes. Shavar Ross.
34 Indiana Lawmakers
39 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
46 Wonderful World of Disney
Movie: "Charlie the Lonesome Cougar" [1967], conclusion. Charlie heeds the call of a female cougar and returns to the wild.
55 Little House on the Prairie

6:30
4 Kate & Allie
5 16 33 NBC News
7 21 28 ABC News
9 WKRP in Cincinnati
11 34 Nightly Business Report
15 22 CBS News-Dan Rather
32 Family Ties
Conclusion. Rebecca [Melinda Culea] gets drunk at a cocktail party and insults the bank director.

7PM
2 CBS News
4 Geraldo
5 Inside Edition
7 News
9 Cheers
Sam [Ted Danson] wracks his brain to come up with a suitable place to pop the question after his telephone proposal is put on hold.
11 34 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
15 22 Wheel of Fortune
16 32 33 Cosby Show (syndicated reruns)
Cliff takes Rudy and her playmates out for an elegant lunch, while Clair spends the day with her sister [Yvette Erwin] and friends. Bill Cosby.
21 Cheers
Sam [Ted Danson] accidentally shoots himself in the derriere while disarming a jealous husband, and concocts a story about thwarting a robbery to cover his embarrassment.
28 USA Today
Scheduled: The prescribing of Ritalin for hyperactive children, TV evangelists [Part 2].
39 Nightly Business Report
46 Kenneth Copeland
55 A-Team
Tawnia [Marla Heasley] asks the Team to find her fiance, who was last seen with an archaeological expedition that was ambushed in Amazon territory. Part 1 of two.

7:30
2 Entertainment Tonight
5 USA Today
See 7PM WSJV.
7 Wheel of Fortune
9 Night Court
Dan "kidnaps" Mel Torme to keep him in the courthouse while Harry tries to prevent a friend [John Astin] from being committed.
15 Win, Lose or Draw
See 5PM, WSBT 22.
16 Cheers
Conclusion. After winning a lottery, Irene [Bette Ford] breaks her engagement to Coach, who stubbornly proceeds with the wedding plans.
21 Family Ties
22 Jeopardy!
28 Family Feud
Jimmie Walker, Phyllis Diller, Arleen Sorkin, Alaina Reed, Jayne Meadows, Jean Kasem. [Must have been a celebrity week!]
32 A Current Affair
33 Newhart
An insurance investigator makes Kirk [Steven Kampmann] take a lie-detector test to back up his robbery claim.
39 Wild America
46 James Robison

8PM
2 15 22 Tour of Duty
Goldman [Stephen Caffrey] ignores policy and leads the squad across the Cambodian border to bring back a soldier who went after his friend's killers; and Percell and Taylor [Tony Becker, Miguel A. Nunez Jr.] go off limits in Saigon with a French journalist who wants to prove a point about American foreign policy.
4 Movie
"Escape from New York." [1981] Futuristic drama about a criminal [Kurt Russell] selected to rescue a kidnapped President. Lee Van Cleef.
5 16 33 Matlock
Matlock [Andy Griffith] gets another shot at a case when a recently paroled client is again accused of murdering his wife after she turns up alive and well and rich.
7 21 28 Who's the Boss?
Tony and Samantha's father-daughter ski weekend goes downhill when Tony [Tony Danza] spends all his quality time with a ski bunny [Leann Hunley], while Angela and Jonathan's mother-son weekend turns into a growth experience for both.
9 College Basketball
Boston College at Notre Dame.
11 Chicago Tonight with John Callaway
32 News
34 39 Nova
Reporter Bill Kurtis and physicist Richard Wilson travel "Back to Chernobyl" in the USSR to examine history's worst nuclear accident. On April 26, 1986, two explosions rocked the Chernobyl power plant in the Ukraine, releasing enough radiation to warrant the evacuation of 135,000. In addition, Kurtis says, radioactvie fallout fell on 20 nations. Expert interviewed address the human-error factor.
46 Lester Sumrall
55 Movie
"Poltergeist II: The Other Side." [1986] The Freeling family is once again spooked by supernatural forces in this inferior sequel to the 1982 blockbuster. JoBeth Williams.

8:30
7 21 28 Roseanne
The cause of Darlene's recent mood swings is no mystery to Roseanne [Roseanne Barr] but for tomboy Darlene [Sara Gilbert] it means growing up and having to part with all her favorite pastimes.
11 This Old House
Office floor and ceiling installation begins.
32 NBA Basketball
Atlanta at Chicago.
46 Way of the Winner

9PM
2 15 22 MOVIE
"Babycakes."
5 16 33 In the Heat of the Night
Joann [Lois Nettleton] says she's interested in a Louisiana prison break because one fugitive may be a friend of a friend, but Gillespie [Carroll O'Connor] senses there's more to it than that.
7 21 28 Moonlighting
The detectives visit a graveyard to dig up more information on a client who was seeking a bodyguard before he died while waiting in Maddie's office.
11 Nova
See 8PM for details.
34 39 Frontline
"Children of the Night" profiles a teenage runaway named Iain Brown,who committed suicide at age 18. Iain's mother, a neighbor, friends and street counselors attempt to piece together why Iain left his home in Walnut Creek, Calif., to live as a hustler on the street of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Included: footage from a documentary produced before his suicide, in which Iain offers a perspective on his life; interviews with other teenage runaways, who discuss their families, AIDS.
46 LeSea Alive

10PM
4 News
5 16 33 Midnight Caller
Jack's prodigal father [Peter Boyle] returns after an extended absence-all of Jack's adult life-and Jack [Gary Cole] welcomes him back with mixed emotions. Meanwhile, Devon's emotions are churning when she has a fierce argument with her father and he later suffers a heart attack.
7 21 28 thirtysomething
Gary and Susannah's love-hate relationship develops into an unexpected wrinkle when the arena of conflict moves into the bedroom, while Nancy [Patricia Wetting] is getting her own wrinkles as she struggles to meet her book deadline.
9 News
11 Frontline
See 9pm for details.
34 39 Ethics in America
"Public Trust, Private Interests" addresses issues facing public servants, including personal misconduct, contributions from special-interest groups and "trading votes." Former UN Ambassador Jean Kirkpatrick says that if she were President, she would not request the testing of an advisor suspected of drug use because "it's very important to restore the fabric of trust in our society." Regarding campaign money, Rep. Barney Frank [D-Mass.) says a politician has to "be an ingrate" and not bow to pressure from contributors.
46 Dwight Thompson
55 Twilight Zone BW
In an old Western town, a man [John Denher] is bent on displaying his power to resurrect the dead.

10:30
9 INN News-Brad Holbrook
55 Headline News

11PM
2 5 7 16 22 28 33 News
4 Barney Miller
9 Honeymooners BW
Ralph's in a dither: his mother-in-law is coming.
11 Ethics in America
See 10PM.
15 21 News (35min)
32 A Current Affair
34 Nightly Business Report
39 Indiana Lawmakers
46 Heritage Today
55 Hollywood Squares
Shadoe Stevens, Joan Rivers, Rolf Benirschke (wasn't he on NBC's Wheel of Fortune at this time as well?) Thom Bierdz, JM J. Bullock, Teri Copley.

11:30
2 Pat Sajak
Scheduled: Diahann Carroll, Michael Feinstein, the Flying Karamazov Brothers. Dan Miller.
4 Barney Miller
5 16 33 Tonight Show
Scheduled guests: Sammy Davis Jr., Jason Bateman ["The Hogan Family"]. Johnny Carson.
7 28 Nightline
9 Hill Street Blues
Budget cutbacks force Furillo to ask his officers to volunteer their time to prevent a gang war; Belker's preoccupation over his breakup with Robin [Lisa Sutton] affects his performance on the job.
22 WKRP in Cincinnati
Andy [Gary Sandy] may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
32 MOVIE
"My Bloody Valentine." [1981]
39 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
55 Police Woman
Pepper [Angie Dickinson] infiltrates a college drug ring to pinpoint the source of a batch of lethal downers.

11:35
15 A Current Affair
21 Barney Miller
A string of false alarms suggest that a sniper may be after a cop.

Midnight
4 Newlywed Game
7 Movie
"The Land That Time Forgot." [1975]
11 Making of a Continent
22 Pat Sajak
28 Entertainment Tonight
46 700 Club

12:05
15 Pat Sajak
21 Nightline

12:30
4 Dating Game
5 16 33 Late Night with David Letterman
Scheduled: Talk-show host Larry King, jockey Julie Krone and singer Etta James.
9 Movie
"The St. Valentine's Day Massacre." [1967]
28 USA Today
55 Best of Gleason

12:35
21 Arsenio Hall
Scheduled: Anita Baker; Rue McClanahan.

1AM
2 Arsenio Hall
4 MOVIE
"Busting." [1974]
11 Chicago Tonight with John Callaway
46 INN News-Brad Holbrook

1:30
5 16 33 Later with Bob Costas
11 Bergerac
22 Night Heat
32 Taxi
46 Lester Sumrall

1:35
21 USA Today

2AM
2 5 7 16 News (all rebroadcasts)
32 Countdown to Quitting: Stop Smoking-Commercial Program
33 Superior Court
46 Camp Meeting USA

2:30
2 Family Medical Center
5 The Judge
7 Movie BW
"Triple Justice." [1940] George O'Brien.
9 Think and Grow Rich-Commercial Program
11 Headline News (on a PBS station?)
16 Studio 16
22 CBS News Nightwatch-Charlie Rose
32 Movie BW
"Anna Karenina." [1935]
55 A Man Called Intrepid

3AM
2 Night Heat
See 1:30, WSBT.
4 Movie
"Yours, Mine and Ours." [1968]
5 Family Feud
9 INN News
46 Richard Roberts

3:30
5 MOVIE
"Love and Larceny." [1985]
9 Hogan's Heroes

4am
2 CBS News Nightwatch-Charlie Rose
7 Movie
"Two in the Dark." [1936]
9 Movie
"Fast Break." [1979]
46 Breakthrough

4:30
22 CBS News Nightwatch Continues
46 Jimmy Swaggart
55 Dukes of Hazzard

-crainbebo
 
7AM
55 Froggie's Pad (local?)


I recall reading on the WFFT Wikipedia entry that they had some local children's programming; the title sounds familiar now that I think about it.

8AM
4 Woody Woodpecker and Friends
32 Woody Woodpecker


Was there a difference? Was one station showing strips while the other aired the canned "Program Exchanged" version that was on the air by around this time?
 
I don't see a difference, both are 30 minutes.

-crainbebo
 
7AM
55 Froggie's Pad (local?)

I recall reading on the WFFT Wikipedia entry that they had some local children's programming; the title sounds familiar now that I think about it.

"Froggie's Pad" and "Happy's Place" were indeed both local kid shows, and both ran well into the 90s.
 
crainbebo said:
6AM
46 Heritage Today

This was the former "PTL Club" under new management, after Jerry Falwell's group took it over following Jim Bakker's arrest about a couple of years earlier.

crainbebo said:
2PM
46 Lassie

2:30
46 Yogi Bear

3PM
46 Jetsons

3:30
46 Ducktales (on a religious independent?)

4PM
46 Alvin & The Chipmunks

4:30
46 Fun House

5PM
46 Gomer Pyle USMC BW

5:30
46 Andy Griffith

6PM
46 Wonderful World of Disney
Movie: "Charlie the Lonesome Cougar" [1967], conclusion.

It was commonplace for LeSEA's stations to run secular family programming, including top-rung material such as Disney and Chipmunks, on weekday afternoons, while leaving the rest to "Jesus" (apart from INN's newscasts).
 
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