Retro: Northern Wisconsin, Thu. April 23rd, 1981

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Source: TV Guide

CHANNELS
2 WBAY Green Bay CBS
2c WBBM Chicago, IL CBS - 12-5am only
3 WISC Madison CBS
4 WTMJ Milwaukee NBC
5 WFRV Green Bay NBC
6m WLUC Marquette, MI CBS/ABC
6w WITI Milwaukee CBS (both cities start with M, so I used W for 'Wisconsin').
7 WSAW Wausau CBS
8 WKBT La Crosse CBS
9c WGN Chicago, IL IND
9w WAOW Wausau ABC
10 WMVS Milwaukee PBS
11 WLUK Green Bay ABC
12m WISN Milwaukee ABC
12r WAEO Rhinelander NBC
13e WEAU Eau Claire NBC
13m WNMU Marquette, MI PBS
18 WVTV Milwaukee IND
20 WHRM Wausau PBS
26 WLRE Green Bay IND
36 WLEF Park Falls PBS
38 WPNE Green Bay PBS
50 WKBD Detroit, MI IND
(6m, 13m, 50 listed as Central Time, not Eastern)

4/23/1981

5AM
6m JIm Bakker

5:30
8 Sunrise Semester
Women and Men in a Changing Society: Feminism in the '60s.

5:50
50 News

5:55
3 Great Space Coaster
7 Loving Free
9c Top O' The Morning

6AM
2 8 12r Jim Bakker
4 Gigglesnort Hotel
6m 6w 7 CBS News
11 Jetsons
12m At Large-Ron Anderson
18 Ed Allen
50 Casper

6:20
3 Down to Earth

6:25
3 Country Day-Gary Schendel
9c News

6:30
4 Topper BW
5 Flintstones
9c Bullwinkle
9w New Zoo Revue
11 Country Day
12m My Three Sons
13e Lone Ranger
18 Casper & Friends
50 Great Space Coaster

6:55
3 Shortcut Sewing-Ann Person

7AM
2 3 7 8 CBS News
4 5 12r 13e Today-Tom Brokaw
6m 6w Captain Kangaroo
WITI - The Captain reads the story 'Odd One Out.'
WLUC - Actor George S. Irving visits.
9w 11 12m Good Morning America
Songwriters Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager are the scheduled guests.
9c Bozo Show
18 Flintstones
26 Cartoons
50 Gilligan's Island

7:30
18 Woody Woodpekcer & Friends
26 New Zoo Revue
50 Flintstones

7:45
10 13m 20 36 38 AM Weather

8AM
2 3 7 8 Captain Kangaroo
See 7am, WLUC.
6m Phil Donahue (See 9am, WLUK)
6w Jeffersons
George's new stockbroker is a former ventriloquist and mental patient.
13m Sesame Street
18 Great Space Coaster
26 TV High School
50 I Love Lucy BW

8:30
6w Alice
Tommy's first case of puppy love puts him in the doghouse with Alice.
9c Bewitched
18 Leave it to Beaver BW
26 Richard Simmons
50 Family Affair

9am
2 3 6m 8 Jeffersons
George tries to impress a white banker.
4 New Day
Scheduled: Automotive adviser Bob Johnson; puppets from the Lake Country Players Community Theatre Group (Hartland, Wis.); and a feature on figure skating.
5 12r 18 Las Vegas Gambit
6w 7 Phil Donahue
9c Hollywood Squares (reruns I suspect)
9w Hour Magazine
Interviews with Rita Jenrette and pharmacologist Joe Graedon. Also: a kitchen visit with Nancy Walker and a look at fashions by Evan-Picone. Gary Collins is the host.
11 13e Phil Donahue
The Rev. Robert Hullinger and his wife Charlotte, founders of Parents of Murdered Children, Inc., are the guests on the program.
12m All My Children (very unusual time slot...a day behind?)
13m Mister Rogers
26 Pete & Gladys BW (didn't know this was still in syndicated reruns in 1981)
50 Detroit Today

9:30
2 3 6m 8 Alice
Mel may-or may not-live to regret identifying a holdup man who pistol-whipped a witness once before.
5 12r 18 Blockbusters
9c $50,000 Pyramid
13m Electric Company
26 Edge of Night
50 Health Field

10AM
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 Price is Right
4 Richard Simmons
5 12r 13e 18 Wheel of Fortune (WVTV cleared this preempted from ch 4...)
9w 11 12m Love Boat
Passengers: Barry Nelson, Nanette Fabray, Beth Howland.
9c Hour Magazine
13m Captioned Rainbow's End
26 Health Field
50 Beverly Hillbillies

10:30
4 $50,000 Pyramid
5 13e Password Plus
Bart Braverman, Barbara Rhoades. (...but 18 didn't clear P+!)
10 20 36 38 Electric Company
12r Jim Bakker (P+ preempted here too)
13m Dick Cavett
Scheduled: Comedian-author Graham Chapman ('A Liar's Autobiography').
18 Doris Day
26 That Girl
50 Andy Griffith

11am
2 3 6w 7 8 Young & The Restless
4 26 Card Sharks
5 Hour Magazine
Featured: interviews with actress Susan Richardson and author Cynthia Smith ('Doctors Wives: The Truth About Medical Marriages').
6m Upper Michigan Today-Carl Pellonpaa
9w 11 12m Family Feud
9c Phil Donahue
Topic: the growing number of people taking others to court.
13e Bob Newhart (so that's a total of 3 WI NBC stations that did not clear CS...WFRV threw it to the UHF indie.)
13m Biography BW
18 Ross Bagley
50 $50,000 Pyramid

11:30
4 12r 13e 26 The Doctors
6m Search for Tomorrow (waning months on CBS)
9w 11 Ryan's Hope
10 20 36 38 Sesame Street
12m Edge of Night
13m Begin with Goodbye
18 700 Club
50 To Tell the Truth

Noon
2 Noon Show
3 Mid-Day-Kathy Wood
4 Days of Our Lives
5 Midday (different show)
6m Young & The Restless
6w News
7 Noon Today
8 News People at Noon
9c Movie BW
'The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.' (1947) Gene Tierney as a widow whose seaside cottage is haunted by the ghost of Captain Gregg (Rex Harrison). George Sanders.
9w 11 All My Children
12m At Twelve
Guests include consumer-information specialist and former Miss America Judi Ford Johnson. Also: A look at local entertainment.
12r Noon at 12
13e NewsCenter at Noon (Unusual this TVG was listing specific names and not just 'News')
13m Once Upon a Classic
26 Mike Douglas
A repeat show with co-host Fred Grandy, actress-singer Bernadette Peters, comedian Steve Bluestein and actor Ted Lange.
50 Movie BW
'The Mad Genius.' (1931) John Barrymore gives a bravura performance in this weird tale of a malevolent ballet master who dominates the life of his adopted son (Donald Cook).

12:30
3 Bullseye
5 12r 13e Days of Our Lives
6w Charlie Rose
Child-snatching among divorced parents is discussed (He had his own show prior to 'Nightwatch' and PBS?)
7 8 Search for Tomorrow
10 20 36 38 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
13m American Birkenbeiner

1PM
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 As the World Turns
4 Another World
9w 11 12m One Life to Live
13m Echoes of Children
18 News
26 Insight

1:30
5 12r 13e Another World
18 Andy Griffith
26 Mayberry R.F.D.
Young Mike becomes the foster father of a little girl in Hong Kong.

1:55
50 News

2PM
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 Guiding Light
4 Texas
9w 11 12m General Hospital
9c Love, American Style
10 Communication Skills
13m Not Lonesome Anymore
18 Beverly Hillbillies BW
Elly May is heartbroken when a movie star dates Jane Hathaway.
20 36 38 Inside Out
26 700 Club
50 Popeye

2:20
13m News

2:30
5 12r 13e Texas
9c Bewitched
10 Personal Finance
13m Lilias, Yoga and You
18 I Love Lucy BW
Golf widow Lucy installs a basketball court in her living room. Golf pro Jimmy Demaret appears in this episode.
50 Woody Woodpecker

3PM
2 The Joker's Wild
3 6m 6w 7 8 One Day at a Time
Julie's bank account is unduly credited with over $100.
4 Merv Griffin
From Hollywood: Actors Steve Kanaly, Mimi Kennedy and Susan Sarandon are the guests.
9c Scooby-Doo
9w Edge of Night
10 Over Easy
11 All in the Family
Archie (Carroll O'Connor) schemes to increase his insurance claim for a small fire by vandalizing his own house.
12m Hour Magazine (See 11am)
13m Sesame Street
18 50 Flintstones
20 36 38 Marketing Perspectives

3:30
2 9w Leave it to Beaver BW
WAOW: Beaver's all thumbs when it comes to using his new typewriter.
3 Wild Wild West
5 Movie
'A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story.' (1977) Blythe Danner and Edward Hermannn star in this TV-movie that emphasizes personal drama over baseball action. Patricia Neal.
6m All My Children
6w Rockford Files
Rockford is baffled by a girl (Jesse Welles) who lives like a peon but hesitates to bank a $10,000 insurance check.
7 Tom & Jerry/Three Stooges
8 Mike Douglas
Co-host: Dale Robertson ('Dynasty'). Guests: Shelley Winters, musical group The Kendalls, diet doctor Joseph Rechtschaffen.
9c Yogi Bear
10 Dick Cavett
Singer Hildegarde.
11 Woody Woodpecker & Friends
12r Merv Griffin
From Las Vegas: Robert Goulet, the Fifth Dimension, Pia Zadora, comedian Johnny Dark, the Nevada Dance Theatre.
13e All in the Family
Archie's being awfully nice to his buddy's gorgeous wife-and Edith's noticing.
18 50 Scooby Doo
20 36 38 Over Easy
A talk with actor John Collum. Also: common types of surgery.
26 One Day at a Time (See 3PM)

4PM
2 50 Tom & Jerry
9c 13e Flintstones
9w Rockford Files
Beth finds out that several of her clients have underworld connections.
10 13m Mister Rogers
11 Bugs Bunny & Friends
12m Happy Days Again
The boys plan to rent a cabin and spend Easter vacation chasing girls.
18 Tom & Jerry/Bugs Bunny
20 36 38 Sesame Street
26 Superman

4:30
2 9c Gilligan's Island
3 Hogan's Heroes
Hogan (Bob Crane) learns that a sabotage job he assigned is about to boomerang.
4 World of People
Segments include an auction at Pickfair, the mansion formerly owned by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Host: Gary Collins.
6m Family Feud (syndicated or ABC?)
6w Starsky & Hutch
Guilt overwhelms Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) when a young woman (Kim Cattrall) is blinded during a shootout.
7 18 Gilligan's Island
WSAW: Gilligan's astounding everyone with his ability to read minds.
WVTV: There's a lion running loose on the island!
10 Sesame Street
11 Addams Family BW
Morticia and Gomez worry that the children are being spoiled.
12m Welcome Back, Kotter
At the state talent contest, Barbarino (John Travolta) tries to no avail to charm a rival contestant (Amy Johnston). Second of 2 parts.
13e Tom & Jerry
13m Electric Company
26 Lone Ranger
50 Brady Bunch

5PM
2 Sanford & Son
Privacy's the problem for ladies man Lamont, who decides to take a pad without an ever-present papa.
3 Live at Five-Jim Peck (this isn't THAT Jim Peck right? '3's a Crowd', 'The Big Showdown'?)
4 6m 12r News
5 Newlywed Game
7 Bullseye
8 Tic Tac Dough
9c Good Times
9w Joker's Wild
11 12m ABC News-Frank Reynolds
13m 20 36 38 Captioned Rainbow's End
13e Gilligan's Island
18 Brady Bunch
Hero worship presents a problem: Bobby's idol is outlaw Jesse James.
26 Bugs Bunny/Laurel & Hardy
50 Happy Days Again

5:30
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 CBS News-Dan Rather
4 5 12r 13e NBC News-John Chancellor
9c Welcome Back, Kotter
9w ABC News
10 Discovery
11 Family Feud
12m News
13m Over Easy
A visit with soprano Eleanor Steber. Also: the myths of senility.
18 Sanford & Son
A real estate company makes a generous offer to buy out the Sanfords' block.
20 36 38 Khan Du
26 Let's Make a Deal (obviously the 1980 revival from Canada)
50 Sanford & Son

6PM
2 3 4 5 6w 7 8 9w 11 13e News
6m M*A*S*H
A fun-loving nurse (Marcia Rodd) and a boorish surgeon (George Lindsey) serve temporary duty with the 4077th. Charles: David Ogden Stiers.
9c Barney Miller
10 Marketing Perspectives
12m Tic Tac Dough
12r Mike Douglas
See 3:30, WKBT. (Odd time for this show - prime access?)
13m MacNeil/Lehrer Report
18 All in the Family
A visit from Archie's brother (Richard McKenzie) rekindles an intense sibling rivalry.
20 36 38 DC Circuits
26 Here's Lucy
Lucy (Lucille Ball) shows Kim how to shop at the supermarket.
50 Welcome Back, Kotter

6:30
2 9w Happy Days Again
WBAY: Howard wants to rent out the room above the garage-but not to Fonzie.
WAOW: Unknown
3 Tic Tac Dough
4 13e Family Feud
5 12 PM Magazine
WFRV: Segments include the Green Bay Shriners' Circus for blind children; and an 87-year-old veterinarian who specializes in cats.
WISN: Segments include Milwaukee part-time hockey referee Larry Thomas; and a Swiss heliborne mountain-rescue squad.
6m Taxi
Elaine's new boyfriend (John David Carson) has a confession to make: he'd rather be dating Tony (Tony Danza). Elaine: Marilu Henner.
7 8 50 M*A*S*H
WSAW: A practical joke is keyed to Frank's basic guile and greed.
WKBT: Father Mulcahy (William Christopher) is upset about being passed over for a promotion; and Hawkeye and B.J. escalate the war of practical jokes.
WKBD: Unknown
9c Carol Burnett & Friends
10 20 36 38 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
11 Hollywood Squares
Mel Tillis, Diana Canova, Steve Landesberg, Doc Severinsen, Paul Lynde, Connie Stevens, George Gobel, Laurette Spang and Vincent Price.
13m High School Bowl
18 Carter Country
A headline-hungry cub report (Melanie Griffith) impedes Chief Roy's interrogation of a jewel thief.
26 Movie BW
'The Man in the White Suit.' (1951) Inventive satire with Alec Guinness as a chemist who develops a fabric that rends the British textile industry. Joan Greenwood.

7pm and later in a separate post

 

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7PM
2 3 6m 8 Checking In
4 12r 13e NBC Magazine with David Brinkley
5 7 Billy Graham Crusade
Special: Highlights of The Rev. Mr. Graham's crusade in Japan are shown in "Miracle Over Japan." Music is provided by George Beverly Shea and Myrtle Hall. (Preempts regular programming.)
6w Billy Graham Crusade (Different program
9w 11 12m Bosom Buddies
After a quarrel with her roommate, Sonny (Donna Dixon) moves in with Henry and Kip (Peter Solari, Tom Hanks) who soon discover that 'three's a crowd.'
9c Movie
'Ulzana's Raid.' (1972) Burt Lancaster in an action tale of cavalry vs. Apaches, filmed in Nevada and Arizona by director Robert Aldrich.
10 20 36 38 Wisconsin Magazine
Features include William Dotter, the builder of a replica of a 1597 Dutch ship; and animal rights.
13m Mysterious Castles of Clay
Orson Welles narrates a study of one of nature's master builders-the African termite.
18 Bowling Game
50 Movie
'The Big Mouth.' (1967) Mistaken identity, a villain named Fong, stolen diamonds and a slapstick chase add up to another zany vehicle for director-star Jerry Lewis (playing Clamson). Harold J. Stone.

7:30
2 3 6m 8 Park Place
A blizzard traps the staff overnight at work, and they occupy themselves with stuck elevators, a depressed turtle and a lottery whose 'winner' will be the first eaten when the food runs out. Harold Gould, Lionel Smith.
9w 11 12m Mork & Mindy
Mork (Robin Williams) preaches nonviolence to a boy at the daycare center, who responds by challenging Mork to a 'shoot-out' at a nearby ghost town. [Postponed from an earlier date.]
10 Over Easy (See 5:30)
20 36 38 Target

8PM
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 Magnum, P.I.
Magnum (Tom Selleck) is hired to protect an ancient Chinese vase sought by a sinister secret society. John Hillerman. Mai Ling: Suesie Elena.
4 5 12r 13e NBC White Paper
Special: 'Reagan: The First Hundred Days.' According to executive producer Les Crystal, this unscreened report on Ronald Reagan's first months as President is scheduled to include 'a major evaluation of how his staff responded to his attempted assassination on March 30, and how the Reagan Administration ran during the period of his convalescence.' The program, anchored by Roger Mudd, also assesses the President 'as a leader and communicator'; examines how well Mr. Reagan has fulfilled his major campaign promises on domestic issues; and explores the events in El Salvador, Poland and the Middle East-and how they affect U.S. relations with the Soviet Union. Reporters: Marvin Kalb (on foreign policy), Irving R. Levine (economy), George Lewis (defense), Tom Pettit (political battles) and Judy Woodruff (the White House).
9w 11 12m Barney Miller
Dorsey (Paul Lieber) takes a protective interest in a 15-year-old prostitute, while two older hookers provide a test of will for Dietrich (Steve Landesberg), who is experimenting with the 'new celibacy.' Ronda Hallick: Tasha Zemrus.
10 13m Sneak Previews
Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert discuss films made by and for blacks.
18 Movie
'Damn Yankees.' (1958) Grand-slam adaptation of the Broadway hit about a rabid baseball fan who makes a deal with the Devil. Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon.
20 36 Animal World
38 Encompass

8:25
26 Paul Harvey

8:30
9w 11 12m Taxi
Tony (Tony Danza) plays Cupid for his nutty sister (Julie Kavner) and Alex, but she only has eyes for Jim (Christopher Lloyd). Judd Hirsch, Danny Devito.
10 With Ossie & Ruby
13m Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson
'The Case of the Deadly Tower.' Donald Pickering.
20 36 38 American Perspective: Another View
A profile of playwright Samm-Art Williams ('Home'), seen visiting family and friends in his hometown of Burgaw, NC.
26 INN News

9PM
2 3 6m 6w 7 8 The Nurse
Mary (Michael Learned) feels even older than her 40 years when a younger doctor expresses a romantic interest. Dr. Rose: Robert Reed. Dr. Benson: Peter Coffield.
9w 11 12m 20/20
9c News
10 Black Frontier
'The New Americans' looks at black trappers and guides on the Great Plains.
13m Heath Brothers in Concert
Special: Jazz bassist Percy Heath and his brother, saxophonist Jimmy Heath, are featured with their band in this 1979 concert at Ohio State University. The tunes include 'Mellowdrama,' 'Equipoise.'
20 36 38 Sneak Previews
26 Jack Van Impe
50 INN News

9:30
20 36 38 This Old House
Bob Vila reviews plans for the barn.
26 Maude
Maude (Beatrice Arthur) insists her friendship with a handsome associate is platonic. Jeremy Hubbard: Liam Sullivan.
50 Hollywood Squares

10PM
2 3 4 5 6m 6w 7 8 9w 11 12m 12r 13e News
9c 50 Prisoner: Cell Block H
10 13m 20 36 38 Dick Cavett
Author Kurt Anderson ('The Real Thing') is scheduled.
26 Benny Hill

10:15
18 Benny Hill
Benny portrays Tex Cymbal, 'The Golden Boy of Pop.'

10:30
2 12m M*A*S*H
WBAY: A helicopter pilot's commerce in war souvenirs endangers memento-seeking GIs and Korean children.
WISN: An ailing Hawkeye (Alan Alda) manages to give everyone examinations and shots when Father Mulcahy (William Christopher) comes down with hepatitis.
3 6m Bob Newhart
WISC: Bob's cured the Chicago Cubs' star pitcher of a slump, and now tries to help their bumbling catcher.
WMVS: Jerry (Peter Bonerz) is terrified of losing his new dream girl (Hope Alexander-Willis).
4 5 12r 13e Tonight Show
Scheduled: Guest host David Letterman, Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo, weatherman Willard Scott, actor Robert Hays.
6m 7 8 26 CBS News Special
Special: 'Reagan: The First Three Months' concludes with an analysis of his Administration's foreign policy. Included: reports on the Soviet Union, El Salvador, Poland.
9c Odd Couple
9w ABC News Nightline
10 Meeting of Minds
11 Hogan's Heroes
Hogan and the POWs build a new escape tunnel-and a snowman-to confound the Gestapo and free an American bomber crew.
13m 20 36 38 Captioned ABC News
50 Benny Hill

10:45
18 INN News

11PM
2 Starsky & Hutch
3 Barney Miller
6m 7 8 26 Jeffersons
George tries flying for a hobby.
6w Mary Tyler Moore
Lou fixes Mary up with a wealthy bachelor (Michael Constantine).
9c Movie
'High Time.' (1960) Blake Edwards directed this familiar tale about a middle-aged millionaire (Bing Crosby) in quest of a college education.
9w Charlie's Angels
A prestigious caterer and a high-powered real estate broker are implicated in a million-dollar Beverly Hills jewel theft.
11 Bob Newhart
Bob's therapy group is invited to appear on a TV psychology program.
12m Odd Couple
Oscar has to fill in for the newspaper's vacationing theater critic. But he can't understand the titles, let alone the plays.
20 36 38 American Short Story
50 Night Gallery

11:15
18 Jeffersons
Bentley takes George's advice to be aggressive and lands in jail.

11:30
3 Gunsmoke
William Windom as a drunken pawn in a gunman's revenge plan. Ramon Bieri.
4 Carol Burnett & Friends
James Coco is the guest. In a sketch, Carol has a fight with a stick of margarine that insists it is butter.
5 13e Tomorrow Coast-to-Coast
British punk-rock group Adam and the Ants are scheduled.
6m 7 8 26 McMillan
In Las Vegas, Mac's new girlfriend is robbed of a fortune in diamonds.
6w Movie
'High Risk.' (1976) TV-movie about jewel thieves plotting to steal a national treasure to exchange for the lives of four medical missionaries.
11 12m ABC News Nightline
50 Movie BW
'Night Song.' (1947) A society girl (Merle Oberon) encounters a blind pianist (Dana Andrews), pities him, sponsors him and loves him. Ethel Barrymore.

11:45
18 McMillan & Wife
An earthquake crumbles Mac and Sally's living room wall, revealing a human skeleton concealed behind it.

12AM
2 News
4 Tomorrow Coast-to-Coast
11 Movie BW
'Conspiracy in Teheran.' (1947) A correspondent (Derek Farr) and a ballerine (Marta Labarr) combat a plot to set off dynamite under FDR.
12m Charlie's Angels
Bosley (David Doyle) falls into the clutches of smugglers who are using Charlie's yacht to transport gold.

12:30
3 To Tell the Truth

12:50
6w News

1AM
3 The Millionaire
9c News
13e Six Million Dollar Man
Steve (Lee Majors) is engaged to a childhood friend who also was given bionic limbs after an accident. Second of 2 parts.

1:10
12m Green Acres
26 News

1:20
2C News
6w Movie BW
'Wise Girl.' (1937) An heiress (Miriam Hopkins) goes Bohemian to gain custody of her late sister's children from the father, a Greenwich Village artist (Ray Milland).

1:30
2C Movie
'The Lawyer.' (1970) Barry Newman has the title role in this murder tale about a wealthy doctor accused of killing his wife.
3 4 Health Field
9c Mike Douglas

1:40
12m News

1:50
18 News

2AM
3 News (90 minutes of news at 2AM?)

2:30
9c Movie BW
'Henry Aldrich's Little Secret.' (1944) Henry (Jimmy Lydon) gets into more hot water when he becomes a babysitter. Charles Smith.

3:30
3 News (or a TVG mistake?)

3:55
2C Name of the Game
Sharon Farrell plays a blues singer in a drama about the pop music business.

4am
9c To Be Announced

 

[ftballfan]

WKBD was carried in parts of northern Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan until it switched from FOX to UPN in 1995. It was replaced with then-WGKI or FoxNet depending on the system (remember that Marquette, Duluth, and Wausau didn't have their own FOX affiliates in 1995).

Also, this TV guide served the western and central UP of Michigan.