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Retro: Owen Sound/Georgian Bay, ON Saturday/Sunday, 09/15-16/1984

From The Owen Sound Sun-Times, via Newspapers.com

This was the weekend of Pope John Paul II's Canadian visit, with resulted in many pre-emptions on both CBC networks as well as CTV.

Channel Listing:
2 WGRZ Buffalo (NBC)
2/13 CKCO Kitchener (CTV) (OTA locally on ch2)
3 CKVR Barrie (CBC)
4 WIVB Buffalo (CBS)
5 CBLT Toronto (CBC)
7 WKBW Buffalo (ABC)
8 CKNX Wingham (CBC)
9 CFTO Toronto (CTV)
10 CFPL London (CBC)
11 CHCH Hamilton (Ind.)
17 WNED Buffalo (PBS)
19 CICA Toronto (TVOntario) (OTA locally on ch12)
22 CIII Uxbridge (Global) (OTA signal on ch4 was added in 1988)
25 CBLFT Toronto (Radio-Canada)

Part I: Saturday Morning

5:00
2/13 The Waltons
9 Bionic Woman
6:00
2 Jim Bakker
2/13 University of the Air
3 Hilarious House of Frightenstein (from CHCH)
7 A Better Way
9 Cartoons
11 Adventures Outdoors
22 Seneca Telecollege
6:30
2/13 In View
4 It's Academic "Attica / Mt. St. Joseph / Newfane"
7 Agriculture U.S.A.
8 Sign of the Times
11 Circle Square
7:00
2 Romper Room
2/13 Third Story
3 Oceans Alive
4 U.S. Farm Report
7 Woody Woodpecker
8 100 Huntley Street
9 University of the Air
11 Zig Zag
22 Hammy Hamster
7:30
2 New Zoo Revue
2/13 Willie and Floyd
3 Circle Square
4 King Kong
9 Professor Kitzel
11 Flipper
22 Hercules
8:00
2, 22 Snorks (series premiere)
2/13 Treehouse Club
3 Sport Billy
4 Shirt Tales (premiere)
7 Kids, Inc.
8 TBA
9 Romper Room
11 Harrigan
19 Polka Dot Door
8:30
2 The Pink Panther and Sons (premiere)
2/13, 9 Storytime
3, 5, 8, 10 The Papal Visit (the Pope arrives in Midland, ON)
4 The Get Along Gang (premiere)
7 The Jackson Five
11 Mohawk Presents: Counterpoint
19 Cucumber
22 The World Tomorrow
9:00
2, 22 The Smurfs
2/13, 9 Let's Go (season premiere)
4 Muppet Babies (series premiere)
7 Happy Days Again
11 Greek Panorama
19 People and Pets
25 La visite du Pape (Papal Visit)
9:30
2/13 You Can't Do That on Television (season premiere)
4 Saturday Supercade
7 Beetle Bailey and Friends
9 Uncle Bobby
19 Media and Methods of the Artist
10:00
2/13 Oopsy Daisy
7 Dragon's Lair
9 Funtown
11 Hispanovision
17 Motorweek
19 Pins and Needles
10:30
2, 22 Alvin and the Chipmunks
2/13 Kidsworld
4 Pole Position (series premiere)
7 Wolf Rock TV
11 Italian Panorama
17 This Old House
19 Championship Bridge
11:00
2, 22 Kidd Video
2/13 Rocket Robin Hood
4 Beat the Champ
7 The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
9 Swiss Family Robinson
17 Do It Yourself Show
19 Half-a-Handy Hour
11:30
2 Mr. T
2/13 Stan Kann
7 The Littles
9 This Week in Football
11 Ready, Set, Grow
17 Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cookin'
19 Futurework
22 100 Huntley Street
 
Part II: Saturday Afternoon

12:00
2 Going Bananas (premiere)
2/13 Player's International Tennis (Chris Everett Lloyd vs. Martina Navratilova)
3 Kidsworld
4 College Football (Washington at Michigan)
5 Maja the Bee (the South African dub of the anime; Saban's dub, using Montreal-based voice talent, was made in 1989)
7 ABC Weekend "The Amazing Bunjee Venture"
8 Cartoons
9 The Entertainers
10 Sport Billy
11 Your Wealth
17 Magic of Oil Painting "Desert Spires"
19 Understanding Behavior in Organizations
25 La semaine parliamentaire a Ottawa
12:30
2 Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
3 World Alive
5 Going Great
7 Challenge
10 Voltron
11 Audubon Wildlife Theatre
17 Victory Garden
19 Understanding Human Behavior "Human Psychology"
22 Greek Paradise
1:00
2 Buffalo, Etc.
2/13 This Week in Baseball
3 Smith and Smith
5 Star Trek
7 Real to Reel
9 Untamed World
11 Wrestling
17 Antiques and Americana
19 New Literacy: An Introduction to Computers
25 Les heros du samedi
1:30
2 Taking Advantage
2/13 Blue Jay Banter
3 Your Wealth
7 Movie "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1938 version)
9 Red Fisher
17 Square Foot Gardening
19 Music of Western Civilization
22 Kidsbeat
2:00
2 Baseball (regional coverage: Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees or Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals)
2/13 This Week in Football
3, 5, 8, 10 The Papal Visit (the Pope departs Midland, ON)
9 This Week in Baseball
10 OUAA Football (Toronto at Western)
17 Nova (profile of physicist Victor Weisskopf)
22 Foufouli
25 Monde merveilleux de Disney "Voici notre vie Donald" (This Is Your Life, Donald Duck)
2:30
2/13, 9 The Papal Visit (the Pope arrives at Downsview Airport)
3 TBA
5 Western Gardener
8 Reach for the Top (Manitoba vs. PEI)
10 Reach for the Top (BC vs. Saskatchewan)
19 Understanding the Earth
22 Kangaroo Club
3:00
3, 5, 8, 10 The Papal Visit (the Pope arrives at Downsview Airport)
7 Buffalo Bills Hi-Lites
17 Navigators
25 La visite du Pape (Papal Visit)
3:30
4 CBS Sports Saturday
7 College Football (Oklahoma at Pittsburgh)
19 Body in Question "Naming of Parts"
4:00
17 Matinee at the Bijou "Gung Ho!"
4:30
19 Kidsbeat
5:00
2 Entertainment This Week (fall TV previews)
11 Al Waxman (guest Doug Hall)
19 Sesame Street
5:30
2/13 Superchargers
9 Sun Country
17 America Works
25 Rendez-vous sur le George
 
Part III: Saturday Evening/Late Night

6:00
2/13, 2, 4, 11, 22 News
3, 5, 8, 10 The Papal Visit (the Pope arrives in Unionville, ON)
9 Show Biz
17 Masterpiece Theatre "To Serve Them All My Days" (pt. 13 of 13)
19 Polka Dot Door
25 La visite du Pape
6:30
2 NBC News
2/13 History in Huronia
3 Show Biz
4 Muppets (not specified if this was the same as ch5)
5 Muppets (Florence Henderson guests; from 1976)
8 Insight Weekend Edition
9 News
11 Dick Beddoes
19 Not Another Science Show
22 Everybody's Business
25 Une fenetre sur le monde
7:00
2 Hee Haw
3, 5, 8, 10 Baseball (Montreal Expos at Philadelphia Phillies)
4 Dance Fever
7 News
9 Thrill of a Lifetime
11 Airwolf
17 Inside Albany
19 Doctor Who "Full Circle" (pt. 4 of 4)
22 Canadian Figure Skating Celebrity Show (Martha Howlett and Doug Crosley host)
25 Cinema (no details)
7:30
2/13, 9 Just Kidding
4 America's Top Ten
7 Urban Focus
17 Agronsky and Company
19 Dick Turpin
8:00
2 Diff'rent Strokes
2/13, 9 CFL Football (Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
4 Airwolf
7 The Love Boat Fall Preview Party (hosted by Gavin MacLeod as Capt. Stubbing)
11 Hill Street Blues
17 Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau "Night of the Squid"
19 Movie "Deadline U.S.A."
8:30
2 Gimme a Break!
22 Sheena Easton in Concert (from the Palace Theatre in Hollywood)
9:00
2 Bosom Buddies
4 Movie "Quarterback Princess"
7 Love Boat
11 Domestic Life
17 Movie "The Bullfighter and the Lady"
22 Love Boat (different episode from ch7)
9:30
2 Mama's Family
3 Smith and Smith
5 Inside Baseball
8 The Jeffersons
10 TBA
11 Happy Days
25 Festival international de jazz "Ramsey Lewis"
9:35
19 Conversations (guests: director Richard Brooks, broadcaster/teacher Gail Scott, and Mary Deanne Shears, assistant managing editor of the Toronto Star; pt. 1 of 2)
10:00
2, 22 Miss America Pageant (Gary Collins hosts)
3, 5, 8 The Papal Visit (highlights of today's coverage)
10 Simon & Simon
11 Wayne Thomas (guests: The Newcomers, Lydia Taylor, Firefighter, Russ Davis, Nip and Tuck)
25 Le Telejournal
10:05
19 Movie "The Day the Earth Caught Fire"
10:20
25 Nouvelles de sports
10:30
17 Austin City Limits (Michael Murphey and Gary P. Nunn perform)
10:35
25 Cinema "Attention a la peinture"
11:00
2/13, 9 CTV National News
3, 5, 10 The National
4, 7, 8 News
11 Newsroom
11:15
3, 5 News
10 FYI: Final Edition
11:20
2/13, 9 News
11:30
3 Movie "Telefon"
4 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
5 CFL Football (BC Lions at Montreal Concordes)
7 Movie "Pursuit of the Graf Spee"
11 Just Jazz
17 Movie "Old Los Angeles"
11:40
10 Good Rockin' Tonite
11:45
8 New Music
19 Conversations (pt. 2 of 2; continuation of 9:35 broadcast)
12:00
2, 22 News
2/13 Movie "Any Which Way You Can"
11 Entertainment This Week (fall TV preview)
12:15
9 Movie "The Bunker"
12:30
2 Saturday Night Live (Betty Thomas hosts; the Stray Cats perform)
4 Charlie's Angels
22 Movie "The Voyage of the Yes"
12:40
10 Movie "The Night the Bridge Fell Down"
1:00
11 Movie "79 Park Avenue"
2:00
2 Three Musketeers
3 The Untouchables
7 Challenge
22 Kung Fu
2:30
2 Movie "The Accursed"
2/13 Movie "Code Name: Diamond Head"
3:15
9 Movie "Arabesque"
4:00
2 Movie "Crypt of the Living Dead"
2/13 Bionic Woman
3 Movie "Free for All"
 
Part IV: Sunday Morning

5:00
2/13 The Waltons
5:20
2 Movie "Face of Fire"
6:00
2/13 University of the Air
3 Hilarious House of Frightenstein
4 Black Forum
9 Cartoons
11 Willy and Floyd
22 Canadian Cavalcade
6:30
2 Open Rap
2/13 Newscope
4 Health Field
7 This Is the Life
8 Audubon Wildlife Theatre
11 Treehouse Club
22 National Film Board
7:00
2 Reaching
2/13 Open Roads
3 Oceans Alive
4 Jimmy Swaggart
7 Faith for Today
8 100 Huntley Street
9 Professor Kitzel
11 Flipper
22 Circle Square
7:15
2 Church Invitation
7:30
2 Jerry Falwell
2/13 Agri-News
3 TBA
7 Comfort My People
9 Kids Corner
11 Father Meehan
22 Jimmy Swaggart
25 Le petit castor (debut; French dub of the 1975 anime, Don Chuck Monogatari)
8:00
2/13 Sunday A.M.
3, 5, 10 The Papal Visit / 25 La visite du Pape (the Pope departs Pearson International Airport)
4 Identity
7 Commander Tom
8 Jerry Falwell
9 Rex Humbard
11 Peter Youngren
17 Sesame Street
19 Polka Dot Door
8:30
2 The World Tomorrow
3 Day of Discovery
4 By the People
5 A Very Special Person... Father Charles Armstrong (profile of Father Charles Armstrong of Assumption High School in Windsor)
9 Paradox
10 Audubon Wildlife Theatre
11 Oral Roberts
19 Cucumber
22 Robert Schuller
25 Le petit prince (debut; I assume this was the anime version of The Little Prince)
9:00
2 Oral Roberts
3 Jerry Falwell
4 Sunday Morning
5 From Now On
8 Day of Discovery
9 TBA
10 National Film Board
11 Hispanovision
17 Sesame Street
19 Fables of the Green Forest
22 The World Tomorrow
25 Michou et Pilo (debut)
9:30
2 Day of Discovery
5 Coronation Street
8 It Is Written
10 Nuggets
11 Italian Panorama
19 Sesame Street
22 Faith 20
25 Les fables d'Europe
9:45
25 Si tous les gens du monde
10:00
2 Rev. Andrews
2/13 Peoples Church
3 Rex Humbard
7 Kidsworld
8 Jack Van Impe
9 It Is Written
10 Zig Zag
17 Sesame Street
22 Festival Portuguese
25 Demetan, la petite grenouille (debut; this anime, from 1973, is also known as The Brave Frog in its English dub version)
10:30
2 Movie "Belle of the Nineties"
3, 5, 8, 10 The Papal Visit / 25 La visite du Pape (the Pope arrives at Canadian Forces Base in Winnipeg)
4 Robert Schuller
7 This Week with David Brinkley
9 Day of Discovery
19 Doctor Snuggles
11:00
2/13 St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
9 Peoples Church
17 Sesame Street
19 Read All About It!
11:15
19 Music Box
11:30
4 Rex Humbard
7 At the Movies "The Doctors Are In"
19 Kidsbeat
22 Festival Italiano
 
Part V: Sunday Afternoon

12:00
2 Meet the Press
2/13 Big Top Talent
4 It's Academic "West Seneca West / Sweethome / Williamsville East"
7 Movie "Which Way to the Front?"
9 Album TV
17 Wall Street Week
19 Le tourisme, c'est votre affaire (French language programming for Sunday begins)
12:30
2 Probe
2/13 Welcome to My World
4 NFL Today
11 News / Town and Country
17 Jack Benny
19 De fil en aiguille
1:00
2 NFL Football (Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets)
2/13 Webster
3 Peoples Church
4 NFL Football (Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings)
5, 10 Meeting Place (from Emmanuel Christian Reform Church in Calgary)
8 Crisis Report
9 Italian Cooking
11 Woody's Workshop
17 Over 60
19 A toute vitesse
25 Les arts sacres au Quebec
1:30
2/13, 9 Baseball (Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers)
11 Wild Kingdom
19 A toute vitesse
25 Entre les lignes (debut)
2:00
3 TBA
5, 8, 10 Amateur Naturalist
7, 11 Baseball (teams TBA, starting time subject to change)
17 Opera from Arena di Verona "Tosca"
19 Les Ontariens
22 Revival Hour
25 La semaine verte
2:30
3, 5, 8, 10 I Had a Dream (a documentary about Terry Fox)
19 C'est demain la veille
3:00
3, 5, 8, 10 The Papal Visit / 25 La visite du Pape (the Pope celebrates Mass from Bird's Hill Park in Winnipeg)
19 Profession: Ecrivain
22 Terry Winter
3:30
19 Vue globale
22 Struggle Beneath the Sea
4:00
2 Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
4 NFL Football (Los Angeles Rams at Pittsburgh Steelers)
17 The Hope That Made America Famous (a look at volunteer programs, narrated by Howard K. Smith)
19 Logiciel
22 NFL Football
4:30
2 Probe
2/13, 9 Question Period
7 This Week in Baseball
17 Agronsky and Company
19 Entre deux nuages
4:45
19 Colargol
5:00
2 Greatest American Hero
2/13, 9 Untamed World
7 Superchargers
17 Firing Line "The Election: A View from New York" (NYC mayor Ed Koch guests)
19 Passe-partout
5:30
2/13, 9 Sun Country
3. 5 Hymn Sing
7 Happy Days Again
8 Insight Weekend Edition
10 FYI: Weekend Edition
11 New Faces
19 Charlie Brown (from the description, this appears to be the 1969 special "It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown")
25 Les arts sacres au Quebec
 
Part VI: Sunday Evening/Late Night

6:00
2, 2/13, 7, 11 News
3, 5, 8, 10 Walt Disney "The Feather Farm"
9 Welcome to My World
17 Artscene
19 La Robinson suisse
25 La visite du Pape (the Pope departs the Winnipeg airport for Edmonton)
6:30
2 NBC News
2/13 Polka Time
7 Fight Back! with David Horowitz
9 News
11 The Way It Is
17 Adam Smith's Money World
19 Nova
25 Grand-Papa (debut)
7;00
2 Solid Gold (Rick Dees hosts; LaToya Jackson, Scandal, the Pointer Sisters, Jefferson Starship and Ronnie Milsap perform)
2/13 Blue Thunder
3, 5, 8, 10 Fraggle Rock (season premiere; episode "The Secret of Convincing John")
4, 22 60 Minutes
7, 11 Ripley's Believe It or Not!
9 Trapper John, M.D.
17 Austin City Limits (Rosanne Cash and Steve Wariner perform)
25 Le parc des braves (debut)
7:30
3, 5, 8, 10 Beachcombers
19 Destination Sainte-Marie
25 Les beaux dimanches (Celine Dion, 16 years old at the time, is profiled)
8:00
2 Knight Rider
2/13, 9 Canada Cup Hockey (final game one, live from Calgary)
3, 5, 8, 10 Neighbours
4, 22 E/R (premiere)
7, 11 Hardcastle and McCormick
17 Castle
19 Mosaique
8:30
3, 5, 8, 10 TBA
25 La visite du Pape (from Namao, AB)
9:00
2, 11 Miami Vice (series premiere)
3, 5, 8, 10 The Papal Visit (from St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton)
4 Movie "Some Kind of Hero"
7, 22 NFL Football (Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns)
17 Masterpiece Theatre "Private Schulz" (pt. 1 of 6)
19 Cinema "French Cancan"
25 Le Telejournal
9:20
25 La visite du Pape (see chs 3, 5, 8, 10 at 9:00)
10:00
17 All Creatures Great and Small "If Wishes Were Horses" (pt. 19 of 28)
11:00
2, 4, 22 News
2/13, 9 CTV National News
11 Newsroom
17 These British Isles
19 Destination Sainte-Marie (repeat from 7:30pm)
11:15
19 Cinema "Le Chaik blanc" (Lo sciecco blanco/The White Sheik)
11:20
2/13, 9 News
11:30
2 Sports Extra
3, 5, 8, 10 The National
4 Harry O
11 Best of Cherington
11:45
3, 5, 8 News
12:00
2 Solid Gold (repeat from 7pm)
2/13 Fantasy Island
5 Movie "Devotion"
7 News
22 Benny Hill
12:05
3 Movie "The Night the Bridge Fell Down"
12:10
8 M*A*S*H
12:15
10 Movie "The Nutty Professor" (1963 version)
12:30
4 Eight Is Enough
7 Movie "Show Boat"
22 Benny Hill
1:00
2 Movie "The Man Who Would Be King"
11 Hawaii Five-O
22 Chico and the Man
1:30
2/13 Hot Cuts
4 By the People
22 100 Huntley Street
2:00
2/13, 4 CBS News Nightwatch
2:45
7 Real to Reel
3:15
7 ABC News
3:35
2 Movie "The Prince of Central Park"
 
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