M
Marckd
Guest
November 13-17, 1978 - Taken from Pittsburgh Press.
2-KDKA (CBS) Westinghouse
6 AM INTERNATIONAL ZONE
6:30 SUNRISE SEMESTER
7 AM CBS MORNING NEWS
8 AM CAPTAIN KANGAROO
9 AM THAT GIRL
9:30 MATCH GAME
10 AM ALL IN THE FAMILY
10:30 PRICE IS RIGHT
11:30 LOVE OF LIFE
12 Noon EYEWITNESS NEWS
12:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
1 PM YOUNG & THE RESTLESS
1:30 PITTSBURGH TODAY
2:30 GUIDING LIGHT
3:30 M*A*S*H
4 PM EVERYDAY
4:30 MIKE DOUGLAS
6PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
7PM CBS NEWS
7:30 EVENING MAGAZINE
Monday
8PM M*A*S*H
8:30 ONE DAY AT A TIME
9PM CBS SPECIAL – THE WORD
NORMALLY AIRED:
8 PM WKRP IN CINCINNATI
8:30 PEOPLE
9 PM M*A*S*H
9:30 ONE DAY AT A TIME
10 PM LOU GRANT
Tuesday
8 PM PAPER CHASE
9 PM CBS SPECIAL – THE WORD (CBS MOVIE normally aired here)
Wednesday
8 PM PEANUTS-Cartoon – Happy Thanksgiving Charlie Brown
8:30 BUGS BUNNY SPECIAL
(JEFFERSONS normally aired at 8 – IN THE BEGINNING aired At 830 normally)
9 PM CBS SPECIAL – THE WORD (CBS MOVIE normally aired here)
Thursday
8 PM WALTONS
9 PM HAWAII-FIVE-O
10 PM BARNABY JONES
Friday
8 PM STAR WARS MUSICAL SPECIAL
10 PM FLYING HIGH
Normally Aired
8 PM WONDER WOMAN
9 PM INCREDIBLE HULK
Monday-Friday
11PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
Monday
11:30 ROCKFORD FILES
12:40 CBS LATE MOVIE – Bittersweet Love (1975)
2:50 EYEWITNESS NEWS
3 AM LATE MOVIE – Sea Hornet (1951)
5 AM SIGN OFF
Tuesday
11:30 BARNABY JONES
12:40 CBS LATE MOVIE – Runaway (1973)
2:50 EYEWITNESS NEWS
3:10 LATE MOVIE – 7 Guns Of Mesa (1958)
5 AM SIGN OFF
Wednesday
11:30 HAWAII-5-O
12:40 KOJAK
1:50 EYEWITNESS NEWS
2:20 LATE MOVIE – Angels From Hell (1968)
4:20 SIGN OFF
Thursday
11:30 M*A*S*H
12:05 CBS LATE MOVIE – Case Of Baltimore Girl (1975)
2:10 EYEWITNESS NEWS
2:40 LATE MOVIE – Cop Out(1967)
4:40 SIGN OFF
Friday
11:30 AVENGERS
12:40 CBS LATE MOVIE – The Spell (1977)
2:50 EYEWITNESS NEWS
3:10 LATE MOVIE – Spoilers Of The Forest (1957)
5:20 SIGN OFF
4 WTAE-TV (ABC) Hearst
6AM MIGHTY MOUSE
6:30 ROMPER ROOM
7 AM BUGS BUNNY
7:30 TOM & JERRY
8 AM AM PITTSBURGH
9:30 GENERAL HOSPITAL
10:30 EDGE OF NIGHT
11 AM HAPPY DAYS
11:30 FAMILY FEUD
12 NOON 25,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID
12:30 RYAN’S HOPE
1 PM ALL MY CHILDREN
2 PM ONE LIFE TO LIVE
3 PM CROSS WITS
3:30 BEWITCHED
4 PM TOM & JERRY
4:30 BRADY BUNCH
5 PM MY THREE SONS
5:30 CAROL BURNETT
6 PM ACTION NEWS
6:30 ABC NEWS
7PM BOWLING FOR DOLLARS
Monday
7:30 FAMILY FEUD
8 PM LUCAN
9 PM MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – Oakland Raiders At Cincinnati Bengals
12 MID ACTION NEWS
12:30 CAROL BURNETT
1 AM ADAM 12
1:30 EMERGENCY
2:30 IRONSIDE
3:30 SIGN OFF
Tuesday
7:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
8 PM HAPPY DAYS
8:30 LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
9 PM THREE’S COMPANY
9:30 TAXI
10 PM STARSKY & HUTCH
Wednesday
7:30 NAME THAT TUNE
8 PM EIGHT IS ENOUGH
9 PM CHARLIE’S ANGELS
10 PM VEGAS
Thursday
7:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
8 PM MORK & MINDY
8:30 WHAT’S HAPPENING
9 PM BARNEY MILLER
9:30 SOAP
10PM FAMILY
Friday
7:30 MATCH GAME
8 PM DONNY & MARIE
9PM PEARL
Tuesday-Friday
11 PM ACTION NEWS
11:30 ODD COUPLE
Early Wednesday
12 MID ABC LATE MOVIE – Deliverance (1972)
2:20 EMERGENCY
3:20 IRONSIDE
4:20 ADAM 12
4:50 SIGN OFF
Early Thursday
12 MID POLICE WOMAN
1:10 SWAT
2:20 EMERGENCY
3:20 IRONSIDE
4:20 ADAM 12
4:50 SIGN OFF
Early Friday
12 MID STARSKY & HUTCH
1:10 POLICE STORY
2:20 EMERGENCY
3:20 IRONSIDE
4:20 ADAM 12
4:50 SIGN OFF
Early Saturday
12 MID LATE MOVIE – Good, The Bad, & The Ugly (1969)
2 AM EMERGENCY
3 AM IRONSIDE
4 AM ADAM 12
4:30 SIGN OFF
11-WIIC (NBC) Cox
6 AM QUEST
6:30 RADIUS
7 AM TODAY
9 AM PHIL DONAHUE
10 AM CARD SHARKS
10:30 CONCENTRATION
11 AM WHEEL OF FORTUNE
11:30 HIGH ROLLERS
12 Noon AMERICA ALIVE
1 PM HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
1:30 DAYS OF OUR LIVES
2:30 DOCTORS
3 PM ANOTHER WORLD
4 PM WOODY WOODPECKER
4:30 SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN/BIONIC WOMAN
5:30 MARY TYLER MOORE
6 PM NEWS
7 PM NBC NEWS
7:30 NEWLYWED GAME
Monday
8 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
9 PM NBC MOVIE – Betrayal (1978)
Tuesday
8 PM GRANDPA GOES TO WASHINGTON
9 PM NBC MOVIE – Lady Of The House (1978)
Wednesday
8 PM DICK CLARK’S LIVE WEDNESDAY
9 PM NBC MOVIE – Bud & Lou (1978)
Thursday
8 PM PROJECT UFO
9 PM QUINCY
10 PM MAN UNDERCOVER
Friday
8 PM DIFF’RENT STROKES
8:30 WHO’S WATCHING THE KIDS
9 PM ROCKFORD FILES
10 PM ED CAPRA
Monday-Friday
11 PM NEWS
11:30 TONIGHT-Johnny Carson
1 AM TOMORROW-Tom Snyder (Except Friday)
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Friday)
2 AM ROOKIES
3 AM MARCUS WELBY MD
4 AM SIGN OFF
53 WPGH (Ind./ABC/CBS/NBC) Meredith
6 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
6:30 NEW MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
7 AM FUN WORLD OF HANNA BARBARA
7:30 FLINTSTONES
8 AM GOOD MORNING AMERICA (ABC)
9 AM 700 CLUB
10:30 JEOPARDY (NBC)
11 AM DINAH SHORE
12 NOON MERV GRIFFIN
1:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS (CBS)
2:30 GOOD DAY PITTSBURGH
3 PM BANANA SPLITS
3:30 FRED FLINTSTONE & FRIENDS
4 PM FLINTSTONES
4:30 SPIDERMAN
5PM LITTLE RASCALS
5:30 MUNSTERS
6 PM ANDY GRIFFITH
6:30 JOKERS WILD
7 PM DATING GAME
7:30 TIC TAC DOUGH
8 PM CANDID CAMERA
8:30 THAT’S HOLLYWOOD
9 PM PRIME MOVIE – Charly (1968) Mon
Willard (1971) Tues
Cybil (1976) Wed
Cybil Part 2 (1976) Thurs
Andromenda Strain (1971) Fri
11PM GONG SHOW
11:30 HONEYMOONERS
12 MID GOMER PYLE USMC
12:30 HOGAN’S HEROES
1 AM BILKO
1:30 BURNS & ALLEN
2 AM JACK BENNY
2:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
3 AM SIGN OFF
22 WPTT (Ind.) Commercial Radio Institute
5 AM PTL CLUB
7 AM BUGS BUNNY & THE THREE STOOGES
8:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
9 AM DENNIS THE MENACE
9:30 OZZIE & HARRIET
10 AM I LOVE LUCY
10:30 JACKIE GLEASON
11 AM PERRY MASON
12 NOON MOVIE 22 – Brave Bulls (1951) Mon
My Sister Eileen (1942) Tues
Violent Men (1955) Wed
Prize Of Gold (1954) Thurs
Sirocco (1950) Fri
2 PM SUPERMAN
2:30 BATMAN
3 PM CAPTAIN PITT - variety of cartoons - Popeye - Bugs Bunny - others
3:30 ADDAMS FAMILY
4 PM DENNIS THE MENACE
4:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
5 PM MONKEES
5:30 GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
6 PM FAMILY AFFAIR
6:30 I DREAM OF JEANNIE
7 PM MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
7:30 GET SMART
8 PM BONANZA
9 PM BIG VALLEY
10 PM LUCY SHOW
10:30 REAL MCCOYS
11 PM I LOVE LUCY
11:30 MOTHERS IN LAW
12 MID DARK SHADOWS
12:30 LOST CITY OF THE JUNGLE
1 AM LATE MOVIE – A Star Is Born (1954) Early Tues
Lifeboat (1944) Early Wed
The Man Who Never Was (1956) Early Thurs
Gentlemen’s Agreement (1955) Early Fri
Montana (1950) Early Sat
3 AM SIGN OFF
2 KDKA TV - Preempted As The World Turns which still aired on WPGH. KDKA did begin running the show again for a while and then dropped it again. By the late 80's, As The World Turns was back on. Sill ran on WPGH when preempted and years later on WPTT. Also CBS stations in Altoona and Wheeling came in the Pittsburgh area and ran As The World Turns.
4 WTAE TV - still did not run Good Morning America which WPGH ran only an hour of. WTAE was running all the soaps and the daytime ABC shows. Still WTAE would continue to have large amounts of sitcoms till the early 90's. Was not as news intensive back in 1978 but that would come in the 80's.
11 WIIC - pretty typical NBC affiliate - preempted a show here and there but was not all that bad.
53 WPGH - Just sold to Meredith from local owners, one of the partners which was building Christian station WPCB. The religious shows on WPGH were pulled back and they began to add better cartoons, more first run syndicated shows, and some movies. Meredith was not big on prime time movies. The several indies they owned tended to run drama shows in prime time and WPGH would eventually follow suit. Still gradually WPGH would improve programming. At this point tehy were head to head with new sign on WPTT but Meredith would agressively bid on strongers shows. WPGH was running an hour of Good Morning America and As The WOrld Turns.
22 WPTT - filled a huge hole with cartoons in mornings, tons of classic sitcoms, some very old movies, and westerns. A promising lineup for that time. WPTT would grow into an okay/nothing great station over the years. One reason was WTAE and WPGH and WIIC/WPXI would agressively bid on newer shows and WPTT would be unable to get most shows first hand. WPTT would settle on second hand shows otehr stations passed on renewing. While WPTT would have decent shows, the station basically was obsolete. WPTT in the late 80's looked more like a 70's station. Still they filled a hole. Though ratings were low, when WPTT left the competition late in 1991 for several months, they were missed and when they returned to programming at the start of 1992, they were welcomed. So WPTT was more viewed than people would think. Shows were never exactly low budget either.
2-KDKA (CBS) Westinghouse
6 AM INTERNATIONAL ZONE
6:30 SUNRISE SEMESTER
7 AM CBS MORNING NEWS
8 AM CAPTAIN KANGAROO
9 AM THAT GIRL
9:30 MATCH GAME
10 AM ALL IN THE FAMILY
10:30 PRICE IS RIGHT
11:30 LOVE OF LIFE
12 Noon EYEWITNESS NEWS
12:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
1 PM YOUNG & THE RESTLESS
1:30 PITTSBURGH TODAY
2:30 GUIDING LIGHT
3:30 M*A*S*H
4 PM EVERYDAY
4:30 MIKE DOUGLAS
6PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
7PM CBS NEWS
7:30 EVENING MAGAZINE
Monday
8PM M*A*S*H
8:30 ONE DAY AT A TIME
9PM CBS SPECIAL – THE WORD
NORMALLY AIRED:
8 PM WKRP IN CINCINNATI
8:30 PEOPLE
9 PM M*A*S*H
9:30 ONE DAY AT A TIME
10 PM LOU GRANT
Tuesday
8 PM PAPER CHASE
9 PM CBS SPECIAL – THE WORD (CBS MOVIE normally aired here)
Wednesday
8 PM PEANUTS-Cartoon – Happy Thanksgiving Charlie Brown
8:30 BUGS BUNNY SPECIAL
(JEFFERSONS normally aired at 8 – IN THE BEGINNING aired At 830 normally)
9 PM CBS SPECIAL – THE WORD (CBS MOVIE normally aired here)
Thursday
8 PM WALTONS
9 PM HAWAII-FIVE-O
10 PM BARNABY JONES
Friday
8 PM STAR WARS MUSICAL SPECIAL
10 PM FLYING HIGH
Normally Aired
8 PM WONDER WOMAN
9 PM INCREDIBLE HULK
Monday-Friday
11PM EYEWITNESS NEWS
Monday
11:30 ROCKFORD FILES
12:40 CBS LATE MOVIE – Bittersweet Love (1975)
2:50 EYEWITNESS NEWS
3 AM LATE MOVIE – Sea Hornet (1951)
5 AM SIGN OFF
Tuesday
11:30 BARNABY JONES
12:40 CBS LATE MOVIE – Runaway (1973)
2:50 EYEWITNESS NEWS
3:10 LATE MOVIE – 7 Guns Of Mesa (1958)
5 AM SIGN OFF
Wednesday
11:30 HAWAII-5-O
12:40 KOJAK
1:50 EYEWITNESS NEWS
2:20 LATE MOVIE – Angels From Hell (1968)
4:20 SIGN OFF
Thursday
11:30 M*A*S*H
12:05 CBS LATE MOVIE – Case Of Baltimore Girl (1975)
2:10 EYEWITNESS NEWS
2:40 LATE MOVIE – Cop Out(1967)
4:40 SIGN OFF
Friday
11:30 AVENGERS
12:40 CBS LATE MOVIE – The Spell (1977)
2:50 EYEWITNESS NEWS
3:10 LATE MOVIE – Spoilers Of The Forest (1957)
5:20 SIGN OFF
4 WTAE-TV (ABC) Hearst
6AM MIGHTY MOUSE
6:30 ROMPER ROOM
7 AM BUGS BUNNY
7:30 TOM & JERRY
8 AM AM PITTSBURGH
9:30 GENERAL HOSPITAL
10:30 EDGE OF NIGHT
11 AM HAPPY DAYS
11:30 FAMILY FEUD
12 NOON 25,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID
12:30 RYAN’S HOPE
1 PM ALL MY CHILDREN
2 PM ONE LIFE TO LIVE
3 PM CROSS WITS
3:30 BEWITCHED
4 PM TOM & JERRY
4:30 BRADY BUNCH
5 PM MY THREE SONS
5:30 CAROL BURNETT
6 PM ACTION NEWS
6:30 ABC NEWS
7PM BOWLING FOR DOLLARS
Monday
7:30 FAMILY FEUD
8 PM LUCAN
9 PM MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL – Oakland Raiders At Cincinnati Bengals
12 MID ACTION NEWS
12:30 CAROL BURNETT
1 AM ADAM 12
1:30 EMERGENCY
2:30 IRONSIDE
3:30 SIGN OFF
Tuesday
7:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
8 PM HAPPY DAYS
8:30 LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
9 PM THREE’S COMPANY
9:30 TAXI
10 PM STARSKY & HUTCH
Wednesday
7:30 NAME THAT TUNE
8 PM EIGHT IS ENOUGH
9 PM CHARLIE’S ANGELS
10 PM VEGAS
Thursday
7:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
8 PM MORK & MINDY
8:30 WHAT’S HAPPENING
9 PM BARNEY MILLER
9:30 SOAP
10PM FAMILY
Friday
7:30 MATCH GAME
8 PM DONNY & MARIE
9PM PEARL
Tuesday-Friday
11 PM ACTION NEWS
11:30 ODD COUPLE
Early Wednesday
12 MID ABC LATE MOVIE – Deliverance (1972)
2:20 EMERGENCY
3:20 IRONSIDE
4:20 ADAM 12
4:50 SIGN OFF
Early Thursday
12 MID POLICE WOMAN
1:10 SWAT
2:20 EMERGENCY
3:20 IRONSIDE
4:20 ADAM 12
4:50 SIGN OFF
Early Friday
12 MID STARSKY & HUTCH
1:10 POLICE STORY
2:20 EMERGENCY
3:20 IRONSIDE
4:20 ADAM 12
4:50 SIGN OFF
Early Saturday
12 MID LATE MOVIE – Good, The Bad, & The Ugly (1969)
2 AM EMERGENCY
3 AM IRONSIDE
4 AM ADAM 12
4:30 SIGN OFF
11-WIIC (NBC) Cox
6 AM QUEST
6:30 RADIUS
7 AM TODAY
9 AM PHIL DONAHUE
10 AM CARD SHARKS
10:30 CONCENTRATION
11 AM WHEEL OF FORTUNE
11:30 HIGH ROLLERS
12 Noon AMERICA ALIVE
1 PM HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
1:30 DAYS OF OUR LIVES
2:30 DOCTORS
3 PM ANOTHER WORLD
4 PM WOODY WOODPECKER
4:30 SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN/BIONIC WOMAN
5:30 MARY TYLER MOORE
6 PM NEWS
7 PM NBC NEWS
7:30 NEWLYWED GAME
Monday
8 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
9 PM NBC MOVIE – Betrayal (1978)
Tuesday
8 PM GRANDPA GOES TO WASHINGTON
9 PM NBC MOVIE – Lady Of The House (1978)
Wednesday
8 PM DICK CLARK’S LIVE WEDNESDAY
9 PM NBC MOVIE – Bud & Lou (1978)
Thursday
8 PM PROJECT UFO
9 PM QUINCY
10 PM MAN UNDERCOVER
Friday
8 PM DIFF’RENT STROKES
8:30 WHO’S WATCHING THE KIDS
9 PM ROCKFORD FILES
10 PM ED CAPRA
Monday-Friday
11 PM NEWS
11:30 TONIGHT-Johnny Carson
1 AM TOMORROW-Tom Snyder (Except Friday)
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Friday)
2 AM ROOKIES
3 AM MARCUS WELBY MD
4 AM SIGN OFF
53 WPGH (Ind./ABC/CBS/NBC) Meredith
6 AM NEW ZOO REVUE
6:30 NEW MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
7 AM FUN WORLD OF HANNA BARBARA
7:30 FLINTSTONES
8 AM GOOD MORNING AMERICA (ABC)
9 AM 700 CLUB
10:30 JEOPARDY (NBC)
11 AM DINAH SHORE
12 NOON MERV GRIFFIN
1:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS (CBS)
2:30 GOOD DAY PITTSBURGH
3 PM BANANA SPLITS
3:30 FRED FLINTSTONE & FRIENDS
4 PM FLINTSTONES
4:30 SPIDERMAN
5PM LITTLE RASCALS
5:30 MUNSTERS
6 PM ANDY GRIFFITH
6:30 JOKERS WILD
7 PM DATING GAME
7:30 TIC TAC DOUGH
8 PM CANDID CAMERA
8:30 THAT’S HOLLYWOOD
9 PM PRIME MOVIE – Charly (1968) Mon
Willard (1971) Tues
Cybil (1976) Wed
Cybil Part 2 (1976) Thurs
Andromenda Strain (1971) Fri
11PM GONG SHOW
11:30 HONEYMOONERS
12 MID GOMER PYLE USMC
12:30 HOGAN’S HEROES
1 AM BILKO
1:30 BURNS & ALLEN
2 AM JACK BENNY
2:30 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
3 AM SIGN OFF
22 WPTT (Ind.) Commercial Radio Institute
5 AM PTL CLUB
7 AM BUGS BUNNY & THE THREE STOOGES
8:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
9 AM DENNIS THE MENACE
9:30 OZZIE & HARRIET
10 AM I LOVE LUCY
10:30 JACKIE GLEASON
11 AM PERRY MASON
12 NOON MOVIE 22 – Brave Bulls (1951) Mon
My Sister Eileen (1942) Tues
Violent Men (1955) Wed
Prize Of Gold (1954) Thurs
Sirocco (1950) Fri
2 PM SUPERMAN
2:30 BATMAN
3 PM CAPTAIN PITT - variety of cartoons - Popeye - Bugs Bunny - others
3:30 ADDAMS FAMILY
4 PM DENNIS THE MENACE
4:30 LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
5 PM MONKEES
5:30 GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
6 PM FAMILY AFFAIR
6:30 I DREAM OF JEANNIE
7 PM MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY
7:30 GET SMART
8 PM BONANZA
9 PM BIG VALLEY
10 PM LUCY SHOW
10:30 REAL MCCOYS
11 PM I LOVE LUCY
11:30 MOTHERS IN LAW
12 MID DARK SHADOWS
12:30 LOST CITY OF THE JUNGLE
1 AM LATE MOVIE – A Star Is Born (1954) Early Tues
Lifeboat (1944) Early Wed
The Man Who Never Was (1956) Early Thurs
Gentlemen’s Agreement (1955) Early Fri
Montana (1950) Early Sat
3 AM SIGN OFF
2 KDKA TV - Preempted As The World Turns which still aired on WPGH. KDKA did begin running the show again for a while and then dropped it again. By the late 80's, As The World Turns was back on. Sill ran on WPGH when preempted and years later on WPTT. Also CBS stations in Altoona and Wheeling came in the Pittsburgh area and ran As The World Turns.
4 WTAE TV - still did not run Good Morning America which WPGH ran only an hour of. WTAE was running all the soaps and the daytime ABC shows. Still WTAE would continue to have large amounts of sitcoms till the early 90's. Was not as news intensive back in 1978 but that would come in the 80's.
11 WIIC - pretty typical NBC affiliate - preempted a show here and there but was not all that bad.
53 WPGH - Just sold to Meredith from local owners, one of the partners which was building Christian station WPCB. The religious shows on WPGH were pulled back and they began to add better cartoons, more first run syndicated shows, and some movies. Meredith was not big on prime time movies. The several indies they owned tended to run drama shows in prime time and WPGH would eventually follow suit. Still gradually WPGH would improve programming. At this point tehy were head to head with new sign on WPTT but Meredith would agressively bid on strongers shows. WPGH was running an hour of Good Morning America and As The WOrld Turns.
22 WPTT - filled a huge hole with cartoons in mornings, tons of classic sitcoms, some very old movies, and westerns. A promising lineup for that time. WPTT would grow into an okay/nothing great station over the years. One reason was WTAE and WPGH and WIIC/WPXI would agressively bid on newer shows and WPTT would be unable to get most shows first hand. WPTT would settle on second hand shows otehr stations passed on renewing. While WPTT would have decent shows, the station basically was obsolete. WPTT in the late 80's looked more like a 70's station. Still they filled a hole. Though ratings were low, when WPTT left the competition late in 1991 for several months, they were missed and when they returned to programming at the start of 1992, they were welcomed. So WPTT was more viewed than people would think. Shows were never exactly low budget either.