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Retro: Pittsburgh/Ohio & Mahoning Valleys Sat, May 18, 1991

by request, from TV Guide, Pittsburgh Metro edition
Not listed: WNEU 63-Ind Pittsburgh
Program times on ch 13/16 subject to change, due to pledge periods

KDKA 2-CBS Pittsburgh
5:30 Magnum, PI
6:30 Financial Section
7:00 CBS StoryBreak
7:30 Let's Read a Story
8:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
9:00 Garfield & Friends
10:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
11:00 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
11:30 Pee-wee's Playhouse
noon Dink the Little Dinosaur
12:30 Runaway with the Rich & Famous (Jane Seymour in Banff; Hilary Van Dyke visits St. Maarten)
1:00 Bob Vila's Home Again
1:30 Magnum, PI
2:30 Baseball Pre-Game
3:00 Baseball: NY Mets-Los Angeles
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 Baseball: Pittsburgh-Atlanta
10:00 Flash
11:00 News
11:30 Star Search (choosing the Grand Champions)
12:30 Big Break
1:30 and 2:30 Hawaii Five-O
3:30 and 4:30 Magnum, PI

WTAE 4-ABC Pittsburgh
6:30 Krypton Factor
7:00 Captain Planet
7:30 Likely Story
8:00 Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
8:30 Wizard of Oz
9:00 Slimer! & the Real Ghostbusters
10:00 Beetlejuice
10:30 New Kids on the Block
11:00 Bugs Bunny & Tweety
noon Little Rosey
12:30 ABC Weekend Special "The Velveteen Rabbit" (first aired in 1985)
1:00 TBA
1:30 1990 Memorial Golf Tournament highlights
2:00 The Memorial golf
4:30 The Preakness horse race
6:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Saturday
7:00 Cappelli & Company (discussing lasers and their uses)
7:30 Roggin's Heroes
8:00 Family Matters
8:30 Movie "For Your Eyes Only"
11:00 News
11:30 Honeymooners (bw)
mid. Entertainment Tonight
1:00 It's Showtime at the Apollo (guests Run-DMC, Levert, and Rude Boys)

WJAC 6-NBC Johnstown
6:00 Ag-USA
6:30 Hogan Family
7:00 Infomercial
7:30 Peppermint Place
8:00 Camp Candy
8:30 Super Mario Bros.
9:30 Gravedale High
10:00 Kid 'n Play
10:30 Chipmunks
11:00 Saved by the Bell
11:30 Guys Next Door
noon Saturday Videos (Matthew and Gunnar Nelson introduce videos by Gerardo and Mariah Carey)
12:30 Chase to the Checkered
1:00 Legends of Golf
3:00 NBA Playoffs: either Game 7 of the Western seminfinal or Game 1 of a conference final
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Hee Haw (guests include Louise Mandrell)
8:00 Golden Girls (pt 1 of a same-night 2-parter)
8:30 Down Home
9:00 Golden Girls (concluded from 8pm)
9:30 Empty Nest
10:00 Sisters
11:00 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live (host George Wendt/music from Elvis Costello)
1:00 American Gladiators

WTRF 7-CBS/secondary ABC Wheeling
7:00 Superboy
7:30 Super Force
8:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
9:00 Garfield & Friends
10:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
11:00 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
11:30 Pee-wee's Playhouse
noon Dink the Little Dinosaur
12:30 CBS StoryBreak
1:00 Infomercial
1:30 Siskel & Ebert
2:00 Infomercial
2:30 Baseball Pre-Game
3:00 Baseball: NY Mets-Los Angeles
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 WWF Wrestling
8:00 Movie "Beverly Hills Cop II"
10:00 Flash
11:00 News
11:30 Arsenio Hall
12:30 Dracula
1:00 Party Machine

WWCP 8-Fox Johnstown
6:30 PA Newswatch
7:00 Bullwinkle
7:30 Captain Planet
8:00 Peter Pan & the Pirates
8:30 Bobby's World
9:00 and 9:30 Tom & Jerry Kids
10:00 Killer Tomatoes
10:30 Swamp Thing
11:00 and noon WWF Wrestling
1:00 Movie "The Grapes of Wrath" (bw)
3:30 National Geographic: On Assignment
4:30 TBA
5:00 Super Force
5:30 Superboy
6:00 Friday the 13th: The Series
7:00 Baseball: Pittsburgh-Atlanta
10:00 and 10:30 Totally Hidden Video
11:00 and 11:30 Cops (first show from Houston/second from NJ)
mid. Comic Strip Live (Wayne Cotter welcomes Dennis Wolfberg, Margaret Smith, and Alan Murray)
1:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
2:00 Memories...Then & Now
2:30 Reunion

WTOV 9-NBC/secondary ABC Steubenville
7:00 Agri-Country (Ed Johnson hosted this regionally-syndied program, I saw it on WTOL Toledo in the early 90s)
7:30 Captain Planet
8:00 Camp Candy
8:30 Super Mario Bros.
9:30 Gravedale High
10:00 Widget
10:30 Chipmunks
11:00 Saved by the Bell
11:30 Guys Next Door
noon Bob Vila's Home Again
12:30 NBA Inside Stuff (profile of Magic Johnson)
1:00 Legends of Golf
3:00 NBA Playoffs (which 9 leaves in progress)
4:30 The Preakness horse race (ABC/that's right, 9 blew off hoops at half-time to show the race)
6:00 News
6:30 Star Trek: The Next Generation
7:30 Cash Explosion (Ohio Lottery)
8:00 Golden Girls (pt 1)
8:30 Down Home
9:00 Golden Girls (conclusion)
9:30 Empty Nest
10:00 Sisters
11:00 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1:00 Infomercial
1:30 Star Trek

WTAJ 10-CBS Altoona
5:00 Headline News
6:30 Newsmakers
7:00 Ag-USA
7:30 Real News for Kids
8:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
9:00 Garfield & Friends
10:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
11:00 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
11:30 Pee-wee's Playhouse
noon Gimme a Break!
12:30 Bob Vila's Home Again
1:00 Magnum, PI
2:00 This Week in Baseball
2:30 Baseball Pre-Game
3:00 Baseball: NY Mets-Los Angeles
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Kate & Allie
8:00 Movie "Beverly Hills Cop II"
10:00 Flash
11:00 News
11:30 Arsenio Hall
12:30 Party Machine
1:30 Joker's Wild
2:00 and 2:30 Benny Hill
3:00 and 3:30 Kate & Allie
4:00 Headline News

WPXI 11-NBC Pittsburgh
5:00 Headline News
6:00 Peppermint Place
6:30 America's Black Forum
7:00 Black Impact
7:30 Kidsburgh
8:00 News
noon Memories...Then & Now (the 1965 NYC blackout/career of David Cassidy)
12:30 NBA Inside Stuff
1:00 Legends of Golf
3:00 NBA Playoffs
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Jeopardy!
7:30 Wheel of Fortune
8:00 Golden Girls (pt 1)
8:30 Down Home
9:00 Golden Girls (conclusion)
9:30 Empty Nest
10:00 Sisters
11:00 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1:00 Byron Allen (guests Jill Clayburgh and Sheena Easton)
2:00 News
2:30 Movie "I, Jane Doe" (bw)
4:30 Headline News

WQED 13-PBS Pittsburgh
8:00 Homestretch
8:30 Sewing with Nancy
9:05 Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cookin'
9:45 and 10:30 Frugal Gourmet
11:20 Yan Can Cook
12:10 Today's Gourmet
1:00 Bradshaw on Homecoming marathon
8:00 Johnny Mathis-Chances are (from Nashville; the 'QED pledge breaks stretched this out to double its listed 90 min length)
11:00 Austin City Limits (guests the Texas Tornados, and McBride & the Ride)

WQEX 16-PBS Pittsburgh
8:00 Mousehouse
8:30 Sesame Street
9:30 Kukla, Fran & Ollie
10:00 Golden Years of Television (bw)
10:30 Classic Car Shop
11:05 Rod & Reel: Streamside
11:40 Model Railroading
12:15 Tracks Ahead
12:50 All About Trains
1:25 Polka Pride (guests the Polka Jets)
2:00 Ethics in America
3:00 French in Action
3:30 War & Peace in the Nuclear Age
4:30 Adam Smith's Money World
5:00 Wall Street Week
5:30 Computer Chronicles
6:05 and 6:40 EastEnders
7:15 Lawrence Welk
8:30 Roger Whittaker from the Tivoli
10:00 Championship Ballroom Dancing 1991
mid. Sherlock Holmes (bw)

WFMJ 21-NBC Youngstown
7:00 Widget
7:30 Peppermint Place
8:00 Camp Candy
8:30 Super Mario Bros.
9:30 Gravedale High
10:00 Kid 'n Play
10:30 Chipmunks
11:00 Saved by the Bell
11:30 Guys Next Door
noon Saturday Videos
12:30 NBA Inside Stuff
1:00 Legends of Golf
3:00 NBA Playoffs
6:00 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7:00 Superboy
7:30 Super Force
8:00 Golden Girls (pt 1)
8:30 Down Home
9:00 Golden Girls (conclusion)
9:30 Empty Nest
10:00 Sisters
11:00 News
11:30 Saturday Night Live
1:00 American Gladiators

WPTT 22-Ind Pittsburgh
5:00 Home Shopping Club
7:00 Greatest American Hero
8:00 Infomercials
10:00 Superboy
10:30 Super Force
11:00 American Gladiators
noon Movie "Tarzan the Fearless" (bw)
2:00 Adaams Family (bw)
2:30 Munsters (bw)
3:00 Munsters Today
3:30 My Secret Identity
4:00 What a Dummy
4:30 New Lassie
5:00 American Gladiators
6:00 Star Trek
7:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
8:00 Movie "J. Edgar Hoover"
10:00 21 Jump Street
11:00 Arsenio Hall
mid. Party Machine (guests Sheena Easton and Riff)
1:00 Pump It Up!
2:00 Home Shopping Club

WKBN 27-CBS Youngstown
7:00 Dink the Little Dinosaur
7:30 CBS StoryBreak
8:00 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
9:00 Garfield & Friends
10:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
11:00 Captain Planet
11:30 Pee-wee's Playhouse
noon Star Search
1:00 At the Butler
1:30 History of Auto Racing "Part III-Greatest Moments" (drivers in action, including Jackie Stewart in F1, and the 1976 Daytona 500 duel between Richard Petty and David Pearson)
2:30 Baseball Pre-Game
3:00 Baseball: NY Mets-Los Angeles
6:00 News
6:30 CBS Evening News
7:00 Roggin's Heroes
7:30 Three's Company
8:00 Movie "Beverly Hills Cop II"
10:00 Flash
11:00 News
11:30 Benny Hill
mid. Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous
1:00 Runaway with the Rich & Famous
1:30 Friday the 13th: the Series
2:30 News

WYTV 33-ABC Youngstown
7:00 Tennessee Tuxedo
7:30 Super Mario Bros. Super Show
8:00 Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
8:30 Wizard of Oz
9:00 Slimer! & the Real Ghostbusters
10:00 Beetlejuice
10:30 New Kids on the Block
11:00 Bullwinkle
11:30 Happy Days
noon Weekend Travel Update
12:30 Infomercials
2:00 The Memorial golf
4:30 The Preakness horse race
6:00 News
6:30 ABC World News Saturday
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Cash Explosion
8:00 Family Matters
8:30 Movie "For Your Eyes Only"
11:00 News
11:30 Arsenio Hall
12:30 Party Machine
1:30 ABC News
1:45 Five Minutes to Live By

WPCB 40-Rel Pittsburgh
5:00 700 Club
6:00 Gary Mitrik
6:30 Gavin & Patti Macleod
7:00 St. Bernard
7:30 Kids Like You
8:00 Superbook
8:30 Adventures in Dry Gulch
9:00 Flying House
9:30 Davey & Goliath
10:00 Fire by Nite
11:00 Jeff Fenholt
11:30 Focus on the Issues
noon Accent on Health
12:30 Let's Talk
1:00 Ed Hume on Gardening
1:30 Fr. Michael Manning
2:00 Fr. Lawrence Brett
2:30 Fr. Bob Macdougall
3:00 Deaf World
3:30 Zontas 100 Tois 100
4:00 Vivere al 100 Per Cento
4:30 America, Listen!
5:00 Outdoor Trail
5:30 Inside Sport
6:00 Fishing the West
6:30 Origins
7:00 Black Gospel Music
8:00 Beloved Thief
9:30 Messiah in the Day of Pentecost
10:00 Jack Van Impe
10:30 Dean & Mary
11:00 Lightmusic
11:30 Act It Out
12:30 His Place
1:00 Jeff Fenholt
1:30 Power Connection
2:00 Fire by Nite
3:00 700 Club
4:00 In Touch

WPGH 53-Fox Pittsburgh
5:00 Trapper John, MD
6:00 Bullwinkle
6:30 Dragon Warrior
7:00 Peter Pan & the Pirates
7:30 Bobby's World
8:00 and 8:30 Tom & Jerry Kids
9:00 Killer Tomatoes
9:30 Swamp Thing
10:00 Infomercials
noon Movie "Act of Vengeance"
2:00 Movie "Iron Eagle"
4:00 Movie "Missing in Action 2: The Beginning"
6:00 Charles in Charge
6:30 Mr. Belvedere
7:00 Night Court
7:30 M*A*S*H
8:00 and 8:30 Totally Hidden Video
9:00 and 9:30 Cops
10:00 Comic Strip Live (as 8, midnight)
11:00 Newhart
11:30 Movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors"
1:30 Jesse Jackson
2:30 Tales from the Darkside
3:00 Movie "Psycho III" (Anthony Perkins both starred in and directed this 1986 sequel)
 
Big Bloodbath was coming to WPGH and WPTT in about 3 and a half months. WPTT looked on edge by now. Massive layoffs at both WPGH and WPTT that fall and a Shop at Home format at WPTT till WPGH bought time with the very shows WPTT ran before - anyhow staffs at both stations shrunk. The PTT people were laid off that station and only 15 people stayed. A few of the PTT people went to WPGH, mostly sales people. Still quite a few WPGH people were also laid off at the same time. So WPGH was not an option for the PTT people, not even some of the PGH people. Sad year at both stations except for WPGH owner Sinclair and Eddie Edwards. Hey both stations claimed to be losing money for several eyars before so maybe these measures were necessary. Niether station was profitable in the late 80's and in 1990 from what their management teams at the time claimed.
 
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