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Retro: Portland, OR, Tue. October 27th, 1987

Source: TV Guide
Picked up at an antique store in Kalama. They had about 75 TVGs from 1963-1992 for $2 a piece.

CHANNELS
2 KATU Portland (ABC)
6 KOIN Portland (CBS)
8 KGW Portland (NBC)
10 KOAP Portland (PBS)
12 KPTV Portland (Fox)
15 KCKA Centralia (PBS, relays KTPS/28)
49 KPDX Portland (IND)

5AM
6 CBS News Nightwatch Continues
8 Today (at 5AM?)

6AM
2 ABC/Local News
6 Gary Randall
8 NBC News-Deborah Norville
12 Muppet Show
49 Jimmy Swaggart

6:30
6 8 News
12 G.I. Joe
49 Thundercats

7AM
2 Good Morning America
Scheduled: Whoopi Goldberg.
6 CBS News-Faith Daniels
8 Today
Scheduled: Author Tom Wolfe.
10 A.M. Weather
12 JEM
49 Dennis the Menace

7:15
10 Contemporary Health Issues

7:30
6 Morning Program
Scheduled: Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.); the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
12 Ramblin' Rod (local?)
49 Scooby Doo

7:45
10 AM Weather

8AM
10 Zoobilee Zoo
49 Bionic Six

8:30
10 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
12 My Little Pony 'n Friends
15 Sesame Street
49 Beverly Hills Teens

9AM
2 AM Northwest
Scheduled: Authors Lee Gardenswartz and Anita Rowe ["What it Takes"]; Jayne Loader ["Between Pictures"]. Also: Halloweeen costumes; gourmet cooking. [Live]
6 Wil Shriner
Sally Struthers ["9 to 5"] and Tom Poston ["Newhart"]. Also: a segment on antiques. [Must have lasted one season or less, I've never heard of Wil before. Paging Eric Stein...]
8 Sale of the Century
10 Sesame Street
12 Brady Bunch
49 Andy Griffith BW

9:30
8 Classic Concentration
12 I Dream of Jeannie
49 Dick Van Dyke BW

10AM
2 Who's The Boss?
Part 1. Angela remembers her first kiss with a boy from the camp across the lake-the same camp Tony went to.
6 Price is Right
8 Wheel of Fortune
10 Captain Kangaroo
12 Scarecrow and Mrs. King
49 Movie
"Fathom." [1967] Raquel Welch amply displays her anatomical charms as an athletic secret agent pursuing spies in Spain.

10:30
2 Mr. Belvedere
Belvedere's services are auctioned off at a benefit, but the bidder wants unusual services.
8 On the Spot (what was the objective of this game show? I know the E/I syndicated series with the same title, but what about this game show?)
10 Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cookin': Outdoors

11AM
2 Ryan's Hope
6 Young and the Restless
8 Super Password
Scheduled: Dick Martin, Betty White.
10 Victory Garden
12 Rockford Files
15 Family Classics

11:30
2 Loving
8 Scrabble
10 Collectors
The conclusion of a visit to Atlanta. Included: Indian baskets, Georgia folk art, and children's Victorian clothing.
15 Sesame Street

Noon
2 Divorce Court
6 News
8 High Rollers
10 Nature
12 Perry Mason BW
49 Richard Simmons Silm Cooking

12:30
2 Superior Court
8 Sally Jessy Raphael
15 Somebody Else's Place
49 Getting In Touch with Dr. David Viscott
Topics include rekindling old relationships.

1PM
2 One Life to Live
6 As The World Turns
8 Another World
12 Movie
"Ordeal by Innocence." [1984] Agatha Christie whodunit with Donald Sutherland as a scientist playing amateur sleuth to solve a matriarch's murder.
49 Quincy

1:30
10 G.E.D

2PM
2 General Hospital
6 Guiding Light
8 Santa Barbara
10 Personal Finance
49 700 Club

2:30
10 Project Universe

3PM
2 All My Children
6 Geraldo
8 Days of Our Lives
10 Business of Management
12 Flintstones
15 Frugal Gourmet
Corn is used to prepare pudding, pancakes and bread. Also: a visit to a cornfield.
49 Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin

3:30
10 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
12 Smurfs' Adventure
15 Computers at Work
49 Ghostbusters

4PM
2 Oprah Winfrey
6 Love Connection
8 Main Street-Maria Shriver
Scheduled: actor Jason Bateman. Also: profiles of teen-age migrant workers; and a report on living with handicapped siblings.
10 Sesame Street
12 Real Ghostbusters
15 Homework Hotline
49 Dinosaucers

4:30
6 People's Court
12 DuckTales
49 Jetsons

5PM
2 6 8 News
10 Square One Television
A heavy-metal song about the metric and English measurement systems.
12 Little House on the Prairie
Laura [Melissa Gilbert] competes for a body's attention while Charles [Michael Landon] takes part in a freight-hauling contest.
15 Sesame Street
49 Happy Days
Part 1. Fonzie sets out to make a record-breaking motorcycle jump.

5:30
10 3-2-1 Contact
A look at a Masai house in Kenya.
49 Gimme a Break!
Conclusion. Nell discovers that the only one who dreads having Mama (Rosetta Le Noire) move in with her more than she does is Mama herself.

6PM
2 ABC News-Peter Jennings
6 CBS News-Dan Rather
8 NBC News-Tom Brokaw
10 Frugal Gourmet
New England fare includes smoky clam chowder, pot roast, cream salt cod and corn fritters.
12 Family Ties
Alex (Michael J. Fox) tries to tame the independent young woman he's wildly attracted to.
15 Nightly Business Report
49 Facts of Life
Natalie accepts a dance invitation from Tootie's cousin [Peter Parros], drawing support from some, and criticism from others-including Tootie [Kim Fields].

6:30
2 News
6 M*A*S*H
The spirit of Christmas manifests itself at the 4077th, beginning with a potluck party for the Korean orphans.
8 On the Spot
10 Nightly Business Report
12 Three's Company
Chrissy's dad pressures her to move so he can gain a pastorate from a prudish church committee.
15 Motorweek '88
A road test of a redesigned Lincoln Continental; a luxury car auction in North Carolina. Also: driving aids for the handicapped.
49 Facts of Life
A large communication gap separates Tootie [Kim Fields] and her lawyer mother [played by Kim's real mother Chip Fields].

7PM
2 Win, Lose or Draw
Guests: Charo, Bernie Kopell, Martha Raye and Ted Lange. Host: Bert Convy.
6 Wheel of Fortune
8 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: Michael Landon.
10 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
12 Cheers
When ex-con Andy [Derek McGrath] returns to Cheers, Diane tries to help him pursue an acting career.
15 Nature
49 Magnum, P.I.
Magnum aids a writer [Darren McGavin] whose self-destructive behavior threatens his ex-wife's alimony and Robin's estate.

7:30
2 Hollywood Squares
Dale Robertson, Shadoe Stevens, Mark McEwen, Edie McClurg, Teri Copley, Robert Guillaume, William Conrad, JM J. Bullock.
6 Jeopardy!
8 PM Magazine
Included: John Madden; the World Eskimo Indian Olympics. Jack McGowen and Elaine Busby are the program hosts.
12 Newlywed Game

8PM
2 Who's The Boss?
Tony [Tony Danza] hopes it'll be love at first sight when he introduces his new discovery [Scott Bloom] to Sam [Alyssa Milano], but it looks like even "like" is a long shot.
6 AIDS: The Northwest Picture
The impact of AIDS in the Portland area is discussed with high-school students. Guests include Dr. Mark Loveless, Prof. Matthew Prophet, the Rev. Rodney Page and Oregon AIDS health educator Claudia Webster.
8 Matlock
Matlock [Andy Griffith] locks horns with Washington's power elite as he probes a conspiracy to frame a columnist for the murder of her source. Part 1 of two.
10 Nova
"Japan's American Genius" profiles self-educated inventor Stanford Ovshinsky, who's promoting the use of solar power harnessed by panels he invented and produces. Ovshinsky has convinced the scientific community that costly crystal semiconductors can be replaced with amorphouse glass, and he's now seeking to profit from his invention. Included: scenes of Ovshinsky talking to Japanese businessmen and oil-dependent Hawaii residents.
12 Movie
"S.O.S. Titanic." [Made for TV, 1979] Special effects salvage the story of the "unsinkable" ship's 1912 maiden voyage. David Janssen.
15 Bergerac
An investigation into the robbery of a visiting American network executive and attempts to blackmail a local TV journalist lead Bergerac [John Nettles] to the New York mob.
49 Movie
"The Funhouse." [1981] The old monster-on-the-midway gimmick. Elizabeth Berridge.

8:30
2 Growing Pains
A star is born when Mike [Kirk Cameron] lands a leading role in the school play opposite the lovely Monica [Christa Denton]. But minutes before showtime, it becomes apparent that Mike hasn't bothered to memorize his lines.

9PM
2 Moonlighting
From 1986: When David [Bruce Willis] admits he was once married, Maddie [Cybill Shepherd] stops at nothing to find out about the ex-Mrs. Addison, including following David to his former brother-in-law's funeral. Sandahl Bergman appears as the ex-wife in a dream sequence.
6 Jake and the Fatman
A skid-row killing spree becomes a family affair when the killer goes after a surprising victim and then delights in trying to outwit McCabe [William Conrad].
8 J.J. Starbuck
J.J. questions the "accidental" death of a children's-book illustrator when the dead man's collaborator refuses to continue his partner's charitable work despite inheriting all his money. J.J.: Dale Robertson.
10 Front Street Weekly
A discussion with white supermacist leader Richard Butler. Also: John Newton, local composer and performer.
15 Oil

9:30
10 This Old House
Pouring the foundation for the kitchen wing; steaming wallpaper off the plasterboards; and assessing electrical-wiring plans.

10PM
2 thirtysomething
Hope and Michael [Mel Harris, Ken Olin] measure the "level of misery" in their "perfect" marriage against that of Elliot and Nancy's as that couple's intense argument is seen from the point of view of each of the four.
6 Law and Harry McGraw
Harry's pot runneth over when he sits in on a big-league poker game involving a legendary player and a wealthy restaurateur, whose cheating wife is murdered while hubby plays.
8 Crime Story
Is their a link between a Weisbord smuggling operation and a Federal employee suspected of a string of brutal murders? The attorney general's office refuses to help, claiming a need to maintain "plausible deniability."
10 Ring of Truth
The two-week Tour de France bicycle race is the major focus of Philip Morrison's study of how physical properties react to dramatic "Change" in conditions. Morrison fonds the bikers' daily calorie intake to be equal to 32 jelly donuts. "Three donuts," he says, are expended during peddling, while another six are used to combat wind resistance. The remainder are emitted as vaporized heat. Also: the reaction of a spoon held close to a lit match; and changes following a combustible chain reaction in a sealed box.
12 News
15 Nightly Business Report
49 Carol Burnett and Friends
Guests: Sammy Davis Jr. and Cher. Comedy: Sammy and Harvey team up in the Old West; the movie "Shampoo" gets teased.

10:30
15 Sports Report
Taped in Europe: Acrobatic skiing in the Alps; World Cup diving; wrestling in Germany.
49 Matchmaker

11PM
2 6 8 News
10 Mystery!
The four-part "Have His Carcase" begins with mystery writer Harriet Vane [Harriet Walter] finding a body on a deserted beach.
12 Late Show
Scheduled: Marlon Jackson. Arsenio Hall, Mark Hudson and the Party Animals.
49 The Dating Game

11:30
2 Nightline
6 Night Heat
A drug bust is spoiled by an off-duty cop [Jason Miller] who arrives on the scene and starts shooting. Scott Hylands.
8 Tonight Show
Scheduled: Guest host Jay Leno, actor Paul Reiser, Donna Mills, Tom Gaskins of the Cypress Knee Museum.
49 Movie
"The Day Time Ended." [1980] Good special effects enhance a low-budget story of a family caught in a time warp.

Midnight
2 Kojak
12 Barney Miller

12:30
8 Late Night with David Letterman
Scheduled: Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, singer Dave Mason.
12 Benny Hill

12:40
6 Movie
"Fire on the Mountain" embroils a crusty New Mexico rancher [Buddy Ebsen] with the U.S. military, out to get his land for a missile site. A 1981 TV-movie.

1AM
2 News
12 Carson's Comedy Classics

1:30
8 News
49 INN News

2AM
6 CBS News Nightwatch
49 Movie
"Magnificent Obsession." [1954] A playboy, responsible for a woman's blindness, devotes himself to medicinel. The Lloyd C. Douglas novel was better filmed in 1935. Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson.

4AM
6 CBS News Nightwatch Continues
49 Movie
"Koroshi." [1967] A mysterious Japanese coastal island, ruled by a murder brotherhood, becomes the action target for British agent Drake [Patrick McGoohan].

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
6 Wil Shriner
Sally Struthers ["9 to 5"] and Tom Poston ["Newhart"]. Also: a segment on antiques. [Must have lasted one season or less, I've never heard of Wil before. Paging Eric Stein...]

Yes, Wil Shriner was only on for a season. The show was syndicated through Group W. He's the son of early TV comedian Herb Shriner and the twin brother of Kin Shriner (Scotty on "General Hospital"). IIRC the show evolved (or was outright replaced) by Hour Magazine.
 
crainbebo said:
4PM

8 Main Street-Maria Shriver
Scheduled: actor Jason Bateman. Also: profiles of teen-age migrant workers; and a report on living with handicapped siblings.

What normally aired here?
 
RALfan said:
crainbebo said:
4PM

8 Main Street-Maria Shriver
Scheduled: actor Jason Bateman. Also: profiles of teen-age migrant workers; and a report on living with handicapped siblings.

What normally aired here?

Phil Donahue.

-crainbebo
 
KCKA is based about 70mi N of Portland. If you had a good antenna with a rotor, you could probably get 15 from Centralia. Listing may have been for the Kelso/Longview folks...

-crainbebo
 
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