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Retro: Reno, NV - Saturday-Monday, September 1-3, 1984

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RandTV

Guest
Saturday, September 1

NOTE: Network programs which are reruns from previous seasons from other networks (if applicable) are indicated.
SOURCES: Sacramento Bee and Reno Gazette-Journal via newspapers.com.

2 KTVN (CBS)
AM
06:00 - Captain Kangaroo
07:00 - Kidsworld
07:30 - Saturday Supercade
08:30 - Dungeons & Dragons
09:00 - Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1976-79)
09:30 - Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
11:00 - Biskitts
11:30 - U.S. Open Tennis
PM
05:00 - All in the Family
05:30 - Newscope
06:00 - CBS Evening News - Bob Schieffer
06:30 - News 2
07:00 - Fame
08:00 - Airwolf
09:00 - CBS Satuday Night Movies: "Sunburn" (1979) - Farrah Fawcett, Charles Grodin
11:00 - Movie: "Tugboat Annie" (1933) - Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery

4 KCRL (NBC)
AM
07:00 - Flintstone Funnies
07:30 - Shirt Tales
08:00 - Smurfs
09:30 - Alvin & the Chipmunks
10:00 - Mister T
10:30 - MLB Baseball: Los Angles Dodgers at Montreal Expos
PM
01:30 - Sportsworld: IBF Lightweight Boxing Championship - Harry Arroyo vs. Charlie "White Lightning" Brown, from Youngstown, OH
03:00 - On Center
03:30 - Lifelong Meaning
04:00 - Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
04:30 - Fantasy Island (half-hour edit)
05:00 - Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters (1980-82)
06:00 - NBC Nightly News - Connie Chung
06:30 - News 4 Reno
07:00 - The Blue Knight
08:00 - Diff'rent Strokes
08:30 - Silver Spoons
09:00 - Bosom Buddies (ABC, 1980-82)
09:30 - Mama's Family
10:00 - Legmen
11:00 - News 4 Reno
11:30 - Saturday Night Live - Host: Billy Crystal; Musical guest: Al Jarreau (March 17, 1984)

5 KNPB (PBS)
AM
08:00 - Sesame Street (x2)
10:00 - Louisiana Cookin'
10:30 - Kathy's Kitchen
11:00 - Do It Yourself Show
11:30 - Victory Garden
PM
12:00 - Dinner a Julia's
12:30 - Pet Action Line
01:00 - Magic of Oil Painting
01:30 - Images in Water Color
02:00 - Super Soccer
03:00 - Matinee at the Bijou
04:30 - Sneak Previews
05:00 - Evening at Pops
06:00 - National Geographic: "Australia's Animal Mysteries"
07:00 - Nova: "Visions of the Deep: The Underwater World of Al Giddings" (cinematographer for "Jaws")
08:00 - All Creatures Great and Small II
09:00 - Mystery!: "We, the Accused"
10:00 - The Good Neighbors
10:30 - To the Manor Born
11:00 - Soundstage

8 KOLO (ABC)
AM
07:00 - Monchichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
07:55 - Schoolhouse Rock!
08:00 - New Scoody and Scrappy-Doo Show
08:30 - Pac-Man/Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour
09:25 - Menudo on ABC
09:30 - The Littles
10:00 - Puppy's Further Adventures
10:30 - Best of Scooby-Doo
10:55 - Menudo on ABC
11:00 - ABC Weekend Special: "My Dear Uncle Sherlock"
11:30 - American Bandstand - Guests: New Edition ("Cool It Now" and "Mr. Telephone Man"), Romeo Void-("A Girl in Trouble" and "Never Say Never"); Video: "The More You Live, the More You Love" by A Flock of Seagulls
PM
12:30 - Movie: "Tarzan and His Mate" (1934) - Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan
02:15 - Movie: "Tarzan and the Leopard Woman" (1946) - Johnny Weismuller, Brenda Joyce
04:00 - Steeplechase Day...Atlanta, GA
04:30 - Sportsbeat - Peter Ueberroth looks back at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
05:00 - ABC's Wide World of Sports - Golden Gala Track & Field Meet (from Rome, Italy); U.S. Diving Championship (from Santa Clara, CA)
06:30 - Eyewitness News
07:00 - This Is Your Life
07:30 - Laugh-In
08:00 - T. J. Hooker
09:00 - Love Boat (2 hours)
11:00 - ABC News
11:15 - Movie: "Quest for Love" (1971) - Tom Bell, Joan Collins
AM
01:15 - Movie: "Forever Young, Forever Free" (1976) - Karen Valentine, Jose Ferrer

21 KAME (Ind.)
AM
08:00 - De Colores
08:30 - Health Field
09:00 - Brady Bunch
09:30 - That Teen Show
10:00 - Keeping Pace
10:30 - NFL Pro Magazine
11:00 - Movie: "The Little Colonel" (1935) - Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore
PM
12:30 - Taking Advantage
01:00 - Movie: "The Wild and the Free" (1980) - Granville Van Dusen, Linda Gray
03:00 - Motorcycle Racing: "Loudon (New Hampshire) Superbike Finals"
04:00 - Greatest American Hero
05:00 - Star Search
06:00 - Solid Gold - "Country Gold"; Guests: Mickey Gilley & Charly McClain ("Candy Man"), Eddie Rabbitt ("I Love a Rainy Night"), Waylon Jennings ("Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"), Alabama ("The Closer You Get"), Anne Murray ("A Little Good News")
07:00 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
08:00 - Movie: "The Prince and the Showgirl" (1957) - Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe
10:30 - INN News
11:00 - At the Movies
11:30 - Wall Street Journal Report
AM
12:00 - Movie: "The Organization" (1971) - Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair
02:00 - Movie: "I'll Be Seeing You" (1949) - Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten
 
Sunday, September 2

2 KTVN (CBS)

AM
06:15 - With This Ring
06:30 - Agriculture USA
07:00 - Jim Bakker
08:00 - Sunday Morning
09:30 - NFL Today
10:00 - NFL Football: San Francisco 49ers vs. Detroit Lions
PM
01:00 - U.S. Open Tennis
04:00 - Face the State (Nevada's answer to Face the Nation)
04:30 - Face the Nation - Guests: AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland, U.S. Chamber of Commerce board of directors member Robert Thompson, author Studs Turkel
05:00 - Entertainment This Week
06:00 - University of Nevada-Reno Football Preview
06:30 - 2 News
07:00 - 60 Minutes
08:00 - One Day at a Time (rerun of last episode with Bonnie Franklin, and second to last episode overall)
08:30 - Goodnight, Beantown
09:00 - Jeffersons
09:30 - Alice
10:00 - Trapper John, M.D.
11:00 - CBS News
11:15 - Movie: "The Savage is Loose" (1974) - George C. Scott, Trish Van Demere
AM
01:15 - Face the State (R)

4 KCRL (NBC)
AM
07:30 - Voice of Agriculture
08:00 - Robert Schuller
09:00 - Meet the Press - Guests: Postmaster General William Bolger, American Postal Workers Union President Moe Biller
09:30 - NFL '84
10:00 - NFL Football: Miami Dolphins vs. Washington Redskins
PM
01:00 - NFL Football: Los Angeles Raiders vs. Houston Oilers
04:00 - Fantasy Island
05:00 - Wild Kingdom
05:30 - In Seach Of... "Animal ESP"
06:00 - NBC Nightly News - John Palmer
06:30 - Perspective
07:00 - NBC Special: "Iacocca: An American Profile" - Host: Tom Brokaw
08:00 - Knight Rider (2 hours)
10:00 - The Streets (unsold TV pilot starring Michael Beck and Jerry Orbach)
11:00 - Movie: "Merry Andrew" (1958) - Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli

5 KNPB (PBS)
AM
08:00 - Sesame Street
09:00 - Mister Rogers
09:30 - Electric Company
10:00 - Supersoccer
11:00 - Matinee at the Bijou
PM
12:30 - Doctors On Call
01:00 - Creative Woman
01:30 - Quilting
02:00 - Computer Chronicles
02:30 - American Debate
03:00 - Sports America - "Holiday Champions, Labor Day 1984" - Featured: San Francisco Marathon; Ore-Ida Women's (Cycling) Challenge, various points of Idaho (innaugural event); World Class Rope Skipping Compeition, Boulder, CO
04:00 - Financial Enterprise
04:30 - Wall $treet Week
05:00 - Firing Line
06:00 - Great Performances: "Brideshead Revisited: Orphans of the Storm" (Part 9 of 11)
07:00 - Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau: "South to Fire and Ice" (seas of Antarctica)
08:00 - Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
09:00 - Masterpiece Theatre: "To Serve Them All My Days" (Part 12 of 13)
10:00 - Moonchild (docu-drama on Rev. Sung Myung Moon)
11:00 - Inside Story
11:30 - Tony Brown's Journal

8 KOLO (ABC)
AM
08:00 - Oral Roberts
08:30 - It Is Written
09:00 - Jerry Falwell
10:00 - Day of Discovery
10:30 - Worldwide Church of God
11:00 - El Amanacer (Dawn)
11:30 - Movie: "Little Boy Lost" (1953) - Bing Crosby, Claude Dauphin
PM
01:30 - Movie: "The Invasion of Johnson County" (1976) - Bill Bixby, Bo Hopkins
03:30 - Golf: U.S. Amateur Championship, final round, from Oak Tree Golf Club, Edmond, OK)
05:30 - Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (to 4:00 PM Monday)

21 KAME (Ind.)
AM
07:00 - Brady Bunuch
07:30 - G.I. Joe
08:00 - NFL Week in Review
08:30 - Larry Jones
09:00 - House Detective
09:30 - Charlie's Angels
10:30 - PAC 10 Review and Preview (basketball)
11:00 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
PM
12:00 - At the Movies - Reviews: "The Woman in Red", "Tightrope", "Red Dawn"
12:30 - Christian Children's Fund
 
Monday, September 3 (Labor Day)

2 KTVN (CBS)

AM
05:30 - Jim Bakker
06:30 - CBS Early Morning News
07:00 - CBS Morning News
09:00 - $25,000 Pyramid - Guests: Abby Dalton, Earl Holliman
09:30 - Press Your Luck
10:00 - Price is Right
11:00 - Love Connection
11:30 - U.S. Open Tennis (to 5:00 PM)
PM
05:00 - Newscope
05:30 - News 2
06:00 - CBS Evening News
06:30 - News 2
07:00 - PM Magazine
07:30 - Entertainment Tonight
08:00 - Scarecrow & Mrs. King
09:00 - Kate & Allie
09:30 - Newhart
10:00 - Cagney & Lacey
11:00 - News 2
11:30 - U.S. Open Tennis Highlights
AM
12:00 - CBS Late Movie: "The World's Greatest Lover" (1977) - Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise

--schedule pre-empted by the U.S. Open coverage--

11:00 - Young and Restless
12:00 - Love Connection
12:30 - As the World Turns
01:30 - Capitol
02:00 - Guiding Light
03:00 - Tom & Jerry
03:30 - Gilligan's Island
04:00 - Little House on the Prairie

4 KCRL (NBC)
AM
06:30 - NBC News at Sunrise
07:00 - Today
09:00 - Facts of Life
09:30 - Sale of the Century
10:00 - Wheel of Fortune
10:30 - Scrabble
11:00 - Diff'rent Strokes
11:30 - Search for Tomorrow
PM
12:00 - Days of Our Lives
01:00 - Another World
02:00 - Santa Barbara
03:00 - Fantasy Island (half-hour edit)
03:30 - Hour Magazine
04:30 - People's Court
05:00 - Love Boat
06:00 - NBC Nightly News
06:30 - News 4 Reno
07:00 - Fish
07:30 - Family Feud
08:00 - TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes - Joke victims: Rich Little, Michael J. Fox
09:00 - NBC Monday Night at the Movies: "Oh God! Book II" (1980) - George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette, David Birney, Louanne Sirota
11:00 - News 4 Reno
11:30 - Paid Policital Announcment
AM
12:00 - Best of Carson (June 10, 1983) - Guests: Roger Moore, Teresa Ganzel; Performer: Donna Summer (likely "She Works Hard for the Money", which was newly released that time)
01:00 - Late Night With David Letterman - Guest: Jerry Seinfeld (during his stand-up career)

5 KPBN (PBS)
AM
07:00 - Randall Aerobics
07:30 - Nightly Business Report (from previous Friday)
08:00 - Mister Rogers
08:30 - Reading Rainbow
09:00 - Sesame Street
10:00 - Randall Aerobics
10:30 - Kathy's Kitchen
11:00 - Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
PM
12:00 - Masterpiece Theatre
01:00 - Moonchild
02:00 - Do It Yourself Show
02:30 - European Journal
03:00 - Mister Rogers
03:30 - Electric Company
04:00 - Sesame Street
05:00 - Reading Rainbow
05:30 - Nightly Business Report
06:00 - Money World
06:30 - Dinner at Julia's
07:00 - MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
08:00 - Evening at Pops - Featured: Bernadette Peters sings a medley from "Pennies from Heaven" and songs by Harold Arlen; the Pops Orchestra plays Leonard Bernstein's "Divertimento for Orchestra".
09:00 - Great Performances - "Willie Stark" by Carlisle Floyd, starring Timothy Nolen and Jan Curtis in the Houston Grand Opera's producuction based on Robert Penn Warren's novel "All the King's Men".
11:30 - MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (R)

8 KOLO (ABC)
AM
06:00 - Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (continued, from 5:30 PM Sunday to 4:00 PM Monday)
PM
04:00 - Laverne & Shirley
04:30 - Three's Company
05:00 - Eyewitness News
05:30 - ABC World News Tonight
06:00 - Monday Night Football: Dallas Cowboys vs. Los Angeles Rams
09:00 - Call to Glory
10:00 - Taxi
10:30 - WKRP in Cincinnati
11:00 - Eyewitness News
11:30 - Nightline
AM
12:00 - Sanford and Son
12:30 - Laugh-In
01:00 - Insight
01:30 - Movie: "The Leather Saint" (1956) - John Derek, Paul Douglas

--weekday schedule pre-empted by the MDA Telethon--
AM
06:00 - ABC World News This Morning
07:00 - Good Morning America
09:00 - Laverne & Shirley (replaced by the debut week of "Jeopardy!" the following week)
09:30 - Edge of Night
10:00 - Celebrity Family Feud (repeats of celebrity weeks on the ABC version)
10:30 - Loving
11:00 - Family Feud
11:30 - Ryan's Hope
PM
12:00 - All My Children
01:00 - One Life to Live
02:00 - General Hospital
03:00 - Movie
05:00 - Three's Commpany

21 KAME (Ind.)
AM
07:00 - Tennessee Tuxedo (M, W, F; "Underdog" on T, Th)
07:30 - Inspector Gadget
08:00 - Little Rascals (M, T, Th; "Kids Incorporated" on W; "Jackson 5ive" on F)
08:30 - Brady Bunch (all weekdays except Wednesday with a second episode of "Kids Incorporated")
09:00 - 700 Club
10:00 - Charlie's Angels
11:00 - Merv Griffiin
PM
12:00 - INN News
12:30 - Sgt. Bilko
01:00 - Movie: "Jigsaw" (1968) - Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, Susan Saint James, Hope Lange, Diana Hyland (last film before her 1977 death)
03:00 - Flintstones
03:30 - Scooby-Doo
04:00 - He-Man
04:30 - Bewitched
05:00 - BJ/Lobo
06:00 - Charlie's Angels
07:00 - Soap
07:30 - Solid Gold Hits (daily half-hour version of "Solid Gold", hosted by Rick Dees)
08:00 - Movie: "Lawman" (1971) - Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Duvall
10:00 - Gunsmoke
11:00 - Twilight Zone
11:30 - INN News
AM
12:00 - Gene Scott
 
No syndicated Wheel in Reno?
Not yet, at least. It didn't even start airing on any of the LA stations until March 5, 1984! That move bumped The Joker's Wild and Tic-Tac-Dough back to KHJ (now KCAL) ch. 9 after two and a half years on KCOP ch. 13 where the syndie Wheel started.
 
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