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Retro: Rochester, NY - Tuesday, October 10, 1995

Here it is, my first stab at posting a day's worth of TV listings from one of my many TV Guides.

Here, in addition to the broadcast channels, I've included the "superstations" that were listed as cable channels in this particular edition. Some comments follow at the bottom:

- Rochester -
8 WROC (CBS)
10 WHEC (CBS)
13 WOKR (ABC)
21 WXXI (PBS)
31 WUHF (Fox/UPN)

- Syracuse -
3 WSTM (NBC)
5 WTVH (CBS)
9 WIXT (ABC)
24 WCNY (PBS)
68 WSYT (Fox)

- Buffalo -
2 WGRZ (NBC)
4 WIVB (CBS)
7 WKBW (ABC)

PIX WPIX (New York; WB)
TBS TBS Super Station
WGN WGN (Chicago; WB)
WOR WWOR (New York; Ind)

Tuesday, October 10, 1995

◙ - Closed Captioned

5 AM
8 Shepherd's Chapel 1:00
10 This Morning's Businesss
13 ABC News ◙ 1:00
31 Sailor Moon
4 Wake Up! ◙ 2:00
7 ABC News ◙
68 Empty Nest ◙
WGN Charles Perez 1:00

5:05 AM
TBS Court TV: America's Courts

5:30 AM
10 3 NBC News ◙
31 Highlander
5 This Morning's Business
7 Good Morning Western New York ◙ 1:30
9 ABC/Local News ◙ 1:30
68 Sailor Moon
PIX Flintstones

5:35 AM
TBS Headlines News

6 AM
8 CBS News
10 3 5 News 1:00
13 ABC/Local News 1:00
31 Dinosaurs ◙
2 68 Bananas In Pajamas ◙
24 French In Action
PIX Blinky Bill
WGN Jimmy Swaggart
WOR Infomercial

6:05 AM
TBS Captain Planet ◙

6:15 AM
21 G.E.D. En Espanol

6:30 AM
8 News
31 Mutant League
2 NBC News ◙
24 Morning Business Report
68 Goof Troop ◙
PIX Sailor Moon
WGN Kenneth Copeland
WOR Woody Woodpecker

6:35 AM
TBS Scooby Doo

6:45 AM
21 Morning Business Report

7 AM
8 4 5 This Morning ◙ 2:00
10 2 3 Todsy ◙ 2:00
13 7 9 Good Morning America ◙ 2:00
21 Sesame Street ◙ 1:00
31 Gargoyles ◙
24 Lamb-Chop's Play Along! ◙
68 Aladdin ◙
PIX V.R. Troopers ◙
WGN Ed Young
WOR Yogi Bear

7:05 AM
TBS Jetsons

7:30 AM
31 68 Bobby's World ◙
24 Shining Time Station ◙
PIX Animaniacs ◙
WGN Joyce Meyer
WOR Please Don't Eat The Daisies

7:35 AM
TBS Flintstones

8 AM
21 24 Barney & Friends ◙
31 V.R. Troopers ◙
68 Gargoyles ◙
PIX That's Warner Bros.! ◙
WGN News !;00
WOR I Dream Of Jeannie

8:05 AM
TBS Gilligan's Island [CZ]

8:30 AM
21 Mister Rogers ◙
31 PIX Mighty Max
24 Puzzle Place ◙
68 V.R. Troopers ◙
WOR Bewitched

8:35 AM
TBS Bewitched

9 AM
8 Maury Povich ◙ 1:00
10 4 9 Regis & Kathie Lee ◙
13 Montel Williams
21 24 Sesame Street ◙ 1:00
31 Goof Troop ◙
2 Jenny Jones 1:00
3 Sally Jessy Raphael 1:00
5 Phil Donahue ◙ 1:00
7 Ricki Lake 1:00
68 Bonkers ◙
PIX Dinosaurs ◙
WGN Dennis The Menace
WOR Courtship Of Eddie's Father

9:05 AM
TBS Who's The Boss? ◙

9:30 AM
31 Cubhouse ◙
68 Kenneth Copeland
PIX Doogie Howser, M.D. ◙
WGN Dennis The Menace
WOR Partridge Family

9:35 AM
TBS Andy Griffith [BW]

10 AM
8 Rolonda 1:00
10 3 Leeza 1:00
13 Sally Jessy Raphael 1:00
21 Puzzle Place ◙
31 Infomercials 1:00
2 George & Alana 1:00
4 Guiding Light ◙ 1:00
5 Gordon Elliott 1:00
7 9 Geraldo 1:00
24 Pappyland
68 Gabrielle ◙ 1:00
PIX Charles Perez 1:00
WGN Andy Griffith
WOR Charles In Charge

10:05 AM
TBS Little House On The Prairie 1:00

10:30 AM
21 Kidsongs ◙
24 Imagineland ◙
WGN Court TV: America's Courts
WOR Who's The Boss? ◙

11 AM
8 4 5 Price Is Right ◙ 1:00
10 3 Other Side 1:00
13 Mike And Maty ◙ 1:00
21 Lamb Chop's Play-Along! ◙
31 Baywatch ◙ 1:00
2 Leeza 1:00
7 A.M. Buffalo 1:00
9 George & Alana 1:00
24 Mister Rogers ◙
68 Ricki Lake 1:00
PIX Highway Patrol
WGN Perry Mason [BW] 1:00
WOR Love Boat 1:00

11:05 AM
TBS Matlock ◙ 1:00

11:30 AM
21 Shining Time Station ◙
24 Shelly T. Turtle
PIX Highway Patrol

Noon
8 10 13 3 4 5 7 9 News
21 Time To Grow 1:00
31 Ricki Lake 1:00
2 Flintstones
24 Lap Quilting ◙
68 Tempestt ◙ 1:00
PIX Rockford Files 1:00
WGN Geraldo 1:00
WOR Fugitive [BW] 1:00

12:05 PM
TBS Perry Mason [BW] 1:00

12:30 PM
8 4 5 Young And The Restless ◙ 1:00
10 Court TV: America's Courts
13 7 9 Loving ◙
2 Highway Patrol
3 Rush Limbaugh
24 Good Afternoon 1:00

1 PM
10 2 3 Days Of Our Lives ◙ 1:00
13 7 9 All My Children ◙ 1:00
21 Sociological Imagination 1:00
31 Tempestt ◙ 1:00
68 Golden Girls ◙
PIX Wonder Years ◙
WGN News 1:00
WOR Streets of San Francisco 1:00

1:05 PM
TBS Movie: "The Deadly Tower" 2:00

1:30 PM
8 4 5 Bold And The Beautiful ◙
24 Yan Can Cook
68 PIX Doogie Howser, M.D. ◙

2 PM
8 4 5 As The World Turns ◙ 1:00
10 2 3 Another World ◙ 1:00
13 7 9 One Life To Live ◙ 1:00
21 Storytime ◙
31 Fresh Prince ◙
24 Reading Rainbow ◙
68 Dinosaurs ◙
PIX Garfield ◙
WGN Quincy 1:00
WOR Barnaby Jones 1:00

2:30 PM
21 Barney & Friends ◙
31 Aladdin ◙
24 Storytime ◙
68 Cubhouse ◙
PIX Littlest Pet Shop

3 PM
8 5 Guiding Light ◙ 1:00
10 Danny! 1:00
13 7 9 General Hospital ◙ 1:00
21 Sesame Street ◙ 1:00
31 68 Taz-Mania ◙
2 Family Matters ◙
3 Jenny Jones 1:00
4 Rolonda 1:00
24 New York Learns
PIX Goof Troop ◙
WGN Charles Perez 1:00
WOR Mod Squad 1:00

3:05 PM
TBS Cartoon Planet 1:00

3:30 PM
31 68 X-Men ◙
2 Who's The Boss? ◙
24 Sesame Street ◙ 1:00
PIX Bonkers ◙

4 PM
8 4 9 Oprah Winfrey ◙ 1:00
10 Jenny Jones 1:00
13 Steo By Step ◙
21 Reading Rainbow ◙
31 68 Batman & Robin ◙
2 Full House ◙
3 Maury Povich ◙ 1:00
5 Schoolbreak Special ◙ 1:00 - From 1993: "Big Boys Don't Cry"
7 Montel Williams
PIX Aladdin ◙
WGN That's Warner Bros.! ◙
WOR Charles In Charge

4:05 PM
TBS Garfield ◙

4:30 PM
13 Family Matters ◙
21 Wishbone ◙
31 68 Power Rangers ◙
2 Step By Step ◙
24 Barney & Friends ◙
PIX Gargoyles ◙
WGN Animaniacs ◙
WOR Flying Nun

4:35 PM
TBS Brady Bunch

5 PM
8 10 2 3 9 News
13 4 5 7 News 1:00
21 Carmen Sandiego ◙
31 Ricki Lake 1:00
24 Wishbone ◙
68 Full House ◙
PIX Beverly Hills, 90210 ◙ 1:00
WGN Family Matters ◙
WOR Love Boat 1:00

5:05 PM
TBS Saved By The Bell ◙

5:30 PM
8 Coach ◙
10 Inside Edition ◙
21 24 Bill Nye The Science Guy ◙
2 Current Affair ◙
3 Hard Copy ◙
9 News ◙ 1:00
68 Roseanne ◙
WGN California Dreams ◙

5:35 PM
TBS Saved By The Bell: The College Years ◙

6 PM
8 10 13 2 4 5 7 News
21 Homework Hotline
31 Blossom ◙
3 News 1:00
24 Carmen Sandiego ◙
68 Star Trek: The Next Generation ◙ 1:00
PIX Full House ◙
WGN Saved By The Bell ◙
WOR Fugitive [BW] 1:00

6:05 PM
TBS Family Matters ◙

6:30 PM
8 4 5 CBS News ◙
10 2 NBC News ◙
13 7 9 ABC News ◙
21 24 Nightly Business Report ◙
31 Simpsons ◙
PIX Blossom ◙
WGN Saved By The Bell ◙

6:35 PM
TBS Family Matters ◙

7 PM
8 7 9 Wheel of Fortune ◙
10 5 American Journal ◙
13 Entertainment Tonight ◙
21 24 MacNeil, Lehrer Newshour ◙ 1:00
31 68 Home Improvement ◙
2 Hard Copy ◙
3 NBC News ◙
4 Inside Edition ◙
PIX Fresh Prince ◙
WGN Family Matters ◙
WOR Streets Of San Francisco 1:00

7:05 PM
TBS Funniest Home Videos ◙

7:30 PM
8 7 9 Jeopardy! ◙
10 2 Extra ◙
13 Roseanne ◙
31 Seinfeld ◙
3 Entertainment Tonight ◙
4 American Journal ◙
5 Inside Edition ◙
68 Simpsons ◙
PIX Family Matters ◙
WGN Newhart ◙

7:35 PM
TBS Funniest Home Videos ◙

8 PM
8 4 5 The Client ◙ 1:00
10 2 3 Wings ◙
13 7 9 Baseball Playoff 3:00 - Game 1 of the League Championship Series. (Live)
21 24 Nova ◙ 1:00 (22nd season opener)
31 68 Movie: "Alien Nation: Body And Soul" ◙ 2:00
PIX Movie: "FX 2: The Deadly Art Of Illusion" 2:00
WGN Hercules: The Legendary Journeys ◙ 1:00
WOR That Girl

8:05 PM
TBS Private Life Of Plants ◙ 1:00

8:30 PM
10 2 3 Newsradio ◙
WOR That Girl

9 PM
8 4 5 Courthouse ◙ 1:00
10 2 3 Frasier ◙
21 24 Masterpiece Theater ◙ 1:00 "The Buccaneers"
WGN Xena: Warrior Princess 1:00
WOR Mod Squad 1:00

9:05 PM
TBS Private Life Of Plants ◙ 1:00

9:30 PM
10 2 3 Pursuit Of Happiness ◙

10 PM
8 4 5 American Gothic ◙ 1:00
10 2 3 Dateline NBC ◙ 1:00
31 Matlock ◙ 1:00
68 News :35
PIX WGN WOR News 1:00

10:05 PM
TBS Private Life Of Plants ◙ 1:00

10:35 PM
68 Seinfeld ◙

11 PM
8 10 13 2 3 4 5 7 9 News :35
21 Are You Being Served?
31 Star Trek: The Next Generation ◙ 1:00
24 Charlie Rose 1:00
PIX Seinfeld ◙
WGN Night Court
WOR Barnaby Jones 1:00

11:05 PM
TBS Movie: "The Burning Bed" 2:00

11:05 PM
68 Northern Exposure ◙ 1:00

11:30 PM
21 Charlie Rose 1:00
PIX Cheers ◙
WGN Simon & Simon 1:00

11:35 PM
8 4 5 David Letterman ◙ 1:00
10 2 3 Jay leno ◙ 1:00
13 7 9 Nightline ◙

Midnight
31 Infomercials 1:00
PIX Murphy Brown ◙
WOR Hazel

12:05 AM
13 Hard Copy ◙
7 Court TV: America's Courts
9 Stephanie Miller 1:00
68 Baywatch ◙ 1:00

12:30 AM
21 Movie: "The Blue Angel" [BW] 1:30
PIX Coach ◙
WGN Honeymooners ◙ [BW]
WOR Infomercials 1:00

12:35 AM
8 4 Tom Snyder ◙ 1:00
10 2 3 Conan O'Brien ◙ 1:00
13 Jerry Springer 1:00
5 Married... With Children ◙
7 Stephanie Miller 1:00

1 AM
31 Doogie Howser, M.D. ◙
PIX Honeymooners ◙ [BW]
WGN In The Heat Of The Night ◙ 1:00

1:05 AM
5 Jerry Springer 1:00
9 Lauren Hutton And...
68 Dear John ◙
TBS Movie: "The Kissing Place" 2:00

1:30 AM
31 Tempestt ◙ 1:00
PIX News ◙ 1:00
WOR News

1:35 AM
8 Oprah Winfrey ◙ 1:00
10 3 Greg Kinnear
13 Infomercial
2 Tempestt ◙ 1:00
4 Infomercials 1:00
7 Lauren Hutton And...
9 ANC News
68 Golden Girls ◙

2 AM
WGN Infomercial
WOR Infomercials 2:00

2:05 AM
10 Nightside 1:30
13 Phil Donahue ◙ 1:00
3 Nightside 3:25
5 Infomercial
7 9 Mike And Maty ◙ 1:00
68 Movie: "Hardly Working" 1:55

2:30 AM
31 Infomercials 1:00
PIX Northern Exposure ◙ 1:00
WGN Honeymooners ◙ [BW]

2:35 AM
8 Maury Povich ◙ 1:00
2 Infomercial
4 Danny! 1:00
5 Tom Snyder ◙ 1:00

3 AM
WGN Movie: "The Brink's Job" 2:00

3:05 AM
13 Spree 1:55
2 Nightside 2:55
7 World News Now 1:55
9 World News Now 2:25
TBS Movie: "Hitler's Daughter" 2:00

3:30 AM
31 Beverly Hills,90210 ◙ 1:00
PIX Movie: "Prime Risk" 2:00

3:35 AM
8 4 Up To The Minute 1:25
10 Infomercial
5 Up To The Minute 1:55

4 AM
68 Baywatch ◙ 1:00
WOR Spree 2:00

4:05 AM
10 Nightside :55

4:30 AM
31 Empty Nest ◙

Comments:

The way the channel order is in the listings are the Rochester stations, then everybody else. As you can imagine, the Rochester stations were "dark" and the Syracuse and Buffalo stations were "light". A scheme similar to what you might have seen in the Philadelphia edition.

Of course, almost all of the programming listed for WOR was not the actual programming shown on WWOR (which, by the way, is licensed to Secaucus, NJ) aside from the news and perhaps "Who's The Boss?"

"Dennis The Menace", listed on WGN at 9 and 9:30 AM, was indeed the animated series and not the classic 60's sitcom.

The "Schoolbreak Special" on Channel 5 at 4 PM pre-empted the regular program at that hour, "Montel Williams".

WGRZ... Wow. How bad of a financial shape were they in for the fact that they were not just the only major network affiliate in this area to not have any local news in the morning or midday, but such a station to carry children's programming. "Bananas in Pajamas" at 6 AM and "Flintstones" at noon? Boy, that must hurt the bottom line a little bit...

Of course, it can't be worse than remembering the fact that child actresses Tempestt Bledsoe and Gabrielle Carteris once hosted their own talk shows! No doubt, the popularity of Ricki Lake had to have been a factor for these shows to happen...

Speaking of talk shows... yes, "Danny!" is indeed the ill-fated talk show hosted by Danny Bonaduce!

Feel free to reply with any comments, questions or concerns.
 
DToTheJ said:
WGRZ... Wow. How bad of a financial shape were they in for the fact that they were not just the only major network affiliate in this area to not have any local news in the morning or midday, but such a station to carry children's programming. "Bananas in Pajamas" at 6 AM and "Flintstones" at noon? Boy, that must hurt the bottom line a little bit...

WIVB also carried children's shows in the mornings during the early-1990s -- WGRZ (then already owned by Gannett) probably just wanted to follow their lead.

But of course, in Canada, CTV and TQS have also carried Flintstones at 12 Noon, into the early-1990s.
 
On 13 (WOKR), the 9 AM slot was taken up by Montel Williams by this point. This was a replacement for Donahue, which would be in its last season. It was a long time fixture on 13s lineup, dating back to the 70s. Another change in the fall of 1995 was Rochester's first hour-long 5 pm newscast, also on WOKR. I didn't get much of a chance to see WIVB in those days, but I did recall the 3 pm hour being taken up by something other than Guiding Light in that period. Though I think by some point in 1996 Night Court took up at least part of that hour.
 
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