Retro: San Francisco - Saturday, October 14, 1989

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Bay Area sports fans' dreams came true when both Bay Area MLB teams, the Giants and the Athletics started their World Series, only to be nearly shattered by the events from three days later as Game 3 was getting under way, delaying the series for ten days.

Part I: VHF Channels

2 KTVU (Fox)
6:00 America's Black Forum
6:30 It Is Written
7:00 World Tomorrow
7:30 Bay Area People
8:30 ThunderCats
9:00 Wolf Rock Power Hour - Syndincated combination of the 1984-85 Saturday Morning music video-based shows, Wolf Rock TV from ABC, and Kidd Video from NBC.
10:00 Soul Train
11:00 WWF Wrestling
NOON Magnum, P.I.
1:00 Movie: "Venom" (1982) - Klaus Kinski, Sterling Hayden, Sarah Miles, Oliver Reed
3:00 New Lassie
3:30 Munsters Today
4:00 My Secrets Identity
4:30 Out of This World
5:00 Superboy
5:30 Mama's Family
6:00 6 O'Clock News
6:30 M*A*S*H
7:00 Cheers
7:30 Tracey Ullman
8:00 Cops
8:30 The Reporters
9:30 Beyond Tomorrow
10:00 10 O'Clock News
11:00 Movie: "Radio Days" (1987) - Directed by Woody Allen (see reply for complete cast)
1:00 Movie: "The Eagle Has Landed" (1976) - Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall

"Radio Days" cast members: Seth Green (as young Joe, whom Woody Allen voices his adult self), Hy Anzell, Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels, Larry David, Mia Farrow (whom Allen shared a relation with at the time), Kitty Carlisle, Julie Kavner, Diane Keaton, Kenneth Mars, Josh Mostel (Zero's son), Don Pardo, Tony Roberts, Rebecca Schaeffer, Wallace Shawn, William H. Macy, Dianne Wiest

4 KRON (NBC)
NOTE: Normal NBC Saturday Morning schedule altered by KRON. Such is indicated as program listings bumping others, or pre-empting them completely from what was shown on most other NBC stations (e.g., KCRA 3 Sacramento, KSBW 8 Salinas).
5:00 Smurfs (bumped by Saved by the Bell and Home Turf)
6:00 ALF Tales (bumped by Buster and Me)
6:30 ALF: The Animated Series (bumped by Insport)
7:00 Buster and Me (local)
7:30 Camp (John) Candy
8:00 Captain N: The Game Master
8:30 Karate Kid
9:00 Saved by the Bell (freshman year; bumped by Better Your Home)
9:30 Home Turf (local)
10:00 Wild Kingdom (pre-empting Alvin & the Chipmunks)
10:30 Better Your Home (with Better Homes and Gardens)
11:00 InSport
11:30 Adventures in Space (x2; first episode pre-empting Kissyfur)
1:30 SportsWorld - Arc de Triomphe Horse Race
3:00 Movie: "The Mysterious Stranger" (1982) - Chris Makepeace, Bernhard Wicki, Fred Gwynne
5:00 NewsCenter 4
5:30 NBC Nightly News - Maria Shriver
6:00 Fight Back! With David Horowitz
6:30 Siskel & Ebert - Reviews: "The Fabulous Baker Boys", "Breaking In", "Crimes and Misdemeanors"
7:00 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Jeopardy!
8:00 227
8:30 Amen
9:00 Golden Girls
9:30 Empty Nest
10:00 Hunter (season premiere)
11:00 NewsCenter 4
11:30 Saturday Night's Main Event (WWF Wrestling; pre-empting Saturday Night Live)
1:00 It's Showtime at the Apollo
2:00 NewsCenter 4 (R)
2:30 Hardcastle & McCormick (x2)

5 KPIX (CBS)
6:30 Rude Dog & the Dweebs (bumped by Mac & Mutley)
7:00 Dink, the Little Dinosaur
7:30 Muppet Babies
8:30 Pee-wee's Playhouse
9:00 California Raisins
9:30 Garfield & Friends
10:30 Mac & Mutley (local)
11:00 Raggedy Ann & Andy
11:30 NCAA Football: Louisiana State vs. Auburn
3:00 This Is the NFL
3:30 College Mad House
4:00 Showcase of Homes
4:30 Success
5:00 Kate & Allie
5:30 Barney Miller
6:00 CBS Evening News - Bob Scheiffer
6:30 Eyewitness News
7:00 Mac & Mutley
7:30 Missing/Reward
8:00 Paradise
9:00 Tour of Duty
10:00 Saturday Night With Connie Chung (newsmagazine)
11:00 Eyewitness News
11:30 RollerGames
12:30 America Gladiators
1:30 Eyewitness News (R)
2:00 Hawaii Five-O

7 KGO (ABC)
6:00 World of Survival
6:30 Young Universe
7:00 A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
7:30 Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour
8:30 Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters
9:30 Beetlejuice
10:00 Bugs Bunny & Tweety
11:00 Animal Crack-Ups - Alan Thicke
11:30 ABC Weekend Special: "The Trouble With Miss Switch" (Part 1 of 2; originally aired Feb. 16, 1980)
NOON NCAA Football Preview
12:30 NCAA Football: UCLA vs. Arizona
4:00 Channel 7 News
5:00 1989 World Series, Game 1: San Francisco Giants vs. Oakland Athletics (A's)
8:30 World Series Special
9:00 Movie: "Prescription: Murder" (1968) - Peter Falk (debut role as Lt. Columbo), Gene Barry, Nina Foch, Katherine Justice
11:00 Channel 7 News
11:30 Byron Allen - Guests: Paul Reiser, Grayson Hugh, Chuckii Booker, Dennis Wolfberg
12:30 Columbo
2:00 Movie: "Angel on My Shoulder" (1946) - Anne Baxter, Paul Muni, Claude Rains

9 KQED (PBS)
7:00 Sesame Street (x3)
10:00 Frugal Gourmet
10:30 Dinner at Julia's
11:00 Yan Can Cook
11:30 International Kitchen
NOON Hometime
12:30 Health Matters
1:00 Collectors
1:30 Art of William Alexander & Lowell Speers
2:00 National Audubon Sociecty
3:00 Nature
4:00 Sneak Preview Goes Video - Updates: "Working Girl", "Something Wild", "King Lear", "Ran" (pronounced like 'Ron')
4:30 Make Yourself at Home
5:00 This Old House
5:30 Madeleine Cooks
6:00 Frugal Gourmet
6:30 Movie: "All Creatures Great and Small II" (1985) - Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Carol Drinkwater
8:00 Discoveries Underwater
9:00 Great Railway Journeys
10:00 Comedy Tonight - Featured: Bob Saget, Jimmy Brogan, Geoff Hoyle
10:30 Black Adder
11:05 Trying Times (anthology): "Hunger Chic" - Carrie Fisher, Griffin Dunne, Buck Henry
11:35 Jefferson Starship (1983 concert)
12:40 Comedy Tonight (possible repeat from 10:00 PM)

 

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Part II: UHF Channels

20 KOFY
6:00 CNN Headline News
6:30 Mixer
7:00 Man From U.N.C.L.E.
8:00 Leave It to Beaver (x2)
9:00 Batman
9:30 America's Top 10
10:00 TV 20 Dance Party
11:00 T and T
11:30 Beverly Hillbillies
NOON Bonaza
1:00 Daniel Boone
2:00 Fall Guy
3:00 Mission Impossible
4:00 Matt Houston
5:00 A-Team
6:00 Vega$
7:00 Big Spin - Geoff Edwards
7:30 Hogan's Heroes
7:55 Lotto 6/49
8:00 TV 20 Dance Party
9:00 Twilight Zone (x2)
10:00 Freddy's Nightmares
11:00 Monsters
11:30 Tales from the Darkside
MIDNIGHT Paid Program
12:30 Gilligan's Island
1:00 Remote Control - Ken Ober
1:30 America's Top 10
2:00 Mission: Impossible
3:00 Blue Knight

32 KQEC (PBS secondary)
10:00 Reading Rainbow
10:30 Read It (x2; 15 min.)
11:00 Getting to Know Me
11:30 Kids of Degrassi Street
NOON Mister Rogers
12:30 Today's Special
1:00 Books from Cover to Cover (x2; 15 min.)
1:30 Degrassi Junior High
2:00 Club Connect
2:30 Power of Choice
3:00 Sesame Street
4:00 Art of the Western World
5:00 Bill Moyers: A Second Look
6:00 Upstairs, Downstairs
7:00 Innovation
7:30 A Better Mousetrap
8:00 Messa per Rossini: "An American Premiere at Lincoln Center" - First ever U.S. performance of 1869 composition.
10:30 Other Side of the News: "Athletics & Academics"

36 KICU San Jose
6:00 San Jose Today
6:30 Left, Right & Center
7:00 Today's Kitchen
7:30 Paid Progam
8:00 Movie: "Hell in Normandy" (1968) - Guy Madison, Peter Lee Lawrence, Erika Blanc (released in French and Italian); French title: "Tete de pont pour huit implacables"; Italian title: "Testa di sbarco per otto implacabili"
10:00 Movie: "Africa Texas Style" (1967) - Hugh O'Brien, John Mills
NOON Movie: "How to Beat the Cost of High Living" (1980) - Jessica Lange, Jane Curtin, Susan Saint James (the latter two would later star in Kate & Allie from 1984-89).
2:00 Movie: "High Risk" (1981) - James Brolin, Cleavon Little, Bruce Davison
4:00 That's Incredible! (2 half-hour edited episodes)
5:00 Knight Rider
6:00 Greatest American Hero
7:00 Black Sheep Squadron
8:00 San Jose State Football: at Miami (Florida, as opposed to Ohio) (taped)
11:30 That's Incredible!
MIDNIGHT World Wide Wrestling
1:00 Movie: "The Pride of the Yankees" (1942) - Gary Cooper (as Lou Gehrig), Teresa Wright (as wife Eleanor), Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Babe Ruth (as himself)

42 KFCB (Christian Ind.) Concord
6:00 Shape Up
6:30 CNN Headline News
7:00 Davey & Golitah
7:30 Gospel Bill
8:00 Color Me a Rainbow
8:30 Superbook (x2)
9:30 Gospel Bill
10:00 Weekend Gardener
10:30 Sportsman's Showcase
11:00 NCAA Football: Brigham Young vs. Colorado State
2:00 700 Club
3:00 Journey to Adventure
3:30 CNN Headline News
4:00 Informed Viewer
5:00 Buenos Amigos (Good Friends)
5:30 Diles (Tell Them)
6:00 Look in the Book
6:30 CNN Headline News
7:00 Jack Van Impe
7:30 Goin' Places
8:00 Jerry Barnard
9:00 The Lundstroms
9:30 Challenge America
10:00 Dean & Mary Brown
10:30 Living Way
11:00 Winning/Reading Home Kit
11:30 Betty Jean Robinson

44 KBHK
6:00 Ebony/Jet Showcase - Guests: Johnny Mathis, Jody Watley
6:30 It's Your Business
7:00 Sunglasses
7:30 Larry Jones
8:00 Get Cash
8:30 Weight Loss
9:00 Personal Power
9:30 Play Piano
10:00 This Week in College Football
10:30 Movie: "Battlestar Galactica: The Phantom in Space" (1981) - Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict; Combination of the episodes "The Lost Warrior" (10/8/78) and "The Hand of God" (4/29/79).
12:30 Gimme a Break!
1:00 Happy Days (x2)
2:00 What's Happening!!
2:30 Diff'rent Strokes
3:00 Facts of Life (x2)
4:00 Movie: "Student Bodies" (1981) - Kristen Riter, Matt Goldsby, Cullen Chambers
6:00 Movie: "Escape to Witch Mountain" (1975) - Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence
8:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
9:00 Star Trek (original series)
10:00 Friday the 13th: The Series
11:00 Night Court
11:30 War of the Worlds
12:30 Crime Stoppers 800
1:00 Second Paycheck
1:30 Millionaire
2:30 Movie: "One Man Jury" (1978) - Jack Palance, Chritopher Mitchum, Pamela Shoop

50 KFTY Santa Rosa
6:00 Wild Game & Country Cooking
6:30 Outdoorsman
7:00 Fishing the West
7:30 Wall Street Journal Report
8:00 Financial
8:30 Paid Programs
11:00 Movie: "Kings of the Sun" (1963) - Yul Brynner, George Chakiris, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Basehart
1:00 Movie: "My Cousin Rachel" (1952) - Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton
3:00 Hee Haw - Guests: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, Big Al Downing, Riders in the Sky
4:00 Austin Encore
4:30 Weekend
5:00 College Mad House
5:30 InSport
6:00 Siskel & Ebert (see ch. 4 KRON at 6:30 PM)
6:30 Californa North
7:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation
8:00 Movie: "The Hustler" (1961) - Jackie Gleason, Paul Newman, George C. Scott
11:00 CNN Headline News
11:30 RollerGames
12:30 Movie: "The Band Wagon" (1953) - Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan

 

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Where's the Schedule for KTSF Channel 26?

 

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Where's the Schedule for KTSF Channel 26?

Do you also want the schedule for KDTV 14?

 

[stratonapba]

Do you also want the schedule for KDTV 14?

Yes on Both

 

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Part III: More UHF Channels

14 KDTV (Univision)
NOTES: Bold n represents the Spanish letter 'enye'. Also, Spanish titles only capitalize the first word and proper names.
7:00 Univision y los ninos
9:00 Isla del tesoro (Treasure Island)
9:30 Erase una vez en la vida (Once Upon a Time in Life)
10:00 Erase una vez un hombre (Once Upon a Time, There was a Man)
10:30 Voltron
11:00 Portada (Front Page)
11:30 Habalmos de cine (We Talk About Cinema)
MEDIODIA Mundo vision (World Vision; Christian charity)
2:00 Lo mejor de la semana (The Best of the Week)
2:30 Lucha libre (Wrestling)
3:30 Johnny Canales
4:30 Carrera de autos (Auto Racing): CART American Racing Series, from Nazareth, PA (in Spanish)
5:30 Topo Gigio - Italian mouse puppet character, best known in the US for frequent appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show.
6:00 Tu musica
6:30 Noticiero Univision
7:00 En la bahia (In the Bay)
7:30 Loteria (de California)
8:00 Sabado Gigante - Don Francisco
11:30 To musica (R)
MEDIANOCHE Mundo vision

22 KRCB (PBS) Rohnert Park/Sonoma State Univ.
4:00 (PM) Big Red Football
4:30 MotorWeek
5:00 Marilyn MacKay's Autograph - Guest: New Jersey High school principal Joe Clark, depicted in the then-recent film "Lean on Me", portrayed by Morgan Freeman.
5:30 Wild America - Marty Stouffer
6:00 NatureScene: "Clifty Falls"
6:30 Snake River: "First in Time, First in Rights"
7:00 Hometime
7:30 Make Yourself at Home
8:00 Lonesome Pine - Featured: Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine
9:00 Aire Play (x2)
10:00 P.O.V.

26 KTSF (Religious/Asian)
6:30 TBA
7:00 God's Word of Ministry
8:00 Dr. Paul Yonggi Cho (Korean pastor) (x2)
9:00 Korean American Christian Mission
10:00 Filipiniana (Tagalog)
NOON Manila, Manila (Tagalog)
1:00 Images of China (Mandarin)
3:00 Formula for Love (Mandarin)
5:00 Chinese Journal (Mandarin)
5:30 Asian Journal: Japanese
6:00 TBA
6:30 Bay Meadows Report (horse race track in San Mateo)
7:00 Fuji TV (Japanese)
10:30 Tokyo TV News (Japanese)
11:00 Tamasha (Farsi)
MIDNIGHT Movie: "Duel of Ultimate Weapons" (1983) (Korean)

48 KSTS (Telemundo) San Jose
9:00 Memories of Portugal (Portuguese?)
10:00 Portuguese Programming
11:00 World Vision (Spanish?)
NOON GeoVision
12:30 Sera anuciado (To be announced)
1:00 Cara a cara (Face to Face)
2:00 Pelicula: "Cazador de demonios" ("Demon Hunter") (1983)
4:00 Deportes (Sports) Telemundo
6:00 MTV Internacional
7:00 Pelicula: "Sudor frio" ("Cold Sweat") (1970) - Charles Bronson, Liv Ullman, James Mason, Jill Ireland (Bronson's wife)
9:00 Espectacular del mes (Spectacular of the Month)
10:00 Lucha Libre (Wrestling)
11:00 Pelicula (title unavailable)

54 KTEH (PBS) San Jose
8:00 Yoga and Meditation
8:30 Left, Right & Center
9:00 Update
9:30 European Journal
10:00 Editors
10:30 Search for Common Ground
11:00 Vistas
11:30 Heritage
NOON Money Watch
12:30 Computer Chronicles
1:00 Marilyn MacKay's Autograph (possibly the same episode with Joe Clark on KRCB 22)
1:30 Welcome to My Studio
2:00 Amish Cooking From Quilt Country
2:30 Travelin' Gourmet
3:00 Hometime
3:30 MotorWeek
4:00 Adam Smith's Money World
4:30 Washington Week in Review
5:00 Malone
5:30 Wall $treet Week
6:00 Bradshaw on: The Family
7:00 Lawrence Welk
8:00 WonderWorks: "Home at Last"
9:00 No Place Like Home
9:30 Two's Company
10:00 Austin City Limits - Featured: Ricky Skaggs, The Whites
11:00 Doctor Who

60 KSCM (PBS) San Mateo
8:00 Portrait of a Family (x2)
9:00 Invitation to Fly (x2)
10:00 French in Action (x2)
11:00 Faces of Culture (x2)
NOON Humanities Through the Arts (x2)
1:00 Project Universe (x2)
2:00 Introduction to Piano (x2)
3:00 Understanding Human Behavior (x2)
4:00 Marketing (x2)
5:00 French in Action (x2)
6:00 Rod & Reel Streamside
6:30 MotorWeek
7:00 Conserving America
8:00 Messa per Rossini (see 32 KQEC @ 8:00 PM)
10:00 Lonesome Pine - Featured: Cyril Neville
11:30 Austin City Limits - Featured: Ricky Skaggs, The Whites

 

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Yes on Both

I've filled in much of the rest of the Bay Area UHF stations.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Oof what a then once nice weekend before the quake hit.