Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Channels listed (Broadcast/Superstations)
3 WEDU Tampa (PBS)
8 WXFL Tampa (NBC)
9 WGN Chicago (IND)
9 WOR New York (IND)
10 WTSP Tampa (ABC)
11 WINK Fort Myers (CBS)
13 WTVT Tampa (CBS)
16 WUSF Tampa (PBS)
17 WTBS Atlanta (IND)
20 WBBH Fort Myers (NBC)
22 WCLF Tampa (Christian)
26 WEVU Naples (ABC)
28 WFTS Tampa (IND)
40 WXLT Sarasota (ABC)
44 WTOG Tampa (IND)
Channels listed (cable)
CBN (CBN Cable)
CHN (Cable Health Net.)
CNN (CNN)
DAY (Daytime, merged to become Lifetime in '84)
ESPN (ESPN)
HBO (Home Box Office)
HTN (Home Theater)
LOC Local Access (Sarasota, ch. 4 cable)
MAX (Cinemax)
NICK (Nickelodeon)
SHOW (Showtime)
SPOT Spotlight Net (short-lived?)
TMC (Movie Channel)
TNN (Nashville Net.)
USA USA Network
MORNING
7:00AM
8 20 Today
9 Top o' The Morning
9 Jimmy Swaggert
10 26 40 Good Morning America
11 13 Morning News
22 Gary Randall
44 Popeye and Friends
CBN Movie: "Swamp Fire" (1946)
CHN Cable Health World Report
ESPN Business Times
MAX Sunshine's On The Way
USA Alive & Well!
7:05
17 Funtime
7:30
9 Bullwinkle
9 Jim Bakker
22 Jimmy Swaggert
28 Tom & Jerry
CHN Reader's Digest Lifetime
LOC Weather
SHOW Mark Twain Theatre
TMC: Movie: Mountain Family Robinson
7:35
17 I Dream of Jeannie
7:45
3 A.M. Weather
8:00
3 Lllias, Yoga and You
9 Bozo's Big Top
22 700 Club
28 Jimmy Swaggart
44 Great Space Coaster
CHN Regis Philbin's Health Styles
ESPN SportsCenter
LOC Video Music Channel
MAX: Movie: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisle
NICK Today's Special
8:05
17 My Three Sons
8:25
HBO Movie: The Wonder of It All
8:30
3 Voyage
9 Nine On New Jersey
28 Jack LaLanne
44 Underdog
CBN Movie: "Bullwhip" (1958)
NICK Dusty's Treehouse
SPOT Movie: "Full Moon High"
8:35
17 Hazel
8:45
16 A.M. Weather (man that's a late sign on for a PBS station for '83!)
9:00
3 Educational Programming
8 Card Sharks
9 Straight Talk
10 20 40 Donahue
11 Hour Magazine
13 Merv Griffin
16 Gourmet Cooking
26 Wheeler in The Morning
28 Movie: "Father was A Fullback" (1949)
44 Emergency!
CHN Crisis Counselor
CNN Daywatch
ESPN Horse Racing Weekly
LOC 4-Sight
NICK Pinwheel
SHOW Introducting Janet! (I think)
TNN Nashville Now
USA Calliope
9:05
17 Movie: Four Faces West
9:30
3 Electric Company
9 Bewitched
8 Joker's Wild
16 Erica- Theonie
22 Paul Yonggl Cho (or Yonggi)
CHN It Figures
ESPN SportsWoman
LOC Social Security Workshop
TMC Movie: I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can
10:00
3 Educational Programming
8 The Facts of Life
9 Movie: The Model and The Marriage Broker
9 Romper Room
10 Liz Richards
11 Tic Tac Dough
13 The New $25,000 Pyramid
16 Cinema Showcase
20 Joker's Wild
22 Action 60s
26 CBN 700 Club
40 Jim Bakker
44 The Waltons
CHN Mommy, Daddy and Me
CNN Morning Break
ESPN SportsCenter
HBO Woman's Gymnastics
LOC Senior Citizen Report
MAX Movie: J.D. and The Salt Flat Kid
SHOW Movie: Intruder in The Dust
USA Sonya
10:30
8 Sale of The Century
10 Richard Simmons
11 Child's Play
13 Lie Detector
16 Sneak Previews
20 Bullseye
CHN Join The Group
LOC Picture of Health
SPOT Movie: Chu Chu and The Phily Flash
TNN Fandango
11:00
3 (incomplete) The ???? system The 1983 Florida Legislature
8 20 Wheel of Fortune
9 News
10 26 40 Love Boat
11 13 Price is Right
16 Today in The Legislature
22 Heritage Sisters
28 Jim Bakker
44 Bob Newhart
CHN Cable Health World Report
CNN Daywatch
ESPN NBA Basketball: First Round Playoff
LOC Information: Memorial
TNN Dancin' U.S.A.
USA Woman's Day USA
11:05
17 The Catlins
11:30
3 Educational Programming
8 20 Dream House
9 You Asked for It
22 Today in Bible Prophecy
44 News
CBN Another Life
CHN New Way Gourmet
HBO Movie: Excalibur
LOC The Making of Gandhi
MAX Movie: The Green Man
SHOW Movie: Underground Aces
TMC Movie: The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
USA Coronation Street
11:35
17 That Girl
AFTERNOON
Noon
3 Educational Programming
8 9 10 11 News
9 Big Valley
13 Pulse Plus!
16 Last Chance Garage
20 Battlestars
22 How Can I Live?
22 Independent Network News
28 Andy Griffith
40 Family Feud
44 Perry Mason
CBN: Movie: It's In The Bag (1945)
CHN Body Factory
CNN Take Two
LOC Florida Phenomena
SPOT Movie: Man of La Mancha
TNN I-40 Paradise
USA Movie: The Passionate Stranger (1957)
12:05
17 People Now
12:30
8 All In The Family
10 26 40 Ryan's Hope
11 Young and The Restless
16 Over Easy
20 Search for Tomorrow
22 Good Life
28 Dick Van Dyke
CHN Charlie Rose
LOC Movie Week
TNN Opryland On Stage
1:00
8 20 Days of Our Lives
9 You Asked for It
9 Movie: Mr. 880 (1950)
10 26 40 All My Children
13 Young and The Restless
16 Viewpoint on Nutrition
28 Movie: Pete Kelly's Blues
44 Movie: Runt to The High Country (1974)
CHN Special Presentation
DAY Personal Side
LOC Sarasota On Review
MAX Movie: The Gazebo
TMC Movie: Jabberwocky
1:05
17 Movie: Timberjack (1954)
1:15
DAY Just Good Food
1:30
9 Independent Network News
11 As The World Turns
16 Consultation
22 Zola Levitt
CHN Coping
DAY From Washington: Citizen Alert
ESPN High School Basketball (McDonald's All-America Game from Atlanta)
LOC Photographer's Eye
SHOW Movie: Edge of Doom
TNN Yesteryear in Nashville
2:00
8 20 Another World
9 Dick Van Dyke
10 26 40 One Life to Live
13 As The World Turns
16 Lillas, Yoga and You
22 Family Life
CBN My Little Margie
CHN Human Sexuality
CNN News, Weather, Sports
DAY Health
HBO Phillip Marlow, Private Eye
LOC Suncoast Sports
NICK Today's Special
TNN Nashville After Hours
USA Are You Anybody?
2:15
DAY Exercise with Diane ???? (distorted microfilm)
LOC Cuisine Classics
2:30
9 Andy Griffith
11 Capitol
16 Hudson River
22 In Touch
CBN Cleaning Up Your Act
CHN Crisis Counselor
DAY A View from Cosmo
LOC Japan 120
NICK Dusty's Treehouse
SPOT Movie: "Partners"
TNN Offstage
USA Woman's Day USA
2:45
DAY Medicines in Your Kitchen
3:00
3 3-2-1 Contact
8 Fantasy
9 I Dream of Jeannie
9 Ironside
10 26 40 General Hospital
11 13 Guiding Light
20 Little House on The Prairie
28 Popeye
44 The Flintstones
CBN 700 Club
CHN Real Life Stories
CNN Afternoon Break
DAY Alanna Davis and Sharron Lovejoy
HBO Movie: The Wonder of It All
MAX Sunshine's On The Way
NICK What Will They Think of Next?
TMC Movie: Mountain Family Robinson
TNN Dancin' USA
USA Sonya
3:05
17 Funtime
3:30
3 Lillas, Yoga and You
9 Pink Panther
16 Japan: The Living Tradition
22 Joy Junction
28 Flintstones and Friends
CHN Reader's Digest Lifetime
DAY Newsweek Woman
ESPN Pocket Billiards
NICK Kids' Writes
SHOW Introducing Janet!
3:35
17 The Flintstones
4:00
3 Sesame Street (CC)
8 20 Barnaby Jones
9 Superfriends
9 In Search Of
10 Little House on The Prairie
11 Merv Griffin
13 40 Hour Magazine
16 Flight from Extinction
26 Streets of San Francisco
28 Tom and Jerry
44 CHIPs Patrol
CBN Another Life
CHN Regis Philbin's Health Styles
CNN Newsline
DAY 80s Woman
HTN Movie: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
MAX I Can
NICK The Adventures of Black Beauty
SPOT Portrait of Grandpa Doo
TNN Fandango
USA Alive and Well!
4:05
17 The Munsters
4:15
DAY Daytime Butcher
4:30
9 Scooby Doo
9 Movie: El Cid Part 2 (1961)
16 3-2-1 Contact (CC)
22 That's Inkidable
28 Superfriends
CBN Bullseye
DAY Plantline
ESPN Motocross Racing
HBO Movie: Treasure Island
LOC Face to Face
MAX Movie: J.D. And The Salt Flat Kid
NICK The Tomorrow People
SHOW Mark Twain Theatre
SPOT Movie: Chu Chu and The Philly Flash
TNN Yesteryear in Nashville
4:35
17 Leave it To Beaver
4:45
DAY Alanna Davis and Sharron Lovejoy
LOC Girls in Motion
We get to see some old listings from the former Cable Health Network and Daytime/Spotlight Networks! Pretty Rare cable listings here.
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Channels listed (Broadcast/Superstations)
3 WEDU Tampa (PBS)
8 WXFL Tampa (NBC)
9 WGN Chicago (IND)
9 WOR New York (IND)
10 WTSP Tampa (ABC)
11 WINK Fort Myers (CBS)
13 WTVT Tampa (CBS)
16 WUSF Tampa (PBS)
17 WTBS Atlanta (IND)
20 WBBH Fort Myers (NBC)
22 WCLF Tampa (Christian)
26 WEVU Naples (ABC)
28 WFTS Tampa (IND)
40 WXLT Sarasota (ABC)
44 WTOG Tampa (IND)
Channels listed (cable)
CBN (CBN Cable)
CHN (Cable Health Net.)
CNN (CNN)
DAY (Daytime, merged to become Lifetime in '84)
ESPN (ESPN)
HBO (Home Box Office)
HTN (Home Theater)
LOC Local Access (Sarasota, ch. 4 cable)
MAX (Cinemax)
NICK (Nickelodeon)
SHOW (Showtime)
SPOT Spotlight Net (short-lived?)
TMC (Movie Channel)
TNN (Nashville Net.)
USA USA Network
MORNING
7:00AM
8 20 Today
9 Top o' The Morning
9 Jimmy Swaggert
10 26 40 Good Morning America
11 13 Morning News
22 Gary Randall
44 Popeye and Friends
CBN Movie: "Swamp Fire" (1946)
CHN Cable Health World Report
ESPN Business Times
MAX Sunshine's On The Way
USA Alive & Well!
7:05
17 Funtime
7:30
9 Bullwinkle
9 Jim Bakker
22 Jimmy Swaggert
28 Tom & Jerry
CHN Reader's Digest Lifetime
LOC Weather
SHOW Mark Twain Theatre
TMC: Movie: Mountain Family Robinson
7:35
17 I Dream of Jeannie
7:45
3 A.M. Weather
8:00
3 Lllias, Yoga and You
9 Bozo's Big Top
22 700 Club
28 Jimmy Swaggart
44 Great Space Coaster
CHN Regis Philbin's Health Styles
ESPN SportsCenter
LOC Video Music Channel
MAX: Movie: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisle
NICK Today's Special
8:05
17 My Three Sons
8:25
HBO Movie: The Wonder of It All
8:30
3 Voyage
9 Nine On New Jersey
28 Jack LaLanne
44 Underdog
CBN Movie: "Bullwhip" (1958)
NICK Dusty's Treehouse
SPOT Movie: "Full Moon High"
8:35
17 Hazel
8:45
16 A.M. Weather (man that's a late sign on for a PBS station for '83!)
9:00
3 Educational Programming
8 Card Sharks
9 Straight Talk
10 20 40 Donahue
11 Hour Magazine
13 Merv Griffin
16 Gourmet Cooking
26 Wheeler in The Morning
28 Movie: "Father was A Fullback" (1949)
44 Emergency!
CHN Crisis Counselor
CNN Daywatch
ESPN Horse Racing Weekly
LOC 4-Sight
NICK Pinwheel
SHOW Introducting Janet! (I think)
TNN Nashville Now
USA Calliope
9:05
17 Movie: Four Faces West
9:30
3 Electric Company
9 Bewitched
8 Joker's Wild
16 Erica- Theonie
22 Paul Yonggl Cho (or Yonggi)
CHN It Figures
ESPN SportsWoman
LOC Social Security Workshop
TMC Movie: I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can
10:00
3 Educational Programming
8 The Facts of Life
9 Movie: The Model and The Marriage Broker
9 Romper Room
10 Liz Richards
11 Tic Tac Dough
13 The New $25,000 Pyramid
16 Cinema Showcase
20 Joker's Wild
22 Action 60s
26 CBN 700 Club
40 Jim Bakker
44 The Waltons
CHN Mommy, Daddy and Me
CNN Morning Break
ESPN SportsCenter
HBO Woman's Gymnastics
LOC Senior Citizen Report
MAX Movie: J.D. and The Salt Flat Kid
SHOW Movie: Intruder in The Dust
USA Sonya
10:30
8 Sale of The Century
10 Richard Simmons
11 Child's Play
13 Lie Detector
16 Sneak Previews
20 Bullseye
CHN Join The Group
LOC Picture of Health
SPOT Movie: Chu Chu and The Phily Flash
TNN Fandango
11:00
3 (incomplete) The ???? system The 1983 Florida Legislature
8 20 Wheel of Fortune
9 News
10 26 40 Love Boat
11 13 Price is Right
16 Today in The Legislature
22 Heritage Sisters
28 Jim Bakker
44 Bob Newhart
CHN Cable Health World Report
CNN Daywatch
ESPN NBA Basketball: First Round Playoff
LOC Information: Memorial
TNN Dancin' U.S.A.
USA Woman's Day USA
11:05
17 The Catlins
11:30
3 Educational Programming
8 20 Dream House
9 You Asked for It
22 Today in Bible Prophecy
44 News
CBN Another Life
CHN New Way Gourmet
HBO Movie: Excalibur
LOC The Making of Gandhi
MAX Movie: The Green Man
SHOW Movie: Underground Aces
TMC Movie: The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
USA Coronation Street
11:35
17 That Girl
AFTERNOON
Noon
3 Educational Programming
8 9 10 11 News
9 Big Valley
13 Pulse Plus!
16 Last Chance Garage
20 Battlestars
22 How Can I Live?
22 Independent Network News
28 Andy Griffith
40 Family Feud
44 Perry Mason
CBN: Movie: It's In The Bag (1945)
CHN Body Factory
CNN Take Two
LOC Florida Phenomena
SPOT Movie: Man of La Mancha
TNN I-40 Paradise
USA Movie: The Passionate Stranger (1957)
12:05
17 People Now
12:30
8 All In The Family
10 26 40 Ryan's Hope
11 Young and The Restless
16 Over Easy
20 Search for Tomorrow
22 Good Life
28 Dick Van Dyke
CHN Charlie Rose
LOC Movie Week
TNN Opryland On Stage
1:00
8 20 Days of Our Lives
9 You Asked for It
9 Movie: Mr. 880 (1950)
10 26 40 All My Children
13 Young and The Restless
16 Viewpoint on Nutrition
28 Movie: Pete Kelly's Blues
44 Movie: Runt to The High Country (1974)
CHN Special Presentation
DAY Personal Side
LOC Sarasota On Review
MAX Movie: The Gazebo
TMC Movie: Jabberwocky
1:05
17 Movie: Timberjack (1954)
1:15
DAY Just Good Food
1:30
9 Independent Network News
11 As The World Turns
16 Consultation
22 Zola Levitt
CHN Coping
DAY From Washington: Citizen Alert
ESPN High School Basketball (McDonald's All-America Game from Atlanta)
LOC Photographer's Eye
SHOW Movie: Edge of Doom
TNN Yesteryear in Nashville
2:00
8 20 Another World
9 Dick Van Dyke
10 26 40 One Life to Live
13 As The World Turns
16 Lillas, Yoga and You
22 Family Life
CBN My Little Margie
CHN Human Sexuality
CNN News, Weather, Sports
DAY Health
HBO Phillip Marlow, Private Eye
LOC Suncoast Sports
NICK Today's Special
TNN Nashville After Hours
USA Are You Anybody?
2:15
DAY Exercise with Diane ???? (distorted microfilm)
LOC Cuisine Classics
2:30
9 Andy Griffith
11 Capitol
16 Hudson River
22 In Touch
CBN Cleaning Up Your Act
CHN Crisis Counselor
DAY A View from Cosmo
LOC Japan 120
NICK Dusty's Treehouse
SPOT Movie: "Partners"
TNN Offstage
USA Woman's Day USA
2:45
DAY Medicines in Your Kitchen
3:00
3 3-2-1 Contact
8 Fantasy
9 I Dream of Jeannie
9 Ironside
10 26 40 General Hospital
11 13 Guiding Light
20 Little House on The Prairie
28 Popeye
44 The Flintstones
CBN 700 Club
CHN Real Life Stories
CNN Afternoon Break
DAY Alanna Davis and Sharron Lovejoy
HBO Movie: The Wonder of It All
MAX Sunshine's On The Way
NICK What Will They Think of Next?
TMC Movie: Mountain Family Robinson
TNN Dancin' USA
USA Sonya
3:05
17 Funtime
3:30
3 Lillas, Yoga and You
9 Pink Panther
16 Japan: The Living Tradition
22 Joy Junction
28 Flintstones and Friends
CHN Reader's Digest Lifetime
DAY Newsweek Woman
ESPN Pocket Billiards
NICK Kids' Writes
SHOW Introducing Janet!
3:35
17 The Flintstones
4:00
3 Sesame Street (CC)
8 20 Barnaby Jones
9 Superfriends
9 In Search Of
10 Little House on The Prairie
11 Merv Griffin
13 40 Hour Magazine
16 Flight from Extinction
26 Streets of San Francisco
28 Tom and Jerry
44 CHIPs Patrol
CBN Another Life
CHN Regis Philbin's Health Styles
CNN Newsline
DAY 80s Woman
HTN Movie: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
MAX I Can
NICK The Adventures of Black Beauty
SPOT Portrait of Grandpa Doo
TNN Fandango
USA Alive and Well!
4:05
17 The Munsters
4:15
DAY Daytime Butcher
4:30
9 Scooby Doo
9 Movie: El Cid Part 2 (1961)
16 3-2-1 Contact (CC)
22 That's Inkidable
28 Superfriends
CBN Bullseye
DAY Plantline
ESPN Motocross Racing
HBO Movie: Treasure Island
LOC Face to Face
MAX Movie: J.D. And The Salt Flat Kid
NICK The Tomorrow People
SHOW Mark Twain Theatre
SPOT Movie: Chu Chu and The Philly Flash
TNN Yesteryear in Nashville
4:35
17 Leave it To Beaver
4:45
DAY Alanna Davis and Sharron Lovejoy
LOC Girls in Motion
We get to see some old listings from the former Cable Health Network and Daytime/Spotlight Networks! Pretty Rare cable listings here.
-crainbebo
