RETRO: SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE, MONDAY OCTOBER 5, 1981

[harrisburgpatv]

WNEP-16 (ABC)

6:00 AM - 700 Club
7:00 AM - Good Morning America
9:00 AM - Hatchy Milatchy
10:30 AM - Edge of Night (1 day delay)
11:00 AM - Love Boat (daytime reruns)
12:00 PM - Midday 16
12:30 PM - Ryan's Hope
1:00 PM - All My Children
2:00 PM - One Life to Live
3:00 PM - General Hospital
4:00 PM - Dialing for Dollars Movie - "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
6:00 PM - Newswatch 16
7:00 PM - PM Magazine
7:30 PM - Entertainment Tonight
8:00 PM - That's Incredible
9:00 PM - Monday Night Football (Atlanta @ Philadelphia)
11:45 PM - Newswatch 16
12:15 AM - Nightline

WDAU-22 (NBC)

6:30 AM - Sunrise Semester
7:00 AM - Wake up with the Captain
7:30 AM - Morning
9:00 AM - Morning Stretch
9:30 AM - Charlie Rose
10:00 AM - One Day at a time (daytime reruns)
10:30 AM - Alice (daytime reruns)
11:00 AM - The Price is Right
12:00 PM - Noon Newsprobe
12:30 PM - The Young and the Restless
1:30 PM - As the World Turns
2:30 PM - Search for Tomorrow
3:00 PM - Guiding Light
4:00 PM - Up to The Minute
4:30 PM - Merv Griffin Show
5:30 PM - News
6:30 PM - CBS Evening News
7:00 PM - Family Feud
7:30 PM - Joker's Wild
8:00 PM - CBS Special - "Great movie stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark"
9:00 PM - CBS Special Movie Presentation - "The Miracle of Cathy Miller"
11:00 PM - News
11:30 PM - CBS Late Movie - "Quincy" then "Harry O"

WBRE-28 (NBC)

6:30 AM - Jimmy Swaggart
7:00 AM - Today
9:00 AM - Phil Donahue
10:00 AM - Richard Simmons
10:30 AM - Blockbusters
11:00 AM - Wheel of Fortune
11:30 AM - Password Plus
12:00 PM - Card Sharks
12:30 PM - The Doctors
1:00 PM - Days of Our Lives
2:00 PM - Another World
3:00 PM - Texas
4:00 PM - The Waltons
5:00 PM - Happy Days Again
5:30 PM - M*A*S*H
6:00 PM - News
6:30 PM - NBC Nightly News
7:00 PM - The Muppet Show
7:30 PM - Tic Tac Dough
8:00 PM - Little House on the Prairie - "The Reincarnation of Nellie" (Part 1 of 2)
9:00 PM - NBC Monday Night Movie - "Sidney Shorr"
11:00 PM - News
11:30 PM - Tonight Show
1:00 AM - Tomorrow Coast to Coast

WVIA-44 (PBS)

9:00 AM - Educational Programming
12:00 PM - Sesame Street
1:00 PM - The Electric Company
1:30 PM - Educational Programming
3:00 PM - Sesame Street
4:00 PM - Studio See
4:30 PM - Wild, Wild World of Animals
5:00 PM - Photo Show
5:30 PM - Over Easy
6:00 PM - Weather World
6:30 PM - Doctor Who
7:00 PM - MacNeil, Lehrer Report
7:30 PM - Dave Allen at Large (British Comedy)
8:00 PM - Free to Choose
9:00 PM - Great Performances
10:00 PM - Return to Space
11:00 PM - Captioned ABC News
11:30 PM - Movie - "Adventures of Marco Polo"
1:15 AM - Movie - "Knock on any door"

 

[KML0224]

Channel 22 should've said CBS, I'd think? As for those old call letter, were they once associated with WCAU-TV channel 10 of Philadelphia, in that station's CBS days?

 

[harrisburgpatv]

My bad! Yes, WDAU-22 should have been listed as CBS.

As for call letters, you're right - originally, the station was WGBI-TV. It was associated with the Philadelphia Bulletin and renamed WDAU-TV after Philly's WCAU-TV in 1958. After being sold to Diversified Communications, it changed call letters again in 1986 to its present WYOU.

 

[Marckd]

Would love Saturday and Sunday from that era as well. Thanks

 

[harrisburgpatv]

Would love Saturday and Sunday from that era as well. Thanks

I added Saturday and will add Sunday soon.

 

[ssetta]

WVIA-44 (PBS)

9:00 AM - Educational Programming
12:00 PM - Sesame Street
1:00 PM - The Electric Company
1:30 PM - Educational Programming
3:00 PM - Sesame Street
4:00 PM - Studio See
4:30 PM - Wild, Wild World of Animals
5:00 PM - Photo Show
5:30 PM - Over Easy
6:00 PM - Weather World
6:30 PM - Doctor Who
7:00 PM - MacNeil, Lehrer Report
7:30 PM - Dave Allen at Large (British Comedy)
8:00 PM - Free to Choose
9:00 PM - Great Performances
10:00 PM - Return to Space
11:00 PM - Captioned ABC News
11:30 PM - Movie - "Adventures of Marco Polo"
1:15 AM - Movie - "Knock on any door"

No Mister Rogers?

 

[azumanga]

WVIA-44 (PBS)

9:00 AM - Educational Programming
12:00 PM - Sesame Street
1:00 PM - The Electric Company
1:30 PM - Educational Programming
3:00 PM - Sesame Street
4:00 PM - Studio See
4:30 PM - Wild, Wild World of Animals
5:00 PM - Photo Show
5:30 PM - Over Easy
6:00 PM - Weather World
6:30 PM - Doctor Who
7:00 PM - MacNeil, Lehrer Report
7:30 PM - Dave Allen at Large (British Comedy)
8:00 PM - Free to Choose
9:00 PM - Great Performances
10:00 PM - Return to Space
11:00 PM - Captioned ABC News
11:30 PM - Movie - "Adventures of Marco Polo"
1:15 AM - Movie - "Knock on any door"

No Mister Rogers?

That, and they also didn't follow the usual afternoon PBS schedule of the era -- Sesame at 4, Mister Rogers at 5 and Electric Company at 5:30.

I think this was also a time when WVIA was a regional "superstation" of sorts, with cable coverage as far east as Connecticut.

 

[harrisburgpatv]

That, and they also didn't follow the usual afternoon PBS schedule of the era -- Sesame at 4, Mister Rogers at 5 and Electric Company at 5:30.

I think this was also a time when WVIA was a regional "superstation" of sorts, with cable coverage as far east as Connecticut.

They would eventually place Sesame at 4 and MR at 5, but I don't think that happened until 1983 or 1984.

The days of them having unconventional programming are gone...The last holdout, I believe, was "Little House on the Prairie", which had aired at 5:00pm since September 1991 (replacing "Waltons" reruns which aired at 4:30 for two years). It exited the schedule in 2009. The 5pm-6pm hour is now filled by "Wild Kratts" and "The Electric Company". Oddly enough, WVIA is now one of the *few* stations airing Sesame at 4....

 

[harrisburgpatv]

Ok, that's *two* mistakes.Good eye! Yep, at the usual 6:30pm time.

Small footnote: Down state, WHTM-27 aired the 6pm feed of WNT (opting for syndicated fare at 6:30...the last one being "Happy Days Again".