Retro: South Georgia UHFs Friday, June 19, 1981

[bpatrick]

From TV Guide, South Georgia Edition:

WJKS (what are the current call letters?)
Ch. 17 Jacksonville (NBC)

6:50 Job Finder
6:55 News For Little People
7 AM Today
9 AM Mike Douglas
10 AM Hour Magazine
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Password Plus
12 N Jacksonville At Noon
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Texas
4 PM Six Million Dollar Man
5 PM Andy Griffith
5:30 News
6 PM Sanford And Son
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Hollywood Squares
7:30 Family Feud
8 PM Harper Valley P.T.A.
8:30 Sanford
9 PM Royal All-Star Circus
10 PM NBC Reports
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
12:30 SCTV Network 90
2 AM Movie: "Dark Alibi"
3:30 News
4 AM Movie: "The Hound Of The
Baskervilles"
5:20 Movie: "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic
Bullet"

WTBS (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)

6 AM Hollywood Report
7 AM Funtime
8 AM Lassie
8:30 My Three Sons
9 AM Family Affair
9:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
10 AM Movie: "Ulysses"
12 N Freeman Reports
1 PM Movie: "The Breaking Point"
3 PM Funtime
3:30 Flintstones
4 PM Addams Family
4:30 Hazel
5 PM Ozzie And Harriet
5:30 Beverly Hillbillies
6 PM Father Knows Best
6:30 That Girl
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 Baseball: Braves-Mets (may be
canceled by a strike)
10 PM News (time approximate)
11 PM Night Gallery
11:30 Movie: "First Men In The Moon"
1:35 Baseball: Braves-Mets (replay, if
the game was played)
4:05 Rat Patrol (time approximate)
4:35 Mission: Impossible
5:35 World At Large

WDHN Ch. 18 Dothan, AL (ABC)
Listed Eastern Time.

7 AM Jim Bakker
8 AM Good Morning America
10 AM Mike Douglas
11 AM Three's Company (2 episodes)
12 N Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Edge Of Night
4:30 Movie: "Of Mice And Men"
6:30 ABC News
7 PM News
7:30 Sanford And Son
8 PM Benson
8:30 I'm A Big Girl Now
9 PM ABC Movie: "Murder Can
Hurt You!"
11 PM Hogan's Heroes
11:30 U.S. Open (Second-round
highlights)
12 M Nightline
12:30 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
2 AM 700 Club

WECA (WTXL) Ch. 27 Tallahassee (ABC)

6:30 In Person
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM Jim Bakker
10 AM Mike Douglas
11 AM Three's Company (2 episodes)
12 N Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Edge Of Night
4:30 Little Rascals/Three Stooges
5 PM Joker's Wild
5:30 News
6 PM ABC News
6:30 Let's Make A Deal
7 PM Family Feud
7:30 Tic Tac Dough
8 PM Benson
8:30 I'm A Big Girl Now
9 PM ABC Movie: "Murder Can
Hurt You!"
11 PM News
11:30 U.S. Open (Second-round
highlights)
12 M Nightline
sign off 12:30 AM

WYEA (WLTZ) Ch. 38 Columbus, GA (NBC)

6 AM Jim Bakker
7 AM Today
9 AM Jim Bakker
10 AM Las Vegas Gambit
10:30 Blockbusters
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Password Plus
12 N Card Sharks
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Texas
4 PM Hour Magazine
5 PM Tom And Jerry/TV POWWW!
5:30 What's Happening!!
6 PM Joker's Wild
6:30 NBC News
7 PM News
7:30 Carter Country
8 PM Harper Valley P.T.A.
8:30 Sanford
9 PM Royal All-Star Circus
10 PM NBC Reports
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
12:30 SCTV Network 90

WCWB (WMGT) Ch. 41 Macon (NBC)

6 AM Jim Bakker
7 AM Today
9 AM Jim Bakker
10 AM Las Vegas Gambit
10:30 Blockbusters
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Noon Over Middle Georgia
11:50 News
12 N Card Sharks
12:30 The Doctors
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM Texas
4 PM Let's Make A Deal
4:30 Twilight Zone
5 PM Big Valley
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Family Feud
7:30 To Tell The Truth (Robin Ward)
8 PM Harper Valley P.T.A.
8:30 Sanford
9 PM Royal All-Star Circus
10 PM NBC Reports
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
12:30 SCTV Network 90

WVGA (WSWG) Ch. 44 Valdosta (ABC)

6 AM New Zoo Revue
6:30 Down To Earth
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM Mike Douglas
10:30 Let's Make A Deal
11 AM Three's Company (2 episodes)
12 N Family Feud
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Edge Of Night
4:30 Movie: "Dillinger"
6:30 South Georgia/North Florida
Today
7 PM ABC News
7:30 Sha Na Na
8 PM Benson
8:30 I'm A Big Girl Now
9 PM ABC Movie: "Murder Can
Hurt You!"
11 PM Nashville On The Road
11:30 U.S. Open (Second-round
highlights)
12 M Nightline
12:30 Movie: "Sisters" (no relation
to the NBC series)

ADDENDUM: For WJXT I forgot to put in
something called "Upbeat," which ran for
five minutes (9:55-10 AM).

 

[mjlarochelle]

WTBS (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)

10 PM News (time approximate)

Was this a simulcast with CNN or otherwise produced by CNN? Or did WTBS actually produce its own local hour-long newscast?

 

[azumanga]

From TV Guide, South Georgia Edition:

WJKS (what are the current call letters?)
Ch. 17 Jacksonville (NBC)

It's now WCWJ.

WCWB (WMGT) Ch. 41 Macon (NBC)

7:30 To Tell The Truth (Robin Ward)

The old days of WCWB / WMGT included a transmitter that would get knocked off the air when there was too much red. Since the 1980 TTTT used alot of red in that sow, I wonder if the station got knocked off the air during the show.

ADDENDUM: For WJXT I forgot to put in
something called "Upbeat," which ran for
five minutes (9:55-10 AM).

Speaking of addendums, WDCO, one of the "E" stations, is now WMUM.

 

[bpatrick]

I remember WTBS's 10 PM news being called the
"TBS Evening News" when it started (just prior to
the start of CNN, IIRC), and I think it was still TBS-
produced in 1981.

Thanks for the update on Ch. 17 in Jacksonville;
that station has undergone so many call-letter
changes I can never keep track of them all. And
I didn't know about the call-letter change on Ch. 29
in Cochran, GA; thanks for that, too.

On the Chs. 8-13 thread but not on the UHF thread,
I put up the subject of NBC Reports for that Friday
night. For anyone who cares, it was about the decline
of the family-owned ranch.

I don't know about technical problems on Ch. 41 during
TTTT, but I can tell you the show was my least favorite
version. Maybe I'm being unfair to Robin Ward, since he
got the hosting job so soon after Garry Moore, but IMO
he had about as much personality as the chair I'm in right
now. The familiar regulars were rarely to be seen, although
Bill Cullen and Polly Bergen were on this particular week.
And the "One on One" feature took too much time from the
regular game. I don't miss this version at all.

 

[charlestondxman]

And also with 41, the time that I heard on this board that they were off the air during the 1986 World Series, game 6, because they had technical difficulties.

That was one of the worst stations in the country for many years, but they are better now, with a real newscast.

 

[Evangelist]

The TBS Evening News was originally anchored by David Allan Jensen and Ann Butler with Kevin Christopher on sports. Dallas Raines did a weather report that I think was taped. TBS used CNN stuff but had its own anchor desk and interview area, as live interviews were often used in the early days of the show. It premiered in 1980 and by 1981, the anchors were replaced by CNN anchors Don Miller and Marcia Ladendorff Monday through Thursday. Reynelda Muse joined Marcia at the desk on Fridays. Fred Hickman took over sports and Dallas Raines joined them on-set for the weather. After the change-over, Jensen did news updates and hosted "Nice People" until he was replaced by Mary Ann Laughlin. I liked the CNN anchors, but thought Jensen, Butler and Christopher were a better fit on TBS. Jensen went back to England where he is still a radio star and Christopher is an anchor in Lexington. Don't know what happened to Ann Butler.