Retro: Southwestern Ontario Wed, Mar 22, 1989

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from Windsor Star
Dividing this into two parts...
Part 1 will cover 5am-6pm
Part 2 covers 6pm-sign off

2 WJBK-CBS Detroit
3 WKYC-NBC Cleveland
4 WDIV-NBC Detroit
5 WEWS-ABC Cleveland
7 WXYZ-ABC Detroit
8 WJW-CBS Cleveland
9 CBET-CBC Windsor
10 CFPL-CBC London
11 WTOL-CBS Toledo
13 WTVG-NBC Toledo
20 WXON-Ind Detroit
24 WNWO-ABC Toledo
29 CIII-Global Oil Springs
30 WGTE-PBS Toledo
32 CICA-TVO Windsor
42 CKCO-CTV Chatham
43 WUAB-Ind Cleveland
50 WKBD-Ind Detroit
54 CBEFT-SRC Windsor
56 WTVS-PBS Detroit
59 CICA-TVO Chatham
62 WGPR-Ind Detroit
CFMT CFMT-Ind/Ethnic Toronto
CHCH CHCH-Ind Hamilton
CITY CITY-Ind Toronto
GEN Genesis Digital TV
TCTV TCTV-TVA Montreal (programs from CFTM)

Morning
5:00
2 Fantasy Island
3 Superior Court
4 Guns of Will Sonnett
8 USA Today
29 Faith 20
56 Business File
CFMT 100 Huntley Street
GEN Never Talk to Strangers

5:05
CITY Here's Lucy

5:15
GEN Mr. Bounce

5:30
2-8 This Morning's Business
3-7 Body by Jake
4 Group One Medical
5 Headline News
13 Ag-Day
20 Chamber Perspective
29 Jimmy Swaggart
50 Morgan Brittany on Beauty
56 Congress: We the People
GEN Beautiful Queen Esther

5:45
GEN Mr. Skinny

5:55
3 Fitworks
CITY Wishing Well

6:00
2 USA Today
3-4 NBC News at Sunrise
5-7 ABC World News This Morning
8 NewsCenter 8 This Morning
10 Willie & Floyd
11 CBS Morning News
13-50 Headline News
20 INN News
24 Jimmy Swaggart
29-CITY Seneca Telecollege
42 Ontario Report
43 Kenneth Copeland
56 Profiles of Nature
62 Soulbeat
CFMT Telediario
CHCH Oceans Alive
GEN Play Ball, Kate

6:15
7 News
GEN From Beet to Sugar

6:28
3 Today in Cleveland

6:30
2 CBS Morning News
4 News
7 ABC World News This Morning
10 FIT
11 Toledo 11 This Morning
13 NBC News at Sunrise
20 Popeye
24 Body by Jake
29 Size Small Island
42 Canada AM
43 Dinosaucers
50 Porky Pig
56 Energy Technology & Society
CFMT Telesera
CHCH It Figures
CITY You're Beautiful
GEN Help Jumbo Escape
TCTV Salut, bonjour!

6:45
7 News
30 AM Weather
GEN From Cotton to Pants

7:00
2-8-11 CBS This Morning
3-4-13 Today
5-7-24 Good Morning America
10 News
20 Tom & Jerry
29 Care Bears Family
30 Nightly Business Report
32-59 Middle East
43 GI Joe
50 Double Dare
56 To Life! Yoga with Priscilla Patrick
62 Heritage Today
CFMT Chinese Journal
CHCH FIT
CITY 20 Minute Workout
GEN Tawny Scrawny Lion

7:15
56 AM Weather
GEN Mr. Muddle Goes to School

7:30
20 Jem
29-43 Real Ghostbusters
30 Captain Kangaroo
32-59 Sociology
50 GI Joe
54 Les Schtroumpfs (Smurfs)
56 Economics U$A
CFMT Chinese Tangram
CHCH Fun House
CITY 20 Minute Workout
GEN Desmond & the Monsters

7:45
GEN Silly Sally

8:00
5 Morning Exchange
20-43 Scooby-Doo
29 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
30 Sesame Street
32-59 Polka Dot Door
50 Flintstones
54 Tape-Tambour
56 New Literacy
62 James Robison
CFMT Ukrainian Magazine
CHCH Kidstreet
CITY MushMusic with Ziggy Lorenc
GEN Mr. Small

8:15
54 Bobino
GEN Mr. Muddle Goes to School

8:30
10-CHCH 100 Huntley Street
20 Real Ghostbusters
29 Inspector Gadget
32-59 Belle & Sebastian
43-50 Smurfs' Adventures
54 Bonjour sante
56 Another Page
62 Morning Magazine
GEN Desmond & the Monsters

8:45
GEN Silly Sally

9:00
2-24-CFMT Live-Regis & Kathie Lee
3 AM Cleveland
4 Geraldo
7 Kelly & Company
8 Sally Jessy Raphael
9 Fitness People
11 People's Court
13-CITY Donahue
20 Green Acres
29 Chain Reaction
30-56 Instructional Programs
32-59 Jeremy
42 Romper Room
43 Barnaby
50 Little House on the Prairie
54 Les anges du matin
62 Fletcher Brothers
GEN Mr. Small
TCTV Coup de coeur

9:15
32-59 Report Canada
GEN Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothes

9:20
32-59 Readalong

9:30
9 Doctor, Doctor
10 Everyday Workout
11 Family Medical Center
20 Leave It to Beaver
29 Out of This World
32-59 Conserving Kingdom
42 People to People
43 History of Dieting
56 Newton's Apple
62 Jimmy Swaggart
CHCH Good Morning Workout
GEN Paul's Farewell

9:45
32-59 Zardip's Search for Healthy Wellness
GEN Bobby Bear's New Home

10:00
2 People's Court
3-4-13 Sale of the Century
5 Live-Regis & Kathie Lee
7 Donahue
8-11 Family Feud
9 Fred Penner's Place
10 New You
20 Movie "Falling in Love Again"
24-CFMT Sally Jessy Raphael
29 Couch Potatoes
32-59 Write On!
42 Definition
43 Matt Houston
50 Beverly Hillbillies
54 La cuisine des anges
56 Sesame Street
62 Richard Roberts
CHCH Pasquale's Kitchen Express
CITY Dini Petty's CityLine
GEN Amanda Grows Up
TCTV Cinema "Le bon sens"

10:05
32-59 Parlez-moi

10:15
9 Under the Umbrella Tree
32-59 See, Hear! Canada
54 Iniminimagimo
GEN The Dark

10:20
32-59 Body Works

10:30
2 Superior Court
3-4-13-42 Classic Concentration
8 Hollywood Squares
9 Mr. Dressup
10 You're Getting Better
11-CFMT Card Sharks
29 100 Huntley Street
32-59 Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim
50 Morning Break
54 Passe-Partouy
CHCH New You
GEN Moon Bear

10:45
32-59 Computer Room
GEN Mr, Greedy

11:00
2-8-11 Price is Right
3-4-13-CHCH Wheel of Fortune
5-24 Home
7 Sally Jessy Raphael
9 Sesame Street
10 Kidstreet
32-59 Super Clique
42 Morning Magazine
43 Magnum, PI
50 700 Club
54 Le nouvel age
56 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
62 TBA
CFMT Wipeout
CITY Group One Medical
GEN Never Talk to Strangers

11:15
32-59 Sciences, on tourne!
GEN Mr. Bounce

11:30
3-4-13 Win, Lose or Draw
10 Size Small
29 Lingo
32-59 Math Patrol
42 Secret Lives
54 Le petit castor
56 3-2-1 Contact
62 Lifeline
CFMT Vivere al 100 Per Cento
CHCH Love Connection
CITY CityLights
GEN Beautiful Queen Esther

11:45
32-59 Readalong
GEN Mr. Skinny

11:55
32-59 Report Canada

Afternoon
noon
2-4-5-7-8-11-13-29-42-CHCH News
3 Super Password
9 Midday
10 DuckTales
20 Bewitched
24 Growing Pains
30 Instructional Programs
32-59 People Patterns
43 Movie "Scorpio"
50 I Love Lucy
54 Premiere edition
56 Square One Television
62 Heritage Today
CFMT Anche i Ricchi Piangono
CITY Laverne & Shirley
GEN Play Ball, Kate
TCTV Ici Montreal

12:10
TCTV Devine qui vient diner?

12:15
54 Les demons du midi
GEN From Beet to Sugar

12:30
2-8-11 Young & the Restless
3-4-13 Scrabble
5-7-24-CITY Loving
10 News
20 Alice
32-59 Pins & Needles
42 Super Password
50 Andy Griffith
56 Madeleine Cooks
CFMT Signore e Padrone
CHCH Kidstreet
GEN Help Jumbo Escape

12:45
GEN From Cotton to Pants

1:00
3-4-13-29 Days of Our Lives
5-7-24 All My Children
9 the fifth estate
10 Movie "Breezy"
20 Movie "Bus Riley's Back in Town"
32-59 Brothers by Choice
42 Lifetime
50 Hug Tight
56 Instructional Programs
62 Movie "My Dear Secretary"
CHCH Family Medical Center
CITY Movie "Sins of the Father"
GEN Tawny Scrawny Lion

1:15
54 Au jour le jour
GEN Mr. Muddle Goes to School

1:30
2-8-11 Bold & the Beautiful
32-59 Report Canada
56 Instructional Programs
CFMT Incontri
CHCH Split Second
GEN Desmond & the Monsters
TCTV Hopital general (General Hospital)

1:35
32-59 We Live Next Door

1:45
GEN Silly Sally

1:50
32-59 Readalong

2:00
2-8-11-CHCH As the World Turns
3-4-13-42 Another World
5-7-24-CFMT One Life to Live
9 EastEnders
29 New Liar's Club
32-59 Real All About It
50 What's Happening!!
56 Sesame Street
GEN Mr. Small
TCTV Aimer (Loving)

2:15
32-59 Arts Place
54 Le temps de vivre
GEN Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothes

2:30
9 Talk About
20 Cellulite Free
29 Bumper Stumpers
32-59 Today's Special
43 Tom & Jerry
50 Gilligan's Island
GEN Paul's Farewell
TCTV L'ile fantastique (Fantasy Island)

2:45
GEN Bobby Bear's New Home

3:00
2-8-11 Guiding Light
3-4-13-29 Santa Barbara
5-7-10-24-CHCH General Hospital
9 Parenting
20 Dennis the Menace
30 Instructional Programs
32-59 Parlez-moi
42 Price is Right
43 Flintstones
50 Chipmunks
56 Square One Television
62 Macron 1
CFMT Family Feud
CITY MushMusic with Ziggy Lorenc
GEN Amanda Grows Up

3:15
32-59 Parlez-moi
GEN The Dark

3:30
9 Sun Country
20 COPS
32-59 Parlez-moi
43 Bugs Bunny & Friends
50 Beverly Hills Teens
56 Faces of Culture
62 Ghostbusters
CFMT Newlywed Game
GEN Moon Bear
TCTV C'est deja demain (Search for Tomorrow)

3:45
32-59 Parlez-moi
54 Fariboles
GEN Mr. Greedy

4:00
2 Cheers
3 Divorce Court
4 Cosby Show
5-7-11-CITY Oprah Winfrey
8 Geraldo
9 Anything Grows
10 Flintstones
13 Facts of Life
20 Woody Woodpecker
24 Win, Lose or Draw
29 Bold & the Beautiful
30 Sesame Street
32-59 Champ libre 2
42 Brady Bunch
43 Fun House
50 DuckTales
54 Felix et Ciboulette
56 Art of Being Human
62 Movie "Wacky Taxi"
CFMT Happy Days
CHCH A Current Affair
GEN Never Talk to Strangers
TCTV Les mini-stars de Nathalie

4:15
GEN Mr. Bounce

4:25
54 En transit

4:30
2 Night Court
3 People's Court
4 Inside Edition
9 Wonderstruck
10 Diff'rent Strokes
13 M*A*S*H
20 Jetsons
24 Couch Potatoes
29 Young & the Restless
32-59 Fish On
42 Webster
43 COPS
50 Fun House
54 L'intrigue
56 GED
CFMT Gong Show
CHCH Superior Court
GEN Beautiful Queen Esther
TCTV De bonne humeur

4:45
GEN Mr. Skinny

4:55
54 En transit

5:00
2-4-7--13 News
3 Inside Edition
5 Eyewitness News Live on 5
8 Donahue
9 Video Hits
10 Hollywood Squares
11 Family Ties
20 Scooby-Doo
24 Geraldo
30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
32-59 Sesame Street
42 Cheers
43 Webster
50 Diff'rent Strokes
54 Les belles histoires des pays d'en haut
56 Health Care Organization
CFMT Roque Santiero
CHCH People's Court
GEN Play Ball, Kate

5:15
GEN From Cotton to Pants

5:30
2-4-9-10-29-CHCH News
3 A Current Affair
11 Cosby Show
13 USA Today
20 Punky Brewster
30 Square One Television
42 Night Court
43 Three's Company
50 Webster
56 American Adventurers
62 Newscope
CITY Citywide
GEN Help Jumbo Escape
TCTV Fais-moi un dessin (local Win, Lose or Draw)

5:45
GEN From Cotton to Pants

 

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Part 2...
Correction from the channels listed-CFPL is an indie, the Star still listed it as CBC (and also listed 8 and 24 under their old calls ); also ch 50 in Motown is a Fox affiliate (Fox was still weekend-only at that point IIRC)

Evening
6:00
2-3-4-5-7-8-11-13-24-29-CITY News
20 Wonderful World of Disney "The Swamp Fox"
30-56 MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour
32-59 Polka Dot Door
42 Chatham-Sarnia News
43 Family Ties
50 Silver Spoons
54 Ce soir
62 Dance Show
CFMT Telediario
GEN Tawny Scrawny Lion
TCTV Ici Montreal

6:15
GEN Mr. Muddle Goes to School

6:30
2-11 CBS Evening News
3-4-13 NBC Nightly News
5-24 ABC World News Tonight
29 News
32-59 Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
43 Night Court
50 Facts of Life
54 Teleobjectif
CFMT Who's the Boss?
GEN Desmond & the Monsters
TCTV Charivari

6:45
GEN Silly Sally

6:50
29 Sportsline

7:00
2 Family Feud
3-10-CFMT Win, Lose or Draw
4-5-11-29 Wheel of Fortune
7 ABC World News Tonight
8 CBS Evening News
9 Front Page Challenge
13-CHCH Entertainment Tonight
20 It's a Living
24 A Current Affair
30 Wonderful World of Disney "The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou" (conclusion)
32-59 Dear Aunt Agnes
42-43 Cosby Show
50 Family Ties
54 Laser 33-45
56 Nightly Business Report
62 Straight Talk
CITY SCTV
GEN Mr. Small
TCTV L'heure juste

7:15
GEN Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothes

7:30
2 Win, Lose or Draw
3-24 Family Feud
4-5-11-CFMT Jeopardy!
7 Entertainment Tonight
8 USA Today
9 Best Years
10 Tracey Ullman
13 Cheers
20 All in the Family
29 NHL: Vancouver-Toronto
32-59 Ourselves & Other Animals
42 Mission: Impossible
43 Cheers
50 Three's Company
56 Club Connect
62 You Can Beat Baldness
CHCH Hollywood Squares
CITY M*A*S*H
GEN Paul's Farewell
TCTV NHL: Quebec-Montreal

7:45
GEN Bobby Bear's New Home

8:00
2-8-11 Hard Times on Planet Earth
3-4-10-13-CHCH Unsolved Mysteries
5-7-24 Growing Pains
9 Genie Awards (Canada's version of the Oscars, this was the 10th annual)
20 Movie "Fast-Walking"
30-56 Conserving America (preserving animal habitats in southern Mass, Montana, and Texas' South Padre Island)
32-59 Work We Do (work programs for disabled employees)
43 Movie "The Haunting of Julia"
50 Movie "Tough Enough"
54 Le grand remous
62 Ralph Martin
CFMT Telesera
CITY Movie "Big Trouble in Little China"
GEN Amanda Grows Up

8:15
GEN The Dark

8:30
5-7-24-42 Head of the Class
32-59 Realities (author Julian Barnes on the public's interest in authors' personal lives)
54 Jeux de societe
62 Jack Van Impe Presents: New Analysis
CFMT Incontri
GEN Moon Bear

8:45
GEN Mr. Greedy

9:00
2-8-11 Jake & the Fatman
3-4-13 Night Court
5-7-24 Coach
10 Movie "Prince of Bel Air"
30-56 American Playhouse "The Silence at Bethany"
32-59 Full Circle: Native Way (concluion)
42 Bob Hope's Easter Vacation in the Bahamas (with guests LaToya Jackson, Barbara Mandrell, Tony Randall, and Andy Williams)
54 Actuel
62 Heritage Today
CFMT Passioni
CHCH Smith & Smith's Comedy Mill
GEN Never Talk to Strangers

9:15
GEN Mr. Bounce

9:30
3-4-13 My Two Dads
5-7-24 Hooperman
CFMT Chinese Journal
CHCH In Session
GEN Beautiful Queen Esther

9:45
GEN Mr. Skinny

10:00
2-8-11 Wiseguy
3-4-13 Nightingales
5-7-24-42 China Beach
9 The National
20 Rockford Files
43-50 News
54 Le Telejournal
62 Feed My People
CFMT St. Elsewhere
CITY CityPulse Tonight
GEN Play Ball, Kate

10:05
TCTV Ad lib

10:15
GEN From Beet to Sugar

10:25
9 The Journal
54 Le Point

10:30
29 Super Dave
30 Peggy Minafoo "A Success Troty"
50 Honeymooners
56 Joan Baez
62 Liberty Temple
CITY Hill Street Blues
GEN Help Jumbo Escape

10:45
GEN From Cotton to Pants

11:00
2-3-4-5-7-8-9-10-11-12-24-29-CHCH News
20 Divorce Court
30 Are You Being Served?
32-59 Realities (r)
42 CTV News
43 Sanford & Son
50 Jeffersons
54 Meteo
56 No Place Like Home
62 TBA
CFMT Arsenio Hall
GEN Tawny Scrawny Lion
TCTV Nouvelles TVA

11:05
54 Nouvelles du sport

11:15
GEN Mr. Muddle Goes to School

11:20
54 T'as le temps

11:25
TCTV Franc-parler

11:30
2 Cheers
3-4-13 Tonight Show
5 Entertainment Tonight
7-24 ABC News Nightline
8 Taxi
20 Love Connection
29 Sportsline
30 Nightly Business Report
32-59 Ontario Legislature Question Period
42 Chatham-Sarnia News
43 All in the Family
50 Sanford & Son
56 Masterpiece Theatre "The Irish RM" (conclusion)
62 Pat Sajak
CITY Movie "Until December"
GEN Desmond & the Monsters

11:35
9 House Calls
11 Magnum, PI
TCTV Ici Montreal

11:45
GEN Silly Sally
TCTV Nouvelles du sport

Late Night
midnight
2 Hill Street Blues
5 Nightline
7 This Evening (guest: author Vance Packard)
8 Jeffersons
10 Movie "Cross Creek"
20 Dating Game
24 Arsenio Hall
29 Family Feud
42 Ontario Report
43 Morton Downey Jr.
50 Fall Guy
CFMT Pat Sajak
CHCH Cagney & Lacey
GEN Mr. Small
TCTV Cinema "Elle"

12:05
9 Movie "The Last Valley"
42 Magnum, PI

12:15
GEN Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothes

12:30
3-13-29 Late Night with David Letterman (guest Jimmie Walker, rock-climbing demo)
4 USA Today
5 Movie "The Elusive Pimpernel"
7 St. Elsewhere
8 Benson
20 Newlywed Game
32-59 House of Commons Question Period
56 World of Survival (visiting Zaire's (now DRC) Virunga Park)

12:35
11 Branded

12:45
GEN Bobby Bear's New Home

1:00
2-8 Arsenio Hall
4 Nightbeat Update
20 Best of Love Connection
24 Heroes
43 News
50 Movie "Caravans"
56 Conserving America
62 Night Heat
CHCH Tales from the Darkside
GEN Amanda Grows Up

1:05
4 Late Night with David Letterman
11 Guns with Will Sonnett
42 Movie: TBA

1:15
GEN The Dark

1:30
3-13-29 Later with Bob Costas
7 Entertainment Tonight
20 Gong Show
CFMT Sale of the Century
CHCH Throb
CITY Movie "The Sporting Club"
GEN Moon Bear

1:35
11 News

1:45
GEN Mr. Greedy

2:00
2-7-13 News
3 Gong Show
8 CBS News Nightwatch
20 Eureka Stockade (pt 1)
29 On Trial
43 Movie "Once Before I Die"
56 American Playhouse "The Silence at Bethany"
CFMT Cannon
CHCH It's a Living
GEN Never Talk to Strangers

2:05
4 Later with Bob Costas

2:15
11 CBS News Nightwatch
GEN Mr. Bounce

2:30
2 Morton Downey Jr.
3 Love Connection
7 Relatively Speaking
13 USA Today
29 Maude
GEN Beautiful Queen Esther

2:35
4 On Trial

2:40
5 Movie "Lady Ice"

2:45
GEN Mr. Skinny

3:00
3 Newlywed Game
7 Wipeout
29 Night Moves
CFMT Nite Lite
GEN Mr. Small

3:05
4 Ironside

3:15
GEN Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothes

3:20
50 Cellulite Free

3:30
2 Naked City
3 Dating Game
7 Born Famous
29 Night Ride
56 Joan Baez
GEN Paul's Farewell

3:45
CITY Movie "Paranoia"
GEN Bobby Bear's New Home

4:00
3 Family Medical Center
4 Branded
8 Fantasy Island
20 Movie "My Little Chickadee"
56 MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour
GEN Amanda Grows Up

4:15
GEN The Dark

4:30
2 Divorce Court
3 Judge
4 News
5 Big Valley
7 Home
29 Night Walk
GEN Moon Bear

4:45
GEN Mr. Greedy

 

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The Star also listed the cable line-ups for Windsor and Leamington, so I'll list them here to show what US station aired where:

Windsor
2 Canadian Home Shopping Club
3 CIII-Global
4 House of Commons
5 WDIV-NBC
6 WJBK-CBS
7 Ontario Legislature/Bulletin Board
8 WXYZ-ABC
9 Broadcast News
10 CBET-CBC
11 Community Channel
12 CBEFT-SRC
13 CKCO-CTV
14 MuchMusic
15 CNN
16 TSN
17 A&E
18 TNN
19 CNN Headline News
20 Telelatino
21 Family Channel
22 First Choice
23 CICA-TVO
24 CFPL-Ind
25 CHCH-Ind
26 CFMT-Ind/Ethnic
27 CITY-Ind
28 YTV
29 Stock Market Listings
30 Weather Now
31 Vision TV
32 WXON-Ind
33 WKBD-Ind
34 WTVS-PBS
35 La Chaine Francaise (TVO's French service)
37 WGTE-PBS
38 Genesis Digital TV
39 China Vision (Chinese)
40 WGPR-Ind
43 WNWO-ABC
44 WTVG-NBC
45 WTOL-CBS
46 TCTV-TVA

Leamington
2 WJBK-CBS
3 CIII-Global
4 WDIV-NBC
5 WKBD-Ind
6 WUAB-Ind
7 WXYZ-ABC
8 Community Channel
9 CBET-CBC
10 CHCH-Ind
11 CBEFT-SRC
12 CICA-TVO
13 CKCO-CTV
14 Broadcast News
15 House of Commons
16 WGPR-Ind
17 WTVS-PBS
18 WXON-Ind
19 WNWO-ABC
20 WTOL-CBS
21 WTVG-NBC
22 CFMT-Ind/Ethnic
23 TSN
24 MuchMusic
25 La Chaine Francaise
26 First Choice
27 CITY-Ind
28 CFPL-Ind
29 Canadian Home Shopping Club
30 WEWS-ABC
31 WJW-CBS
33 WKYC-NBC

 

[FreddyE1977]

Greater Metro Detroit was certainly a target-rich environment for over-the-air signals in those days.

 

[azumanga]

GEN Genesis Digital TV

The service, which was actually called "Genesis Storytime", presented children's stories using videotext software. As computer graphics improved and the internet flourished, the channel would soon find themselves obsolete:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_Storytime