From The London Free Press
Stations listed:
2 - WJBK (CBS) Detroit
2B - WGR (NBC) Buffalo
3 - WKYC (NBC) Cleveland
4 - WDIV (NBC) Detroit
5T - CBLT (CBC) Toronto
5 - WEWS (ABC) Cleveland
6 - CKGN (Global) Paris
7 - WXYZ (ABC) Detroit
7B - WKBW (ABC) Buffalo
8W - CKNX (CBC) Wingham, ON
8 - WJKW (CBS) Cleveland
9 - CBET (CBC) Windsor
9T - CFTO (CTV) Toronto
10 - CFPL (CBC) London
11 - CHCH (Ind) Hamilton
12 - WICU (NBC) Erie
13 - CKCO (CTV) Kitchener
18 - CICA (TVO) Toronto
24 - WJET (ABC) Erie
35 - WSEE (CBS) Erie
40 - CBLFT (SRC) Toronto
43 - WUAB (Ind) Lorain, OH
50 - WKBD (Ind) Detroit
54 - WQLN (PBS) Erie
Cable - Cablecast 13 London
6:30 AM
2 Ed Allen
2B Mission: Employment (6:55)
3 Today in Cleveland (6:40)
7B Employment File (6:55)
8 Sunrise Semester
9T Romper Room
10 Friendly Giant (6:45)
11 It Figures
12 New Zoo Revue
13 Joyce Davidson
50 News (6:50)
7:00
2 Captain Kangaroo
2B-3-4-12 Today
2B-4-7-12 News (7:25)
5-7-24 Good Morning America
6 PTL Club
7B Commander Tom
8-35 Morning News
8W Ed Allen
9T-13 Canada A.M.
10 Hilarious House of Frightenstein
11 Lynsky and Company
43-50 Popeye
7:30
2B-4-12 Today
7 Good Morning America
8W Hilarious House of Frightenstein
10 Cartoons
11 Dale Harney
43 The Flintstones
50 Casper
54 Work and Society (7:45)
8:00
2B-4-7-12 News (8:25)
2 Morning Magazine
5 Morning Exchange
6 Hammy Hamster
7B Good Morning America
8-35 Captain Kangaroo
9 Today (8:15)
11 Klara's Korner
18 Education for the Future Now
43 Fred Flintstone and Friends
50 Gilligan's Island
54 A.M. Weather (8:15)
8:30
2B-4-12 Today
6 Just Like Mom
7 Good Morning America
8W 100 Huntley Street
10 Ed Allen
11 Morning Exercise
18 Polka Dot Door
43 Banana Splits
50 Fred Flintstone and Friends
54 Over Easy
9:00
2B-24 Mike Douglas
2-7B-12 Donahue
3 Dave Patterson
4 Hour Magazine
5T From Now On
5T-9 Marketplace (R) (9:15)
6 Ed Allen
7 Kelly and Company
8 Tom and Jerry and Friends
9T Mad Dash
10 Provincial Schools
11 Cherington
13 Romper Room
18 Fish Tales
18 Readalong I (9:20)
35 Bullwinkle
40 En Mouvement
40 Les 100 Tours de Centour (9:15)
43 Barnaby
50 I Love Lucy
54 Educational Programming
9:30
5T-9 Friendly Giant (9:45)
6 100 Huntley Street
8 Vidal Sassoon's Your New Day
9T Toronto Today
10 Ryan's Hope
13 Just Like Mom
18 The Monster of Poplar Hill
35 One Day at a Time (R)
40 Animagerie
40 Tam Tam (9:45)
43 Romper Room
50 Family Affair
10:00
2-8-35 The Jeffersons (R)
2B-3-12 Las Vegas Gambit
4 Taylor Made
5T-8W-9 Provincial Schools
7B A.M. Buffalo
9T Definition
10 Morning Break
13 Johnnie Walters
18 Write On
18 Parlez-Moi (10:05)
18 See, Hear (10:15)
18 The Body Works (10:20)
24 John Davidson
40 Passe-Partout
43 43 A.M.
50 Detroit Today
10:30
2 Newlywed Game
2 News (10:55)
2B-3-12 Blockbusters
4 John Davidson
5T-8W-9 Mr. Dressup
7 Edge of Night
8-35 Alice (R)
9T-13 What's Cooking
11 Doug Hall
18 All About You (R)
40 Les 100 Tours de Centour
40 Trousse Mitoutle (10:50)
11:00
2-8-35 The Price is Right
2B-3-12 Wheel of Fortune
5-7-7B-24 Love Boat (R)
5T-8W-9 Sesame Street
6 Love Boat
9T Joyce Davidson
10 Yan Can
11 Days of Our Lives
13 Betty and Friends
18 Les Boucaniers d'Eau Douce
18 Le Jardin des Sensations (11:20)
40 L'Atelier des Pissenlits
43 Beverly Hillbillies
50 Romper Room
54 TV Speed Learning
11:30
2B News
3-12 Password Plus
9T Just Like Mom
10 Mr. Dressup
13 Mad Dash
18 Tell Me a Story
18 Les Aventures de Babar (11:40)
18 Fish Tales (11:45)
40 Wickie
43 Lucy Show
50 Andy Griffith
54 Footsteps
12:00 PM
2-4-5-6-7B-8 News
2B The World of People
3-12 Card Sharks
5T Barbara McLeod
7-24 Family Feud
8W-10 Cartoons
9 King of Kensington
9T-13 The Flintstones
10-13 Agri-News (12:25)
11 Midday
18 The Real Story
35 To Tell the Truth
40 Le Telejournal
43 Bewitched
50 Beverly Hillbillies
54 Sesame Street (R)
12:30
(blacked out) Search for Tomorrow
2B-3-4-12 The Doctors
5-7-7B-24 Ryan's Hope
5T-9 Bob McLean
8W Agri-News
8W News (12:35)
10 News
10 Movie (12:45)
13 Definition
18 T.B.A.
43 Gomer Pyle
50 To Tell the Truth
1:00
2-8-35 The Young and the Restless
2B-3-4-12 Days of Our Lives
5-7-7B-11-24 All My Children
6 That's Life (R)
8W Carol Burnett and Friends
9T-13 Alan Thicke
18 The Short Story
18 Parlez-Moi (1:15)
18 Write On (1:25)
43-50 Movie
54 Educational Programming
1:30
5T-9 Ben Wicks
6 Celebrity Cooks
8W Ryan's Hope
18 Report Canada (R)
18 Two Plus You (1:45)
18 Readalong I (R) (1:50)
40 Femme d'Aujourd'hui
54 Electric Company (R)
Cable—Sounds of Praise
2:00
2-6-8-35 As the World Turns
2B-3-4-9T-12-13 Another World
5-7-7B-11-24 One Life to Live
5T-8W Today
9 Take 30
18 Let's All Sing
18 The Body Works (R) (2:15)
18 Barbapapa (2:25)
54 Educational Programming
2:30
9 Mary Tyler Moore
10 Bob McLean
18 Jeremy (R)
18 Thinkabout (2:45)
40 Cinema
50 News (2:55)
54 Vegetable Soup
3:00
2-6-8-35 Guiding Light
2B-3-4-9T-12-13 Texas
5-7-7B-11-24 General Hospital
5T-8W Edge of Night
9 Movie
18 North America: Growth of a Continent
43 The Flintstones
50 Bugs Bunny
54 Villa Alegre (R)
3:30
5T-8W-10 Take 30
18 North America: Growth of a Continent
18 Citizen Seatbelt (3:45)
43 Scooby Doo
50 Woody Woodpecker
54 Mister Rogers (R)
4:00
2 Carol Burnett and Friends
2B Movie
3-9T Toni Tennille
4 Good Times
5 Afternoon Exchange
5T What's New?
6 Little Rascals
7 Movie
7B Happy Days Again
8 Movie
8W King of Kensington (R)
10 Edge of Night
11 The Young and the Restless
12 Woody Woodpecker and Friends
13 Match Game
18 Passe-Partout
24 Gilligan's Island
35 Rocky and Friends
40 Bobino
43 Popeye
50 The Flintstones
54 Sesame Street (R)
Cable—Rush Hour
4:30
2 The Rockford Files
4 All in the Family
5T Happy Days Again
6 Gilligan's Island
7B John Davidson
8W M*A*S*H
10 Happy Days Again (R)
13 Andy Griffith
18 Mister Rogers
24 Tom and Jerry
35 Merv Griffin
40 Pop Citroulle
43 Woody Woodpecker
50 Scooby Doo
5:00
3 John Davidson
4 Barney Miller
5 Merv Griffin
5T King of Kensington (R)
6 Battle of the Planets
8W-10 The Price is Right
9 What's New?
9T Mike Douglas
11 Sha Na Na
12 Bonanza
13 The Odd Couple
18 Sesame Street
24 Bewitched
40 Les Pierrafeu
43 Bugs Bunny
50 Tom and Jerry
54 Electric Company (R)
Cable—Interational Guiding 1980
5:30
2-2B-4-7 News
5T All in the Family
6 Good Times
8 Happy Days Again
9 Carol Burnett and Friends
11 Yan Can
13 Hogan's Heroes
24 M*A*S*H
35 The World of People
40 Du Neuf au Zoo
43 Pink Panther
50 The Brady Bunch
54 3-2-1 Contact (R) (CC)
Cable—Old-Fashioned Friendship Time
6:00
2-3-4-5-7-7B-8-8W-9-11-13-24-35 News
5T Newshour
6 Global News
9T Carol Burnett and Friends
10 FYI News
12 Joker's Wild
18 Polka Dot Door
40 Ce Soir
40 Ce Soir en Ontario (6:05)
43 Welcome Back Kotter
50 Happy Days Again
54 Weather - World
6:30
2-8-35 CBS News
2B-4-12 NBC News
3 Browns '80 (6:55)
5-7B-24 ABC News
9T Worldbeat News
11 Street Talk
18 Fables of the Green Forest
18 Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings (6:55)
40 Nouvelles du Sport (Toronto)
40 Ce Soir (6:35)
43-50 Sandford and Son
54 Over Easy
7:00
2-2B P.M. Magazine
3 NBC News
4-8 Joker's Wild
5 Match Game
5T Barney Miller
6 Welcome Back Kotter
7 ABC News
7B Tic Tac Dough
8W Eight is Enough (not a local show)
9 Dave Allen
9T-13 Family Feud
10 Hawaii Five-O
11 Rhoda
12 News
18 Doctor Who
24 Happy Days Again
35 Hollywood Squares
40 Ontario 30
43-50 M*A*S*H
54 Living Here
7:30
2-5 Tic Tac Dough
2B Joker's Wild
3-7B-12 Family Feud
4 Bullseye
5T Loeb Report
6 That's Life
7 Hollywood Squares
8 P.M. Magazine
9 Doctor in the House
9T-13 Littlest Hobo
11 Nashville Swing
18 Movie: Magic Shadows (1942)
24-43-50 M*A*S*H
35 P.M. Magazine
40 Boogie Woogie '47
54 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
8:00
2-8-9T-13-35 Movie: Rocky (1976)
2B-3-4-12 NBC Movie: The Godfather Saga (1977) (CC)
5-5T-7-7B-8W-10-24 Mork & Mindy
6 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
9 Bob Monks' Inside Outside
11 Rock It
18 From Books to Bytes
40 Les Grands Films
43 The Rockford Files
50 Movie: Flight to Holocaust (1977)
54 Pennsylvania Town Meeting: An Election Perspective
Cable—Optimist TV Auction
8:30
5T-8W-9-10 Flappers
6 Man About the House
9:00
5-5T-7-7B-24 Barney Miller
6 Wintario
8W That's Incredible
9 The Ten-Thousand-Day War
10 Movie: Stand Up and be Counted (1972)
11 Movie: Stranger in Our House (1978)
18 Omega Factor
43 Movie: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1967)
54 Soundstage (R) (CC)
9:30
5-7-7B-24 It's a Living
5T Archie Bunker's Place
9 Spectrum
10:00
2B-3-4-12 George Burns in Nashville
5-7-7B-24 20/20
5T Oscar Peterson and Friends
6 The Tonight Show
8W The Duke
18 Speaking Out
40 Le Travail a la Chaine
50 National News (INN?)
54 Sneak Previews
10:30
2-8-35 M*A*S*H (R)
5T Up at Ours
9T Joyce Davidson
13 In Search Of
40 Le Telejournal
50 Hollywood Squares
54 This Old House (CC)
11:00
2-2B-3-4-5-7-7B-8-11-12-24-35 News
5T-8W-9-10 CBC National News
5T-9 News (11:27)
6 Global News
8W-9T-13 News (11:20)
9T-13 CTV National News
10 PM News (11:27)
18 T.B.A.
40 Telejournal Ontarien
40 Nouvelles en Sport (Toronto) (11:10)
40 Telex Arts (11:20)
50 Prisoner: Cell Block H
54 From Jumpstreet (CC)
11:30
2-8 Maude
2B-3-4-12 The Tonight Show
5-7-7B-24 ABC News
5-7-7B-24 Charlie's Angels (11:50)
5T Too Close for Comfort (11:45)
6 Celebrity Cooks
8W Movie: Rendezvous Hotel (1979) (11:45)
9 Movie: Mission Batangas (1968) (11:45)
10 Maude (11:45)
11 Party Game
18 Question Period
35 The Jeffersons
40 Cinema: Projetes dans le temps (1976)
50 The Benny Hill Show
54 Up and Coming
12:00 AM
2 The Jeffersons (R)
5T Cribb (12:15)
6 Streets of San Francisco
8 Ironside
9T Movie: Burnt Offerings (1976) (12:15)
10 Movie: Cooley High (1975) (12:15)
11 Movie: The Legend of Custer (1968)
13 John Davidson
35 McMillan and Wife (R)
43 Movie: Red Montain (1951)
50 Night Gallary
12:30
2B-3-4-12 Tomorrow
50 Movie: Fighter Squadron (1948)
1:00
5-7-7B-24 Police Woman (R)
6 The Gong Show
8 Movie: Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
1:30
6 Movie: Project X (1968)
2:00
2-5 News (2:10)
3-43 News
4 Classroom
7 Movie: The Slender Thread (1966) (2:10)
7B News (R) (2:10)
11 Marcus Welby, M.D.
12 Movie: Shoot-Out (1971)
Notes: For some reason the Free Press stopped showing listings for WIVB (CBS) Buffalo in the late 1970s, and was not brought back until about 20 years later. Listings for WUTV, WXON, and WTVS were not shown. CKGN (Global) was also available on channel 29 Sarnia, and channel 22 Windsor. CICA 18 (TVO), rebroadcasting channel 19 in Toronto, was also available on channel 59 Chatham, and CKCO was also available on channel 42 Sarnia. CBLFT was on channel 40 in London at the time, rebroadcasting CBLFT 25 in Toronto. Cablecast 13 was operated jointly by London's two cable providers at the time, London Cable TV (soon to be acquired by Rogers) and Maclean-Hunter. No cable lineup for London is shown, although accompanying ads indicate TVO on cable 2, Global on cable 3, CFPL on cable 9, and Cablecast 13. Other stations on cable in London probably included the big three from both Detroit and Erie, CHCH, CKCO, CBLFT, WUAB, and WQLN. Other stations were on cable in nearby communities such as Woodstock, Strathroy, or St. Thomas. Note that there was a limited amount of closed-captioned programming available by this time, mostly on PBS.
Also, I compiled the levels of local/regional news per day on each of the Canadian stations at the time. Note that Global had way more than anyone else, and they were the only ones with news at noon (CFPL and CKNX were later in the hour):
CKGN 2h 30
CKCO 1h 40
CKNX 1h 40
CFPL 1h 38
CBET 1h 18
CBLT 1h 18
CFTO 1h 10
CHCH 1h 00
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From WNBC-TV New York this is Liiiiive at Fiiiiive!</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by mjlarochelle on 11/04/05 07:05 PM.</FONT></P>
Stations listed:
2 - WJBK (CBS) Detroit
2B - WGR (NBC) Buffalo
3 - WKYC (NBC) Cleveland
4 - WDIV (NBC) Detroit
5T - CBLT (CBC) Toronto
5 - WEWS (ABC) Cleveland
6 - CKGN (Global) Paris
7 - WXYZ (ABC) Detroit
7B - WKBW (ABC) Buffalo
8W - CKNX (CBC) Wingham, ON
8 - WJKW (CBS) Cleveland
9 - CBET (CBC) Windsor
9T - CFTO (CTV) Toronto
10 - CFPL (CBC) London
11 - CHCH (Ind) Hamilton
12 - WICU (NBC) Erie
13 - CKCO (CTV) Kitchener
18 - CICA (TVO) Toronto
24 - WJET (ABC) Erie
35 - WSEE (CBS) Erie
40 - CBLFT (SRC) Toronto
43 - WUAB (Ind) Lorain, OH
50 - WKBD (Ind) Detroit
54 - WQLN (PBS) Erie
Cable - Cablecast 13 London
6:30 AM
2 Ed Allen
2B Mission: Employment (6:55)
3 Today in Cleveland (6:40)
7B Employment File (6:55)
8 Sunrise Semester
9T Romper Room
10 Friendly Giant (6:45)
11 It Figures
12 New Zoo Revue
13 Joyce Davidson
50 News (6:50)
7:00
2 Captain Kangaroo
2B-3-4-12 Today
2B-4-7-12 News (7:25)
5-7-24 Good Morning America
6 PTL Club
7B Commander Tom
8-35 Morning News
8W Ed Allen
9T-13 Canada A.M.
10 Hilarious House of Frightenstein
11 Lynsky and Company
43-50 Popeye
7:30
2B-4-12 Today
7 Good Morning America
8W Hilarious House of Frightenstein
10 Cartoons
11 Dale Harney
43 The Flintstones
50 Casper
54 Work and Society (7:45)
8:00
2B-4-7-12 News (8:25)
2 Morning Magazine
5 Morning Exchange
6 Hammy Hamster
7B Good Morning America
8-35 Captain Kangaroo
9 Today (8:15)
11 Klara's Korner
18 Education for the Future Now
43 Fred Flintstone and Friends
50 Gilligan's Island
54 A.M. Weather (8:15)
8:30
2B-4-12 Today
6 Just Like Mom
7 Good Morning America
8W 100 Huntley Street
10 Ed Allen
11 Morning Exercise
18 Polka Dot Door
43 Banana Splits
50 Fred Flintstone and Friends
54 Over Easy
9:00
2B-24 Mike Douglas
2-7B-12 Donahue
3 Dave Patterson
4 Hour Magazine
5T From Now On
5T-9 Marketplace (R) (9:15)
6 Ed Allen
7 Kelly and Company
8 Tom and Jerry and Friends
9T Mad Dash
10 Provincial Schools
11 Cherington
13 Romper Room
18 Fish Tales
18 Readalong I (9:20)
35 Bullwinkle
40 En Mouvement
40 Les 100 Tours de Centour (9:15)
43 Barnaby
50 I Love Lucy
54 Educational Programming
9:30
5T-9 Friendly Giant (9:45)
6 100 Huntley Street
8 Vidal Sassoon's Your New Day
9T Toronto Today
10 Ryan's Hope
13 Just Like Mom
18 The Monster of Poplar Hill
35 One Day at a Time (R)
40 Animagerie
40 Tam Tam (9:45)
43 Romper Room
50 Family Affair
10:00
2-8-35 The Jeffersons (R)
2B-3-12 Las Vegas Gambit
4 Taylor Made
5T-8W-9 Provincial Schools
7B A.M. Buffalo
9T Definition
10 Morning Break
13 Johnnie Walters
18 Write On
18 Parlez-Moi (10:05)
18 See, Hear (10:15)
18 The Body Works (10:20)
24 John Davidson
40 Passe-Partout
43 43 A.M.
50 Detroit Today
10:30
2 Newlywed Game
2 News (10:55)
2B-3-12 Blockbusters
4 John Davidson
5T-8W-9 Mr. Dressup
7 Edge of Night
8-35 Alice (R)
9T-13 What's Cooking
11 Doug Hall
18 All About You (R)
40 Les 100 Tours de Centour
40 Trousse Mitoutle (10:50)
11:00
2-8-35 The Price is Right
2B-3-12 Wheel of Fortune
5-7-7B-24 Love Boat (R)
5T-8W-9 Sesame Street
6 Love Boat
9T Joyce Davidson
10 Yan Can
11 Days of Our Lives
13 Betty and Friends
18 Les Boucaniers d'Eau Douce
18 Le Jardin des Sensations (11:20)
40 L'Atelier des Pissenlits
43 Beverly Hillbillies
50 Romper Room
54 TV Speed Learning
11:30
2B News
3-12 Password Plus
9T Just Like Mom
10 Mr. Dressup
13 Mad Dash
18 Tell Me a Story
18 Les Aventures de Babar (11:40)
18 Fish Tales (11:45)
40 Wickie
43 Lucy Show
50 Andy Griffith
54 Footsteps
12:00 PM
2-4-5-6-7B-8 News
2B The World of People
3-12 Card Sharks
5T Barbara McLeod
7-24 Family Feud
8W-10 Cartoons
9 King of Kensington
9T-13 The Flintstones
10-13 Agri-News (12:25)
11 Midday
18 The Real Story
35 To Tell the Truth
40 Le Telejournal
43 Bewitched
50 Beverly Hillbillies
54 Sesame Street (R)
12:30
(blacked out) Search for Tomorrow
2B-3-4-12 The Doctors
5-7-7B-24 Ryan's Hope
5T-9 Bob McLean
8W Agri-News
8W News (12:35)
10 News
10 Movie (12:45)
13 Definition
18 T.B.A.
43 Gomer Pyle
50 To Tell the Truth
1:00
2-8-35 The Young and the Restless
2B-3-4-12 Days of Our Lives
5-7-7B-11-24 All My Children
6 That's Life (R)
8W Carol Burnett and Friends
9T-13 Alan Thicke
18 The Short Story
18 Parlez-Moi (1:15)
18 Write On (1:25)
43-50 Movie
54 Educational Programming
1:30
5T-9 Ben Wicks
6 Celebrity Cooks
8W Ryan's Hope
18 Report Canada (R)
18 Two Plus You (1:45)
18 Readalong I (R) (1:50)
40 Femme d'Aujourd'hui
54 Electric Company (R)
Cable—Sounds of Praise
2:00
2-6-8-35 As the World Turns
2B-3-4-9T-12-13 Another World
5-7-7B-11-24 One Life to Live
5T-8W Today
9 Take 30
18 Let's All Sing
18 The Body Works (R) (2:15)
18 Barbapapa (2:25)
54 Educational Programming
2:30
9 Mary Tyler Moore
10 Bob McLean
18 Jeremy (R)
18 Thinkabout (2:45)
40 Cinema
50 News (2:55)
54 Vegetable Soup
3:00
2-6-8-35 Guiding Light
2B-3-4-9T-12-13 Texas
5-7-7B-11-24 General Hospital
5T-8W Edge of Night
9 Movie
18 North America: Growth of a Continent
43 The Flintstones
50 Bugs Bunny
54 Villa Alegre (R)
3:30
5T-8W-10 Take 30
18 North America: Growth of a Continent
18 Citizen Seatbelt (3:45)
43 Scooby Doo
50 Woody Woodpecker
54 Mister Rogers (R)
4:00
2 Carol Burnett and Friends
2B Movie
3-9T Toni Tennille
4 Good Times
5 Afternoon Exchange
5T What's New?
6 Little Rascals
7 Movie
7B Happy Days Again
8 Movie
8W King of Kensington (R)
10 Edge of Night
11 The Young and the Restless
12 Woody Woodpecker and Friends
13 Match Game
18 Passe-Partout
24 Gilligan's Island
35 Rocky and Friends
40 Bobino
43 Popeye
50 The Flintstones
54 Sesame Street (R)
Cable—Rush Hour
4:30
2 The Rockford Files
4 All in the Family
5T Happy Days Again
6 Gilligan's Island
7B John Davidson
8W M*A*S*H
10 Happy Days Again (R)
13 Andy Griffith
18 Mister Rogers
24 Tom and Jerry
35 Merv Griffin
40 Pop Citroulle
43 Woody Woodpecker
50 Scooby Doo
5:00
3 John Davidson
4 Barney Miller
5 Merv Griffin
5T King of Kensington (R)
6 Battle of the Planets
8W-10 The Price is Right
9 What's New?
9T Mike Douglas
11 Sha Na Na
12 Bonanza
13 The Odd Couple
18 Sesame Street
24 Bewitched
40 Les Pierrafeu
43 Bugs Bunny
50 Tom and Jerry
54 Electric Company (R)
Cable—Interational Guiding 1980
5:30
2-2B-4-7 News
5T All in the Family
6 Good Times
8 Happy Days Again
9 Carol Burnett and Friends
11 Yan Can
13 Hogan's Heroes
24 M*A*S*H
35 The World of People
40 Du Neuf au Zoo
43 Pink Panther
50 The Brady Bunch
54 3-2-1 Contact (R) (CC)
Cable—Old-Fashioned Friendship Time
6:00
2-3-4-5-7-7B-8-8W-9-11-13-24-35 News
5T Newshour
6 Global News
9T Carol Burnett and Friends
10 FYI News
12 Joker's Wild
18 Polka Dot Door
40 Ce Soir
40 Ce Soir en Ontario (6:05)
43 Welcome Back Kotter
50 Happy Days Again
54 Weather - World
6:30
2-8-35 CBS News
2B-4-12 NBC News
3 Browns '80 (6:55)
5-7B-24 ABC News
9T Worldbeat News
11 Street Talk
18 Fables of the Green Forest
18 Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings (6:55)
40 Nouvelles du Sport (Toronto)
40 Ce Soir (6:35)
43-50 Sandford and Son
54 Over Easy
7:00
2-2B P.M. Magazine
3 NBC News
4-8 Joker's Wild
5 Match Game
5T Barney Miller
6 Welcome Back Kotter
7 ABC News
7B Tic Tac Dough
8W Eight is Enough (not a local show)
9 Dave Allen
9T-13 Family Feud
10 Hawaii Five-O
11 Rhoda
12 News
18 Doctor Who
24 Happy Days Again
35 Hollywood Squares
40 Ontario 30
43-50 M*A*S*H
54 Living Here
7:30
2-5 Tic Tac Dough
2B Joker's Wild
3-7B-12 Family Feud
4 Bullseye
5T Loeb Report
6 That's Life
7 Hollywood Squares
8 P.M. Magazine
9 Doctor in the House
9T-13 Littlest Hobo
11 Nashville Swing
18 Movie: Magic Shadows (1942)
24-43-50 M*A*S*H
35 P.M. Magazine
40 Boogie Woogie '47
54 MacNeil-Lehrer Report
8:00
2-8-9T-13-35 Movie: Rocky (1976)
2B-3-4-12 NBC Movie: The Godfather Saga (1977) (CC)
5-5T-7-7B-8W-10-24 Mork & Mindy
6 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
9 Bob Monks' Inside Outside
11 Rock It
18 From Books to Bytes
40 Les Grands Films
43 The Rockford Files
50 Movie: Flight to Holocaust (1977)
54 Pennsylvania Town Meeting: An Election Perspective
Cable—Optimist TV Auction
8:30
5T-8W-9-10 Flappers
6 Man About the House
9:00
5-5T-7-7B-24 Barney Miller
6 Wintario
8W That's Incredible
9 The Ten-Thousand-Day War
10 Movie: Stand Up and be Counted (1972)
11 Movie: Stranger in Our House (1978)
18 Omega Factor
43 Movie: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1967)
54 Soundstage (R) (CC)
9:30
5-7-7B-24 It's a Living
5T Archie Bunker's Place
9 Spectrum
10:00
2B-3-4-12 George Burns in Nashville
5-7-7B-24 20/20
5T Oscar Peterson and Friends
6 The Tonight Show
8W The Duke
18 Speaking Out
40 Le Travail a la Chaine
50 National News (INN?)
54 Sneak Previews
10:30
2-8-35 M*A*S*H (R)
5T Up at Ours
9T Joyce Davidson
13 In Search Of
40 Le Telejournal
50 Hollywood Squares
54 This Old House (CC)
11:00
2-2B-3-4-5-7-7B-8-11-12-24-35 News
5T-8W-9-10 CBC National News
5T-9 News (11:27)
6 Global News
8W-9T-13 News (11:20)
9T-13 CTV National News
10 PM News (11:27)
18 T.B.A.
40 Telejournal Ontarien
40 Nouvelles en Sport (Toronto) (11:10)
40 Telex Arts (11:20)
50 Prisoner: Cell Block H
54 From Jumpstreet (CC)
11:30
2-8 Maude
2B-3-4-12 The Tonight Show
5-7-7B-24 ABC News
5-7-7B-24 Charlie's Angels (11:50)
5T Too Close for Comfort (11:45)
6 Celebrity Cooks
8W Movie: Rendezvous Hotel (1979) (11:45)
9 Movie: Mission Batangas (1968) (11:45)
10 Maude (11:45)
11 Party Game
18 Question Period
35 The Jeffersons
40 Cinema: Projetes dans le temps (1976)
50 The Benny Hill Show
54 Up and Coming
12:00 AM
2 The Jeffersons (R)
5T Cribb (12:15)
6 Streets of San Francisco
8 Ironside
9T Movie: Burnt Offerings (1976) (12:15)
10 Movie: Cooley High (1975) (12:15)
11 Movie: The Legend of Custer (1968)
13 John Davidson
35 McMillan and Wife (R)
43 Movie: Red Montain (1951)
50 Night Gallary
12:30
2B-3-4-12 Tomorrow
50 Movie: Fighter Squadron (1948)
1:00
5-7-7B-24 Police Woman (R)
6 The Gong Show
8 Movie: Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
1:30
6 Movie: Project X (1968)
2:00
2-5 News (2:10)
3-43 News
4 Classroom
7 Movie: The Slender Thread (1966) (2:10)
7B News (R) (2:10)
11 Marcus Welby, M.D.
12 Movie: Shoot-Out (1971)
Notes: For some reason the Free Press stopped showing listings for WIVB (CBS) Buffalo in the late 1970s, and was not brought back until about 20 years later. Listings for WUTV, WXON, and WTVS were not shown. CKGN (Global) was also available on channel 29 Sarnia, and channel 22 Windsor. CICA 18 (TVO), rebroadcasting channel 19 in Toronto, was also available on channel 59 Chatham, and CKCO was also available on channel 42 Sarnia. CBLFT was on channel 40 in London at the time, rebroadcasting CBLFT 25 in Toronto. Cablecast 13 was operated jointly by London's two cable providers at the time, London Cable TV (soon to be acquired by Rogers) and Maclean-Hunter. No cable lineup for London is shown, although accompanying ads indicate TVO on cable 2, Global on cable 3, CFPL on cable 9, and Cablecast 13. Other stations on cable in London probably included the big three from both Detroit and Erie, CHCH, CKCO, CBLFT, WUAB, and WQLN. Other stations were on cable in nearby communities such as Woodstock, Strathroy, or St. Thomas. Note that there was a limited amount of closed-captioned programming available by this time, mostly on PBS.
Also, I compiled the levels of local/regional news per day on each of the Canadian stations at the time. Note that Global had way more than anyone else, and they were the only ones with news at noon (CFPL and CKNX were later in the hour):
CKGN 2h 30
CKCO 1h 40
CKNX 1h 40
CFPL 1h 38
CBET 1h 18
CBLT 1h 18
CFTO 1h 10
CHCH 1h 00
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From WNBC-TV New York this is Liiiiive at Fiiiiive!</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by mjlarochelle on 11/04/05 07:05 PM.</FONT></P>