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Retro: Tampa Bay - November 13-17, 1978 - Commercial Stations

M

Marckd

Guest
November 13-17, 1978

8 WFLA TV (NBC) Media General

5 AM PTL CLUB
6 AM SUNRISE ALMINAC
6:15 TODAY IN FLORIDA
6:30 BATMAN-Adventure
7 AM TODAY
9 AM BONANZA-Western
10 AM ROMPER ROOM-Children
10:30 JEOPADRY-Game
11 AM HIGH ROLLERS-Game
11:30 WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Game
12 NOON NEWSWATCH
1 PM HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-Game
1:30 DAYS OF OUR LIVES-Serial
2:30 DOCTORS-Serial
3 PM ANOTHER WORLD-Serial
4 PM BEVERLY HILLBILLIES-Comedy
4:30 ANDY GRIFFITH-Comedy
5 PM GUNSMOKE-Western
6 PM NEWS
6:30 NBC NEWS
7 PM NEWLYWED GAME-Game

Monday
7:30 NAME THAT TUNE-Game
8 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE-Drama
9 PM NBC MOVIE – Betrayal (1978)
Tuesday
7:30 MATCH GAME-Game
8 PM LIFELINE (GRANDPA GOES TO WASHINGTON normally aired here for then – Most NBC shows would be axed that month)
9 PM NBC MOVIE – Lady Of The House (1978)
Wednesday
7:30 MUPPET SHOW-Children/Variety
8 PM DICK CLARK LIVE
9 PM NBC MOVIE – Bud & Lou (1978)
Thursday
7:30 GONG SHOW-Game
8 PM LIFELINE (PROJECT UFO had aired here normally)
9 PM QUINCY-Drama
10 PM MAN UNDERCOVER-Drama
Friday
7:30 BONKERS-Game
8 PM DIFF’RENT STROKES-Comedy
8:30 ROCKFORD FILES-Drama (Normally aired at 9 PM – WHO’S WATCHING THE KIDS HAD AIRED HERE and was soon replaced by HELLO LARRY)
9:30 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME – Return Engagement (various shows normally came and went at 10 PM

Monday-Friday
11 PM NEWS
11:30 TONIGHT-Johnny Carson
1 AM TOMORROW-Tom Snyder (except early Saturday)
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Early Saturday)
2 AM LATE MOVIE – Thrill Of It All (1963) Early Tues
Romance on The High Seas (1948) Early Wed
Woman Of The Year (1942) Early Thurs
Convicts 4 (1962) Early Fri
Ballad Of Cable Horgue (1970) Early Sat
4 AM SIGN OFF

10 WLCY (ABC) Rahall Communications

Monday-Friday
6 AM INVOLVEMENT 10
6:30 RUSS BIRD-Talk
7 AM GOOD MORNING AMERICA
9 AM PHIL DONAHUE-Talk
10 AM MEDICAL CENTER-Drama
11 AM HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
11:30 FAMILY FEUD-Game
12 NOON 20,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID-Game
12:30 RYAN’S HOPE-Serial
1 PM ALL MY CHILDREN-Serial
2 PM ONE LIFE TO LIVE-Serial
3 PM GENERAL HOSPITAL-Serial
4 PM MOVIE – Between Heaven & Hell (1956) Mon
Siege At Red River (1954) Tues
Tora Tora Tora Part 1 (1970) Thurs
Tora Tora Tora Part 2 (1970) Fri
WILD KINGDOM (Wed)
4:30 ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL – Dinky Hocker
5:30 NEWS
6 PM ABC NEWS
6:30 JOKERS WILD-Game
7 PM TIC TAC DOUGH-Game
7:30 DATING GAME-Game

Monday
8 PM LUCAN-Drama
9 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Oakland Raiders At Cincinnati Bengals
12 MID NEWS
12:30 FBI-Drama
1:30 MEDICAL CENTER-Drama
2:30 SIGN OFF
Tuesday
8 PM HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
8:30 LAVERNE & SHIRLEY-Comedy
9 PM THREE’S COMPANY-Comedy
9:30 TAXI-Comedy
10 PM STARSKY & HUTCH-Drama
Wednesday
9 PM EIGHT IS ENOUGH-Comedy/Drama
9 PM CHARLIE’S ANGELS-Drama
10 PM VEGAS-Drama
Thursday
8 PM MORK & MINDY-Comedy
8:30 WHAT’S HAPPENING-Comedy
9 PM PEARL Part 1
Normally Aired:
9 PM BARNEY MILLER-Comedy
9:30 SOAP-Comedy
10 PM FAMILY-Drama
Friday
8 PM LOVE BOAT-Comedy Drama
9 PM PEARL part 2
Normally Aired:
8 PM DONNY & MARIE-Variety
9 PM ABC MOVIE

Tuesday-Friday
11 PM NEWS

Tuesday/Early Wednesday
11:30 ABC LATE MOVIE – Deliverance (1972)
1:30 FBI-Drama
2:30 MEDICAL CENTER-Drama
3:30 SIGN OFF
Wednesday/Early Thursday
11:30 POLICE WOMAN-Drama
12:30 SWAT-Drama
1:30 FBI-Drama
2:30 MEDICAL CENTER-Drama
3:30 SIGN OFF
Thursday/Early Friday
11:30 STARSKY & HUTCH-Drama
12:30 BARETTA-Drama
1:30 FBI-Drama
2:30 MEDICAL CENTER-Drama
3:30 SIGN OFF
Friday
11:30 BARETTA-Drama
12:30 MOVIE – Mr. Cory (1957)
2:30 FBI-Drama
3:30 MEDICAL CENTER-Drama
4:30 SIGN OFF

13 WTVT (CBS) Gaylord

5 AM 700 CLUB (Gaylord aired on all their stations except for KTVT Dallas because Pat owned his own station there)
6 AM BREAKFAST BEAT
7 AM CBS NEWS
8 AM CAPTAIN KANGAROO-Children
9 AM MIKE DOUGLAS-Talk
10:30 PRICE IS RIGHT-Game
11:30 LOVE OF LIFE-Serial
12 NOON PULSE PLUS
1 PM YOUNG & THE RESTLESS-Serial
1:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS-Serial
2:30 GUIDING LIGHT-Serial
3:30 M*A*S*H-Comedy
4 PM MERV GRIFFIN-Variety
5:30 CAROL BURNETT-Comedy
6 PM NEWS
7 PM CBS NEWS
7:30 CROSS WITS-Game

Monday
8 PM M*A*S*H-Comedy
8:30 ONE DAY AT A TIME-Comedy
9 PM CBS SPECIAL – The Word Part 2
NORMALLY AIRED:
8 PM WKRP IN CINCINNATI-Comedy
8:30 PEOPLE-Comedy
9 PM M*A*S*H-Comedy
9:30 ONE DAY AT A TIME-Comedy
10 PM LOU GRANT-Drama
Tuesday
8 PM PAPER CHASE-Drama
9 PM CBS SPECIAL – The Word Part 3 (Movies aired here normally anyway)
Wednesday
8 PM CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING-Cartoons
8:30 BUGS BUNNY THANKSGIVING SPECIAL-Cartoons
9 PM CBS SPECIAL – The Word Part 4 (Movies normally aired here anyway) (I HATE THESE MINISERIES’)
Thursday
8 PM WALTONS-Drama
9 PM HAWAII-FIVE-O-Drama
10 PM BARNABY JONES-Drama
Friday
8 PM STAR WARS MUSICAL HOLIDAY SPECIAL
10 PM FLYING HIGH-Drama
Normally aired 8-10
8 PM WONDER WOMAN-Adventure
9 PM INCREDIBLE HULK-Drama

Monday/Early Tuesday-Friday/Early Saturday
11 PM NEWS

Monday/Early Tuesday
11:30 ROCKFORD FILES-Drama
12:30 MCMILLAN & WIFE-Drama
2 AM ODD COUPLE-Comedy
2:30 IRONSIDE-Drama
3:30 ADAM 12-Drama
4 AM SIGN OFF
Tuesday/Early Wednesday
11:30 BARNABY JONES-Drama
12:30 MOVIE – Francis Golden Powers True Story Of the U2 Spy Incident (1976)
2:30 ODD COUPLE-Comedy
3 AM IRONSIDE-Drama
4 AM SIGN OFF
Wednesday/Early Thursday
11:30 CBS LATE MOVIE – Love Boat II (1977)
1:30 KOJAK-Drama
2:30 ODD COUPLE-Comedy
3 AM IRONSIDE-Drama
Thursday/Early Friday
11:30 M*A*S*H-Comedy
12 MID COLUMBO-Drama
1:30 ODD COUPLE-Comedy
2 AM IRONSIDE-Drama
3 AM ADAM 12-Drama
3:30 SIGN OFF
Friday/Early Saturday
11:30 NEW AVENGERS-Drama
12:30 CBS MOVIE – Sweet Hostage (1976) (ABC ran this movie in 1976 & 1977)
2:30 ODD COUPLE-Comedy
3 AM IRONSIDE-Drama
4 AM ADAM 12-Drama

44 WTOG (Ind.) Hubbard
5 AM LOVE AMERICAN STYLE-Comedy
5:30 THAT GIRL-Comedy
6 AM ADAMS FAMILY-Comedy
6:30 MUNSTERS-Comedy
7 AM BUGS BUNNY-Cartoons
7:30 WOODY WOODPECKER-Cartoons
8 AM FLINTSTONES-Cartoon
8:30 THREE STOOGES-Comedy
9 AM LEAVE IT TO BEAVER-Comedy
9:30 I DREAM OF JEANNIE-Comedy
10 AM ALL IN THE FAMILY-Comedy (CBS)
10:30 FATHER KNOWS BEST-Comedy
11 AM SUNCOAST SCENES
11:30 NEWS
12 NOON PERRY MASON-Drama
1 PM MOVIE – Carousel Part 1(1956) Mon
Carousel Part 2 (1956) Tues
Anything Goes (1956) Wed
Damn Yankees (1958) Thurs
Pajama Game (1957) Fri
3 PM BUGS & WOODY-Cartoons
3:30 BATTLE OF THE PLANETS-Cartoon
4 PM LITTLE RASCALS-Comedy
4:30 FLINTSTONES-Cartoon
5 PM BRADY BUNCH-Comedy
5:30 GILLIGAN’S ISLAND-Comedy
6 PM MY THREE SONS-Comedy
6:30 BEWITCHED-Comedy
7 PM MARY TYLER MOORE-Comedy
7:30 BOB NEWHART-Comedy
8 PM DINAH SHORE-Talk
9 PM MOVIE – Hole In The Head (1959) Mon
Masquerade (1961) Tues
Gypsy Colt (1954) Wed
The Train (1965) Thurs
Lili (1963) Fri
11 PM I LOVE LUCY-Comedy
11:30 LATE MOVIE – Fanny (1961) Mon
Distant Trumpet (1964) Tues
Treasure Of Sierra Madre (1948) Wed
Sins Of Rachel Cade (1961) Thurs
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1970) Fri
1:30 HOGAN’S HEROES-Comedy (Early Tues-Early Fri)
MOVIE – The Company She Keeps (1950) Early Sat
2 AM GOMER PYLE USMC-Comedy (Early Tues-Early Fri)
2:30 PETTICOAT JUNCTION-Comedy (Early Tues-Early Fri)
3 AM TWILIGHT ZONE-Drama (Early Tues-Early Fri)
3:30 EMERGENCY-Drama (Early Tues-Early Fri)
MOVIE – The Black Rooms (1955) Early Sat
4:30 RIFLEMEN-Western(Early Tues-Early Fri)


40 WXLT (ABC) Calkins Media

Monday-Friday
6:30 NEW ZOO REVUE-Children
7 AM GOOD MORNING AMERICA
9 AM PTL CLUB
11 AM HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
11:30 FAMILY FEUD-Game
12 NOON 20,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID-Game
12:30 RYAN’S HOPE-Serial
1 PM ALL MY CHILDREN-Serial
2 PM ONE LIFE TO LIVE-Serial
3PM GENERAL HOSPITAL-Serial
4 PM MIKE DOUGLAS-Talk
WILD KINGDOM (Wed)
4:30 ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL – Dinky Hocker (Wed)
5:30 EDGE OF NIGHT-Serial (Except Wed)
6 PM NEWS
6:30 ABC NEWS

Monday
7 PM LAST OF THE WILD
7:30 BILL DANCE OUTDOORS
8 PM LUCAN-Drama
9 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Oakland Raiders At Cincinnati Bengals
12 MID NEWS
12:30 SIGN OFF
Tuesday
7 PM FAMILY FEUD-Game
7:30 GONG SHOW-Game
8 PM HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
8:30 LAVERNE & SHIRLEY-Comedy
9 PM THREE’S COMPANY-Comedy
9:30 TAXI-Comedy
10 PM STARSKY & HUTCH-Drama
Wednesday
7 PM CANDID CAMERA
7:30 25,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID-Game
8 PM EIGHT IS ENOUGH-Comedy/Drama
9 PM CHARLIE’S ANGELS-Drama
10 PM VEGAS-Drama
Thursday
7 PM HEE HAW-Music
8 PM MORK & MINDY-Comedy
8:30 WHAT’S HAPPENING-Comedy
9 PM PEARL Part 1
Normally Aired:
9 PM BARNEY MILLER-Comedy
9:30 SOAP-Comedy
10 PM FAMILY-Drama
Friday
7 PM PRICE IS RIGHT-Game
7:30 CANDID CAMERA
8 PM LOVE BOAT-Comedy Drama
9 PM PEARL part 2
Normally Aired:
8 PM DONNY & MARIE-Variety
9 PM ABC MOVIE

Tuesday-Friday
11 PM NEWS

Tuesday/Early Wednesday
11:30 ABC LATE MOVIE – Deliverance (1972)
1:30 SIGN OFF
Wednesday/Early Thursday
11:30 POLICE WOMAN-Drama
12:30 SWAT-Drama
1:30 SIGN OFF
Thursday/Early Friday
11:30 STARSKY & HUTCH-Drama
12:30 BARETTA-Drama
1:30 SIGN OFF
Friday
11:30 BARETTA-Drama
12:30 MOVIE – Lonely Trail (1978)

11 WINK-TV (CBS) McBride Family

5 AM SUNRISE SEMESTER
5:30 700 CLUB
7 AM CBS NEWS
8 AM CAPTAIN KANGAROO-Children
9 AM SESAME STREET-Children (yes this was on!!!! HONEST TO GOD!!!!)
10 AM HERE’S LUCY-Comedy
10:30 MERV GRIFFIN-Variety
11:30 LOVE OF LIFE-Serial
12 NOON PULSE PLUS
12:30 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW-Serial
1 PM YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS-Serial
1:30 AS THE WORLD TURNS-Serial
2:30 GUIDING LIGHT-Serial
3:30 MATCH GAME-Game
4 PM MIKE DOUGLAS-Talk
5 PM STAR TREK-Science Fiction
6 PM NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7 AM GUNSMOKE-Western

Monday
8 PM PEANUTS – CHARLIE BROWN FIRST KISS-Cartoon
YOUNG DANIEL BOONE normally aired here
8:30 FAT ALBERT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL-Cartoon
9 PM MAUDE-Comedy
9:30 BETTY WHITE-Comedy
10 PM RAFFERTY-Drama
Tuesday
8 PM FITZPATRICKS-Drama
9 PM M*A*S*H-Comedy
9:30 ONE DAY AT A TIME-Comedy
10 PM SWITCH-Drama
Wednesday
8 PM BUGS BUNNY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL-Cartoons
GOOD TIMES normally aired here
8:30 BUSTING LOOSE-Comedy
9 PM CBS MOVIE – Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977)
Thursday
8 PM WALTONS-Drama
9 PM HAWAII-FIVE-O-Drama
10 PM BARNABY JONES-Drama
Friday
8 PM TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS PREVIEW
8:30 ODD COUPLE-Comedy
9 PM CBS MOVIE – Mitchell (1975)
NORMALLY AIRED:
9 PM LOGAN’S RUN
10 PM SWITCH

Monday/Early Tuesday-Friday/Early Saturday
11 PM NEWS

Monday/Early Tuesday
11:30 CBS MOVIE – If You Lie So Deep (1975)
1:30 SIGN OFF
Tuesday/Early Wednesday
11:30 KOJAK-Drama
12:30 MOVIE – Death Takes A Holiday (1934)
2:30 SIGN OFF
Wednesday/Early Thursday
11:30 HAWAII-FIVE-O-Drama
12:30 CBS MOVIE – Target Risk (1975)
2:30 SIGN OFF
Thursday/Early Friday
11:30 CBS MOVIE – Visions (1972)
1:30 SIGN OFF
Friday/Early Saturday
11:30 NBA BASKETBALL – Philadelphia 76ers At Portland Trailblazers
1:30 SIGN OFF


20 WBBH (NBC) Waterman TV
6:15 GULF COAST TODAY
7 AM TODAY
9 AM PHIL DONAHUE-Talk
10 AM SANFORD & SON-Comedy
10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-Game
11 AM WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Game
11:30 KNOCKOUT-Game
12 NOON TO SAY THE LEAST-Game
12:30 CHICO & THE MAN-Comedy
1 PM GONG SHOW-Game
1:30 DAYS OF OUR LIVES-Serial
2:30 DOCTORS-Serial
3 PM ANOTHER WORLD-Serial
4 PM LITTLE RASCALS-Comedy
4:30 BRADY BUNCH-Comedy
5 PM HOGAN’S HEROES-Comedy
5:30 ODD COUPLE-Comedy
6 PM NEWS
6:30 NBC NEWS
7 PM MARY TYLER MOORE-Comedy

Monday
7:30 NAME THAT TUNE-Game
8 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE-Drama
9 PM NBC MOVIE – The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977)
Tuesday
7:30 GONG SHOW-Game
8 PM MAN FROM ATLANTIS-Drama
9 PM MULLIGAN’S STEW-Drama
10 PM POLICE WOMAN-Drama
Wednesday
7:30 25,000 DOLLAR PYRAMID-Game
8 PM GRIZZLY ADAMAS-Drama
9 PM OREGON TRAIL-Drama
10 PM BIG HAWAII-Drama
Thursday
7:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-Game
8 PM CHiPS-Drama
9 PM JAMES AT 15-Drama
10 PM ROSATTI & RYAN-Drama
Friday
7:30 GONG SHOW-Game
8 PM BING CROSBY ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD SPECIAL
NORMALLY AIRED:
8 PM SANFORD & SON-Comedy
8:30 CHICO & THE MAN-Comedy
9 PM ROCKFORD FILES-Drama
10 PM QUINCY-Drama

Monday-Friday
11 PM NEWS
11:30 TONIGHT-Johnny Carson
1 AM TOMORROW-Tom Snyder (except early Saturday)
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Early Saturday)
2 AM EMERGENCY-Drama
3 AM SIGN OFF
 
Not so unusual to have a commercial station carrying "Sesame
Street." I don't think there was a PBS station in Southwest Florida
at the time, and closer to home WLOS Asheville, NC and WKPT
Kingsport, TN (both ABC affiliates) carried "Sesame Street" because
of weak PBS signals (Channel 33 in Asheville, Channels 47 in Norton, VA
and 52 in Marion, VA serving the Tri-Cities). And I'm sure there were
others; I keep thinking that WOI Des Moines (ABC) also carried it, even
though WOI is on Channel 5 and PBS on Channel 11. Somebody correct
me on that one.

I seem to recall WLOS carrying "Sesame Street" against "Captain Kangaroo"
on WSPA at one time; don't think that was a good call, having two quality
kids' shows head to head.
 
I checked one of the Sarasota papers, and it showed "Liars Club"
at 7 PM on Channel 10. I'm aware that a lot of stations showed
"Joker's Wild" and "Tic Tac Dough" back-to-back, as they do "Wheel
Of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!", but I think this one needs straightening
out; "Tic Tac Dough" was shown as being on Channel 11 at 7.

And please note your sources somewhere, preferably at the top, of
your posting.
 
bpatrick said:
I checked one of the Sarasota papers, and it showed "Liars Club"
at 7 PM on Channel 10. I'm aware that a lot of stations showed
"Joker's Wild" and "Tic Tac Dough" back-to-back, as they do "Wheel
Of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!", but I think this one needs straightening
out...

According to the Evening Independent, Markd's evening schedule for what was now WTSP channel 10 (having been sold earlier) was correct -- World News Tonight at 6, Joker's Wild at 6:30, Liar's Club at 7 and Dating Game at 7:30.

In the Tampa Bay area, no one cleared Tic Tac Dough that season; WFLA would pick it up in the Fall of 1979, but Joker would have no home after WTSP dropped it in favor of Sanford & Son Reruns at 6:30, Match Game at 7, and syndicated weeklies at 7:30 (Guinness Game Mondays, Muppets Tuesdays, Family Feud Wednesdays and Fridays, Name That Tune Thursdays). In the fall of 1980, WTVT would pick up The Joker's Wild weeknights at 7:30PM -- opposite Tic Tac Dough on WFLA (which carried it evenings before moving to weekdays on WTVT in 1984). Joker would be gone again in Fall 1981, returning to WTVT in 1983; they won't actually be paired up together until 1985. (All schedules are from the Evening Independent.)

bpatrick said:
And please note your sources somewhere, preferably at the top, of
your posting.

And if you're getting your data online or from Google News, it would be helpful if you also provide a link.
 
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