Retro: The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, Saturday, September 14, 1996
(I had to use the "Star TV" guide listing from the following week to fill in some gaps in the schedules for KCWB-TV & KMCI-TV.)
Stations Listed:
WDAF-TV, Ch. 4 (Fox), Kansas City, MO
KCTV-TV, Ch. 5 (CBS), Kansas City, MO
KMBC-TV, Ch. 9 (ABC), Kansas City, MO
KCPT-TV Ch. 19 (PBS), Kansas City, MO (KCPT was in the middle of a pledge drive at this time.)
KCWB-TV, Ch. 29 (The WB), Kansas City, MO (First day on-the-air.)
KMCI-TV, Ch. 38 (IND - Had just switched from a "Home Shopping Club" affilate to being an independent about a month, or so, earlier.), Lawrence, KS
KSHB-TV, Ch. 41 (NBC), Kansas City, MO
KYFC-TV, Ch. 50 (IND), Kansas City, MO (Months away from being sold to Paxson Communications.)
WDAF-TV, Ch. 4 (Fox), Kansas City, MO
6:00AM Paid Program
6:30AM Travel Update
7:00AM Nick News
7:30AM Ghostwriter
8:00AM CNN Headline News
8:30AM CNN Headline News
9:00AM News
9:30AM News
10:00AM News
10:30AM News
11:00AM Big 12 Preseason Special
11:30AM College Football: Cincinnati at Kansas State
3:00PM Baseball: California Angels at Kansas City Royals
6:00PM Entertainment Tonight
7:00PM Cops
7:30PM Cops
8:00PM America's Most Wanted
9:00PM PrimeTime
10:00PM News
10:35PM MAD TV
11:35PM Two
12:35AM Tales From the Crypt
1:05AM Tales From the Crypt
1:35AM MOVIE: "The Invisible Ghost" (1941)
3:35AM Emergency Call
4:00AM EXTRA
KCTV-TV Ch. 5 (CBS), Kansas City, MO
5:05AM One West Waikiki
6:00AM Coast Guard
6:30AM New Adventures of Captain Planet
7:00AM Bill Nye the Science Guy
7:30AM News for Kids
8:00AM News
8:30AM News
9:00AM News
9:30AM News
10:00AM Bob Villa's Home Again
10:30AM Your New House
11:00AM Beakman's World
11:30AM CBS Storybreak
12:00PM Motorcycle Craze
1:00PM Golf: President's Cup, Day 2
5:00PM American Journal
5:30PM News
6:00PM News
6:30PM Wheel of Fortune
7:00PM Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
8:00PM Touched by an Angel
9:00PM Walker, Texas Ranger
10:00PM News
10:35PM Seinfeld
11:05PM Married... With Children
11:35PM Beverly Hills, 90210
12:35AM Night Stand
1:35AM One West Waikiki
2:35AM MOVIE: "Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee" (1994)
4:30AM Lifestyles
KMBC-TV Ch. 9 (ABC), Kansas City, MO
5:00AM Paid Program
5:30AM U.S. Farm Report
6:00AM This Old House
6:30AM Capelli & Company
7:00AM New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
7:30AM Brand Spanking New Doug
8:00AM Mighty Ducks
8:30AM Street Sharks
9:00AM Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show
9:30AM Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show
10:00AM Bone Chillers
10:30AM Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles
11:00AM Flash Foward
11:30AM ABC Weekend Special
12:00PM Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures
12:30PM World of Nature
1:30PM Extremists With Gabrielle Reece
2:00PM Popular Mechanics Show
2:30PM College Football: BYU at Washington, or Iowa State at Iowa, or Michigan at Colorado, or Northwestern at Duke
6:00PM News
6:30PM Inside Edition Weekend
7:00PM Second Noah (Season Premiere)
8:00PM MOVIE: "The Money Pit" (1986)
10:00PM News
10:35PM Roseanne
11:05PM Golden Girls
11:35PM Perry Mason
12:35AM Outer Limits
1:35AM MOVIE: "Babies"
KCPT-TV Ch. 19 (PBS), Kansas City, MO (KCPT was in the middle of a pledge drive at this time.)
7:00AM Sesame Street
8:00AM Nature
9:00AM Hidden Worlds
9:30AM Life on the Internet
10:00AM Cooking Secrets of the CIA
10:30AM Victory Garden
11:00AM Grilling With Chef George Hirsch
11:30AM Cooking With Caprial: American Bistro Fare
12:00PM Frugal Gourmet
12:30PM This Old House
1:00PM New Yankee Workshop
1:30PM Hometime
2:05PM Chef Paul Prudhomme's Fiery Foods
2:45PM Sew Many Quilts
3:25PM Sewing With Nancy
4:00PM Lawrence Welk
5:10PM New Red Green Show
5:45PM New Red Green Show
6:20PM New Red Green Show
7:00PM Doobie Brothers Rockin' Down the Highway With Special Guest Michael McDonald
9:00PM Eagles in the Spotlight
11:00PM Austin City Limits
KCWB-TV Ch. 29 (The WB), Kansas City, MO (First day on-the-air.)
6:00AM The Flinstones (Not listed - Possibly the first program aired on KCWB-TV.)
6:30AM The Jetsons (Not listed)
7:00AM Dino Babies
7:30AM Berenstain Bears
8:00AM Sylvester & Tweety Mystries (First WB program shown on KCWB-TV.)
8:30AM Animaniacs
9:00AM Animaniacs
9:30AM Pinky & the Brain
10:00AM Superman
10:30AM Road Rovers
11:00AM Freakazoid
11:30AM Earthworm Jim
12:00PM Gladiators 2000
12:30PM P.E. TV
1:00PM AWF Warriors of Wrestling
2:00PM WWF Superstars (Listed as "To Be Announced".)
3:00PM Fishing Fever
3:30PM Popular Mechanics Show
4:00PM Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures
4:30PM Field Trip
5:00PM Sister, Sister (KCWB-TV would start airing movies from 5:00PM to 7:00PM, starting the following week.)
5:30PM Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
6:00PM The Wayans Bros.
6:30PM The Jamie Foxx Show
7:00PM The 3 Stooges
7:20PM The 3 Stooges
7:40PM The 3 Stooges
8:00PM Savannah (KCWB-TV would start airing movies from 8:00PM to 10:00PM, starting the following week.)
9:00PM Savannah
10:00PM America's Dumbest Criminals (Listed as "To Be Announced".)
10:30PM Savannah (KCWB-TV would start airing movies from 10:30PM to 12:30AM, starting the following week.)
11:30PM Savannah
KMCI-TV, Ch. 38 (IND - Had just switched from a "Home Shopping Club" affilate to being an independent about a month, or so, earlier.), Lawrence, KS
6:00AM Andy Griffith
6:30AM Andy Griffith
7:00AM I Love Lucy
7:30AM Paid Program
8:00AM Bonanza
9:00AM Gunsmoke
10:00AM Save Our Streets
11:00AM Against Crime (I don't know what the full title of this show was.)
12:00PM Bonanza
1:00PM Gunsmoke
2:00PM I Love Lucy
2:30PM I Love Lucy
3:00PM Andy Griffith
3:30PM Andy Griffith
4:00PM Cosby Show
4:30PM Cosby Show
5:00PM A Different World
5:30PM A Different World
6:00PM 21 Jump Street
7:00PM Star Trek: The Next Generation
8:00PM MOVIE: "Chance of a Lifetime" (1991)
10:00PM Three's Company
10:30PM The Ropers
11:00PM Gunsmoke
KSHB-TV Ch. 41 (NBC), Kansas City, MO
6:00AM Speakout
6:30AM Sing Me a Story: With Belle
7:00AM Today
9:00AM Saved by the Bell: The New Class
9:30AM Hang Time
10:00AM Saved by the Bell: The New Class
10:30AM California Dreams
11:00AM Full House
11:30AM NBA Inside Stuff
12:00PM Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1:00PM Coach
1:30PM College Football: Purdue at Notre Dame
5:00PM News
5:30PM NBC News
6:00PM The Simpsons
6:30PM The Simpsons
7:00PM Stand-Up Comedy of Television
8:30PM 1996 Miss America Pagent
11:00PM News
11:30PM Saturday Night Live
1:00AM Entertainers
2:00AM Nightside
KYFC-TV, Ch. 50 (IND), Kansas City, MO (Months away from being sold to Paxson Communications.)
6:00AM Quigley's Village
6:30AM Just Kids
7:00AM Kids Like You
7:30AM Davey & Goliath
8:00AM To Be Announced
9:00AM Superbook
9:30AM Flying House
10:00AM Gerbert
10:30AM Kingdom Adventure
11:00AM Weekend Jam
12:00PM Fish TV
12:30PM Jesus in the Inner City
1:30PM Jewish Voice
2:00PM Esta Es la Vida
2:30PM Fishing the West
3:00PM Backyard America
3:30PM Gospel Music
4:00PM Sunday Night Alive
5:30PM Larry Rice
6:30PM Dr. Richard Lee
7:00PM Family Theatre
9:00PM Jack Van Impe
9:30PM A Second Look
10:00PM Awakening
11:00PM Bobby Jones Gospel Hour
12:00AM Weekend Jam
1:00AM Z Music
KSMO-TV Ch. 62 Kansas City, MO (UPN)
5:00AM Bullwinkle
5:30AM Timon & Pumbaa
6:00AM Paid Program
6:30AM Paid Program
7:00AM Dragon Ball
7:30AM To Be Announced
8:00AM C-Bear & Jamal
8:30AM Big Bad BeetleBorgs
9:00AM Casper
9:30AM Spider-Man
10:00AM Goosebumps
10:30AM Life With Louie
11:00AM X-Men
11:30AM Tick
12:00PM MOVIE: "Sometimes a Great Notion" (1970)
2:00PM MOVIE: "Killer Instinct" (Unknown Year)
4:00PM MOVIE: "Internal Affairs" (1990)
6:00PM Step by Step
6:30PM Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
7:00PM MOVIE: "Tarzan's Return" (1996)
9:00PM Lazarus Man
10:00PM Fun & Fortune
10:30PM MOVIE: "Blazing Saddles" (1974)
12:30AM Star Trek: Voyager
1:30AM Paid Program
2:00AM Babylon 5
3:00AM Highlander
4:00AM Perfect Strangers
4:30AM Fish TV
(I had to use the "Star TV" guide listing from the following week to fill in some gaps in the schedules for KCWB-TV & KMCI-TV.)
Stations Listed:
WDAF-TV, Ch. 4 (Fox), Kansas City, MO
KCTV-TV, Ch. 5 (CBS), Kansas City, MO
KMBC-TV, Ch. 9 (ABC), Kansas City, MO
KCPT-TV Ch. 19 (PBS), Kansas City, MO (KCPT was in the middle of a pledge drive at this time.)
KCWB-TV, Ch. 29 (The WB), Kansas City, MO (First day on-the-air.)
KMCI-TV, Ch. 38 (IND - Had just switched from a "Home Shopping Club" affilate to being an independent about a month, or so, earlier.), Lawrence, KS
KSHB-TV, Ch. 41 (NBC), Kansas City, MO
KYFC-TV, Ch. 50 (IND), Kansas City, MO (Months away from being sold to Paxson Communications.)
WDAF-TV, Ch. 4 (Fox), Kansas City, MO
6:00AM Paid Program
6:30AM Travel Update
7:00AM Nick News
7:30AM Ghostwriter
8:00AM CNN Headline News
8:30AM CNN Headline News
9:00AM News
9:30AM News
10:00AM News
10:30AM News
11:00AM Big 12 Preseason Special
11:30AM College Football: Cincinnati at Kansas State
3:00PM Baseball: California Angels at Kansas City Royals
6:00PM Entertainment Tonight
7:00PM Cops
7:30PM Cops
8:00PM America's Most Wanted
9:00PM PrimeTime
10:00PM News
10:35PM MAD TV
11:35PM Two
12:35AM Tales From the Crypt
1:05AM Tales From the Crypt
1:35AM MOVIE: "The Invisible Ghost" (1941)
3:35AM Emergency Call
4:00AM EXTRA
KCTV-TV Ch. 5 (CBS), Kansas City, MO
5:05AM One West Waikiki
6:00AM Coast Guard
6:30AM New Adventures of Captain Planet
7:00AM Bill Nye the Science Guy
7:30AM News for Kids
8:00AM News
8:30AM News
9:00AM News
9:30AM News
10:00AM Bob Villa's Home Again
10:30AM Your New House
11:00AM Beakman's World
11:30AM CBS Storybreak
12:00PM Motorcycle Craze
1:00PM Golf: President's Cup, Day 2
5:00PM American Journal
5:30PM News
6:00PM News
6:30PM Wheel of Fortune
7:00PM Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
8:00PM Touched by an Angel
9:00PM Walker, Texas Ranger
10:00PM News
10:35PM Seinfeld
11:05PM Married... With Children
11:35PM Beverly Hills, 90210
12:35AM Night Stand
1:35AM One West Waikiki
2:35AM MOVIE: "Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee" (1994)
4:30AM Lifestyles
KMBC-TV Ch. 9 (ABC), Kansas City, MO
5:00AM Paid Program
5:30AM U.S. Farm Report
6:00AM This Old House
6:30AM Capelli & Company
7:00AM New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
7:30AM Brand Spanking New Doug
8:00AM Mighty Ducks
8:30AM Street Sharks
9:00AM Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show
9:30AM Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show
10:00AM Bone Chillers
10:30AM Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles
11:00AM Flash Foward
11:30AM ABC Weekend Special
12:00PM Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures
12:30PM World of Nature
1:30PM Extremists With Gabrielle Reece
2:00PM Popular Mechanics Show
2:30PM College Football: BYU at Washington, or Iowa State at Iowa, or Michigan at Colorado, or Northwestern at Duke
6:00PM News
6:30PM Inside Edition Weekend
7:00PM Second Noah (Season Premiere)
8:00PM MOVIE: "The Money Pit" (1986)
10:00PM News
10:35PM Roseanne
11:05PM Golden Girls
11:35PM Perry Mason
12:35AM Outer Limits
1:35AM MOVIE: "Babies"
KCPT-TV Ch. 19 (PBS), Kansas City, MO (KCPT was in the middle of a pledge drive at this time.)
7:00AM Sesame Street
8:00AM Nature
9:00AM Hidden Worlds
9:30AM Life on the Internet
10:00AM Cooking Secrets of the CIA
10:30AM Victory Garden
11:00AM Grilling With Chef George Hirsch
11:30AM Cooking With Caprial: American Bistro Fare
12:00PM Frugal Gourmet
12:30PM This Old House
1:00PM New Yankee Workshop
1:30PM Hometime
2:05PM Chef Paul Prudhomme's Fiery Foods
2:45PM Sew Many Quilts
3:25PM Sewing With Nancy
4:00PM Lawrence Welk
5:10PM New Red Green Show
5:45PM New Red Green Show
6:20PM New Red Green Show
7:00PM Doobie Brothers Rockin' Down the Highway With Special Guest Michael McDonald
9:00PM Eagles in the Spotlight
11:00PM Austin City Limits
KCWB-TV Ch. 29 (The WB), Kansas City, MO (First day on-the-air.)
6:00AM The Flinstones (Not listed - Possibly the first program aired on KCWB-TV.)
6:30AM The Jetsons (Not listed)
7:00AM Dino Babies
7:30AM Berenstain Bears
8:00AM Sylvester & Tweety Mystries (First WB program shown on KCWB-TV.)
8:30AM Animaniacs
9:00AM Animaniacs
9:30AM Pinky & the Brain
10:00AM Superman
10:30AM Road Rovers
11:00AM Freakazoid
11:30AM Earthworm Jim
12:00PM Gladiators 2000
12:30PM P.E. TV
1:00PM AWF Warriors of Wrestling
2:00PM WWF Superstars (Listed as "To Be Announced".)
3:00PM Fishing Fever
3:30PM Popular Mechanics Show
4:00PM Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures
4:30PM Field Trip
5:00PM Sister, Sister (KCWB-TV would start airing movies from 5:00PM to 7:00PM, starting the following week.)
5:30PM Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
6:00PM The Wayans Bros.
6:30PM The Jamie Foxx Show
7:00PM The 3 Stooges
7:20PM The 3 Stooges
7:40PM The 3 Stooges
8:00PM Savannah (KCWB-TV would start airing movies from 8:00PM to 10:00PM, starting the following week.)
9:00PM Savannah
10:00PM America's Dumbest Criminals (Listed as "To Be Announced".)
10:30PM Savannah (KCWB-TV would start airing movies from 10:30PM to 12:30AM, starting the following week.)
11:30PM Savannah
KMCI-TV, Ch. 38 (IND - Had just switched from a "Home Shopping Club" affilate to being an independent about a month, or so, earlier.), Lawrence, KS
6:00AM Andy Griffith
6:30AM Andy Griffith
7:00AM I Love Lucy
7:30AM Paid Program
8:00AM Bonanza
9:00AM Gunsmoke
10:00AM Save Our Streets
11:00AM Against Crime (I don't know what the full title of this show was.)
12:00PM Bonanza
1:00PM Gunsmoke
2:00PM I Love Lucy
2:30PM I Love Lucy
3:00PM Andy Griffith
3:30PM Andy Griffith
4:00PM Cosby Show
4:30PM Cosby Show
5:00PM A Different World
5:30PM A Different World
6:00PM 21 Jump Street
7:00PM Star Trek: The Next Generation
8:00PM MOVIE: "Chance of a Lifetime" (1991)
10:00PM Three's Company
10:30PM The Ropers
11:00PM Gunsmoke
KSHB-TV Ch. 41 (NBC), Kansas City, MO
6:00AM Speakout
6:30AM Sing Me a Story: With Belle
7:00AM Today
9:00AM Saved by the Bell: The New Class
9:30AM Hang Time
10:00AM Saved by the Bell: The New Class
10:30AM California Dreams
11:00AM Full House
11:30AM NBA Inside Stuff
12:00PM Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1:00PM Coach
1:30PM College Football: Purdue at Notre Dame
5:00PM News
5:30PM NBC News
6:00PM The Simpsons
6:30PM The Simpsons
7:00PM Stand-Up Comedy of Television
8:30PM 1996 Miss America Pagent
11:00PM News
11:30PM Saturday Night Live
1:00AM Entertainers
2:00AM Nightside
KYFC-TV, Ch. 50 (IND), Kansas City, MO (Months away from being sold to Paxson Communications.)
6:00AM Quigley's Village
6:30AM Just Kids
7:00AM Kids Like You
7:30AM Davey & Goliath
8:00AM To Be Announced
9:00AM Superbook
9:30AM Flying House
10:00AM Gerbert
10:30AM Kingdom Adventure
11:00AM Weekend Jam
12:00PM Fish TV
12:30PM Jesus in the Inner City
1:30PM Jewish Voice
2:00PM Esta Es la Vida
2:30PM Fishing the West
3:00PM Backyard America
3:30PM Gospel Music
4:00PM Sunday Night Alive
5:30PM Larry Rice
6:30PM Dr. Richard Lee
7:00PM Family Theatre
9:00PM Jack Van Impe
9:30PM A Second Look
10:00PM Awakening
11:00PM Bobby Jones Gospel Hour
12:00AM Weekend Jam
1:00AM Z Music
KSMO-TV Ch. 62 Kansas City, MO (UPN)
5:00AM Bullwinkle
5:30AM Timon & Pumbaa
6:00AM Paid Program
6:30AM Paid Program
7:00AM Dragon Ball
7:30AM To Be Announced
8:00AM C-Bear & Jamal
8:30AM Big Bad BeetleBorgs
9:00AM Casper
9:30AM Spider-Man
10:00AM Goosebumps
10:30AM Life With Louie
11:00AM X-Men
11:30AM Tick
12:00PM MOVIE: "Sometimes a Great Notion" (1970)
2:00PM MOVIE: "Killer Instinct" (Unknown Year)
4:00PM MOVIE: "Internal Affairs" (1990)
6:00PM Step by Step
6:30PM Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
7:00PM MOVIE: "Tarzan's Return" (1996)
9:00PM Lazarus Man
10:00PM Fun & Fortune
10:30PM MOVIE: "Blazing Saddles" (1974)
12:30AM Star Trek: Voyager
1:30AM Paid Program
2:00AM Babylon 5
3:00AM Highlander
4:00AM Perfect Strangers
4:30AM Fish TV