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Retro: Tuscaloosa, Alabama - Tuesday, February 12, 1985

From "The Tuscaloosa News"

WCBI-4 CBS/Columbus, MS

PM
6:00 – News
6:30 – Family Feud
7:00 – Atlanta Child Murders
10:00 – News
10:30 – Fall Guy
11:30 – Columbo
AM
1:00 – CBS News Nightwatch
5:00 – Jim Bakker
6:00 – CBS Morning News
8:00 – Alice
8:30 – Body Language
9:00 - $25,000 Pyramid
9:30 – Press Your Luck
10:00 – Price is Right
11:00 – Young and Restless
PM
12:00 – CNN Headline News
12:30 – As The World Turns
1:30 – Capitol
2:00 – Guiding Light

WBRC-6 ABC/Birmingham

PM
6:00 – News
6:30 – Entertainment Tonight
7:00 – Three’s A Crowd
7:30 – Who’s The Boss?
8:00 – MacGruder & Loud
9:00 – Call To Glory
10:00 – News
10:30 – Benson
11:00 – Starsky & Hutch
AM
12:00 – Police Woman
1:00 – Movie: “The Notorious Landlady”
3:45 – News
5:00 – Country Boy Eddie
6:30 – ABC News This Morning
6:45 – News
7:00 – Good Morning America
9:00 – Tom York’s Morning Show
10:00 – All My Children
11:00 – Laverne & Shirley
11:30 – Ryan’s Hope
PM
12:00 – News
12:30 – Jeopardy
1:00 – One Life To Live
2:00 – General Hospital

WTVA-9 NBC/Tupelo, MS

PM
6:00 – News
6:30 – Wheel of Fortune
7:00 – A-Team
8:00 – Riptide
9:00 – Remington Steele
10:00 – News
10:30 – Tonight Show
11:30 – Late Night with David Letterman
AM
5:00 – Church of Jesus Christ
5:30 – NBC News at Sunrise
6:00 – Mornin’
7:00 – Today
9:00 – Phil Donahue Show
10:00 – Wheel of Fortune
10:30 – Scrabble
11:00 – Super Password
11:30 – Search for Tomorrow
PM
12:00 – Noon
12:30 – Days of Our Lives
1:30 – Another World

WBIQ-10 PBS/Demopolis-Birmingham

PM
6:00 – Nightly Business Report
6:30 – For the Record
7:00 – MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
8:00 – Nova
9:00 – Frontline
10:00 – New Tech Times
10:30 – International Edition
AM
7:30 – Farm Day
8:00 – Instructional Programs
10:00 – Electric Company
10:30 – Instructional Programs
11:00 – Sesame Street
PM
12:00 – Instructional Programs

WTOK-11 ABC/Meridian, MS

PM
6:00 – News
6:30 – Family Feud
7:00 – Three’s A Crowd
7:30 – Who’s The Boss?
8:00 – MacGruder & Loud
9:00 – Call To Glory
10:00 – News
10:30 – ABC News Nightline
11:00 – Richard Roberts Show
AM
12:00 – Eye on Hollywood
6:00 – Good Morning Meridian
6:30 – ABC News This Morning
6:45 – Good Morning Meridian
7:00 – Good Morning America
9:00 – Hour Magazine
10:00 – Trivia Trap
10:30 – Family Feud
11:00 – Ryan’s Hope
11:30 – Loving
PM
12:00 – All My Children
1:00 – One Life to Live
2:00 – General Hospital

WSFA-12 NBC/Montgomery, AL

PM
6:00 – News
6:30 – Entertainment Tonight
7:00 – A-Team
8:00 – Riptide
9:00 – Remington Steele
10:00 – News
10:30 – Tonight Show
11:30 – M.A.S.H
AM
12:00 – WKRP in Cincinnati
5:30 – NBC News at Sunrise
6:00 – Today
8:00 – Phil Donahue Show
9:00 – Time Machine
9:30 – Sale of the Century
10:00 – Wheel of Fortune
10:30 – Scrabble
11:00 – Super Password
11:30 – Search for Tomorrow
PM
12:00 – News
12:30 – Days of Our Lives
1:30 – Another World

WVTM-13 NBC/Birmingham

PM
6:00 – News
6:30 – Wheel of Fortune
7:00 – A-Team
8:00 – Riptide
9:00 – Remington Steele
10:00 – News
10:30 – M.A.S.H
11:00 – Barney Miller
11:30 – Tonight Show
AM
12:30 – Late Night with David Letterman
1:30 – All in the Family
2:00 – News
5:15 – News
5:30 – NBC News at Sunrise
6:00 – Today
8:00 – Hour Magazine
9:00 – Divorce Court
9:30 – Newlywed Game
10:00 – Wheel of Fortune
10:30 – Scrabble
11:00 – News
11:30 – Search for Tomorrow
PM
12:00 – Days of Our Lives
1;00 – Another World

WDBB-17 Ind./Tuscaloosa

PM
6:00 – News
6:30 – WKRP in Cincinnati
7:00 – Buck Rogers
8:00 – Movie: “Pete & Tillie”
10:00 – News
10:30 – Mannix
11:30 – Star Search
AM
12:30 – Great Record Collection
6:00 – 20 Minute Workout
6:30 – CNN Headline News
7:00 – Voltron
7:30 – Great Space Coaster
8:00 – Inspector Gadget
8:30 – Heathcliff
9:00 – Partridge Family
9:30 – I Dream of Jeannie
10:00 – Dating Game
10:30 – Newlywed Game
11:00 – Merv Griffin
PM
12:00 – McHale’s Navy
12:30 – That Girl
1:00 – Movie: “The Rare Breed”

WTTO-21 Ind./Birmingham

PM
6:00 – CHiPs
7:00 – Dallas
8:00 – Movie: “The Day of the Dolphin”
10:00 – Bob Newhart Show
10:30 – Sanford and Son
11:00 – Movie: “In the Heat of the Night”
AM
1:00 – Movie: “Double Image”
6:00 – CNN Headline News
6:30 – Great Space Coaster
7:00 – Mighty Mouse
7:30 – Plasticman
8:00 – Flipper
8:30 – Brady Bunch
9:00 – Movie: “Escape from Colditz”
PM
12:00 – I Love Lucy
12:30 – Andy Griffith
1:00 – Movie: “The Perfect Furlough”

WCFT-33 CBS/Tuscaloosa

6:00 – News
6:30 – M.A.S.H
7:00 – Atlanta Child Murders
10:00 – News
10:30 – Fall Guy
11:30 – Columbo
AM
5:30 – CBS Early Morning News
6:00 – CBS Morning News
8:00 – Family
9:00 - $25,000 Pyramid
9:30 – Press Your Luck
10:00 – Price is Right
11:00 – Young and the Restless
PM
12:00 – I Love Lucy
12:30 – As the World Turns
1:30 – Capitol
2:00 – Guiding Light

WBMG-42 CBS/Birmingham

PM
6:00 – Family Feud
6:30 – Name That Tune
7:00 – Atlanta Child Murders
10:00 – Rituals
10:30 – Fall Guy
11:30 – Columbo
AM
1:00 – CBS News Nightwatch
5:00 – CBS Early Morning News
5:30 – CBS Early Morning News
6:00 – CBS Morning News
8:00 – 700 Club
9:00 - $25,000 Pyramid
9:30 – Press Your Luck
10:00 – Price is Right
11:00 – Young and the Restless
PM
12:00 – Rituals
12:30 – As the World Turns
1:30 - Capitol
2:00 – Guiding Light
 
BOOOO! No listings from 2-6 PM! I want to find out which stations aired Tom & Jerry or Bugs Bunny or Woody Woodpecker in the afternoon... Bummer! :mad:
 
WDBB and WTTO effectively served as the 2 Independent
stations for the Birmingham-Central Alabama Market
 
Last edited:
DToTheJ:Here are the 3-6 PM schedules(the movies for both stations
were still in progress at 2 PM) for WDBB And WTTO(courtesy of
the Weekly TV supplement in the Friday, February 8, 1985 edition)

WDBB:
3:00 Flintstones
3:30 Scooby Doo
4:00 Gilligan's Island
4:30 Leave It To Beaver
5:00 Mork And Mindy
5:30 Laverne And Shirley

WTTO:
3:00 Woody Woodpecker
3:30 Flintstones(yes, apparently 17 and 21 both carried them)
4:00 Scooby Doo(ditto)
4:30 He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
5:00 Eight Is Enough
 
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