Retro: Virginia Beach - November 4-10, 1979

[Markd]

November 4-10, 1979

Virginia Pilot

3 WTAR-TV (CBS) Landmark
Sunday
6:30 A BETTER WAY
7 AM THREE ROBONIC STOOGES
7:26 IN THE NEWS
7:30 SKATEBIRDS
7:56 IN THE NEWS
8 AM DAY OF DISCOVERY
8:30 ORAL ROBERTS
9 AM CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING
10:30 HOUSE OF WORSHIP
11 AM CHANGED LIVES
11:30 FACE THE NATION
12 PM NEWSMAKERS
12:30 NFL TODAY
1 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers
4 PM MOVIE – Girls Girls Girls (1962)
6 PM NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7 PM 60 MINUTES
8 PM ARCHIE BUNKER’S PLACE-Comedy
8:30 ONE DAY AT A TIME-Comedy
9 PM JEFFERSONS-Comedy
9:30 ALICE-Comedy
10 PM TRAPPER JOHN MD-Drama
11 PM CHANNEL 3 NEWS
11:30 SPORTS UPDATE
12 AM MOVIE – Murder Once Removed (1971)
2 AM MOVIE – The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
4 AM SIGN OFF

Monday-Friday
6 AM HEALTH FIELD
6:30 NEWS
7 AM CBS NEWS
8 AM CAPTAIN KANGAROO-Children
9 AM PHIL DONAHUE-Talk
10 AM THREE IN THE MORNING-Talk
11 AM PRICE IS RIGHT-Game
12 PM LOVE OF LIFE-Serial
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 ONE DAY AT A TIME-Comedy
4 PM MARY TYLER MOORE-Comedy (Except Tuesday)
SCHOOLBREAK SPECIAL (Tuesday) – Going Places
4:30 BOB NEWHART-Comedy
5 PM MERV GRIFFIN-Variety
6 PM CHANNEL 3 NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7 PM CROSS WITS-Game
7:30 PM MAGAZINE-Magazine

Monday
8 PM WHITE SHADOW-Drama
9 PM M*A*S*H-Comedy
9:30 WKRP IN CINCINNATI-Comedy
10 PM LOU GRANT-Drama
Tuesday
8 PM CALIFORNIA FEVER-Drama
9 PM CBS MOVIE – 11TH Victim (1979)
Wednesday
8 PM CBS REPORTS
9 PM CBS MOVIE – Suicide’s Wife (1979)
Thursday
8 PM WALTONS-Drama
9 PM HAWAII-FIVE-O-Drama
10 PM BARNABY JONES-Drama
Friday
8 PM INCREDIBLE HULK-Adventure
9 PM DUKES OF HAZARD- Western
10 PM DALLAS-Serial/Drama

Monday-Friday
11 PM CHANNEL 3 NEWS

Monday/Early Tuesday
11:30 HARRY O - Drama
12:40 CBS MOVIE – McMillan & Wife (1972)
2:20 CHANNEL 3 NEWS
3 AM SIGN OFF
Tuesday/Early Wednesday
11:30 BARNABY JONES-Drama
12:40 CBS MOVIE – Las Vegas Lady (1976)
2:50 CHANNEL 3 NEWS
3:20 SIGN OFF
Wednesday/Early Thursday
11:30 BLACK SHEEP SQUALDRON-Drama
12:40 HAWAII-FIVE-O-Drama
1:50 CHANNEL3 NEWS
2:20 SIGN OFF
Thursday/Early Friday
11:30 CBS LATE MOVIE – Columbo: Try & Catch (1977)
1:20 CBS LATE LATE MOVIE – Banacek (1972)
2:50 CHANNEL 3 NEWS
3:30 SIGN OFF
Friday/Early Saturday
11:30 NIGHT STALKER
12:40 CBS LATE LATE MOVIE – Beyond The Door (1975)
2:50 CHANNEL 3 NEWS
3:30 MOVIE – So This Is Love (1953)
5:45 TEST PATTERN

Saturday
5 AM TEST PATTERN
6:25 GIVE US THIS DAY
6:30 HEALTH FIELD
7 AM MARLO & THE MAGIC MOVIE MACHINE-Children
7:30 GIGGLESNORT HOTEL-Children
8 AM MIGHTY MOUSE/HECKLE & JECKAL-Cartoons
8:56 IN THE NEWS
9 AM BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER-Cartoons
10:26 IN THE NEWS
10:30 ALL NEW POPEYE HOUR-Cartoons
11:26 IN THE NEWS
11:30 FAT ALBERT-Cartoon
11:56 IN THE NEWS
12 PM JASON OF STAR COMMAND-Science Fiction
12:26 IN THE NEWS
12:30 TARZAN/SUPER 7-Cartoons
1:26 IN THE NEWS
1:30 30 MINUTES-ChildreN
1:56 IN THE NEWS
2 PM MOVIE – Geronimo (1962)
4 PM MARY TYLER MOORE-Comedy
4:30 CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR
6 PM CHANNEL 3 NEWS
6:30 CBS NEWS
7 PM HEE HAW-Music
8 PM LOST TREASURE OF CONCEPTION
9 PM CBS MOVIE – Act Of Violence (1979)
11 PM CHANNEL 3 NEWS
11:30 MOVIE – Darling Lilly (1970)
1:40 CHANNEL 3 NEWS
2:20 MOVIE – Sons Of Katie Elder (1965)
4:30 SIGN OFF

10 WAVY-TV (NBC) Lin
Sunday
5 AM PRIDE
5:30 FORUM 10
6 AM BLACK FORUM
6:30 ITS YOUR BUSINESS
7 AM WONDER WONDOW
7:30 BIBLE LESSON
8 AM REX HUMBARD-Religion
9 AM SUNDAY MASS-Catholic
10 AM BOB JONES UNIVERSITY: SHOW MY PEOPLE-Religion
10:30 EARNEST ANGELY-Religion
11:30 CHURCH DERVICE-Baptist
12 PM MEET THE PRESS
12:30 NFL 79
1 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Cincinnati Bengals At Baltimore Colts
4 PM NFL FOOTBALL – New York Jets At Green Bay Packers
7 PM DISNEY’S WONDERFUL WORLD
9 PM NBC MOVIE – McArthur (1979)
11:30 NEWS 10
12 AM NBC MOVIE – Hard Times (1975)
2 AM NEWS 10
2:30 MOVIE – Horror Express (1972)
4:30 TEST PATTERN

Monday-Friday
5 AM PTL CLUB-Jim Bakker
6 AM TIDEWATER TODAY
7 AM TODAY
9 AM JOKERS WILD-Game
9:30 TIC TAC DOUGH-Game
10 AM CARD SHARKS-Game
10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-Game
11 AM WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Game
11:30 HIGH ROLLERS-Game
12 PM MINDREADERS-Game
12:30 HELLO VIRGINIA-Talk
1 PM DAYS OF OUR LIVES-Serial
2 PM DOCTORS-Serial
2:30 ANOTHER WORLD-Serial
4 PM PASSWORD PLUS-Game
4:30 NEWLYWED GAME-Game
5 PM M*A*S*H-Comedy
5:30 NEWS 10
6 PM NEWS 10
6:30 NBC NEWS
7 PM FAMILY FEUD-Game
7:30 MUPPET SHOW-Variety/Children

Monday
8 PM LITTLE HOUSE ON A PRAIRIE-Drama
9 PM NBC MOVIE – Heroes (1977)
Tuesday
8 PM BJ AND THE BEAR-Adventure
9 PM SHERIFF LOBO-Adventure
10 PM NEW CANDID CAMERA-Comedy
Wednesday
8 PM REAL PEOPLE-Magazine
9 PM DIFF’RENT STROKES-Comedy
9:30 HELLO LARRY-Comedy
10 PM BEST OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE-Comedy
Thursday
8 PM BUCK ROGERS-Science Fiction
9 PM QUINCY-Drama
10 PM KATE LOVES A MYSTERY-Drama
Friday
8 PM SHIRLEY-Drama
9 PM ROCKFORD FILES-Drama
10 PM EISCHED-Drama

Monday-Friday
11 PM NEWS 10
11:30 TONIGHT SHOW-Johnny Carson
1 AM TOMORROW-Tom Snyder (Except Friday)
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Friday)
2 AM MARCUS WELBY MD-Drama
3 AM ROOKIES-Drama
4 AM BEVERLY HILLBILLIES-Comedy
4:30 MY THREE SONS-Comedy

Saturday
6 AM READ TO DRAMA
6:30 JOURNEY TO ADVENTURE
7 AM REBOP-Children
7:30 NEW KROFT SUPERSTARS SHOW-Variety
8 AM DAFFY DUCK-Cartoons
8:30 CASPER AND THE ANGELS-Cartoons
9 AM FRED AND BARNEY MEET THE THING-Cartoons
10 AM SUPER GLOBETROTTERS-Cartoons
10:30 THE SHMOO-Cartoons
11 AM FLASH GORDON-Cartoons
11:30 GODZILLA-Cartoons
12 PM JETSONS-Cartoon
12:30 JOHNNY QUEST-Cartoon
1 PM COMEBACK
1:30 COUNTRY ROADS
2 PM ROOKIES-Drama
3 PM IN SEARCH OF
3:30 GREATEST SPORTS LEGENDS
4 PM SPORTSWORLD
6 PM NEWS 10
6:30 NBC NEWS
7 PM PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
8 PM CHIPS-Drama
9 PM BJ AND THE BEAR-Adventure
10 PM REAL PEOPLE
11 PM NEWS 10
11:30 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE-Comedy
1 AM SCTV
2 AM ROCK CONCERT
3 AM ROOKIES-Drama
4 AM TEST PATTERN

13 WVEC (ABC) Corinthian
Sunday
6:30 AUDIO NEWS
7 AM THIS IS THE LIFE-Drama
7:30 JAMES ROBINSON-Religion
8 AM JERRY FAWELL-Religion
9 AM IN TOUCH-Religion
10 AM KIDS ARE PEOPLE TOO-Children
11:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
11:30 ANIMALS ANIMALS ANIMALS-Children
11:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
12 PM WILD KINGDOM
12:30 ISSUES AND ANSWERS
1 PM COURTSHIP OF EDDIE’S FATHER-Comedy
1:30 COURTSHIP OF EDDIE’S FATHER-Comedy
2 PM CAROL BURNETT-Comedy
2:30 CAROL BURNETT-Comedy
3 PM IN SEARCH OF
3:30 INSIGHT-Drama
4 PM MOVIE – Planet Of The Apes (1968)
6 PM NEWS ON 13
6:30 ABC NEWS
7 PM SALVAGE ONE
8 PM MORK AND MINDY-Comedy
8:30 BENSON-Comedy
9 PM ABC MOVIE - Jaws (1975)
11:30 NEWS 13
12 AM MOVIE – Mr. Sundance (1973)
2 AM MOVIE – Masacre At Grand Canyon (1965)
4 AM SIGN OFF

Monday-Friday
6 AM ED ALLEN
6:30 NEWS 13
7 AM GOOD MORNING AMERICA
9 AM GOOD MORNING TIDEWATER
10 AM MOVIE 13 - Meet Danny Wilson (1950) Mon
There’s A Girl In My Soup (1971) Tues
Secret Man (1958) Wed
Trapped Beneath The Sea (1974) Thurs
Skyway To Death (1974)
12 PM 25,000 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 FAMILY FEUD-Game
4:30 LAVERNE & SHIRLEY-Comedy
5 PM HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
5:30 ALL IN THE FAMILY-Comedy
6 PM NEWS 13
7 PM ABC NEWS
7:30 DATING GAME-Game

Monday
8 PM THAT’S INCREDIBLE-Magazine
9 PM NFL FOOTBALL – Houston Oilers At Miami Dopphins
12 AM NEWS 13
12:35 ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE
1:10 MOVIE – Kansas City Massacre (1975)
3:20 SIGN OFF
Tuesday
8 PM HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
8:30 LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY-Comedy
9 PM THREE’S COMPANY-Comedy
9:30 TAXI-Comedy
10 PM HART TO HART-Drama
Wednesday
8 PM EIGHT IS ENOUGH-Comedy/Drama
9 PM BARETTA-Drama
10 PM CHARLIE’S ANGELS-Drama
Thursday
8 PM MORK AND MINDY-Comedy
8:30 ANGIE-Comedy
9 PM BARNEY MILLER-Comedy
9:30 SOAP-Comedy
10 PM 20/20-Newsmagazine
Friday
8 PM FAMILY FEUD SPECIAL-Game
9 PM MOVIE – New Topper (1979)

Tuesday-Friday
11 PM NEWS 13

Tuesday/Early Wednesday
11:30 ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE
12:05 BARNEY MILLER-Comedy
12:40 ABC LATE MOVIE - Beautiful But Deadly (1973)
2:50 NEWS 13
3:20 SIGN OFF
Wednesday/Early Thursday
11:30 ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE
12:05 LOVE BOAT-Comedy
1:15 BARETTA-Drama
2:25 NEWS 13
2:55 SIGN OFF
Thursday/Early Friday
11:30 ABC NEWS NIGHTLIONE
12:05 POLICE WOMAN-Drama
1:15 QUINCY-Drama
2:25 NEWS 13
2:55 SIGN OFF
Friday/Early Saturday
11:30 ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE
12:05 CHARLIE’S ANGELS –Drama
1:15 MOVIE – Snake People (1968)
3:25 SIGN OFF

Saturday
6:30 AUDIO NEWS
7 AM HOT FUDGE–Children
7:30 DAVEY AND GOLIATH-Children
8 AM SUPERFRIENDS-Cartoons
8:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
9 AM SCOOBY DOO ALL STAR LAFF OLYMPICS-Cartoons
10:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
11 AM SPIDERWOMAN-Cartoons
11:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
11:30 SCRAPPY/SCOOBY DOO-Cartoons
11:56 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
12 PM WEEKEND SPECIAL
12:26 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
12:30 AMERICAN BANDSTAND-Music/COLLEGE FOOTBALL
1:30 MOVIE – Vampires (1966)
3 PM COLLEGE FOOTBALL
6:30 NEWS 13
7 PM LAWRENCE WELK-Variety
8 PM LOVE BOAT-Comedy
9 PM LOVE BOAT-Comedy
10 PM FANTYASY ISLAND-Fantasy
11 PM NEWS 13
11:30 MOVIE – Sunshine Boys (1975)
1:40 MOVIE – Any Wednesday (1964)
4:10 SIGN OFF

27 WYAH (Ind.) CBN
Sunday
5 AM 700 CLUB
6:30 PUBLIC POLICY FORUM
7 AM DAWSON ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
8 AM FULL GOSPEL CHURCH
9 AM CHAPEL HOUR
10 AM REX HUMBARD-Religion
11 AM JERRY FAWELL-Religion
12 PM DAY OF DISCOVERY-Religion
12:30 ORAL ROBERTS-Religion
1 PM CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP
1:30 PUBLIC POLICY FORUM
2 PM EARNEST ANGELY-Religion
3 PM FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
3:30 FLAMES OF REVIVAL
4 PM FULL GOSPEL CHURCH
5:30 CHANGED LIVES
6 PM JIMMY SWAGGART-Religion
7 PM JERRY FAWELL-Religion
8 PM ORAL ROBERTS-Religion
8:30 REX HUMBARD-Religion
9:30 ROCK CHURCH-Religion
10 PM 700 CLUB
11:30 ROSS BAGLY-Religion
12 MID DAWSON ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
1 AM JIMMY SWAGGART-Religion
2 AM CHRISTOPHER CLOSEUP
2:30 FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
3 AM IN TOUCH
4 AM THE LESSON
4:30 DAY OF DISCOVERY

Monday-Friday
5 AM 700 CLUB
6:30 ROMPER ROOM-Children
7 AM TOM & JERRY-Cartoons
7:30 POPEYE-Cartoons
8 AM BUGS BUNNY-Cartoons
8:30 FLINTSTONES-Cartoon
9 AM BRADY BUNCH-Comedy
9:30 MUNSTERS-Comedy
10 AM 700 CLUB-Religion
11:30 ROSS BAGLEY-Religion
12 NOON LEAVE IT TO BEAVER-Comedy
12:30 GOMER PYLR USMC-Comedy
1 PM GILLIGAN'S ISLAND-Comedy
1:30 FATHER KNOWS BEST-Comedy
2 PM POPEYE-Cartoons
2:30 BUGS BUNNY-Cartoons
3 PM TOM & JERRY-Cartoons
3:30 STAR BLAZERS/BATTLE OF THE PLANETS-Cartoons
4 PM FRED FLINTSTONE & FRIENDS-Cartoons
4:30 LITTLE RASCALS-Comedy
5 PM FLINTSTONES-Cartoon
5:30 BRADY BUNCH-Comedy
6 PM I LOVE LUCY-Comedy
6:30 ANDY GRIFFITH-Comedy
7 PM STAR TREK-Science Fiction
8 PM GUNSMOKE-Western
9 PM 700 CLUB-Religion
10:30 ROSS BAGLEY-Religion
11 PM I LOVE LUCY-Comedy
11:30 DICK VAN DYKE-Comedy
12 MID MARCUS WELBY MD-Drama
1 AM BONANZA-Western
2 AM MOVIE - Room Service (1938) Early Tues
No Love For Johnnie (1961) Early Wed
Tarnished Angels (1957) Early Thurs
Alcratraz Express (1960) Early Fri
Guns Of Zangara (1961) Early Sat
4 AM RAWHYDE-Western

Saturday
5 AM 700 CLUB
6 AM DAVEY & GOLIATH
6:30 BRADY KIDS-Cartoons
7 AM TOM & JERRY-Cartoons
7:30 GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE-Cartoon
8 AM VALLEY OF THE DINASAURS-Cartoons
8:30 BUGS BUNNY-Cartoons
9 AM FLINTSTONES-Cartoon
9:30 BRADY BUNCH-Comedy
10 AM LITTLE RASCALS-Comedy
11 AM MOVIE – Abbott & Costello Here Come Coeds (1945)
12:30 MOVIE – Beware Of Blondie (1947)
2 PM MOVIE – Passage To Marshalls (1950)
4 PM RIFLEMEN-Western
4:30 RIFLEMEN-Western
5 PM WAGON TRAIN-western
6 PM LONE RANGER-Western
6:30 LONE RANGER-Western
7 PM GUNSMOKE-Western
8 PM MOVIE – Easy Way Out (1953)
10 PM WAGON TRAIN-Western
11 PM 700 CLUB
12:30 ROSS BAGLEY
1 AM JERRY FAWELL
2 AM JIMMY SWAGGART
3 AM IN TOUCH
4 AM EARNEST ANGELY

33 WTVZ (Ind.) TVX
Sunday
7 AM ORAL ROBERTS-Religion
7:30 IT IS WRITTEN
8 AM BANANA SPLITS-Children
9 AM FUN WORLD-Cartoons
12 NOON TARZAN MOVIE – Tarzan Finds A Son (1953)
2 PM MOVIE – Kidnapped (1938)
4 PM MOVIE – Psycho (1960)
6 PM MOVIE – Rough Night In Jerico (1967)
8 PM DEAN MARTIN-Variety
9 PM BAXTERS
10 PM JIM BAKKER WEEKENDS-Religion
12 MID SIGN OFF

Monday-Friday
6 AM PTL CLUB-Jim Bakker
7 AM BUGS BUNNY-Cartoons
7:30 WOODY WOODPECKER-Cartoons
8 AM WORLD OF SUPER ADVENTURE-Cartoons
8:30 SCOOBY DOO-Cartoon
9 AM DENNIS THE MENACE-Comedy
9:30 MAYBERRY RFD-Comedy
10 AM PTL CLUB-Jim Bakker
12 PM MY FAVORITE MARTIAN-Comedy
12:30 BEWITCHED-Comedy
1 PM PARTRIDGE FAMILY-Comedy
1:30 GET SMART-Comedy
2 PM I DREAM OF JEANNIE-Comedy
2:30 BATMAN-Adventure
3 PM MIGHTY MOUSE-Cartoons
3 PM BUGS BUNNY-Cartoons
3:30 POPEYE-Cartoons
4 PM SCOOBY DOO-Cartoons
4:30 KROFT SUPERSTARS
5 PM DENNIS THE MENACE-Comedy
5:30 THREE STOOGES-Comedy
6 PM WHAT’S HAPPENING-Comedy
6:30 GOOD TIMES-Comedy
7 PM SANFORD & SON-Comedy
7:30 BARNEY MILLER-Comedy
8 PM MOVIE 33 - Black Street (1961) Mon
Great Lover (1949) Tues
Flight From Destiny (1941) Wed
Raiders (1964) Thurs
DOA (1949) Fri
10 PM PERRY MASON-Drama
11 PM ODD COUPLE-Comedy
11:30 HOGAN’S HEROES-Comedy
12 MID ROCKFORD FILES-Drama
1 AM TWILIGHT ZONE-Drama
1:30 ALFRED HICHCOCK-Drama
2 AM FBI-Drama
3 AM SIGN OFF

Saturday
6 AM WORLD TOMORROW
6:30 IT IS WRITTEN
7 AM ABBOTT & COSTELLO-Cartoon
7:30 FANTATIC VOYAGE-Cartoon
8 AM JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF EARTH-Cartoon
8:30 SUPERHEROES-Cartoons
9:30 SPIDERMAN-Cartoons
10 AM SUPER MAN-Adventure
10:30 SUPERMAN-Adventure
11 AM THREE STOOGES-Comedy
12 PM MOVIE – Two Flags West (1953)
2 PM MOVIE – Love Me Tender (1956)
4 PM MOVIE – Kiss Of Death (1947)
6 PM SOUL TRAIN-Music
7 PM NASHVILLE ON THE ROAD-Music
7:30 THAT GOOD OLD NASHVILLE MUSIC
8 PM MOVIE – Sign It Death (1974)
10 PM PERRY MASON-Drama
11 PM ODD COUPLE-Comedy
11:30 HOGAN’S HEROES-Comedy
12 AM MOVIE – Back Street (1961)
2 AM SIGN OFF

 

[Braves2005]

The Virginia Pilot must have had a lot of trouble what was on WVEC 13 at the time in November 1979.

First off, Laverne And Shirley moved to Thursdays in the fall of 1979 and Angie moved to Tuesdays in that time slot after Happy Days and Mork And Mindy moved to Sundays. Benson replaced Angie in that Thursday time slot and usually Out Of The Blue was on Sundays after Mork and Mindy in place of Benson unless the Benson episode was a repeat episode (possibly a repeat of the first episode).

Next, Baretta was cancelled in the summer of 1978 and they were showing Charlie's Angels in 1979 at 9:00 PM and Vega$ at 10:00 PM, so unless this Baretta episode was a syndicated rerun there was no possible way that Baretta would have aired at that time since it had been cancelled the year before and ABC was still showing Baretta reruns on their late night schedule.

I thought that Hart To Hart premiered in December 1979 after The Lazarus Syndrome, the medical show with Lou Gossett Jr. was cancelled.

 

[Markd]

CORRECTION ON ABC - WVEC CHANNEL 13

You're right. I actually did not copy prime time schedules directly from the paper but cut and pasted the prime time stuff to save time from anothr market WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACCURATE. Any innacuracies here are indeed innacurate there because the prime time schedules are nationwide except for a local preemption here and there. So I reviewed the prime time schedule I found no preemptions in prime time. Also the NBC and CBS schedules were accurate except for a couple shows with 2 hour special episodes just for that week. They were 95 % accurate but for some reason ABC was off quite a bit. I wonder how I got ABC so wrong. Part of it was some of the switch arounds were later in the season reversed back. Here is the prime time schedule on Channel 13 directly from the paper

Sunday November 4

7 PM SALVAGE ONE-Drama
8 PM MORK & MINDY-Comedy
8:30 MOVIE - Jaws (1975) -RAN TILL 11:30

Monday November 5

8 PM 240 ROBERT-Drama (That's Incredible was 3 months away)
9 PM NFL FOOTBALL - Houston Oilers At Miami Dolphins (I got this from NFL sources so this was accurate)

Tuesday November 6

8 PM HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
8:30 ANGIE-Comedy (Laverne & Shirley moved back in 1980 sometime)
9 PM THREE'S COMPANY-Comedy
9:30 TAXI-Comedy
10 PM HART TO HART-Drama (Actually began in August Of 1979 and moved here October according to Brooks & Marsh as well as this schedule)

Wednesday November 7
8 PM EIGHT IS ENOUGH-Comedy/Drama
9 PM CHARLIE'S ANGELS-Drama
10 PM VEGAS-Drama (Where on earth did I get Baretta??? probably a typo from other schedule)

Thursday November 8

8 PM LAVERNE & SHIRLEY-Comedy (RIGHT AGAIN - I WAS WRONG AGAIN)
8:30 BENSON-Comedy
9 PM BARNEY MILLER-Comedy
9:30 SOAP-Comedy
10 PM 20/20-Newsmagazine

Friday November 9
8 PM FAMILY FEUD SPECIAL
9 PM ABC MOVIE - Topper (1979) WAS ACCURATE

Saturday November 10
8 PM LOVE BOAT-Comedy/Drama (Actually shown as 8 PM with nothing shown for 9 PM - probably a 2 Parter. Ropers and Detective School still normally aired here for another 2 months and 2 weeks respectively. Detective was canceled 2 weeks later)
9 PM LOVE BOAT-Comedy Drama
10 PM FANTASY ISLAND-Fantasy

Also the late night schedule needed correction as well. each show should be pushed up half an hour. Nightline premiered on Thursday November 8, 1979 but was not included in the listings just yet. This was a last minute change. I just estimated Nightline began on a Monday but it actually began late week. It would be several months until it was determined that it would be on for good.

Now I still cannot understand how I had such an innacurate ABC schedule. I should be more careful and examine entire prime time schedules to make sure they are correct before cutting and pasting plus make sure there are no local preemptions.

Thanks for bringing this matter up.

 

[bpatrick]

"Hart To Hart" actually debuted on Saturday following "The Love
Boat," but when "The Lazarus Syndrome" tanked (unfairly, I think),
it got the Tuesday 10 PM slot, while "Fantasy Island" returned to
Saturday.

I was also not aware that WVEC ever carried ABC News at 7.
I thought that at the time they still did their local news at 5:30,
followed by ABC News at 6, then movies from 6:30-8. I also
thought they carried "Edge Of Night" at 4.

I definitely have to locate a TV Guide from this period.

 

[classictvfan]

WTVZ Channel 33 had just signed on six weeks earlier on Monday, September 24

 

[Markd]

You're correct about Edge of Night. WVEC 13 was one of the few ABC affiliates to run that show. They actually ran Family Feud and Laverne & Shirley in the mornings. They actually ran a movie at 6:30 PM for some reason and ran ABC News at 6 PM. WVEC had an even wierder schedule than I could ever imagine. I must have gotten channel 13's mixed up with another market schedule.

Monday-Friday
6 AM ED ALLEN
6:30 NEWS 13
7 AM GOOD MORNING AMERICA
9 AM GOOD MORNING TIDEWATER
10:30 DATING GAME-Game
11 AM LAVERNE & SHIRLEY-Comedy
11:30 FAMILY FEUD-Game
12 PM 25,000 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 EDGE OF NIGHT-Serial
4:30 HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
5 PM ALL IN THE FAMILY-Comedy
5:30 NEWS 13
6 PM ABC NEWS
6:30 MOVIE 13 - (Cannot find titles airing)

 

[harrisburgpatv]

Minor nitpick and then a comment:

I'm going to assume that the noon show on WVEC was actually the $20,000 Pyramid; the $25,000 was the syndicated version which had left the air in '79.

Also, I am not sure that airing ABC News at 6pm (for affils in EST) was not all that uncommon. WTPA (now WHTM) in Harrisburg did it for a good part of the '70s, going all the way into September 1981. Up until then, ABC News aired at 6 and "Happy Days Again" at 6:30.

As far as L&S and FF running in the morning, that was the norm for the ABC daytime lineup in the mornings. Such a shame that 90 minute block of good comedy and 2 games was broken up a bit later on...

 

[bpatrick]

Minor nitpick and then a comment:

I'm going to assume that the noon show on WVEC was actually the $20,000 Pyramid; the $25,000 was the syndicated version which had left the air in '79.

Also, I am not sure that airing ABC News at 6pm (for affils in EST) was not all that uncommon. WTPA (now WHTM) in Harrisburg did it for a good part of the '70s, going all the way into September 1981. Up until then, ABC News aired at 6 and "Happy Days Again" at 6:30.

As far as L&S and FF running in the morning, that was the norm for the ABC daytime lineup in the mornings. Such a shame that 90 minute block of good comedy and 2 games was broken up a bit later on...

Running ABC News at 6 was fairly common at the time, and I distinctly remember that in Virginia WVEC and Lynchburg's WSET did so.
I still don't remember WVEC ever carrying ABC News at 7.

Also, at the time Laverne & Shirley aired at 11 AM, Feud at 11:30, and $20,000 Pyramid at 12. It would be hard to find many affiliates that ran all three in pattern, since many stations had a noon newscast, but I recall at the time that WGHP High Point, NC; WCTI New Bern, NC;
WTVC Chattanooga; and WLKY Louisville were among those that did carry all three in pattern (that's by no means a complete list, just the ones that immediately come to mind).

 

[Rob Jason]

Re: CORRECTION ON ABC - WVEC CHANNEL 13

Also the late night schedule needed correction as well. each show should be pushed up half an hour. Nightline premiered on Thursday November 8, 1979 but was not included in the listings just yet. This was a last minute change. I just estimated Nightline began on a Monday but it actually began late week. It would be several months until it was determined that it would be on for good.

As well, it wasn't called Nightline til the next spring. At first it was called "America Held Hostage". And it's interesting to see that it didn't start til five days into the hostage crisis (can you believe that was 30 years ago already?

 

[Stanislav]

Re: CORRECTION ON ABC - WVEC CHANNEL 13

Also the late night schedule needed correction as well. each show should be pushed up half an hour. Nightline premiered on Thursday November 8, 1979 but was not included in the listings just yet. This was a last minute change. I just estimated Nightline began on a Monday but it actually began late week. It would be several months until it was determined that it would be on for good.

As well, it wasn't called Nightline til the next spring. At first it was called "America Held Hostage". And it's interesting to see that it didn't start til five days into the hostage crisis (can you believe that was 30 years ago already?

I can't even believe that it's already been 10 years since everyone was going ga-ga over the "New Millenium" (despite the fact that said new millenium should technically have been celebrated on New Years 2001, but I won't re-open that whole controversial can o'worms), we were all breathing a sigh of relief that the Y2K bug didn't produce mass chaos, and the notion of terrorists flying hijacked airliners into buildings was still just a plot element in unrealistic action films and novels. Time passes way too quickly...

 

[bpatrick]

You're correct about Edge of Night. WVEC 13 was one of the few ABC affiliates to run that show. They actually ran Family Feud and Laverne & Shirley in the mornings. They actually ran a movie at 6:30 PM for some reason and ran ABC News at 6 PM. WVEC had an even wierder schedule than I could ever imagine. I must have gotten channel 13's mixed up with another market schedule.

Monday-Friday
6 AM ED ALLEN
6:30 NEWS 13
7 AM GOOD MORNING AMERICA
9 AM GOOD MORNING TIDEWATER
10:30 DATING GAME-Game
11 AM LAVERNE & SHIRLEY-Comedy
11:30 FAMILY FEUD-Game
12 PM 25,000 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 EDGE OF NIGHT-Serial
4:30 HAPPY DAYS-Comedy
5 PM ALL IN THE FAMILY-Comedy
5:30 NEWS 13
6 PM ABC NEWS
6:30 MOVIE 13 - (Cannot find titles airing)

Nitpick: I've gotten two ABC stations on Ch. 13
over the years, and one way I can distinguish them
is that WVEC's newscast is called "13 News," while
WLOS calls theirs "News 13." That's been going on
since at least the early '80s.

I don't like to say "I told you so," but I knew my
memory was correct about "Edge Of Night" and
about ABC News airing at 6. The only ABC affiliates
south of Washington that I know ever carried the
network news at 7 are:

WSET (very briefly in 2005)
WRAL Raleigh (roughly 1982 until it went to CBS in '85)
WSOC Charlotte (most of the '80s)
WXIA Atlanta (1978 until it went to NBC in '80)
WSB Atlanta (1980-present)
WTVC Chattanooga ('80s-early '90s)
WPLG Miami ('70s and '80s)
and I think WTSP Tampa-St. Petersburg may have around
1977 or '78, very briefly

WNCF Montgomery, AL carries it at 6 (CT)

 

[RALfan]

10 WAVY-TV (NBC) Lin

Monday-Friday
5 AM PTL CLUB-Jim Bakker
6 AM TIDEWATER TODAY
7 AM TODAY
9 AM JOKERS WILD-Game
9:30 TIC TAC DOUGH-Game
10 AM CARD SHARKS-Game
10:30 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES-Game
11 AM WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Game
11:30 HIGH ROLLERS-Game
12 PM MINDREADERS-Game
12:30 HELLO VIRGINIA-Talk
1 PM DAYS OF OUR LIVES-Serial
2 PM DOCTORS-Serial
2:30 ANOTHER WORLD-Serial
4 PM PASSWORD PLUS-Game
4:30 NEWLYWED GAME-Game
5 PM M*A*S*H-Comedy
5:30 NEWS 10
6 PM NEWS 10
6:30 NBC NEWS
7 PM FAMILY FEUD-Game
7:30 MUPPET SHOW-Variety/Children

I'm confused about this one. Another schedule from the (Raleigh) News & Observer shows the following:

- "Password Plus" at 9 a.m.,
- a movie from 4 to 5:30 p.m., and
- "The Newlywed Game" at 7 p.m.

Also, nighttime Feud didn't go five-nights-a-week until the fall of 1980, so these obviously must be prime-access checkerboard shows.