Retro: Western Illinois, Friday 5/22/87

[MikeyBos]

Source: TV Guide (Western Illinois Edition)

Broadcast

-Quad Cities-
4 WHBF (CBS)
6 KWQC (NBC)
8 WQAD (ABC)
18 KLJB (Fox)
24 WQPT (PBS)

-Springfield-
20 WICS (NBC)
55 WRSP (Fox)

-Peoria-
19 WHOI (ABC)
25 WEEK (NBC)
31 WMBD (CBS)
47 WTVP (PBS)

-Bloomington-
43 WYZZ (Fox)

-Jacksonville-
14 WJPT (PBS)

-Macomb-
22 WIUM (PBS)

-Quincy-
7 KHQA (CBS)
10 WGEM (NBC)
27 WQEC (PBS)

-Kirksville, MO-
-Ottumwa, IA-
3 KTVO (ABC)

Cable

9C WGN (Chicago; Ind.)
11C WTTW (Chicago; PBS)
11S KPLR (St. Louis; Ind.)
12W KIIN (Iowa City; PBS)
32C WFLD (Chicago; Fox)

MORNING
5 AM
7 CBS NEWS
9C ODD COUPLE
11S NEWS

5:15
6 MORNING AGRICULTURE REPORT

5:25
8 INSPIRATIONS

5:30
7,11S MORNING AGRICULTURE REPORT
8 JIMMY SWAGGART
9C FAITH 20

5:45
6,25 MORNING STRETCH

5:55
20 MORNING AGRICULTURE REPORT
31 YOUR WORLD

6 AM
3 MORNING AGRICULTURE REPORT
4 RICHARD ROBERTS
7 STUDIO 7
8 THUNDERCATS
9C MUPPET SHOW
11S GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
18 RAMBO
19 ABC NEWS
31 JIMMY SWAGGART
32C JONNY QUEST
43 DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH
55 MORNING STRETCH

6:15
6,10,25 BEFORE HOURS
11C A.M. WEATHER
12W HOOKED ON AEROBICS

6:25
20 SUNRISE ON THE FARM

6:30
3,8 ABC NEWS
6,10,20,25 NBC NEWS
7 JIMMY SWAGGART
9C MASK
11C HEADLINE NEWS
11S LONE RANGER
18 ADVENTURES OF THE GALAXY RANGERS
31 CBS NEWS
32C CHALLENGE OF THE GOBOTS
43 HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
55 AG-DAY

6:45
12W A.M. WEATHER

6:50
8 FARM REPORT

7 AM
3,8,19 GOOD MORNING AMERICA
4,7 CBS NEWS
6,10,20,25 TODAY
9C BOZO
11C NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
11S HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
12W NATURESCENE
18 DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH
32C WOODY WOODPECKER
43 ADVENTURES OF THE GALAXY RANGERS
55 THUNDERCATS

7:15
47 A.M. WEATHER

7:30
4,7,31 MORNING PROGRAM
11C SESAME STREET
11S SCOOBY DOO
12W,47 CAPTAIN KANGAROO
18 G.I. JOE
24 FARM DAY
32C FLINTSTONES
43 SILVERHAWKS
55 TRANSFORMERS

7:45
24 A.M. WEATHER

8 AM
11S SHE-RA: PRINCESS OF POWER
12W,24,47 SESAME STREET
18 MY LITTLE PONY 'N FRIENDS
32C TOM AND JERRY
43 SMURFS' ADVENTURES
55 FLINTSTONES

8:30
9C HEATHCLIFF
11C MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD
11S,32C,43,55 MY LITTLE PONY 'N FRIENDS
18 CHALLENGE OF THE GOBOTS

9 AM
3 HOUR MAGAZINE
4 WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
6,25 PHIL DONAHUE
7,31,55 $25,000 PYRAMID
8 MAGNUM, P.I.
9C LOU GRANT
10,20,43 SALE OF THE CENTURY
11C SESAME STREET
11S LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
12W,47 MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD
18 700 CLUB
19 WEBSTER
24 ROMPER ROOM
32C MUNSTERS

9:30
4,7,31,55 CARD SHARKS
10,20,43 CLASSIC CONCENTRATION
12W ENERGY SAVERS
14,22,27 MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD
19 JEFFERSONS
24,47 SQUARE ONE TELEVISION
32C GILLIGAN'S ISLAND

10 AM
3,8,19 FAME, FORTUNE & ROMANCE
4,7,31 PRICE IS RIGHT
6,10,20,25 WHEEL OF FORTUNE
9C,55 BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
11C MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD
11S MARY TYLER MOORE
12W FOLKWAYS
14,22,24,27,47 3-2-1 CONTACT
18 PTL CLUB
32C VALUE TELEVISION
43 700 CLUB

10:30
3,8 WEBSTER
6,10,20,25 SCRABBLE
9C ODD COUPLE
11C CAPTAIN KANGAROO
11S BOB NEWHART
12W BRADSHAW ON: THE FAMILY
19 LOVING
24 SESAME STREET
55 CHARLIE'S ANGELS

11 AM
3,8,19 RYAN'S HOPE
4,7,31 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
6,10,20,25 SUPER PASSWORD
9C HOGAN'S HEROES
11C SOMEBODY ELSE'S PLACE
11S LOVE BOAT
14,22,27 NASA AT WORK
18 WEIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS
32C ALFRED HITCHCOCK
43 I DREAM OF JEANNIE

11:30
3 LOVING
6 SALE OF THE CENTURY
8,19 NEWS
9C TWILIGHT ZONE
10 WORDPLAY
11C SESAME STREET
12W READING RAINBOW
14,22,27 EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING
18,32C I LOVE LUCY
20 TRUE CONFESSIONS
24 MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD
25 LOVE CONNECTION
43 BRADY BUNCH
55 HEADLINE NEWS

AFTERNOON
Noon
3,8,19 ALL MY CHILDREN
4 SOAP
6,7,31 NEWS
9C NEWS
10,20,25 DAYS OF OUR LIVES
11S BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
12W SECRET CITY
14,22,27 SESAME STREET
18 AG-DAY
24 WE'RE COOKING NOW
32C BRADY BUNCH
43 MOVIE: "Dillinger" (1973)
55 MOVIE: "Piranha" (1978)

12:30
4,7,31 BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
6 DAYS OF OUR LIVES
11C SQUARE ONE TELEVISION
11S WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY
12W OWL/TV
18 CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS
24 AMERICAN INTERESTS
32C GET SMART

1 PM
3,8,19 ONE LIFE TO LIVE
4,7,31 AS THE WORLD TURNS
9C DICK VAN DYKE
10,20,25 ANOTHER WORLD
11C ADVENTURE
12W QUEST FOR KILLERS
32C MORK & MINDY

1:30
6 ANOTHER WORLD
9C ANDY GRIFFITH
11S NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: ON ASSIGNMENT
32C GILLIGAN'S ISLAND

2 PM
3,8,19 GENERAL HOSPITAL
4,7,31 GUIDING LIGHT
9C LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
10,20,25 SANTA BARBARA
11C MOYERS: IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION
12W NATURE OF THINGS
32C BATMAN
43 INSPECTOR GADGET
55 HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

2:30
6 SANTA BARBARA
9C LEAD-OFF MAN
11S BUGS BUNNY
14,22,27 SESAME STREET
18,55 SUPERFRIENDS
32C TOM AND JERRY
43 SCOOBY DOO

3 PM
3,8,25 OPRAH WINFREY
4 NEWLYWED GAME
7,19 DIVORCE COURT
9C BASEBALL: Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs
10 ALL MY CHILDREN
11C WILD, WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS
11S,20 DENNIS THE MENACE
12W TOUCHSTONE
18 SMURFS' ADVENTURES
24 ROMPER ROOM
31 HOUR MAGAZINE
32C FLINTSTONES
43 TRANSFORMERS
47 MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD
55 SILVERHAWKS

3:30
4 LOVE CONNECTION
6 DATING GAME
7,19 JUDGE
11C,12W,14,22,24,27 MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD
11S,55 SMURFS' ADVENTURES
18 TRANSFORMERS
20,32C SHE-RA: PRINCESS OF POWER
43 DENNIS THE MENACE
47 3-2-1 CONTACT

4 PM
3 LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
4 DIVORCE COURT
6 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
7 PHIL DONAHUE
8,10 HOUR MAGAZINE
11C,12W SESAME STREET
11S G.I. JOE
14,22,24,27,47 SQUARE ONE TELEVISION
18 JETSONS
19 DATING GAME
20 DIFF'RENT STROKES
25 FACTS OF LIFE
31 MAGNUM, P.I.
32C HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
43 THUNDERCATS
55 SCOOBY DOO

4:30
4 SUPERIOR COURT
6 JEOPARDY!
11S JETSONS
14,22,24,27 3-2-1 CONTACT
18 DENNIS THE MENACE
19 NEWLYWED GAME
20 FACTS OF LIFE
25 TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
32C THUNDERCATS
43,55 G.I. JOE
47 SESAME STREET

5 PM
3,19,20 JEOPARDY!
4,10,31 PEOPLE'S COURT
6 FIVE PM LIVE
7 JEOPARDY!
8 THREE'S COMPANY
11C WILD, WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS
11S FACTS OF LIFE
12W MacNEIL, LEHRER NEWSHOUR
14,22,27 FACULTY FOCUS
18 BRADY BUNCH
24 SESAME STREET
25 NEWS
32C DIFF'RENT STROKES
43 DIFF'RENT STROKES
55 WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY

5:15
14,22,27 FITNESS FOCUS

5:30
3,8 ABC NEWS
4,7,31 CBS NEWS
6,10,20,25 NBC NEWS
11C SQUARE ONE TELEVISION
11S SILVER SPOONS
14,22,27 POLKA DOT DOOR
18 MORK & MINDY
19 NEWS
32C GIMME A BREAK!
43 GIMME A BREAK!
47 NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT

EVENING
6 PM
3,4,6,7,8,10,20,25,31 NEWS
9C BARNEY MILLER
11C,24,47 MacNEIL, LEHRER NEWSHOUR
11S FACTS OF LIFE
12W NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
14,22,27 DIALOGUE
18 I DREAM OF JEANNIE
19 ABC NEWS
32C THREE'S COMPANY
43 ONE DAY AT A TIME
55 I DREAM OF JEANNIE

6:30
3,6,10,19,20 WHEEL OF FORTUNE
4 ALICE
7 NEWLYWED GAME
8 TAXI
9C JEFFERSONS
11S TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
12W SNEAK PREVIEWS
14,22,27 MODERN MATURITY
18 HOGAN'S HEROES
25 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
31 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
32C,55 BASEBALL: Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox
43 BENSON

7 PM
3,8,19 WEBSTER
4,7,31 KILLER WHALE
6,10,20,25 DISNEY'S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF SNOW WHITE
9C MOVIE: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956)
11C,12W,14,22,27,47 WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW
11S V
18 HONEYMOONERS
24 NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT
43 WHOLE NEW LIGHT: FOX PRIME TIME PREVIEW

7:30
3,8,19 MR. BELVEDERE
11C,14,22,27,47 WALL STREET WEEK
12W WALL STREET WEEK
18,43 BASEBALL: St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros
24 DARK SHADOWS

8 PM
3,8,19 MOVIE: "In Self Defense" (1987)
4,7,31 MOVIE: "Poker Alice" (1987)
6,10,20,25 MIAMI VICE
11C SNEAK PREVIEWS
12W MARKET TO MARKET
14,22,24,27,47 MOVIE: "Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic" (1985)

8:30
11C CHICAGO WEEK IN REVIEW
12W NASHVILLE SKYLINE

9 PM
6,10,20,25 STINGRAY
11C MOVIE: "Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic"
11S $100,000 PYRAMID
12W AUSTIN CITY LIMITS

9:20
9C NEWS

9:30
11S NEWS
14,22,24,27 JAMES ROSENQUIST
32C ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
47 MYSTERY!
55 SANFORD AND SON

10 PM
3,4,6,7,8,10,19,20,25,31 NEWS
9C INN NEWS
11S WKRP IN CINCINNATI
12W DOCTOR WHO
14,22,27 PRESIDENCY AND THE CONSTITUTION
24 WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW
32C,55 LATE SHOW

10:30
3 NIGHTLINE
4 SOAP
6,10,20,25 TONIGHT
7 JEFFERSONS
8 M*A*S*H
9C MAGNUM, P.I.
11C MOVIE: "How the West Was Won" (1962)
11S HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
18,43 LATE SHOW
19 M*A*S*H
24 WALL STREET WEEK
31 THREE'S COMPANY
47 DOCTOR WHO

11 PM
3 TAXI
4,7,31,55 KEEP ON CRUISIN'
8 MAGNUM, P.I.
11S MOVIE: "Silver Streak" (1976)
19 BARNEY MILLER
24 MacNEIL, LEHRER NEWSHOUR
32C SANFORD AND SON

11:30
3 NIGHTLIFE
6 FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS
9C MOVIE: "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975)
10,25 FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS
18 PERRY MASON
19 NIGHTLINE
20 MOVIE: "Casino" (1980)
32C WRESTLING
43 MTV VIDEO COUNTDOWN

EARLY SATURDAY
Midnight
3 TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
4,7,31,55 MOVIE: "Rachel, Rachel" (1968)
8 DUKES OF HAZZARD
19 MOVIE: "Sherlock Holmes in Terror by Night" (1946)

12:30
12W JACK HORKHEIMER: STAR HUSTLER
18 HAWAII FIVE-O
32C ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
43 MOVIE: "Sailor Beware" (1951)

1 AM
6 NIGHTLIFE
8 VALUE TELEVISION
25 HEADLINE NEWS
32C ALFRED HITCHCOCK

1:05
11C TARGET

1:10
11S MOVIE: "Crash!" (1977)

1:30
6 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
32C KEYS TO SUCCESS

2 AM
6 SALLY JESSY RAPHAEL
8 MOVIE: "Destination Inner Space" (1966)
9C ODD COUPLE
32C MOVIE: "Dracula" (1931)

2:10
4,7 NEWS
31 YOUR WORLD

2:30
6 NEWS
9C INN NEWS

2:55
11S MOVIE: "The Cremators" (1972)

3 AM
9C MOVIE: "Men with Wings" (1938)

3:40
32C MOVIE: "Son of Dracula" (1943)

3:45
8 NEWS

4:15
8 MOVIE: "Poppy" (1936)

4:30
11S MUPPET SHOW

 

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5/22/87: On the 10:30pm ch 47 Doctor Who, can you tell me which episode is listed? Thank you.

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

WTVP-47 still signed off between 10:30AM-3PM at the time of this schedule (as they had since their June 1971 sign-on), but only 10 days later on June 1 they would start broadcasting all day (although on Saturdays and Sundays they would sign-on late, at least to noon, until the early '90s).

 

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I suppose they figured that kids went to school during the day and parents worked, so they just didn't feel that they could draw an audience. Stations used to go off the air for the night between 11pm and 1am too. It's more of a 24hr world now so they all run overnight. Speaking of Springfield (&Decatur), most of your channels were semi-locals that I'd watch if the local station booted a network show for a special presentation. Channel 20 seemed the strongest-Analog days. Did you ever do the same with Peoria-Bloomington channels? If so, which came in the strongest? Thanks...

 

[azumanga]

WTVP-47 still signed off between 10:30AM-3PM at the time of this schedule (as they had since their June 1971 sign-on), but only 10 days later on June 1 they would start broadcasting all day (although on Saturdays and Sundays they would sign-on late, at least to noon, until the early '90s).

I suppose they figured that kids went to school during the day and parents worked, so they just didn't feel that they could draw an audience.

I would think that WTVP would be on the air during the day with in-school programming, especially on this day, when school was likely still in session. Keep in mind that TVG usually don't list in-school programming -- juts mentioning on the Channels Listed page that the station carries in-school programming during the day.

 

[A60return]

WTVP-47 still signed off between 10:30AM-3PM at the time of this schedule (as they had since their June 1971 sign-on), but only 10 days later on June 1 they would start broadcasting all day (although on Saturdays and Sundays they would sign-on late, at least to noon, until the early '90s).

I suppose they figured that kids went to school during the day and parents worked, so they just didn't feel that they could draw an audience.

I would think that WTVP would be on the air during the day with in-school programming, especially on this day, when school was likely still in session. Keep in mind that TVG usually don't list in-school programming -- juts mentioning on the Channels Listed page that the station carries in-school programming during the day.

I never thought of that. Thanks..

 

[zman]

WTVP did not offer school programming they were actually off the air at those hours.

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

I suppose they figured that kids went to school during the day and parents worked, so they just didn't feel that they could draw an audience. Stations used to go off the air for the night between 11pm and 1am too. It's more of a 24hr world now so they all run overnight. Speaking of Springfield (&Decatur), most of your channels were semi-locals that I'd watch if the local station booted a network show for a special presentation. Channel 20 seemed the strongest-Analog days. Did you ever do the same with Peoria-Bloomington channels? If so, which came in the strongest? Thanks...

I actually grew up between Peoria and the Quad Cities, so I had both markets. Despite living much closer to Peoria, in my bedroom TV I had better reception (and IMO better quality stations) with Quad Cities' ABC and Fox stations (WQAD and KLJB, respectively) rather than their Peoria/Bloomington counterparts (WHOI and WYZZ).

When I moved to Springfield in late 2002 and was cable-less my first 10 months here, I was forced to rely on WMBD for CBS (and it actually came in quite well--particularly at night). This was within months after Nexstar converted WCFN-49 (now WCIX) from a repeater of Champaign-based CBS affiliate WCIA-3 to a standalone UPN. VHF reception of any kind in this apartment was mostly hopeless--even the PBS repeater on channel 8 for WSEC-14 (despite being 5 miles from their stick)--no trace of WCIA at all here and only a handful of nights that a faint signal from KHQA-7 in Quincy might appear on screen (although the audio from the Quincy stations were somewhat frequent guests in my part of Springfield at night as my radio had a VHF audio tuner).

 

[A60return]

I suppose they figured that kids went to school during the day and parents worked, so they just didn't feel that they could draw an audience. Stations used to go off the air for the night between 11pm and 1am too. It's more of a 24hr world now so they all run overnight. Speaking of Springfield (&Decatur), most of your channels were semi-locals that I'd watch if the local station booted a network show for a special presentation. Channel 20 seemed the strongest-Analog days. Did you ever do the same with Peoria-Bloomington channels? If so, which came in the strongest? Thanks...

I actually grew up between Peoria and the Quad Cities, so I had both markets. Despite living much closer to Peoria, in my bedroom TV I had better reception (and IMO better quality stations) with Quad Cities' ABC and Fox stations (WQAD and KLJB, respectively) rather than their Peoria/Bloomington counterparts (WHOI and WYZZ).

When I moved to Springfield in late 2002 and was cable-less my first 10 months here, I was forced to rely on WMBD for CBS (and it actually came in quite well--particularly at night). This was within months after Nexstar converted WCFN-49 (now WCIX) from a repeater of Champaign-based CBS affiliate WCIA-3 to a standalone UPN. VHF reception of any kind in this apartment was mostly hopeless--even the PBS repeater on channel 8 for WSEC-14 (despite being 5 miles from their stick)--no trace of WCIA at all here and only a handful of nights that a faint signal from KHQA-7 in Quincy might appear on screen (although the audio from the Quincy stations were somewhat frequent guests in my part of Springfield at night as my radio had a VHF audio tuner).

I live on the opposite side of Peoria, and Quad Cities (and Hannibal-Quincy) were always extremely poor to receive (except channel 8). Even DXing with rabbit ears, stations to the northwest were scarce. I used most of the Springfield-Champaign channels as substitutes for network shows bumped in Peoria. 15&27 were rare and I never got 14 or 49. All the others were fair to good though. You probably had more trouble with 43 as their transmitter was a little farther from you, in Congerville (And I assume it still is??) I'm surprised about WCIA though. Maybe they were forced to lower their analog power in later years. Was surprised about the WCIX call letters, as ch6 in Miami had it for years.