RETRO: WESTERN ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1993

[SteveRichards]

Source: TV Guide, Western Illinois Edition

Quad Cities
4 WHBF (CBS)
6 KWQC (NBC)
8 WQAD (ABC)
18 KLJB (Fox)
24 WQPT (PBS)
36 KQCT (PBS) (satellite of WQPT; now KQIN and part of Iowa Public Television)

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

Bloomington
43 WYZZ (Fox) (now LMA'd by WMBD)

Quincy
7 KHQA (CBS)
10 WGEM (NBC) (also secondary Fox and ABC, but not listed as such)
27 WQEC (PBS) (part of Convocom, now Network Knowledge)

Macomb
22 WMEC (PBS) (part of Convocom, now Network Knowledge)

Springfield
14 WSEC (PBS) (part of Convocom, now Network Knowledge)
20 WICS (NBC) (now an ABC affiliate)
55 WRSP (Fox)

Kirksville, Mo./Ottumwa, Iowa
3 KTVO (ABC)

Burlington, Iowa
26 KJMH (Fox) (now KGCW, co-owned with KLJB, and a CW affiliate)

Chicago
9 WGN (Ind.) (Listed is the cable schedule for WGN, but it was virtually the same, at this point, as the OTA schedule) (broadcast side is now a CW affiliate
32 WFLD (Fox)

St. Louis
11 KPLR (Ind.) (now a CW affiliate)

MORNING

5:00 6-10 AG Day
7 Up to the Minute Continues (from 4AM)
8 ABC World News Now Continues (from 3:30AM)
9 Marilyn Hickey
11 Commercial Program
25 NBC Nightside Continues (from 2:05AM)
26 Morning Stretch

5:30 3 News (I believe this was a replay of the 10PM news the night before)
6-10-25 NBC News at Sunrise (Ann Curry)
7 CBS Morning News (John Roberts)
8 ABC World News This Morning (Aaron Brown)
9 Kenneth Copeland
11-19-26 AG Day
18 Ducktales
32 Faith 20

6:00 3-55 AG Day
4-7-26 This Morning's Business
6-8-10-25 News
9 There's Hope
11 Kenneth Copeland
18 Alvin and the Chipmunks
19 ABC World News This Morning (Aaron Brown)
20 NBC News at Sunrise (Ann Curry)
31 CBS Morning News (John Roberts)
32 Casper
43 Stunt Dawgs

6:15 14-22-27 A.M. Weather

6:30 3 ABC World News This Morning (Aaron Brown)
4 CBS Morning News (John Roberts)
7 Tri-States This Morning
9 John Osteen (not Joel!)
11-32 Woody Woodpecker
14-22-27 Body Electric
18-55 Ninja Turtles
19-20 News
26 Morning Stretch
43 Ducktales

7:00 3-8-19 Good Morning America
4-7-31 CBS This Morning
6-10-20-25 Today
9 Flintstones
11 Ducktales
14-22-27 Sesame Street
18 Merrie Melodies
26 Stunt Dawgs
32 Beetlejuice
43-55 James Bond Jr.

7:15 47 A.M. Weather

7:30 9 Bozo
11 James Bond Jr.
18 Tom & Jerry Kids
26-55 Beetlejuice
32 Alvin and the Chipmunks
43 Tiny Toons
47 Barney & Friends

7:45 24-36 A.M. Weather

8:00 11 Stunt Dawgs
14-22-27 Mister Rogers
18 Tiny Toons
24-36-47 Sesame Street
26-55 Alvin and the Chipmunks
32 Dennis the Menace
43 Talespin

8:30 9 Bewitched
11 Dennis the Menace
14-22-27 Barney & Friends
18 Beetlejuice
26 Widget
32 Inspector Gadget
43 Chip 'n Dale
55 Stunt Dawgs

9:00 3 Jenny Jones
4-31 Vicki!
6 Phil Donahue
7 Family Feud Challenge (the last season of the CBS/Ray Combs version of the "Feud")
8-10-19 Regis & Kathie Lee
9 Perry Mason
11-18 Matlock (probably different episodes)
14-22-27 Sesame Street
20 Jeopardy!
24-36-47 Lamb Chop's Play-Along
25 Sally Jessy Raphael
26 Captain N: And the Video Gamemasters
32 Alf
43 Tom & Jerry Kids
55 Andy Griffith

9:30 20 Concentration
24-36 Reading Rainbow
26 Children's Room
32 Gomer Pyle, USMC
43 Webster
47 Mister Rogers
55 Hawaii Five-O

10:00 3-8-19 Home
4-7-31 Price Is Right
6 Sally Jessy Raphael
9 Joan Rivers
10 Rush Limbaugh
11 Fall Guy
18 In the Heat of the Night
20-25 Maury Povich
24-36 Sesame Street
26 Movie: To Be Announced
32 I Love Lucy
43 Alf
47 Shining Time Station

10:30 10 Concentration
32 I Love Lucy
43 Family Ties
47 Louisiana Cookin'
55 Commercial Program

11:00 3 Whoopi Goldberg
4-7-31 Young and the Restless
6 Concentration
8 Family Ties
9-18 Geraldo
10-19 People's Court
11 Wiseguy
20-25 Faith Daniels
24-36 Barney & Friends
32 Beverly Hillbillies
43 Designing Women
47 Gourmet Cooking
55 700 Club

11:30 3-19 Loving
6-10 Faith Daniels
8-20 News
25 Commercial Program
32 Beverly Hillbillies
43 Infatuation
47 Today's Gourmet

AFTERNOON

12:00 3-8-19 All My Children
4 Infatuation
6-7-9-31 News (airs for one hour on 9)
10-25 Days of Our Lives
11 Wonder Years
14-22-27 Joy of Painting
18 Montel Williams
20 Scrabble
24-36 Hometime
26 Hollywood Babylon
32 Simon & Simon
43 Hogan Family
47 Movie: "The Beachcomber" (British; 1938)
55 Miracles of Faith

12:30 4-7-31 Bold and the Beautiful
6 Days of Our Lives
11 McMillan and Wife
14-22-27 New York's Master Chefs
20 Scattergories
24-36 Easy Cooking
26 Judge
43 Head of the Class

1:00 3-8-19 One Life to Live
4-7-31 As the World Turns
9 Andy Griffith
10-20-25 Another World
14-22-27 Body Electric
18 Joan Rivers
24-36 Chinese
32 Current Affair
43 700 Club
55 Commercial Program

1:30 6 Another World
9 Honeymooners
26 Captain N: And the Video Gamemasters
32 Gomer Pyle, USMC
47 Sneak Previews
55 Partridge Family

2:00 3-8-19 General Hospital
4-7-31 Guiding Light
9 Designing Women
10-25 Scrabble
14-22-27 Reading Rainbow
18 Tom and Jerry
20 Days of Our Lives (delay from 12:00)
24-36 Mister Rogers
26 Inspector Gadget
32 I Dream of Jeannie
43 Commercial Program
47 Literary Visions
55 Widget

2:30 6 Night Court
9 Three Stooges Cartoon Comedies
10-25 Scattergories
14-22-27 Mister Rogers
18 Chip 'n Dale
24-36 Sesame Street
26 Camp Candy
32 Woody Woodpecker
43 Merrie Melodies
47 Literary Visions
55 Dennis the Menace

3:00 3-7-25 Oprah Winfrey
4 Jenny Jones
6 Cheers
8-19 ABC Afterschool Special: "It's Only Rock & Roll"
9 Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling
10 All My Children (from ABC; delay from 12:00)
11 Chip 'n Dale
14-22-27-47 Sesame Street
18 Tale Spin
20 Phil Donahue
26-32-55 Merrie Melodies
31 Who's the Boss?
43 Darkwing Duck

3:30 6 Oprah Winfrey
9 Flintstones
11 Tale Spin
18 Darkwing Duck
24-36 Shining Time Station
26-32-55 Tom & Jerry Kids
31 Cosby Show
43 Goof Troop

4:00 3 ABC Afterschool Special: "It's Only Rock & Roll" (delay from 3PM)
4 Maury Povich
7 Geraldo
8-10 Designing Women
9 Captain N: And the Video Gamemasters
11 Darkwing Duck
14-22-24-27-36 Carmen Sandiego
18 Goof Troop
19 Family Feud
20 People's Court
25 Phil Donahue
26-32-55 Tiny Toons
31 You Bet Your Life (Bill Cosby version...fell flat!)
43 Batman
47 Reading Rainbow

4:30 6 Jeopardy!
8 Murphy Brown
9 Saved by the Bell
10 Golden Girls
11 Goof Troop
14-22-24-27-36-47 Square One Television
18-26-32-55 Batman
19 Hard Copy
20 Family Feud
31 Inside Edition
43 Full House

5:00 3-8-25 News
4 People's Court
6 Five PM Live
7-20-31 Jeopardy!
9-11 Saved by the Bell
10 Current Affair
14-22-27 Reading Rainbow
18-43 Full House (different episodes)
19 Cops
24-36 John McLaughlin's One on One
26 Highway to Heaven
32 Cosby Show
55 Alf

5:30 3-8-19 ABC World News Tonight (Peter Jennings)
4-7-31 CBS Evening News (Dan Rather)
6-10-20-25 NBC Nightly News (Tom Brokaw)
9 Partridge Family
11 Full House
14-22-27 Doctor Is In
18 Hogan Family
24-36-47 Nightly Business Report
32 Wonder Years
43 Designing Women
55 Growing Pains

EVENING

6:00 3-4-6-7-8-10-19-20-25-31 News
9 Designing Women
11 Who's the Boss?
14-22-27 Travels in Europe
18-43 Roseanne
24-36-47 MacNeil, Lehrer Newshour
26 Family Feud
32 Cosby Show
55 Night Court

6:30 3-6-7-20-31 Wheel of Fortune
4 You Bet Your Life
8 Current Affair
9 Jeffersons
10-19-26 Entertainment Tonight
11 Roseanne
14-22-27 America's Challenge
18 Wonder Years
25-55 Cheers (different episodes)
32 Cops
43 Murphy Brown

7:00 3-8-19 Matlock (2 hours)
4-7-31 Top Cops
6-10-20-25 Cheers
9 Movie: "The Time Guardian" (Australian; 1987)
11 Movie: "Tough Guys" (1986)
14-22-27 MacNeil, Lehrer Newshour
18-26-32-43-55 Simpsons (the Mr. Plow episode)
24-36 Perspective
47 Childhood

7:30 6-10-20-25 Wings
18-26-32-43-55 Martin
24-36 Technopolitics

8:00 4-7-31 Street Stories
6-10-20-25 Cheers
14-22-27 Wild America
18-26-32-43-55 In Living Color
24-36 Pacific Century
47 Illinois Adventure

8:30 6-10-20-25 Seinfeld
14-22-27 Naturescene
18-26-32-43-55 Down the Shore
47 At Issue-Smoking

9:00 3-8-19 Primetime Live
4-7-31 Knots Landing
6-10-20-25 Crime & Punishment
9-11-32 News
14-22-24-27-36-47 Mystery!: "Prime Suspect 2," Conclusion
18-43 Star Trek: The Next Generation (different episodes)
26 Baywatch
55 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

10:00 3-4-6-7-8-10-19-20-25-31 News
9 Night Court
11 Roseanne
14-22-27 Vanishing Civil War
18 Star Trek: The Next Generation
24-36 Nightly Business Report
26 Arsenio Hall
32 M*A*S*H
43 Love Connection
47 Nova
55 Cheers

10:30 3 ABC News Nightline (Ted Koppel)
4 Silk Stalkings
7-11 Cheers (different episodes)
9 Highlander
24-36 MacNeil, Lehrer Newshour
32 Current Affair
43 Arsenio Hall
55 Studs

10:35 6-10-20-25 Tonight (Jay Leno)
8 M*A*S*H
19 Married...with Children
31 Current Affair

11:00 3 Married...with Children
7 Silk Stalkings (delay from 10:30)
11 Hill Street Blues
14-22-27 MacNeil, Lehrer Newshour)
18-55 Arsenio Hall
26 Beauty and the Beast
32 Studs
47 Charlie Rose

11:05 8 Married...with Children
19 Night Court
31 Silk Stalkings (delay from 10:30)

11:30 3 Jane Whitney
4 Rush Limbaugh
9 Movie: "Rage" (1972)
32 Three's Company
43 Whoopi Goldberg

11:35 6-10-20-25 Late Night with David Letterman (soon headed to CBS)
8-19 ABC News Nightline (delay from 10:30)

12:00 4 Commercial Programs
7 Star Trek: The Next Generation
11 Street Justice
18-43 Studs
26 It's Showtime at the Apollo
32 Ropers
55 Commercial Program

12:05 8 News
19 Rush Limbaugh
31 Jane Whitney

12:30 18 Love Connection
32 Commercial Programs
43 Movie: "Dangerous Love" (1988)
55 Beverly Hillbillies

12:35 6-10-25 Later with Bob Costas
19 Commercial Program
20 News

12:40 8 Commercial Program

1:00 4 News
7 Scene of the Crime (delay from 11:30)
11 Movie: "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3" (1987)
18 Love Connection
26 Movie: To Be Announced

1:05 6 Commercial Program
10 News
19 Montel Williams
25 Jerry Springer
31 Your World

1:10 8 Inspirations

1:15 8 Home Shopping Spree

1:30 9 Commercial Program
18 Laverne & Shirley
32 Kojak

1:35 6 News

1:40 10 Rush Limbaugh

2:00 7 News
9 Second Generation

2:05 25 NBC Nightside (till 5:30AM)

2:10 10 NBC Nightside (till 5:00AM)

2:30 9 Bob Newhart
32 Simon & Simon

3:00 9 Movie: "The Mackintosh Man" (1973)
11 Highway to Heaven
26 Movie: To Be Announced

3:30 8 ABC World News Now (till 5:30AM)
32 Simon & Simon

4:00 7 Up to the Minute (till 5:30AM)
11 Love Boat

I'm not 100% sure what the actual NBC daytime schedule was like...affiliates were really starting to make a mess of it at this point. That's why I only indicated a delayed broadcast of "Days of Our Lives" at 2PM for WICS. I assume it went something like this:

11:00 Concentration (may have been earlier)
11:30 Faith Daniels (may have been earlier)
12:00 Days of Our Lives
1:00 Another World
2:00 Scrabble
2:30 Scattergories

If anyone knows for sure, please feel free to enlighten me.

 

[SteveRichards]

After checking "The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television," this was at least the "official" NBC daytime schedule during this period:

11:00E/10:00C Concentration
11:30E/10:30C A Closer Look (Faith Daniels)
12:00E/11:00C Scrabble
12:30E/11:30C Scattergories
1:00E/12:00C Days of Our Lives
2:00E/1:00C Another World

NBC may have had alternate feeds, such as the feed that ran the afternoon soaps a half-hour late (used forever by a number of NBC affils in the Midwest, including KWQC).
Interesting that they stuck Faith Daniels' show in the middle of a game show block.

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

The Western Illinois Edition also carried listings for PBS stations WTTW-11 Chicago ("11C") and KIIN-12 Iowa City (Iowa Public Television) ("12W")--but these stations were considered "cable-only" (although KIIN can be receivable as far east as Macomb and Galesburg).

In addition, starting in 2001 (and until the end of local listings in TVG), the Western IL edition also carried listings for KYOU-15 (Fox) in Ottumwa, IA.

 

[SteveRichards]

Up until this schedule, I hadn't included any of the "cable" channels in the listings I have posted. I went ahead and posted the schedules of KPLR, WGN, and WFLD on this schedule because classictvfan seemed to have some interest in those stations. Personally, I have little interest in old PBS schedules, but I realize others probably do have an interest. I figured the PBS stations that were listed as "broadcast stations" in this edition were more than enough to get a feel for what was available on PBS at the time, although every PBS station or regional PBS network is unique.

KIIN was listed in this edition for years. According to Wikipedia (take that for what it's worth), KIIN signed on in February of 1970, and has always relayed Iowa Public Television. KIIN is actually about a year and a half older than WTVP, which signed-on in June of 1971. Subsequently, WTVP and KIIN were the only two PBS stations listed in this edition for many years. KIIN was always listed in this edition as a "cable station," and throughout the 1970s, that meant it was represented by a black-white combination bullet. The WIE also used to carry "cable listings" for WSNS (Ind.) Chicago and overnight listings (Mid. to 5AM) for WBBM (CBS) Chicago. I don't own any issues of TVG that are that old, however. I just remember the listings being there.

 

[classictvfan]

McMillan And Wife is 2 and a half hours long?

 

[SteveRichards]

"McMillan and Wife" was actually 2 hours long. KPLR aired "Small Wonder" at 2:30...sorry, I missed that.

I had also meant to note what programs were pre-empted by the "ABC Afterschool Special." WQAD and WHOI aired the special at 3PM. WQAD pre-empted "Who's the Boss?" and "The Cosby Show;" WHOI pre-empted "In the Heat of the Night." KTVO aired the special at 4PM and pre-empted "Inside Edition" and "Jeopardy!"