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Retro: Western Massachusetts Sun, Aug 24, 1980

from TV Guide, Springfield-Chicopee-Holyoke edition

2n WCBS-CBS New York
3 WFSB-CBS Hartford
4b WBZ-NBC Boston
4n WNBC-NBC New York
5b WCVB-ABC Boston
5n WNEW-Ind New York
6s WRGB-NBC Schenectady
7b WNAC-CBS Boston
8 WTNH-ABC New Haven
9n WOR-Ind New York
10 WTEN-ABC Albany/WCDC 19-Adams
11n WPIX-Ind New York
13a WAST-CBS Albany
17s WMHT-PBS Schenectady
18 WHCT-Ind Hartford
22 WWLP-NBC Springfield
24 WEDH-PBS Hartford
27 WSMW-Ind Worcester
30 WVIT-NBC Hartford
38b WSBK-Ind Boston
40 WGGB-ABC Springfield
56b WLVI-Ind Boston
57 WGBY-PBS Springfield

Programs on 24/57 may be delayed by pledge breaks

Morning
5:00
2n Movie "Salute to the Marines" cont'd
4b Movie "The Kremlin Letter" cont'd
5b Good Day! cont'd
8 Movie "Countess Dracula" cont'd
9n News
11n Life of Riley (bw)
22 Get Smart

5:25
9n Life of Riley (bw)

5:30
11n News
22 Battle of the Planets

5:45
6s Davey & Goliath

5:50
9n Straight Talk

6:00
3 Agronsky & Company
4b Insight
5b Christopher Closeup
6s This is the Life
11n I Dream of Jeannie
22 Daktari

6:20
5n News

6:25
7b Greater Bostonians

6:30
2n Stanley
3 Pinceladas
4b Living Word
5n Faith for Today
6s Westbrook Hospital
7b Up Front
8 Odd Couple
11n Christopher Closeup
13a Jerry Falwell
30 Ring Around the World

6:45
4b-11n Davey & Goliath

6:55
9n News

7:00
2n Skatebirds
3-6s Christopher Closeup
4b Prime Time
5b Davey & Goliath
5n Wonderama
7b Peoplescope
8 This is the Life
10 Black Forum
11n Robert Schuller
22 Jimmy Swaggart
30 Rex Humbard
40 Morningtown

7:20
17s Sesame Street

7:30
2n Jason of Star Command
3 Man Builds, Man Destroys
4b Mr. Magoo
5b Captain Bob
6s Signs of Silence
7b Ask the Teacher
8 Faith for Today
9n Christopher Closeup
10 New Life Ministries
13a Glory of the Gospel
38b Wheelie
40 Davey & Goliath

7:45
6s Good News
40 Sacred Heart

8:00
2n Marlo & the Magnificent Marble Machine
3 We Believe
5b Kids are People Too
6s-27 Day of Discovery
7b Senior Circuit
8 Catholic Mass
9n James Robison
10 Community Profile
11n Ever Increasing Faith
13a Jimmy Swaggart
22 Robert Schuller
24-57 Sesame Street
30 Oral Roberts
38b Devlin
40 Latino

8:30
2n Way to Go
3 Tony Brown's Journal
4b Krazy Kat
6s Hear the World
7b Lift Every Voice
8 Eighth Day
9n Day of Discovery
10 World Tomorrow
13a 700 Club
17s Sesame Street
27 Jerry Falwell
30 Robert Schuller
38b Jonny Quest
40 Jewish Heritage

8:50
5n Bean Sprouts

9:00
2n CBS News Sunday Morning
3 Barrio
4b Nosotros
5b Superheroes
6s-9n-22 Oral Roberts
7b Asian Focus
8 Davey & Goliath
10 Table of the Lord
11n Josie & the Pussycats
24 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
38b Popeye
40 World Tomorrow
56b Big Blue Marble
57 Sesame Street

9:15
7b Catholic Mass
8 New Day

9:30
5b Sunday Open House
5n Spiderman
6s Everybody's Children
8 My Three Sons
9n Newark & Reality
11n Marvel Men
13a Robert Schuller
22 Day of Discovery
24 Electric Company
27 American Religious Town Hall
30 Celebrate
38b Top Cat
40 Rex Humbard
56b Archies

9:40
17s Sesame Street

10:00
3 CBS News Sunday Morning
4b Insight
5n Little Rascals (bw)
6s Capital News Conference
7b Robert Schuller
8 Kids are People Too
9n-22-30 Catholic Mass
10 Heritage & Destiny
11n Tom & Jerry
24-57 Studio See
27 It is Written
38b Jetsons
56b Star Trek

10:30
2n For Our Times
4b Show of Faith
5n Brady Bunch
6s It's Your Business
9n Point of View
10 Government & You
13a Rex Humbard
24 Big Blue Marble
27 Dawn of a New Day
38b Movie "Village of the Giants"
40 Kids are People Too
56b Flintstones
57 Zoom

10:45
30 Jewish Life

10:50
17s Once Upon a Classic "Dominic" (pt 4)

11:00
2n Channel 2 the People
4b Community Auditions
5n Movie "Tarzan and the Green Goddess" (bw)
6s Movie "The Solid Gold Cadillac" (bw)
7b Eco
9n-27 Rex Humbard
10 Observations!
11n F Troop
22 Daktari
24 Soccer Made in Germany
30 Mundo Real
56b Gilligan's Island
57 Big Blue Marble

11:30
2n-3-13a Face the Nation
4b News
5b New Heaven/New Earth
8-40 Animals, Animals, Animals
10 Face to Face
11n Greatest Sports Legends
17s Movie "The Student Prince"
30 Adelante
56b Brady Bunch
57 Feeling Free

Afternoon
noon
2 Newsnakers
3 Up Front
4b News Conference
5b-8-10-40 Issues & Answers
7b Face the Nation
9n Robert Schuller
11n NFL Exhibition: NY Jets-Pittsburgh (taped Sat)
13a News Forum
22 Watkins Glen Can-Am Race
24 Pro Soccer
27 Bowling (Candlepin, no doubt)
30 What About Women
38b Movie "Up Periscope"
56b Testimony of Two Men (pt 1)
57 Movie "Pumping Iron"

12:30
2n Public Hearing
3 Racers
4b-22-30 Meet the Press
5b Cambodia: Does It Have a Future?
5n I Love Lucy (bw)
7b Newsmakers
8-10-40 NFL Exhibition: Philadelphia-New England
13a Urban League

1:00
2n-3-7b-13a NFL 1980: A Preview
4b Christians
5b Aqui
5n Movie "Claudine"
6s Golden Spring (art treasures of the Italian Renaissance)
9n Life of Riley (bw)
22 Super Memories of the Super Bowls (looks at Super Bowl XII: Dallas 27-Denver 10)
24 Cousteau Odyssey "The Nile"
27 1980 NHRA Springnationals
30 Connecticut Newsmakers

1:30
5b City Streets
9n Apple Polishers
22 This Week in Baseball
30 It's Your Business

1:35
17s Movie "The Best Years of Our Lives" (bw)

2:00
2n-3-7b Tennis: ATP Championship men's final
4b World of Survival
5b Movie "Your Money or Your Wife"
6s Andy Griffith
9n Baseball: Los Angeles-NY Mets
11n Movie "Key Largo" (bw)
13a Minor League Baseball: Holyoke-Glens Falls
18 Voice of Faith
22 Solid Gold '79 (Dionne Warwick and Glen Campbell count down 1979's top hits; assists from Steve Allen, Tim Reid, Richard Sanders and Marty Cohen)
24 Cousteau Odyssey "The Nile" (conclusion from 1pm)
27 Movie "Champagne for Caesar" (bw)
30 Movie "Oriental Dream"
38b Movie "So Big" (bw)
56b Testimony of Two Men (pt 2)
57 7th Annual Bluegrass Ramble

2:30
4b In Search of...
6s Beverly Hillbillies

3:00
4b Kidsfair (live from Boston Common, celebrating Jubilee 350; Newscast at 6pm)
5n Movie "Waterloo"
6s National Geographic (portrait of Australia)
24 Dolphin

3:30
5b-8-40 Baseball Warm-Up
10 This Week in Baseball
18 Cathedral Hour

3:45
5b-8-40 Baseball: Baltimore-Oakland or Los Angeles-NY Mets

4:00
2n-3-7b-13a World Series of Golf
6s-22-30 SportsWorld: US Men's Powerlifting Championships/World Series of Track & Field pole vault competition
10-11n Baseball: NY Yankees-California
18 Family Focus
24 National Geographic "Mysteries of the Mind"
27 Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (Blue Swede/Weather Report/Fleetwood Mac)
38b Movie "The Young Philadelphians" (bw)
56b Testimony of Two Men (conclusion)

5:00
5n Kojak
9n Joker! Joker!! Joker!!!
17s All Creatures Great & Small
18 World Opportunities
24 Firing Line

5:30
6s Safari to Adventure
9n Quiz Kids
22-30 A New Era (1979 Pats highlights)
27 Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected
57 To Norway: Home of Giants (John Cleese stars in this farcical travelogue)

Evening
6:00
2n-3-6s-7b-22 News
5n Movie "The Sea Hawk" (bw)
9n Movie "Gilbert & Sullivan"
13a Candid Camera
17s-24-57 Movie "In the Good Old Summertime"
18 Living Faith
27 Wild Kingdom
30 Sunday at Six
56b Space: 1999

6:30
2n-3 CBS Evening News
5b News
6s Wild Kingdom
7b Quiz Kids
8 ABC World News Sunday
13a American Life Style
22-30 NBC Nightly News
27 Bowling
38b Last Great Human Adventure (making of Raise the Titanic)
40 Muppet Show

7:00
2n-3-7b-13a 60 Minutes
4b-6s-22-30 Disney's Wonderful World "Child of Glass" (conclusion)
5b-8-10-40 Fantasy Island
11n Baxters
38b Upbeat '80 (a preview of the 80s; music by Stephanie Mills, Grace Slick, Ray Stevens and McFadden & Whitehead; interviews with Peter Allen and Neil & Dara Sedaka)
56b Star Trek

7:30
11n News
18 Festival of Faith
27 Norm Crosby's The Comedy Shop

8:00
2n-3-7b-13a One Day at a Time (1-hr pt 1 of a 2 parter which concludes the following night; the conclusion was only 30 min :D)
4b-6s-22-30 Backstairs at the White House (pt 1)
5b-8-10-40 Those Amazing Animals (premiere)
9n Rex Humbard
11n Lawrence Welk
27 Crimes of Passion
56b Movie "The Chalk Garden"

8:05
17s-24-57 Evening at Pops (guests Pete Fountain and his band)

8:30
5n Merv Griffin

9:00
2n-3-7b-13a Alice
5b-8-10-40 Movie "Final Chapter-Walking Tall"
9n It is Written
11n Herman Badillo's Urban Journal
27 Jacobs Brothers Quartet
38b Baseball: Boston-Seattle

9:10
17s Pavarotti: King of the High Cs

9:15
24-57 Masterpiece Theatre "Lillie" (pt 9)

9:30
2n-3-7b-13a Jeffersons
9n World Tomorrow
11n Black Conversations
27 PTL Club

10:00
2n-3-7b-13a Trapper John, MD
5n News
9n Jimmy Swaggart
11n Suburban Closeup
56b Point of View

10:10
17s Masterpiece Theatre "Lillie" (pt 9)

10:20
24-57 Pavarotti: King of the High Cs

10:30
5n Sports Extra
11n Focus: New Jersey
18 Living Faith
38b Ask the Manager

11:00
2n CBS News
3-4b-6s-7b-13a-22-30 News
5n Hogan's Heroes
9n Dave Allen at Large
11n Odd Couple
56b People Power

11:15
2n News
3 CBS News

11:20
5b-8-10-40 News
17s Agronsky & Company

11:30
3 Movie "Rage"
5n David Susskind (2 hrs)
6s Movie "Obly Two Can Play" (bw)
7b Sports Sunday (premiere)
9n Ruff House
11n Rookies
13a Benny Hill
22 Star Trek
30 Second City Television Network
56b Cambridge...USA

11:35
10 ABC News

11:45
2n Sports Update
38b Larson: Sunday Night

11:50
5b Movie "The Man from Down Under" (bw)
8 Movie "Blood on the Sun" (bw)
10 Then Came Bronson
17s Inside Albany
40 Movie "The Long Wait" (bw)

Late Night
midnight
2n Name of the Game
7b Nightscene (future WBZ radio legend David Brudnoy was host)
9n Movie "Odd Man Out" (bw)
13a WCT Invitational Tennis: Ilie Nastase v Bjorn Borg
30 Sonny & Cher's Rock & Roll Years (sounds of the 60s with Paul Anka, the Coasters, Peter Noone, Neil Sedaka, and Wolfman Jack)

12:15
38b Massachusetts Council of Rabbis

12:30
11n FBI
22 Get Smart

12:45
38b Listen

1:00
7b Movie "A Time for Every Season"
30 Risk of Marriage

1:30
11n News
40 ABC News

1:35
2n News

1:40
2n Movie "Magnificent Thief"

1:45
8 ABC News

1:55
5b Sunday Open House

2:00
8 News
11n It's Your Business

2:30
7b News
9n Life of Riley (bw)
11n Movie "The Last Lion"

3:00
7b Newsmakers
9n Movie "The Informer" (bw)

4:00
11n Biography (bw)

4:10
2n Public Hearing

4:30
11n Burns & Allen

4:55
22 PTL Club
 
Bluenoser said:
27 American Religious Town Hall

"This show will no longer be seen; please stay tuned for "Health Care Town Hall" (viewer discretion advised :) ).
 
Bluenoser said:
8:00
2n Marlo & the Magnificent Marble Machine

I'm afraid you've got your children show "marbles" mixed up; I believe Marlo owned a "magnificent movie machine".
 
11:00
2n CBS News
3-4b-6s-7b-13a-22-30 News
5n Hogan's Heroes
9n Dave Allen at Large
11n Odd Couple
56b People Power

11:15
2n News
3 CBS News

11:20
5b-8-10-40 News
17s Agronsky & Company

11:30
3 Movie "Rage"
5n David Susskind (2 hrs)
6s Movie "Obly Two Can Play" (bw)
7b Sports Sunday (premiere)
9n Ruff House
11n Rookies
13a Benny Hill
22 Star Trek
30 Second City Television Network
56b Cambridge...USA

did 4B(WBZ) actually sign-off at 11:30pm after the news or did they air something else (movie?) before their Sunday night sign-off.

1:55
5b Sunday Open House

Did WCVB actually sign-off on Sunday nights because I thought WCVB was 24/7 since 1972?
 
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