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Retro: WKBS 48 Philadelphia Monday 11/15/82

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5:30 CNN Headline News
6:00 News
6:30 Popeye
7:00 Mighty Mouse
7:30 Flintstones
8:00 Woody Woopecker
8:30 Bugs Bunny & Friends
9:00 Great Space Coaster
9:30 Edge Of Night(ABC)
10:00 Delaware Valley '82
10:30 CNN Headline News
11:00 Fantasy Island(ABC)
12:00 Munsters
12:30 McHale's Navy
1:00 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1:30 Dick Van Dyke
2:00 Beverly Hillbillies
2:30 Casper
3:00 Bugs Bunny/Porky Pig
3:30 Woody Woodpecker
4:00 Pink Panther
4:30 Flintstones
5:00 Brady Bunch
5:30 I Love Lucy
6:00 Mork & Mindy
6:30 WKRP In Cincinnati
7:00 Sanford & Son
7:30 All In The Family
8:00 Movie-Big Jake(1971)
10:00 News
10:30 CNN Headline News
11:00 Saturday Night
12:00 Honeymooners
12:30 Odd Couple
1:00 Bob Newhart
 
classictv said:
5:30 CNN Headline News
6:00 News
6:30 Popeye
7:00 Mighty Mouse
7:30 Flintstones
8:00 Woody Woopecker
8:30 Bugs Bunny & Friends
9:00 Great Space Coaster
9:30 Edge Of Night(ABC)
10:00 Delaware Valley '82
10:30 CNN Headline News
11:00 Fantasy Island(ABC)
12:00 Munsters
12:30 McHale's Navy
1:00 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1:30 Dick Van Dyke
2:00 Beverly Hillbillies
2:30 Casper
3:00 Bugs Bunny/Porky Pig
3:30 Woody Woodpecker
4:00 Pink Panther
4:30 Flintstones
5:00 Brady Bunch
5:30 I Love Lucy
6:00 Mork & Mindy
6:30 WKRP In Cincinnati
7:00 Sanford & Son
7:30 All In The Family
8:00 Movie-Big Jake(1971)
10:00 News
10:30 CNN Headline News
11:00 Saturday Night
12:00 Honeymooners
12:30 Odd Couple
1:00 Bob Newhart

Man, hard to believe that this great station would be nothing but a memory some 9 months later. It's a shame that the Field Brothers took a great Philadelphia institution like WKBS/48 and used its' untimely demise as a tax write-off and took many staffers to the unemployment line. In the history of TV, this was probably one of the most stupid station shutdowns of all time.
 
I often wondered why Metromedia never bought the station. Perhaps it was the FCC [over]regulations at the time.
I often thought WKBS would have made a great asset in the company's portfolio.
 
I too remember the great shows on Channel 48. After its demise, Channel 17 and then eventually "Philly 57" picked up some of 48's line-up but it wasn't the same.

Also, during that time period there was Channel 65 which I remember also played a lot of great old shows. They seemed to like to show a lot of Candid Camera from what I remember. Anyone have any info on Channel 65 and what became of it? Seems to me it was a NJ channel but I don't know for sure.
 
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