Syndicated programing uncleared in a market

[spencerkarter85]

Charleston has not aired many different shows. Just for game shows, Temptation was never cleared locally, only on the cable CW that didn't get picked up by satellite until last year. Steve Wilkos wasn't picked up until this last season. Trivial Pursuit aired at 2:30 in the morning in Charleston.

The Joker's Wild in 90-91 never cleared here. Neither did Tic Tac Dough that year. They only aired on USA reruns. There were one or two seasons where Live with Regis and Kelly was unavailable (including the season when Regis was the only host, after it moved from WTAT to WCIV).

Some of the seasons of Joker's Wild in the early 80s couldn't clear. Meanwhile, pretty much every court show or talk show since about 1994 has cleared Charleston. Even shows like Les Brown cleared.

It was especially bad in the early 80s until WTAT signed on in 1985. With only three stations, lots of shows didn't clear the market.

Also in Charleston, SC syndicated reruns of the US version of "The Office" is a no-show in that market.

 

[taylorjsdad]

One person mentioned here awhile back that Boston never got the syndicated "Tic Tac Dough" with Wink Martindale -- only the short-lived 1978 CBS version that was cleared by WNAC (today's WHDH).

Someone correct me if I am wrong... I do remember watching the syndicated Tic Tac Dough as a kid living in Southern NH.... I want to say it was on WMUR out of Manchester, NH so it was on in the market.

 

[RyanHoward]

Pittsburgh never saw reruns of Rhoda, The Hogan Family, Chico and the Man, Amen, The Waltons, the syndicated runs of Punky Brewster and Silver Spoons or the Suzanne Somers talk show.

Philadelphia didn't see Suzanne's show either.

 

[RyanHoward]

Pittsburgh never saw reruns of Rhoda, The Hogan Family, Chico and the Man, Amen, The Waltons, the syndicated runs of Punky Brewster and Silver Spoons or the Suzanne Somers talk show.

Philadelphia didn't clear Suzanne's show either.

 

[milwaukee_dave]

Were reruns of "Ellen," "Dave's World," "Dear John," "Cosby," (His CBS show) or "Major Dad" ever in general syndication? I don't recall them being OTA in Chicago. I'm not sure if they made enough episodes for that

I believe "Dear John" was rerun in syndication for a short time. Here in Milwaukee, I recall then FOX affiliate WCGV-TV (Channel 24) carrying reruns of the show Sunday nights. I think it was during the 1993-94 season, though I could be off a season. I haven't seen the show since, however, on cable or OTA.

 

[Tim-In-Houston]

no Dr. Phil in Houston

KPRC carried it for a few years, but dropped it a couple years ago. It will be on this fall on KUBE-57/Baytown along with Rachel Ray and Anderson Cooper.

 

[cd637299]

One person mentioned here awhile back that Boston never got the syndicated "Tic Tac Dough" with Wink Martindale -- only the short-lived 1978 CBS version that was cleared by WNAC (today's WHDH).

I'm positive it aired in BOS. I watched the Thom McKee run (although an earlier newspaper story already mentioned the end of the $300K run). Which channel, I forget...but I was stationed at Hanscom AFB. May have been WMUR Manchester the rimshot.

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[cd637299]

I'm fuzzy here, but ISTR the syndicated show "Disco '77" not being cleared in Miami, despite it being taped there!

Anyone know?

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[71dude]

WTAE in Pittsburgh carried "Dear John" on Sundays at midnight, I believe.

 

[firepoint525]

I seem to recall that Solid Gold was shown on WPSD-TV, channel 6 in Paducah, KY, for but one season, and even then, only late at night, Sunday night if I recall correctly. (Apparently, it was too scandalous for them to show the Solid Gold Dancers in their butt-exposing outfits! ) At any rate, unless it was shown on the Harrisburg, IL, ABC affiliate (WSIL-TV channel 3), then it was probably not seen in the Paducah-Cape Girardeau market at all, save for that one season, 1985-1986, if memory serves. I lived in the south end of the Paducah-Cape market, so I saw ABC on channel 7, WBBJ-TV out of Jackson, TN. WBBJ regularly carried Solid Gold for, I'm guessing, pretty much the entire time that it was on! They carried it late at night, too, but also routinely interrupted even prime time programming to air Solid Gold! (There was a then-independent TV station, now Fox, in Cape Girardeau that might have carried it, but I don't remember now.)

 

[Scoobyfan1]

I think a few syndie game shows from the 70s and 80s either weren't cleared in Seattle-Tacoma(where I live) or didn't clear until after they had been on the air for a couple years.

For example, the daily syndicated version of Match Game launched in 1979, but didn't get cleared in Seattle until fall 1980. In addition, Dick Clark's $100,000 Pyramid cleared for only two years out of its 4 year run; it cleared for a year on KING 5(our NBC affiliate) and KSTW 11, then an independent station but now our CW affiliate.

Unfortuntely the latter cleared it at like 4 in the morning on weekdays, not the best time slot in the world. Recent shows also got somewhat crappy clearances here as well; Richard Karn's first season of Family Feud ran on KOMO 4(our ABC affiliate) at 2:35 AM, but only Tuesdays through Saturdays.

It got a little better(but not much) when KTWB 22(now our My Network affiliate, but known as KZJO 22) got the show and carried it Monday through Fridays in a double run from 4 AM-5 AM. After a few months Channel 22 moved it to 5 PM-6 PM, before switching it to a couple time slots in the mornings.

Since then, all the syndie shows here have been in decent time slots. I've actually thought about this for network shows getting uncleared but maybe this could have possibly helped syndicated shows as well.

Hypothetically speaking, if the technology for digital subchannels, or extra stations owned by a certain station were available in the 80s or 90s, or even as far back as the 70s, would that have been where the network or syndicated shows would have aired that were uncleared by that market's network affiliate?

 

[RyanHoward]

I seem to recall that Solid Gold was shown on WPSD-TV, channel 6 in Paducah, KY, for but one season, and even then, only late at night, Sunday night if I recall correctly. (Apparently, it was too scandalous for them to show the Solid Gold Dancers in their butt-exposing outfits! ) At any rate, unless it was shown on the Harrisburg, IL, ABC affiliate (WSIL-TV channel 3), then it was probably not seen in the Paducah-Cape Girardeau market at all, save for that one season, 1985-1986, if memory serves. I lived in the south end of the Paducah-Cape market, so I saw ABC on channel 7, WBBJ-TV out of Jackson, TN. WBBJ regularly carried Solid Gold for, I'm guessing, pretty much the entire time that it was on! They carried it late at night, too, but also routinely interrupted even prime time programming to air Solid Gold! (There was a then-independent TV station, now Fox, in Cape Girardeau that might have carried it, but I don't remember now.)

That would be KBSI-TV, Channel 23.

 

[firepoint525]

I seem to recall that Solid Gold was shown on WPSD-TV, channel 6 in Paducah, KY, for but one season, and even then, only late at night, Sunday night if I recall correctly. (Apparently, it was too scandalous for them to show the Solid Gold Dancers in their butt-exposing outfits! ) At any rate, unless it was shown on the Harrisburg, IL, ABC affiliate (WSIL-TV channel 3), then it was probably not seen in the Paducah-Cape Girardeau market at all, save for that one season, 1985-1986, if memory serves. I lived in the south end of the Paducah-Cape market, so I saw ABC on channel 7, WBBJ-TV out of Jackson, TN. WBBJ regularly carried Solid Gold for, I'm guessing, pretty much the entire time that it was on! They carried it late at night, too, but also routinely interrupted even prime time programming to air Solid Gold! (There was a then-independent TV station, now Fox, in Cape Girardeau that might have carried it, but I don't remember now.)

That would be KBSI-TV, Channel 23.

Did they carry it, or are you just filling in the gaps in my memory? ;D

 

[RyanHoward]

I seem to recall that Solid Gold was shown on WPSD-TV, channel 6 in Paducah, KY, for but one season, and even then, only late at night, Sunday night if I recall correctly. (Apparently, it was too scandalous for them to show the Solid Gold Dancers in their butt-exposing outfits! ) At any rate, unless it was shown on the Harrisburg, IL, ABC affiliate (WSIL-TV channel 3), then it was probably not seen in the Paducah-Cape Girardeau market at all, save for that one season, 1985-1986, if memory serves. I lived in the south end of the Paducah-Cape market, so I saw ABC on channel 7, WBBJ-TV out of Jackson, TN. WBBJ regularly carried Solid Gold for, I'm guessing, pretty much the entire time that it was on! They carried it late at night, too, but also routinely interrupted even prime time programming to air Solid Gold! (There was a then-independent TV station, now Fox, in Cape Girardeau that might have carried it, but I don't remember now.)

That would be KBSI-TV, Channel 23.

Did they carry it, or are you just filling in the gaps in my memory? ;D

KBSI was the independent station in Cape Girardeau back then. I don't know if they carried Solid Gold or not.

 

[spencerkarter85]

WNEG (now non-commercial WUGA) carried Wendy Williams during the 2009-10 season. Unfortunately, WNEG wasn't available in most cable systems in its home market (except in Northeast Georgia and Pickens, SC) and not carried by DirecTV. Then in the 2010-11 season FOX affiliate WHNS acquired Wendy Williams and showed it at 11am after Nate Berkus. Then guess what, they dumped it. That means no Wendy Williams in the Greenville, SC market unless they watch it on BET.

 

[BobbyNBC10]

When I lived in Michigan, some seasons of The Joker's WIld and Tic Tac Dough did not clear Lansing after WILX-TV dropped them and neither did the last season of Bullseye. Family Feud PM was carried in 1977-78 on 10, and breifly in 1981-82 and again in the last season when the ABC and syndie versions of Dawson FF were cancelled.

Also , the last season of Narz Concentration did not clear Grand Rapids market after WKZO-Tv dropped it, had to tune into WNDU TV South Bend,no Lansing stations cleared Narz Concentration. Syndie Tattletales aire din GR on WZZM-TV but not Lansing , Match Game PM aired in GR on WOOD-Tv and then WKZO,but not Lansing.

 

[azumanga]

When I lived in Michigan, some seasons of The Joker's WIld and Tic Tac Dough did not clear Lansing after WILX-TV dropped them and neither did the last season of Bullseye.

Though I believe WJRT in Flint (which also served Lansing) picked up Joker and TTD around 1980, after WEYI in Saginaw had them from 1978-1980. (WEYI also carried the children's version, "Joker, Joker, Joker!", in 1979.) No station in the Flint / Tri Cities Market had the first season of Joker in 1977-1978.

Also , the last season of Narz Concentration did not clear Grand Rapids market after WKZO-Tv dropped it, had to tune into WNDU TV South Bend,no Lansing stations cleared Narz Concentration. Syndie Tattletales aire din GR on WZZM-TV but not Lansing , Match Game PM aired in GR on WOOD-Tv and then WKZO,but not Lansing.

Among these, no station in the Flint-TC market carried the syndied Concentration or Tattle Tales, but WJRT carried Match Game PM and the later daily syndicated Match Game.

 

[cd637299]

An aside...WPLG 10 Miami ran and re-ran the Narz Concentration episodes (produced thru early '75) well into 1976 and maybe 1977, even though current eps were being produced.

I guess the "bike" broke down on the way to Miami.

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[bpatrick]

WNEG (now non-commercial WUGA) carried Wendy Williams during the 2009-10 season. Unfortunately, WNEG wasn't available in most cable systems in its home market (except in Northeast Georgia and Pickens, SC) and not carried by DirecTV. Then in the 2010-11 season FOX affiliate WHNS acquired Wendy Williams and showed it at 11am after Nate Berkus. Then guess what, they dumped it. That means no Wendy Williams in the Greenville, SC market unless they watch it on BET.

Unless something has changed I don't think Wendy Williams is carried in Augusta, GA either.

 

[Bluenoser]

WNEG (now non-commercial WUGA) carried Wendy Williams during the 2009-10 season. Unfortunately, WNEG wasn't available in most cable systems in its home market (except in Northeast Georgia and Pickens, SC) and not carried by DirecTV. Then in the 2010-11 season FOX affiliate WHNS acquired Wendy Williams and showed it at 11am after Nate Berkus. Then guess what, they dumped it. That means no Wendy Williams in the Greenville, SC market unless they watch it on BET.

Unless something has changed I don't think Wendy Williams is carried in Augusta, GA either.

The show's website has it listed for Fox station WFXG at 3pm:
http://www.wendyshow.com/tv-listings/

And interestingly enough, a station in Trinidad & Tobago also runs it twice nightly...