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What stations do you know that used to carry The Mike Douglas Show?

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spencerkarter85

Do you know any stations that used to carry the late Mike Douglas (from 1961-1982)?

I know those stations:

NEW YORK, NY: WCBS (CBS)
LOS ANGELES, CA: KNBC (NBC) early years
CHICAGO, IL: WMAQ (NBC)
PHILADELPHIA, PA: KYW* (then NBC, now CBS O&O and *It's former owners Group W used to produce the show)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA: KPIX* (CBS)
BOSTON, MA: WBZ* (then NBC, now CBS O&O)
ATLANTA, GA: WAGA (then CBS, now FOX O&O)
WASHINGTON, DC: WRC (NBC) I think
CLEVELAND, OH: KYW** (**before moving to Philly in '65), now WKYC (NBC)
PITTSBURGH, PA: KDKA* (CBS)
CHARLOTTE, NC: WBTV (CBS)
BALTIMORE, MD: WJZ* (then ABC, now CBS O&O)
GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG, SC: WLOS (ABC), then WFBC/WYFF (NBC), and WSPA (CBS) I think.
CHARLESTON, SC: WCSC (CBS)

Do you know any other markets that used to air that show?
 
spencerkarter85 said:
Do you know any stations that used to carry the late Mike Douglas (from 1961-1982)?

I know those stations:

NEW YORK, NY: WCBS (CBS)
LOS ANGELES, CA: KNBC (NBC) early years
CHICAGO, IL: WMAQ (NBC)
PHILADELPHIA, PA: KYW* (then NBC, now CBS O&O and *It's former owners Group W used to produce the show)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA: KPIX* (CBS)
BOSTON, MA: WBZ* (then NBC, now CBS O&O)
ATLANTA, GA: WAGA (then CBS, now FOX O&O)
WASHINGTON, DC: WRC (NBC) I think
CLEVELAND, OH: KYW** (**before moving to Philly in '65), now WKYC (NBC)
PITTSBURGH, PA: KDKA* (CBS)
CHARLOTTE, NC: WBTV (CBS)
BALTIMORE, MD: WJZ* (then ABC, now CBS O&O)
GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG, SC: WLOS (ABC), then WFBC/WYFF (NBC), and WSPA (CBS) I think.
CHARLESTON, SC: WCSC (CBS)

Do you know any other markets that used to air that show?
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PROVIDENCE, RI: WPRI/12 (then CBS, later ABC, now CBS)
PORTLAND, ME: WCSH/6 (NBC), WMTW/8 (ABC)
MANCHESTER/BOSTON: WXPO/50 (Ind.) now deleted
HARTFORD: WFSB/3 (CBS)
WORCESTER/BOSTON: WSMW/27 (Ind.) now WUNI (UNI)
 
Knoxville, TN: Wate-TV channel 6 (NBC affliate at the time) from late 60s to mid 70s (replaced by Dinah Shore), then WTVK-TV 26 (ABC affliate at the time) from mid 70s on. (I was watching Mike Douglas Show on the afternoon of August 16, 1977 when TV-26 broke in with news of the death of Elvis Presley).
 
Minneapolis/St. Paul-WCCO (CBS); KSTP (NBC, now ABC).
Tampa/St. Petersburg-WTVT (CBS, now Fox).
Dallas/Ft. Worth-KDFW (CBS, now Fox).
Burlington VT-WCAX (CBS); in its last year or so WVNY (ABC).
 
I don't recall Mike on WSPA; he was carried on WLOS and later
on WFBC (WYFF). These I can add:

Raleigh/Durham: WRAL (ABC then, CBS now)
Wilmington: WECT (NBC)
Greenville/New Bern/Washington, NC: WITN (NBC), then WCTI (ABC)
Norfolk: WAVY (NBC), the station where I first saw the show
Richmond: WRVA (later WWBT, NBC)
Orlando: WFTV (ABC), later WDBO (WKMG, CBS)
Jacksonville: WJXT (CBS then, independent now)--he was practically
unbeatable in the 4:30-6 PM slot
Tallahassee: WCTV (CBS)
Ft. Myers: WINK (CBS)
Savannah: WTOC (CBS)
Nashville: WLAC (WTVF, CBS)--used to pre-empt CBS's sitcom reruns
from 9-10 AM (CT); they were picked up on ABC affiliate
WSIX (WKRN).
Louisville: WAVE (NBC)
Birmingham: WBRC (ABC then, Fox now)

In the late '70s WFAA (ABC) carried Mike from 9-10 AM in Dallas; likewise,
ABC affiliates KSAT San Antonio and KVUE Austin carried him at the same time.
 
Harrisburg-York-Lancaster PA market: WGAL 8 (NBC affiliate then and now).

I seem to recall a later Mike Douglas Show, in the 1980s. That one was carried in the above market by independent station WGCB-TV 49.
 
williamb3 said:
Tampa/St. Petersburg-WTVT (CBS, now Fox).
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Since you're including the Syndicast version that was seen from 1980-1982, it should be known that WTVT carried Mike's Group W show, but when he switched syndicators, the Syndicast version was seen on then-indie WTOG, as WTVT opted for Group W's replacement, "The John Davidson Show", instead.
 
John-Summers said:
I seem to recall a later Mike Douglas Show, in the 1980s. That one was carried in the above market by independent station WGCB-TV 49.
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The only other show I was aware of after his variety series ended in 1982 was a daily interview program that Mike did for the still-fledging CNN -- don't know if that was ever syndicated.
 
John-Summers said:
Harrisburg-York-Lancaster PA market: WGAL 8 (NBC affiliate then and now).

I seem to recall a later Mike Douglas Show, in the 1980s. That one was carried in the above market by independent station WGCB-TV 49.
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When WTVE-51 in Reading signed on in 1980, they carried his(soon to be John Davidson's) Group W show at 7:30 pm, then his later Syndicast show at 11 am or so.
 
azumanga said:
williamb3 said:
Tampa/St. Petersburg-WTVT (CBS, now Fox).
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Since you're including the Syndicast version that was seen from 1980-1982, it should be known that WTVT carried Mike's Group W show, but when he switched syndicators, the Syndicast version was seen on then-indie WTOG, as WTVT opted for Group W's replacement, "The John Davidson Show", instead.
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Mike's Syndicast show was on WSB; WAGA also opted for John Davidson. It might be noted that Mike's switch to Syndicast came just before WSB's switch from NBC to ABC. WSB aired Mike from 10-11 AM (ET), affiliate time then and now for ABC; NBC put David Letterman's morning show at the same time (and this is while WSB was still with NBC); WXIA, about to lose ABC, picked up Letterman. I have a feeling that WSB, even if it had stayed with NBC, would have pre-empted Letterman anyway, since management rightly felt he had little or no appeal at 10 in the morning. But if WXIA had stayed with ABC, Letterman would probably not have been seen in Atlanta until he got his late-night show in 1982.
 
WCPO carried Mike in the '60s; WKRC carried him in the '70s.
I don't know when the changeover came, because there was
a period around 1971 when Mike wasn't carried in Cincinnati.

I also don't recall KXAS carrying Mike (must have been after I
left Dallas), but I do know that Merv switched from KDFW to
KXAS in 1979.
 
I seem to recall that Mike Douglas was carried on WOR (Ch. 9) in NYC, not on WCBS (Ch 2). WCBS had The Early Show (movies, in those days) at 4:30 every afternoon. Douglas was on WOR at the same hour -- I still remember racing home from school in Feb of 1972 to see the week that John & Yoko co-hosted.
 
WCBS was carrying Mike by the late '70s; Rosie O'Donnell has
said she used to watch him after school, and also "Dinah!"; they
were her inspirations to have her own talk show.
 
From my recollections of reading listings here, I remember seeing Mike Douglas on other Los Angeles stations at various points of his run, particularly on KNXT (now KCBS) and KTLA.
 
RyanHoward said:
John-Summers said:
Harrisburg-York-Lancaster PA market: WGAL 8 (NBC affiliate then and now).

I seem to recall a later Mike Douglas Show, in the 1980s. That one was carried in the above market by independent station WGCB-TV 49.
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When WTVE-51 in Reading signed on in 1980, they carried his(soon to be John Davidson's) Group W show at 7:30 pm, then his later Syndicast show at 11 am or so.
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That must be the one I remember. WGAL ran his Group W program and then WGCB ran the later one from another syndicator. Was there a gap between those two shows?
 
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