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WNEW / WNYW-TV in New York program schedules from 1978 to 2015

I was born in 1978 and i grew up watching WNEW / WNYW-TV alot especially when they became a Fox O&O station and started carrying WWF Wrestling from 1986 - 1996. Can anyone help me out with the schedule from April 5, 1978 to at least December 31, 2015?
 
Here's one for you!

Thursday, May 10, 2001

5:00 am - Roseanne
5:30 am - Good Day New York, Wake Up
6:00 am - Good Day New York
7:00 am - Good Day New York
9:00 am - Queen Latifah
10:00 am - Divorce Court
10:30 am - Judge Hatchett
11:00 am - Divorce Court
11:30 am - News
12:00 pm - Power of Attorney
12:30 pm - Power of Attorney
1:00 pm - Judge Hatchett
1:30 pm - National Enquirer Uncovered
2:00 pm - Caroline in the City
2:30 pm - Home Improvement
3:00 pm - Action Man
3:30 pm - Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
4:00 pm - Power Rangers Time Force
4:30 pm - Digimon: Digital Monsters
5:00 pm - The Nanny
5:30 pm - 3rd Rock from the Sun
6:00 pm - The Simpsons
6:30 pm - The Drew Carey Show
7:00 pm - The Nanny
7:30 pm - The Simpsons
8:00 pm - MOVIE: Surprise Wedding 2 (2000)
10:00 pm - News
11:00 pm - Seinfeld
11:30 pm - The Simpsons
12:00 am - Living Single
12:30 am - 3rd Rock from the Sun
1:00 am - Roseanne
1:30 am - Unhappily Ever After
2:00 am - Paid Program
2:30 am - Paid Program
3:00 am - Cops
3:30 am - Grace Under Fire
4:00 am - Mad About You
4:30 am - Paid Program
 
January 1, 2001 WNYW Fox 5

First Schedule from Fox 5 in 2001:

Monday January 1, 2001 (Credit: New York Times)

7:00 Good Day New York (from 5 or 6 am)

9:00 Power of Attorney (back to back)

10:00 Divorce Court

10:30 Judge Hatchett

11:00 College Football (Cotton Bowl - Kansas State vs Tennessee in Dallas, TX)

2:30 A Different World

3:00 - 5:00 Fox Kids [which later in the year moves over to sister station WWOR (UPN) 9
(3:00 Magic School Bus, 3:30 Power Rangers, 4:00 X-Men and 4:30 Digimon)

5:00 Home Improvement

5:30 3rd Rock from the Sun

6:00 Drew Carey Show

6:30 The Nanny

7:00 The Nanny

7:30 The Simpsons

8:00 Boston Public

9:00 Ally McBeal

10:00 The 10 o' Clock News

11:00 The Simpsons

11:30 Living Single

12 midnight 3rd Rock of the Sun

12:30 Roseanne
 
Here's another one for you!

Monday, January 3, 2000

5:00 am - National Enquirer TV
5:30 am - Good Day New York, Wakeup
6:00 am - Good Day New York
9:00 am - Queen Latifah
10:00 am - Divorce Court
10:30 am - Divorce Court
11:00 am - National Enquirer TV
11:30 am - News
12:00 pm - Donny & Marie
1:00 pm - Caroline in the City
1:30 pm - Living Single
2:00 pm - Bewitched
2:30 pm - I Dream of Jeannie
3:00 pm - Monster Rancher
3:30 pm - Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
4:00 pm - Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
4:30 pm - Digimon: Digltal Monsters
5:00 pm - Divorce Court
5:30 pm - The Nanny
6:00 pm - 3rd Rock from the Sun
6:30 pm - The Nanny
7:00 pm - The Drew Carey Show
7:30 pm - Seinfeld
8:00 pm - That '70s Show
8:30 pm - That '70s Show
9:00 pm - Ally McBeal
10:00 pm - News
11:00 pm - The Simpsons
11:30 pm - Living Single
12:00 am - Home Improvement
12:30 am - Unhappily Ever After
1:00 am - Mad About You
1:30 am - Cops
2:00 am - Paid Program
2:30 am - Grace Under Fire
3:00 am - Roseanne
3:30 am - Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
4:00 am - Paid Program
4:30 am - Paid Program
 
Actually, WNYW bought WWOR in August 2001, and from after the events of 9/11, WWOR aired the Fox Kids weekday block until the network ended kids programming on weekdays.
 
Friday November 21, 1969

WNEW - TV Channel 5

Morning

7:15a
Glenn Swengros

7:30a
The Alvin Show

8:00a
Prince Planet (B&W)

8:30a
Marine Boy

9:00a
Pixanne

10:00a
Movie – “The Mad Doctor” (B&W)

Afternoon

12:00p
Movie – “Young Tom Edison” (B&W)

1:45p
Fran Lee

2:00p
The Naked Truth

2:30p
Pay Cards!

3:00p
Casper the Friendly Ghost

3:30p
The Flintstones

4:00p
Wonderama

5:00p
My Favorite Martian (B&W)

5:30p
McHale’s Navy (B&W)

Evening

6:00p
Lost in Space

7:00p
I Love Lucy

7:30p
Truth or Consequences

8:00p
To Tell the Truth (panelists Orson Bean, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer)

8:30p
David Frost (guests Harold Robbins, Dina Merrill, Julie Harris, Frank Gorshin)

10:00p
News (Bill Jorgensen)

11:00p
Peyton Place (B&W)

11:30p
Movie – “San Antonio”

1:40a
Reel Camp (B&W) I think it was the last program before signing off.
 
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Here's the third one for you!

Friday, November 17, 1978

5:45a Call to Prayer
5:50a News Headlines
6:00a New Zoo Revue (the importance of school) (R)
6:30a Bugs Bunny and Friends
7:00a Popeye and Friends (the 1960-62 King Features made-for-TV cartoons)
7:30a The Flintstones
8:00a The Woody Woodpecker Show
8:30a The Archies
9:00a The Andy Griffith Show - "Crime-Free Mayberry" (BW) [original airdate 11/20/61]
[TRIVIA NOTE: Written by Paul Henning]
9:30a The Partridge Family - "The Last of Howard" [original airdate 10/27/73]
10:00a I Love Lucy - "The Saxophone" (BW) [original airdate 9/22/52]
10:30a My Three Sons - "Forget Me Not" [original airdate 9/29/66]
11:00a Love, American Style - "Love and the Liberated Lady Boss" [from 12/10/71] / "Love and the Fullback" [from 1/21/72]
11:30p Midday Live with Bill Boggs (scheduled: pool expert Rudolph "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone and actress Lilli Palmer; also,
discussion of the Humphrey-Hawkins bill)
12:55p News - Christopher Jones
1:00p That Girl - "That Señorita" [original airdate 12/11/70]
1:30p The Partridge Family - "The Diplomat" [original airdate 11/3/73]
2:00p Gilligan's Island - "The Invasion" [original airdate 11/21/66]
2:30p The New Mickey Mouse Club (the Mousketeers do a Mexican-American folk dance)
3:00p Fred Flintstone and Friends
3:30p Spider-Man (R)
4:00p The Woody Woodpecker Show
4:30p Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure
5:00p Battle of the Planets
5:30p The Flintstones (R)
6:00p The Brady Bunch - "Tiger! Tiger!" [original airdate 1/30/70]
6:30p I Love Lucy - "The Diner" (BW) [original airdate 4/26/54]
7:00p The Brady Bunch - "Brace Yourself" [original airdate 2/13/70]
7:30p Carol Burnett and Friends (guests: Helen Reddy, John Byner) [edited from The Carol Burnett Show episode of
11/9/74, taped 11/1/74]
8:00p The Cross-Wits (featured: Dorothy Lamour, Pat McCormack, Peter Isaacksen, Elaine Joyce)
8:30p The Merv Griffin Show (from New York; scheduled: cast of "Ain't Misbehavin'," Bob & Ray, Joel Grey, Phyllis Newman,
Grace Jones and Disco Sally)
10:00p The 10 O'Clock News with Bill Jorgensen
11:00p The Gong Show (panelists: Michele Lee, Fred Travalena, Wayland Flowers & Madame)
11:30p Movie Greats (or was it 11:30 Movie?): "The Great Gatsby" (1974) - Robert Redford, Mia Farrow
2:00a Hollywood's Finest: "Men With Wings" (1938) - Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland
4:20a The Jack Benny Program - "Ben Blue Show" (BW) [original airdate 1/10/60]
4:50a News Headlines
followed by Call to Prayer and sign-off
 
January 6, 2001

Saturday, January 6, 2001 (credit: New York Times)

7am More / Game
7:30 Wildlife Journal
8am Power Rangers
8:30 Action Man
9am Digimon (back to back)
10am Beast Machines
10:30 Digimon (A overload of Digimon)
11am NFL Under The Helmet
11:30 FOX NFL Pregame
12:30 NFC Divisional playoff: New Orleans Saints @ Minnesota Vikings
4pm X-Files
5pm Sheena
6pm V.I.P.
7pm Drew Carey Show
7:30 The Simpsons
8pm Cops (back to back)
9pm America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back
10pm Fox 5 News at 10
11pm MAD TV
12 midnight Stargate SG-1
 
Here's the fourth one for you!

Saturday, January 1, 2000

5:00 am - Paid Program
5:30 am - Paid Program
6:00 am - Paid Program
6:30 am - Paid Program
7:00 am - More Than a Game
7:30 am - Popular Mechanics for Kids
8:00 am - Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
8:30 am - Monster Rancher
9:00 am - Digimon: Digital Monsters
9:30 am - Godzilla: The Series
10:00 am - Monster Rancher
10:30 am - Digimon: Digital Monsters
11:00 am - College Football: Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Texas Longhorns
2:30 pm - The Simpsons
3:00 pm - Stargate SG-1
4:00 pm - The X-Files
5:00 pm - New York Undercover
6:00 pm - V.I.P.
7:00 pm - 3rd Rock from the Sun
7:30 pm - The Drew Carey Show
8:00 pm - Breaking the Magician's Code 3: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed
9:00 pm - Breaking the Magician's Code 4: Unmasking the Magician - The Final Reveal
10:00 pm - News
11:00 pm - Mad TV
12:00 am - Stargate SG-1
1:00 am - V.I.P.
2:00 am - The Entertainers
3:00 am - Paid Program
3:30 am - Paid Program
4:00 am - Paid Program
4:30 am - Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
 
I'll keep looking for more retro Fox 5 listings as well. It would be cool to see what Fox 5 aired on the day I was born ( April 5, 1978)
 
Labor Day weekend September 3 and 4, 1994

Saturday September 3, 1994 (Credit: New York Times)

7am 80 Dreams
7:30 Hurricanes
8am Dog City
8:30 Morphin Power Rangers
9am Bobby's World
9:30 Eek!
10am Tiny Toon Adventures
10:30 Taz-Mania
11am X-Men
11:30 Where in the World is Carmen Santango?
12 noon Mr. Belvedere (back to back)
1pm WWF Superstars (moved from 12 noon)
2pm American Gladiators (moved from 1pm)
3pm N.F.L. Update '94
4pm M*A*S*H
4:30 Night Court
5pm McMillam and Wife
7pm Giants Today
7:30 Inside Edition Weekend
8pm Cops (back to back)
9pm NFL '94 Preview
10pm News
10:30 Sports Extra
11pm Tales from the Crypt(back to back)

Sunday September 4, 1994

6am Paid Programming
7am Robert Schuller
8am Charles Stanley
9am Sunday Mass
9:30 The McCreary Report
10:30 WWF Wrestling Challenge (moved from 12 noon)
11:30 This week in the NFL
12 noon Fox NFL Sunday (debut)
1pm Philadelphia Eagles vs New York Giants
4pm Night Court (back to back)
5pm Movie: Predator (1987)
( i forgot to write down the schedule for Fox 5 from 7pm-11:30pm)
12 midnight A Current Affair Extra
1am Paid Programming (until 4am)
4am Small Wonder (back to back)
5am Faith 20
5:30 Good Day Street Talk
 
This is what WNYW aired from 7-11 pm on 9/4/94

7:00 pm - Fortune Hunter
8:00 pm - The Simpsons
8:30 pm - Hardball
9:00 pm - Married... with Children
9:30 pm - Wild Oats
10:00 pm - News
 
thanks

Thank you. Someone can make a similar thread for WWOR and other NYC OTA TV's listings 1949-2015. I wondered why WNYW moved WWF Superstars from Noon (since September 1990) to 1pm (briefly in 1994-95)?
 
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September 1, 1984 WNEW-TV 5 (credit: New York Times)

7am The World Tomorrow
7:30 Bullwinkle
8am Wonderama
8:30 America's Top Ten
9am Star Search
10am Saturday Morning
12 noon Fame
1pm Dance Show
2pm Starsky & Hutch
3pm Movie : "Unbeatable Dragon" (1981)
5pm Mission: Impossible
6pm Baretta
7pm Too Close for Comfort
7:30 All in the Family
8pm On Stage America
10pm News
10:30 Black News
11pm Film: "Sergeant York" (1941)
1am sign off (i think)
 
I found listings from the day i was born (April 5, 1978):

WNEW - TV Wednesday April 5, 1978

Morning:

7:00 Bugs Bunny & Popeye
7:30 The Flintstones
8:00 Woody Woodpecker
8:30 The Archies
9:00 Bewitched
9:30 That Girl
10:00 I Love Lucy
10:30 High Hopes
11:00 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
11:25 New Jersey Report
11:30 Midday Live

Afternoon:

12:55 News
1:00 Movie: The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
2:30 Abbott and Costello
3:00 Popeye and Friends
3:30 Mickey Mouse Club
4:00 Fred Flintstone and Friends
4:30 Woody Woodpecker
5:00 Spiderman
5:30 The Flintstones

Evening:

6:00 The Brady Bunch
6:30 I Love Lucy
7:00 The Brady Bunch
7:30 Between The Wars (A 16-week series)
8:00 The Crosswits
8:30 Merv Griffin Show
10:00 The 10 'O Clock News
11:00 Love, American Style
11:30 Movie: The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Late Night:

1:50 Movie: Huckleberry Finn (1931)
3:50 Sign Off
 
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