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Scranton Wilkes barre TV - Weedkays - December 2-6, 1985 - TV Guide East central Pennsylvania
Local Channels
16 WNEP (ABC) New York Times
Monday-Friday
6:00 ABC News
6:30 News
7 AM Good Morning America
9:00 Hatchy Milatchy
10 AM Green Acres
10:30 Ryan’s Hope
11 AM Three’s A Crowd (daytime reruns)
11:30 All Star Blitz
12 Noon Midday 16
12:30 Loving
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life to Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Quincy
5 PM Rockford Files
6 PM Newswatch 16
7 PM PM Magazine
7:30 Wheel Of Fortune
Monday
8 PM Hardcastle & McCormick
9 PM Monday Night Football – Chicago Bears At Miami Dolphins
11:45 Newswatch 16
12:15 Nightline
Tuesday
8 PM Who’s The Boss
8:30 Growing Pains
9 PM Moonlighting
10 PM Spenser For Hire
Wednesday
8 PM Insiders
9 PM Dynasty
10 PM Hotel
Thursday
8 PM Shadow Chasers
9 PM Dynasty II: The Colbys
10 PM 20/20
Friday
8 PM Webster
8:30 Diff’rent Strokes
9 PM Mr. Belvidere
9:30 Benson
10 PM Our family Honor
Early Wednesday-Early Saturday
11 PM Newswatch 16
11:30 Nightline
12 Mid O Hara: US Treasury
Early Tuesday-Early Saturday
1 AM Petticoat Junction
1:30 Green Acres
2 AM Movie – Santa Fe Trail (1940) Early Tues
What’s The Price Glory (1952) Early Wed
Bad Company (1974) Early Thurs
Please Call It Murder (1975) Early Fri
Sins Of Rachel Cade (1962) Early Sat
4 AM Sign Off
Still had weekday children's program Hatchy Milatchy - Wonder how much longer That lasted.
22 WDAU (CBS) WDAU Associates
Monday-Friday
5 AM CBS News
6:00 Morning Stretch
6:30 News
7 AM CBS Morning News
9:00 Headline Chasers
9:30 Love Connection
10 AM 25,000 Dollar Pyramid
10:30 Press Your Luck
11 AM Price Is Right
12 Noon News
12:30 Young & The Restless
1:30 As The World Turns
2:30 Capitol
3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM Dallas
5 PM Divorce Court
5:30 People’s Court
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Jeopardy
7:30 Price Is Right
Monday
8 PM Scarecrow & Mrs. King
9 PM Newhart
9:30 Kate & Allie
10 PM Cagney & Lacey
Tuesday
8 PM Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (hometown normally aired here till end of October - when it was canceled - do not know what replaced it. )
9 PM CBS Movie – Copachabana (1985)
Wednesday
8 PM Charlie Brown Christmas (Stir Crazy aired here normally - was canceled end of year)
8:30 Twas The Night Before Christmas
9 PM Charlie & Company
9:30 George Burns
10 PM Equalizer
Thursday
8 PM Magnum PI
9 PM Simon & Simon
10 PM Knot’s Landing
Friday
8 PM New Twilight Zone
9 PM Dallas
10 PM Falcon Crest
Monday-Friday
11 PM News
Tuesday/Early Wednesday
11:30 Simon & Simon
12:40 McCoy
Wednesday/Early Thursday
11:30 TJ Hooker
12:40 CBS Late Movie – This Is Kate Bennett (1982)
Thursday/Early Friday
11:30 Night Heat
12:40 CBS Late Movie – King’s Crossing (1982)
Friday/Early Saturday
11:30 CBS Late Movie – Lovely But Deadly (1980)
1:30 Divorce Court
Early Tuesday-Early Saturday
2 AM Hawaii-Five-O
3 AM Bonanza
4 AM CBS News
WBRE-28 (NBC) Imes???? - unsure who owner was
5 AM Jim & Tammy (unusual for Network Affiliate to have weekday religious shows)
6:00 Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 NBC News
7 AM Today
9:00 Phil Donahue
10 AM Numbers Up (Family Ties would air here in a couple weeks in reruns)
10:30 Sale Of The Century
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12 Noon Password
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM GI Joe (Cartoons preempting Santa Barbara which ironically aired on 38 WOLF at 9 AM - Would think these cartoons would air on that station now.)
3:30 Transformers
4 PM Happy Days
4:30 Laverne & Shirley
5 PM Three’s Company
5:30 M*A*S*H
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Newlywed Game
7:30 Entertainment Tonight
Monday
8 PM John & Yoko: Love Story
Tuesday
8 PM A Team
9 PM Riptide
10 PM Remington Steele
Wednesday
8 PM Highway To Heaven
9 PM Helltown
10 PM Remington Steele
Thursday
8 PM Cosby Show
8:30 Family Ties
9 PM Cheers
9:30 Night Court
10 PM Hill Street Blues
Friday
8 PM Knight Rider
9 PM Misfits Of Science
10 PM Miami Vice
Monday-Friday
11 PM News
Monday/Early Tuesday-Friday/Early Saturday
11:30 Tonight With Johnny Carson
12:30 Late Night With David Letterman (Except Early Saturday)
Friday Night Videos (Early Saturday)
1:30 M*A*S*H (Except Early Saturday)
2 AM Mary Tyler Moore
2:30 Bob Newhart
3 AM Here’s Lucy
3:30 Benny Hill
4 AM Hart To Hart
38 WOLF (Ind.) Scranton TV Partners
5 AM 700 Club
6:30 Bugs Bunny & Friends
7 AM Mask
7:30 Voltron
8 AM Tranzor Z
8:30 Scooby Doo
9:00 Santa Barbara (why was this here and not on WBRE and why were WBRE's cartoons not there)
10 AM Perry Mason
11 AM InnDay News
11:30 All About Us
12 Noon Movie 38 – Don’t Drink The Water (1969) Mon
CC & Company (1970) Tues
Diamonds (1975) Wed
Generation (1969) Thurs
Shoot Loud – Louder (1966) Fri
2 PM Fat Albert
2:30 Jetsons
3 PM Tom & Jerry
3:30 Thundercats
4 PM Tom & Jerry
4:30 Scooby Doo
5 PM Batman
5:30 Beverly Hillbillies
6 PM Alice
6:30 Barney Miller
7 PM All In The Family (Except Friday)
John Lennon Remembered (Friday
7:30 WKRP In Cincinnati (Except Friday)
8 PM Movie 38 – King Kong (1976) Mon
Bad News Bears (1977) Tues
Middle Age Crazy (1980) Wed
Raggedy Man (1981) Thurs
Joy In The Morning (1965) Fri
10 PM Chips
11 PM All In The Family
11:30 Comedy Tonight
12 Mid Charlie’s Angels
1 AM Mission Impossible
2 AM Kojak
3 AM Sign Off
Not to bad station - I think more classic sitcoms would have fit in middays rather than movies and INDAY (half of which was canceled at this time).
WVIA-44 (PBS)
6 AM Farm Report
6:30 Ozzie & Harriet
7 AM Leave It To Beaver
7:30 Mister Rogers
8 AM Sesame Street
9 AM Today’s Special
9:30 Educational Programming
3 PM Little House On The Prairie
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mr. Rogers
5:30 Leave It To Beaver
6 PM I Love Lucy
6:30 Dark Shadows
7 PM MacNeil, Lehrer Report
Monday
8 PM Wonderworks
9 PM Movie – Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967)
Tuesday
8 PM Star Trek
9 PM Movie – Invasion Of Body Snatchers (1978)
Wednesday
8 PM Nova
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
Thursday
8 PM This Old House
8:30 This Old House
9 PM Christmas At Pops
10 PM Evening At Pops
Friday
8 PM Washington Week
8:30 Wall Street Week
9:00 PM - Great Performances
Monday-Friday
11:30 Doctor Who
12 Mid Honeymooners
12:30 Jackie Gleason Show
1 AM Movie – Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle (1955) Early Tues
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) Early Wed
Brass Target (1978) Early Thurs
Bells Of St. Mary (1945) Early Fri
Phantom Of The Opera (1962) Early Sat
3 AM Sign Off
a ton of shows normally found on a commercial independent. Curious - were these shows edited or unedited? were there "commercial" breaks with no commercials but with station promos and PSA's?
Philadelphia Independents
29 WTAF (Ind./NBC/ABC) Taft
5 AM Community Update
5:30 Newsprobe
6 AM Great Space Coaster
6:30 Fat Albert
7 AM He Man
7:30 Go Bots
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Scooby Doo
9 AM Tom & Jerry
9:30 Gilligan’s Island
10 AM Three’s A Crowd (ABC)
10:30 All Star Blitz (ABC)
11 AM Number’s Up (NBC) (Family Ties would move here)
11:30 Sale Of The Century (NBC)
12 NOON Divorce Court
12:30 Divorce Court
1 PM Batman
1:30 My Favorite Martian
2 PM Popeye (TV 60’s Series)
2:30 Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck (Pre 48 – Post 41_
3 PM Thundercats
3:30 MASK
4 PM GI Joe
4:30 Transformers
5 PM What’s Happening
5:30 Happy Days
6 PM Laverne & Shirley
6:30 Too Close For Comfort
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 Benson
8 PM Movie On 29 – Chinatown (1974) Mon
Three Days Of The Condor (1975) Tues
Easy Money (1983) Wed
Funny Girl (1968) Thurs
Zapped (1982) Fri
10 PM Dukes Of Hazard
11 PM Taxi
11:30 M*A*S*H-Comedy
12 MID Benny Hill
12:30 Columbo/McMillan & Wife/McCloud
2 AM Vegas
3 AM Movie – Five Against The House (1955) Early Tues
Shalako (1968) Early Wed
The Chase (1966) Early Thurs
Whatever Happened To Aunt Alice (1969) Early Fri
All The Fighter (1975) Early Sat
24 hours - a clearinghouse for NBC and ABC rejects late mornings - weekday movie at Noonish is gone. Still a strong station and leading independent station overall
17 WPHL (Ind.) Providence Journal
5 AM Delaware Valley Forum
5:30 Jimmy Swaggart
6 AM Richard Roberts
7 AM Voltron
7:30 Flintstones
8 AM Tranzor Z
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Jim & Tammy
10 AM 700 Club
11:30 Addams Family
12 NOON Leave It To Beaver
12:30 Gomer Pyle USMC
1 PM Hogan’s Heroes
1:30 Bewitched
2 PM Munsters
2:30 Popeye (Theatrical 30’s to 50’s)
3 PM Jace & The Wheeled Warriors
3:30 Bugs Bunny & Porky Pig (Post 48 – pre 41 colorized)
4 PM Dancin’ On Air
5 PM Little House On The Prairie
6 PM Diff’rent Strokes
6:30 Jeffersons
7 PM Three's Company
7:30 One Day At A Time (Mon; Wed-Fri)
NBA BASKETBALL – Philadelphia 76ers At Pistons (Tues)
8 PM MOVING PICTURE – My Bodyguard (1980) Mon
Muppet Movie (1979) Wed
Circus World (1964) Thurs
10 PM Video Rock (Mon-Wed)
Billy Graham Crusade (Thurs-Fri)
10:30 Alice (Mon-Wed)
11 PM Carson's Comedy Classics
11:30 WKRP In Cincinnati
12 MID Barney Miller
12:30 Dick Van Dyke
1 AM Comedy Tonight
1:30 Sanford & Son
2 AM McHale’s Navy
2:30 Fantasy Island
3 AM Love Boat
4 AM SIGN OFF
Way too many religious shows on a weekday - more than CBN stations ran even - could have done a better job filling the hole left by WKBS TV if they dropped most of tehse shows and Channel 65 could have picked them up. Anyhow they had more shows from Channel 48 than they had room for (and they did not even have any of the Viacom shows except for Gomer and Dick Van DYke) and allowed Channel 57 to pick a bunch of shows like Brady Bunch and Dennis The Menace and Inspector Gadget and Heathcliff up. Not a bad station but the religious shows stood in the way of them becoming a leading independent.
57 WGBS (Ind.) Grant Broadcasting
6 AM Romper Room
6:30 Casper
7 AM Inspector Gadget
7:30 Spiderman
8 AM Mighty Mouse
8:30 Little Rascals
9 AM Dennis The Menace (sitcom)
9:30 Mister Ed
10 AM Green Acres
10:30 Andy Griffith
11 AM InDay
11:30 All About Us
12 NOON I Love Lucy
12:30 Beverly Hillbillies
1 PM Partridge Family
1:30 Odd Couple
2 PM Speed Racor
2:30 Superfriends
3 PM Heathcliff
3:30 She Ra
4 PM Dennis The Menace
4:30 Brady Bunch
5 PM Good Times
5:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
6 PM Gimme A Break
6:30 Welcome Back Kotter
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 Bob Newhart
8 PM Dallas (Except Fri)
NHL Hockey – Philadelphia Flyers At Minnesota (Fri)
9 PM Kojak (Except Fri)
10 PM Carol Burnett (Except Fri)
10:30 Comedy Break (Except Fri)
11 PM All In The Family
11:30 Honeymooners
12 MID Mary Tyler Moore
12:30 Bob Newhart
1 AM Odd Couple
1:30 Twilight Zone
2 AM Hart To Hart
3 AM Sign Off
Oh a typo on another post I will discuss under that. Anyhow a great station initially - WGBS picked up all the shows other stations passed on - mostly because of lack of room rather than quality. WGBS had a weaker lineup of evening sitcoms but made up for it with the huge number of Viacom classic sitcoms not in the market since at least upon 48's demise and even before in a few cases. WGBS was not big on movies - Milton Grant tended to have his stations run drama shows in prime time - same in Miami and Chicago as well as Dallas & Houston (till Taft picked those stations up and picked up more movies for that pair of stations) - Kim Martin was WGBS staff announcer. WGBS did overdo westerns weekends though. Still they filled a huge hole in this market.
Lehigh valley
39 WLVT (PBS)
Monday-Friday
7 AM Lillas Yoga & You
7:30 Victory Garden
8 AM Sesame Street
9 PM Mister Rogers
9:30 Reading Rainbow
10 AM Various In School Educational Programming
3 PM Weather World
3:30 3-2-1 Contact
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers
5:30 Reading Rainbow
6 PM McNeil Leher Report
7 PM Nightly Business Report
Monday
7:30 Wild Wild World Of Animals
8 PM Wonder Works
9 PM Jacques Cousteau
10 PM The Brain
Tuesday
7:30 Untamed World
8 PM Great Performances
9 PM Evening At Pops
Wednesday
7:30 Animal World
8 PM Nova
9 PM The Nutcracker
Thursday
7:30 Wild Wild World Of Animals
8 PM This Old House
8:30 Scholastic Scrimage
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Great Performances
Friday
7:30 Wildlife Adventures
8 PM Capitol Journal
8:30 Wall Street Week
9 PM Washington Week
9:30 Sneak Previews
10 PM Masterpiece Theatre
Monday-Friday
11 PM Doctor Who
11:30 Late Night America
12:30 Sign Off
A typical PBS Outlet
69 WFMZ TV (Ind.) Maranatha Broadcasting
Monday-Friday
6 AM Headline News
6:30 Fran Carlton Exercises
7 AM Jim & Tammy
8 AM Richard Roberts
9 AM Jimmy Swaggart
9:30 D James Kennedy
10 AM 700 Club
11:30 We’re Cooking Now
12 Noon Perry Mason
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM Waltons
3 PM Little House On The Prairie
4 PM Brady Bunch
4:30 Leave It To Beaver
5 PM My Three Sons
5:30 Andy Griffith
6 PM Dick Van Dyke
6:30 Mary Tyler Moore
7 PM News
7:30 Bob Newhart
8 PM Headline News
8:30 Good Housekeeping: A Better Way
9 PM Phil Donahue
10 PM News
10:30 INN News
11 PM Hogan’s Heroes
11:30 700 Club
1 AM Late Movie – Silver City (1951) Early Tues
Black Patch (1957) Early Wed
Amazing Mr X (1948) Early Thurs
King’s Pirate (1967) Early Fri
Candy (1968) Early Sat
Predominantly a Christian TV station with entertainment about half the day - Most was family based but a few shows like Phil Donahue seem a bit progressive for this station. Also this station reached both Philadelphia market to the north as well as Scranton to the south. This station was technically in the Philadelphia DMA. Had barely a signal down there. Philly UHF stations, though had a grade A signal in the southern part of the Lehigh Valley and a Grade B signal to the norther area. Still some syndicators sold shows to Channel 69 that were already on in Philadelphia. Others would not. Do not know why. Probably something to do with contracts with Philadelphia stations defining their exclusive area. Some considered Allentown its own market though it did not meet the criteria to be its own DMA. My guess. Okay nothing great station. Still some aspects of their religious ties still show on the station today but to a lesser extent.
Local Channels
16 WNEP (ABC) New York Times
Monday-Friday
6:00 ABC News
6:30 News
7 AM Good Morning America
9:00 Hatchy Milatchy
10 AM Green Acres
10:30 Ryan’s Hope
11 AM Three’s A Crowd (daytime reruns)
11:30 All Star Blitz
12 Noon Midday 16
12:30 Loving
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life to Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Quincy
5 PM Rockford Files
6 PM Newswatch 16
7 PM PM Magazine
7:30 Wheel Of Fortune
Monday
8 PM Hardcastle & McCormick
9 PM Monday Night Football – Chicago Bears At Miami Dolphins
11:45 Newswatch 16
12:15 Nightline
Tuesday
8 PM Who’s The Boss
8:30 Growing Pains
9 PM Moonlighting
10 PM Spenser For Hire
Wednesday
8 PM Insiders
9 PM Dynasty
10 PM Hotel
Thursday
8 PM Shadow Chasers
9 PM Dynasty II: The Colbys
10 PM 20/20
Friday
8 PM Webster
8:30 Diff’rent Strokes
9 PM Mr. Belvidere
9:30 Benson
10 PM Our family Honor
Early Wednesday-Early Saturday
11 PM Newswatch 16
11:30 Nightline
12 Mid O Hara: US Treasury
Early Tuesday-Early Saturday
1 AM Petticoat Junction
1:30 Green Acres
2 AM Movie – Santa Fe Trail (1940) Early Tues
What’s The Price Glory (1952) Early Wed
Bad Company (1974) Early Thurs
Please Call It Murder (1975) Early Fri
Sins Of Rachel Cade (1962) Early Sat
4 AM Sign Off
Still had weekday children's program Hatchy Milatchy - Wonder how much longer That lasted.
22 WDAU (CBS) WDAU Associates
Monday-Friday
5 AM CBS News
6:00 Morning Stretch
6:30 News
7 AM CBS Morning News
9:00 Headline Chasers
9:30 Love Connection
10 AM 25,000 Dollar Pyramid
10:30 Press Your Luck
11 AM Price Is Right
12 Noon News
12:30 Young & The Restless
1:30 As The World Turns
2:30 Capitol
3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM Dallas
5 PM Divorce Court
5:30 People’s Court
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Jeopardy
7:30 Price Is Right
Monday
8 PM Scarecrow & Mrs. King
9 PM Newhart
9:30 Kate & Allie
10 PM Cagney & Lacey
Tuesday
8 PM Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (hometown normally aired here till end of October - when it was canceled - do not know what replaced it. )
9 PM CBS Movie – Copachabana (1985)
Wednesday
8 PM Charlie Brown Christmas (Stir Crazy aired here normally - was canceled end of year)
8:30 Twas The Night Before Christmas
9 PM Charlie & Company
9:30 George Burns
10 PM Equalizer
Thursday
8 PM Magnum PI
9 PM Simon & Simon
10 PM Knot’s Landing
Friday
8 PM New Twilight Zone
9 PM Dallas
10 PM Falcon Crest
Monday-Friday
11 PM News
Tuesday/Early Wednesday
11:30 Simon & Simon
12:40 McCoy
Wednesday/Early Thursday
11:30 TJ Hooker
12:40 CBS Late Movie – This Is Kate Bennett (1982)
Thursday/Early Friday
11:30 Night Heat
12:40 CBS Late Movie – King’s Crossing (1982)
Friday/Early Saturday
11:30 CBS Late Movie – Lovely But Deadly (1980)
1:30 Divorce Court
Early Tuesday-Early Saturday
2 AM Hawaii-Five-O
3 AM Bonanza
4 AM CBS News
WBRE-28 (NBC) Imes???? - unsure who owner was
5 AM Jim & Tammy (unusual for Network Affiliate to have weekday religious shows)
6:00 Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 NBC News
7 AM Today
9:00 Phil Donahue
10 AM Numbers Up (Family Ties would air here in a couple weeks in reruns)
10:30 Sale Of The Century
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
12 Noon Password
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Another World
3 PM GI Joe (Cartoons preempting Santa Barbara which ironically aired on 38 WOLF at 9 AM - Would think these cartoons would air on that station now.)
3:30 Transformers
4 PM Happy Days
4:30 Laverne & Shirley
5 PM Three’s Company
5:30 M*A*S*H
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Newlywed Game
7:30 Entertainment Tonight
Monday
8 PM John & Yoko: Love Story
Tuesday
8 PM A Team
9 PM Riptide
10 PM Remington Steele
Wednesday
8 PM Highway To Heaven
9 PM Helltown
10 PM Remington Steele
Thursday
8 PM Cosby Show
8:30 Family Ties
9 PM Cheers
9:30 Night Court
10 PM Hill Street Blues
Friday
8 PM Knight Rider
9 PM Misfits Of Science
10 PM Miami Vice
Monday-Friday
11 PM News
Monday/Early Tuesday-Friday/Early Saturday
11:30 Tonight With Johnny Carson
12:30 Late Night With David Letterman (Except Early Saturday)
Friday Night Videos (Early Saturday)
1:30 M*A*S*H (Except Early Saturday)
2 AM Mary Tyler Moore
2:30 Bob Newhart
3 AM Here’s Lucy
3:30 Benny Hill
4 AM Hart To Hart
38 WOLF (Ind.) Scranton TV Partners
5 AM 700 Club
6:30 Bugs Bunny & Friends
7 AM Mask
7:30 Voltron
8 AM Tranzor Z
8:30 Scooby Doo
9:00 Santa Barbara (why was this here and not on WBRE and why were WBRE's cartoons not there)
10 AM Perry Mason
11 AM InnDay News
11:30 All About Us
12 Noon Movie 38 – Don’t Drink The Water (1969) Mon
CC & Company (1970) Tues
Diamonds (1975) Wed
Generation (1969) Thurs
Shoot Loud – Louder (1966) Fri
2 PM Fat Albert
2:30 Jetsons
3 PM Tom & Jerry
3:30 Thundercats
4 PM Tom & Jerry
4:30 Scooby Doo
5 PM Batman
5:30 Beverly Hillbillies
6 PM Alice
6:30 Barney Miller
7 PM All In The Family (Except Friday)
John Lennon Remembered (Friday
7:30 WKRP In Cincinnati (Except Friday)
8 PM Movie 38 – King Kong (1976) Mon
Bad News Bears (1977) Tues
Middle Age Crazy (1980) Wed
Raggedy Man (1981) Thurs
Joy In The Morning (1965) Fri
10 PM Chips
11 PM All In The Family
11:30 Comedy Tonight
12 Mid Charlie’s Angels
1 AM Mission Impossible
2 AM Kojak
3 AM Sign Off
Not to bad station - I think more classic sitcoms would have fit in middays rather than movies and INDAY (half of which was canceled at this time).
WVIA-44 (PBS)
6 AM Farm Report
6:30 Ozzie & Harriet
7 AM Leave It To Beaver
7:30 Mister Rogers
8 AM Sesame Street
9 AM Today’s Special
9:30 Educational Programming
3 PM Little House On The Prairie
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mr. Rogers
5:30 Leave It To Beaver
6 PM I Love Lucy
6:30 Dark Shadows
7 PM MacNeil, Lehrer Report
Monday
8 PM Wonderworks
9 PM Movie – Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967)
Tuesday
8 PM Star Trek
9 PM Movie – Invasion Of Body Snatchers (1978)
Wednesday
8 PM Nova
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
Thursday
8 PM This Old House
8:30 This Old House
9 PM Christmas At Pops
10 PM Evening At Pops
Friday
8 PM Washington Week
8:30 Wall Street Week
9:00 PM - Great Performances
Monday-Friday
11:30 Doctor Who
12 Mid Honeymooners
12:30 Jackie Gleason Show
1 AM Movie – Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle (1955) Early Tues
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) Early Wed
Brass Target (1978) Early Thurs
Bells Of St. Mary (1945) Early Fri
Phantom Of The Opera (1962) Early Sat
3 AM Sign Off
a ton of shows normally found on a commercial independent. Curious - were these shows edited or unedited? were there "commercial" breaks with no commercials but with station promos and PSA's?
Philadelphia Independents
29 WTAF (Ind./NBC/ABC) Taft
5 AM Community Update
5:30 Newsprobe
6 AM Great Space Coaster
6:30 Fat Albert
7 AM He Man
7:30 Go Bots
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Scooby Doo
9 AM Tom & Jerry
9:30 Gilligan’s Island
10 AM Three’s A Crowd (ABC)
10:30 All Star Blitz (ABC)
11 AM Number’s Up (NBC) (Family Ties would move here)
11:30 Sale Of The Century (NBC)
12 NOON Divorce Court
12:30 Divorce Court
1 PM Batman
1:30 My Favorite Martian
2 PM Popeye (TV 60’s Series)
2:30 Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck (Pre 48 – Post 41_
3 PM Thundercats
3:30 MASK
4 PM GI Joe
4:30 Transformers
5 PM What’s Happening
5:30 Happy Days
6 PM Laverne & Shirley
6:30 Too Close For Comfort
7 PM M*A*S*H
7:30 Benson
8 PM Movie On 29 – Chinatown (1974) Mon
Three Days Of The Condor (1975) Tues
Easy Money (1983) Wed
Funny Girl (1968) Thurs
Zapped (1982) Fri
10 PM Dukes Of Hazard
11 PM Taxi
11:30 M*A*S*H-Comedy
12 MID Benny Hill
12:30 Columbo/McMillan & Wife/McCloud
2 AM Vegas
3 AM Movie – Five Against The House (1955) Early Tues
Shalako (1968) Early Wed
The Chase (1966) Early Thurs
Whatever Happened To Aunt Alice (1969) Early Fri
All The Fighter (1975) Early Sat
24 hours - a clearinghouse for NBC and ABC rejects late mornings - weekday movie at Noonish is gone. Still a strong station and leading independent station overall
17 WPHL (Ind.) Providence Journal
5 AM Delaware Valley Forum
5:30 Jimmy Swaggart
6 AM Richard Roberts
7 AM Voltron
7:30 Flintstones
8 AM Tranzor Z
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Jim & Tammy
10 AM 700 Club
11:30 Addams Family
12 NOON Leave It To Beaver
12:30 Gomer Pyle USMC
1 PM Hogan’s Heroes
1:30 Bewitched
2 PM Munsters
2:30 Popeye (Theatrical 30’s to 50’s)
3 PM Jace & The Wheeled Warriors
3:30 Bugs Bunny & Porky Pig (Post 48 – pre 41 colorized)
4 PM Dancin’ On Air
5 PM Little House On The Prairie
6 PM Diff’rent Strokes
6:30 Jeffersons
7 PM Three's Company
7:30 One Day At A Time (Mon; Wed-Fri)
NBA BASKETBALL – Philadelphia 76ers At Pistons (Tues)
8 PM MOVING PICTURE – My Bodyguard (1980) Mon
Muppet Movie (1979) Wed
Circus World (1964) Thurs
10 PM Video Rock (Mon-Wed)
Billy Graham Crusade (Thurs-Fri)
10:30 Alice (Mon-Wed)
11 PM Carson's Comedy Classics
11:30 WKRP In Cincinnati
12 MID Barney Miller
12:30 Dick Van Dyke
1 AM Comedy Tonight
1:30 Sanford & Son
2 AM McHale’s Navy
2:30 Fantasy Island
3 AM Love Boat
4 AM SIGN OFF
Way too many religious shows on a weekday - more than CBN stations ran even - could have done a better job filling the hole left by WKBS TV if they dropped most of tehse shows and Channel 65 could have picked them up. Anyhow they had more shows from Channel 48 than they had room for (and they did not even have any of the Viacom shows except for Gomer and Dick Van DYke) and allowed Channel 57 to pick a bunch of shows like Brady Bunch and Dennis The Menace and Inspector Gadget and Heathcliff up. Not a bad station but the religious shows stood in the way of them becoming a leading independent.
57 WGBS (Ind.) Grant Broadcasting
6 AM Romper Room
6:30 Casper
7 AM Inspector Gadget
7:30 Spiderman
8 AM Mighty Mouse
8:30 Little Rascals
9 AM Dennis The Menace (sitcom)
9:30 Mister Ed
10 AM Green Acres
10:30 Andy Griffith
11 AM InDay
11:30 All About Us
12 NOON I Love Lucy
12:30 Beverly Hillbillies
1 PM Partridge Family
1:30 Odd Couple
2 PM Speed Racor
2:30 Superfriends
3 PM Heathcliff
3:30 She Ra
4 PM Dennis The Menace
4:30 Brady Bunch
5 PM Good Times
5:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
6 PM Gimme A Break
6:30 Welcome Back Kotter
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 Bob Newhart
8 PM Dallas (Except Fri)
NHL Hockey – Philadelphia Flyers At Minnesota (Fri)
9 PM Kojak (Except Fri)
10 PM Carol Burnett (Except Fri)
10:30 Comedy Break (Except Fri)
11 PM All In The Family
11:30 Honeymooners
12 MID Mary Tyler Moore
12:30 Bob Newhart
1 AM Odd Couple
1:30 Twilight Zone
2 AM Hart To Hart
3 AM Sign Off
Oh a typo on another post I will discuss under that. Anyhow a great station initially - WGBS picked up all the shows other stations passed on - mostly because of lack of room rather than quality. WGBS had a weaker lineup of evening sitcoms but made up for it with the huge number of Viacom classic sitcoms not in the market since at least upon 48's demise and even before in a few cases. WGBS was not big on movies - Milton Grant tended to have his stations run drama shows in prime time - same in Miami and Chicago as well as Dallas & Houston (till Taft picked those stations up and picked up more movies for that pair of stations) - Kim Martin was WGBS staff announcer. WGBS did overdo westerns weekends though. Still they filled a huge hole in this market.
Lehigh valley
39 WLVT (PBS)
Monday-Friday
7 AM Lillas Yoga & You
7:30 Victory Garden
8 AM Sesame Street
9 PM Mister Rogers
9:30 Reading Rainbow
10 AM Various In School Educational Programming
3 PM Weather World
3:30 3-2-1 Contact
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers
5:30 Reading Rainbow
6 PM McNeil Leher Report
7 PM Nightly Business Report
Monday
7:30 Wild Wild World Of Animals
8 PM Wonder Works
9 PM Jacques Cousteau
10 PM The Brain
Tuesday
7:30 Untamed World
8 PM Great Performances
9 PM Evening At Pops
Wednesday
7:30 Animal World
8 PM Nova
9 PM The Nutcracker
Thursday
7:30 Wild Wild World Of Animals
8 PM This Old House
8:30 Scholastic Scrimage
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Great Performances
Friday
7:30 Wildlife Adventures
8 PM Capitol Journal
8:30 Wall Street Week
9 PM Washington Week
9:30 Sneak Previews
10 PM Masterpiece Theatre
Monday-Friday
11 PM Doctor Who
11:30 Late Night America
12:30 Sign Off
A typical PBS Outlet
69 WFMZ TV (Ind.) Maranatha Broadcasting
Monday-Friday
6 AM Headline News
6:30 Fran Carlton Exercises
7 AM Jim & Tammy
8 AM Richard Roberts
9 AM Jimmy Swaggart
9:30 D James Kennedy
10 AM 700 Club
11:30 We’re Cooking Now
12 Noon Perry Mason
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM Waltons
3 PM Little House On The Prairie
4 PM Brady Bunch
4:30 Leave It To Beaver
5 PM My Three Sons
5:30 Andy Griffith
6 PM Dick Van Dyke
6:30 Mary Tyler Moore
7 PM News
7:30 Bob Newhart
8 PM Headline News
8:30 Good Housekeeping: A Better Way
9 PM Phil Donahue
10 PM News
10:30 INN News
11 PM Hogan’s Heroes
11:30 700 Club
1 AM Late Movie – Silver City (1951) Early Tues
Black Patch (1957) Early Wed
Amazing Mr X (1948) Early Thurs
King’s Pirate (1967) Early Fri
Candy (1968) Early Sat
Predominantly a Christian TV station with entertainment about half the day - Most was family based but a few shows like Phil Donahue seem a bit progressive for this station. Also this station reached both Philadelphia market to the north as well as Scranton to the south. This station was technically in the Philadelphia DMA. Had barely a signal down there. Philly UHF stations, though had a grade A signal in the southern part of the Lehigh Valley and a Grade B signal to the norther area. Still some syndicators sold shows to Channel 69 that were already on in Philadelphia. Others would not. Do not know why. Probably something to do with contracts with Philadelphia stations defining their exclusive area. Some considered Allentown its own market though it did not meet the criteria to be its own DMA. My guess. Okay nothing great station. Still some aspects of their religious ties still show on the station today but to a lesser extent.