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Retro: Maine (Monday, December 26, 1988)

Source: The Bangor Daily News, December 23, 1988 Edition (also used the December 26, 1988 edition for revised information)

Monday, December 26, 1988
Note #1: All listings began at 10:00 am (if a program on a station began before 10:00 am and continued past, the first entry after that is listed)
Note #2: Listings regarding NFL playoffs were subject to change (ultimately, just one game was played, Minnesota defeating Los Angeles 28-17 at the Metrodome, and it likely ran early; based later entries on what ran the rest of the week)
Note #3: Canadian and Chicago stations listed Eastern Time.
Note #4: When printed, TBS listings were as being on the top/bottom of hour; add at least 5 minutes each time.

WLBZ Channel 2 Bangor/W57AQ Calais (NBC)
10:00: Sale of the Century
10:30: Classic Concentration
11:00: Wheel of Fortune
11:30: Scrabble
12:00: News
12:30: Donahue
1:30: Super Password (delayed from noon)
2:00: Another World
3:00: Santa Barbara
4:00: Quincy
5:00: M*A*S*H
5:30: Cheers
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Family Feud
7:30: Family Ties
8:00: ALF (One-hour Christmas episode)
9:00: NBC Movie: “Miracle on Beekman’s Place” (1988; Scoey Mitchell, Robert Costanzo; PREMIERE)
11:00: News
11:30: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
12:30: Late Night with David Letterman (followed by sign-off)

CHSJ (CBAT) Channel 4 Saint John, New Brunswick (Fredericton) (CBC)
10:00: Canadian Reflections (Coronation Street TUE/WED; Eastenders THU/FRI)
10:30: Talkabout
11:00: Midday
12:00: Days of Our Lives (Channels 2 and 57 ran it most likely on a day-behind at 9:00 am)
1:00: All My Children
2:00: Guiding Light
3:00: The Facts of Life
3:30: The Kids of Degrassi Street (later evolved into Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi High, and the most recent incarnations of the franchise)
4:00: Video Hits
4:30: Kate and Allie
5:00: CBC News
6:00: Land and Sea
6:30: Danger Bay
7:00: CBC Movie: “Anne of Green Gables” (1985; Megan Follows, Richard Farnsworth; Part 1 of 2)
9:00: The National
9:25: The Journal
10:00: CBC News
10:18: Kate and Allie
10:48: Late Night Movie: “One Potato, Two Potato” (1964; Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton) (followed by sign-off)

WABI Channel 5 Bangor (CBS)
10:00: Family Feud
10:30: Card Sharks
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: The NFL Today
12:30: NFL Playoffs
4:00: Schoolbreak Special or Oprah Winfrey (time approximate)
5:00: Win Lose or Draw
5:30: Hollywood Squares
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: The Cosby Show
7:30: Newhart (syndicated reruns)
8:00: Newhart
8:30: Kate and Allie
9:00: CBS Monday Night Movie: “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story” (1988; Michael Noun, Pam Dawber)
11:00: News
11:30: Hunter
12:40: CBS Late Night Movie: “Terror of Frankenstein” (followed by sign-off)

WCSH Channel 6 Portland (NBC)
10:00: Sweethearts
10:30: Classic Concentration
11:00: Wheel of Fortune
11:30: Scrabble
12:00: News
12:30: Donahue
1:30: Sale of the Century (delayed from 10:00 am)
2:00: Another World
3:00: Santa Barbara
4:00: Magnum P.I.
5:00: Hollywood Squares
5:30: Entertainment Tonight
6:00: News
6:30: NBC Nightly News
7:00: Family Feud
7:30: Family Ties
8:00: ALF (One-hour Christmas episode)
9:00: NBC Movie: “Miracle on Beekman’s Place” (1988; Scoey Mitchell, Robert Costanzo; PREMIERE)
11:00: News
11:30: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
12:00: Meet the Press (very odd situation; it would otherwise be Late Night at 12:30 and whatever would occur at 1:30 and beyond)

WVII Channel 7 Bangor (ABC)
10:00: Growing Pains
10:30: Home
11:00: DuckTales
11:30: My Little Pony
12:00: Geraldo (“Ryan’s Hope” and/or “Loving” were either carried on delay or day-behind in Bangor or not at all at this stage)
1:00: All My Children
2:00: One Life to Live
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: Yogi Bear
4:30: Kate and Allie
5:00: The People’s Court
5:30: News
6:00: USA Today
6:30: ABC World News Tonight
7:00: Entertainment Tonight
7:30: The Dating Game
8:00: ABC Movie Special: “Ewoks: The Battle for Endor” (1985; Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis)
10:00: Koppel Report: News From Earth
11:00: News
11:30: Nightline
12:00: To Be Announced (followed later by sign-off)

WAGM Channel 8 Presque Isle (CBS/ABC/NBC)
10:00: Family Feud
10:30: Card Sharks
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: The NFL Today
12:30: NFL Playoffs
4:00: Schoolbreak Special or Donahue (time approximate)
5:00: Jeopardy!
5:30: The People’s Court
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: Wheel of Fortune
7:30: The Golden Girls
8:00: Newhart
8:30: Kate and Allie
9:00: CBS Monday Night Movie: “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story” (1988; Michael Noun, Pam Dawber)
11:00: News
11:30: Hunter
12:40: CBS Late Night Movie: “Terror of Frankenstein” (followed by sign-off)

WMTW Channel 8 Poland Spring (serves Portland) (ABC)
10:00: Sally Jesse Raphael
10:30: Family Medical Center
11:00: Growing Pains
11:30: Home
12:00: Ryan’s Hope
12:30: Loving
1:00: All My Children
2:00: One Life to Live
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: Simon and Simon
5:00: Superior Court
5:30: The People’s Court
6:00: News
6:30: ABC World News Tonight
7:00: Mysteries of the Mind
8:00: ABC Movie Special: “Ewoks: The Battle for Endor” (1985; Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis)
10:00: Koppel Report: News From Earth
11:00: News
11:30: Nightline
12:00: Love Connection
12:30: News (followed by sign-off)

CKLT Channel 9 Saint John, New Brunswick (CTV)
10:00: Definition
10:30: Secret Lives
11:00: The Real Ghostbusters
11:30: Fun House (hosted by J.D. Roth)
12:00: ATV News
12:30: City Lights
1:00: Lifetime
2:00: Another World
3:00: General Hospital
4:00: Live at Five
5:00: ATV News
5:30: The Cosby Show
6:00: Who’s the Boss?
6:30: MacGyver
7:30: Exhibition Hockey: CSKA Moscow @ Quebec Nordiques (game ended in a 5-5 tie)
10:30: To Be Announced (time approximate)
11:00: CTV News
11:30: ATV News
11:45: City Lights
12:15: Simon and Simon (followed by sign-off)

WGN Channel 9 Chicago, Illinois (Independent)
10:00: Alice
10:30: Archie Bunker’s Place
11:00: Charlie’s Angels
12:00: Geraldo
1:00: WGN News
2:00: Andy Griffith
2:30: Dick Van Dyke
3:00: Leave it to Beaver
3:30: Ghostbusters (not sure which one)
4:00: Bugs Bunny and Friends
4:30: G.I. Joe
5:00: C.O.P.S.
5:30: Fun House
6:00: The Facts of Life
6:30: WKRP in Cincinnati
7:00: Cheers
7:30: Night Court
8:00: Movie: “Middle Age Crazy” (1980; Bruce Dern, Ann-Margret)
10:00: WGN News at Nine
10:30: Independent Network News
11:00: The Honeymooners
11:30: Hill Street Blues
12:30: Bare Essence
2:30: Hogan’s Heroes (ran out of space afterward)

WCBB Channel 10 Augusta (serves Lewiston and Portland too) (PBS)
10:00: Mister Rogers
10:30: Square One Television
11:00: 3-2-1 Contact
11:30: Sesame Street
12:30: Mister Rogers
1:00: Tax Tips
1:15: Tax Tips
1:30: Tax Tips
1:45: Tax Tips
2:00: Zoobilee Zoo
2:30: Yan Can Cook
3:00: Body Electric
3:30: Sesame Street
4:30: Mister Rogers
5:00: Square One Television
5:30: 3-2-1 Contact
6:00: Today’s Special
6:30: Nightly Business Report
7:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
8:00: Smithsonian World
9:00: First Eden (Part 3 of 4)
10:00: Mission: Miskito
10:30: How Far Home: Veterans After Vietnam
11:00: Never the Twain
11:30: Are You Being Served?
12:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour (followed by sign-off)

WMEB Channel 12 Orono (serves Bangor) (PBS)
10:00: Captain Kangaroo
10:30: Square One Television
11:00: 3-2-1 Contact
11:30: Sesame Street
12:30: Mister Rogers
1:00: Handel’s Messiah with Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
2:00: Science Journal
2:30: Body Electric
3:00: McLaughlin Group
3:30: Sesame Street
4:30: Mister Rogers
5:00: Square One Television
5:30: 3-2-1 Contact
6:00: Newton’s Apple
6:30: Nightly Business Report
7:00: MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
8:00: Smithsonian World
9:00: First Eden (Part 3 of 4)
10:00: Mission: Miskito
10:30: How Far Home: Veterans After Vietnam
11:00: Tax Tips on Tape (followed by sign-off)

WGME Channel 13 Portland (CBS)
10:00: Family Feud
10:30: Card Sharks
11:00: The Price is Right
12:00: The NFL Today
12:30: NFL Playoffs
4:00: Schoolbreak Special or Oprah Winfrey (time approximate)
5:00: Win Lose or Draw
5:30: USA Today
6:00: News
6:30: CBS Evening News
7:00: Wheel of Fortune
7:30: Jeopardy!
8:00: Newhart
8:30: Kate and Allie
9:00: CBS Monday Night Movie: “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story” (1988; Michael Noun, Pam Dawber)
11:00: News
11:30: Hunter
12:40: CBS Late Night Movie: “Terror of Frankenstein”
2:00: Nightwatch (either ran all night or signed off later)

WTBS (WPCH) Channel 17 Atlanta, Georgia (Independent)
10:00: Movie (no details given)
12:00: Perry Mason
1:00: Movie (no details given)
3:00: Tom and Jerry’s Funhouse
3:30: The Flintstones
4:00: The Flintstones
4:30: The Brady Bunch
5:00: The Munsters
5:30: Laverne and Shirley
6:00: One Day at a Time
6:30: 9 to 5
7:00: Andy Griffith
7:30: Sanford and Son
8:00: Movie: “Katherine” (1975; Art Carney, Sissy Spacek)
10:00: Movie: “Journey to the Far Side of the Sun” (1969; Roy Thinnes, Patrick Wymark)
12:00: National Geographic Explorer
1:00: Movie: “Colorado Territory” (ran out of space, next program may have started 3:30 am or later)

WSBK Channel 38 Boston, Massachusetts (Independent)
10:00: The Beverly Hillbillies
10:30: Alice
11:00: Divorce Court
11:30: AM Boston
12:00: Scholastic Sports Special (Trapper John M.D. ran normally)
1:00: Maude
1:30: The Jeffersons
2:00: Gumby
2:30: My Little Pony
3:00: Ghostbusters
3:30: Care Bears
4:00: Alvin and the Chipmunks
4:30: DuckTales
5:00: Fun House
5:30: Punky Brewster
6:00: Family Ties
6:30: Family Ties
7:00: Cheers
7:30: NHL Hockey: Boston Bruins @ Buffalo Sabres (Buffalo defeated Boston 2-1)
10:00: The Odd Couple (time approximate)
10:30: Hogan’s Heroes
11:00: M*A*S*H
11:30: Morton Downey, Jr.
12:30: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1:00: Hart to Hart
2:00: Home Shopping Overnight Service

WPXT Channel 51 Portland (FOX)
10:00: I Dream of Jeannie
10:30: The Dating Game
11:00: The Newlywed Game
11:30: Divorce Court
12:00: Perry Mason
1:00: Happy Days
1:30: Gidget
2:00: Jem – Truly Outrageous
2:30: The Jetsons
3:00: C.O.P.S.
3:30: DuckTales
4:00: Double Dare (Marc Summers)
4:30: Webster
5:00: Star Trek
6:00: M*A*S*H
6:30: All in the Family
7:00: M*A*S*H
7:30: Newhart (the ’80s sitcom)
8:00: Movie: “Knute Rockne: All American” (1940; Pat O’Brien, Ronald Reagan)
10:00: News
11:00: The Gong Show
11:30: Late Night Movie: “Title Shot” (followed by sign-off)

WLVI Channel 56 Boston, Massachusetts (Independent)
10:00: Zoobilee Zoo (also ran on PBS)
10:30: Mighty Mouse and Friends
11:00: De Todo Un Poco
11:30: CNN Headline News
12:00: Laverne and Shirley
12:30: That Girl
1:00: Bewitched
1:30: I Dream of Jeannie
2:00: Bugs Bunny and Friends
2:30: Teddy Ruxpin
3:00: Smurfs’ Adventures
3:30: C.O.P.S.
4:00: Woody Woodpecker
4:30: The Real Ghostbusters
5:00: 5-4-3-2-Run (produced by CTV, IIRC)
5:30: Webster
6:00: Three’s Company
6:30: The Facts of Life
7:00: Night Court
7:30: USA Today
8:00: Movie: “Dark Mirror” (1984; Jane Seymour, Stephen Collins)
10:00: News
11:00: USA Today
11:30: The Gong Show
12:00: The Newlywed Game
12:30: The Dating Game
1:00: Government Grants (followed by sign-off)
 
Ahhh, more WAGM....keep it comin'!

Although, in this case, it was all CBS, except I see "The Golden Girls" at 7:30; I figure this to be an NBC show delayed from the week prior.

Although there was more and more CBS on WAGM (in fact it looks like by 1988 it was 100% CBS in 8-11pm primetime), WAGM still seemed to try to find room for shows from other networks if they could. They actually had programming from all 4 networks, including Fox (NFL on Sunday), into the mid 1990s. Of course, they are now Fox on the main and CBS on 8.2 (or is it the other way around?).

cd
 
cd637299 said:
Ahhh, more WAGM....keep it comin'!

Although, in this case, it was all CBS, except I see "The Golden Girls" at 7:30; I figure this to be an NBC show delayed from the week prior.

cd

By this point, the weekday sked was more or less CBS, with delayed ABC or NBC at 7:30- I have a July `87 Maritimes TVG with a similar sked for ch 8.
 
Looks like WPXT pulled "a KPTV"-Perry Mason at noon. Unfortunately that tradition has ended in Portland, as Rachael Ray now airs at noon.

-crainbebo
 
Would you please put up the Portland, ME weekday schedule from September 1989 to August 1990, I want to see if WPXT aired the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.
 
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