Retro: Miami/West Palm Beach, Thursday, September 18, 1986

from Boca Raton News

2 WPBT PBS Miami
4 WTVJ CBS Miami
5 WPTV NBC West Palm Beach
6 WCIX Ind Miami
7 WSVN NBC Miami
10 WPLG ABC Miami
12 WPEC ABC West Palm Beach
17 WLRN PBS Miami
23 WLTV SIN Miami
29 WFLX Ind West Palm Beach
33 WBFS Ind Miami
34 WTVX CBS West Palm Beach
39 WDZL Ind Miami
42 WXEL PBS West Palm Beach
45 WHFT TBN Miami

Morning
5:00
12 Headline News
33 Burns & Allen

5:30
7 Morning Stretch
33 20-Minute Workout
45 TBN Today

5:50
6 Cartoons

6:00
4 CBS Early Morning News
5-7 NBC News at Sunrise
6 Duck Duck Goose
10 ABC World News This Morning
23 700 Club (Spanish)
29 Jim & Tammy
33 Jimmy Swaggart
34 Pete Rowe
39 Top Cat
45 E.V. Hill

6:30
2 New Age Sunrise
4-34 CBS Early Morning News
5 Today on Five
6 Great Space Coaster
7 Today in Florida
10 News
12 ABC World News This Morning
23 Jimmy Swaggart
33 Here's to South Florida
39 Captain Harlock
45 Joy

6:45
2 AM Weather
12 News
33 Casper

7:00
2 Nightly Business Report
4-34 CBS Morning News
5-7 Today
6 Transformers
10-12 Good Morning America
23 Mundo Latino
29 Thundercats
33 Voltron: Defender of the Universe
39 Popeye

7:30
2 Captain Kangaroo
6 M.A.S.K.
29 Inspector Gadget
33 Robotech
39 The Flintstones
45 Shockwaves of Armageddon

8:00
2 Sesame Street
6 He-Man & Masters of the Universe
17 Newsline
29 Silverhawks
33 My Little Pony & Friends
39 Jayce & the Wheeled Warriors
45 Lester Sumrall Teacher

8:30
6 Challenge of the GoBots
17 Educational programming
29 Popeye
33 Scooby-Doo
39 Zoobilee Zoo
45 The Answer

9:00
2 Sesame Street
4 Falcon Crest (I didn't know this show was syndicated!)
5-10 Donahue
6-29 Richard Roberts
7-12 Hour Magazine
33 Dynasty
34 Ask Washington
39 Gunsmoke

9:30
23 Hoy Mismo
45 Together Again

10:00
2 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
4-34 $25,000 Pyramid
5-10 Oprah Winfrey
6 Jim & Tammy
7 Family Ties (NBC)
12 Sally Jessy Raphael
29-39 700 Club
33 Fantasy Island
45 Laverne Tripp

10:30
2 Reading Rainbow
4 Cross-Wits
7 Strike It Rich
12 Superior Court
34 Card Sharks
45 Marilyn Hickey

11:00
2 Wild, Wild World of Animals
4-34 Price is Right
5-7 Wheel of Fortune
6 Frankly Speaking
10-12 Fame, Fortune & Romance
23 Luisana Mia
29 Bonanza
33 The Waltons
39 The Avengers
45 New Direction

11:30
2 Body Buddies
5-7 Scrabble
6 Addams Family
10 Double Talk
12 Ryan's Hope
45 Marriage on the Rock

Afternoon
noon
2 We're Cooking Now
4-5-7-12 News
6-29 I Love Lucy
10 Loving
17 Educational programming
33 Eight is Enough
34 Midday
39 Perry Mason
45 Get in Shape

12:30
2 Great Chefs of New Orleans
4-34 Young and the Restless
5 Search for Tomorrow
6 I Love Lucy
7 Superior Court
10 News
12 Headline News
29 Movie "I Walk Alone"
45 Word for the World

1:00
2 Boris Karloff Presents: Thriller
5-7 Days of Our Lives
6 Laverne & Shirley
10-12 All My Children
23 Tiempo de Vivir
33 Beverly Hillbillies
39 Mary Tyler Moore
42 Chance to Learn
45 TBN Today

1:30
4-34 As the World Turns
6 The Pink Panther
33 Green Acres
39 I Dream of Jeannie
45 Jimmy Swaggart

2:00
2 Movie "Penny Serenade"
5-7 Another World
6 Tom & Jerry
10-12 One Life to Live
23 Cautiva
33 Inspector Gadget
39 Bewitched
42 Newsmakers: Special Edition
45 James Robison

2:30
4-34 Capitol
6 Bugs Bunny
29 I Dream of Jeannie
33 Superfriends
39 Partridge Family
42 Fighting Terrorism: A National Security View
45 Hal Lindsey

2:45
17 Newsline

3:00
4-34 Guiding Light
5-7 Santa Barbara
6 He-Man & Masters of the Universe
10-12 General Hospital
23 Marionetas
29 Andy Griffith
33 Heathcliff
39 Gilligan's Island
45 Christian Lifestyle Magazine

3:30
6 The Jetsons
17 Reading Rainbow
29 Leave It to Beaver
33 Voltron: Defender of the Universe
39 The Flintstones
42 3-2-1 Contact
45 Joy

4:00
2 Que Pasa, USA?
4 Magnum, PI
5 True Confessions
6 G.I. Joe
7 Divorce Court
10 The Facts of Life
12 The Fall Guy
17 Sewing Without Pins
23 El Mundo del Espectaculo
29 Happy Days
33 Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
34 Knots Landings
39 She-Ra: Princess of Power
42 Sesame Street

4:30
2 3-2-1 Contact
5 Divorce Court
6 Rambo
7 People's Court
10 The Jeffersons
17 Lap Quilting
23 El Angel Caido
29 The Facts of Life
33 Centurions
39 Thundercats
45 Lester Sumrall Teaching

5:00
2 Sesame Street
4 Newlywed Game
5 M*A*S*H
6 Diff'rent Strokes
7 Live at Five
10-12 News
17 Teen Scene
23 Vivir Un Poco
29 Gimme a Break!
33 Too Close for Comfort
34 $100,000 Pyramid
39 Silverhawks
42 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
45 Praise the Lord

5:30
4-5-34 News
6 Diff'rent Strokes
12 Entertainment Tonight
29 The Jeffersons
33 What's Happening!
39 Silver Spoons
42 Timmy & Lassie

Evening
6:00
2 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
4-5-7-10-12-34 News
6 Gimme a Break!
17 Joy of Painting
23 Noticias
29 Star Trek
33 Good Times
39 Knight Rider
42 Doctor Who
45 Praise the Lord

6:30
4-34 CBS Evening News
5 NBC Nightly News
6 Benson
10-12 ABC World News Tonight
17 Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cookin': Outdoors
23 Noticiero Nacional SIN
33 Alice
42 Body Electric

7:00
2 Nightly Business Report
4-12 Wheel of Fortune
5-10 Hollywood Squares
6 M*A*S*H
7 NBC Nightly News
17 Ancient Lives
23 Maria de Nadie
29 Benny Hill
33 The Jeffersons
34 Joker's Wild
39 Silver Spoons
42 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
45 Praise the Lord

7:30
2 World of Survival
4 Card Sharks
5-10 Jeopardy!
6 Taxi
7 Entertainment Tonight
12 Newlywed Game
29 $29,000 Bingo
33 All in the Family
34 Cross-Wits
39 Angie

8:00
2 Living Wild
4 Learning Disabilities: I'm Not Stupid
5-7 Cosby Show
6 Movie "Patton" (1 of 2)
10-12 NFL: Cincinnati at Cleveland
17 Chance to Learn
23 Monte Calvario
29 Movie "Squirm"
33 How the West Was Won (2 of 3)
34 Price is Right (primetime special)
39 Movie "Run, Stranger, Run"
42 Newsmakers
45 TBN Today

8:30
5-7 Family Ties
23 La Gloria y el Infierno
45 Dale Evans

9:00
2 Rich, Thin & Beautiful
4-34 Knots Landing (season premiere)
5-7 Crime Story (premiere)
17 PTA Report
23 Muchachita
42 Mystery! "Praying Mantis" (1 of 3)
45 Dwight Thompson

9:30
17 BOLD Presents
23 SIN Presenta "Estamos Unidos"

10:00
2 Newsleaders (with John Chancellor)
6 News
17 Tribute to a Master
29 The Honeymooners
33 Maude
39 Dallas
42 Republican Primary Debate
45 Praise the Lord

10:30
2 Viewpoint
6 Carson's Comedy Classics
23 Amo y Señor
29 Maude
33 Archie Bunker's Place

11:00
2 Profiles of Nature
4-5-7-10-12-34 News
6 Sanford & Son
23 Noticias
29 Soap
33 The Honeymooners
39 Kojak
42 Monty Python's Flying Circus
45 Praise the Lord

11:30
2 SCTV (guests Daryl Hall and John Oates)
4 Magnum, PI
5-7 Tonight Show
6 Star Trek
10-12 Nightline
23 24 Horas
29 The Twilight Zone
33 All in the Family
34 Night Heat
42 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour

Late night
mid.
2 Nightly Business Report
10-12 Nightlife
29 Movie "I Walk Alone"
33 Cannon
39 Movie "Mussolini: The Decline & Fall of Il Duce" (2 of 2)
45 Praise the Lord

12:20
23 Cine "Mexico Norte"

12:30
4 Charlie's Angels
5-7 Late Night with David Letterman
6 Movie "Twenty-Three Paces to Baker Street"
10 Love Connection
12 SCTV

12:40
34 Movie "Breakthrough"

1:00
10 Sally Jessy Raphael
12 People's Court
33 Rawhide
45 TBN Today

1:30
4 The Judge
5 Dating Game
7 News
10 $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
12 Tales of the Unexpected
45 John Wimber

2:00
4 Please Help Me Live
10 Tales of the Unexpected
12 Headline News
29 Bizarre
33 Maverick
39 Comedy Break with Mack & Jamie
45 Guidelines for Living

2:30
6 International Television Network
10 News
12 More Real People
39 Comedy Break with Mack & Jamie
45 Praise the Lord

3:00
12 Headline News
33 It Takes a Thief
39 Bizarre

3:30
12 Night Gallery
39 BJ/Lobo
45 Praise the Lord

4:00
12 Headline News
33 Wanted: Dead or Alive

4:30
12 Here's Lucy
33 The Lone Ranger
39 Movie "Town Tamer"
45 Praise the Lord

The Price Is Right prime time special (8 PM, ch. 34) was the final show of the six-episode run.

Am I the only person who finds it weird that not one “Big 3” Miami station stayed on 24/7 at this time?

I know South Florida was smaller population-wise in ‘86, but for a market it’s size during that time, it’s unusual to have not had one station running Headline News or the overnight network newscast. Heck, channel 12 up the road beat them to the punch it appears!

This kept going (I think) until the affiliate switch in ‘89. WSVN and WTVJ became mostly 24 hour stations (I think WTVJ still signed off late-nights on weekends).. WPLG was still regularly signing off into the early 90’s at around 3am.

When I last lived there in 2011, the lone sign-off holdout was WFOR, Who always programmed “Weather/Radar” during the 4-5am hour on Saturday and Sunday AM. Radar loop with NOAA weather radio in the background. They had started this at WCIX for some reason in the late 80’s-early 90’s I do believe.

Sign offs

What time did these stations signed off on that day?

4 looked to be signing off 2:30-3am
7 signed off from 2-5am
10 signed off at 3am.
23 signed off around 2 after the late movie (still better than most SIN affiliates at the time which would sign off around midnight)

I think channel 6 was mostly all-night at this time, being the predominant independent station. I do know they would sign off at least once a week for maintenance.

DavidEduardo said:

Remember that in Miami, even back in '86, there were "The Big Two" and then the "next four".

Univision and Telemundo captured the biggest shares for news, prime and even daytime. Then we got the traditional network affiliates and the rest of them.

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Bring up a good point. By then, Spanish had become the predominant language in Dade. You didn’t really see a lot of Spanish speaking folks moving north to Broward or North Dade until after Andrew.

What’s odd is WSCV is nowhere to be seen in these listings. By then they were on with 100% Spanish programming. They must have been a distant second to WLTV or someone never bothered to contact them about getting their TV listings!