Chicago TV Flashback - September 12, 1981

WFLD channel 32 TV schedule for Saturday, September 12, 1981

Morning

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6a - To Be Announced

6:30a - World of Survival

7a - World Tomorrow

7:30a - Our People, Los Hispanos

8a - Our People, Los Hispanos

8:30a - Chicago '81

9a - Romper Room

9:30a - To Be Announced

10a - Saturday Morning Movie: Mayor of Hell (2 hours)

Afternoon

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Noon - Movie at Noon: Blondie's Secret (1 hr, 30 min)

1:30p - Monstrous Movie: Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (1 hr, 30 min)

3p - Movie for a Saturday Afternoon: Let's Get Tough (1 hr, 30 min; Final airing)

4:30p - Beverly Hillbillies

5p - Partridge Family

5:30p - Brady Bunch

Afternoon

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6p - I Love Lucy

6:30p - Dance Fever

7p - World of Strawberry Shortcake

7:30p - The 1981 Fashion Awards (1 hr, 30 min)

9p - Six Million Dollar Man (1 hour)

10p - The Honeymooners

10:30p - The Honeymooners

11p - Comedy Classics

11:30p - Kenny Everett Show

Midnight - Keyfax Nite-Owl Service (Until 5:54a)

Movie for a Saturday Afternoon ends its 8-year stay on channel 32. Starting Saturday, September 19th, Son of Svengoolie will start its 4th year in its new time slot right after Monstrous Movie at 3p while reruns of the 1976-79 series Wonder Woman premiere next week and will also be seen weeknights at 5p later that month.

Chicago TV Flashback - September 3-4, 1984

WLS channel 7 TV schedule for Monday, September 3, 1984

Morning

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6a - ABC News This Morning (1 hour)

7a - Good Morning America (2 hours)

9a - AM Chicago (1 hour)

10a - Celebrity Family Feud

10:30a - Loving

11a - Family Feud

11:30a - Ryan's Hope

Afternoon

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Noon - All My Children (1 hour)

1p - One Life to Live (1 hour)

2p - General Hospital (1 hour)

3p - Edge of Night

3:30p - That's Hollywood

4p - Eyewitness News at 4 (1 hour)

5p - Eyewitness News at 5

5:30p - World News Tonight with Peter Jennings

Evening

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6p - Eyewitness News at 6

6:30p - Wheel of Fortune

7p - Call to Glory (1 hour)

8p - Monday Night Football: Dallas Cowboys v. Los Angeles Rams at Anaheim Stadium (3 hours; 15th season premiere)

11p - Eyewitness News at 10

11:30p - Nightline with Ted Koppel

Midnight - Late Night Movie: Subject Was Roses (2 hrs, 55 min)

Early Tuesday, September 4, 1984

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2:55a - Woman to Woman

3:25a - Reflections

Full boxscore: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198409030ram.htm

Some programming delayed or pre-empted because of the space shuttle landing.

April 15, 2025

Hey y'all, what's going on?

I hope y'all enjoyed the almanac news events and the vintage Chicago TV guide scheds I've been posting on here for the past several months and hope all the stuff I post informed and educated you very much. As far as my mental health goes, it's not looking good as of this writing it's because I've going through a very tough time for a few days with the BS going on in the world and the problems I had to face personally.

On Bluesky, I had to stand up to another idiot about the 4Chan hacking I've heard about today when I said that the 4Chan site should've been defunct then and it should be defunct now. For those who don't know what 4Chan is, 4Chan is a site where serial pedophiles, racists with extremist ties, and serial cyberbullies make nonsensical posts, mean-spirited memes targeting people with disabilities, beliefs, etc. This site has been around for about 20 years or a bit less than that, but it has been ridden with criticisms and controversies from the start.

After I said my piece, the user made a reply. And after asking why, I told the user that I'm standing by my words. I received another reply from the said user, and I fired back in saying: "That, right there, is the most stupidest but idiotic question I've ever heard in my life. I don't endorse that s[..]t on here to no one. Maybe it's time for you to answer that question yourself." endquote. After I fired back at that user, I blocked him, but I also reported on him for trying to mention me and talking BS behind my back.

The gaming community is an awesome community and all, but this and all other communities I'm a part of don't need the politics regardless of which party they're affiliated with, and I also blocked another user reposting political threads without me saying anything.

Chicago TV Flashback - June 19, 1973

WSNS channel 44 TV schedule for Tuesday, June 19, 1973

Afternoon

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Noon - La Fabrica (1 hour)

1p - Galloping Gourmet

1:30p - Joanne Carson's V.I.P.'s

2p - Can You Top This?

2:30p - Mantrap

3p - Adventures of Tin Tin

3:30p - Deputy Dawg

4p - Mundo Hispano (1 hour)

5p - Fiesta Latina (1 hour)

Evening

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6p - Baseball Report

6:15p - Knot Hole Gang Sports Clinic

6:30p - Race Track News

6:35p - Porter Wagoner Show

7p - Real McCoys

7:30p - Knot Hole Gang

7:45p - On Deck

8p - Baseball: California Angels v. White Sox at White Sox Park (2 hrs, 45 min)

10:45p - Wrestling (1 hr, 15 min)

Full boxscore: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA197306190.shtml

Stock Market Prices Plunge - October 1987

The Dow Jones industrial average, the most widely followed barometer of stock market activity, suffered its three biggest one-day point losses ever during the first half of October. A decline of 91.55in the average on October 6, was attributed to concern over rising interest rates. On October 7, major banks raised their prime lending rates from 8.75 percent to 9.25 percent, the fifth increase of the year. The Commerce Department reported, October 14, that the U.S. trade deficit had shrunk to $15.7B in August, but it had been widely expected that the deficit would be much smaller. As a result, stock prices fell again, with the Dow Jones average declining by 95.46 points. On October 16, the Dow tumbled 108.36 points, the first time the Dow had lost 100 points in a single session. In terms of percentages, the declines of October 1987 were still substantially smaller than the disastrous declines of October 1929. By October 16, the Dow Jones average had slipped some 450 points below its all-time August highs.

Soviet People Vote to Preserve Union - March 1991

During another turbulent month in the Soviet Union, the people voted to keep their federal union. On March 1, nearly 200,000 coal miners went on strike in the Ukarine, Kazakhstan, Russia, demanding higher pay. The strike spread and soon included a demand by the miners that Pres. Mikhail Gorbachev resign. In nonbinding plebiscites, March 3, voters in Estonia and Latvia backed independence from the Soviet Union. The final draft of the union treaty, published March 9, proposed to transform the nation into a "democratic state, formed as a result of a voluntary union equal republics," from which any republic could secede. Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, March 9, urged democratic forces to "declare war on the leadership…which has led us into a quagmire." Hundreds of thousands of Yeltsin's supporters demostrated in Moscow and other cities, March 10. Mayor Gavril Popov of Moscow urged citizens not to support the treaty. With only 9 of 15 republics officially participating, the treaty was approved, March 17, with 77 percent of some 105M voters reportedly saying yes. In an apparent boost for Yeltsin, Russian voters approved direct election of their president. Gorbachev, March 25, banned demostrations for 3 weeks in Moscow, but on March 28, more than 100,000 Yeltsin supporters turned out anyway.

Chicago TV Flashback - April 20-21, 1989

WFLD channel 32 TV schedule for Thursday, April 20, 1989

Morning

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6a - Plastic Man

6:30a - Transformers

7a - Woody Woodpecker Show

7:30a - Dennis the Menace

8a - The Flintstones

8:30a - My Little Pony 'n Friends

9a - CHiPs (1 hour)

10a - Donahue (1 hour)

11a - Sally Jessy Raphael Show (1 hour)

Afternoon

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Noon - I Dream of Jeannie

12:30p - Batman

1p - Too Close for Comfort

1:30p - I Love Lucy

2p - Super Sloppy Double Dare

2:30p - Alvin and the Chipmunks

3p - Real Ghostbusters

3:30p - DuckTales

4p - Happy Days

4:30p - Diff'rent Strokes

5p - Gimme a Break!

5:30p - Three's Company

Evening

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6p - The Cosby Show

6:30p - Bulls v. Washington Bullets at the Capital Centre (2 hrs, 30 min)

9p - Fox 32 News at 9 (1 hour)

10p - A Current Affair

10:30p - Latenight 32 Movie: The Glory Guys (2 hours)

12:30a - Taxi

Early Friday, April 21, 1989

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1a - Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1:30a - Latenight 32 Movie: Samson and Sheba (2 hours)

Full boxscore: https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198904200WSB.html

Chicago TV Flashabck - April 23, 1977

WLS channel 7 TV schedule for Saturday, April 23, 1977

Morning

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7a - Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show

7:30a - Jabberjaw

8a - Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1 hr, 30 min)

9:30a - Krofft Supershow (1 hour)

10:30a - Super Friends

11a - Oddball Couple

11:30a - American Bandstand (1 hour)

Afternoon

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12:30p - Eyewitness Forum

1p - Feminine Franchise

1:30p - Black on Black

2p - Ara's Sports World

2:30p - ABC Sports Bowling: The $125,000 Tournament of Champions (1 hr, 30 min)

4p - Wide World of Sports (1 hr, 30 min)

5:30p - ABC Weekend News

Evening

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6p - Eyewitness Chicago

6:30p - Hollywood Squares

7p - Paul Lynde Variety Show (1-hour special)

8p - Starsky & Hutch (1 hour)

9p - Dog and Cat (1 hour)

10p - Eyewitness News at 10

10:15p - ABC Saturday News

10:30p - Saturday Night Movie: Tobruk (2 hrs, 15 min)

12:45a - Late Night Movie: The Guru (2 hrs, 20 min)

Chicago TV Flashback - October 24-25, 1989

WMAQ channel 5 TV schedule for Tuesday, October 24, 1989

Morning

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5:30a - Morning Stretch

6a - NBC News at Sunrise with John Palmer

6:30a - Channel 5 News at 6:30

7a - Today with Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley (2 hours)

9a - Scrabble

9:30a - Classic Concentration

10a - Golden Girls

10:30a - 227

11a - Days of Our Lives (1 hour)

Afternoon

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Noon - Channel 5 News at Noon

12:30p - Generations

1p - Another World (1 hour)

2p - Santa Barbara (1 hour)

3p - The Judge

3:30p - Trial by Jury

4p - Channel 5 News at 4 (1 hour)

5p - Channel 5 News at 5

5:30p - NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

Evening

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6p - Channel 5 News at 6

6:30p - Hard Copy

7p - Matlock (1 hour)

8p - In the Heat of the Night (1 hour; 3rd season premiere)

9p - Midnight Caller (1 hour)

10p - Channel 5 News at 10

10:30p - Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (1 hour)

11:30p - Late Night with David Letterman (1 hour)

12:30a - Later with Bob Costas

Early Tuesday, October 25, 1989

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1a - Channel 5 News at 10 (Rebroadcast)

1:30a - Family Feud

2a - Movie Greats Network: The Perils of Pauline (2 hours)

Tornadoes Take 29 Lives - November 1989

Violent weather, including tornadoes, struck the eastern United States in mid-November and claimed 29 lives. A tornado cut through downtown Huntsville, Ala., November 15, killing 18 people and injuring 500. Outside Newburgh, N.Y. on November 16, a tornado struck the East Coldenham Elementary School and knocked down a wall in the cafeteria. Nine students were killed and 16 injured.