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Chicago TV Flashback - June 30-July 1, 1989

WMAQ channel 5 TV schedule for Friday, June 30, 1989

Morning
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5:30a - Morning Stretch
6a - NBC News at Sunrise with Deborah Norville
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 - Wheel of Fortune (NBC Finale)
10:30a - Win, Lose or Draw
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 - The Judge
4p - Channel 5 News at 4
4:30p - Channel 5 News at 4:30
5p - Channel 5 News at 5
5:30p - NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

Evening
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6p - Inside Edition
6:30p - Family Feud
7p - Highway to Heaven (1 hour; 5th-to-last show)
8p - NBC Friday Night at the Movies: Paternity (2 hours)
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 - Friday Night Videos (1 hour)

Early Saturday, July 1, 1989
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1:30a - Channel 5 News at 10 (Rebroadcast)
2a - USA Today
2:30a - Movie Greats Network: Blood Song (2 hours)

Wheel of Fortune daytime brought an end to 3 eras after 14 years: Rolf Bernischke's 5-month run as host, shopping for prizes, and NBC. With Wheel moving to CBS Monday, July 17th, primetime reruns of the hit show The Golden Girls will air in the 10a time slot the following Monday.

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