The TV Guide Historian: September 2014

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

A.M. Chicago Ad

Here's a vintage A.M. Chicago ad from Oprah Winfrey's days hosting the show, which aired on WLS(7). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated February 18-24, 1984.

Break Away Ad

Here's a vintage ad for Break Away, a daytime magazine-type show that aired on WFLD(32). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated February 18-24, 1984.

WBBS Channel 60 TV Schedule for Wednesday, February 22, 1984

Evening
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7:00 pm Rosa de la Calle
8:00 pm Juventud '84
9:00 pm Lo Que el Amor Perdona
10:00 pm Pelicula
11:45 pm Mucho Gusto

WPWR Channel 60 TV Schedule for Wednesday, February 22, 1984

Morning
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5:30 am Gong Show
6:00 am FNN Financial News
7:00 am :20 Minute Workout
7:30 am Dating Game
8:00 am Mundo Hispano
9:00 am FNN Financial News

Afternoon
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12:30 pm :20 Minute Workout
1:00 pm FNN Financial News
3:00 pm Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel
3:30 pm Jackson Five (cartoons)
4:00 pm Top Cat
4:30 pm Music Video 60
5:30 pm Dating Game

Evening
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6:00 pm Treasure Hunt
6:30 pm Gong Show

Early Thursday, February 23, 1984
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2:30 am Movie "The Private Life of Henry VIII"
4:05 am Movie "The Trouble with Women"

Monday, September 29, 2014

Star Search Ad

Here's an ad for Star Search, hosted by Ed McMahon, aired on WFLD(32), & apparently having semi-finals this particular week. From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated February 18-24, 1984.

WCFC Channel 38 TV Schedule for Wednesday, February 22, 1984

Morning
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5:00 am Kroeze Brothers
5:30 am Shape Up
6:00 am Nancy Harmon
7:00 am Circle Square
7:30 am Gospel Bill
8:00 am Something Beautiful
9:00 am Shape Up
9:30 am Another Life
10:00 am Kay Arthur
10:30 am Climb That Mountain
11:00 am Heritage Singers
11:30 am Jimmy Swaggart

Afternoon
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12 noon Good News America
12:30 pm Practice Makes Perfect
1:00 pm Camp Meeting U.S.A.
2:00 pm Lester Sumrall Teaches
2:30 pm Adventures In Learning
3:00 pm 100 Huntley Street
4:00 pm Toddler's Friends
4:30 pm KPTL
5:00 pm Jim Bakker

Evening
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6:00 pm Dave Breese
6:30 pm Children: the World's Most Valuable Resource
7:30 pm Celebration
9:00 pm 700 Club
10:30 pm Jim Bakker
11:30 pm Laverne Tripp Family

Early Thursday, February 23, 1984
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12 midnight Jimmy Swaggart
12:30 am Another Life
1:00 am Nancy Harmon
2:00 am Celebration
3:30 am Blackwood Brothers
4:00 am God's News Behind the News
4:30 am In the Word

WFLD Channel 32 TV Schedule for Wednesday, February 22, 1984

Morning
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6:00 am Newstalk with Wanda Wells
6:30 am Mighty Mouse
7:00 am Tom & Jerry
7:30 am Flintstones (cartoons)
8:00 am Woody Woodpecker
8:30 am Popeye (cartoons)
9:00 am Emergency!
10:00 am Breakaway (guest: Valerie Harper)
11:00 am Hour Magazine (guests: Howard Keel, Dana Plato, &
James Farentino)

Afternoon
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12 noon Munsters
12:30 pm I Love Lucy
1:00 pm Merv Griffin
2:00 pm Great Space Coaster
2:30 pm Tom & Jerry
3:00 pm Inspector Gadget (cartooons)
3:30 pm He-Man & the Masters of the Universe
4:00 pm Flintstones (cartoons)
4:30 pm Batman (TV series)
5:00 pm Comedy Classics
5:30 pm What's Happening

Evening
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6:00 pm Taxi
6:30 pm Three's Company
7:00 pm PM Magazine
7:30 pm Entertainment Tonight (featured: Eddie Murphy)
8:00 pm Tic Tac Dough
8:30 pm Joker's Wild
9:00 pm Benny Hill
9:30 pm Honeymooners
10:00 pm M*A*S*H
10:30 pm Starsky & Hutch
11:30 pm Thicke of the Night (guests: Gregg Allman & Robert
Osbourne)

Early Thursday, February 23, 1984
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1:00 am 700 Club
2:00 am Entertainment Tonight

WCIU Channel 26 TV Schedule for Wednesday, February 22, 1984

Morning
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8:25 am Market Report with Ballantine
8:30 am Jimmy Swaggart
9:00 am Market Reports, News
9:30 am Ask an Expert
10:30 am Ask an Expert on Stocks
11:00 am News
11:30 am Ask an Expert on Coins

Afternoon
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12 noon Ask an Expert
1:00 pm News
1:30 pm Ask an Expert on Stocks
2:30 pm Ask an Expert
3:30 pm 700 Club
4:30 pm Chicago Today
4:40 pm Today's Racing
5:00 pm Vivir Enamorada
5:30 pm En Busca Del Paraiso

Evening
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6:30 pm Noticias
7:00 pm Pelicula "Quien yace en la tumba"
8:00 pm Entre Amigos
9:00 pm Veronica, El Rostro del Amor
10:00 pm Noticias
10:30 pm Marta y Javier
11:30 pm Crusade for Christ

Sunday, September 28, 2014

WPWR(60) Movies Ad

Here's a vintage ad for WPWR(60)'s Sunday afternoon movie lineup. From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated February 18-24, 1984.

WTTW Channel 11 TV Schedule for Wednesday, February 22, 1984

Morning
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6:15 am A.M. Weather
6:30 am Understanding Human Behavior
7:00 am 3-2-1 Contact
7:30 am Sesame Street
8:30 am Mister Rogers
9:00 am Sesame Street
10:00 am Mister Rogers
10:30 am Electric Company
11:00 am Arts Express
11:15 am Read It
11:30 am Sesame Street

Afternoon
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12:30 pm Callaway
1:00 pm All Creatures Great & Small
2:00 pm American Challenge
3:00 pm Wild, Wild World of Animals
3:30 pm Mister Rogers
4:00 pm Sesame Street
5:00 pm Electric Company
5:30 pm Wild, Wild World of Animals

Evening
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6:00 pm MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
7:00 pm Nature of Things
8:00 pm Mark Russell
8:30 pm Last of the One Night Stands (documentary on the Lee
Williams Band)
9:00 pm Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers "The
Reel World of News"
10:00 pm Nightly Business Report
10:30 pm Movie "You're In the Navy Now"

Early Thursday, February 23, 1984
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12:05 am Callaway
12:35 am LateNight America with Wholey

Saturday, September 27, 2014

The Rock Palace Ad

Here's an ad for the Rock Palace, a music program that aired late Saturday nights/early Sunday mornings on WMAQ(5). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated February 18-24, 1984.

WMAQ Channel 5 TV Schedule for Wednesday, February 22, 1984

Morning

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5:30 am Health Field

6:00 am Today In Chicago with Jorie Lueloff

6:30 am NBC News with John Dancy

7:00 am Today with Gumbel & Chung (guest: Olivia Hussey)

9:00 am Facts of Life (rerun)

9:30 am Sale of the Century

10:00 am Wheel of Fortune

10:30 am Dream House

11:00 am Hot Potato

11:30 am Search for Tomorrow

Afternoon

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12 noon Days of Our Lives

1:00 pm Another World

2:00 pm Match Game-Hollywood Squares

3:00 pm Eight Is Enough

4:00 pm People's Court

4:30 pm News

5:30 pm NBC News with Tom Brokaw

Evening

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6:00 pm News

6:30 pm Family Feud

7:00 pm Real People

8:00 pm Facts of Life "Dream Marriage"
8:30 pm Night Court "Once In Love with Harry"
9:00 pm St. Elsewhere "Attack"
10:00 pm News
10:30 pm Tonight with Johnny Carson (guests: Ann-Margret, &
Dom DeLuise)
11:30 pm Late Night with David Letterman (guest: Jim Quinn)

Early Thursday, February 23, 1984
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12:30 am Love Connection
1:00 am Mary Tyler Moore
1:30 am Bob Newhart
2:00 am Today In Chicago with Lueloff

Friday, September 26, 2014

WPWR 60 Ad

Here's a vintage ad for WPWR(60), spotlighting their Sunday-morning cartoon lineup. From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated February 18-24, 1984.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Best of CBS Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the Best of CBS presentation of the movie "The Missouri Breaks", which aired on WBBM(2). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated February 18-24, 1984.

WTTW Channel 11 TV Schedule for Tuesday, February 21, 1984

Morning

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6:15 am A.M. Weather

6:30 am New Literacy

7:00 am 3-2-1 Contact

7:30 am Sesame Street

8:30 am Mister Rogers

9:00 am Sesame Street

10:00 am Mister Rogers

10:30 am Electric Company

11:00 am On the Level

11:15 am Thinkabout

11:30 am Sesame Street

Afternoon

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12:30 pm Time Out

1:00 pm All Creatures Great & Small

2:00 pm Prospect of Whales

3:00 pm Wild, Wild World of Animals

3:30 pm Mister Rogers

4:00 pm Sesame Street

5:00 pm 3-2-1 Contact

5:30 pm Wild, Wild World of Animals

Evening

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6:00 pm MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

7:00 pm Nova (rerun)

8:00 pm American Challenge

9:00 pm American Playhouse "The Cafeteria"

10:00 pm Nightly Business Report

10:30 pm Movie "Summertime"

Early Wednesday, February 22, 1984

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12:10 am Callaway

12:40 am LateNight America with Wholey (guest: Jon Alpert)

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Kup's Show Close Up

Here's a vintage Close-Up for Kup's Show, which was airing on WTTW(11) & celebrating its 25th anniversary. From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated February 18-24, 1984.

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Airwolf Ad

Here's an ad for the series Airwolf, which aired on WBBM(2). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated February 18-24, 1984.

WBBS Channel 60 TV Schedule for Monday, February 20, 1984

Evening
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7:00 pm Rosa de la Calle
8:00 pm Voces y Carol
9:00 pm Lo Que el Amor Perdona
10:00 pm Pelicula

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Fame Ad

Here's a vintage ad for the series Fame, which by this time, had left NBC & continued on in syndication, airing on WFLD(32). From the Chicago, IL edition of TV Guide, dated February 18-24, 1984.