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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: golden-road on November 25, 2012, 11:55:52 PM
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With all the episodes out there, I was wondering if a full station list was ever put out. I ask because it seems that a majority of the stations that aired it were NBC stations, and that made me curious.
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I think it might have been mentioned in Broadcasting Magazine.
Here in Los Angeles, it was on KNBC, I think the same affiliate that had previously carried the first two syndicated editions of the show from the 70s and 80s.
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I'd second that Broadcasting (and Cable) might be the closest option, and even then, that's only a partial list of markets up to that point.
Not to turn this into a list every market thread, but I believe KXAS, the NBC affiliate in Dallas, aired it on Saturday nights sporadically. My grandfather sent used to send me the TV listings from the Dallas Morning News, and I really wanna say it aired Saturdays at 7:00pm, if not even later than that.
Here in Norfolk, it aired on WTKR, the CBS affiliate, weekdays at 4.
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I know from a reliable source that Central Iowa did not pick up TNPIR94.
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Chicago aired it through the CBS affiliate (WBBM-CBS2) right before the 4:30 news.
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WWOR in New York, 4PM paired with the second half of the Richard Dawson Feud Hour.
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Cleveland--WUAB (independent at the time) at 1:30 AM
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I know from a reliable source that Central Iowa did not pick up TNPIR94.
You would be correct. However, I picked it up via KWWL in Cedar Rapids. That's an NBC affiliate for the record. ETA: It aired at either 4:00 or 4:30. I remember being dissappointed when they ran a crawl across the bottom of the screen saying the show was cancelled.
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WYOU in Scranton (CBS) - 5pm, at least until January '95.
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In my home market, WCYB (Bristol, VA) ran the show only once a week... Saturday nights after SNL.
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WCHS, Huntington-Charleston, WV; ABC affiliate.
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Previously and then re-affiliated with CBS but independent at the time, KIRO-TV at 4p.
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In Tampa, it aired on WFLA (NBC) at 2:05 A.M., right after "Later with Greg Kinnear." So I'm sure they were definitely trumpeting that one in Broadcasting.
(I'm only being half-sarcastic, because it might well have made it into one of those "increased ratings on these stations by x%" ads, if TNPIR ever bothered.)
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WDZL (now WSFL), Miami FL, something like 3:00 AM. It was an independent at this point, although it became a WB affiliate when that network debuted in '95.
Unfortunately, despite taping several episodes, they appear to have been lost -- I was surprised when a WDZL-aired one turned up in a small set of Davidson episodes I got a long time ago.
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TNPIR '94 aired on KJAC-TV (NBC) in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX at 5pm weekdays. KJAC-TV is now KBTV and is a Fox affil.
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Washington DC- WDCA (I think it was at 6pm)- I'm not sure if it got a Baltimore station, I believe it didn't.
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Let me add some here:
WAVE Louisville, Kentucky (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky\") (NBC) (4PM Weekdays)
WTKR Norfolk (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia\")/Virginia Beach (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia\")/Portsmouth (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth,_Virginia\")/Newport News, Virginia (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia\") (CBS) (4PM Weekdays)
WTXF Philadelphia, PA (FOX)
WKEF Dayton, Ohio (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio\") (then-NBC, now ABC) (5:30PM Weekdays)
WMGT Macon, Georgia (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macon,_Georgia\") (NBC) (7:30PM Weeknights)
WCYB Bristol, Virginia (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol,_Virginia\")-Bristol, Tennessee (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol,_Tennessee\")-Kingsport (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsport,_Tennessee\")-Johnson City, Tennessee (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee\")
KNBC Los Angeles (7:30PM Weeknights)
KPNX Phoenix, Arizona (NBC) (Sundays, various times)
KSWT Yuma, Arizona (6PM Weeknights)
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Something I meant to ask in my earlier post... were there any other stations besides mine (WCYB) that only played the show once a week?
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Something I meant to ask in my earlier post... were there any other stations besides mine (WCYB) that only played the show once a week?
I mentioned it earlier, but I think KXAS in Dallas aired it Saturday evenings. That's just from the one TV listing I had from fall of '94. I remember my grandfather visiting that Christmas, and he only recalled seeing it every so often. He was definitely a bit surprised to see it air daily.
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Something I meant to ask in my earlier post... were there any other stations besides mine (WCYB) that only played the show once a week?
I mentioned it earlier, but I think KXAS in Dallas aired it Saturday evenings. That's just from the one TV listing I had from fall of '94. I remember my grandfather visiting that Christmas, and he only recalled seeing it every so often. He was definitely a bit surprised to see it air daily.
Of Course KXAS & KPNX not only carried the 1994 Show (with Doug Davidson) they also carried the 1985 Show with Tom Kennedy (who also hosted the $100,000 Name That Tune).
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It ran on KOIN (CBS) 6 in Portland, Oregon. I think it was on at 4:00 pm weekdays.
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WAKA Montgomery 3:00 before Feud '94
WDHN Dothan 6:00
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WOWT 6 Omaha, Nebraska (NBC) (4:00PM weekdays). It was the lead-in to Jeopardy! at 4:30PM.
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KLGT-23 in Minneapolis, 3pm I believe it was.
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WXII-12 (NBC) Winston-Salem NC aired TNPIR '94 @ 7:30pm. It was gone by Feb. '95.
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WXII-12 (NBC) Winston-Salem NC aired TNPIR '94 @ 7:30pm. It was gone by Feb. '95.
Same for Norfolk. I think it lasted up until the first week of January...Dawson's Feud (which aired at 4:30) then moved into the 4:00 slot, and WTKR started up a 4:30 newscast. Both were gone by the fall.
As far as games go in the mid-90s, 1994 was a somewhat bright spot in an otherwise down period. You had a few games in syndication, a few on cable, and then GSN started up. Unfortunately, it was also the year daytime went into its 15-year lull.
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In Tampa, it aired on WFLA (NBC) at 2:05 A.M., right after "Later with Greg Kinnear." So I'm sure they were definitely trumpeting that one in Broadcasting.
(I'm only being half-sarcastic, because it might well have made it into one of those "increased ratings on these stations by x%" ads, if TNPIR ever bothered.)
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correction;; for the first 6 weeks of its run on WFLA it aired at 430pm,. then it moved
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Jacksonville, FL-WTLV 12 (NBC), 5pm
San Francisco, CA-KTVU 2 (FOX), 7:30pm (Pacific time)
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Jacksonville, FL-WTLV 12 (NBC), 5pm
San Francisco, CA-KTVU 2 (FOX), 7pm (Pacific time)
Johnissoevil you are wrong on KTVU it's actually 7:30 PM that goes up against Wheel of Fortune on KGO (despite airing the Nighttime Price is Right hosted by Tom Kennedy from 1985), and yes KTSF did aired the National Academic Championships right before CMC at 3:30 PM.
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Here in south Georgia, we got it on WTWC, the NBC affiliate in Tallahassee, FL. IIRC, it aired at 7:30. I don't think it was paired with any other game shows. I think Entertainment Tonight may have been in the 7:00 slot.
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Johnissoevil you are wrong on KTVU it's actually 7:30 PM that goes up against Wheel of Fortune on KGO (despite airing the Nighttime Price is Right hosted by Tom Kennedy from 1985), and yes KTSF did aired the National Academic Championships right before CMC at 3:30 PM.
You're right. Fixed it in my original post. I originally had it on at 4pm in Jacksonville, so I actually made two goof ups.
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Johnissoevil you are wrong on KTVU it's actually 7:30 PM that goes up against Wheel of Fortune on KGO (despite airing the Nighttime Price is Right hosted by Tom Kennedy from 1985), and yes KTSF did aired the National Academic Championships right before CMC at 3:30 PM.
You're right. Fixed it in my original post. I originally had it on at 4pm in Jacksonville, so I actually made two goof ups.
We had Primestar (!) back then, and KTVU was one of the channels. IIRC, TNPiR'94 was replaced by Love Connection.
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I seem to remember that WTAJ in Altoona, PA, aired it at 7:30 on weeknights. I have no clue how long it lasted -- I only remember watching it once.
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WTXF, Fox 29, in Philly aired the show on Saturday or Sunday afternoons as filler, and not every week. The show did not air weeknights. This is before Fox had football. I seem to remember that it aired around 3pm, sandwiched in between movies. Sometimes they would do a double-run. We got WTXF on cable, and I could occasionally pull it in on antenna on my little 13" black and white RCA TV that I had in my room. (Those were the days of analog TV...from our house in south central PA, that little 13 inch TV could get Scranton, Philly, Baltimore channels, and more...)
I remember seeing the show for the first time and to me, it was a complete surprise that it existed at all. I remember taping Barker TPiR the following Monday to see if they had changed the set to match the neat Davidson set.
I seem to recall Aaron Sica saying that the show aired in the Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York PA market on some station in the overnights, but I don't know if this was true, and I don't remember seeing it in the listings.
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We had Primestar (!) back then, and KTVU was one of the channels. IIRC, TNPiR'94 was replaced by Love Connection.
That's how I was able to access my second viewing at 10:30pm every night.
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Since It's turned into a list thread, I'll add: In Austin, it was on KVUE, afternoons at 4:00,
back-to-back with The Challengers at 4:30.
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Since It's turned into a list thread, I'll add: In Austin, it was on KVUE, afternoons at 4:00, back-to-back with The Challengers at 4:30.
Are you sure? The two shows were four years apart.
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Are you sure? The two shows were four years apart.
Which certainly ruins the "current events are current" conceit.
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Since It's turned into a list thread, I'll add: In Austin, it was on KVUE, afternoons at 4:00, back-to-back with The Challengers at 4:30.
Are you sure? The two shows were four years apart.
Now that you point that out, I think it must have been Trump Card. I remembered that they had another short-lived game back-to-back with the Challengers, and assumed it was TNPiR. Hadn't occurred to me until just now that the timelines didn't match up.
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WTXF, Fox 29, in Philly aired the show on Saturday or Sunday afternoons as filler, and not every week. The show did not air weeknights. This is before Fox had football. I seem to remember that it aired around 3pm, sandwiched in between movies. Sometimes they would do a double-run. We got WTXF on cable, and I could occasionally pull it in on antenna on my little 13" black and white RCA TV that I had in my room. (Those were the days of analog TV...from our house in south central PA, that little 13 inch TV could get Scranton, Philly, Baltimore channels, and more...)
I remember seeing the show for the first time and to me, it was a complete surprise that it existed at all. I remember taping Barker TPiR the following Monday to see if they had changed the set to match the neat Davidson set.
I seem to recall Aaron Sica saying that the show aired in the Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York PA market on some station in the overnights, but I don't know if this was true, and I don't remember seeing it in the listings.
Two things:
Actually, it was *when* FOX got football - fall 1994 was when the NFC moved to FOX from CBS. Also, from what I think I remember, WGAL had it running at, I want to say, 2:05 a.m. It was also listed in TVG for as "New Price is Right", IIRC.
Wait, stop the train - SCRANTON channels? From Lancaster? How high up in altitude were you, and what channels did you pick up?
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Channel 50 in Detroit had it at 7:30pm. At the time the station was owned by Paramount.
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WTXF, Fox 29, in Philly aired the show on Saturday or Sunday afternoons as filler, and not every week. The show did not air weeknights. This is before Fox had football. I seem to remember that it aired around 3pm, sandwiched in between movies. Sometimes they would do a double-run. We got WTXF on cable, and I could occasionally pull it in on antenna on my little 13" black and white RCA TV that I had in my room. (Those were the days of analog TV...from our house in south central PA, that little 13 inch TV could get Scranton, Philly, Baltimore channels, and more...)
I remember seeing the show for the first time and to me, it was a complete surprise that it existed at all. I remember taping Barker TPiR the following Monday to see if they had changed the set to match the neat Davidson set.
I seem to recall Aaron Sica saying that the show aired in the Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York PA market on some station in the overnights, but I don't know if this was true, and I don't remember seeing it in the listings.
Two things:
Actually, it was *when* FOX got football - fall 1994 was when the NFC moved to FOX from CBS. Also, from what I think I remember, WGAL had it running at, I want to say, 2:05 a.m. It was also listed in TVG for as "New Price is Right", IIRC.
Wait, stop the train - SCRANTON channels? From Lancaster? How high up in altitude were you, and what channels did you pick up?
Maybe it aired Saturday afternoons, then. I was not as much of a football fan in those years as I am now so the memory is a bit foggy. I don't dispute the fact that WGAL ran it on overnights. Next time I'm at my folks, I'll pull out some of those 1994 issues and see what was listed.
I had this ancient little 13" RCA black and white TV, a $5 garage sale find, that was a DXing superstar with just the built-in antenna. I wasn't higher than anyone else, really - just in a suburban neighborhood where I grew up. I had the TV in my second floor room, which had two windows facing out north and east. I could reliably pick up WBRE - many times with a signal clear as day - and sometimes WNEP. Not a DXing fluke. For awhile I made a habit of watching WBRE news. WYOU and WVIA would come in less often. I was never really successful in pulling in 38 or 56. I think I was able to tune in WFMZ a couple times as well. I was always trying to pull in the Baltimore channels but there must have been more interference because I would only get 11 or 13 once in a blue moon. I really hated taking that TV to be recycled when we had the digital switch.
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I had this ancient little 13" RCA black and white TV, a $5 garage sale find, that was a DXing superstar with just the built-in antenna. I wasn't higher than anyone else, really - just in a suburban neighborhood where I grew up. I had the TV in my second floor room, which had two windows facing out north and east. I could reliably pick up WBRE - many times with a signal clear as day - and sometimes WNEP. Not a DXing fluke. For awhile I made a habit of watching WBRE news. WYOU and WVIA would come in less often. I was never really successful in pulling in 38 or 56. I think I was able to tune in WFMZ a couple times as well. I was always trying to pull in the Baltimore channels but there must have been more interference because I would only get 11 or 13 once in a blue moon. I really hated taking that TV to be recycled when we had the digital switch.
That is wild! When I lived in Bloomsburg, it was high enough in altitude that on the "Upper Campus" of the university, I found with my little pocket B&W TV, I could pick Harrisburg stations up (on the cable, they offered the "big three" of Scranton/WB and Philly). I used to bike up to the upper campus in the summer of '90 to see MG90, since neither WPVI or WNEP carried it. I miss analog TV for this very reason...
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From my second-floor dorm room at Northwestern, I could reliably pick up UHF stations from various locations in Indiana and Michigan, particularly at night (also, the warmer the temperature, the better). Probably didn't hurt that the building was within sight of Lake Michigan. I remember watching Conan O'Brien on WNDU from South Bend on numerous occasions; reception was often better than from WMAQ.