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gshowguy

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« on: August 18, 2004, 10:31:07 PM »
Does anyone have info on what stations aired these two great game shows in syndication during the '80s and early '90s?

zachhoran

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« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2004, 10:33:07 PM »
[quote name=\'gshowguy\' date=\'Aug 18 2004, 09:31 PM\'] Does anyone have info on what stations aired these two great game shows in syndication during the '80s and early '90s? [/quote]
 J! and WOF didn't become regularly packaged together, i.e. both shows offered to and aired on the same station until c. 1990. Originally, WCBS in NYC aired WHeel, and WABC aired J!(WNBC for its first few months), and since 1990 WABC has aired both.

gshowguy

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« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2004, 10:47:51 PM »
Of course! I also remember a post on The Promo Station that said in the 1984 season, "Jeopardy!" was on WJLA and "Wheel of Fortune" was on then-WDVM (you know its call letters now) in Washington, DC. Now both shows air on WJLA.

I think "Jeopardy!" still runs on WOWT and "Wheel of Fortune" still runs on KETV in Omaha, correct?

The Ol' Guy

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« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2004, 10:51:39 PM »
West Michigan is interesting because, even though I can't give you exact years, Wheel was shown on all three major affiliate stations - starting with NBC channel 8 WOOD (one of the first in the country to pick it up), then it moved to the ABC affiliate channel 13 WZZM. If I remember correctly, 8 did not pair it with Jeopardy. In fact, 13 may not have had paired it up right away. I think CBS channel 3 WKZO - later WWMT - had Jeopardy separately for awhile - now both Wheel and Jeopardy have been on 3 for some time.
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gshowguy

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« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2004, 11:01:23 PM »
I also remember KRON (my ex-NBC affiliate) aired "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" together during the '80s and early '90s before moving to KGO.

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« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2004, 07:56:43 AM »
You managed to answer your own original post TWICE IN ONE HOUR.

Streamline your posts please. Most of us would rather read 98 posts from you than 135 of them.
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Don Howard

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« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2004, 02:51:32 PM »
On WEWS-TV 5 in Cleveland (catch 5 and you've caught it all), Wheel Of Fortune debuted in 1983 replacing The New You Asked For It at 7pm and remains there to this day. In 1984, Jeopardy! debuted at 7:30pm replacing The Joker's Wild and still holds that time period.
In Columbus on 10-TV [the former home of dynamite anchorman Lou Forrest, who was canned for not smiling enough], WOF has been running at 7:30pm since it bowed while J! started at 10am in '84, moved to 5pm at some point, then to 7pm, back to 5pm and ultimately returned to 7pm where it remains.

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« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2004, 09:28:28 PM »
[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' date=\'Aug 18 2004, 10:51 PM\'] West Michigan is interesting because, even though I can't give you exact years, Wheel was shown on all three major affiliate stations - starting with NBC channel 8 WOOD (one of the first in the country to pick it up), then it moved to the ABC affiliate channel 13 WZZM. If I remember correctly, 8 did not pair it with Jeopardy. In fact, 13 may not have had paired it up right away. I think CBS channel 3 WKZO - later WWMT - had Jeopardy separately for awhile - now both Wheel and Jeopardy have been on 3 for some time. [/quote]
 Adding to that, J! started its run on 13 and was joined by WoF in either 1986 or '87.  It was 1992 when both shows moved to 3, where they remain to this day.

P.S. Channel 3 was already WWMT when they picked up Hollywood Squares--in 1986, that is.  Come to think of it, has Squares run all three networks in GR?  ISTR the Marshall syndicated run ending on 41, then WUHQ.

catkins522

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« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2004, 06:41:18 AM »
Well, in my area, two station will handle the load WOF and J!.  KOMU will stay with their WOF at 6:30 PM.  KMIZ, ABC 17, the Spirit of MO, will pick up J! starting Sept. 7 with a 2 hour of prime time and will stay at 4:30 PM.

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