Game shows in prime access slots...

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 04:13 PM\']... WHO ran "Truth", "Feud", "Squares" in a 90 minute block ...

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What are you asking me for?  I wouldn't know who ran that block in your area.

[rim shot]  Thank you, I'll be here all weekend.

[MikeK]

[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 06:01 PM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 04:13 PM\']... WHO ran "Truth", "Feud", "Squares" in a 90 minute block ...

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What are you asking me for?  I wouldn't know who ran that block in your area.

[rim shot]  Thank you, I'll be here all weekend.
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*throws all the stuff Wuthrich has been throwing at us for years back in Jason's face*

That felt good.

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 01:19 PM\'][quote name=\'kurtinrod62\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 02:06 PM\']In Pittsburgh, WTAE/4 [ABC] hasn't aired a game show since 1989, when they dropped, IIRC, ''Win, Lose, or Draw'', and yanked "Entertainment Tonight" away from WPXI/11[NBC]. WTAE has been running ET ever since.

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Which obviously means that MG90 was not shown on 4. Did any other Pittsburgh station pick up MG90?

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Nope, no Pittsburgh station aired Bargain Hunters or MG90. WTAE did air Regis Millionaire and Super Millionaire, don't forget. WTAE aired the Challengers in 1990-91 at Noon for part of its run, also.

[splinkynip]

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 11:59 AM\']Another NBC affiliate, WNBC, hasn't had any game shows since (I believe) 1991-92, when Ruckus went good-bye.

WCBS had the entire run of H2 on in the hour, but other than that aired nothing outside of Win, Lose or Draw since 1991 (when CBS2 went to Hard Copy/Real TV/The Insider and ET.)

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Except if Love Connection counts, that aired until fall of 1994 on WNBC

[Terry K]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 12:35 PM\']
The one that wound up bringing WCAU-10 to NBC was (and please, correct me if I'm wrong, folks) when Westinghouse bought CBS - Westinghouse stations that were another network (like KYW-3, then NBC, in Philly, and WJZ-13, then ABC, in Baltimore) affiliated with CBS. Having lost its CBS affiliation to KYW-3, WCAU-10 was bought by NBC and became an O&O. That took place 9/10/95.

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Westinghouse had to divest WCAU when they bought CBS.  CBS wasn't allowed to own two VHF stations in Philly, KYW and WCAU, so they worked out a very complicated trade (let me see if I recall this right..)  These are the ownership changes..

KCNC Denver went from NBC -> CBS  
WCAU Philly went from CBS/Westinghouse  -> NBC
Miami's Channel 6 went from CBS to NBC
Miami's Channel 4 went from NBC to CBS (they traded physical plant, the call letters of 4 were WTVJ, which went to Channel 6 (then WCIX).  4 became WFOR, 6 took the WTVJ calls)
SLC's channel 13 went from NBC ownership to CBS ownership (NBC went to KSL-5, owned by the Bonneville/Mormon Church)

Essentially NBC traded its Denver, Salt Lake, and Miami signals to CBS in exchange for WCAU and Channel 6 in Miami.  (6 was damaged by Hurricane Andrew and was a very crippled signal, which CBS wanted to upgrade)

Prior to CBS/Westinghouse, KDKA in Pittsburgh and KPIX in San Fran were the only CBS stations that Westinghouse had.  

Denver was triggered by KMGH bolting from CBS to ABC.  Gannett owned KUSA the then ABC affiliate, which went to NBC (Gannett is a very big owner of NBC affiliates) after KCNC was traded to CBS.

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'Terry K\' date=\'Apr 9 2005, 08:59 AM\']Essentially NBC traded its Denver, Salt Lake, and Miami signals to CBS in exchange for WCAU and Channel 6 in Miami.  (6 was damaged by Hurricane Andrew and was a very crippled signal, which CBS wanted to upgrade)

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You're getting your stories crossed here....yes, Andrew crippled 6, but that had nothing to do with CBS fixing....6 was the only station with its antenna way down south in Homestead (which Andrew hit spot on)....it couldn't get it's signal out of Dade County...by trading with 4, they got a better located tower that got them better coverage.... NBC went and built a new tower (in Miramar?) when they got 6...

there you go!

[Johnissoevil]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 09:17 AM\']As I was looking over my latest "retro" posting, I got to thinking..

Up until September 1980, WGAL-8 filled its 7pm-8pm slot with game shows. 7pm from 1978-1980 was Tic Tac Dough, and 7:30 was a checkerboard, with shows like Hollywood Squares, $25,000 Pyramid, etc.

Starting in September 1980, 7pm went to a local newscast and 7:30 went to "PM Magazine". The 7pm slot was replaced by "NBC News" in 1988, and then by "Entertainment Tonight" a few years later.  After "PM Magazine", WGAL put other news/entertainment news shows on.

Are there any network stations where you live, that haven't aired any game shows in the 7pm-8pm time slot for a long time?

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From 1990 to 1998, WCBS didn't air any game shows in that hour.  Wheel had moved to WABC in 1990, and WCBS didn't see another game show in that hour until HS '98 premiered.

[rugrats1]

SLC's channel 13 went from NBC ownership to CBS ownership (NBC went to KSL-5, owned by the Bonneville/Mormon Church)

Actually, you meant KUTV ch.2, that switched from NBC to CBS -- ch.13 (KSTU) is SLC's Fox O&O.