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Flashback: 27 June 1993

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31 years ago, here’s the schedule for UNC-TV…

June 27 was a Sunday back then and Centerpiece presented the whole day’s schedule so we can really get a sense of things. Early morning was children’s television, transitioning to how-to mid-morning. 11am gave us a repeat of the previous week’s ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL. The afternoon kicked off with public affairs and again moved into how-to series.

At 5pm, we aired AMERICAN VACATIONS and then a repeat of NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE. 6pm was the main airing of ACGAS, followed by THE NEW EXPLORERS and Marty Stouffer’s WILD AMERICA. NATURE was up at 8pm (the normal day and time for decades) and MASTERPIECE THEATRE brought us the Cold War comedy-drama SLEEPERS at 9pm.

The evening wound down with the British imports FRENCH FIELDS, KEEPING UP APPEARANCES, ARE YOU BEING SERVED? and EASTENDERS.

Flashback: 1 February 1992

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Here’s what we were airing 32 years ago on what was then NCPT (North Carolina Public Television)…

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Flashback: 12 October 1991

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Saturdays have changed a bit since 1991 on the broadcast service of PBS NC. Back then we were North Carolina Public Television and there was nary a British detective in sight!

If you look at the day’s line-up, you’ll see there was some early morning kids programming. That’s been a constant, I believe, in our schedules for decades. But some GED telecourse shows followed, something we used to air quite a bit of (eventually, it was determined that audience could access much of that material online once the Internet became omnipresent). The afternoons brought about some how-to and travel, much like today. At 7pm, we got to see some fauna on WILD AMERICA and WILD, WILD WORLD OF ANIMALS. THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW (another longtime Saturday eveining staple) was on at 8pm, followed by some music with MICHAEL FEINSTEIN AND FRIENDS, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS and THE REAL PATSY CLINE.