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Yesterday I found a schedule for Channel 62 WGPR from 1975, (almost from its inception.)

Monday/Friday

9:30 Morning Party (entertainment / Variety)
10:30 Various
M Tell Terry (advice)
T Green Thumb
W Soul O Scope (Astrology)
TH Consumer Spotlight
F Creative Cooking
11:00 Countdown ( game show)
11:30 Big City News
12:00 A Time To Live (A locally produced Soap Opera)
12:30 Galaxy Theater (Movies)
3:00 Candy Store (Cartoons)
4:00 Abbott And Costello
4:30 Get Smart
5:00 The Scene (will last till 1987)
6:00 I Spy
7:00 Various
M Speaking Of Sports
T Corners Of Black History
W Have Gun Will Travel (or if your George Carlin Had Gun Would Have Traveled)
T Kreskin (Psychic)
F Speaking Of Sports
8:00 A Time To Live (rebroadcast)
8:30 Rawhide
9:30 Showcase Theater (movie)

Saturday
9:30 Candy Store
10 Cartoons
10:30 Felix The Cat
11 Serial Theater (movie serials)
11:30 The Lone Ranger
Noon - Abbot And Costello
12:30 Action Showcase
3 Countdown
3:30 Black Belt In Focus
4 Motor City Wrestling
5 The Scene
6 Teen Profile
6:30 Rolling Funk
7 Victory At Sea
7:30 Fashion Fanfare
8 That's Showbiz (Entertainment Column)
8:30 Rawhide
9:30 Detroit Open Line
11 Terror Theater (movies)

Sunday
7 Religious
1PM Movie
3:30 Gospel Song Fest
4 Motor City Wrestling
5 The Scene
6 Rawhide
7 Outdoors (with Ken Callaway)
7:30 Movies
9 Movies

Then my old friend Gene with his TCI stepped in and sold H*** blocks of religious programming.

Interesting schedule back then. Does anyone know when they started airing network and syndicated programming that other Detroit area stations didn't want, such as the "CBS LateNight" shows which were dropped from WJBK's schedule in favor of shows like "Soap" and "Mary Hartman Mary Hartman." 62 also had other network programs, such as NBC's "Another World" and "Santa Barbara" after being dropped by WDIV and NBC sports programming when it was not on channel 4 due to Detroit Tigers baseball. I think WGPR may have also ran reruns of ABC programs that ran on the network mid-days in the late 80s that WXYZ didn't want, such as "Webster and either "Bensen" or "Who's The Boss, maybe even "Perfect Strangers." If I remember correctly, WXYZ aired "Sally" and local news while these shows were being rebroadcast from 11:00 AM to noon on ABC.

I loved the Scene that was great TV by far the best show on TV62.Now I think I just threw up in my mouth.