Titus Andronicus

I have a subscription to a newspaper archive site that contains the Seattle Daily Times, but it's only uploaded through end of the 1984. Search was still airing on KING at the end of December 1984.

ABC soaps do seem like they're more intact, but on the other hand, ABC didn't have the penetration that CBS and NBC did. ABC wasn't around as much in rural-ish areas and so their soaps were moved around or incompletely aired by stations with secondary ABC affiliation. Where I'm from didn't have a full ABC station until 1982. The station went out of business 10 years later and it was another decade until local ABC existed again.

A bit more out of Augusta at that time. WJBF ran All My Children until about May 2, 1977, then switched its 1 p.m. slot with Divorce Court. (An article later that year said it hadn't been seen locally since April, so the listings might be off a few days.) All My Children returned to WJBF August 29, 1977, part of the switch in network affiliations that saw WJBF go exclusively ABC instead of being primary ABC and cherry-picking NBC programs. WATU got the NBC affiliation after years of trying. On August 28, 1977, one day before the switch, The Augusta Chronicle wrote about the situation with All My Children: After suffering from severe dizzy spells, Kitty died of an unspecified terminal illness, leaving Linc a grieving widower. Phil survived his gunshot wound, but little Philip ran away and got kidnaped and now he's living with Chuck. Joe and Ruth are happy and are about to adopt their foster child. Erica has made a pitch for Tom, who has opened a restaurant to compete with Nick. Chuck has decided he is in love with Donna, and Kate's old friend, Harlan Tucker, has moved to town with his daughter, Ellen Shepherd. These events all have taken place since April in Pine Valley, setting for ABC's No. 1 daytime drama, "All My Children." Bud Kloss, the show's producer, and three of its stars were in Augusta recently to tape a program bringing Augusta viewers up to date on what has happened in Pine Valley during the recent months. The special Augusta update program came about because a Fort Gordon-based viewer wrote to ABC. She was thrilled the show was returning, but was dying to know what happened to the characters in the interim. It appears that Kloss, Kay Campbell, William Mooney and Peter White were the ones who filmed the special.

I've uncovered an interesting situation that played out in the Augusta, Georgia, area in the mid-1970s. Soaps featured in what was happening. WATU was an unaffiliated station from 1968-70 that occasionally broadcast some NBC material. Some because WJBF carried material from both ABC and NBC and the arrangement back then was - at least from NBC - was that if one of its networks didn't want certain programming, it could be offered to unaffiliated stations. NBC changed this policy in late 1970 without giving WATU much of a heads up, forcing it to change programming abruptly, causing chaos in its schedule. It went off the air shortly after because its advertising revenue died in the aftermath. In 1971, the FCC ruled that if an area had three television stations, each had to carry only one network. WATU came back on the air January 14, 1974, wanting to be an NBC station. Initial plans were to start running a full NBC lineup April 1. NBC was to welcome it to the fold as an affiliate once it reached 6,000 primetime viewers. It did so by the end of May, but NBC refused. On January 28, 1974, this is what the daytime schedule looked like in the area: WJBF (Augusta GA) 9 a.m. Barbara Walters; 9:30 One Life to Live; 10 Password; 10:30 Jeopardy; 11 The Wizard of Odds; 11:30 Hollywood Squares; noon local news; 12:30 Split Second; 1 All My Children; 1:30 Let's Make a Deal; 2 Days of Our Lives; 2:30 The Doctors; 3 Another World; 3:30 General Hospital; 4 Trooper Terry; 4:30 Gilligan's Island WRDW (Augusta) 9 a.m. Carousel; 9:30 3 on Match; 10 Jokers Wild; 10:30 $10,000 Pyramid; 11 Gambit; 11:30 Love of Life; noon Young and the Restless; 12:30 Search for Tomorrow; 1 Secret Storm; 1:30 As the World Turns; 2 Guiding Light; 2:30 Edge of Night; 3 The Price is Right; 3:30 New Match Game; 4 Somerset; 4:30 Gomer Pyle USMC WATU (Augusta) Started broadcasts at noon each day Noon Jackpot; 12:30 Baffle; 1 movie; 2:30 Phil Donahue; 3:30 How to Survive a Marriage; 4 Dinah's Place; 4:30 movie How to Survive a Marriage was not picked up by WJBF, which freed it to run on WATU. WATU dropped it from the lineup that fall. Later that year, WATU field a suit against WJBF because it was still running an ABC and NBC schedule. The suit was dropped in 1975 and WATU was supposed to get a full NBC lineup May 1, but that still hadn't changed over in November 1976, when The Augusta Chronicle ran a big story November 14 about how confusing the television lineups were there. WJBF was still cherry-picking NBC programs to go along with its ABC lineup, but because it wasn't running a full lineup of either, when a new show was announced for NBC or ABC viewers had to meticulously search TV listings to see when or if anyone had it. WATU was of course still ticked to not have the NBC lineup it had wanted in early 1974. Soaps were a major reason for its anger, according to the Chronicle: "But channel 26 [WATU], the new kid on the block in the television marked, still does not carry the complete NBC program lineup because of a contractual agreement between Channel 6 [WJBF] and the NBC network that allows the ABC affiliate to carry five NBC shows - the early morning "Today Show," the late night "Tonight Show," and three afternoon soap operas, "Days of Our Lives," "The Doctors" and "Another World."" Later in the article: "As for the afternoon soap operas [WATU's production manager] charged that Channel 6 "has a monopoly on daytime viewing" because it carries three NBC soap operas in addition to all the ABC soap operas." Augusta's third channel, WRDW, was primary CBS, but openly cheered for WATU because of its own issues with WJBF. Before it became primary ABC, WJBF had been primary NBC and there wasn't a third channel. WJBF and WRDW both claimed secondary ABC affiliations and battled for the shows. After WJBF became primary ABC, both networks took on secondary NBC affiliations. Thus, WRDW carried Somerset in its daytime lineup for most of its run, though Another World was airing on WJBF. After running at 4 p.m. (see above lineup), it moved to the 1 p.m. slot in February 1974 after the ending of The Secret Storm. TV listings indicate it aired on WRDW through September 24, 1976 then moved to WATU on September 27, finishing its run there. WJBF claimed the contractual obligation with NBC is why they continued to cherry-pick the programs. It finally agreed to give up its NBC shows in 1977 and not renew its contract, going full ABC lineup Aug. 29 and allowing WATU to get all of the NBC shows it had been wanting for so long. Friday, Aug. 26 Augusta-area daytime WJBF 10 One Life to Live; 10:45 General Hospital; 11:30 Family Feud; noon The Better Sex; 12:30 Ryan's Hope; 1 Divorce Court; 1:30 Days of Our Lives; 2:30 The Doctors; 3 Another World; 4 Edge of Night; 4:30 Mickey Mouse WRDW 10 Here's Lucy; 10:30 The Price is Right; 11:30 Love of Life; noon My Three Sons; 12:30 Search for Tomorrow; 1 Young and the Restless; 1:30 As the World Turns; 2:30 Guiding Light; 3 All in the Family; 3:30 Match Game; 4 The Andy Griffith Show; 4:30 Star Trek WATU 10 Sanford and Son; 10:30 Hollywood Squares; 11 Wheel of Fortune; 11:30 Anybody's Guess; noon Shooting Stars; 12:30 Chico and the Man; 1 Gong Show; 1:30 PTL Club; 3:30 The Little Rascals; 4 Bozo the Clown; 4:30 Laurel and Hardy Monday, Aug. 29 Augusta-area daytime WJBF 11:30 Family Feud; noon Second Chance; 12:30 Ryan's Hope; 1 All My Children; 2 Divorce Court; 2:30 One Life to Live; 3:15 General Hospital; 4 Edge of Night; 4:30 Mickey Mouse WRDW 11:30 Love of Life; noon news; 12:30 Search for Tomorrow; 1 Young and the Restless; 1:30 As the World Turns; 2:30 Guiding Light; 3 All in the Family; 3:30 Match Game; 4 Gilligan's Island; 4:30 The Little Rascals WATU 11:30 Anybody's Guess; noon Shooting Stars; 12:30 Chico and the Man; 1 Gong Show; 1:30 Days of Our Lives; 2:30 The Doctors; 3 Another World; 4 PTL Club

Leah Laiman created Tribes.

Thanks for the reminder. I've had a few I've been meaning to post. September 1956 Everyone was on Central Time, but only KFVS was on Central Daylight Time. Everyone else was Central Standard Time. KFVS (Cape Girardeau MO) - Valiant Lady, 10; Love of Life, 10:15; Search for Tomorrow, 10:30; Guiding Light, 10:45; As the World Turns, 11:30; Brighter Day, 2; Secret Storm, 2:15; Edge of Night, 2:30. Times different than the standard schedule for the majority of these. WSM (Nashville TN) - Modern Romances, 3:45 p.m.; Went on air at 1 p.m. WMCT (Memphis) - No soaps. Went on air at 1 p.m. WHBQ (Memphis) - No soaps. Went on air at 1 p.m. KSD (St. Louis) - Modern Romances, 3:45 p.m. Went on air at 2 p.m. Modern Romances is not listed on the standard Fall 1956 soap schedule, so it seems to have been discontinued at about this time. KWK (St. Louis) - Brighter Day, 3; Secret Storm, 3:15; Edge of Night, 3:30. Went on air at 2:30 p.m. WREC (Memphis) - Brighter Day, 2; Secret Storm, 2:15; Edge of Night, 2:30. Went on air at 1 p.m. October 1973 WCYB (Bristol VA) - Days of Our Lives, 2; The Doctors, 2:30; Another World, 3; Return to Peyton Place, 3:30; Somerset, 4. WKPT (Kingsport TN) - All My Children, 1; General Hospital, 3; One Life to Live, 3:30 WJHL (Johnson City TN) - Love of Life, 11:30; Young and the Restless, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30; As the World Turns, 1:30; Guiding Light, 2; Edge of Night, 2:30; Secret Storm, 4. July 1955 WMAZ (Macon GA) - Search for Tomorrow, 11:30 a.m.; Guiding Light, 11:45; Brighter Day, 3. Was not airing Valiant Lady, Love of Life or Secret Storm. WSB (Atlanta) - Concerning Miss Marlowe, 2:45 p.m.; Way of the World, 3; First Love, 3:15; The World of Mr. Sweeney, 3:30; Modern Romances, 3:45 These were all an hour ahead of the standard schedule. December 1966 WRDW (Augusta GA) Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30; Guiding Light, 12:45; As the World Turns, 1:30; Edge of Night, 3:30; Secret Storm, 4. WJBF (Augusta GA) Days of Our Lives, 2; The Doctors, 2:30; Another World, 3; Dark Shadows, 4; General Hospital, 4:30. WJBF had secondary ABC status and ran a portion of its soap schedule.

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December 1953 KVTV (Sioux City IA) - Love of Life, 11:15; Search for Tomorrow, 11:30. Went on air at 10 a.m. KELO (Sioux Falls SD) - No soaps. Went on air at 4:30 p.m. WOW (Omaha) - Hawkins Falls, 10 a.m.; The Bennetts, 10:15; Three Steps to Heaven, 10:30; Follow Your Heart, 10:45. Went on air during weekdays at 7 a.m. KSTP (Minneapolis) - Hawkins Falls, 10 a.m.; The Bennett Story, 10:15; Three Steps to Heaven, 10:30; Follow Your Heart, 10:45. Went on air at 7 a.m. WCCO (Minneapolis) - Valiant Lady, 11 a.m.; Love of Life, 11:15; Search for Tomorrow, 11:30; Guiding Light, 11:45. Went on air at 7:15 a.m. KMTV (Omaha) - Valiant Lady 11 a.m.; Love of Life, 11:15; Search for Tomorrow, 11:30; Guiding Light, 11:45. Went on air at 8:45 a.m. August 1957 KLEW (Lewiston ME) - Love of Life, 12:45; Brighter Day, 2:30; Edge of Night, 3:30; Search for Tomorrow, 4:15 No As the World Turns, Guiding Light or Secret Storm. Soaps are oddly broken up and none air at the usual times.

September 1986. Different Georgia area. WTOC (Savannah) and WJXT (Jacksonville FL) - Young and the Restless, 12:30; As the World Turns, 1:30; Capitol, 2:30; Guiding Light, 3 WJKS (Jacksonville FL) and WALB (Albany) - Search for Tomorrow, 12:30; Days of Our Lives, 1; Another World, 2; Santa Barbara, 3 WTLV (Jacksonville FL) - Ryan's Hope, noon; Loving, 12:30; All My Children, 1; One Life to Live, 2; General Hospital, 3 Here's a change. I wanted to find some much older TV listings, so here's some from September 1954. Most of these stations didn't air anything before noon. KVTV (Sioux City IA) - Valiant Lady, 11; Love of Live, 11:15; Search for Tomorrow, 11:30; Portia Faces Life, noon; Seeking Heart, 12:15; Brighter Day, 3; Secret Storm, 3:15 WCCO (Minneapolis) - Brighter Day, 3; Secret Storm, 3:15. Doesn't look like the station had any programming before KSTP (Minneapolis) - Golden Windows, 2:15; One Man's Family, 2:30; Concerning Miss Marlowe, 2:45; Hawkins Falls, 3; First Love, 3:15 KGLO (Mason City IA) - Valiant Lady, 3:45 WOI (Ames IA) - No soaps. KELO (Sioux Falls SD) - Seeking Heart, 2:30; Love of Life, 4; Search for Tomorrow, 4:15 KMTV (Omaha) - Seeking Heart, 4:15; Portia Faces Life, 4:30

Some weird listings from December 1986. I'm not sure if anyone was running a full schedule of anything. WTVC (Chattanooga TN) - Falcon Crest, noon; Loving 12:30; All My Children, 1 p.m.; One Life to Live, 2; General Hospital, 3 WSB (Atlanta) - Ryan's Hope, 12:30; All My Children, 1 p.m.; One Life to Live, 2; General Hospital 3 WRCB (Chattanooga TN) - Search for Tomorrow, 12:30; Days of Our Lives, 1 p.m.; Another World, 2 WRCB runs Bugs Bunny and Friends at 3 p.m. instead of Santa Barbara. WAGA (Atlanta) - Young and the Restless, 12:30; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Capitol, 2:30; Guiding Light, 3 WDEF (Chattanooga TN) - Young and the Restless, 12:30; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Capitol, 2:30, Guiding Light, 3 WXIA (Atlanta) - Days of Our Lives, 1 p.m.; Another World, 2; Santa Barbara, 3

Some new ones from the south. December 1959 WSB (Atlanta) Young Doctor Malone, 3 p.m.; From These Roots, 3:30 p.m. WAGA (Atlanta) and WDEF (Chattanooga) Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30; Guiding Light, 12:45; As the World Turns, 1:30; The Brighter Day, 4; Secret Storm, 4:15; Edge of Night, 4:30 May 1968 WSB (Atlanta) and WRCB (Chattanooga TN) Days of Our Lives, 2 p.m.; The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m. WAGA (Atlanta) and WDEF (Chattanooga TN) Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Love is a Many Splendored Thing, 2 p.m.; Edge of Night, 3:30 p.m. WTVC (Chattanooga TN) and WQXI (Atlanta) General Hospital, 3 p.m.; Dark Shadows, 3:30 p.m. March 1973 WQXI are the earlier call letters of WXIA, which loved deviating from the usual schedules. They did this in order to show an afternoon movie. That has been consistent with all the charts I've seen. Reruns of Love, American Style were also moved from afternoon to a morning airing to allow for this. WSB (Atlanta) and WRCB (Chattanooga) Days of Our Lives, 2 p.m.; The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m.; Return to Peyton Place, 3:30 p.m.; Somerset, 4 p.m. WAGA (Atlanta) and WDEF (Chattanooga) Love of Life, 11:30 p.m.; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2 p.m.; Edge of Night, 2:30 p.m.; Love is a Many Splendored Thing, 3 p.m.; Secret Storm, 3:30 p.m. WTVC (Chattanooga) All My Children, 1 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m.; One Life to Live, 3:30 p.m.; WQXI (Atlanta) One Life to Live, 11 am.; All My Children, 1 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m. March 1976 No ABC stations in this particular area were airing Edge of Night. Two stations moved Somerset. WJKS (Jacksonville FL) All My Children, 12:30 p.m.; Ryan's Hope, 1 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m.; One Life to Live, 3:30 p.m. WJXT (Jacksonville FL) Love of Life, 11:30 a.m.; Young and the Restless, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2:30 p.m. WTLV (Jacksonville FL) Somerset, 1 p.m., Days of Our Lives, 1:30 p.m.; The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m. Days pre-empted on March 8 for First Ladies Diaries. WSAV (Savannah) Somerset, 1 p.m.; Days of Our Lives, 1:30 p.m.; The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m. No Days pre-emption listed on chart. WTOC (Savannah) Love of Life, 11:30 a.m.; Young and the Restless, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2:30 p.m. WJCL (Savannah) All My Children, 12:30 p.m.; Ryan's Hope, 1 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m.; One Life to Live, 3:30 p.m. WALB (Albany) Days Of Our Lives, 1:30 p.m.; The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m.; Somerset, 4 p.m. Days pre-empted on March 8 for First Ladies Diaries. One station aired Mike Douglas instead of Edge of Night. The other ran the Mickey Mouse Club. December 1978 WSAV (Savannah), WTOC (Savannah) Days of Our Lives, 1:30 p.m.; The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m. WJXT (Jacksonville FL), WTLV (Jacksonville FL), WALB (Albany) Love of Life, 11:30 p.m.; Young and the Restless, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2:30 p.m. WJKS (Jacksonville FL) Ryan's Hope, 12:30 p.m.; All My Children, 1 p.m.; One Life to Live, 2 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m. Flintstones runs at 4 p.m. instead of Edge of Night. WJCL (Savannah) Ryan's Hope, 12:30 p.m.; All My Children, 1 p.m.; One Life to Live, 2 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m.; 4 p.m. Edge of Night July 1980 WRBL (Columbus), WCTV (Tallahassee FL) Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; Young and the Restless, 1 p.m.; As the World Turns, 2 p.m.; Guiding Light, 3 p.m. WTVM (Columbus) Ryan's Hope, 12:30 p.m.; All My Children, 1 p.m.; One Life to Live, 2 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m.; Edge of Night, 4 p.m. WALB (Albany) and WYEA (Columbus) Days of Our Lives, 1 p.m.; The Doctors, 2 p.m.; Another World, 2:30 p.m.

I probably have 2-3 more listings for some of these channels, but I know of a few free newspaper listings sites from the south that will have other grids. December 1959 WCTV does not run a full soap schedule. WSB (Atlanta) and WALB (Albany) Young Dr. Malone, 3 p.m.; From These Roots, 3:30 p.m.; House on High Street, 4 p.m. WJXT (Jacksonville FL) Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 12:45 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; For Better For Worse, 2 p.m.; The Brighter Day, 4 p.m.; Secret Storm, 4:15 p.m.; Edge of Night, 4:30 p.m. WCTV (Tallahassee FL) Love of Life, noon; For Better For Worse, 2 p.m.; The Brighter Day, 4 p.m.; Secret Storm, 4:15 p.m. Popeye Theatre ran in place of Edge of Night. "Rural Report" was in place of Search and GL. August 1961 WCTV was getting closer, but still not running a full CBS soap schedule. WSB (Atlanta) and WALB (Albany) Young Dr. Malone, 3 p.m.; From These Roots, 3:30 p.m. WJXT (Jacksonville FL) Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 12:45 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; The Brighter Day, 4 p.m.; Secret Storm, 4:15 p.m.; Edge of Night, 4:30 p.m. WCTV (Tallahassee FL) Love of Life, noon; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Brighter Day, 4 p.m.; Secret Storm, 4:15 p.m.; Edge of Night, 4:30 p.m. Rural Report aired from 12:30-1 p.m. January 1962 Look who's now with (all) the program(s). Search for Tomorrow and Guiding Light are now airing on WCTV. Rural Report was moved to 1 p.m. WSB (Atlanta) and WALB (Albany) Young Dr. Malone, 3 p.m.; From These Roots, 3:30 p.m. WJXT (Jacksonville FL) and WCTV (Tallahassee FL) Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 12:45 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; The Brighter Day, 4 p.m.; Secret Storm, 4:15 p.m.; Edge of Night, 4:30 p.m. September 1962 WSB (Atlanta) and WALB (Albany) Young Dr. Malone, 3 p.m.; Our Five Daughters, 3:30 p.m. Our Five Daughters ended that month. WJXT (Jacksonville FL) and WCTV (Tallahassee FL) The Brighter Day, 11:30 a.m.; Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 12:45 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Secret Storm, 4 p.m.; Edge of Night, 4:30 p.m. The Brighter Day also went off the air at end of September. November 1964 WSB (Atlanta) and WALB (Albany) The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m. WJXT (Jacksonville FL) and WCTV (Tallahassee FL) Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 12:45 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Edge of Night, 3:30 p.m.; Secret Storm, 4 p.m.

Georgia stations, unless noted. October 1978 WXIA shifted some of its soaps to morning hours. WSB (Atlanta), WALB (Albany) Days of Our Lives, 1:30 p.m.; The Doctors, 2 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m. WRBL (Columbus), WTVY (Dothan AL), WCTV (Tallahassee FL), WMAZ (Macon) Love of Life, 11:30 a.m.; Young and the Restless, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2:30 p.m. WTVM (Columbus) Ryan's Hope, 12:30 p.m.; All My Children, 1 p.m.; One Life to Live, 2 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m.; Edge of Night, 4 p.m. WXIA (Atlanta) General Hospital, 9:30 a.m.; Edge of Night, 10:30 a.m.; Ryan's Hope, 12:30 p.m.; All My Children, 1 p.m.; One Life to Live, 2 p.m. November 1974 WXIA has another time adjustment. WRLB (Columbus), WTVY (Dothan AL), WCTV (Tallahassee FL) Love of Life, 11:30 a.m.; Young and the Restless, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2 p.m.; Edge of Night, 2:30 p.m. WMAZ (Macon) also ran General Hospital at 9:30 a.m. in addition to the standard CBS soap schedule. WTVM (Columbus) All My Children, 1 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m.; One Life to Live, 3:30 p.m. WALB (Albany) Days of Our Lives, 2 p.m.; The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m.; How to Survive a Marriage, 3:30 p.m.; Somerset, 4 p.m. WXIA (Atlanta) One Life to Life, 11 a.m.; All My Children, 1 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m. August 1976 WRLB (Columbus), WTVY (Dothan AL), WCTV (Tallahassee FL) Love of Life, 11:30 a.m.; Young and the Restless, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2:30 p.m. WTVM (Columbus) All My Children, 12:30 p.m.; Ryan's Hope, 1 p.m.; One Life to Live, 2:30 p.m.; General Hospital, 3:30 p.m.; Edge of Night, 4 p.m. WALB (Albany) Days of Our Lives, 1:30 p.m.; The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m.; Somerset, 4 p.m. WXIA (Atlanta) Edge of Night 11 a.m.; All My Children, 12:30 p.m.; Ryan's Hope, 1 p.m.; One Life to Live, 2:30 p.m.; General Hospital, 3:30 p.m. WMAZ (Macon) ran a standard CBS soap schedule in August 1976, with General Hospital at 9:30 a.m. General Hospital was not listed on WMAZ TV schedules I have for September 1976.

Yep. WALB went on the air in 1954. It's still the flagship station of southwestern Georgia. It was the first station in the area, though on a good day the WJXT signal would carry that far. WCTV began airing in 1955. A couple more for the night. December 1971 Georgia stations, unless noted. CBS affiliates WRBL (Columbus), WTVY (Dothan AL), WJXT (Jacksonville FL), WCTV (Tallahassee FL) and WMAZ (Macon) all run the same soap schedule: Love of Life, 11:30 a.m.; Where the Heart Is (noon); Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Love is a Many Splendored Thing, 2 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2:30 p.m.; Secret Storm, 3 p.m.; Edge of Night, 3:30 p.m. WTVM (Columbus): All My Children, 1 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m.; One Life to Live, 3:30 p.m. WALB (Albany): Days of Our Lives, 2 p.m.; The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m., Bright Promises, 3:30 p.m.; Somerset, 4 p.m. October 1969 It looks like the area finally got a real ABC affiliate in 1969. Primary CBS station WMAZ actually used a bit of its secondary ABC affiliation. WRBL, WTVY, WJXT, WCTV and WMAZ all ran this schedule: Love of Life, 11:30 a.m.; Where the Heart Is, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Love is a Many Splendored Thing, 2 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2:30 p.m.; Secret Storm, 3 p.m.; Edge of Night, 3:30 p.m. WMAZ (Macon) additionally ran Dark Shadows at 4 p.m. WTVM (Columbus): The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m.; One Life to Live, 3:30 p.m.; Dark Shadows, 4 p.m. WALB (Albany): Days of Our Lives, 2 p.m.; The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m. Instead of Bright Promise at 3:30, WALB ran You Don't Say in that slot.

September 1963 No ABC stations in the area. WJXT was CBS, but had a secondary ABC affiliation at this time. It did not run ABC soaps. WCTV (also CBS) also had a secondary ABC affiliation, but was not running a full slate of CBS soaps, much less anything of ABC. WJXT (Jacksonville FL): Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 12:45 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Edge of Night, 3:30 p.m.; Secret Storm, 4 p.m. WCTV (Tallahassee FL): Love of Life, noon; Guiding Light, 12:45 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Edge of Night, 3:30 p.m.; Secret Storm, 4 p.m. WCTV aired a CBS news program at 12:30. WALB (Albany): The Doctors, 2:30 p.m. August 1960 ABC affiliations work the same way in 1960 as they do in 1963. WCTV and WJXT both have secondary affiliations behind CBS, but aren't using soap programming from them. WCTV ran even less of the CBS soap schedule at this time. WJXT (Jacksonville FL): Clear Horizon, 11:30 a.m.; Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 12:45 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:45 p.m.; Full Circle, 2 p.m.; The Brighter Day, 4 p.m.; Secret Storm, 4:15 p.m.; Edge of Night, 4:30 p.m. WCTV (Tallahassee FL): Far Horizon*, 11:30 a.m.; Love of Life, noon; Full Circle, 2 p.m.; The Brighter Day, 4 p.m.; Secret Storm, 4:15 p.m. * Misprint of Clear Horizon? WALB (Albany): Young Dr. Malone, 3 p.m.; From These Roots, 3:30 p.m.

I have a handful of southern Georgia TV grids I'll flip through. I don't know standard air times for everyone, so I'll list everyone the grid. August 1975 WMAZ (Macon): General Hospital, 9:30 a.m.; Love of Live, 11:30 a.m.; Young and the Restless, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2 p.m.; Edge of Night, 2:30 p.m. WRLB (Columbus): Love of Life, 11:30 a.m.; Young and the Restless, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2 p.m.; Edge of Night, 2:30 p.m. WCTV (Tallahassee FL): Love of Life, 11:30 a.m.; Young and the Restless, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2 p.m.; Edge of Night, 2:30 p.m. WTVY (Dothan AL)*: Love of Life, 11:30 a.m.; Young and the Restless, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2 p.m.; Edge of Night, 2:30 p.m. WAGA (Atlanta): Love of Life, 11:30 a.m. No other soaps listed on afternoon grid, but nothing else was listed in those slots, either. WSB (Atlanta): Days of Our Lives, 1:30 p.m.; Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m. No other soaps listed on afternoon grid, but nothing else was listed in those slots, either. WTVM (Columbus): All My Children, 12:30 p.m.; Ryan's Hope, 1 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m.; One Life to Live, 3:30 p.m. WALB (Albany): Days of Our Lives, 1:30 p.m.; Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m.; Somerset, 4 p.m. WQXI (Atlanta): All My Children, 12:30 p.m.; Ryan's Hope, 1 p.m.; General Hospital, 3 p.m.; One Life to Live, 3:30 p.m. * WTVY is Central Time. Everyone is Eastern. Don't know if Dothan was showing these at the times listed for Eastern or Central time zones. September 1968 Southern Georgia apparently could not pick up ABC over the air at this time. Their ABC coverage was a bit iffy until 1982 when the area actually got an ABC affiliate. WRBL (Columbus): Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Love is a Many Splendoured Thing, 2 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2:30 p.m.; Secret Storm, 3 p.m.; Edge of Night, 3:30 p.m. WTVY (Dothan AL): Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Love is a Many Splendoured Thing, 2 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2:30 p.m.; Secret Storm, 3 p.m.; Edge of Night, 3:30 p.m. WTVY times are for the Central Time Zone. WJXT (Jacksonville FL): Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Love is a Many Splendoured Thing, 2 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2:30 p.m.; Secret Storm, 3 p.m.; Edge of Night, 3:30 p.m. WCTV (Tallahassee FL): Love of Life, noon; Search for Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.; As the World Turns, 1:30 p.m.; Love is a Many Splendoured Thing, 2 p.m.; Guiding Light, 2:30 p.m.; Secret Storm, 3 p.m.; Edge of Night, 3:30 p.m. WALB (Albany): Days of Our Lives, 2 p.m.; The Doctors, 2:30 p.m.; Another World, 3 p.m. I'll dig up more of these if anyone's curious.

My area did not get ABC until 1982. About 12 years later, the station went dark. I don't know if basic cable carried another ABC affiliate. Satellite dish people could get ABC, but only if they asked for a waiver, which gave them a New York affiliate. NBC was that station here. It was the only one that provided local news coverage. I think that does have something to do with NBC soaps' popularity in the area. I only knew of one person who watched Y&R. Everybody watched Days of Our Lives. I was told a story that local teachers were sneaking in at recess to watch Days on a classroom TV during the Salem Strangler storyline.

When Days decided to kill off Emma a scant three years later, they pretty much used the same speech again. Her living situation was similar, too, with Alex being involved.

There is stuff out there. I was recently asked to convert some relatives' home movies to DVD. Thing is, most of the VHS tapes from the aunt's home were unlabeled and her kids threw every one of them in a box, labeled or not. While most are events like Little Mary's first Christmas, 4-5 tapes were exclusively taped from TV. Among the bounty are two episodes of Knots Landing from either 1986 or 1987 and two episodes of Another World from December 1987.

I'm assuming it's Days Downunder. Only bits and pieces are still operational on Internet Archive, but it seems to fit the bill.

The Internet Archive generally goes back to 1996. Here is the first daytime homepage archived from CBS, from December 1996. Y&R homepage, from the same date. SoapCity, which also had a ton of good stuff back in the day, dates back to 1998 on the Internet Archive. If you play around with the Internet Archive saved stuff from the early 2000s from CBS, you'll run into some issues with the programming language used on the site - some links just won't go anywhere because the whole script didn't save or doesn't translate. You have to horse around and find a link to something else in that section to be able to dig through it. It's also extremely rare for videos to have survived from that time period. EDIT: The .avi video linked in that initial Y&R link actually does work. The video codec isn't installed on my computer, but the audio does play.

Tribes can be found on a certain video site. Most, if not all the episodes seem to be available.

Fox did run Tribes in 1990.

Music rights are very difficult to negotiate. It took years before WKRP in Cincinnati had a proper release. Then you also have the consider proper compensation for everyone involved with the show. B&B seems to have figured something out with their (foreign only?) DVD releases, but I doubt that soap contracts had many lines about rebroadcast. SoapNet probably forced some changes. I think the greatest possibility is a streaming service, but whether it's worth the time and energy for compensation, plus the hassle of distribution as compared to the amount of subscribers it would actually get remains to be seen. I would imagine that most if not all the remaining soaps have investigated it to some extent. Right now, I'd settle for soap mags to be digitized.