Some time last year I attempted to make a similar tool. I was able to retrieve comments that had been deleted in the requests so I suspect that there is a "display flag" of sorts that is checked against.
You actually meant your local TV listings! I thought there was a TV listings section in the article, lol. I was confused as to how WKRP could've been in the public domain.
They were known in the 90's for insuring pro wrestlers bodies if they were injured to the point that they could no longer perform. It was pretty common to hear about a wrestler retiring with a "Lloyds settlement".