Retro: Atlanta/Birmingham Monday, January 16, 1967

[bpatrick]

From the Atlanta Constitution and the Birmingham News.
Atlanta schedules are Eastern time, 7 AM-1 AM (sorry,
I don't have the educational stations); Birmingham schedules
are Central time, sign-on to sign-off.

ATLANTA

WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)

7 AM Today
9 AM Today In Georgia
9:30 Exercise With Gloria
10 AM Reach For The Stars
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Pat Boone Show
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N News
12:30 Movie: "The Night Of
January 16"
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say!
4 PM Match Game
4:25 NBC News
4:30 Popeye Club
5:30 Mr. Ed
6 PM News
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Something Special With
Patti Page
8 PM College Basketball: Georgia
Tech at Ohio State
10 PM Run For Your Life (time approximate)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show

WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)

7 AM Local And CBS News (CBS starts
at 7:05)
7:30 Mr. Pix
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Beverly Hillbillies (delay from 10:30 AM)
9:30 Andy Griffith (delay from 11 AM)
10 AM Dick Van dyke (delay from 11:30 AM)
10:30 Secret Storm (delay from 4 PM)
11 AM Don Barber Show (local)
11:30 Pete Brady (I suppose this is local as well)
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Matches 'n' Mates
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Mike Douglas
5 PM Movie: "The Man Inside"
6:30 CBS News
7 PM News
7:30 Gilligan's Island
8 PM Mr. Terrific
8:30 The Lucy Show
9 PM Andy Griffith Show
9:30 Family Affair
10 PM To Tell The Truth
10:30 I've Got A Secret
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Tijuana Story"

WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 (ABC)

8 AM Cartoon Carnival
9:30 Gale Storm Show
10 AM Girl Talk
10:30 Dateline: Atlanta
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N Donna Reed Show
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dream Girl Of '67
2:55 ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 The Nurses
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 Where The Action Is
5 PM News
5:30 ABC News (Peter Jennings--had
gone to 30 minutes the week before)
6 PM My Favorite Martian
6:30 Merv Griffin
7:30 Iron Horse
8:30 Rat Patrol
9 PM Felony Squad
9:30 Peyton Place
10 PM Big Valley
11 PM News
11:30 Cheyenne
sign off 12:30 AM

BIRMINGHAM

WBRC Ch. 6 (ABC, some CBS)

4:30 World Around Us
5 AM Christophers
5:30 Morning Devotional
5:35 Farm Market Report
5:50 Country Boy Eddie
7 AM Morning Show (Tom York,
Sharon Lacey)
8:30 Love Of Life (CBS, 11 AM)
8:55 News
9 AM Newlywed Game (delay from 1 PM)
9:30 Dark Shadows (delay from 3 PM)
10 AM Supermarket Sweep
10:30 Dating Game
11 AM Donna Reed Show
11:30 Father Knows Best
12 N Ben Casey
1 PM Secret Storm (CBS, 3 PM)
1:30 Dream Girl Of '67
1:55 ABC News
2 PM General Hospital
2:30 The Nurses
3 PM Bozo The Clown
3:25 Young People's World
3:30 Where The Action Is
4 PM Mike Douglas
5:10 Weather (Pat Gray)
5:15 ABC News (wonder if they taped
the 4:30 CST feed?)
5:45 News
6 PM The Tall Man
6:30 Iron Horse
7:30 Rat Patrol
8 PM Felony Squad
8:30 Peyton Place
9 PM Big Valley
10 PM Dick Powell Theater
11 PM News
11:05 Movie: "Suddenly"
12:30 News

WBIQ Ch. 10 (NET)

8:30 Primary Speech Improvement
8:45 Science 5
9:15 High School Biology
9:45 Language Arts
10 AM Inauguration Of Gov. Lurleen
Wallace (who would not survive
her term, she died of cancer in
1968)
3:30 Vocational Education (time approximate)
5 PM Flies High
5:30 I Hear Music
6 PM Musical Kaleidoscope
6:30 Today's Math
7 PM Animal Tracks
7:30 Alabama's Resources
8 PM Auburn Concert Hall
8:30 NET Journal
9:30 Aaron Copland
sign off after this

WAPI (WVTM) Ch. 13 (CBS/NBC)

6 AM Country Music Caravan
6:55 News (Dick Breit)
7 AM Today
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:30 Concentration
10 AM Inauguration Of Gov. Lurleen
Wallace (pre-empts Pat Boone
and Hollywood Squares)
11 AM Jeopardy!
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
11:45 Guiding Light
12 N News (Wendell Harris)
12:15 Mid-Day (Rosemary Lucas, Dick
Breit)
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Inauguration Of Gov. Lurleen
Wallace coverage continues
(pre-empts a movie and Edge
Of Night)
3 PM Art Linkletter's House Party (delay
from 1:30) (time approximate)
3:30 Popeye And Cousin Cliff
4:30 Country Music Caravan
5 PM News (Jim Kilpatrick)
5:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6 PM News
6:30 Gilligan's Island
7 PM Andy Griffith (delay from 8 PM)
7:30 The Lucy Show
8 PM The Road West
9 PM Run For Your Life
10 PM Carol Plus Two (delay from Sunday
8 PM)
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Gay Divorcee"
sign off 1:30 AM

WBMG (WIAT) Ch. 42 (CBS/NBC)

8:50 Moments Of Meditation
8:55 Community Leader Salute
9 AM Candid Camera
9:30 Beverly Hillbillies
10 AM Inauguration Of Gov. Lurleen
Wallace (pre-empts Andy Griffith,
Dick Van dyke, Gale Storm, Eye Guess,
NBC News at 11:55, Ann Sothern, Let's
Make A Deal, Days Of Our Lives, The Doctors,
Another World, You Don't Say!, Match Game,
and NBC News at 3:25)
3:30 Mr. Piper (time approximate)
4 PM Wild Bill Hickok
4:30 Dennis The Menace (Jay North)
5 PM Sgt. Jack
5:30 CBS News
6 PM News
6:30 The Monkees
7 PM I Dream Of Jeannie
7:30 Captain Nice
8 PM Run, Buddy, Run (last episode, must be a
two-week delay)
8:30 Family Affair
9 PM To Tell The Truth
9:30 I've Got A Secret (Woody Allen is the
celebrity guest)
10 PM News
10:30 Tonight Show (Bob Newhart subs for
Johnny)
12 M Community Leader Salute
12:05 Moments Of Meditation
sign off 12:10 AM

 

[oldiesfan6479]

BIRMINGHAM
WBMG (WIAT) Ch. 42 (CBS/NBC)
6:30 The Monkees
7 PM I Dream Of Jeannie
7:30 Captain Nice
8 PM Run, Buddy, Run (last episode, must be a
two-week delay)
8:30 Family Affair
9 PM To Tell The Truth
9:30 I've Got A Secret (Woody Allen is the
celebrity guest)

Agree with the Buddy synopsis as its LTC on CBS was January 2,
but let's go deeper.

Was channel 42 a bare-bones equipment operation at that time,
with minimal VTRs so it would be difficult to turn around a half-hour
show an hour later (7:00 CT feed time)? Or since they were running
NBC live at 7:00 they were unable (cost perhaps?) to get a second
Telco line for CBS. It's entirely possible they ran this on 16mm film,
using one the reduction print backups (to the 35mm primary) used by
CBS in NYC and TV City which were then bicycled around to affils
that, for whatever reason, couldn't clear it live or tape delay it.

 

[bpatrick]

Could be, but consider: two years later,
42 was running Ed Sullivan (CBS) live from 7-8
on Sunday nights, followed by The Mothers-
In-Law (NBC) at 8...and the same episode which
had just aired on the network at 7:30! Maybe
their equipment had improved by that time.

I think it's logical that CBS couldn't get
"Run, Buddy, Run" to 42 any sooner, but why
that one particular show, unless it was the
only one not cleared live on 42 (and I don't
have the schedules for the entire week)?

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Or since they were running NBC live at 7:00 they were unable (cost perhaps?)
to get a second Telco line for CBS.

I'm sure bpatrick understood where I was going with this in his response,
but for anyone else, a bit further clarification...

This would mean a higher cost to bring in two loops from the local AT&T
testboard at the same time, as opposed to (and I recall this being discussed
on earlier threads about stations with two net affiliations) one Telco line
which would be switched between nets by the testboard guy during a local
station break.

As "b" noted, this station was doing the "twin network feeds" two years later,
so perhaps by then either channel 42 was willing to shell out the $$$$ or
else AT&T offered them a "rent by the hour" deal on a second loop.

 

[rwells2265]

As "b" noted, this station was doing the "twin network feeds" two years later,
so perhaps by then either channel 42 was willing to shell out the $$$$ or
else AT&T offered them a "rent by the hour" deal on a second loop.

Good question. I seriously doubt that channel 42 had two loops. They barely had enough budget to cover paper clips, let alone an extra network line!

With all the B'ham stations atop Red Mountain (studios and tx), it's also possible that a single microwave hop existed between channels 13 and 42. I'm sure channel 13 had two AT&T feeds (seeing as how they were primary NBC and CBS and all) -- perhaps they fed 42 the network source it needed.

A former co-worker back in south Alabama used to work as an engineer at WBMG-42 in the late '60s/early '70s ... maybe he can shed some light.

--Russell