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Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon Monday, April 11, 1966

From TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

6:20 Encyclopaedia Britannica
6:50 Town And Country
6:55 Farm News (Ronnie Stephens)
7 AM Today (A.E. Hotchner discusses his biography of
Ernest Hemingway.) (c)
9 AM Today In Georgia (c)
9:30 Bonnie Prudden (exercises)
10 AM Eye Guess (c)
10:25 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Morning Star (c)
11:30 Paradise Bay (c)
12 N News (Hal Suit) (c)
12:15 Movie: "Violent Road" (Brian Keith, from '58)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (c)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (Donna Loren, Brian Kelly) (c)
4 PM Match Game (Lee Remick, Abe Burrows) (c)
4:25 News, Weather
4:30 Popeye Club (c)
5:30 Yogi Bear (c)
6 PM News (Ray Moore, Fred Briggs) (c)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (c)
7 PM Hank (delay from Fri 8 PM) (c)
7:30 Hullabaloo (Paul Anka hosts; the Cyrkle, Lesley Gore,
Peter and Gordon) (c)
8 PM John Forsythe Show (c)
8:30 Dr. Kildare (c)
9 PM Andy Williams (Maureen O'Hara, Henry Mancini, Don Adams)
(c)
10 PM Run For Your Life (c)
11 PM Newsroom (Tom Brokaw--yes, the same; he'd be leaving soon
for KNBC when WSB couldn't match its offer) (c)
11:30 Tonight Show (Woody Allen is guest) (c)

WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

7 AM Today (c)
9 AM Girl Talk (Joyce Brothers, Lois Wyse, Alice Buchner--I have
no idea who the last two are)
9:30 Science
10 AM Eye Guess (c)
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Morning Star (c)
11:30 Paradise Bay (c)
12 N Jeopardy! (c)
12:30 Let's Play Post Office (c)
12:55 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
1 PM WRCB Bulletin
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (c)
1:55 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (c)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (c)
4 PM Match Game (c)
4:25 NBC News (Nancy Dickerson)
4:30 Superman
5 PM Rifleman
5:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report (c)
7 PM M Squad
7:30 Hullabaloo (c)
8 PM John Forsythe Show (c)
8:30 Dr. Kildare (c)
9 PM Andy Williams (c)
10 PM Run For Your Life (c)
11 PM Bulletin (Gray/Chamberlain)
11:30 Tonight Show (c)

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

6:10 Daily Word
6:15 Sunrise Semester: "Classical Myths"
6:45 Emory University
7 AM News, Weather
7:05 CBS News (Mike Wallace, R.I.P.)
7:30 News, Editorial
7:35 Cartoon Clubhouse
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Real McCoys (day-behind from 10:30 AM)
9:30 Andy Griffith (day-behind from 11 AM)
10 AM Dick Van Dyke (day-behind from 11:30 AM)
10:30 Mike Douglas (co-hostess Bette Davis; Phil Ford and
Mimi Hines, Roger Miller, Tab Hunter)
11:55 Weather (Eleanor Knight, who had been Ch. 11's first
of several weathergirls a couple of years earlier)
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (anchor not given)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM December Bride
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password (Barbara Feldon, Jerry Vale)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (guest is Aldo Ray) (c)
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Lloyd Thaxton (guests: the Jimmy Smith Trio)
5:30 Movie: "Desperate Search"
7 PM Panorama News (Paul Shields)
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM I've Got A Secret (celebrity guest is George Segal)
8:30 The Lucy Show (guest: Danny Thomas) (c)
9 PM Andy Griffith (c)
9:30 Hazel (c)
10 PM Talent Scouts (presenters: Bea Benaderet (with singers
Larry and Cathy Barnes), Forrest Tucker (comic Jack Denton),
Rod Serling (singer Battista Locatelli), host Art Linkletter (harpist
Gloria Tracy) (c)
11 PM Panorama (Jim Axel, someone named Psenka whom I don't recall)
11:30 Movie: "Plunder Road" (released in 1958, the same year as "Thunder Road,"
but that's where the resemblance ends)

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens (NET)
TV Guide doesn't indicate if there was any in-school programming so I'm going
from the first listed program.

5:30 What's New
6 PM B'wana Don In Jungle-La
6:30 Breakthru (religious program)
7 PM Growing South
7:30 America's Crises (second of four programs on urban crime, police protection,
and juvenile offenders)
8:30 Koltanowski On Chess (the career of American chess master Paul Murphy)
9 PM Movie: "The Gold Of Naples" (from '55: four stories dealing with life in Naples--
"The Racketeer," "Pizza On Credit" (an early role for Sophia Loren), "The Gambler,"
"Theresa")

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

7:45 Upward Look
8 AM Jack LaLanne
8:30 Focus
9 AM Funtime
10 AM Mike Douglas (Kay Starr is co-hostess; fashion designer Mr. Blackwell,
the Rev. Richard Gilbert)
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N Donna Reed
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM Confidential For Women
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News (Marlene Sanders)
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 The Nurses
4 PM Never Too Young
4:25 Arlene Dahl's Beauty Spot (c)
4:30 Where The Action Is (James Brown, Mickey Rooney Jr.)
5 PM Bob Brandy
5:30 Yogi Bear
6 PM 77 Sunset Strip
7 PM ABC News (Bob Young subs for Peter Jennings)
7:15 Newswatch (Gil Norwood, not to be confused with WLOS's
Bill Norwood)
7:30 Movie: "Hell And High Water" (c)
9:30 Peyton Place
10 PM The Avengers
11 PM Newswatch
11:15 Movie: "A Swirl Of Glory"

WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)

8 AM Cartoon Carnival
9 AM Movie: "5000 Fingers Of Dr. T"
10:30 Selected Short Subjects (it would be interesting to know
what these were)
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Dating Game
12 N Donna Reed
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM Confidential For Women
2:30 A Time For Us
2:55 ABC News
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 The Nurses
4 PM Never Too Young
4:25 Arlene Dahl's Beauty Spot (c)
4:30 Merv Griffin (Carol Burnett, Xavier Cugat with Charo,
comic B.S. Pulley)
6 PM Cheyenne
7 PM ABC News
7:15 News Watch (note the difference in labeling from Ch. 9)
(Bill Buckner)
7:30 Movie: "The Kid From Left Field"
9:30 Peyton Place
10 PM The Avengers
11 PM Night Watch (Daugherty, don't remember his first name)
11:25 Movie: "I Bombed Pearl Harbor"

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

6:25 Daily Word
6:30 Sunrise Semester
7 AM News, Weather
7:05 CBS News
7:30 Morning Show
8:30 Time For Music (educational)
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Lunch'n Fun
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (c)
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Movie: "Harem Girl"
6 PM News (Dave Patterson)
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite) (c)
7 PM Marshal Dillon
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM I've Got A Secret
8:30 The Lucy Show (c)
9 PM Andy Griffith (c)
9:30 Hazel (c)
10 PM Talent Scouts (c)
11 PM News (Harve Bradley)
11:20 Movie: "The Flying Fontaines" (c)

WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/ABC)

6:30 Cartoon Club
7 AM News, Weather
7:05 CBS News
7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Doris And David (Doris is Doris Martin, don't know
who David is)
9:30 Stan Carey (music)
9:45 Imperials (gospel music)
10 AM I Love Lucy
10:30 Real McCoys
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van Dyke
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Almanac
1:15 Date With Del
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (c)
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Where The Action Is (same as Ch. 9)
5 PM Maverick
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:30 CBS News (c)
7 PM Bat Masterson
7:30 Tightrope!
8 PM I've Got A Secret
8:30 The Lucy Show (c)
9 PM Andy Griffith (c)
9:30 Hazel (c)
10 PM The FBI (ABC, delay from Sun 8 PM, not in color)
11 PM 11th Hour Report
11:30 Roaring 20's
 
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