From TV Guide Georgia (Atlanta) edition. I'm
assuming that Channels 8, 15, 18, 30, and 45
had in-school programming during the day.
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
6:20 Town And Country
6:25 Farm News
6:30 Take As Directed (documentary about
the pharmaceutical industry)
7 AM Today
9 AM Today In Georgia
9:30 Monday News Conference (the rest
of the week Today In Georgia ran
until 10)
10 AM Dinah's Place
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Sale Of The Century
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N News
12:30 Mike Douglas
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World/Bay City
3:30 Bright Promise
4 PM Another World/Somerset
4:30 Truth Or Consequences
5 PM Perry Mason
6 PM News
7 PM NBC News
7:30 Red Skelton
8 PM Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In
9 PM Movie: "Botany Bay"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show (Sammy Davis Jr.
subs for Johnny)
WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
7 AM Today
9 AM Steve Allen
10:20 Fashions In Sewing
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Sale Of The Century
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Who, What Or Where Game
12:55 NBC News--Floyd Kalber
1 PM Bulletin
1:30 Words And Music
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World/Bay City
3:30 Bright Promise
4 PM Another World/Somerset
4:30 Movie: TBA
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Truth Or Consequences
7:30 Red Skelton
8 PM Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In
9 PM NBC Movie: "Eye Of The Cat"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
6 AM Sunrise Semester
6:30 University Of Georgia
7 AM CBS News--John Hart
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Beverly Hillbillies
9:30 Family Affair
10 AM The Lucy Show
10:30 Phil Donahue (WAGA and sister stations
WJBK Detroit and WJW Cleveland were
among the first non-Avco stations to
pick up Phil.)
11:30 Love Of Life
12 N News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Famous Jury Trials
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Gilligan's Island
4:30 David Frost (one-on-one with
Bill Cosby)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM News
7:30 Gunsmoke (episode directed by radio's
Matt Dillon, William Conrad, soon to
make his mark as Cannon)
8:30 Here's Lucy
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Carol Burnett
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Terrible People"
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta/
WDCO Ch. 15 Cochran/
WCLP Ch. 18 Chatsworth (PBS)
4:30 What's New
5 PM Sesame Street
6 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6:30 World History
7 PM Changing Community
7:30 Cesar's World (Cesar Romero hosts
a travelogue)
8 PM Music Of The 20th Century
8:30 Skiing (lesson on deep snow skiing)
9 PM The Corrupt City
10 PM World Press
11 PM Stardate
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7:30 Timmy And Lassie
8 AM Funtime
9 AM News
9:30 Galloping Gourmet
10 AM Movie: "Tops Is The Limit"
11:30 That Girl
12 N Bewitched
12:30 A World Apart
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 I Love Lucy
5 PM Real McCoys
5:30 News
6 PM ABC News
6:30 Big Valley
7:30 Young Lawyers
8:30 Silent Force
9 PM ABC Movie: "Spartacus"
(Part 2 of 2)
11 PM News
11:30 Dick Cavett
WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
7 AM Smokey Bear
7:30 Tubby And Lester
9 AM Romper Room
9:55 News
10 AM Movie: "A Private's Affair"
11:30 That Girl
12 N Bewitched
12:30 News
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 Movie: "Brushfire"
6 PM Dick Van Dyke
6:30 Hazel
(Nope, no news. ABC News begins airing
on Channel 11 Dec. 20, 1971; local news
on Sept. 18, 1972.)
7 PM What's My Line?
7:30 Young Lawyers
8:30 Silent Force
9 PM ABC Movie: "Spartacus" (Part
2 of 2)
11 PM News
11:30 Dick Cavett
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
6:25 Focus
6:55 Farm Report
7 AM CBS News
7:30 Morning Show
8:30 Romper Room
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Lucy Show
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Family Affair
11:30 Love Of Life
12 N News
12:20 Paul Harvey
12:25 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Peyton Place
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Gomer Pyle, USMC
4:30 Batman
5 PM Daniel Boone
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Dragnet
7:30 Gunsmoke
8:30 Here's Lucy
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Carol Burnett
11 PM News
11:30 Merv Griffin (still at CBS, but Ch. 12
would later run his syndicated show
for years at 4:30 PM)
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/ABC)
6:30 Cartoon Club
6:55 News
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM General Hospital
9:30 Bewitched
10 AM The Lucy Show
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Family Affair
11:30 Love Of Life
12 N Where The Heart Is
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Almanac
1:15 Date With Del
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5 PM Daniel Boone
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Truth Or Consequences
7:30 Gunsmoke
8:30 Here's Lucy
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Carol Burnett
11 PM News
11:30 Merv Griffin
WTCG (WTBS) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)
6:45 News
7 AM Popeye
7:30 Bugs Bunny
9 AM Banana Splits
9:30 Flintstones
10 AM Yogi Bear
10:30 Rocky And Bullwinkle
11 AM Lassie
11:30 Topper
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Who, What Or Where Game
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Movie: "The Thirteenth Guest"
3 PM Flintstones
3:30 Banana Splits
4 PM Gomer Pyle, USMC
4:30 Little Rascals
5 PM Batman
5:30 Spider-Man
6 PM Munsters
6:30 Get Smart
7 PM Petticoat Junction
7:30 It Takes A Thief
8:30 Dragnet
9 PM NBC Movie: "Eye Of The Cat"
11 PM M Squad
11:30 Merv Griffin
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (PBS)
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Here Comes Music
6 PM Film
6:30 Course Of Our Times
7 PM Antiques
7:30 Monday News Conference (taped
from Ch. 2)
8 PM World Press
9 PM It's Your City
sign off approximately 11 PM
WATL Ch. 36 Atlanta (Ind.)
2 PM Mantrap
2:30 Movie Game
3 PM King Kong (1966 animated show)
3:30 Lone Ranger (live action)
4 PM Marine Boy
4:30 Speed Racer
5 PM Ultraman
5:30 Superman
6 PM Lost In Space
7 PM Twilight Zone
7:30 Star Trek
8:30 Movie: "The Angry Breed"
10:30 Felony Squad
11 PM Can You Top This?
11:30 Movie: "Bird Of Paradise"
WCWB (WMGT) Ch. 41 Macon (NBC)
7 AM Today
8:30 Galloping Gourmet (yes, at the time
Ch. 41 carried Today for 90 minutes)
9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Dinah's Place
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Sale Of The Century
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Who, What Or Where Game
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Helen Popejoy
1:30 Words And Music
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World/Bay City
3:30 Bright Promise
4 PM Another World/Somerset
4:30 Movie Game
5 PM Gomer Pyle, USMC (a CBS show
pre-empted on Ch. 13)
5:30 News
6 PM Film
6:30 He Said! She Said!
7 PM NBC News
7:30 Red Skelton
8 PM Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In
9 PM NBC Movie: "Eye Of The Cat"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
WTCI Ch. 45 Chattanooga (PBS)
5 PM Sesame Street
6 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6:30 What's New
7 PM French Chef
7:30 Antiques
8 PM World We Live In
8:30 Nader Report
9 PM Assignment 45
don't know how long this last one was,
but sign off came right after
assuming that Channels 8, 15, 18, 30, and 45
had in-school programming during the day.
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
6:20 Town And Country
6:25 Farm News
6:30 Take As Directed (documentary about
the pharmaceutical industry)
7 AM Today
9 AM Today In Georgia
9:30 Monday News Conference (the rest
of the week Today In Georgia ran
until 10)
10 AM Dinah's Place
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Sale Of The Century
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N News
12:30 Mike Douglas
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World/Bay City
3:30 Bright Promise
4 PM Another World/Somerset
4:30 Truth Or Consequences
5 PM Perry Mason
6 PM News
7 PM NBC News
7:30 Red Skelton
8 PM Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In
9 PM Movie: "Botany Bay"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show (Sammy Davis Jr.
subs for Johnny)
WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
7 AM Today
9 AM Steve Allen
10:20 Fashions In Sewing
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Sale Of The Century
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Who, What Or Where Game
12:55 NBC News--Floyd Kalber
1 PM Bulletin
1:30 Words And Music
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World/Bay City
3:30 Bright Promise
4 PM Another World/Somerset
4:30 Movie: TBA
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Truth Or Consequences
7:30 Red Skelton
8 PM Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In
9 PM NBC Movie: "Eye Of The Cat"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
6 AM Sunrise Semester
6:30 University Of Georgia
7 AM CBS News--John Hart
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Beverly Hillbillies
9:30 Family Affair
10 AM The Lucy Show
10:30 Phil Donahue (WAGA and sister stations
WJBK Detroit and WJW Cleveland were
among the first non-Avco stations to
pick up Phil.)
11:30 Love Of Life
12 N News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Famous Jury Trials
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Gilligan's Island
4:30 David Frost (one-on-one with
Bill Cosby)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM News
7:30 Gunsmoke (episode directed by radio's
Matt Dillon, William Conrad, soon to
make his mark as Cannon)
8:30 Here's Lucy
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Carol Burnett
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Terrible People"
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta/
WDCO Ch. 15 Cochran/
WCLP Ch. 18 Chatsworth (PBS)
4:30 What's New
5 PM Sesame Street
6 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6:30 World History
7 PM Changing Community
7:30 Cesar's World (Cesar Romero hosts
a travelogue)
8 PM Music Of The 20th Century
8:30 Skiing (lesson on deep snow skiing)
9 PM The Corrupt City
10 PM World Press
11 PM Stardate
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7:30 Timmy And Lassie
8 AM Funtime
9 AM News
9:30 Galloping Gourmet
10 AM Movie: "Tops Is The Limit"
11:30 That Girl
12 N Bewitched
12:30 A World Apart
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 I Love Lucy
5 PM Real McCoys
5:30 News
6 PM ABC News
6:30 Big Valley
7:30 Young Lawyers
8:30 Silent Force
9 PM ABC Movie: "Spartacus"
(Part 2 of 2)
11 PM News
11:30 Dick Cavett
WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
7 AM Smokey Bear
7:30 Tubby And Lester
9 AM Romper Room
9:55 News
10 AM Movie: "A Private's Affair"
11:30 That Girl
12 N Bewitched
12:30 News
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 Movie: "Brushfire"
6 PM Dick Van Dyke
6:30 Hazel
(Nope, no news. ABC News begins airing
on Channel 11 Dec. 20, 1971; local news
on Sept. 18, 1972.)
7 PM What's My Line?
7:30 Young Lawyers
8:30 Silent Force
9 PM ABC Movie: "Spartacus" (Part
2 of 2)
11 PM News
11:30 Dick Cavett
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
6:25 Focus
6:55 Farm Report
7 AM CBS News
7:30 Morning Show
8:30 Romper Room
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Lucy Show
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Family Affair
11:30 Love Of Life
12 N News
12:20 Paul Harvey
12:25 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Peyton Place
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Gomer Pyle, USMC
4:30 Batman
5 PM Daniel Boone
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Dragnet
7:30 Gunsmoke
8:30 Here's Lucy
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Carol Burnett
11 PM News
11:30 Merv Griffin (still at CBS, but Ch. 12
would later run his syndicated show
for years at 4:30 PM)
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/ABC)
6:30 Cartoon Club
6:55 News
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM General Hospital
9:30 Bewitched
10 AM The Lucy Show
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Family Affair
11:30 Love Of Life
12 N Where The Heart Is
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Almanac
1:15 Date With Del
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5 PM Daniel Boone
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Truth Or Consequences
7:30 Gunsmoke
8:30 Here's Lucy
9 PM Mayberry R.F.D.
9:30 Doris Day
10 PM Carol Burnett
11 PM News
11:30 Merv Griffin
WTCG (WTBS) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)
6:45 News
7 AM Popeye
7:30 Bugs Bunny
9 AM Banana Splits
9:30 Flintstones
10 AM Yogi Bear
10:30 Rocky And Bullwinkle
11 AM Lassie
11:30 Topper
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Who, What Or Where Game
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Movie: "The Thirteenth Guest"
3 PM Flintstones
3:30 Banana Splits
4 PM Gomer Pyle, USMC
4:30 Little Rascals
5 PM Batman
5:30 Spider-Man
6 PM Munsters
6:30 Get Smart
7 PM Petticoat Junction
7:30 It Takes A Thief
8:30 Dragnet
9 PM NBC Movie: "Eye Of The Cat"
11 PM M Squad
11:30 Merv Griffin
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (PBS)
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Here Comes Music
6 PM Film
6:30 Course Of Our Times
7 PM Antiques
7:30 Monday News Conference (taped
from Ch. 2)
8 PM World Press
9 PM It's Your City
sign off approximately 11 PM
WATL Ch. 36 Atlanta (Ind.)
2 PM Mantrap
2:30 Movie Game
3 PM King Kong (1966 animated show)
3:30 Lone Ranger (live action)
4 PM Marine Boy
4:30 Speed Racer
5 PM Ultraman
5:30 Superman
6 PM Lost In Space
7 PM Twilight Zone
7:30 Star Trek
8:30 Movie: "The Angry Breed"
10:30 Felony Squad
11 PM Can You Top This?
11:30 Movie: "Bird Of Paradise"
WCWB (WMGT) Ch. 41 Macon (NBC)
7 AM Today
8:30 Galloping Gourmet (yes, at the time
Ch. 41 carried Today for 90 minutes)
9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Dinah's Place
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Sale Of The Century
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Who, What Or Where Game
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Helen Popejoy
1:30 Words And Music
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World/Bay City
3:30 Bright Promise
4 PM Another World/Somerset
4:30 Movie Game
5 PM Gomer Pyle, USMC (a CBS show
pre-empted on Ch. 13)
5:30 News
6 PM Film
6:30 He Said! She Said!
7 PM NBC News
7:30 Red Skelton
8 PM Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In
9 PM NBC Movie: "Eye Of The Cat"
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
WTCI Ch. 45 Chattanooga (PBS)
5 PM Sesame Street
6 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
6:30 What's New
7 PM French Chef
7:30 Antiques
8 PM World We Live In
8:30 Nader Report
9 PM Assignment 45
don't know how long this last one was,
but sign off came right after