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Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon Monday, October 15, 1962

From TV Guide, Georgia Edition:

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

6 AM Continental Classroom: "Atomic
Age Physics"
6:30 Continental Classroom (COLOR):
"American Government" (Justice
William O. Douglas is guest speaker)
7 AM Today (Hugh Downs)
9 AM Today In Georgia
10 AM Say When (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
10:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR) (Gene Rayburn
begins two weeks as guest host. Robert Q.
Lewis will become the new permanent host,
as Merv Griffin has started a talk show on NBC.)
11 AM Price Is Right (COLOR) (Bill Cullen)
11:30 Concentration (Hugh Downs is doing both this and
the "Today" show.)
12 N News
12:15 Movie: "The Hasty Heart" (Ronald Reagan stars in
this one.)
2 PM Merv Griffin (COLOR)
2:55 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 Young Dr. Malone
4 PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Rocky And His Friends
4:45 Popeye Club (Officer Don Kennedy)
6 PM Yogi Bear
6:30 News, Weather
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Death Valley Days
7:30 It's A Man's World (Ted Bessell was one
of the stars of this comedy-drama about
a bunch of college guys living on a houseboat.)
8:30 Saints And Sinners
9:30 Price Is Right (COLOR)
10 PM David Brinkley's Journal (COLOR)
10:30 Stump The Stars (I always thought Do You Trust
Your Wife? in 1956-57 was the only CBS show WSB
ever carried, but it turns out there was another, and
this is it. This is from the period when Pat Harrington
Jr., rather than Mike Stokey, hosted.)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR) (Johnny Carson has taken over
by now.)

WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

6 AM Adult Reading
6:30 Continental Classroom (COLOR)
7 AM Today
9 AM Today With Morris
9:30 Local Classroom
10 AM Say When (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
11 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N Your First Impression
12:30 Truth Or Consequences (Bob Barker)
12:55 NBC News (Ray Scherer)
1 PM WRGP Bulletin
1:30 Best Of Groucho
2 PM Merv Griffin (COLOR)
2:55 NBC News
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 Young Dr. Malone
4 PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood (Jeanne Cagney, James's sister
and Jack Bailey's assistant on "Queen For A Day,"
is interviewed by Helen O'Connell. Jack Linkletter
co-hosts this show.)
4:55 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
5 PM Cartoons
5:25 Brave Stallion
5:55 Bat Masterson
6:25 News, Weather
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM The Pioneers (selected "Death Valley Days" reruns)
7:30 It's A Man's World
8:30 Saints And Sinners
9:30 Price Is Right (COLOR)
10 PM David Brinkley's Journal (COLOR)
10:30 Best Of The Post
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

5:55 Daily Word
6 AM College Of The Air (will become "Sunrise
Semester" in 1963)
6:30 Writing Workshop
7 AM News, Weather
7:20 Cartoons
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM B'wana Don
9:30 Jack LaLanne
10 AM Movie: "The March Hare"
11:30 Pete And Gladys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Best Of Groucho
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Ann Sothern (no doubt her 1958-61 series)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Millionaire (the check goes to a widow who
decides to take her daughter on a cruise)
3:30 To Tell The Truth (Bud Collyer)
3:55 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Sea Hunt
5:30 Highway Patrol
6 PM Panorama News
6:30 Amos 'n' Andy (Ch. 5 has started pre-empting
Walter Cronkite and will do so for about four years.)
7 PM Beachcomber
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM I've Got A Secret (Garry Moore, who will later host
"To Tell The Truth")
8:30 The Lucy Show
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith (introduction of Mayor Roy Stoner, who
constantly criticizes Andy's methods)
10 PM New Loretta Young Show (here she's the widowed mother
of a large family of kids)
10:30 Communism
11 PM Panorama News
11:30 Movie: "The Fallen Sparrow"

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)

6:30 American Economy
7 PM Growing South
7:30 Ballet de France
7:45 Images Of Art
8 PM Basic Issues Of Man
8:30 Four Teachers
9:30 Robert Herridge Theater
10 PM Scored For Three
sign off after this

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

9 AM Funtime
9:30 Romper Room
10:15 Upward Look
10:30 It's A Good Day
10:45 News
11 AM Tennessee Ernie Ford
11:30 Yours For A Song (Bert Parks's last
game show, unless you count the
"Hollywood Squares" pilot)
12 N Jane Wyman
12:30 Camouflage (Don Morrow)
12:55 ABC News (Alex Dreier)
1 PM Man From Cochise
1:30 Chattanooga Schools
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Seven Keys
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust? (Woody Woodbury has
replaced Johnny Carson, and the show has
started its slide off the ABC schedule.)
4 PM American Bandstand (Dick Clark welcomes
back some of the kids who danced on the
show in its earlier years.)
4:30 Discovery '62
4:55 American Newsstand
5 PM Bob Brandy
6 PM ABC News (Ron Cochran)
6:15 News, Weather
6:30 Jeff's Collie
7 PM Flatt And Scruggs
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Rifleman
9 PM Stoney Burke (Jack Lord as a rodeo performer)
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM ABC News (Bill Shadel)
11:10 The Falcon (mystery, not Atlanta football)
sign off after this

WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)

7:30 Thoughts For Today
7:35 News, Weather
7:45 Light Time
8 AM School Days: "Math"
8:30 Billy Johnson
9:30 Snooky Lanson
11 AM Tennessee Ernie Ford
11:30 Yours For A Song
12 N Jane Wyman
12:30 Camouflage
12:55 ABC News
1 PM Star Performance
1:30 Burns And Allen
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Seven Keys
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
4:30 Discovery '62
4:55 American Newsstand
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club (the original)
5:30 Movie: "The Secret Of St. Ives"
7 PM News, Weather, Sports
7:15 ABC News
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Rifleman
9 PM Stoney Burke
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "Adventures In Silverado"

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

6:55 Daily Word
7 AM College Of The Air
7:30 Country Show
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Woman's Whirl
9:20 Morning Stretch
9:30 Reading For Fun
10 AM Calendar (Harry Reasoner)
10:30 I Love Lucy (Lucy gets her head stuck
in a loving cup.)
11 AM Real McCoys
11:30 Pete And Gladys
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 (the battle of the Hendersons--
Florence and Skitch)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Millionaire
3:30 To Tell The Truth
3:55 CBS News
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Movie: "Mister 880"
6:25 Sounding Board
6:30 News, Weather
6:45 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Yogi Bear
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM I've Got A Secret
8:30 The Lucy Show
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM New Loretta Young Show
10:30 Stump The Stars
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "Two Years Before The Mast"

WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)

6:30 College Of The Air
7 AM Cartoons
7:30 Almanac Newsreel
7:35 Hymn Time
7:45 Your Bible
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Dr. Joyce Brothers
9:15 Debbie Drake
9:30 Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal
10 AM Calendar
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Real McCoys
11:30 Pete And Gladys
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
3 PM Millionaire
3:30 To Tell The Truth
3:55 CBS News
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Fair Exchange (Judy Carne made her
debut in this sitcom, originally an hour
long, as a British teenager come to live
in the States while her American counterpart
goes to London; their fathers are old Army
buddies. Delay from Friday 9:30.)
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:45 CBS News
7 PM State Trooper
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM I've Got A Secret
8:30 The Lucy Show
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM New Loretta Young Show
10:30 Stump The Stars
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Movie: "The Brave Don't Cry"
 
bp, any idea who anchored the local newscasts? I wonder in particular about WSB, especially if one believes the claims that it has always come out on top in terms of Atlanta-area ratings. WMAZ, of course, had Middle Georgia all to itself until 1968, and my guess is that WDEF led the Chattanooga market.
 
I know that Ray Moore, an Atlanta legend first at WSB,
then at WAGA, anchored Ch. 2's noon newscast; Paul
Shields (who was still at Ch. 5 when I was at UGA in
the '70s) was one anchor at WAGA (Jim Axel may have
been another), and at Ch. 9 was somebody named Jim
Johnson. Those are the only anchors I'm sure about,
although I think Tom Snyder was at Ch. 11 about this time.
 
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