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Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon Monday, October 23, 1961

From TV Guide, Georgia Edition:

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

6 AM Continental Classroom: Modern Algebra
(COLOR)
6:30 Continental Classroom: American Government
(Edward R. Murrow is guest speaker, discussing
the U.S. Information Agency's part in the ideological
struggle between East and West.) (COLOR)
7 AM Today (John Chancellor)
9 AM Today In Georgia
9:45 Debbie Drake (exercises, and even then--at age 6--
I thought she was hot!)
10 AM Say When!
10:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
11 AM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen) (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Movie: "Nob Hill"
2 PM Jan Murray (COLOR)
2:30 Loretta Young
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Kukla And Ollie (day-behind delay from 5 PM)
4:35 Dick Tracy (animated)
4:45 Rocky And His Friends
5 PM Popeye Club
6 PM Yogi Bear
6:30 News, Weather
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Death Valley Days
7:30 Joey Bishop (delay from Wed 8:30--Ch. 2 ran
"Shannon" with George Nader at that time)
8 PM National Velvet
8:30 Price Is Right (COLOR)
9 PM 87th Precinct (watch for Robert Lansing and
Norman Fell in this series)
10 PM Thriller (Boris Karloff)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:25 Movie: "Johnny Eager"

WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

6 AM Adult Reading
6:30 Continental Classroom (with Edward R. Murrow
as guest speaker) (COLOR)
7 AM Today
9 AM Classroom
9:30 Debbie Drake
9:45 News (local)
10 AM Say When!
10:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
11 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N Truth Or Consequences
12:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Ray Scherer)
1 PM Topper
1:30 Life Of Riley
2 PM Jan Murray (COLOR)
2:30 Loretta Young
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood (guest: John Gavin)
4:55 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
5 PM Kukla And Ollie
5:05 Alex And Elmer (local kids'/variety show)
5:50 Mr. Magoo
5:55 Wyatt Earp
6:25 News, Weather
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Trackdown
7:30 Shannon
8 PM National Velvet
8:30 Price Is Right (COLOR)
9 PM 87th Precinct
10 PM Thriller
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Jack Paar (Guests are Hans Conried and
Morris West, author of "The Devil's Advocate") (COLOR)

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

6:30 College Of The Air: "New Biology"
7 AM Video College
7:30 News, Cartoons
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (Skitch Henderson appears all week to
demonstrate different percussion instruments.)
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 Movie: "Tycoon" (Part 1) (this is not related to the Walter
Brennan 1964 series but is about an engineer who builds
a railroad tunnel through the Andes)
11 AM Divorce Court
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Life Of Riley
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Susie (Ann Sothern)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (designer Don Loper with
some of his creations)
3 PM Millionaire
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
3:55 CBS News (Charles Collingwood)
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Riverboat
6 PM Panorama News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Peter Gunn
7:30 To Tell The Truth (panel: Jayne Meadows, Johnny Carson,
Kitty Carlisle, Tom Poston)
8 PM Divorce Court
9 PM Danny Thomas (guest: Harry James)
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM Hennesey
10:30 I've Got A Secret (Joan Crawford has a secret for Betsy
Palmer, Bess Myerson, Henry Morgan, and Bill Cullen.)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:25 Movie: "Blood On The Sun" (James Cagney)

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)

6:30 Streamlined Reading
7 PM Growing South
7:30 Delinquency (how a disrupted home can create a
juvenile offender)
8 PM Call To A Nation (the English medical system is examined)
9:30 Insurance (life-insurance programs for three different income
brackets)
10 PM Nuclear Age (radiation medical treatments)
10:30 WGTV Special

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

8 AM Susie
8:30 Voice Of Faith
9 AM Fun Time
9:30 Romper Room
10:30 It's A Good Day
11 AM The Texan
11:30 Love That Bob!
12 N Camouflage
12:30 Make A Face (Bob Clayton, later host of
"Concentration" and announcer on "Pyramid")
1 PM Day In Court
1:25 ABC News (Joe Slattery, not to be confused with
Art Linkletter's announcer Jack Slattery, subs for
Alex Dreier.)
1:30 Art Tele-Class
2 PM Number Please (Bud Collyer)
2:30 Seven Keys
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
4:50 American Newsstand
5 PM Bob Brandy
6 PM News, Weather
6:30 Jeff's Collie
7 PM Flatt And Scruggs
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Rifleman
9 PM Surfside 6
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM ABC News (Ron Cochran, who will move to the
early slot early in 1962)
11:15 Man From Cochise

WLW-A (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)

7 AM School Days
7:30 Billy Johnson
9 AM Movie: "All By Myself" (nothing to do with the
Eric Carmen song)
11 AM The Texan
11:30 Love That Bob!
12 N Camouflage
12:30 Make A Face
1 PM Day In Court
1:25 ABC News
1:30 Burns And Allen
2 PM Number Please
2:30 Seven Keys
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
4:50 American Newsstand
5 PM Tombstone Territory
5:30 Movie: "Men Of Texas"
7 PM News, Weather, Sports
7:15 ABC News (anchor not given, could be
Don Goddard, Al Mann, or John Cameron
Swayze)
7:30 Cheyenne
8:30 Rifleman
9 PM Surfside 6
10 PM Ben Casey
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Jack Paar (not in color)

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

6:55 Daily Word
7 AM College Of The Air
7:30 R.F.D. 12
7:45 Bozo The Clown
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Parlons Francais (French lessons)
9:30 Woman's Whirl
10 AM Calendar (Harry Reasoner)
10:30 I Love Lucy (Ricky's going nuts waiting for
the results of his screen test.)
11 AM Video Village (Monty Hall)
11:30 Your Surprise Package (let's just say that host
George Fenneman was better as Groucho's
announcer-sidekick)
11:55 CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Lunch 'n Fun
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password (guests: Jayne Meadows and Bennett
Cerf--I wonder if, this particular week, the password
was "salmon" and the punning Cerf gave as his clue,
"Schuster")
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Millionaire
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
3:55 CBS News
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Movie: "Calcutta"
6:25 Sounding Board
6:30 News, Weather
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Mantovani (for all the Lawrence Welk and Liberace
lovers out there)
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Pete And Gladys ("December Bride" spinoff with Harry
Morgan and Cara Williams)
8:30 Window On Main Street (Robert Young's one failure,
between "Father Knows Best" and "Marcus Welby, M.D.")
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM Hennesey
10:30 I've Got A Secret
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Movie: "The Affairs Of Susan" (watch for Don DeFore in this one)

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

6:30 Continental Classroom (with Murrow) (COLOR)
7 AM College Of The Air
7:30 Almanac Newsreel
7:35 Hymn Time
7:45 Your Bible
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Action (with Doris Martin, I think this show morphed into
"Let's Talk It Over")
10 AM Calendar
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Video Village
11:30 Your Surprise Package
11:55 CBS News
12 N Love Of Life
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 Verdict Is Yours
3:55 CBS News
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Rescue 8
5:30 Whirlybirds
6 PM Highway Patrol
6:30 News, Weather
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Brothers Brannagan
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Pete And Gladys
8:30 Window On Main Street
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM Hennesey
10:30 I've Got A Secret
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Adventures In Paradise (ABC, delay from
Sun 10 PM)
 
Unbelievable that Channel 2, then the NBC affiliate in Atlanta, bumped Jack Paar for a local movie, thus allowing then-ABC affiliate Channel 11 to pick it up.
 
retrothoughts said:
Unbelievable that Channel 2, then the NBC affiliate in Atlanta, bumped Jack Paar for a local movie, thus allowing then-ABC affiliate Channel 11 to pick it up.

And to rub more salt in the would, apparently the WLWA channel 11 transmitter could not yet
pass color, even from a network.
 
My guess is that, after the disaster of "Tonight: America
After Dark" in 1957, Ch. 2 and a lot of other NBC affiliates
decided to do their own thing and shied away from Paar.
You'd think, given Paar's success, that Ch. 2 would eventually
have picked him up, but it didn't happen. Ch. 2 did carry
Johnny Carson from 1962 until the affiliation change in 1980,
when he moved to Ch. 11.
 
Macon sure was late getting on the TV train. Chattanooga had all 3 networks, Macon had one.
Looked up their populations in 1960..........metro Chattanooga had 279,000 and metro Macon had 178,000. Guess that 100K really made the difference.

I think metro Chattanooga is still about 100K above Macon today, but not sure.
 
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