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Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon primetime Wednesday, October 31, 1962

I've posted daytime schedules for the region and era
ad nauseam, so here are some primetime schedules
(7 PM-sign off) from TV Guide, Georgia Edition:

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

7 PM Whirlybirds
7:30 The Tunnel (classic documentary about a
group of East German students who tunneled
their way to freedom under the Berlin Wall--
pre-empts "The Virginian")
9 PM Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (COLOR)
10 PM Eleventh Hour
11 PM Newsroom (John Palmer, later of NBC)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

7 PM Dragnet (the original Jack Webb/Ben Alexander
episodes--the ones with Harry Morgan didn't
start until 1967)
7:30 The Tunnel
9 PM Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (COLOR)
10 PM Eleventh Hour
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

7 PM The Rebel
7:30 CBS Reports: "The Seventh Crisis Of
Richard M. Nixon" (the title refers to
his book, "Six Crises," and deals with
his ultimately-unsuccessful run for
governor of California--"you won't have
Nixon to kick around anymore")
8:30 Dobie Gillis
9 PM Beverly Hillbillies (on its way to #1 if
it hasn't already gotten there)
9:30 Dick Van Dyke
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour (Eddie Albert in "A
Break In The Weather"--done live)
11 PM Panorama News
11:30 Movie: "Gung Ho!"

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)

7 PM Growing South
7:30 Time For Living
8 PM Turn Of The Century (ragtime pianist
Max Morath hosts, dressed in period
costume--1900, that is)
8:30 Crusade In The Pacific
9 PM Boston Pops (with Arthur Fiedler)
sign off 11 PM

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

7 PM Sports With Gus Chamberlain
7:30 Wagon Train (aired on ABC 1962-65,
and was 90 minutes in the 1963-64 season)
8:30 Going My Way (Gene Kelly takes the role of
Father O'Malley, made famous by Bing Crosby--
while the movie remains a classic, hardly anyone
remembers this show.)
9:30 Our Man Higgins
10 PM Naked City
11 PM ABC News (Bill Shadel)
11:10 Tallahassee 7000 (Walter Matthau's only series)
sign off 11:40 PM

WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)

7 PM NewsWatch
7:15 ABC News (Ron Cochran)
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Going My Way
9:30 Our Man Higgins
10 PM Naked City
11 PM NightWatch
11:25 Movie: "The Exile"

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

7 PM Deputy Dawg
7:30 CBS Reports
8:30 Dobie Gillis
9 PM Beverly Hillbillies
9:30 Dick Van Dyke
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "Waterloo Bridge"

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

7 PM Biography (Mike Wallace narrates
the story of FDR's presidency during
World War II.)
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Dobie Gillis
9 PM Beverly Hillbillies
9:30 Dick Van Dyke
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour
11 PM News, Weather
11:30 Movie: "Room In The House"
 
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