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Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon Saturday, April 22, 1972

From TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:

Apollo 16: if everything is on schedule, the astronauts
will begin their final lunar exploration at 5:19 PM and will
no doubt pre-empt regular programming.

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

7 AM Astroboy
7:30 Kimba, The White Lion
8 AM Popeye Club
9 AM Woody Woodpecker
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Jetsons
10:30 Barrier Reef
11 AM Take A Giant Step (E.G. Marshall joins a discusssion
on mind, body, and soul: a teenager tells how he kicked
his drug habit, how cats keep fit, music from Brewer and
Shipley (of "One Toke Over The Line" fame))
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 High Speed Living (profile of Andy Granatelli)
1 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
1:15 Baseball: Pirates-Phillies
4 PM Sports Action Pro-File (skier Spider Sabich--isn't he the one
Claudine Longet supposedly murdered? time approximate)
4:30 Sports Challenge (Len Dawson, Otis Taylor, and Willie Lanier
vs. Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick, and Paul Warfield)
5 PM Then Came Bronson (guest: Keenan Wynn)
6 PM News (John Pruitt)
6:30 NBC News (Garrick Utley)
7 PM Hee Haw (Sonny James, Jody Miller)
8 PM Movie: "Flower Drum Song"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Night Walker" (this is from '64, so don't confuse
with "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" but do watch for Hayden
Rorke, about a year before he started playing Dr. Bellows on
"I Dream Of Jeannie")
1:20 Movie: "The Story Of Hemp Brown" (Rory Calhoun stars in this
one from '58, the year he started the CBS Western "The Texan")

WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

8 AM Dr. Dolittle
8:30 Deputy Dawg
9 AM Woody Woodpecker
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Jetsons
10:30 Barrier Reef
11 AM Take A Giant Step
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Bugaloos
1 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
1:15 Baseball: Pirates-Phillies
4 PM Countdown To Destiny (time approximate)
4:30 F Troop
5 PM Bill Anderson
5:30 Wilburn Brothers
6 PM News (Welch/Wilson)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM NBC Movie: "Elmer Gantry"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Frankenstein Conquers The World"
(Nick Adams in this Japanese-made flick from '64)

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

6:20 Video College
6:50 Farm Digest
6:55 Box 5 RFD
7:25 Metro Forestry
7:30 4-H Club
8 AM Bugs Bunny
8:30 Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
9 AM Mr. Pix (Dave Michaels before he became 11 Alive's
news anchor)
10 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
10:30 Archie's TV Funnies
11 AM Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
11:30 Josie And The Pussycats
12 N Monkees
12:30 You Are There (Benedict Arnold's conspiracy with a
British spy to take over West Point--watch for Lane
Smith in this one)
1 PM CBS Children's Film Festival: "Flash The Sheepdog"
('67, from Scotland)
2 PM ABA Playoff: divisional final-round game, teams TBA
4 PM CBS Golf Classic: final 18 holes of the championship match:
Bobby Nichols and George Archer vs. Miller Barber and
Gene Littler, time approximate
5:30 TBA
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM News (anchor not given, but I seem to recall Ken Roberts,
one of the first African-American anchors in these parts)
7:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
8 PM All In The Family (Meathead recalls his first meeting with
Archie)
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9 PM The New Dick Van Dyke Show (watch for Doris Packer,
Mrs. Rayburn on "Leave It To Beaver")
9:30 Arnie
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Woman Times Seven"

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (PBS)

7 PM Untamed World
7:30 Forsyte Saga (Chapter 5: "A Man Of Property")
8:30 Ainu (primitive people living in the islands of northern Japan)
9 PM American Communism (documentary produced by David Wolper)
10 PM Masterpiece Theatre ("The Last Of The Mohicans," Chapter 4)
sign off 11 PM

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

6:30 Science In Action
7 AM Bullwinkle (delay from Sun 11 AM)
7:30 Make A Wish ("circle" and "tree": a merry-go-round, reaching
for the brass ring, theater-in-the-round, California redwoods,
delay from Sun 11:30 AM)
8 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
8:30 Road Runner
9 AM Funky Phantom
9:30 Jackson Five (actually listed as Jackson 5ive)
10 AM Bewitched
10:30 Lidsville
11 AM Curiosity Shop (the same show that would rerun exactly a
year to the day: the "B.C." gang explains the invention of
the sundial, "Of Mice And Ben" is about measuring time,
"Cosmic Zoom" illustrates perspective, life spans--subject
is time and distance)
12 N Singing Convention
1 PM Know Your Bible
1:30 Sports Action Pro-File
2 PM Lloyd Bridges' Water World
2:30 Bob Brandy
3 PM Golf: Tournament of Champions (third round)
4:30 NBA Playoff: Lakers-Bucks (game 6, if necessary--the Lakers
went on to win the NBA championship by defeating the Knicks,
if this series is complete, alternate programming TBA)
6:30 That Good Ole Nashville Music (time approximate)
7 PM Lawrence Welk (salute to composer Vincent Youmans--songs
include "It's A Great Day," "Oh, Lonesome Me," "A Fine Romance,"
"I Know That You Know, " "Without A Song," "Tea For Two," and
"I Want To Be Happy")
8 PM Bewitched
8:30 ABC Movie: "The Trackers" (Sammy Davis Jr. and Ernest Borgnine--
Borgnine is a rancher whose daughter has been kidnapped by
Indians, Davis is the scout who leads the rescue team)
10 PM The Sixth Sense
11 PM Movie: "Island Of Terror"
12:55 ABC News (Sam Donaldson)

WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)

7:30 Adventures In Living
8 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
8:30 Road Runner
9 AM Funky Phantom
9:30 Jackson Five
10 AM Bewitched
10:30 Lidsville
11 AM Curiosity Shop
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
1 PM American Bandstand (Malo does "Suavecito";
Beverly Bremers)
2 PM Atlanta: Now
3 PM Golf: Tournament of Champions (third round)
4:30 NBA Playoff (see Ch. 9)
6:30 Lawrence Welk (time approximate--the 1971-72
season was the only time Ch. 11 aired Welk in
syndication--when WSB dropped him in 1980 neither
11 nor 5 would pick him up)
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Bewitched
8:30 ABC Movie: "The Trackers"
10 PM Movie: "Five Fingers" (this spy thriller may have
inspired David Hedison's 1959 NBC series)
12 M Movie: "The Undying Monster"
1:30 ABC News

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

7:45 Uncle Hank
8 AM Bugs Bunny
8:30 Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
9 AM Harlem Globetrotters (animated)
9:30 Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch!
10 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
10:30 Archie's TV Funnies
11 AM Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
11:30 Josie And The Pussycats
12 N Monkees
12:30 You Are There
1 PM CBS Children's Film Festival
2 PM Roller Derby
3 PM Wrestling (from the studio)
4 PM CBS Golf Classic (see Ch. 5)
5:30 TBA
6:30 News (Red Brown)
7 PM Lassie
7:30 Gentle Ben
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9 PM The New Dick Van Dyke Show
9:30 Arnie
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Fear Strikes Out" (Anthony Perkins
as baseball's Jimmy Piersall, but more significant
to me is actress Norma Moore, who plays Piersall's
wife--she went to high school with my dad, using
her real name, Norma Veney, and she's back in North
Carolina, living in Hickory, last I heard)

WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/ABC)

7 AM Navy Film
7:30 Georgia TV Monitor
8 AM Bugs Bunny
8:30 Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
9 AM Harlem Globetrotters
9:30 Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch!
10 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
10:30 Archie's TV Funnies
11 AM Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
11:30 Josie And The Pussycats
12 N Monkees
12:30 You Are There
1 PM CBS Children's Film Festival
2 PM ABA Playoff (see Ch. 5)
4 PM Once Upon A Wheel (time approximate)
4:30 Wilburn Brothers (Sammi Smith, Brian Collins)
5 PM Porter Wagoner
5:30 TBA
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Lawrence Welk
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9 PM The New Dick Van Dyke Show
9:30 Arnie
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Cluny Brown"

WDCO Ch. 15 (WMUM Ch. 29) Cochran/
WCLP (WNGH) Ch. 18 Chatsworth (PBS)

9 AM Sesame Street
10 AM Sesame Street
11 AM Sesame Street
sign off 12 N

WTCG (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)

7 AM Popeye
7:30 Cartoon Carnival
8 AM Spiderman
8:30 Ultraman
9 AM Little Rascals
9:30 Movie: "Blondie Plays Cupid"
11 AM Roller Game Of The Week
12:30 Movie: "Arch Of Triumph"
3 PM Movie: "Death Of A Killer"
5 PM Addams Family
5:30 Lee Trevino's Golf For Swingers (Bing
Crosby, Dean Martin)
6 PM Georgia Championship Wrestling
7 PM Boxing From The Forum (world welterweight
championship: champ Jose Napoles vs.
Hedgeman Lewis, 15 rounds)
8 PM NBC Movie: "Elmer Gantry" (pre-empted on Ch. 2)
11 PM Movie: "Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man"

WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (PBS)
off air on Saturday

WCWB (WMGT) Ch. 41 Macon (NBC)

8 AM Dr. Dolittle
8:30 Deputy Dawg
9 AM Woody Woodpecker
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Jetsons
10:30 Barrier Reef
11 AM Take A Giant Step
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Bugaloos
1 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
1:15 Baseball: Pirates-Phillies
4 PM Wrestling (from the studio, time approximate)
5 PM Jubilee
5:30 Lloyd Bridges' Water World
6 PM Lee Trevino's Golf For Swingers
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM NBC Movie: "Elmer Gantry"
11 PM Golddiggers
11:30 Saturday Tonight Show

WTCI Ch. 45 Chattanooga (PBS)
off air on Saturday

WHAE (WGCL) Ch. 46 Atlanta (Ind.)

5 PM Music To Live By
5:30 Fury
6 PM Time For Timothy
6:30 Roy Rogers
7 PM Waters Family (gospel music)
7:30 Crossroads (wonder if this is the '50s ABC
series dramatizing the work of various ministers?)
8 PM Charismatic Conference
9 PM Tomorrow's Lesson
9:30 Rock Church
10:30 Perspective (gospel music)
11 PM Film (profile of Miss America 1965 Vonda Kay Van Dyke)
11:30 Film ("Whispering Mountain," where a boy learns about
God's greatness)

WRIP (WDSI) Ch. 61 Chattanooga (Ind.)

6 AM Movie: "The White Tower"
7:30 Cartoon Carnival
8 AM Movie: "Bordertown" (didn't the Family Channel once have
a series by this name?)
10 AM Movie: "Knute Rockne, All American" (how Ronald Reagan
came by his nickname, the Gipper)
12 N Movie: "Devil Dogs Of The Air" (one of several teamings of
James Cagney and Pat O'Brien)
2 PM Movie: "Cry Wolf"
3:30 Bugs Bunny/Three Stooges
4 PM Movie: "The White Tower"
6 PM Movie: "Bordertown"
8 PM Movie: "Knute Rockne, All American"
10 PM Movie: "Devil Dogs Of The Air"
11:30 Movie: "Cry Wolf"
 
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