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Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon Saturday, August 8, 1964

From TV Guide, Georgia Edition:

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

7 AM Spade And Hoe
7:30 Movie: "The Lost Volcano"
9 AM Mr. Magoo, Dick Tracy
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Hector Heathcote (COLOR)
10:30 Fireball XL-5
11 AM Dennis The Menace
11:30 Fury
12 N Bullwinkle (COLOR)
12:30 Astroboy
1 PM Rocky And His Friends
1:30 Baseball: Dodgers at Milwaukee
Braves
4 PM Golf: Western Open (Third round)
(Time approximate)
5 PM Movie: "A Life In The Balance"
6:30 Newsroom
6:45 Byline
7 PM Arthur Smith
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Rains Of
Ranchipur" (COLOR)
11 PM Movies: "Stopover: Tokyo" (COLOR)
and "King Of Chinatown" (to 2:45)

WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

7:30 Western Movie (no title given)
8:30 Cartoon Time
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Hector Heathcote (COLOR)
10:30 Fireball XL-5
11 AM Dennis The Menace
11:30 Fury
12 N Bullwinkle (COLOR)
12:30 Mr. Wizard
1 PM Mr. Magoo
1:20 Local News
1:30 Baseball: Dodgers at Milwaukee
Braves
4 PM NBC Sports Special (time approximate)
4:30 Chattanooga Wrestling
6 PM Wilburn Brothers
6:30 Flatt And Scruggs
7 PM Porter Wagoner
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Rains Of
Ranchipur" (COLOR)
11 PM Checkmate
sign off 12 Midnight

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

6:25 Farm News, News
6:30 Summer Semester: "Modern
Comparative Drama"
7 AM 4-H Hour
7:30 Jungle Jim
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Alvin Show
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
10 AM Bugs Bunny (not the ones
airing on ABC)
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Men Of Destiny
11:45 Baseball Old Timers' Game
1 PM Baseball: Orioles at Yankees
(I think this was the year CBS
bought the Yankees.)
3:30 Rebel 300 (COLOR) (time approximate)
(Last complete race for one of the greats of the
time, Fireball Roberts, who was later burned
in a crash at Charlotte and died several weeks
later of pneumonia.)
4 PM Championship Wrestling (don't know where from,
but it's not Atlanta--that show was on Ch. 11)
5 PM Movie: "Sahara"
6:55 News, Weather
7 PM Littlest Hobo
7:30 Cracker Warmup
7:45 Baseball: Rochester Red Wings at
Atlanta Crackers
10 PM Gunsmoke (time approximate)
11 PM News, Weather
11:20 Movie: "Riders To The Stars"
sign off 12:55 AM

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

7:30 Growing South
8 AM Tombstone Territory
8:30 Funtime
9:30 Bugs Bunny (delay from noon)
10 AM Hawkeye
10:30 Magic Land Of Allakazam
11 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
11:30 Beany And Cecil
12 N Mull's Singing Convention
1 PM Know Your Bible
(these last two would still be in these time
slots in the '70s)
1:30 American Bandstand (delay from 12:30)
2:30 Movie: "All Through The Night"
4 PM Olympic Trials: rowing, women's track
and field (and NBC had the Olympics
from Tokyo that year)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Sea Hunt
7 PM Hootenanny (delay from 7:30)
8 PM Ripcord
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Hollywood Palace
10:30 Men Into Space
11 PM Movie: "The Electronic Monster"
sign off 12:25 AM

WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)

8 AM Adventures In Living
9 AM Magic Ranch
9:30 Bumbum And His Buddies
10 AM Heckle And Jeckle
10:30 Magic Land Of Allakazam
11 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
11:30 Beany And Cecil
12 N Bugs Bunny
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Movie: "Pygmy Island"
3 PM Top Star Bowling
4 PM Olympic Trials
5 PM Wilburn Brothers
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM Grand Ole Opry
6:30 Live Atlanta Wrestling
7:30 Hootenanny
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Hollywood Palace
10:30 Stump The Stars
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "Black Magic"
sign off 1:15 AM

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

7:30 Cartoon Time
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Alvin Show
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
10 AM Quick Draw McGraw
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Pete Smith Comedies
11:45 Baseball Old Timers' Game
1 PM Baseball: Orioles-Yankees
3:30 Yancy Derringer (time approximate)
4 PM Golf: Western Open
5 PM Film Short
5:15 Movie: "Tarzan And The Huntress"
6:30 Peter Gunn
7 PM Amos 'n' Andy
7:30 Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (Tallulah
Bankhead as "The Celebrity Next Door")
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Summer Playhouse
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM Movie: "Abe Lincoln In Illinois"
sign off 12:50 AM

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

6:30 Summer Semester
7 AM Farm Report
7:30 Lone Ranger
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Alvin Show
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
10 AM Quick Draw McGraw
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Baseball In Macon
11:45 Baseball Old Timers' Game
1 PM Baseball: Orioles-Yankees
3:30 Big Picture (time approximate)
4 PM Bugs Bunny (probably delay
from ABC, noon)
4:30 Film Feature
5 PM Bonnie Lou And Buster
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM Eddie Cannon (local music show)
6:25 Local News
6:30 Bonanza
7:30 Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Summer Playhouse
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Weather
11:05 Lawrence Welk (delay, but his guests
are the Mills Brothers--PBS recently
aired this one)
12:05 Thriller
sign off 1:05 AM
 
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