From TV Guide Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Spade And Hoe
7:30 Cartoons
7:35 Movie: "Tarzan Finds A Son"
9 AM Cartoons
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (guest: comedian Pierre Olaf)
(COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Magic Midway
12 N Make Room For Daddy
12:30 Exploring (Celeste Holm reads selections from
"Hailstones And Halibut Bones," a collection of
poems compiled by Mary O'Neill.) (COLOR)
1:30 Popeye Club
2:30 Movie: "Aloma Of The South Seas" (I guess
Dorothy Lamour gets to wear her sarong in
this one.) (COLOR)
4 PM Movie: "Captain Horatio Hornblower" (COLOR)
6 PM Two Bells
6:30 Football Highlights
6:40 Weather, News, Sports
7 PM Eyewitness (local and not the CBS News broadcasts
airing on Friday nights)
7:15 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
7:30 Sam Benedict
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Night People" (COLOR)
11 PM Movies: "Young Man With A Horn" and "The Woman
On Pier 13" (to 2:25 AM)
WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
7:30 Movie: TBA
8:30 Dick Tracy (animated)
8:45 Learn To Draw (Jon Gnagy)
9 AM Captain Gallant (delay from 5:30 PM)
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Magic Midway
12 N Make Room For Daddy
12:30 Exploring (COLOR)
1:30 Mr. Wizard
2 PM Movies: "Huk" (it's spelled right) and "Baby
Face Nelson"
5 PM Chattanooga Wrestling
7 PM Porter Wagoner
7:30 Sam Benedict
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Night People" (COLOR)
11 PM Movie: "Bandido"
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
7:25 News, Weather
7:30 4-H Hour
8 AM Funny Pictures (Dave Michaels, later anchor
on 11 Alive, then CNN)
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Bugs Bunny (not the ABC show which airs
at noon on Ch. 11)
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Reading Room (Cyril Ritchard reads parts of
"The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe"
by C.S. Lewis.)
12:55 CBS News (Robert Trout)
1 PM College Football Kickoff (Chris Schenkel)
1:15 Army-Navy Game
4 PM Championship Bowling: Lou Campe vs.
Verne Downey (time approximate)
5 PM Grand Ole Opry
5:30 Movie: "They Died With Their Boots On"
(story of Custer)
7:20 Scoreboard
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 The Defenders (guest star: Carroll O'Connor)
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News (Jim Axel, longtime fixture at Ch. 5,
anchoring news at least through the '70s)
11:20 Movie: "Tripoli"
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)
off air on Saturday
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7:30 Better Agriculture
8 AM Movie: "Captive Of Billy The Kid" (stars Allan
"Rocky" Lane, the voice of Mr. Ed)
9 AM My Friend Flicka (delay from 1 PM)
9:30 Supercar
10 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam (says it's the same
show that airs in pattern at 12:30)
10:30 Bugs Bunny (delay from 12 N)
11 AM Make A Face (kids' version of a game show which
followed "Camouflage" in the fall of 1961--actually,
I'd have preferred a kids' version of "Camouflage"--
Bob Clayton hosts)
11:30 Top Cat
12 N Mull's Singing Convention
1 PM Word Of God
1:30 This Is The Answer
2 PM It's A Great Life (pre-Aunt Bee Frances Bavier
was on this show)
2:30 Top Star Bowling
3:30 King Of Diamonds (Broderick Crawford as Johnny King
in an unsuccessful followup to "Highway Patrol")
4 PM Grey Cup Game
7 PM Beany And Cecil (time approximate, COLOR)
7:30 Roy Rogers And Dale Evans Show (guests: Edgar Bergen
with Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, and Effie Klinker)
8:30 Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (Fess Parker may have been
a good Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone, but Jimmy Stewart
he ain't. This show is canceled in April and replaced by
"Hootenanny".)
9 PM Lawrence Welk (guest: banjoist Eddie Peabody)
10 PM Boxing: Battling Torres, junior welterweight, vs. Billy Collins,
welterweight, 10 rounds, from the Olympic Auditorium in
Los Angeles; Don Dunphy reports.
10:45 Make That Spare (time approximate, Earl Johnson vs. either
Joe Kristof or Bill Schaufert; Johnny Johnston hosts)
11 PM Movie: "Tea For Two"
WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
6:55 News, Weather
7 AM Cartoon Carnival
8 AM Adventures In Living (this show lasted into the '80s,
IIRC)
9 AM Diver Dan
9:45 Learn To Draw
10 AM Sword Of Freedom
10:30 The Buccaneers
11 AM Make A Face
11:30 Top Cat
12 N Bugs Bunny
12:30 Magic Land Of Allakazam
1 PM My Friend Flicka
1:30 Teen Time (Billy Johnson)
2 PM Stars Of Tomorrow (I don't know which is more accurate:
"Freddie Miller's Amateur Hour" or "Freddie Miller's Talent Scouts"
or maybe "Atlanta Idol"
)
2:30 Live Atlanta Wrestling
4 PM Grey Cup Game
7 PM Beany And Cecil (time approximate, COLOR)
7:30 Roy Rogers And Dale Evans Show
8:30 Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Boxing
10:45 Make That Spare (time approximate)
11 PM Night Watch (news)
11:15 Movie: TBA
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
8 AM Country Boy Eddy (an early-morning fixture in
Birmingham for years)
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Reading Room
12:55 CBS News
1 PM College Football Kickoff
1:15 Army-Navy Game
4 PM Movie: "Flying Leathernecks" (time approximate)
6 PM Roller Derby
7 PM Peter Gunn
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM Movie: "Pork Chop Hill"
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)
6:30 These Are Your Schools
7 AM On The Farm
7:30 Cartoons
8 AM Superman
8:30 Cisco Kid
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Reading Room
12:55 CBS News
1 PM College Football Kickoff
1:15 Army-Navy Game
4:30 Bugs Bunny (ABC, delay from noon)
5 PM Eddie Cannon (music, local)
5:30 Grand Ole Opry
6 PM Florida Boys (gospel music)
6:30 Bonanza (NBC, delay from Sun 9 PM
and not in color)
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM Lawrence Welk (ABC, delay from 9 PM)
12 M City Detective
12:30 Highway Patrol
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Spade And Hoe
7:30 Cartoons
7:35 Movie: "Tarzan Finds A Son"
9 AM Cartoons
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (guest: comedian Pierre Olaf)
(COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Magic Midway
12 N Make Room For Daddy
12:30 Exploring (Celeste Holm reads selections from
"Hailstones And Halibut Bones," a collection of
poems compiled by Mary O'Neill.) (COLOR)
1:30 Popeye Club
2:30 Movie: "Aloma Of The South Seas" (I guess
Dorothy Lamour gets to wear her sarong in
this one.) (COLOR)
4 PM Movie: "Captain Horatio Hornblower" (COLOR)
6 PM Two Bells
6:30 Football Highlights
6:40 Weather, News, Sports
7 PM Eyewitness (local and not the CBS News broadcasts
airing on Friday nights)
7:15 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
7:30 Sam Benedict
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Night People" (COLOR)
11 PM Movies: "Young Man With A Horn" and "The Woman
On Pier 13" (to 2:25 AM)
WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
7:30 Movie: TBA
8:30 Dick Tracy (animated)
8:45 Learn To Draw (Jon Gnagy)
9 AM Captain Gallant (delay from 5:30 PM)
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Magic Midway
12 N Make Room For Daddy
12:30 Exploring (COLOR)
1:30 Mr. Wizard
2 PM Movies: "Huk" (it's spelled right) and "Baby
Face Nelson"
5 PM Chattanooga Wrestling
7 PM Porter Wagoner
7:30 Sam Benedict
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Night People" (COLOR)
11 PM Movie: "Bandido"
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
7:25 News, Weather
7:30 4-H Hour
8 AM Funny Pictures (Dave Michaels, later anchor
on 11 Alive, then CNN)
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Bugs Bunny (not the ABC show which airs
at noon on Ch. 11)
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Reading Room (Cyril Ritchard reads parts of
"The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe"
by C.S. Lewis.)
12:55 CBS News (Robert Trout)
1 PM College Football Kickoff (Chris Schenkel)
1:15 Army-Navy Game
4 PM Championship Bowling: Lou Campe vs.
Verne Downey (time approximate)
5 PM Grand Ole Opry
5:30 Movie: "They Died With Their Boots On"
(story of Custer)
7:20 Scoreboard
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 The Defenders (guest star: Carroll O'Connor)
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News (Jim Axel, longtime fixture at Ch. 5,
anchoring news at least through the '70s)
11:20 Movie: "Tripoli"
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)
off air on Saturday
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7:30 Better Agriculture
8 AM Movie: "Captive Of Billy The Kid" (stars Allan
"Rocky" Lane, the voice of Mr. Ed)
9 AM My Friend Flicka (delay from 1 PM)
9:30 Supercar
10 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam (says it's the same
show that airs in pattern at 12:30)
10:30 Bugs Bunny (delay from 12 N)
11 AM Make A Face (kids' version of a game show which
followed "Camouflage" in the fall of 1961--actually,
I'd have preferred a kids' version of "Camouflage"--
Bob Clayton hosts)
11:30 Top Cat
12 N Mull's Singing Convention
1 PM Word Of God
1:30 This Is The Answer
2 PM It's A Great Life (pre-Aunt Bee Frances Bavier
was on this show)
2:30 Top Star Bowling
3:30 King Of Diamonds (Broderick Crawford as Johnny King
in an unsuccessful followup to "Highway Patrol")
4 PM Grey Cup Game
7 PM Beany And Cecil (time approximate, COLOR)
7:30 Roy Rogers And Dale Evans Show (guests: Edgar Bergen
with Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, and Effie Klinker)
8:30 Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (Fess Parker may have been
a good Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone, but Jimmy Stewart
he ain't. This show is canceled in April and replaced by
"Hootenanny".)
9 PM Lawrence Welk (guest: banjoist Eddie Peabody)
10 PM Boxing: Battling Torres, junior welterweight, vs. Billy Collins,
welterweight, 10 rounds, from the Olympic Auditorium in
Los Angeles; Don Dunphy reports.
10:45 Make That Spare (time approximate, Earl Johnson vs. either
Joe Kristof or Bill Schaufert; Johnny Johnston hosts)
11 PM Movie: "Tea For Two"
WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
6:55 News, Weather
7 AM Cartoon Carnival
8 AM Adventures In Living (this show lasted into the '80s,
IIRC)
9 AM Diver Dan
9:45 Learn To Draw
10 AM Sword Of Freedom
10:30 The Buccaneers
11 AM Make A Face
11:30 Top Cat
12 N Bugs Bunny
12:30 Magic Land Of Allakazam
1 PM My Friend Flicka
1:30 Teen Time (Billy Johnson)
2 PM Stars Of Tomorrow (I don't know which is more accurate:
"Freddie Miller's Amateur Hour" or "Freddie Miller's Talent Scouts"
or maybe "Atlanta Idol"
)2:30 Live Atlanta Wrestling
4 PM Grey Cup Game
7 PM Beany And Cecil (time approximate, COLOR)
7:30 Roy Rogers And Dale Evans Show
8:30 Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Boxing
10:45 Make That Spare (time approximate)
11 PM Night Watch (news)
11:15 Movie: TBA
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
8 AM Country Boy Eddy (an early-morning fixture in
Birmingham for years)
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Reading Room
12:55 CBS News
1 PM College Football Kickoff
1:15 Army-Navy Game
4 PM Movie: "Flying Leathernecks" (time approximate)
6 PM Roller Derby
7 PM Peter Gunn
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM Movie: "Pork Chop Hill"
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)
6:30 These Are Your Schools
7 AM On The Farm
7:30 Cartoons
8 AM Superman
8:30 Cisco Kid
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Reading Room
12:55 CBS News
1 PM College Football Kickoff
1:15 Army-Navy Game
4:30 Bugs Bunny (ABC, delay from noon)
5 PM Eddie Cannon (music, local)
5:30 Grand Ole Opry
6 PM Florida Boys (gospel music)
6:30 Bonanza (NBC, delay from Sun 9 PM
and not in color)
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM Lawrence Welk (ABC, delay from 9 PM)
12 M City Detective
12:30 Highway Patrol