From TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:
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
12 N Mr. Wizard (NBC had revived this as part of the
"Sesame Street"-inspired expansion of educational
programs on all three networks in 1971-72; they
also included ABC's "Curiosity Shop" and "Make A Wish,"
and CBS's revival of "You Are There.")
12:30 Movie: "Tarzan's Revenge"
2 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
2:15 Baseball: Cardinals-Mets or Pirates-Cubs
5 PM Then Came Bronson (time approximate)
6 PM News (John Pruitt)
6:30 NBC News (Garrick Utley)
7 PM Hee Haw (guests Barbara Mandrell and Ferlin Husky)
8 PM Emergency!
9 PM Movie: "A Gathering Of Eagles"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "He Rides Tall"
1:30 News
1:35 Movie: "Homicidal"
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 Countdown To Destiny
1:30 Moving Wheels (film about motorcycle racing)
2 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
2:15 Baseball: Cardinals-Mets or Pirates-Cubs
5 PM Bill Anderson (time approximate)
5:30 Wilburn Brothers
6 PM News (Welch/Mac)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Emergency!
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Russians Are Coming, The
Russians Are Coming"
11:30 Movie: "Atragon"
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
6:20 Video College
6:50 Farm Report
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, future Ch. 11 and
CNN 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 CBS Children's Film Festival: "John And Julie,"
1955, from England (show expands to 90 minutes
today only)
2 PM Wally's Workshop (Wally Bruner left "What's My
Line?" to pursue his interest in do-it-yourself projects.)
2:30 Soul Train (B.B. King, O.C. ("Little Green Apples" Smith,
Patrice Holloway)
3:30 Sergeant Bilko
4 PM Film: "To Catch A Smile"
4:30 Movie: "The Man Behind The Gun"
6 PM Monty Nash (short-lived detective show with Harry
Guardino, IIRC)
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM News (Ken Roberts, a rare African-American anchor
in those days)
7:30 I Dream Of Jeannie (the first episode, where Tony finds
a green bottle with guess-who inside)
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9 PM The New Dick Van Dyke Show (the one set in Phoenix)
9:30 Arnie (the episode that introduced Charles Nelson Reilly
as Arnie's neighbor, TV's Giddyap Gourmet)
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Shiralee" (something about an Australian
and his daughter roaming the countryside)
1:30 Wagon Train (a 90-minute episode from 1963-64)
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (PBS)
7 PM Untamed World
7:30 Forsyte Saga: Chapter 14 ("Conflict")
8:30 Safari (to New Zealand and the Fiji Islands)
9:30 NET Playhouse On The '30s: "Hard Travelin'"
sign off 10:30 PM
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
6:30 Science In Action
7 AM Bullwinkle (delay from Sun 11 AM)
7:30 Make A Wish (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
10 AM Bewitched
10:30 Lidsville
11 AM Curiosity Shop
12 N Mull's Singing Convention
1 PM Know Your Bible (I finally found out that this
was a Bible quiz.)
1:30 Soul Train (same as Ch. 5)
2:30 Bob Brandy
3:30 Real McCoys
4 PM Sports Action Pro-File
4:30 Lloyd Bridges' Water World (who better to host
than the star of "Sea Hunt"?)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (U.S. Men's Olympic Gymnastics
Trials; International Moto-Cross United States Grand Prix)
6:30 That Good Ole Nashville Music
7 PM Lawrence Welk
8 PM Bewitched
8:30 Coaches All America Football Game (this was the first
pro game for college players headed for the NFL or CFL)
11:30 Movie: "Five Maidens From Outer Space" (time approximate)
1 AM ABC News (Sam Donaldson)
WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
7 AM Romper Room (guest teacher is Gayle Wise, a 1971 Ch. 11
Girl)
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 (Joey Heatherton and Steppenwolf's
John Kay)
2 PM Atlanta: Now
3 PM F Troop
3:30 This Is Your Life
4 PM Dr. Simon Locke (which would become "Police Surgeon"
and move to Ch. 5 in the fall)
4:30 World Of Survival
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Ebony Beat Journal
7 PM Lawrence Welk (headed for Ch. 2 in the fall)
8 PM Bewitched
8:30 Coaches All America Football Game
11:30 Movie: "The Babe Ruth Story" (time approximate:
William Bendix plays the Bambino in a movie that
came out shortly after Ruth's death in 1948)
1:30 Movie: "The Killer Shrews"
2:30 ABC News
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
7:55 Uncle Hank
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 CBS Children's Film Festival
2 PM Untamed World
2:30 Movie: "I Married A Monster From Outer
Space"
4 PM Roller Derby
5 PM Wrestling (from the studio, with Harry
Thornton doing play-by-play)
6 PM News (Red Brown)
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Lassie
7:30 Gentle Ben
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9 PM New Dick Van Dyke Show
9:30 Arnie
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Tin Star"
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 CBS Children's Film Festival
2 PM Movie: "Make Haste To Live"
4 PM Movie: "The Come On"
6 PM Porter Wagoner
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Lawrence Welk
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9 PM New Dick Van Dyke Show
9:30 Arnie
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News
11:20 Movie: "The Grapes Of Wrath"
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 for the day at 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 Knows Best"
11 AM Roller Game: Eastern Warriors vs.
Brooklyn Devils
1 PM Movie: "The Texas Rangers"
3 PM Movie: "Million Dollar Kid"
4:30 Flintstones
5 PM Addams Family
5:30 Lee Trevino's Golf For Swingers (Lee
takes on Buck Owens and Peter Marshall)
6 PM Wrestling (not sure if GCW or All-South)
7 PM Boxing From The Forum (Armando Muniz
vs. Peter Cobblah, welterweights, 10 rounds)
8 PM Naked City
9 PM Movie: "Passport To Hell"
11 PM Movie: "Secret Of The Chateau"
sign off 12:20 AM
NOTE: Ch. 2 still had the Braves in '72; they would
televise a game against the Dodgers Sunday at 5.
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 Wrestling (not sure from where)
2 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
2:15 Baseball: Cardinals-Mets or Pirates-Cubs
5 PM Jubilee (time approximate)
5:30 Lloyd Bridges' Water World
6 PM Lee Trevino (Lee vs. James Brolin and Harvey
Korman)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Emergency!
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Russians Are Coming, The
Russians Are Coming"
11:30 Golddiggers (guest Vikki Carr)
12 M Saturday Tonight Show (Lynn Anderson, Art
Metrano, and Gunilla--"take it off, take it ALL
off"--Knutson)
WTCI Ch. 45 Chattanooga (PBS)
off air on Saturday
WHAE (WGCL) Ch. 46 Atlanta (Ind.)
3 PM Jim And Tammy
4 PM Brave Stallion (Fury)
4:30 Earth Lab
5:30 My Friend Flicka
6 PM Championship Bowling
7 PM World Famous Hunting And Fishing
7:30 The Monroes
8:30 Of Lands And Seas
9:30 Tomorrow's Lesson
10 PM Rock Church
11 PM 700 Club (to 1)
WRIP (WDSI) Ch. 61 Chattanooga (Ind.)
6 AM Movie: "The Boy With Green Hair"
8 AM Movie: "Berlin Express"
10 AM Movie: "City For Conquest"
12 N Movie: "One Minute To Zero"
2 PM Movie: "The Fallen Sparrow" (don't take this
title literally--it's about a veteran of the Spanish
Civil War who returns to the U.S. to find his best
friend murdered)
3:30 Bugs Bunny/Three Stooges
4 PM Movie: "The Boy With Green Hair"
6 PM Movie: "Berlin Express"
8 PM Movie: "City For Conquest"
10 PM Movie: "One Minute To Zero"
11:30 Movie: "The Fallen Sparrow"
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
12 N Mr. Wizard (NBC had revived this as part of the
"Sesame Street"-inspired expansion of educational
programs on all three networks in 1971-72; they
also included ABC's "Curiosity Shop" and "Make A Wish,"
and CBS's revival of "You Are There.")
12:30 Movie: "Tarzan's Revenge"
2 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
2:15 Baseball: Cardinals-Mets or Pirates-Cubs
5 PM Then Came Bronson (time approximate)
6 PM News (John Pruitt)
6:30 NBC News (Garrick Utley)
7 PM Hee Haw (guests Barbara Mandrell and Ferlin Husky)
8 PM Emergency!
9 PM Movie: "A Gathering Of Eagles"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "He Rides Tall"
1:30 News
1:35 Movie: "Homicidal"
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 Countdown To Destiny
1:30 Moving Wheels (film about motorcycle racing)
2 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
2:15 Baseball: Cardinals-Mets or Pirates-Cubs
5 PM Bill Anderson (time approximate)
5:30 Wilburn Brothers
6 PM News (Welch/Mac)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Emergency!
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Russians Are Coming, The
Russians Are Coming"
11:30 Movie: "Atragon"
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
6:20 Video College
6:50 Farm Report
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, future Ch. 11 and
CNN 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 CBS Children's Film Festival: "John And Julie,"
1955, from England (show expands to 90 minutes
today only)
2 PM Wally's Workshop (Wally Bruner left "What's My
Line?" to pursue his interest in do-it-yourself projects.)
2:30 Soul Train (B.B. King, O.C. ("Little Green Apples" Smith,
Patrice Holloway)
3:30 Sergeant Bilko
4 PM Film: "To Catch A Smile"
4:30 Movie: "The Man Behind The Gun"
6 PM Monty Nash (short-lived detective show with Harry
Guardino, IIRC)
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM News (Ken Roberts, a rare African-American anchor
in those days)
7:30 I Dream Of Jeannie (the first episode, where Tony finds
a green bottle with guess-who inside)
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9 PM The New Dick Van Dyke Show (the one set in Phoenix)
9:30 Arnie (the episode that introduced Charles Nelson Reilly
as Arnie's neighbor, TV's Giddyap Gourmet)
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Shiralee" (something about an Australian
and his daughter roaming the countryside)
1:30 Wagon Train (a 90-minute episode from 1963-64)
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (PBS)
7 PM Untamed World
7:30 Forsyte Saga: Chapter 14 ("Conflict")
8:30 Safari (to New Zealand and the Fiji Islands)
9:30 NET Playhouse On The '30s: "Hard Travelin'"
sign off 10:30 PM
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
6:30 Science In Action
7 AM Bullwinkle (delay from Sun 11 AM)
7:30 Make A Wish (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
10 AM Bewitched
10:30 Lidsville
11 AM Curiosity Shop
12 N Mull's Singing Convention
1 PM Know Your Bible (I finally found out that this
was a Bible quiz.)
1:30 Soul Train (same as Ch. 5)
2:30 Bob Brandy
3:30 Real McCoys
4 PM Sports Action Pro-File
4:30 Lloyd Bridges' Water World (who better to host
than the star of "Sea Hunt"?)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (U.S. Men's Olympic Gymnastics
Trials; International Moto-Cross United States Grand Prix)
6:30 That Good Ole Nashville Music
7 PM Lawrence Welk
8 PM Bewitched
8:30 Coaches All America Football Game (this was the first
pro game for college players headed for the NFL or CFL)
11:30 Movie: "Five Maidens From Outer Space" (time approximate)
1 AM ABC News (Sam Donaldson)
WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
7 AM Romper Room (guest teacher is Gayle Wise, a 1971 Ch. 11
Girl)
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 (Joey Heatherton and Steppenwolf's
John Kay)
2 PM Atlanta: Now
3 PM F Troop
3:30 This Is Your Life
4 PM Dr. Simon Locke (which would become "Police Surgeon"
and move to Ch. 5 in the fall)
4:30 World Of Survival
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Ebony Beat Journal
7 PM Lawrence Welk (headed for Ch. 2 in the fall)
8 PM Bewitched
8:30 Coaches All America Football Game
11:30 Movie: "The Babe Ruth Story" (time approximate:
William Bendix plays the Bambino in a movie that
came out shortly after Ruth's death in 1948)
1:30 Movie: "The Killer Shrews"
2:30 ABC News
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
7:55 Uncle Hank
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 CBS Children's Film Festival
2 PM Untamed World
2:30 Movie: "I Married A Monster From Outer
Space"
4 PM Roller Derby
5 PM Wrestling (from the studio, with Harry
Thornton doing play-by-play)
6 PM News (Red Brown)
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Lassie
7:30 Gentle Ben
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9 PM New Dick Van Dyke Show
9:30 Arnie
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Tin Star"
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 CBS Children's Film Festival
2 PM Movie: "Make Haste To Live"
4 PM Movie: "The Come On"
6 PM Porter Wagoner
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Lawrence Welk
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9 PM New Dick Van Dyke Show
9:30 Arnie
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News
11:20 Movie: "The Grapes Of Wrath"
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 for the day at 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 Knows Best"
11 AM Roller Game: Eastern Warriors vs.
Brooklyn Devils
1 PM Movie: "The Texas Rangers"
3 PM Movie: "Million Dollar Kid"
4:30 Flintstones
5 PM Addams Family
5:30 Lee Trevino's Golf For Swingers (Lee
takes on Buck Owens and Peter Marshall)
6 PM Wrestling (not sure if GCW or All-South)
7 PM Boxing From The Forum (Armando Muniz
vs. Peter Cobblah, welterweights, 10 rounds)
8 PM Naked City
9 PM Movie: "Passport To Hell"
11 PM Movie: "Secret Of The Chateau"
sign off 12:20 AM
NOTE: Ch. 2 still had the Braves in '72; they would
televise a game against the Dodgers Sunday at 5.
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 Wrestling (not sure from where)
2 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
2:15 Baseball: Cardinals-Mets or Pirates-Cubs
5 PM Jubilee (time approximate)
5:30 Lloyd Bridges' Water World
6 PM Lee Trevino (Lee vs. James Brolin and Harvey
Korman)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Emergency!
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Russians Are Coming, The
Russians Are Coming"
11:30 Golddiggers (guest Vikki Carr)
12 M Saturday Tonight Show (Lynn Anderson, Art
Metrano, and Gunilla--"take it off, take it ALL
off"--Knutson)
WTCI Ch. 45 Chattanooga (PBS)
off air on Saturday
WHAE (WGCL) Ch. 46 Atlanta (Ind.)
3 PM Jim And Tammy
4 PM Brave Stallion (Fury)
4:30 Earth Lab
5:30 My Friend Flicka
6 PM Championship Bowling
7 PM World Famous Hunting And Fishing
7:30 The Monroes
8:30 Of Lands And Seas
9:30 Tomorrow's Lesson
10 PM Rock Church
11 PM 700 Club (to 1)
WRIP (WDSI) Ch. 61 Chattanooga (Ind.)
6 AM Movie: "The Boy With Green Hair"
8 AM Movie: "Berlin Express"
10 AM Movie: "City For Conquest"
12 N Movie: "One Minute To Zero"
2 PM Movie: "The Fallen Sparrow" (don't take this
title literally--it's about a veteran of the Spanish
Civil War who returns to the U.S. to find his best
friend murdered)
3:30 Bugs Bunny/Three Stooges
4 PM Movie: "The Boy With Green Hair"
6 PM Movie: "Berlin Express"
8 PM Movie: "City For Conquest"
10 PM Movie: "One Minute To Zero"
11:30 Movie: "The Fallen Sparrow"