50 years ago from TV Guide, Georgia Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
9:30 Cartoons
10 AM Howdy Doody
10:30 Ruff And Reddy
11 AM Fury
11:30 Circus Boy
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM Baseball: Yankees-Orioles (Lindsey
Nelson and Leo Durocher report)
3:30 Passing Parade (time approximate)
4 PM Crossroads (these may be reruns of
the 1955-57 ABC series)
4:30 Tactic (medical program with guests
Celeste Holm, Ilka Chase, and dancers
Mata and Hari--subject: time management)
5 PM Movie: "Tarzan, The Ape Man" (Johnny
Weissmuller)
7 PM Dial 999
7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM Perry Como (COLOR)
9 PM Black Saddle
9:30 Cimarron City
10:30 The D.A.'s Man
11 PM Movie: "The White Sister" (nothing racial,
just a romance between an Italian princess
and a soldier)
WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
9 AM Frontier Doctor
9:30 Cartoons
10 AM Howdy Doody
10:30 Ruff And Reddy
11 AM University Of Tennessee Extension
Service
11:15 Health Council
11:30 Circus Boy
12 N Country Style, U.S.A.
12:15 Tennessee Farmer
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM Baseball: Yankees-Orioles
3:30 True Story (time approximate)
4 PM Western Movie (title not given)
5 PM Union Pacific
5:30 Frontier Doctor
6 PM Chicago Wrestling
7 PM Saber Of London
7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM Perry Como (COLOR)
9 PM Black Saddle
9:30 Cimarron City
10:30 The D.A.'s Man
11 PM Movie: "The Mummy"
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
7 AM Tulane Closeup
7:30 School Of The Air
8 AM This Is Your Town
8:30 4-H Hour
9 AM Cartoons
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Heckle And Jeckle
11:30 Robin Hood
12 N Mark Wilson's Magic Circus
(he'd use that title again in
the '70s)
12:30 Cartoons
12:45 Baseball: Milwaukee Braves (not
Atlanta until 1966)-Phillies (Dizzy
Dean and Buddy Blattner report)
3:30 The Withers Stakes (from Belmont
Park) (time approximate)
4 PM Movie: "The Challenge"
5:30 Roy Rogers
6 PM Hopalong Cassidy
6:30 Cisco Kid
7 PM African Patrol
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Jack Benny/Phil Silvers Special
(Julie Andrews also appears)
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 U.S. Marshal
11 PM News
11:10 Movie: "Perilous Holiday"
12:45 Movie: "Enemy Agents Meet
Ellery Queen"
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
12 N Uncle Al (yes, Uncle Al Lewis from WCPO,
ABC in Cincinnati, with a network show)
1 PM Cartoons
2 PM Corliss Archer
2:30 Movies: "This Was Paris" and "The Man Who
Talked Too Much"
5 PM Scenicland Jubilee
5:30 Sports Album
5:45 Outdoor Clubhouse
6 PM Chattanooga Wrestling
7:25 Weather
7:30 Dick Clark
8 PM Jubilee U.S.A.
9 PM Lawrence Welk (listed as "Dancing Party,"
since at the time the show was called
"Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing Party")
10 PM Sammy Kaye's Music From Manhattan
(for sponsor Manhattan Shirt Co.)
10:30 The Crusader
11 PM Movie: "One Foot In Heaven"
WLW-A (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
8 AM Cartoons
9 AM Mr. Toymaker (his third station, having
already been on 2 and 5)
9:30 Circus Time (a local show sponsored by
Sunbeam Bread, and not Paul Winchell's
1956-57 ABC series)
10:30 Cartoons
12 N Uncle Al
1 PM Flash Gordon
1:30 Movie: "Little Big Horn"
2:30 Dance Party
4 PM Movie: "Tight Shoes"
5 PM Shirley Temple's Storybook
6 PM Live Atlanta Wrestling
7:30 Dick Clark
8 PM Jubilee U.S.A.
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Sammy Kaye
10:30 Movie: "Swing Time"
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
9 AM Children's Gospel Hour
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Heckle And Jeckle
11:30 Robin Hood
12 N Cartoons
12:45 Baseball: Milwaukee Braves-Phillies
3:30 The Withers Stakes (time approximate)
4 PM Bozo The Clown
4:30 TBA
5 PM Top Ten Dance Party
6 PM Science Fiction Theater
6:30 Harbor Command
7 PM Sky King
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Jack Benny/Phil Silvers Special
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Man Without A Gun (remember the
"Sheriff Without A Gun" episode of
"The Andy Griffith Show"?)
11 PM Movie: "The Thin Man Goes Home"
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)
8 AM Cartoons
9 AM Fury
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Jack And Jolly (local kids' show--
they'd be on the Cerebral Palsy
Telethon that night)
11 AM Sky King
11:30 Robin Hood
12 N CBS News (Robert Trout) (this was
network television's first half-hour
newscast, four years before Cronkite
went to 30 minutes)
12:30 Riders Of The Purple Sage
12:45 Baseball: Milwaukee Braves-Phillies
3:30 The Withers Stakes (time approximate)
4 PM Movie: "The Black Sleep" (this one's a
rarity for 1959--it's only three years old)
5:30 Jeff's Collie
6 PM Walt Disney Presents
7 PM Zorro
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Jack Benny/Phil Silvers Special
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Cerebral Palsy Telethon (Milburn Stone
and Amanda Blake of "Gunsmoke,"
Virginia Graham, and Garry Moore's singer
Ken Carson take part, along with Jack and
Jolly--to 6 PM Sunday)
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
9:30 Cartoons
10 AM Howdy Doody
10:30 Ruff And Reddy
11 AM Fury
11:30 Circus Boy
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM Baseball: Yankees-Orioles (Lindsey
Nelson and Leo Durocher report)
3:30 Passing Parade (time approximate)
4 PM Crossroads (these may be reruns of
the 1955-57 ABC series)
4:30 Tactic (medical program with guests
Celeste Holm, Ilka Chase, and dancers
Mata and Hari--subject: time management)
5 PM Movie: "Tarzan, The Ape Man" (Johnny
Weissmuller)
7 PM Dial 999
7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM Perry Como (COLOR)
9 PM Black Saddle
9:30 Cimarron City
10:30 The D.A.'s Man
11 PM Movie: "The White Sister" (nothing racial,
just a romance between an Italian princess
and a soldier)
WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
9 AM Frontier Doctor
9:30 Cartoons
10 AM Howdy Doody
10:30 Ruff And Reddy
11 AM University Of Tennessee Extension
Service
11:15 Health Council
11:30 Circus Boy
12 N Country Style, U.S.A.
12:15 Tennessee Farmer
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM Baseball: Yankees-Orioles
3:30 True Story (time approximate)
4 PM Western Movie (title not given)
5 PM Union Pacific
5:30 Frontier Doctor
6 PM Chicago Wrestling
7 PM Saber Of London
7:30 People Are Funny
8 PM Perry Como (COLOR)
9 PM Black Saddle
9:30 Cimarron City
10:30 The D.A.'s Man
11 PM Movie: "The Mummy"
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
7 AM Tulane Closeup
7:30 School Of The Air
8 AM This Is Your Town
8:30 4-H Hour
9 AM Cartoons
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Heckle And Jeckle
11:30 Robin Hood
12 N Mark Wilson's Magic Circus
(he'd use that title again in
the '70s)
12:30 Cartoons
12:45 Baseball: Milwaukee Braves (not
Atlanta until 1966)-Phillies (Dizzy
Dean and Buddy Blattner report)
3:30 The Withers Stakes (from Belmont
Park) (time approximate)
4 PM Movie: "The Challenge"
5:30 Roy Rogers
6 PM Hopalong Cassidy
6:30 Cisco Kid
7 PM African Patrol
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Jack Benny/Phil Silvers Special
(Julie Andrews also appears)
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 U.S. Marshal
11 PM News
11:10 Movie: "Perilous Holiday"
12:45 Movie: "Enemy Agents Meet
Ellery Queen"
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
12 N Uncle Al (yes, Uncle Al Lewis from WCPO,
ABC in Cincinnati, with a network show)
1 PM Cartoons
2 PM Corliss Archer
2:30 Movies: "This Was Paris" and "The Man Who
Talked Too Much"
5 PM Scenicland Jubilee
5:30 Sports Album
5:45 Outdoor Clubhouse
6 PM Chattanooga Wrestling
7:25 Weather
7:30 Dick Clark
8 PM Jubilee U.S.A.
9 PM Lawrence Welk (listed as "Dancing Party,"
since at the time the show was called
"Lawrence Welk's Dodge Dancing Party")
10 PM Sammy Kaye's Music From Manhattan
(for sponsor Manhattan Shirt Co.)
10:30 The Crusader
11 PM Movie: "One Foot In Heaven"
WLW-A (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
8 AM Cartoons
9 AM Mr. Toymaker (his third station, having
already been on 2 and 5)
9:30 Circus Time (a local show sponsored by
Sunbeam Bread, and not Paul Winchell's
1956-57 ABC series)
10:30 Cartoons
12 N Uncle Al
1 PM Flash Gordon
1:30 Movie: "Little Big Horn"
2:30 Dance Party
4 PM Movie: "Tight Shoes"
5 PM Shirley Temple's Storybook
6 PM Live Atlanta Wrestling
7:30 Dick Clark
8 PM Jubilee U.S.A.
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Sammy Kaye
10:30 Movie: "Swing Time"
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
9 AM Children's Gospel Hour
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Heckle And Jeckle
11:30 Robin Hood
12 N Cartoons
12:45 Baseball: Milwaukee Braves-Phillies
3:30 The Withers Stakes (time approximate)
4 PM Bozo The Clown
4:30 TBA
5 PM Top Ten Dance Party
6 PM Science Fiction Theater
6:30 Harbor Command
7 PM Sky King
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Jack Benny/Phil Silvers Special
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Man Without A Gun (remember the
"Sheriff Without A Gun" episode of
"The Andy Griffith Show"?)
11 PM Movie: "The Thin Man Goes Home"
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)
8 AM Cartoons
9 AM Fury
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Jack And Jolly (local kids' show--
they'd be on the Cerebral Palsy
Telethon that night)
11 AM Sky King
11:30 Robin Hood
12 N CBS News (Robert Trout) (this was
network television's first half-hour
newscast, four years before Cronkite
went to 30 minutes)
12:30 Riders Of The Purple Sage
12:45 Baseball: Milwaukee Braves-Phillies
3:30 The Withers Stakes (time approximate)
4 PM Movie: "The Black Sleep" (this one's a
rarity for 1959--it's only three years old)
5:30 Jeff's Collie
6 PM Walt Disney Presents
7 PM Zorro
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Jack Benny/Phil Silvers Special
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Cerebral Palsy Telethon (Milburn Stone
and Amanda Blake of "Gunsmoke,"
Virginia Graham, and Garry Moore's singer
Ken Carson take part, along with Jack and
Jolly--to 6 PM Sunday)