From TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Spade And Hoe
7:30 Cartoons
7:35 Movie: "Tarzan Escapes" (Johnny Weissmuller,
Maureen O'Sullivan)
9 AM Cartoons
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Magic Midway (Claude Kirchner welcomes foot
juggler Lew Bogert)
12 N Superman
12:30 Exploring (debut, COLOR)
1:30 Popeye Club
2:30 Movie: "Heidi" (Shirley Temple)
4 PM Movie: "King Richard And The Crusaders"
6 PM Two Bells
6:30 Football Highlights
6:40 Weather, News, Sports
7 PM Eyewitness (news analysis, not the CBS Friday-
night series or "Eyewitness News")
7:15 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
7:30 Sam Benedict
8:30 Joey Bishop (his sitcom, COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Three Coins In The Fountain" (COLOR)
11:05 Movies: "I'll See You In My Dreams" and "Disbarred"
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
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 (debut, COLOR)
1:30 Movies: "Mission In Morocco" and "The Go-Getter"
5 PM Wrestling (from Chattanooga)
6:45 News, Weather
7 PM Porter Wagoner
7:30 Sam Benedict
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Three Coins In The Fountain" (COLOR)
11:05 Movie: "The Eagle And The Hawk"
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
7:25 News, Weather
7:30 4-H Hour (a fixture on Ch. 5 at least into the '80s)
8 AM Funny Pictures (future 11 Alive anchor Dave Michaels
as Mr. Pix)
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Bugs Bunny (the older cartoons not carried on ABC)
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 College Football Kickoff (Chris Schenkel, then at CBS)
12:45 College Football: Penn State-Army
4 PM Championship Bowling (time approximate)
5 PM Grand Ole Opry
5:30 Movie: "The Adventures Of Don Juan" (Errol Flynn)
7:20 Scoreboard
7:30 Jackie Gleason (Tony Bennett, Alice Ghostley, Elliott Reid)
8:30 The Defenders (the original)
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "The Miracle Of The Bells"
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)
off air on Saturday
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7:30 Better Agriculture
8 AM Crunch And Des
8:30 Movie: "Phantom Stallion"
9:30 Supercar
10 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam (says it's the same show
airing in-pattern at 12:30 PM)
10:30 Bugs Bunny (delay from 12 N)
11 AM Make A Face (Bob Clayton, future host of "Concentration,"
hosts this game show for kids which had already had an
adult version the previous year.)
11:30 Top Cat
12 N Mull's Singing Convention
1 PM Word Of God
1:30 This Is The Answer
2 PM Movie: "Rustlers Of Devil's Canyon"
3 PM Women's Bowling
4 PM It's A Great Life
4:30 Air Force Story
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (Trenton 200 Indy car race,
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race)
6:30 Sports With Gus Chamberlain
7 PM Beany And Cecil (COLOR)
7:30 Roy Rogers And Dale Evans Show (an international show,
with dancing troupes from Morocco and Chile; folksinging
trio the Travelers Three; Roy and Dale's daughter Marion
Rogers Eaton)
8:30 Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (Fess Parker)
9 PM Lawrence Welk (appears to be a one-hour tape delay, the
show airing live at 9 PM EDT)
10 PM Boxing: Wilbert McClure vs. Gomeo Brennan, middleweights,
10 rounds, from Madison Square Garden (one-hour tape delay,
aired live at 10 PM EDT)
10:45 Make That Spare (Billy Welu vs. Don Carter, one-hour tape
delay, time approximate, aired live at approximately 10:45 PM
EDT)
11 PM Movie: "Plunder Of The Sun"
WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
6:55 News, Weather
7 AM Cartoon Carnival
8 AM Adventures In Living (another long-running Atlanta fixture)
9 AM Billy Johnson (kids' show)
9:30 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
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 Teen Time (Billy Johnson)
2 PM Stars Of Tomorrow (Freddie Miller)
2:30 Movie: "Big Guy"
4 PM Wide World Of Sports (Amateur Softball Association World
Series final: Clearwater, FL at Stratford, CT, delay from 5 PM)
5:30 Live Atlanta Wrestling
7 PM Beany And Cecil (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
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Roller Derby
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
8:30 Cartoons
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 College Football Kickoff
12:45 College Football: Penn State-Army
3:15 Football Roundup (time approximate)
3:30 Movie: "The Yearling" (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: "The Three Musketeers" (Gene Kelly stars,
from '48)
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)
7 AM Komedy Korner
8 AM Superman
8:30 Cisco Kid
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 College Football Kickoff
12:45 College Football: Penn State-Army
4 PM Big Picture (time approximate)
4:30 Bugs Bunny (ABC, delay from 12 N)
5 PM Eddie Cannon (music)
5:30 Grand Ole Opry
6 PM Florida Boys (gospel music)
6:30 Bonanza (NBC, delay from Sun 9 PM,
not in color)
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM Lawrence Welk (Mr. Music Maker receives
a lifetime-achievement award from ASCAP;
violinist Joe Livoti's daughter Sylvia makes
her singing debut, delay of I-don't-know-
how-much from 9 PM.)
12 M City Detective
12:30 Highway Patrol (made "10-4" a popular phrase
long before the CB craze)
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Spade And Hoe
7:30 Cartoons
7:35 Movie: "Tarzan Escapes" (Johnny Weissmuller,
Maureen O'Sullivan)
9 AM Cartoons
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Magic Midway (Claude Kirchner welcomes foot
juggler Lew Bogert)
12 N Superman
12:30 Exploring (debut, COLOR)
1:30 Popeye Club
2:30 Movie: "Heidi" (Shirley Temple)
4 PM Movie: "King Richard And The Crusaders"
6 PM Two Bells
6:30 Football Highlights
6:40 Weather, News, Sports
7 PM Eyewitness (news analysis, not the CBS Friday-
night series or "Eyewitness News")
7:15 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
7:30 Sam Benedict
8:30 Joey Bishop (his sitcom, COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Three Coins In The Fountain" (COLOR)
11:05 Movies: "I'll See You In My Dreams" and "Disbarred"
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
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 (debut, COLOR)
1:30 Movies: "Mission In Morocco" and "The Go-Getter"
5 PM Wrestling (from Chattanooga)
6:45 News, Weather
7 PM Porter Wagoner
7:30 Sam Benedict
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Three Coins In The Fountain" (COLOR)
11:05 Movie: "The Eagle And The Hawk"
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
7:25 News, Weather
7:30 4-H Hour (a fixture on Ch. 5 at least into the '80s)
8 AM Funny Pictures (future 11 Alive anchor Dave Michaels
as Mr. Pix)
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Bugs Bunny (the older cartoons not carried on ABC)
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 College Football Kickoff (Chris Schenkel, then at CBS)
12:45 College Football: Penn State-Army
4 PM Championship Bowling (time approximate)
5 PM Grand Ole Opry
5:30 Movie: "The Adventures Of Don Juan" (Errol Flynn)
7:20 Scoreboard
7:30 Jackie Gleason (Tony Bennett, Alice Ghostley, Elliott Reid)
8:30 The Defenders (the original)
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "The Miracle Of The Bells"
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)
off air on Saturday
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7:30 Better Agriculture
8 AM Crunch And Des
8:30 Movie: "Phantom Stallion"
9:30 Supercar
10 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam (says it's the same show
airing in-pattern at 12:30 PM)
10:30 Bugs Bunny (delay from 12 N)
11 AM Make A Face (Bob Clayton, future host of "Concentration,"
hosts this game show for kids which had already had an
adult version the previous year.)
11:30 Top Cat
12 N Mull's Singing Convention
1 PM Word Of God
1:30 This Is The Answer
2 PM Movie: "Rustlers Of Devil's Canyon"
3 PM Women's Bowling
4 PM It's A Great Life
4:30 Air Force Story
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (Trenton 200 Indy car race,
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race)
6:30 Sports With Gus Chamberlain
7 PM Beany And Cecil (COLOR)
7:30 Roy Rogers And Dale Evans Show (an international show,
with dancing troupes from Morocco and Chile; folksinging
trio the Travelers Three; Roy and Dale's daughter Marion
Rogers Eaton)
8:30 Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (Fess Parker)
9 PM Lawrence Welk (appears to be a one-hour tape delay, the
show airing live at 9 PM EDT)
10 PM Boxing: Wilbert McClure vs. Gomeo Brennan, middleweights,
10 rounds, from Madison Square Garden (one-hour tape delay,
aired live at 10 PM EDT)
10:45 Make That Spare (Billy Welu vs. Don Carter, one-hour tape
delay, time approximate, aired live at approximately 10:45 PM
EDT)
11 PM Movie: "Plunder Of The Sun"
WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
6:55 News, Weather
7 AM Cartoon Carnival
8 AM Adventures In Living (another long-running Atlanta fixture)
9 AM Billy Johnson (kids' show)
9:30 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
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 Teen Time (Billy Johnson)
2 PM Stars Of Tomorrow (Freddie Miller)
2:30 Movie: "Big Guy"
4 PM Wide World Of Sports (Amateur Softball Association World
Series final: Clearwater, FL at Stratford, CT, delay from 5 PM)
5:30 Live Atlanta Wrestling
7 PM Beany And Cecil (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
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Roller Derby
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
8:30 Cartoons
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 College Football Kickoff
12:45 College Football: Penn State-Army
3:15 Football Roundup (time approximate)
3:30 Movie: "The Yearling" (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: "The Three Musketeers" (Gene Kelly stars,
from '48)
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)
7 AM Komedy Korner
8 AM Superman
8:30 Cisco Kid
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 College Football Kickoff
12:45 College Football: Penn State-Army
4 PM Big Picture (time approximate)
4:30 Bugs Bunny (ABC, delay from 12 N)
5 PM Eddie Cannon (music)
5:30 Grand Ole Opry
6 PM Florida Boys (gospel music)
6:30 Bonanza (NBC, delay from Sun 9 PM,
not in color)
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM Lawrence Welk (Mr. Music Maker receives
a lifetime-achievement award from ASCAP;
violinist Joe Livoti's daughter Sylvia makes
her singing debut, delay of I-don't-know-
how-much from 9 PM.)
12 M City Detective
12:30 Highway Patrol (made "10-4" a popular phrase
long before the CB craze)