From TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Astroboy (x2)
8 AM Popeye Club
9 AM Here Comes The Grump
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Jambo (Jonah Paul Jones, a dolphin who acts
as bodyguard for an old fisherman)
12 N Tarzan
1 PM Movie: "Horizons West" (Robert Ryan and Rock
Hudson are the stars, but watch for Raymond Burr,
from '52)
2:30 Sports Film
2:35 Movie: "The Private War Of Major Benson"
4:30 All-American College Show (judges: Bill Bixby, June
Lockhart, Jan Murray)
5 PM Perry Mason
6 PM Newsroom (John Pruitt)
6:30 Huntley/Brinkley Report
7 PM Death Valley Days
7:30 Andy Williams (guests: Ray Charles, Don Knotts,
Mama Cass Elliot)
8:30 Adam-12
9 PM Movie: "The Plainsman"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Thrill Of It All"
1:35 Movie: "Homicidal"
WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Here Comes The Grump
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Jambo
12 N Flintstones
12:30 Underdog
1 PM Movie: TBA
2:30 One Step Beyond
3 PM The New Breed
4 PM Fishing
4:30 Outdoors
5 PM Bill Anderson
5:30 Lester Flatt
6 PM Kitty Wells
6:30 Huntley/Brinkley Report
7 PM Porter Wagoner (guest: Johnny Darrell)
7:30 Andy Williams
8:30 Adam-12
9 PM NBC Movie: "Jigsaw" (don't know if this is related
to the "Jigsaw" that was part of the ABC trilogy
"The Men" in 1972-73)
11 PM Stoneman Family
11:30 Saturday Tonight Show
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
6:25 Sacred Heart
6:40 Living Word
6:55 Farm News, Weather
7 AM Box 5 RFD
7:30 4-H Hour
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Mr. Pix (Dave Michaels)
10:30 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
11 AM Archie Comedy Hour
12 N Monkees
12:30 Wacky Races
1 PM New Adventures Of Superman
1:30 Jonny Quest
2 PM Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines
(delay from 9:30 AM)
2:30 High-Q (Walker High School vs. the winner of
last week's match between South Gwinnett
and Walter F. George)
3 PM Wagon Train
4:30 Porter Wagoner
5 PM Hawaii Five-O (delay from Wed 10 PM)
6 PM Panorama (news, with Jerry Psenka)
6:30 Xernona Clayton
7 PM I Love Lucy
7:30 Jackie Gleason (a Honeymooners episode set
in Hollywood, with guest George Chakiris)
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Green Acres
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Spencer's Mountain" (the setting would
change from Wyoming to Virginia and become "The
Waltons" less than three years later)
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta
WDCO Ch. 15 (WMUM Ch. 29) Cochran
WCLP (WNGH) Ch. 18 Chatsworth (NET)
7:30 You Asked For It (monkeys and dogs perform unusual feats;
a salesman with a unique pitch; diamond cutting in Amsterdam;
gas-powered roller skates; the training of a forester)
8 PM Great Music From Chicago (Andre Kostelanetz conducts the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.)
9 PM Speaking Freely (William H. Whyte, conservationist and former
member of President Johnson's Task Force on Natural Beauty)
10 PM Movie: "The Bridal Path" (watch for Bernadette O'Farrell of "Robin
Hood" fame in this English comedy from '58)
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7 AM Science In Action
7:30 Dudley Do-Right (delay from Sun 9:30 AM)
8 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys (animated)
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 Adventures Of Gulliver
12 N Mull's Singing Convention
1 PM Know Your Bible
1:30 TBA
2 PM NBA Basketball: Pistons-Bucks (this was Kareem Abdul-
Jabbar's pro debut; he was with the Bucks at the time
and still using the name Lew Alcindor)
4 PM College Football Pre-Game Show (time approximate)
4:15 College Football: California-UCLA
7:30 Dating Game (guest: Barry Nelson, time approximate)
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk (songs about honey and Hawaii)
9:30 Hollywood Palace (Diana Ross and the Supremes (hosts);
Sammy Davis Jr., Alan Sues, Willie Tyler and Lester, and
the Jackson 5 (billed as "Diana's proteges")
10:30 Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (delay from Fri 8:30 PM)
11 PM ABC News (anchor not given)
11:15 Movie: "The FBI Story" (not to be confused with the series
"The FBI")
WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
7 AM Adventures In Living
7:30 Discovery (ancient Mexican civilizations, from the Olmecs
in 10,000 B.C. to the Aztecs, delay from Sun 11:30 AM)
8 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 Adventures Of Gulliver
12 N Fantastic Voyage
12:30 Joe Namath (guest: Muhammad Ali)
1 PM Outdoors
1:30 Art Collier (Falcons highlights)
2 PM NBA Basketball: Pistons-Bucks
4 PM College Football Pre-Game Show (time approximate)
4:15 College Football: California-UCLA
7:30 Ella Fitzgerald Special (guest: Duke Ellington)
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Hollywood Palace
10:30 Atlanta Wrestling
11:30 Movie: "Mutiny In Outer Space"
1 AM ABC News
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
7:45 Uncle Hank
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines
10 AM Perils Of Penelope Pitstop
10:30 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
11 AM Archie Comedy Hour
12 N This Week In Pro Football
1 PM New Adventures Of Superman
1:30 Jonny Quest
2 PM Harold Wilkes (no idea who he is)
2:30 Combat!
3:30 Car And Track
4 PM Roller Derby
5 PM Chattanooga Wrestling
6 PM News (Red Brown)
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Green Acres
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Destination Inner Space" (I noticed the name
Wende Wagner, who played Lenore "Casey" Case on
"The Green Hornet" the same year this movie was released,
1966.)
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/ABC)
7 AM Georgialand
7:30 Georgia TV Monitor
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines
10 AM Perils Of Penelope Pitstop
10:30 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
11 AM Archie Comedy Hour
12 N Monkees
12:30 Wacky Races
1 PM New Adventures Of Superman
1:30 Jonny Quest
2 PM NBA Basketball: Pistons-Bucks
4 PM College Football Pre-Game Show (time approximate)
4:15 College Football: California-UCLA
7:30 Jackie Gleason (time approximate)
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Bombers B-52" (watch for a pre-"77 Sunset
Strip" Efrem Zimbalist Jr., from '57)
WJRJ (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)
1 PM Agriculture U.S.A.
1:30 Movie: "Road To Morocco" (I believe this was Bob Hope
and Bing Crosby's first "Road" picture, from '42.)
3:30 Upbeat (Michael Allen, Little Anthony, Tommy James, Dave
"Baby" Cortez, the Robbs)
4:30 Samson And Goliath
5 PM Little Rascals
5:30 Batman
6 PM Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo
6:30 CBS News (pre-empted on Ch. 5)
7 PM Munsters
7:30 My Little Margie
8 PM Donna Reed
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Western Star Theatre
9:30 Roller Derby
10:30 Country Music Holiday
11 PM Alfred Hitchcock Presents
11:30 Movie: "Force Of Evil"
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (NET)
off air on Saturday
WATL Ch. 36 Atlanta (Ind.)
10 AM Movie: "The Caine Mutiny"
12 N Ed Hurst (music, not sure what kind, probably
country)
1 PM Movie: "A Bullet Is Waiting"
3 PM Movie: "The Caine Mutiny"
5 PM Country Carnival
5:30 Judy Lynn (country music)
6 PM Star Trek
7 PM Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (pre-empted on Ch. 11,
delay from Fri 8:30 PM)
7:30 Dating Game (pre-empted on Ch. 11, which normally
aired movies 6:30-8:30 PM Saturdays)
8 PM Newlywed Game (pre-empted on Ch. 11)
8:30 Let's Make A Deal (pre-empted on Ch. 11, delay from
Fri 7:30 PM--Ch. 11 also aired movies 7:30-9:30 PM
Fridays)
9 PM Hugh Hefner (Buddy Greco, Shari Lewis, Canned Heat)
10 PM Movie: "Saturday Night And Sunday Morning"
NOTE: Regarding Ch. 11's Friday-night schedule at the time, "The
Brady Bunch" was delayed from 8 to 9:30 PM, "Here Come The Brides"
from 9 PM to Sunday 5 PM, and "Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon
Sisters Hour" aired in pattern at 10. On Saturdays, the station's normal
lineup was movies at 6:30, Lawrence Welk at 8:30, "Hollywood Palace"
at 9:30, and wrestling at 10:30.
WCWB (WMGT) Ch. 41 Macon (NBC)
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Here Comes The Grump
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Jambo
12 N This Week In Pro Football
1 PM Macon Wrestling
2 PM Film
3:30 Film
4 PM Film
5 PM Film
5:30 TBA
6:30 Bill Anderson
7 PM Huntley/Brinkley Report
7:30 Andy Williams
8:30 Adam-12
9 PM NBC Movie: "Jigsaw"
11 PM Western Star Theater (don't ask me why Ch. 17 spelled
it "theatre" and Ch. 41 spelled it "theater")
11:30 Saturday Tonight Show
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
7 AM Astroboy (x2)
8 AM Popeye Club
9 AM Here Comes The Grump
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Jambo (Jonah Paul Jones, a dolphin who acts
as bodyguard for an old fisherman)
12 N Tarzan
1 PM Movie: "Horizons West" (Robert Ryan and Rock
Hudson are the stars, but watch for Raymond Burr,
from '52)
2:30 Sports Film
2:35 Movie: "The Private War Of Major Benson"
4:30 All-American College Show (judges: Bill Bixby, June
Lockhart, Jan Murray)
5 PM Perry Mason
6 PM Newsroom (John Pruitt)
6:30 Huntley/Brinkley Report
7 PM Death Valley Days
7:30 Andy Williams (guests: Ray Charles, Don Knotts,
Mama Cass Elliot)
8:30 Adam-12
9 PM Movie: "The Plainsman"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Thrill Of It All"
1:35 Movie: "Homicidal"
WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Here Comes The Grump
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Jambo
12 N Flintstones
12:30 Underdog
1 PM Movie: TBA
2:30 One Step Beyond
3 PM The New Breed
4 PM Fishing
4:30 Outdoors
5 PM Bill Anderson
5:30 Lester Flatt
6 PM Kitty Wells
6:30 Huntley/Brinkley Report
7 PM Porter Wagoner (guest: Johnny Darrell)
7:30 Andy Williams
8:30 Adam-12
9 PM NBC Movie: "Jigsaw" (don't know if this is related
to the "Jigsaw" that was part of the ABC trilogy
"The Men" in 1972-73)
11 PM Stoneman Family
11:30 Saturday Tonight Show
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
6:25 Sacred Heart
6:40 Living Word
6:55 Farm News, Weather
7 AM Box 5 RFD
7:30 4-H Hour
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Mr. Pix (Dave Michaels)
10:30 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
11 AM Archie Comedy Hour
12 N Monkees
12:30 Wacky Races
1 PM New Adventures Of Superman
1:30 Jonny Quest
2 PM Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines
(delay from 9:30 AM)
2:30 High-Q (Walker High School vs. the winner of
last week's match between South Gwinnett
and Walter F. George)
3 PM Wagon Train
4:30 Porter Wagoner
5 PM Hawaii Five-O (delay from Wed 10 PM)
6 PM Panorama (news, with Jerry Psenka)
6:30 Xernona Clayton
7 PM I Love Lucy
7:30 Jackie Gleason (a Honeymooners episode set
in Hollywood, with guest George Chakiris)
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Green Acres
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Spencer's Mountain" (the setting would
change from Wyoming to Virginia and become "The
Waltons" less than three years later)
WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta
WDCO Ch. 15 (WMUM Ch. 29) Cochran
WCLP (WNGH) Ch. 18 Chatsworth (NET)
7:30 You Asked For It (monkeys and dogs perform unusual feats;
a salesman with a unique pitch; diamond cutting in Amsterdam;
gas-powered roller skates; the training of a forester)
8 PM Great Music From Chicago (Andre Kostelanetz conducts the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.)
9 PM Speaking Freely (William H. Whyte, conservationist and former
member of President Johnson's Task Force on Natural Beauty)
10 PM Movie: "The Bridal Path" (watch for Bernadette O'Farrell of "Robin
Hood" fame in this English comedy from '58)
WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)
7 AM Science In Action
7:30 Dudley Do-Right (delay from Sun 9:30 AM)
8 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys (animated)
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 Adventures Of Gulliver
12 N Mull's Singing Convention
1 PM Know Your Bible
1:30 TBA
2 PM NBA Basketball: Pistons-Bucks (this was Kareem Abdul-
Jabbar's pro debut; he was with the Bucks at the time
and still using the name Lew Alcindor)
4 PM College Football Pre-Game Show (time approximate)
4:15 College Football: California-UCLA
7:30 Dating Game (guest: Barry Nelson, time approximate)
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk (songs about honey and Hawaii)
9:30 Hollywood Palace (Diana Ross and the Supremes (hosts);
Sammy Davis Jr., Alan Sues, Willie Tyler and Lester, and
the Jackson 5 (billed as "Diana's proteges")
10:30 Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (delay from Fri 8:30 PM)
11 PM ABC News (anchor not given)
11:15 Movie: "The FBI Story" (not to be confused with the series
"The FBI")
WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
7 AM Adventures In Living
7:30 Discovery (ancient Mexican civilizations, from the Olmecs
in 10,000 B.C. to the Aztecs, delay from Sun 11:30 AM)
8 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
8:30 Smokey Bear
9 AM Cattanooga Cats
10 AM Hot Wheels
10:30 Hardy Boys
11 AM Sky Hawks
11:30 Adventures Of Gulliver
12 N Fantastic Voyage
12:30 Joe Namath (guest: Muhammad Ali)
1 PM Outdoors
1:30 Art Collier (Falcons highlights)
2 PM NBA Basketball: Pistons-Bucks
4 PM College Football Pre-Game Show (time approximate)
4:15 College Football: California-UCLA
7:30 Ella Fitzgerald Special (guest: Duke Ellington)
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Hollywood Palace
10:30 Atlanta Wrestling
11:30 Movie: "Mutiny In Outer Space"
1 AM ABC News
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)
7:45 Uncle Hank
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines
10 AM Perils Of Penelope Pitstop
10:30 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
11 AM Archie Comedy Hour
12 N This Week In Pro Football
1 PM New Adventures Of Superman
1:30 Jonny Quest
2 PM Harold Wilkes (no idea who he is)
2:30 Combat!
3:30 Car And Track
4 PM Roller Derby
5 PM Chattanooga Wrestling
6 PM News (Red Brown)
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Green Acres
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Destination Inner Space" (I noticed the name
Wende Wagner, who played Lenore "Casey" Case on
"The Green Hornet" the same year this movie was released,
1966.)
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/ABC)
7 AM Georgialand
7:30 Georgia TV Monitor
8 AM Jetsons
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines
10 AM Perils Of Penelope Pitstop
10:30 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
11 AM Archie Comedy Hour
12 N Monkees
12:30 Wacky Races
1 PM New Adventures Of Superman
1:30 Jonny Quest
2 PM NBA Basketball: Pistons-Bucks
4 PM College Football Pre-Game Show (time approximate)
4:15 College Football: California-UCLA
7:30 Jackie Gleason (time approximate)
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Bombers B-52" (watch for a pre-"77 Sunset
Strip" Efrem Zimbalist Jr., from '57)
WJRJ (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)
1 PM Agriculture U.S.A.
1:30 Movie: "Road To Morocco" (I believe this was Bob Hope
and Bing Crosby's first "Road" picture, from '42.)
3:30 Upbeat (Michael Allen, Little Anthony, Tommy James, Dave
"Baby" Cortez, the Robbs)
4:30 Samson And Goliath
5 PM Little Rascals
5:30 Batman
6 PM Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo
6:30 CBS News (pre-empted on Ch. 5)
7 PM Munsters
7:30 My Little Margie
8 PM Donna Reed
8:30 Tales Of Wells Fargo
9 PM Western Star Theatre
9:30 Roller Derby
10:30 Country Music Holiday
11 PM Alfred Hitchcock Presents
11:30 Movie: "Force Of Evil"
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (NET)
off air on Saturday
WATL Ch. 36 Atlanta (Ind.)
10 AM Movie: "The Caine Mutiny"
12 N Ed Hurst (music, not sure what kind, probably
country)
1 PM Movie: "A Bullet Is Waiting"
3 PM Movie: "The Caine Mutiny"
5 PM Country Carnival
5:30 Judy Lynn (country music)
6 PM Star Trek
7 PM Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (pre-empted on Ch. 11,
delay from Fri 8:30 PM)
7:30 Dating Game (pre-empted on Ch. 11, which normally
aired movies 6:30-8:30 PM Saturdays)
8 PM Newlywed Game (pre-empted on Ch. 11)
8:30 Let's Make A Deal (pre-empted on Ch. 11, delay from
Fri 7:30 PM--Ch. 11 also aired movies 7:30-9:30 PM
Fridays)
9 PM Hugh Hefner (Buddy Greco, Shari Lewis, Canned Heat)
10 PM Movie: "Saturday Night And Sunday Morning"
NOTE: Regarding Ch. 11's Friday-night schedule at the time, "The
Brady Bunch" was delayed from 8 to 9:30 PM, "Here Come The Brides"
from 9 PM to Sunday 5 PM, and "Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon
Sisters Hour" aired in pattern at 10. On Saturdays, the station's normal
lineup was movies at 6:30, Lawrence Welk at 8:30, "Hollywood Palace"
at 9:30, and wrestling at 10:30.
WCWB (WMGT) Ch. 41 Macon (NBC)
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Here Comes The Grump
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Jambo
12 N This Week In Pro Football
1 PM Macon Wrestling
2 PM Film
3:30 Film
4 PM Film
5 PM Film
5:30 TBA
6:30 Bill Anderson
7 PM Huntley/Brinkley Report
7:30 Andy Williams
8:30 Adam-12
9 PM NBC Movie: "Jigsaw"
11 PM Western Star Theater (don't ask me why Ch. 17 spelled
it "theatre" and Ch. 41 spelled it "theater")
11:30 Saturday Tonight Show
