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Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon Sunday, July 4, 1976

By request, from TV Guide, North Georgia Edition:

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

6:30 Light Unto My Path
7 AM Jerry Falwell
8 AM Glorious Fourth (NBC's 10-hour coverage of
Bicentennial events around the country;
since this is WSB, not all of it will air in
Atlanta.)
12 N News
12:30 Salute 2 America Parade Preview
1 PM Glorious Fourth
3 PM Salute 2 America Parade (WSB's annual event--
now discontinued. Celebrities participating
include Robert Fuller, Garrett Morris, Sid Caesar,
Tom Kennedy, the Hager twins from "Hee Haw",
Alex Trebek, Gavin MacLeod, and Karen Valentine.)
5 PM Lawrence Welk (first of two Bicentennial shows, time
approximate)
6 PM News
6:30 Sunday News Conference
7 PM Happy Birthday, America (Paul Anka hosts; performers
include Gloria Loring, Arte Johnson, Roy Rogers and Dale
Evans, Evel Knievel, Mark Spitz, K.C. and the Sunshine Band)
8:30 Bob Hope (guests: Sammy Davis Jr., the Captain and Tennille,
Debbie Reynolds, Donny and Marie Osmond)
10 PM Best Of The Fourth (John Chancellor and David Brinkley
recap highlights of the day.)
11 PM News
11:30 Sammy And Company (Sammy Davis Jr.'s talk show; guests
are Dr. Joyce Brothers, Monty Hall, Peter Marshall, and Bob
Eubanks)
1 AM News

WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

6:30 Gospel Singing Jubilee
7 AM Ernest Angley
8 AM Voice Of Victory
8:30 Rex Humbard
9:30 Day Of Discovery
10 AM Oral Roberts
10:30 It Is Written
11 AM Faith For Today
11:30 Jaycee Question Of The Week
12 N Meet The Press (from the National Governors'
Conference in Philadelphia: Govs. Milton Shapp
(D-PA), Robert Ray (R-IA), Michael Dukakis (D-MA),
Mills Godwin Jr. (R-VA), Wendell Anderson (D-MN))
1 PM Glorious Fourth
6 PM Basic Black
7 PM Happy Birthday, America
8:30 Bob Hope
10 PM Best Of The Fourth
11 PM Good News
11:30 700 Club

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

6 AM Summer Semester: "Transformation Of American
Society"
6:30 Sacred Heart
6:45 Living Word
7 AM Insight
7:30 This Is The Life
8 AM In Celebration Of US (Walter Cronkite anchors
CBS's daylong coverage of Bicentennial events.)
10:30 Latin Atlanta '76
11 AM Church Service
12 N In Celebration Of US
6 PM News
6:30 In Celebration Of US
11 PM News
11:30 In Celebration Of US (recap)
12 M Great American Music Celebration (performers:
Lorne Greene, Dionne Warwick, Harve Presnell)

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (PBS)

12 N Sesame Street
1 PM Sound Of Youth
1:30 Music And The Spoken Word
2 PM Bonjour France (French lessons)
2:30 Old Testament Personalities
3 PM Making It Count
3:30 Shakespeare And The Bible
4 PM Forum
4:30 Third Testament
5:30 Burglar-Proofing
6 PM Five String Breakdown: Advanced Banjo
6:30 American Freedom Train (the planning and
development of a 25-car train carrying
American documents and other artifacts)
7 PM Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere (musical)
8 PM Evening At Pops
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre ("Notorious Woman,"
Part 5, about the life of novelist George Sand--
a woman)
10 PM Savannah Symphony (may run past 11 PM)

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

7:30 Directions (delay from 12:30 PM)
8 AM Call Of Calvary
8:30 Today's Living
9 AM Mull's Singing Convention
10 AM Prosperity, Way Of Living
11 AM Great American Birthday Party (ABC carries
President Ford's address from Independence
Hall.)
12 N League Of Women Voters
12:30 Church Service
1:30 Know Your Bible
2 PM Backyard Safari
2:30 Tarzan
3:30 Twelfth Annual Springnationals (drag racing)
4:30 World Invitational Tennis women's singles final:
Chris Evert vs. Evonne Goolagong
6 PM Space: 1999
7 PM Glory Road West
8 PM ABC Movie: "The New Land"
10 PM Great American Birthday Party (Harry Reasoner
with highlights of the day)
11 PM ABC News (Bill Beutel)
11:15 Ironside

WXIA Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)

5 AM Great American Celebration (from Sat 7 PM)
7 AM Human Dimension
7:30 Rex Humbard
8:30 Church Service
9 AM Hour Of Power (Robert Schuller)
10 AM Revival Of America
10:30 Garner Ted Armstrong
11 AM Church Service
12 N Issues And Answers (Prince Philip is interviewed
at Buckingham Palace.)
12:30 Crossroads
1:30 Ebony Beat Journal
2 PM Movie: "Stars And Stripes Forever"
3:30 Great American Birthday Party (New York's
Operation Sail, San Francisco's Silver Eagle
Regatta, nationwide bell-ringing)
4:30 Tennis (see Ch. 9)
6 PM News
6:30 Hollywood Squares (Sammy Davis Jr., Ernest
Borgnine, Nancy Sinatra, Leslie Uggams)
7 PM Glory Road West
8 PM ABC Movie: "The New Land"
10 PM Great American Birthday Party
11 PM News
11:30 Mission: Impossible
12:30 Crossroads
1:30 ABC News

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

6:30 Public Policy Forums
7:30 Chaplain Of Bourbon Street (Bob Harrington)
8 AM Jerry Falwell
8:30 Don Clowers (religion)
9 AM Jimmy Swaggart
9:30 Bible Herald Hour
10 AM Hour Of Power
11 AM Here And Now
11:30 Church Service
12 N Bread Of Life
12:30 In Celebration Of US
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
7 PM In Celebration Of US
8 PM Billy Graham (from the College of William
and Mary, Williamsburg, VA)
9 PM In Celebration Of US
11 PM TBA
11:30 In Celebration Of US
12 M Movie: "Apache Uprising"

WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS)

7 AM Good News
7:30 This Is The Life
8 AM In Celebration Of US
11 AM Mabel White Baptist Church
12 N In Celebration Of US
6 PM Close Up
6:30 CBS News
7 PM In Celebration Of US
11 PM CBS News (Morton Dean)
11:15 Robins Report
11:30 In Celebration Of US
12 M Bonanza

WDCO Ch. 15 (WMUM Ch. 29) Cochran/
WCLP (WNGH) Ch. 18 Chatsworth (PBS)

2 PM Bonjour France
2:30 Old Testament Personalities
3 PM Making It Count
3:30 Shakespeare And The Bible
4 PM Black Perspective On The News
4:30 Job Man Caravan
5 PM Story Behind The Story
5:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
6 PM 200 Years Of Readiness (salute to
the military)
6:30 World Press
7 PM Nova (the search for life on Mars)
8 PM Evening At Pops
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Olympiad (subject: the marathon)
sign off 11 PM

WTCG (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)

5:40 World At Large
6 AM Public Policy Forums
7 AM Ag-U.S.A.
7:30 Revival Fires
8 AM Three Stooges And Friends
9 AM Lost In Space
10 AM Hazel
10:30 Movie: "Sergeant York"
1:45 Movie: "The Gallant Hours"
4 PM Baseball: Braves-Giants
6:30 Greatest Sports Legends (time approximate)
7 PM Star Trek
8 PM Movie: "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
10:30 We The People (variety show using Atlanta talent)
sign off 12 M

WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (PBS)

6 PM Wall Street Week
6:30 William Penn: The Passionate Quaker
7 PM Firing Line
8 PM Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Bill Moyers' Journal (the relevance of the
American Revolution to the 1970s)
sign off 11 PM

WCWB (WMGT) Ch. 41 Macon (NBC)

8 AM Glorious Fourth
12 N Meet The Press
1 PM Glorious Fourth
6 PM Middle Georgia's Glorious Fourth
7 PM Happy Birthday, America
8:30 Bob Hope
10 PM Best Of The Fourth
11 PM Wayne Tyler (music)

WTCI Ch. 45 Chattanooga (PBS)

5 PM Erica (needlework)
5:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
6 PM TBA
6:30 World Press
7 PM 200 Years Revisited
8 PM Evening At Pops
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Olympiad
sign off 11 PM

WHAE (WGCL) Ch. 46 Atlanta (Ind.)

7 AM Human Dimension
7:30 Rev. Leonard Repass
8 AM Jerry Falwell
9 AM Wheat Street Baptist Church
9:30 Message To The Nation (Shirley Caesar)
10 AM Assembly Of God Tabernacle
10:30 Chaplain Of Bourbon Street
11 AM Church Service
12:15 Pastor's Study
12:30 Acts 29
1 PM Dimensions
1:30 America's Problems And Challenges
2 PM Jimmy Swaggart
2:30 Happy Hunters
3 PM Assembly Of God Tabernacle
3:30 Ernest Angley Miracle Crusade
4 PM Faith For Our Times
4:30 It's A New Day
5 PM Amazing Grace Bible Class
5:30 Release The World For Christ
6 PM Waters Family
6:30 Deaf Hear
7 PM The Story
7:30 Countdown To A Miracle
8:30 Charisma
9 PM Ernest Angley
10 PM Laverne Tripp
10:30 Max Morris (gospel music)
11 PM Midnight Meditation

WRIP (WDSI) Ch. 61 Chattanooga (Ind.)

8 AM Cartoons And Comedies
8:30 Three Stooges
9 AM Gigantor
9:30 Cartoons And Comedies
10 AM Rin Tin Tin
10:30 Three Stooges
11 AM Cartoons And Comedies
11:30 Underdog
12 N Cartoons And Comedies
12:30 Lassie
1 PM Leonard Repass
1:30 Film
1:45 Davey And Goliath
2 PM Paul Harvey Bible Stories
2:30 Pastor Of The Week
3 PM Revival Church Of God
3:30 Rev. J. Wesley Brogdon
4 PM Word Of God School
4:30 This Is The Life
5 PM United Christian Church
5:30 Herald Of Truth
6 PM Insight
6:30 Children's Gospel Hour
7 PM Liberty Faith Temple
7:30 Leonard Repass
8 PM Jerry Falwell
9 PM Human Dimension
9:30 Outdoors With Ken Callaway
10 PM Mr. Chips
10:30 Quest For Adventure
11 PM Dr. J. Harold Smith
sign off 11:05 PM
 
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