From TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
10:30 Catholic Hour
11 AM Movie: "Dixie Dugan"
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Football Review (no details given)
1 PM Georgia Tech Football Highlights
(Tech vs. Tulane)
2 PM Victory At Sea
2:30 Movie: "Tenth Avenue Angel"
4 PM Wide Wide World (following doctors in
Cleveland; Overbrook, KS; Milwaukee;
and the headquarters of the U.S. Public
Health Service in Chamblee, GA--Dave
Garroway hosts)
5:30 This Week With Ray Moore (local)
6 PM Meet The Press (guest is Carl Sandburg)
6:30 My Friend Flicka (COLOR)
7 PM New Adventures Of Charlie Chan (with J.
Carrol Naish)
7:30 Sally (watch for Marion Lorne, Aunt Clara
on "Bewitched")
8 PM Steve Allen (guests: William Bendix, Jerry Vale,
Judy Canova, singer Janice Harper) (COLOR)
9 PM Dinah Shore (guests: Gale Storm, Bob Cummings,
Boris Karloff, and the Steiner Brothers on a
Halloween-themed show) (COLOR)
10 PM Loretta Young
10:30 Movie: "Seven Sweethearts"
WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC/ABC)
9 AM Church Service
9:30 Movie: TBA
11 AM Church Service
12 N Film Feature (travelogue)
12:15 Central Football Film (don't know the school)
1 PM University of Tennessee Football Highlights
2 PM NFL Football: Browns-Chicago Cardinals
4 PM Wide Wide World (time approximate)
5:30 Outlook (Chet Huntley)
6 PM Meet The Press
6:30 Disneyland (ABC, delay from Wed 7:30)
7:30 Telephone Time (ABC, delay from Tue 9:30)
8 PM Steve Allen (COLOR)
9 PM Dinah Shore (COLOR)
10 PM Loretta Young
10:30 Ted Mack's Amateur Hour (all the guests are
from Austria. delay from 7 PM)
11 PM Movie: TBA
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
10 AM TV Bible Class
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM The UN In Action
11:30 Camera Three
12 N Let's Take A Trip (Sonny Fox)
12:30 Wild Bill Hickok
1 PM Face The Nation (guest: perennial Presidential
candidate Harold Stassen in his capacity as
assistant to Eisenhower on disarmament)
1:45 Football Kickoff
2 PM NFL Football: Redskins-Giants
5 PM Foreign Legionnaire (time approximate)
5:30 20th Century: "Guided Missile" (another case of
Ch. 5 getting a CBS program ahead of the rest
of the network--one hour to be exact--and Daylight
Saving Time is over)
6 PM Two Bells
6:30 Silent Service
7 PM You Asked For It (This is strange--this show is on ABC,
while the CBS competition, "Lassie", is on Ch. 11, the
ABC affiliate. I've seen this same thing in the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution so it can't be a typo on TV Guide's
part.)
7:30 Bachelor Father (alternates with Jack Benny for two seasons,
airs Thursdays on NBC from 1959-61, and Tuesdays on ABC
in 1961-62)
8 PM Ed Sullivan (guests: actor-comedian Frank Fay, female impersonator
T.C. Jones, singer Jane Morgan, songwriters Gene Austin, Joe Howard,
and W.C. Handy; vaudeville stars Benny Fields and Blossom Seeley,
actress-singer Frances Farmer, singers Don Rondo, Connie Towers,
Dario Cassini, and Andy Quinn; composer Rudolf Friml--part of the show
is a salute to ASCAP)
9 PM GE Theater (one of the show's classics: Charles Laughton in "Mr. Kensington's
Finest Hour," where he plays a British diplomat assigned to a consulate in Texas
and has problems adapting to the culture)
9:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10 PM $64,000 Challenge (Dr. Joyce Brothers vs. former light-heavyweight champ
Tommy Loughran for $64,000 on boxing; Norman Fruman vs. Barrie Simmons
for $16,000 on general knowledge. Ralph Story is host.)
10:30 What's My Line?
11 PM News (probably CBS)
11:15 This Is The Life
WROM Ch. 9 Rome, GA (Ind.) (This station was short-spacing Ch. 8 in Athens/
Atlanta, was moved to Chattanooga, and eventually became ABC affiliate WTVC.
It did pick up some network shows at this time, however.)
6 PM This Is The Life
6:30 Oral Roberts
7 PM Lassie (CBS)
7:30 Maverick (ABC)
8:30 Bowling Stars (George Young vs. Joe Kristof, ABC)
9 PM Open Hearing (John Secondari, ABC)
sign off 9:30 PM
WLW-A (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
9 AM Cartoon Musicale
9:30 Christian Science
11 AM Church Service (First Baptist Church of Atlanta)
12 N Cartoon Carnival
12:30 Movie: "A Dangerous Profession"
2 PM Stars Of Tomorrow (Freddie Miller, later Gordon Solie's
sidekick on "Georgia Championship Wrestling," is a local
Ted Mack--some of the names who got a break on this
show include Brenda Lee, James Brown, Tommy Roe,
Jerry Reed, and Joe South.)
2:30 Fire! Your Worst Enemy
2:45 Georgia In Washington
3 PM Emory Series
3:30 Championship Bowling
4:30 Paul Winchell (guests: the Miller Brothers, trampoline act;
Sharky the seal)
5 PM Tales Of The Texas Rangers (no, not the surprise AL entry
in this year's World Series)
5:30 Lee Roy Abernathy (gospel music)
6 PM Joe Palooka
6:30 Famous Playhouse
7 PM Lassie
7:30 Maverick
8:30 Bowling Stars
9 PM Open Hearing
9:30 Film: "Petrified River" (pollution of rivers in Colorado from
uranium mining; and Tennessee from the Oak Ridge nuclear
plant)
10 PM All-America Football Game Of The Week
10:30 Movies: "Ding Dong Williams" and "Radio Stars On Parade"
(watch for Jack Benny's announcer Don Wilson in the second one)
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS/ABC)
10 AM Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM This Is The Answer
11:30 Camera Three
12 N Let's Take A Trip
12:30 This Is The Life
1 PM Point Of View (longtime public-affairs show on Ch. 12)
1:30 Porky Pig
1:45 Football Kickoff
2 PM NFL Football (the listing shows Browns-Cardinals, but since
that game was on Ch. 3 I have to believe Ch. 12 showed
Redskins-Giants)
5 PM See It Now (now a series of specials, this one is "The Secret
Life Of Danny Kaye") (time approximate)
6:30 20th Century
7 PM Lassie
7:30 Bachelor Father
8 PM Ed Sullivan
9 PM GE Theater
9:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10 PM $64,000 Challenge
10:30 Movie: "Lady For A Night"
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)
10 AM Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM The UN In Action
11:30 Camera Three
12 N This Is The Life
12:30 Oral Roberts
1 PM Face The Nation
1:45 Football Kickoff
2 PM NFL Football: Redskins-Giants
4 PM Telephone Time (time approximate)
4:30 no listing given
5 PM See It Now
6:30 20th Century
7 PM Tennessee Ernie Ford (guest Marie Wilson,
NBC, delay from Thu 9:30)
7:30 Bachelor Father
8 PM Ed Sullivan
9 PM GE Theater
9:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10 PM $64,000 Challenge
10:30 Danny Thomas (delay from Mon 9 PM, when
Ch. 13 showed "Voice Of Firestone" from ABC)
11 PM News (probably CBS)
11:15 Georgia Tech Football: highlights of Tech-Tulane
WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)
10:30 Catholic Hour
11 AM Movie: "Dixie Dugan"
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Football Review (no details given)
1 PM Georgia Tech Football Highlights
(Tech vs. Tulane)
2 PM Victory At Sea
2:30 Movie: "Tenth Avenue Angel"
4 PM Wide Wide World (following doctors in
Cleveland; Overbrook, KS; Milwaukee;
and the headquarters of the U.S. Public
Health Service in Chamblee, GA--Dave
Garroway hosts)
5:30 This Week With Ray Moore (local)
6 PM Meet The Press (guest is Carl Sandburg)
6:30 My Friend Flicka (COLOR)
7 PM New Adventures Of Charlie Chan (with J.
Carrol Naish)
7:30 Sally (watch for Marion Lorne, Aunt Clara
on "Bewitched")
8 PM Steve Allen (guests: William Bendix, Jerry Vale,
Judy Canova, singer Janice Harper) (COLOR)
9 PM Dinah Shore (guests: Gale Storm, Bob Cummings,
Boris Karloff, and the Steiner Brothers on a
Halloween-themed show) (COLOR)
10 PM Loretta Young
10:30 Movie: "Seven Sweethearts"
WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC/ABC)
9 AM Church Service
9:30 Movie: TBA
11 AM Church Service
12 N Film Feature (travelogue)
12:15 Central Football Film (don't know the school)
1 PM University of Tennessee Football Highlights
2 PM NFL Football: Browns-Chicago Cardinals
4 PM Wide Wide World (time approximate)
5:30 Outlook (Chet Huntley)
6 PM Meet The Press
6:30 Disneyland (ABC, delay from Wed 7:30)
7:30 Telephone Time (ABC, delay from Tue 9:30)
8 PM Steve Allen (COLOR)
9 PM Dinah Shore (COLOR)
10 PM Loretta Young
10:30 Ted Mack's Amateur Hour (all the guests are
from Austria. delay from 7 PM)
11 PM Movie: TBA
WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)
10 AM TV Bible Class
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM The UN In Action
11:30 Camera Three
12 N Let's Take A Trip (Sonny Fox)
12:30 Wild Bill Hickok
1 PM Face The Nation (guest: perennial Presidential
candidate Harold Stassen in his capacity as
assistant to Eisenhower on disarmament)
1:45 Football Kickoff
2 PM NFL Football: Redskins-Giants
5 PM Foreign Legionnaire (time approximate)
5:30 20th Century: "Guided Missile" (another case of
Ch. 5 getting a CBS program ahead of the rest
of the network--one hour to be exact--and Daylight
Saving Time is over)
6 PM Two Bells
6:30 Silent Service
7 PM You Asked For It (This is strange--this show is on ABC,
while the CBS competition, "Lassie", is on Ch. 11, the
ABC affiliate. I've seen this same thing in the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution so it can't be a typo on TV Guide's
part.)
7:30 Bachelor Father (alternates with Jack Benny for two seasons,
airs Thursdays on NBC from 1959-61, and Tuesdays on ABC
in 1961-62)
8 PM Ed Sullivan (guests: actor-comedian Frank Fay, female impersonator
T.C. Jones, singer Jane Morgan, songwriters Gene Austin, Joe Howard,
and W.C. Handy; vaudeville stars Benny Fields and Blossom Seeley,
actress-singer Frances Farmer, singers Don Rondo, Connie Towers,
Dario Cassini, and Andy Quinn; composer Rudolf Friml--part of the show
is a salute to ASCAP)
9 PM GE Theater (one of the show's classics: Charles Laughton in "Mr. Kensington's
Finest Hour," where he plays a British diplomat assigned to a consulate in Texas
and has problems adapting to the culture)
9:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10 PM $64,000 Challenge (Dr. Joyce Brothers vs. former light-heavyweight champ
Tommy Loughran for $64,000 on boxing; Norman Fruman vs. Barrie Simmons
for $16,000 on general knowledge. Ralph Story is host.)
10:30 What's My Line?
11 PM News (probably CBS)
11:15 This Is The Life
WROM Ch. 9 Rome, GA (Ind.) (This station was short-spacing Ch. 8 in Athens/
Atlanta, was moved to Chattanooga, and eventually became ABC affiliate WTVC.
It did pick up some network shows at this time, however.)
6 PM This Is The Life
6:30 Oral Roberts
7 PM Lassie (CBS)
7:30 Maverick (ABC)
8:30 Bowling Stars (George Young vs. Joe Kristof, ABC)
9 PM Open Hearing (John Secondari, ABC)
sign off 9:30 PM
WLW-A (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)
9 AM Cartoon Musicale
9:30 Christian Science
11 AM Church Service (First Baptist Church of Atlanta)
12 N Cartoon Carnival
12:30 Movie: "A Dangerous Profession"
2 PM Stars Of Tomorrow (Freddie Miller, later Gordon Solie's
sidekick on "Georgia Championship Wrestling," is a local
Ted Mack--some of the names who got a break on this
show include Brenda Lee, James Brown, Tommy Roe,
Jerry Reed, and Joe South.)
2:30 Fire! Your Worst Enemy
2:45 Georgia In Washington
3 PM Emory Series
3:30 Championship Bowling
4:30 Paul Winchell (guests: the Miller Brothers, trampoline act;
Sharky the seal)
5 PM Tales Of The Texas Rangers (no, not the surprise AL entry
in this year's World Series)
5:30 Lee Roy Abernathy (gospel music)
6 PM Joe Palooka
6:30 Famous Playhouse
7 PM Lassie
7:30 Maverick
8:30 Bowling Stars
9 PM Open Hearing
9:30 Film: "Petrified River" (pollution of rivers in Colorado from
uranium mining; and Tennessee from the Oak Ridge nuclear
plant)
10 PM All-America Football Game Of The Week
10:30 Movies: "Ding Dong Williams" and "Radio Stars On Parade"
(watch for Jack Benny's announcer Don Wilson in the second one)
WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS/ABC)
10 AM Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM This Is The Answer
11:30 Camera Three
12 N Let's Take A Trip
12:30 This Is The Life
1 PM Point Of View (longtime public-affairs show on Ch. 12)
1:30 Porky Pig
1:45 Football Kickoff
2 PM NFL Football (the listing shows Browns-Cardinals, but since
that game was on Ch. 3 I have to believe Ch. 12 showed
Redskins-Giants)
5 PM See It Now (now a series of specials, this one is "The Secret
Life Of Danny Kaye") (time approximate)
6:30 20th Century
7 PM Lassie
7:30 Bachelor Father
8 PM Ed Sullivan
9 PM GE Theater
9:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10 PM $64,000 Challenge
10:30 Movie: "Lady For A Night"
WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)
10 AM Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up And Live
11 AM The UN In Action
11:30 Camera Three
12 N This Is The Life
12:30 Oral Roberts
1 PM Face The Nation
1:45 Football Kickoff
2 PM NFL Football: Redskins-Giants
4 PM Telephone Time (time approximate)
4:30 no listing given
5 PM See It Now
6:30 20th Century
7 PM Tennessee Ernie Ford (guest Marie Wilson,
NBC, delay from Thu 9:30)
7:30 Bachelor Father
8 PM Ed Sullivan
9 PM GE Theater
9:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
10 PM $64,000 Challenge
10:30 Danny Thomas (delay from Mon 9 PM, when
Ch. 13 showed "Voice Of Firestone" from ABC)
11 PM News (probably CBS)
11:15 Georgia Tech Football: highlights of Tech-Tulane