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Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon Sunday, September 29, 1974

From TV Guide, North Georgia Edition:

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

7 AM Light Unto My Path
7:30 Arthur Smith
8 AM Gospel Singing Jubilee
9 AM Movie: "The Littlest Warrior" (animated film
about a Japanese boy living on the emperor's
game preserve)
10:30 Sound Of Youth
11 AM Church Service
12 N News
12:30 Georgia Tech Highlights: Tech-Clemson
1 PM NFL Football: Jets-Bills
4 PM NFL Football: Dolphins-Chargers (time approximate)
7 PM News (time approximate)
7:30 Wonderful World Of Disney: "Shokee, The Everglades
Panther"
8:30 McMillan And Wife
10:30 News
11 PM Perry Mason
12 M Movie: "The Plainsman"
1:50 News

WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

6:30 Gospel Jubilee
7 AM Ernest Angley
8 AM Amazing Grace
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 Spring Street, U.S.A. (Cynthia Clawson sings
a couple of gospel songs and some Broadway
hits of the past.)
12 N UT-Chattanooga Highlights (their opponent from
Saturday is not given)
1 PM NFL Football: Jets-Bills
4 PM NFL Football: Dolphins-Chargers (time approximate)
7 PM Wild Kingdom (time approximate)
7:30 Wonderful World Of Disney
8:30 McMillan And Wife
10:30 Police Surgeon
11 PM Jaycee Question Of The Week
11:30 Vanderbilt Highlights: Vandy-Alabama

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

6 AM Sunrise Semester
6:30 Sacred Heart
6:45 Living Word
7 AM Insight (the religious program)
7:30 This Is The Life
8 AM Day Of Discovery
8:30 Oral Roberts
9 AM Church Service
9:30 Kaleidoscope
10 AM Herald Of Truth
10:30 Faith For Today
11 AM Church Service
12 N Georgians Speak
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM NFL Game Of The Week
1:30 The NFL Today
2 PM NFL Football: Falcons-Saints (their meeting
this past Sunday was a nailbiter, with the
Falcons winning 27-24 with less than two
minutes left in overtime)
5 PM Young People's Concert: "What Makes A
Gershwin Tune A Gershwin Tune?" Michael
Tilson Thomas conducts the New York
Philharmonic. (time approximate)
6 PM CBS News Special: analysis of President Ford's
"summit conference" on the economy
7 PM News
7:30 Apple's Way
8:30 Kojak
9:30 Mannix
10:30 Police Surgeon
11 PM News
11:30 CBS News (Dan Rather)
11:45 CBS Movie: "Skin Game" (delay from Thu 9 PM)

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (PBS)

12 N Zoom
12:30 Electric Company
1 PM Sound Of Youth
1:30 Music And The Spoken Word
2 PM Pharmacy
3 PM Your Marriage And Your Family
3:30 Bonjour France (French lessons)
4 PM 5 String Breakdown: Basic Banjo
4:30 Eye To Eye (art)
5 PM Speaking Freely
6 PM Coach Lawson
6:30 Memories Of Next Winter
7 PM Science And Art Of Football
7:30 Journey To Japan
8 PM Evening At Pops (Ella Fitzgerald performs)
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre (Lord Peter Wimsey in the
conclusion of "The Unpleasantness Of The Bellona
Club".)
10 PM Firing Line
sign off 11 PM

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

7:30 Church Service
8 AM Call Of Calvary
8:30 Today's Living
9 AM Word Of God School
9:30 John Swafford (gospel music, also aired Sat 7 PM)
10:30 Light Unto My Path
11 AM Church Service
12 N League Of Women Voters
12:30 Backyard Safari
1 PM University Of Tennessee Highlights: UT-Auburn
2 PM College Football '74: highlights of Michigan State-UCLA,
Miami (FL)-Tampa, Tulsa-Arkansas
3 PM Issues And Answers (delay from 1:30)
3:30 Virginian
5 PM Bonanza
6 PM Movie: "The Tiger And The Pussycat"
8 PM Sonny Comedy Revue (guests: McLean Stevenson,
Joey Heatherton, the Spinners)
9 PM ABC Movie: "The Valachi Papers"
11:30 ABC News (Bill Beutel)
11:45 Voice Of Victory
12:15 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

WXIA Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)

5:30 Good Morning Atlanta
6 AM Crossroads
7 AM Messenger Quartet
7:30 Rex Humbard
8:30 Church Service
9 AM Hour Of Power (Robert Schuller)
10 AM Spring Street, U.S.A.
10:30 Lassie's Rescue Rangers
11 AM Goober And The Ghost Chasers
11:30 Make A Wish (archaeological digs of mounds
created centuries ago by native Americans
at Cahokia (IL) Mounds State Park)
12 N News
12:30 Ask City Hall
1 PM Countdown From Eleven
1:30 Issues And Answers
2 PM Crossroads
3 PM Movie: "Sailor Of The King"
4:30 Movie: "The Raid" (true story of a Confederate
raid on St. Albans, VT)
6 PM News
6:30 Jimmy Dean
7 PM National Geographic
8 PM Sonny Comedy Revue
9 PM ABC Movie: "The Valachi Papers"
11:30 News
12 M Untouchables
1 AM Ebony Beat Journal
1:30 Countdown From Eleven
2 AM ABC News
2:15 News

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

7:30 Tony And Susan Alamo
8 AM Ole Time Gospel Hour (not sure if this is
Jerry Falwell)
8:30 Good News
9 AM Chaplain Of Bourbon Street (Bob Harrington)
9:30 Trinity Hour
10 AM Jimmy Swaggart
10:30 Bread Of Life
11 AM Here And Now
11:30 Mormon World Conference
12:30 Women's Pro Tennis
1:30 The NFL Today
2 PM NFL Football: Falcons-Saints
5 PM Fishing With Bill Dance (time approximate)
5:30 World Of Survival
6 PM CBS News Special
7 PM News
7:30 Apple's Way
8:30 Kojak
9:30 Mannix
10:30 Clayton Star Time
11 PM CBS News
11:15 Movie: "Botany Bay"

WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/ABC)

7 AM Georgia All-Stars
7:30 Cotton Brothers
8 AM Silver Bells
8:30 Know Your Bible
9 AM Day Of Discovery
9:30 Good News
10 AM Sego Brothers And Naomi
10:30 Swilley Family
11 AM Mabel White Baptist Church
12 N Emphasis '74
12:15 Southern Sportsman
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM Film
1:30 The NFL Today
2 PM NFL Football: Falcons-Saints
5 PM Young People's Concert (time approximate)
6 PM CBS News Special
7 PM Rat Patrol
7:30 Apple's Way
8:30 Kojak
9:30 Mannix
10:30 Close Up
11 PM CBS News
11:15 Robins Report (Robins AFB)
11:20 High Chaparral

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

3 PM Dance To The Music
3:30 Job Man Caravan
4 PM Black Perspective On The News
4:30 Movie: "Flesh And The Devil" (silent)
6:30 Second Look: Hospital Services
7 PM TBA
7:30 Journey To Japan
8 PM Evening At Pops
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Firing Line
sign off 11 PM

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

7 AM Agriculture U.S.A.
7:30 Cartoon Carnival
8 AM Brother Buzz
8:30 Speed Racer
9 AM Three Stooges/Little Rascals
10 AM Abbott And Costello
10:30 Movie: "Ride The Pink Horse"
12:30 Other People, Other Places
1 PM Movie: "Adventures Of Captain Fabian"
3 PM Movie: "In Search Of Gregory"
5 PM Movie: "Desert Detour"
7 PM Georgia Highlights: UGA-South Carolina
8 PM Alabama Highlights: Alabama-Vanderbilt
9 PM Auburn Highlights: Auburn-Tennessee
10 PM Tennessee Highlights: UT-Auburn
11 PM Movie: "20 Million Miles To Earth"

WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (PBS)

4 PM International Cookbook
4:30 National Town Meeting (former Nixon aide
William Ruckelshaus on "Whatever Happened
To The American Dream?" presented live)
5:30 International Performance
6:30 Love Tennis
7 PM Zoom
7:30 Washington Week In Review
8 PM Evening At Pops
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Firing Line
sign off 11 PM

WCWB (WMGT) Ch. 41 Macon (NBC)

7:55 Living Word
8 AM Old Time Gospel Hour (this is Jerry Falwell)
9 AM Herald Of Truth
9:30 Hour Of Deliverance
10 AM Changed Lives
10:30 Prosperity, Way Of Living
11:30 Healing Hour
12 N Norman Vincent Peale
12:30 Meet The Press (guest: Alan Greenspan,
then chair of President Ford's Council of
Economic Advisors)
1 PM NFL Football: Jets-Bills
4 PM NFL Football: Dolphins-Chargers (time approximate)
7 PM Wild Kingdom (time approximate)
7:30 Wonderful World Of Disney
8:30 McMillan And Wife
10:30 Movie: "Gun For A Coward"

WTCI Ch. 45 Chattanooga (PBS)

5:30 The People's Business
6 PM Antiques
6:30 Sign News 45
7 PM Preview
7:30 Journey To Japan
8 PM Evening At Pops
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Firing Line
11 PM Education

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

7 AM Pattern For Living
7:30 Camp Meeting Hour
8 AM Old Time Gospel Hour
9 AM Day Of Miracles
9:30 Bible Lesson
10 AM Manna
10:30 Crossroads (not sure if this is Ch. 11's program)
11 AM Church Service
12 N Teach-In
1 PM Dimensions
2 PM Deaf Hear
2:30 Happy Hunters (they're a gospel-music family)
3 PM Encounter (religion)
3:30 Tony And Susan Alamo
4 PM Kathryn Kuhlman
4:30 Glenhaven Baptist Church
5 PM Assembly Of God Tabernacle
5:30 Deeper Life Temple
6 PM Chris Panos (religion)
6:30 Baptist Tabernacle (IIRC, Ch. 11 carried their
11 AM service for about a year in 1975-76,
before switching to Roswell Street Baptist Church.)
7 PM Option '74
7:30 Countdown To A Miracle
8:30 Singing Kolendas (another gospel-music family)
9 PM Ernest Angley
10 PM Challenge Of Truth
10:30 Max Morris: A Preacher And His Piano
11 PM Voice Of Victory
11:30 Evangelist Roger Decor

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

8:25 Coffee Break
8:30 Church Service
9 AM Church Service
9:30 Human Dimension
10 AM Leonard Repass
10:30 Bible Story (this may be Paul Harvey)
11 AM Coffee Break
11:05 Cartoons And Comedies
11:30 Little Rascals
12 N Cartoons And Comedies
12:30 Story Of Human Enterprise (tree farming and
the role of trees in industry and ecology)
1 PM Bible Answers
1:30 Old Country Church
2 PM Gospel Time
2:30 Insight
3 PM Church Of The Week
3:30 Pastor Of The Week
4 PM Words Of Life
5 PM Word Of God School
5:30 Church Service
6 PM Leonard Repass
6:30 Herald Of Truth
7 PM Peter Gunn
7:30 Church Service
8 PM Decoy
8:30 Big Story (the '50s series about famous
journalists)
9 PM Praise The Lord
11 PM Midnight Meditation
11:05 Biography (Mike Wallace narrates the story
of Sen. Robert Taft)
11:30 Star Performance
 
Quite a lot of CHURCHY morning shows going on. Channel 3, 9 and 12 in Chattanooga had about 5 hours each. Nobody ever heard of counter programming? So many religious choices, must have been a lot of channel switching back and forth to tune in the best ones.

Several others were pushing 3 and 4 hours worth. Aren't most down to about 2 hours or less these days (if any at all)?
 
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