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Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon Tuesday, April 8, 1980

Less than five months before the WSB/WXIA switch.

From TV Guide, North Georgia Edition:

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

6 AM Pattern For Living
6:30 Arthur Smith
7 AM Today (Tom Brokaw)
9 AM Password Plus
9:30 Hollywood Squares
10 AM Dinah! & Friends
11:30 Wheel Of Fortune
12 N News
12:30 Mary Tyler Moore
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM The Doctors
2:30 Another World
4 PM Starsky & Hutch
5 PM Newlywed Game
5:30 Happy Days Again
6 PM News
7 PM NBC News (Chancellor/Brinkley)
7:30 3's A Crowd
8 PM Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo
9 PM The Big Show (Steve Lawrence and
Don Rickles co-host this effort to
revive the big-time variety show.
The title was previously used on an
early-1950s NBC radio show hosted by
Tallulah Bankhead.)
10:30 United States (was it a drama or comedy?)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Tomorrow (pro wrestlers Bob Backlund, Ken
Patera, and Andre the Giant are guests)
2 AM News

WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

6:25 Romper Room
6:55 News For Little People
7 AM Today
9 AM 700 Club
10 AM Card Sharks
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11 AM High Rollers
11:30 Wheel Of Fortune
12 N News
12:30 Password Plus
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM The Doctors
2:30 Another World
4 PM Bugs Bunny & Friends
4:55 News For Little People
5 PM Starsky & Hutch
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Newlywed Game
7:30 M*A*S*H
8 PM Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo
9 PM The Big Show
10:30 United States
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Tomorrow

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

6:30 Sunrise Semester: "Learning
To Write"
7 AM Morning With Bob Schieffer
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Donahue
10 AM Cross-Wits
10:30 Whew!
10:55 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
11 AM Price Is Right
12 N News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
2 PM As The World Turns
3 PM Guiding Light (will it find a new home
or R.I.P.? For these and other answers...)
4 PM Good Times
4:30 Mike Douglas
6 PM News
7 PM CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7:30 PM Magazine
8 PM White Shadow
9 PM CBS Movie: "Kenny Rogers As The
Gambler"
11 PM News
11:30 Maude
12 M Barnaby Jones
1:10 CBS Movie: "Death Of Her Innocence"
3:05 News

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (PBS)

In-school programs until

4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Sesame Street
6 PM 3-2-1 Contact
6:30 UGA Lecture
7 PM Power Switch (a family near Americus, GA
living on less than $5000 a year by selling
pottery, fruits, and vegetables--they're
members of the Koinonia community)
7:30 Dick Cavett
8 PM Nova
9 PM Mystery!: "The Racing Game," based on
three Dick Francis novels
10 PM Austin City Limits
11 PM Mystery!: "The Racing Game" (Part 1:
"Odds Against")
sign off 12 M

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

6 AM PTL Club
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM Donahue
10 AM Dinah! & Friends
11 AM Laverne & Shirley
11:30 Family Feud
12 N $20,000 Pyramid
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Edge Of Night
4:30 Mike Douglas
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News (Reynolds/Jennings/
Robinson)
7 PM Happy Days Again
7:30 3's A Crowd
8 PM Happy Days
8:30 Laverne & Shirley
9 PM Three's Company
9:30 Taxi
10 PM Hart To Hart
11 PM News
11:30 Nightline
11:50 ABC Movie: "Hit!"
2:30 News

WXIA Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)

5:30 PTL Club
6:30 Picture Of Health
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM $20,000 Pyramid
9:30 Joker's Wild
10 AM Play The Percentages
10:30 Edge Of Night
11 AM Laverne & Shirley
11:30 Family Feud
12 N News
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM One Life To Live
3 PM General Hospital
4 PM Star Trek
5 PM Jim Rockford, Private Investigator
(belated birthday greetings to James
Garner, who turned 81 yesterday)
6 PM News
7 PM ABC News
7:30 Tic Tac Dough
8 PM Happy Days
8:30 Laverne & Shirley
9 PM Three's Company
9:30 Taxi
10 PM Hart To Hart
11 PM News
11:30 Nightline
11:50 Dating Game
12:20 ABC Movie: "Hit!"

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

6:20 Farm Report
6:30 Morning Show
8 AM Morning With Bob Schieffer
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Jeffersons
10:30 Whew!
10:55 CBS News
11 AM Price Is Right
12 N News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
2 PM As The World Turns
3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM Gunsmoke
5 PM Woody Woodpecker
5:30 Sanford And Son
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM All In The Family
7:30 Cross-Wits
8 PM White Shadow
9 PM CBS Movie: "Kenny Rogers As
The Gambler"
11 PM News
11:30 Barnaby Jones
12:40 CBS Movie: "Destiny Of A Woman"
(re-edited from Anthony Quinn's
1971 ABC series "The Man And The
City")

WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS)

5:50 Little Rascals
6:20 Let's Talk It Over
6:50 News
7 AM Morning With Bob Schieffer
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Donahue
10 AM Let's Talk It Over
10:30 Whew!
10:55 CBS News
11 AM Price Is Right
12 N News
12:15 Date With Del
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
2 PM As The World Turns
3 PM Guiding Light
4 PM CBS Afternoon Playhouse:
"One Last Ride" (Part 2)
4:30 Brady Bunch
5 PM Andy Griffith
5:30 Sanford And Son
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Happy Days Again
7:30 Tic Tac Dough
8 PM White Shadow
9 PM CBS Movie: "Kenny Rogers As
The Gambler"
11 PM News
11:30 Barnaby Jones
12:40 CBS Movie: "Destiny Of A Woman"

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

7:45 A.M. Weather
In-school programs until
3:30 Over Easy
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM 3-2-1 Contact
6:30 Over Easy
7 PM Wild Wild World Of Animals
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8 PM Nova
9 PM Mystery!
10 PM Austin City Limits
11 PM Dick Cavett
sign off 11:30 PM

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

6:15 World At Large
6:30 News
7 AM Three Stooges/Little Rascals
8 AM The Lucy Show (Bob Hope has
a cameo)
8:30 Romper Room
9 AM Family Affair
9:30 Green Acres
10 AM Movie: "The Inspector General"
11:55 News
12 N Love, American Style
12:30 Movie: "I Dream Too Much"
2:25 News
2:30 Gigglesnort Hotel
3 PM I Love Lucy
3:30 Flintstones
4 PM Spectreman (another one of those
cheapo Japanese shows with bad
acting and worse dubbing)
4:30 Gilligan's Island
5 PM My Three Sons
5:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
6 PM Carol Burnett And Friends
6:30 Bob Newhart
7 PM Sanford And Son
7:30 All In The Family
8 PM Movie: "Wind Across The Everglades"
10 PM Maverick (this one has Roger Moore as
Cousin Beau Maverick)
11 PM Last Of The Wild
11:30 Movie: "The Westerner"
1:40 News
1:45 Movie: "Konga"
3:45 Movie: "Challenge Of The Gladiator"

WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (PBS)

8:15 Weather
In-school programs until
9 AM Sesame Street
10 AM In-school programs
2 PM Electric Company
2:30 In-school programs
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM 3-2-1 Contact
6:30 Over Easy
7 PM Dick Cavett
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8 PM All Creatures Great And Small
9 PM Nova
10 PM Mystery!
11 PM Dick Cavett
11:30 ABC Captioned News
sign off 12 M

WATL Ch. 36 Atlanta (Ind.)

7 AM PTL Club
9 AM Robin Hood
9:30 Wanted: Dead Or Alive
10 AM Screen Director's Playhouse
10:30 Religion
11 AM PTL Club
1 PM Kingdom Message
1:30 Health Field
2 PM Spotlight
2:30 New Zoo Revue
3 PM Bullwinkle
3:30 Rocky And Friends
3:45 Underdog
4 PM Inch High Private Eye
4:30 Officer Don And Orvil
5 PM The Jeffersons (pre-empted on Ch. 5)
5:30 CBS Afternoon Playhouse (pre-empted
on Ch. 5)
6 PM Entertainment Page
6:30 Peter Gunn
7 PM Wanted: Dead Or Alive
7:30 Munson On Sports (UGA legend Larry Munson)
8 PM Movie: "Scarlet Street"
10 PM Moon Man Connection
11 PM Entertainment Page
11:30 Robin Hood
sign off 12 M

WCWB (WMGT) Ch. 41 Macon (NBC)

6 AM PTL Club
7 AM Today
9 AM PTL Club
10 AM Card Sharks
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11 AM High Rollers
11:30 Wheel Of Fortune
12 N News
12:15 Noon Over Middle Georgia
12:30 Password Plus
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM The Doctors
2:30 Another World
4 PM Chain Reaction (delay from noon)
4:30 Somethin' Else (kids' show)
5 PM Bewitched
5:30 Gomer Pyle, USMC
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Dating Game
7:30 Cross-Wits
8 PM Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo
9 PM The Big Show
10:30 United States
11 PM Alfred Hitchcock Presents
11:30 Tonight Show

WTCI Ch. 45 Chattanooga (PBS)

8:20 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
8:50 In-school programs
11:30 Sesame Street
12:30 In-school programs
1 PM Electric Company
1:30 In-school programs
3 PM Over Easy
3:30 Villa Alegre
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM 3-2-1 Contact
6:30 Over Easy
7 PM Every Tuesday
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8 PM Nova
9 PM Mystery!
10 PM Austin City Limits
11 PM Dick Cavett
11:30 ABC Captioned News
sign off 12 M

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

6 AM News
6:30 Ross Bagley
7 AM Porky & Popeye
8 AM Mighty Mouse
8:30 Mister Ed
9 AM Big Valley
10 AM 700 Club
11:30 Living Word
12 N McHale's Navy
12:30 Dick Van Dyke
1 PM Make Room For Daddy
1:30 Petticoat Junction
2 PM Lone Ranger
2:30 Popeye & Friends
3:30 Krofft Superstars
4 PM Tom & Jerry
5 PM Battle Of The Planets
5:30 Brady Bunch
6 PM Emergency!
7 PM Streets Of San Francisco
8 PM Honeymooners
8:30 Best Of Jackie Gleason
9 PM 700 Club
10:30 The Story
11 PM Rifleman
11:30 Mayberry R.F.D.
12 M News

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

10:30 Film
10:45 Rev. Manuel F. Campbell
11 AM Word Of God School
12 N Spirit And Life
12:30 Rev. Clay Evans
1:30 Flair For Living
2 PM New Zoo Revue
2:30 Gigantor
3 PM Westbrook Hospital
3:30 PTL Club
5:30 Rev. Ray Brubaker
6 PM Hot Fudge
6:30 Kim Taylor Presents
7 PM Truth In Life
7:30 Word Of God School
8:30 United Christian Church
9:30 Rev. R.A. West
10 PM Rev. Don Clowers
10:30 Tony And Susan Alamo
11 PM Word Of God School
sign off 12 M
 
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