Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon Tuesday, July 14, 1964

[bpatrick]

NOTE: The Republican Convention was taking place in San Francisco
this week (it nominated Barry Goldwater and William Miller, father of
comedienne Stephanie Miller). There may be coverage other than that
listed below, but here's what's shown in TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

6:30 En France (French lessons)
7 AM Today (Hugh Downs, reports from the convention)
9 AM Today In Georgia
9:30 2 Bits
10 AM Make Room For Daddy
10:30 Word For Word (Merv Griffin) (COLOR)
10:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
11 AM Concentration (Hugh Downs)
11:30 Jeopardy! (Art Fleming) (COLOR)
12 N News (Hal Suit)
12:15 Movie: "Woman And The Hunter"
1:50 Manager's Mail (Ch. 2 general manager Don Elliot
Heald interviews TV Guide publisher James T. Quirk.)
2 PM Loretta Young (Loretta is a fashion designer, Murray
Hamilton is a dress manufacturer, and they meet on
a cruise ship.)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (Tom Kennedy, guests Gordon and
Sheila MacRae) (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (Gene Rayburn, guests Florence Henderson
and Art James)
4:25 News, Weather
4:30 Popeye Club
5:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6 PM GOP Convention (Chet Huntley and David Brinkley anchor;
Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon speak; reports of the
credentials and rules committees.)
11 PM Newsroom (Fred Briggs, time approximate)
11:30 Tonight Show (Woody Allen subs for Johnny) (COLOR)
1 AM 2 Bits

WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

7 AM Today
9 AM Today With Morris
9:30 Cartoons
10 AM Make Room For Daddy
10:30 Word For Word (COLOR)
10:55 NBC News
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Jeopardy!
12 N Say When! (Art James) (COLOR)
12:30 Truth Or Consequences (Bob Barker) (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Ray Scherer)
1 PM WRCB Bulletin
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (Monty Hall) (COLOR)
1:55 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
2 PM Loretta Young
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game
4:25 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
4:30 Bronco
5:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
6 PM GOP Convention
11 PM Bulletin (John Gray) (time approximate)
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

6:10 Daily Word
6:15 Summer Semester: Modern Comparative Drama
6:45 University Of Georgia News
7 AM News, Editorial
7:15 Jake Hess And The Imperials
7:30 Cartoon Clubhouse
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM B'wana Don
9:30 Ann Sothern (the Katy O'Connor version)
10 AM CBS News (Mike Wallace)
10:30 Movie: "Trail Of The Vigilantes"
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 News (Ed Blair)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Best Of Groucho
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password (Allen Ludden, guests Frank Gifford
and Virginia Graham)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (Dr. James Peterson
discusses retirement problems.)
3 PM To Tell The Truth (Bud Collyer, panelists Ann Sheridan,
Phyllis Newman, Robert Alda, Milt Kamen)
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Dooley & Co.
5 PM Highway Patrol
5:30 Bachelor Father
6 PM GOP Convention (Walter Cronkite anchors, but NBC
will trounce CBS so badly that Robert Trout and Roger
Mudd will co-anchor CBS's coverage of the Democratic
Convention. Not to worry, though; Uncle Walter will be
back in the anchor chair on election night.)
11 PM Panorama News (time approximate)
11:30 Movie: "Timberjack"

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)

6:30 What's New
7 PM Growing South
7:30 Science Reporter
8 PM Georgia At The Republican Convention
8:15 Family Recreation (Red Lawson, a fixture on Ch. 8
with his "Coach Lawson Show" for years)
8:30 Of People And Politics (what was then called "The
Negro Voter" is the topic; Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
is among the guests)
9 PM Movie: "Treasure Island"
sign off 10:30 PM

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

8 AM Jack LaLanne
8:30 Girl Talk
9 AM Funtime (Marcia Kling)
10:15 Upward Look
10:30 Price Is Right (Bill Cullen; at the time the show was
using celebrity guests to play for members of the
studio audience. This week it's Darren McGavin.)
11 AM Get The Message (Frank Buxton, more at home on
"Discovery" than on a game show; guests Orson Bean,
William Warfield, Jan Sterling)
11:30 Missing Links (Dick Clark, who took over from Ed McMahon
when the show moved from NBC to ABC; guests Monique
Van Vooren, Sam Levenson, Nipsey Russell. In the celebrity
spot: "Steve Canyon" and "Terry And The Pirates" creator
Milton Caniff.)
12 N Father Knows Best
12:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford (guests: the Anthony Chabot School
Band of Oakland, CA)
1 PM Movie: "Heart Of The North"
2:30 Day In Court (a brother and sister are charged with inciting
a riot)
2:55 ABC News (Lisa Howard)
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Queen For A Day (Jack Bailey)
4 PM Trailmaster (the Ward Bond "Wagon Train" episodes)
5 PM Bob Brandy
5:45 Sea Hunt
6:15 Newswatch (Gil Norwood)
6:30 GOP Convention (joined in progress; Howard K. Smith
and Edward P. Morgan anchor)
11 PM ABC News (Bob Young, time approximate)
11:10 Local News, Weather
11:15 87th Precinct

WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)

8 AM Cartoon Carnival
9 AM Movie: "Too Many Blondes"
10:30 Price Is Right
11 AM Get The Message
11:30 Missing Links
12 N Father Knows Best
12:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1 PM Star Performance
1:30 Burns And Allen
2 PM My Little Margie
2:30 Day In Court
2:55 ABC News
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Queen For A Day
4 PM Trailmaster
5 PM The Rebel
5:30 Lawman
6 PM GOP Convention
11 PM Night Watch (Bill McCain) (time approximate)
11:15 ABC News
11:25 Sports (Paul Daugherty)
11:30 Movie: "Idea Girl"

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

6:55 Daily Word
7 AM Summer Semester
7:30 Singing In Dixie
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Deputy Dawg
9:30 Woman's Whirl
10 AM CBS News
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Real McCoys
11:30 Pete And Gladys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Robert Trout)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Lunch'n Fun
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Deputy Dawg
5 PM Amos 'n' Andy
5:30 News (Steve Conrad)
6 PM GOP Convention
11 PM News, Weather (time approximate)
11:15 Movie: "Private Worlds"

WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS/NBC/ABC)

6:25 Summer Semester
6:55 Word For The Day
7 AM Farm Report
7:05 Cartoons
7:30 Lone Ranger
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Jack And Jotto (kids' show)
9:30 Debbie Drake
9:45 Testament Time
10 AM CBS News
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Real McCoys
11:30 Pete And Gladys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Almanac
1:15 Date With Del
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Doris Martin (women's show)
5 PM News, Sports, Weather
5:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
6 PM GOP Convention
11 PM News, Weather (time approximate)
11:20 Movie: "The Go-Getter" (this 1955 comedy
stars Hank McCune, most notorious for his
early-'50s sitcom on NBC which was the first
to use a laugh track)

 

[Mike Stroud]

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

9:30 2 Bits
1 AM 2 Bits

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)

8 PM Georgia At The Republican Convention

Here I come with my questions as per usual, bp ...

"2 Bits"?--Wonder what that was all about? "Today in Georgia" was obviously WSB's de facto women's show, so maybe this could have been a daily variety half-hour, perhaps? Local music and chat was still the norm on TV back in '64, as we know.

"Georgia At The Republican Convention"--Although Georgia went for Goldwater strongly (as did its Southern neighbors) in '64 due to LBJ's support of Civil Rights, we must remember that, in most of the South, the GOP had not really become a truly viable political force, as even segregationists remained true to their ancestors' support for the Democrats. So it should not surprise anyone that the ETV special lasted only 15 minutes, as Georgia surely did not bring a large delegation to Frisco--in all likelihood, most of them were Atlanta-area businessmen, some of whom were Northern-born.

 

[bpatrick]

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

9:30 2 Bits
1 AM 2 Bits

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)

8 PM Georgia At The Republican Convention

Here I come with my questions as per usual, bp ...

"2 Bits"?--Wonder what that was all about? "Today in Georgia" was obviously WSB's de facto women's show, so maybe this could have been a daily variety half-hour, perhaps? Local music and chat was still the norm on TV back in '64, as we know.

"Georgia At The Republican Convention"--Although Georgia went for Goldwater strongly (as did its Southern neighbors) in '64 due to LBJ's support of Civil Rights, we must remember that, in most of the South, the GOP had not really become a truly viable political force, as even segregationists remained true to their ancestors' support for the Democrats. So it should not surprise anyone that the ETV special lasted only 15 minutes, as Georgia surely did not bring a large delegation to Frisco--in all likelihood, most of them were Atlanta-area businessmen, some of whom were Northern-born.

"Today In Georgia" was actually a local version of NBC's "Today" show; many NBC affiliates had their own "Today In..." programs that followed the network show at 9 AM. On this particular day the guest was Cherokee chief Richard Crow, who at the time played Tecumseh in the outdoor drama "Unto These Hills," staged in Cherokee, NC. I never saw "2 Bits," since it was long gone before I attended the University of Georgia, but I, too, would assume it was some sort of variety show.

The GOP was making inroads into the formerly Democratic "Solid South," especially on the heels of this convention, but Ch. 8's program was simply an update on the Georgia delegation's activities; it aired every night during the convention.