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Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon UHFs Thursday, August 31, 1978

From TV Guide North Georgia (Atlanta) edition:

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

TV Guide says these stations had instructional
programs throughout the day. I don't recall if
school had begun.

4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Zoom
6:30 Over Easy
7 PM Second Look
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8 PM TBA
8:30 Damien (about Father Damien, minister
to the leper colony on Molokai)
10 PM Everest The Hard Way
11 PM Dick Cavett
sign off 11:30 PM

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

6:10 News
6:30 Romper Room
7 AM Three Stooges/Little Rascals
8 AM Lassie
8:30 The Lucy Show
9 AM Perry Mason
10 AM Movie: "The Man I Love"
11:55 News
12 N High Hopes (Canadian soap)
12:30 Movie: "Sergeant X Of The
Foreign Legion"
2:25 News
2:30 I Love Lucy
3 PM New Mickey Mouse Club
3:30 The Archies
4 PM The Munsters
4:30 The Monkees
5 PM Hazel
5:30 Family Affair
6 PM That Girl
6:30 Green Acres
7 PM Gomer Pyle, USMC
7:30 Get Smart
8 PM Calloway's Climb
9 PM Movie: "The Great Man's Whiskers"
11 PM Let's Make A Deal
11:30 Movie: "Hell Bent For Leather"
1:15 Movie: "Kelly And Me"
3:10 News
3:30 Movie: "Money, Women And Guns"
5:20 World At Large

WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (PBS)

Again, I'm not sure if instructional programs were
broadcast all day.

9 AM Sesame Street
10 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
10:30 Electric Company
11 AM Over Easy
11:30 Anywhat
here, a gap until 4 PM

4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Economically Speaking
6:30 Over Easy
7 PM Dick Cavett
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8 PM Once Upon A Classic
8:30 Lowell Thomas Remembers
9 PM National Geographic: "The Great
Whales"
10 PM Poldark II
11 PM Dick Cavett
11:30 Captioned ABC News
sign off 12 Midnight

WATL Ch. 36 Atlanta (Ind.)

9 AM Jack Rehburg
9:30 Dwight Thompson
10 AM Chapel Hill (religious program)
10:30 Harvester Church
11 AM PTL Club
1 PM For Richer, For Poorer
1:30 Tammy Faye
2 PM Spotlight
2:30 Travel Film
3 PM Bozo's Big Top
3:30 Kids Show
5 PM Match Game '78
5:30 Entertainment Page
6:30 Munson On Sports
7 PM Dinah!
8:30 Spotlight
9 PM Wrestling (I think this was the
short-lived World League Wrestling
promotion out of Atlanta)
10 PM PTL Club
12 M Something Special At Midnight

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 America Alive!
1 PM News
1:15 Noon Over Middle Georgia
1:30 Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
4 PM For Richer, For Poorer
4:30 New Mickey Mouse Club
5 PM The Archies
5:30 Flintstones
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Wild Wild West
8 PM CHiPs
9 PM Operation: Runaway
11 PM Alfred Hitchcock
11:30 Tonight Show

WTCI Ch. 45 Chattanooga (PBS)

Again, not sure about the in-school programming.

3 PM Lilias, Yoga And You
3:30 GED Math V
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM GED Math V
6:30 Over Easy
7 PM A Chance To Be
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8 PM Once Upon A Classic
8:30 Damien
10 PM Poldark II
sign off 11 PM

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

6 AM Ross Bagley
7 AM New Zoo Revue
7:30 Popeye And Friends
8:30 Movie: "Highly Dangerous"
10 AM 700 Club
11:30 Manna
12 N Ross Bagley
12:30 Big Valley
1:30 Best Of Groucho
2 PM Heckle And Jeckle
2:30 Fred Flintstone & Friends
3 PM Popeye And Friends
4 PM Tom And Jerry
5 PM Spider-Man
6 PM Brady Bunch
6:30 Courtship Of Eddie's Father
7 PM Streets Of San Francisco
8 PM Bonanza
9 PM 700 Club
10:30 Manna
11 PM Sgt. Bilko
11:30 Life Of Riley
12 M News

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

10 AM Underdog
10:30 Lidsville
11 AM PTL Club
12 N Movie: TBA
1:30 Mike Douglas
3 PM The Archies
3:30 Bozo's Big Top
4 PM Pat's Story Time
4:30 PTL Club
6 PM Jack Archer Sports
7 PM Rev. J.T. Moore
7:30 Word Of God School
8:30 Revelations Of Jesus Christ
9 PM Showers Of Blessings
9:30 Love And Marriage
10 PM Everlasting Gospel Hour
10:30 Rev. Woody Martin
11 PM PTL Club
 
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