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Retro: Atlanta/Chattanooga/Macon Wednesday, October 25, 1961

From TV Guide, Georgia (Atlanta) Edition:

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

6 AM Continental Classroom: "Modern Algebra" (COLOR)
6:30 Continental Classroom: "American Government" (COLOR)
7 AM Today (John Chancellor)
9 AM Today In Georgia
9:45 Debbie Drake (exercises)
10 AM Say When!
10:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
11 AM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen, COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N News, Weather
12:15 Movie: "Bombardier"
2 PM Jan Murray (COLOR)
2:30 Loretta Young
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Kukla And Ollie (delay from 5 PM)
4:35 Dick Tracy (animated)
4:45 Rocky And His Friends
5 PM Popeye Club
6 PM Deputy Dawg
6:30 News, Weather
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Whirlybirds
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Shannon
9 PM Perry Como (guest: Tony Bennett, COLOR)
10 PM Bob Newhart (guests: pianist Roger Williams and
his group--this is Bob's short-lived variety show;
his first sitcom was 11 years away, COLOR)
10:30 David Brinkley's Journal (Americans who have made
their permanent home in Paris, COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:25 Movie: "Green Dolphin Street"

WRGP (WRCB) Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

6 AM Adult Reading
6:30 Continental Classroom: "American Government" (COLOR)
7 AM Today
9 AM Classroom
9:30 Debbie Drake
9:45 News
10 AM Say When!
10:30 Play Your Hunch (COLOR)
11 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N Truth Or Consequences
12:30 It Could Be You (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Ray Scherer)
1 PM Topper
1:30 Life Of Riley
2 PM Jan Murray (COLOR)
2:30 Loretta Young
3 PM Young Dr. Malone
3:30 From These Roots
4 PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Here's Hollywood (guest: Guy ("Zorro," "Lost In Space")
Williams)
4:55 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
5 PM Kukla And Ollie
5:05 Alex And Elmer
5:50 Mr. Magoo
5:55 Wyatt Earp
6:25 News, Weather
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Brothers Brannagan
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Joey Bishop (his sitcom; guest: Dennis O'Keefe)
9 PM Perry Como (COLOR)
10 PM Bob Newhart (COLOR)
10:30 David Brinkley's Journal (COLOR)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Jack Paar (COLOR)

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

6:30 College Of The Air: "New Biology"
7 AM Video College
7:15 News, Cartoons
8 AM Captain Kangaroo (guest: Skitch Henderson)
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 Movie: "Appointment In Berlin"
11 AM Divorce Court
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Life Of Riley
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Susie (Ann Sothern's "Private Secretary")
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (Eugene Burdick, co-author
of "The Ugly American" and author of "The Blue Of Capricorn")
3 PM Millionaire
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Movie: "Sands Of Iwo Jima" (Part 1)
6 PM Panorama News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Mister Ed (delay from Sun 6:30 PM)
7:30 The Alvin Show
8 PM Pete And Gladys (delay from Mon 8 PM)
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Mrs. G Goes To College (Gertrude Berg's last,
unsuccessful series)
10 PM Armstrong Circle Theater ("Chapter On Tyranny:
Dateline Berlin," about a man who has a pass to
travel from his home in East Berlin to his job in
West Berlin without interference from the police. It's
intended to show how East Berliners are escaping over
the Wall to freedom.)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:25 Movie: "Huk" (about a Philippine plantation being
terrorized by guerrillas)

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (NET)

6:30 Streamlined Reading
7 PM Growing South
7:30 Latin Americas ("The Portuguese In Brazil")
8 PM Focus On Physics ("Radiation")
8:30 O. Henry Playhouse
9 PM Picture Window ("Having Fun With Hunting Weapons")
9:30 UN Review (John McVane)
9:45 British Calendar
10 PM Russian Writers

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

8 AM Susie
8:30 Voice Of Faith
9 AM Funtime
9:30 Romper Room
10:30 It's A Good Day
11 AM The Texan
11:30 Love That Bob!
12 N Camouflage
12:30 Make A Face
1 PM Day In Court
1:25 ABC News (Joe Slattery subs for Alex Dreier for
the next two weeks.)
1:30 Art Tele-Class
2 PM Number Please
2:30 Seven Keys
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
4:50 American Newsstand
5 PM Bob Brandy
6 PM News, Weather
6:30 R.C.M.P.
7 PM Tallahassee 7000 (Walter Matthau's only series)
7:30 Steve Allen (Jack Jones, singer Jennie Smith, a group
of singing comics called the Characters)
8:30 Top Cat
9 PM Hawaiian Eye
10 PM Seasons Of Youth (Fernando Lamas hosts a youth-oriented
variety show, with dancers Barrie Chase and Bob Fosse, singers
Paul Anka and Jill Corey, an improvisational troupe called the Premise
Players, pre-empts "Naked City")
11 PM ABC News (Ron Cochran, who was anchoring this newscast and hosting
"Armstrong Circle Theater" on CBS)
11:15 Man From Cochise

WLW-A (WXIA) Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)

7 AM School Days
7:30 Billy Johnson
9 AM Movie: "The Marrying Kind"
10:30 This Is Your Georgia
11 AM The Texan
11:30 Love That Bob!
12 N Camouflage
12:30 Make A Face
1 PM Day In Court
1:25 ABC News
1:30 Burns And Allen
2 PM Number Please
2:30 Seven Keys
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
4:50 American Newsstand
5 PM Shotgun Slade
5:30 Movie: "We Were Strangers"
7 PM News, Weather, Sports
7:15 ABC News (anchor not given, either Bill Lawrence,
Al Mann, or John Cameron Swayze)
7:30 Steve Allen
8:30 Top Cat
9 PM Hawaiian Eye
10 PM Seasons Of Youth
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Jack Paar (pre-empted on Ch. 2, COLOR)

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

6:55 Daily Word
7 AM College Of The Air: "New Biology"
7:30 R.F.D. 12
7:45 Bozo The Clown
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Parlons Francais (French lessons)
9:30 Woman's Whirl
10 AM Calendar (Harry Reasoner/Mary Fickett)
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Video Village (Monty Hall)
11:30 Your Surprise Package (George Fenneman, proving
he was better as Groucho's sidekick than as the strict
schoolteacher persona he displayed as host of this show.)
11:55 CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
12 N Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Lunch 'n Fun
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password (Bennett Cerf, Jayne Meadows)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Millionaire
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Movie: "Son Of Fury" (nothing to do with the horse Fury,
but an 18th-century British soldier who tries to reclaim
the birthright stolen by an uncle)
6:25 Sounding Board
6:30 News, Weather
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Deputy Dawg
7:30 The Alvin Show
8 PM Father Knows Best
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Mrs. G Goes To College
10 PM Armstrong Circle Theater
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Movie: "The Emperor Waltz"

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

6:30 Continental Classroom: "American Government"
(NBC, COLOR)
7 AM College Of The Air: "New Biology"
7:30 Almanac Newsreel
7:35 Hymn Time
7:45 Your Bible
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Action (don't know if this is a women's or public
affairs show; Doris Martin is hostess)
10 AM Calendar
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Video Village
11:30 Your Surprise Package
11:55 CBS News
12 N Love Of Life
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 Millionaire
3:30 Verdict Is Yours
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Linkletter And The Kids
5:15 Children's Fashion Show
5:30 Whirlybirds
6 PM City Detective
6:30 News, Weather
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Rifleman (ABC, delay from Mon 8:30 PM)
7:30 The Alvin Show
8 PM Ripcord
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Mrs. G Goes To College
10 PM Armstrong Circle Theater
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Riverboat
 
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