Retro: Atlanta Friday, March 20, 1953

[bpatrick]

From The Atlanta Constitution:

WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)

9:45 Devotions
10 AM Ding Dong School
10:30 Pastor's Study
11 AM Cooking School
12 N Peachtree Cowboys
12:30 News
12:45 Movie: "Secret Service
Investigator"
2 PM Tea At Two
2:30 Come Into The Kitchen
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Welcome Travelers
4 PM Kate Smith
5 PM Hawkins Falls
5:15 Gabby Hayes
5:30 Howdy Doody
6 PM Woody Willow
6:30 Short Drama
6:45 Weather; News
7 PM Peachtree Cowboys
7:15 Mr. Toymaker
7:30 Those Two
7:45 Camel News Caravan
8 PM Dennis Day
8:30 Life Of Riley
9 PM Big Story
9:30 Aldrich Family
10 PM Boxing: Johnny Bratton vs.
Bobby Jones, welterweights,
10 rounds from Madison Square
Garden
10:45 Greatest Fights
11 PM News; Weather
11:15 Movie: "Sporting Chance"
12:30 Reflections; News

WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)

9:30 Religious Viewpoint
9:45 School Of The Air
10 AM Wheel Of Fortune (the original,
with people who did good deeds
spinning for cash)
10:45 Betty Furness
11 AM Perry's Kitchen
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N News
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 TV Ranch
1:30 Garry Moore
2 PM Double Or Nothing
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Logan Sisters
3:15 Eddie Albert
3:30 Guiding Light (delay from 12:45)
3:45 Bride And Groom (delay from 12 Noon)
4 PM WAGA's Wild West Theater
5 PM Memo For Milady
5:30 Captain Video (aired on DuMont at
7 PM)
6 PM News; Dinner Date
6:30 Sports
6:45 Fun Club; News
7 PM March Of Time
7:30 Douglas Edwards With The News
7:45 Perry Como
8 PM Mama
8:30 My Friend Irma
9 PM Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars
9:30 Our Miss Brooks
10 PM Mr. And Mrs. North
10:30 The Unexpected
11 PM Chronoscope (a forerunner of Nightline,
and the only such program until Nightline
came along)
11:15 News
off 11:30 PM


WLW-A Ch. 8 (ABC)

2 PM Movie: "Speed Devils"
3:30 Shopping Atlanta
4 PM Music Shop (I believe Dick Van Dyke
was host of this show)
4:45 Cartoon Capers
5 PM Circle 8 Ranch
6 PM Swingbillies
6:30 News; Weather
6:45 Swingbillies
7 PM Movie Quick Quiz
7:15 Who's Next?
7:30 Stu Erwin
8 PM Ozzie And Harriet
8:30 What's Your Bid? (a live, network-
originated auction)
9 PM Life Begins At 80
9:30 Tales Of Tomorrow
10 PM Movie: "Speed Devils"
off 11:15 PM

 

[TimL]

>>
>
> WLW-A Ch. 8 (ABC)
>
>
> 8:30 What's Your Bid? (a live, network-
> originated auction)
> 9 PM Life Begins At 80
>

While What's Your Bid, was probably an ABC Show at this time, it would move to DuMont two mpnths later on May 3. Life begins At 80 was on DuMont at this time

Source: Clarke Ingram's DuMont History Site

http://members.aol.com/cingram/television/dumont.htm

 

[bpatrick]

> >>
> >
> > WLW-A Ch. 8 (ABC)
> >
> >
> > 8:30 What's Your Bid? (a live, network-
> > originated auction)
> > 9 PM Life Begins At 80
> >
>
> While What's Your Bid, was probably an ABC Show at this
> time, it would move to DuMont two mpnths later on May 3.
> Life begins At 80 was on DuMont at this time
>
> Source: Clarke Ingram's DuMont History Site
>
> http://members.aol.com/cingram/television/dumont.htm
>
Although the Atlanta Constitution never indicated it,
WLW-A did carry some DuMont programs; Life Begins At
80 was one. WLW-A also carried Down You Go and wrestling
from Chicago, and may very well have carried What's Your
Bid? after it changed networks. Maybe DuMont considered
WAGA its Atlanta affiliate; at any rate the Constitution
listed Channel 5 as CBS/DuMont at least through the
summer of 1955, but WLW-A (which moved to Channel 11) was
always listed as ABC only.