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Retro: Atlanta, GA (July 14, 1984, aka Black Saturday)

Years and years ago, I posted that day's listings for Fairbanks, AK; but what about in Atlanta (the home of Georgia Championship Wrestling)???

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution "TV Week"

2-WSB (ABC)
5-WAGA (CBS (now Fox))
8-WGTV (Georgia Public Broadcasting/PBS)
11-WXIA (NBC)
17-WTBS (Independent (now WPCH and CW))
30-WPBA (PBS (now WABE))
36-WATL (Independent (now MyNetworkTV))
46-WGNX (Independent (now WANF and CBS))
69-WVEU (Independent (now WUPA))

6:00 am
2-Lone Ranger (x2)
11-Camera 11
17-CNN Headline News
36-U.S. Farm Report

6:30
11-Rhoda
36-Children's Theatre ("The Adventures of Energy")

7:00
2-Bugs Bunny
11-That Teen Show (probably WXIA's answer to WSB's Timeout, but I'm not sure)
36-Surgsat
46-New Zoo Revue
69-Wake-Up Call

7:05
17-Between The Lines

7:30
2-To Be Announced
5-Morning At Emory
8-Sesame Street (x2)
11-Laverne & Shirley (& Company)
36-Eyesat
46-Jack Van Impe

7:35
17-Baseball Bunch

8:00
2-The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich/Schoolhouse Rock
5-Latin Atlanta
11-The Flintstone Funnies
30-Six-Gun Heroes ("Lights of Old Santa Fe" (1947))
36-Jim Bakker
46-Oral Roberts
69-Morning Show

8:05
17-Starcade

8:30
5-Saturday Supercade
11-Shirt Tales
46-In The Word

8:35
17-MOVIE: "Land Of The West" (1958)

9:00
2-Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show
11-The Smurfs
30-Nova
36-The Wild, Wild West
46-Jerry Falwell

9:30
2-Pac-Man/Rubik Cube/Menudo
5-Dungeons and Dragons
8-Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

10:00
5-Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle
8-Magic of Oil Painting
30-Summer School Schedule
36-Music City U.S.A.
46-Wrestling (promotion unknown)

10:30
2-The Littles
5-Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
8-Quilting
11-Alvin and the Chipmunks
36-Nashville Music

10:35
17-MOVIE: "Robin and the Seven Hoods" (1964)

11:00
2-Bugs Bunny
8-Yan Can Cook
11-Mr. T
36-Pop! Goes the Country Club
46-MOVIE: "Hand of Death" (1980)
69-Select Cuts

11:30
2-Timeout
8-World of Cooking
11-George of the Jungle
36-This Week in Country Music

Noon
2-Action News
5-Eyewitness News
8-Nova ("25 Years in Space")
11-Star Trek
36-Wrestling (promotion unknown)
69-Janet Darr

12:30 pm
2-American Bandstand
5-Taking Advantage
30-Understanding Human Behavior

1:00
5-Super Bowl XVIII: Black Sunday (which was the last thing John Facenda narrated for NFL Films before his death)
8-Survival ("Orangutans: Orphans of the Wild")
11-Joe Torre (who was Atlanta Braves manager at the time)
30-Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cookin'
36-Jukebox Video
46-MOVIE: "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" (1957)

1:10
17-MOVIE: "The Sacketts" (1979)

1:30
2-The Dance Show (which was just that; produced at and by WSB and Atlanta's second -- and last -- attempt at a nationally syndicated dance show (after "James Brown's Future Shock"))
5-Ironside
11-Baseball (Regional coverage)
30-Under Sail

2:00
8-Do It Yourself Show
30-Contemporary Health Issues ("The Nutrition Gap")
69-Billboard Top 40 Countdown

2:30
2-America's Top 10
5-MOVIE: "Eyes of Laura Mars" (1978)
8-Last Chance Garage
30-American Government Survey ("Public Opinion")
36-Video Hot Tracks

3:00
2-Star Search
8-Magic of Oil Painting
30-Magic of Animal and Landscape Painting
36-How the West Was Won

3:30
8-Victory Garden
30-Pet Action Line
36-Hit City

4:00
2-Golf (U.S. Women's Open, joined in progress)
8-All New This Old House
30-Computer Chronicles
36-Soul Train
46-Switch

4:30
5-CBS Sports Saturday (Jumbo Elliott Track and Field Meet, followed by the Kinney Invitation Track and Field Meet)
8-Yan Can Cook
11-Sideline Sports
30-Latin Atlanta

5:00
2-Wide World of Sports
8-Pet Action Line
11-Olympic Gold
30-Victory Garden
36-MOVIE: "Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger" (1979)
46-The Greatest American Hero

5:05
17-Fishing with Orlando Wilson

5:30
8-Sneak Previews
11-In Search Of... ("Dracula")
30-Take 30

5:35
17-Motorweek Illustrated (completely unrelated to PBS' Motorweek)

6:00
5-Eyewitness News
11-11 Alive News
8-Maggie's Lake
30-This Old House
36-Too Close for Comfort
69-Soul of Atlanta

6:05
17-World Championship Wrestling (no need for a refresher on what happened that episode)


6:30
2-Action News
5-CBS Evening News
8-Country Express
11-NBC Nightly News
30-Gourmet Cooking
36-Welcome Back, Kotter

7:00
2-Hee Haw (Guests: T.G. Sheppard, Gene Watson, Vic Willis Trio, and Trinity Cole)
5-Weekend Magazine
8-Austin City Limits
11-Wheel of Fortune
30-Sneak Previews
36-MOVIE: "Fear in the Night" (1973)
46-Fame

7:05
17-Down to Earth

7:30
11-Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
30-Agronsky and Company
69-Music News

7:35
17-Baseball (New York Mets at Atlanta Braves)

8:00
2-T.J. Hooker
5-Mama Malone
8-MOVIE: "Accident" (1967)
11-Diff'rent Strokes
30-Great Performances ("Buddenbrooks", Part 4 of 9)
46-Quincy
69-Top Ten Countdown

8:30
5-CBS Saturday Night Movies: "The Rose" (1979)
11-Silver Spoons

9:00
2-The Love Boat
11-MOVIE: "The Jesse Owens Story" (Part 2; this Operation Prime Time presentation (dunno what shows WXIA preempted) won a 1985 Primetime Emmy...for Hairstyling!)
30-Visioncello
36-MOVIE: "Tombs of the Blind Dead" (1974)
46-MOVIE: Take This Job and Shove It" (1981)
69-Concert Calendar

9:30
69-New Views

10:00
2-Fantasy Island
8-Doctor Who ("The Creature from the Pit")
30-Soundstage
69-Club Update

10:30
69-Music News

10:35 (or after the game)
17-This Week In Baseball

11:00
2-Action News
5-Eyewitness News
11-11 Alive News
30-David Susskind
36-MOVIE: "The Traveling Executioner" (1970)
46-The Twilight Zone
69-Steppin' Out

11:05
17-Night Tracks: Chartbusters

11:30
2-Solid Gold
8-Tennis Highlights: Davis Cup
11-Saturday Night Live
46-Night Gallery

11:45
5-Ironside

Midnight
30-Action-Packed Cliffhangers ("Holt of the Secret Service", Chapter 1)
46-MOVIE: "Village of the Damned" (1960)

12:05 am
17-Night Tracks

12:30
2-Dance Fever

12:45
5-Atlanta Rock Review

1:00
2-The Dance Show
11-The Outer Limits
69-Late Night Videos

1:15
36-On Stage America

1:30
46-The Independent News

2:00
2-CNN Headline News (listed as All-Night News)
11-Houghton/Worth Music Show

2:30
11-Gavin and Lott Music Show

3:00
11-MOVIE: "Hawaii" (1966)

It may have been Black Saturday for that one hour on TBS, but other than that...it was more like a Light Saturday as far as the rest of the schedule is concerned compared to Fairbanks', especially with all those movies and music shows.
 
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