Countdown to the WSB/WXIA switch: 23 days. Some
Monday-Friday daytime shows have already swapped
channels, but no weekend shows yet. From TV Guide,
North Georgia Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)
7 AM Big Blue Marble
7:30 Bugs Bunny
8 AM Godzilla/Globetrotters (animated)
9 AM Fred And Barney Meet The Shmoo
10:30 Daffy Duck
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Timeout
12 N News
12:30 Dialogue
1 PM Tarzan
2 PM Baseball Warm-Up
2:15 Baseball: Phillies-Pirates or
White Sox-Red Sox
5 PM The FBI (time approximate)
6 PM News
6:30 Saturday Extra
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Buck Rogers In The 25th Century
10 PM NBC News Special: John Chancellor
and David Brinkley preview the
Democratic convention
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live (host Strother Martin,
musical guests the Specials)
1 AM Second City Television
1:30 Movie: "The Silencers" (Dean Martin as Matt
Helm)
3:45 News
WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)
6 AM Video College
6:30 Hot Fudge
7 AM 4-H Showcase
7:30 Bewitched
8 AM Mighty Mouse/Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30 All-New Popeye Hour
11:30 Fat Albert (I think it had changed its
name to The New Fat Albert Show)
12 N News
12:30 Kidsworld
1 PM Shazam!
1:30 Going Places (not to be confused with
the 1990 ABC sitcom, this is a kids'
version of "On The Road," with stops
to visit a Louisiana Cajun family and
Montana smoke jumpers)
2 PM Soul Train
3 PM Tennis: U.S. Clay Court Championships
(women's singles final)
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular (time approximate)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
7 PM Tony Bennett Special
8 PM PM Magazine Special Edition: Bill Rafferty
hosts "Our Amazing Animal World"
9 PM CBS Movie: "No Other Love"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The City" (pilot for Anthony Quinn's
short-lived 1971 series "The Man And The City")
1:30 Marcus Welby, M.D.
2:30 News
WGTV Ch. 8 (PBS)
5:30 Soccer Made In Germany
6:30 More Fiddlin' Around
7 PM Behind The News
7:30 Here's To Your Health
8 PM David Susskind
10 PM For The Record
11 PM Movie: "Once Upon A Time"
sign off 12:30 AM
WGN Ch. 9 Chicago (Ind.)
Listed Eastern Time
7:45 News
8 AM U.S. Farm Report
8:30 Daniel Boone
9:30 Movie: "Fighting Trouble"
11 AM Bud Billiken Parade (Chicago's
traditional back-to-school parade)
1 PM Baseball: Expos-Cubs (doubleheader)
6:30 TBA (time approximate)
7 PM Love, American Style
7:30 Dick Van dyke
8 PM Wild Kingdom
8:30 In Search Of...
9 PM People To People
9:30 That Nashville Music
10 PM Hee Haw
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Sweet Smell Of Success"
1:30 News
2 AM Movie: "The Vulture"
3:45 News
3:50 Zane Grey Theater
4:20 The FBI
5:20 Daniel Boone
WXIA Ch. 11 (ABC)
6 AM College Today
6:30 Adventures In Living
7 AM Kids Are People Too
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic Man
10:30 Scooby And Scrappy-Doo
11:30 Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics
12 N Joker! Joker!! Joker!!!
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 ABC Weekend Special
2 PM Six Million Dollar Man
3 PM Sports Afield
3:30 Wide World Of Sports
5 PM Golf: PGA Championship (Third
round)
7 PM News
7:30 11 Alive Newsmakers
8 PM 240-Robert
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Fantasy Island
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Powderkeg"
1:30 Voyage To The Bottom Of The
Sea
2:30 ABC News
WTBS (WPCH) Ch. 17 (Ind.)
6 AM It's Your Business
6:30 Rebop
7 AM Vegetable Soup
7:30 Romper Room
8 AM Ultra Man
8:30 Movie: "Terror In A Texas
Town"
10 AM Movie: "Juarez"
12:30 Movie: "The Sword Of
Damascus"
2:20 Movie: "Fighter Attack"
4:30 Mission: Impossible
5:30 This Week In Baseball
6 PM Georgia Championship Wrestling
8 PM That Nashville Music
8:30 Pop Goes The Country
9 PM Untouchables
10 PM TBS Evening News
11 PM Dick Maurice And Company
12 M Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
1:30 Movie: "Single Room Furnished"
3:30 Movie: "Blondie Meets The Boss"
5 AM Love, American Style
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 (PBS)
3:30 Here's To Your Health
4 PM Slim Cuisine
4:30 Emory Today
5 PM Old Houseworks
5:30 Take 30
6 PM Soccer: Nottingham Forest
vs. Wolverhampton
7 PM Grand Ole Opry I
10 PM Grand Ole Opry II
sign off 1:30 AM
WATL Ch. 36 (Ind.)
10:30 Georgia Farm Monitor
11 AM Ernest Angley
12 N Stan Hitchcock (country music)
12:30 Southern Sportsman
1 PM Journey To Adventure
1:30 Movie: "Mars Attacks The World"
3:30 Movie: "The Man Who Knew Too Much"
(Alfred Hitchcock's original 1934 version)
5 PM Wrestling (this may have been Lars Anderson's
World League Wrestling)
6 PM The Racers
6:30 Greatest Sports Legends
7 PM America: Something Special
8 PM Movie: "Murder" (an early Hitchcock, from
1930)
10 PM Rock World
sign off after this
WANX (WGCL) Ch. 46 (Ind.)
6 AM Public Policy Forums
7 AM Popeye & Friends
8 AM Tom & Jerry
9 AM Laurel And Hardy
10:30 Lone Ranger (2 episodes)
11:30 Rifleman (2 episodes)
12:30 Virginian
2 PM Bonanza
3 PM Laramie
4 PM Big Valley
5 PM Alias Smith And Jones
6 PM Land Of The Giants
7 PM Grizzly Adams
8 PM Earl Paulk
9 PM Jack Van Impe Crusade
10 PM Faith That Lives
10:30 Showers Of Blessings
11 PM What A Fellowship Hour
sign off after this
Monday-Friday daytime shows have already swapped
channels, but no weekend shows yet. From TV Guide,
North Georgia Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)
7 AM Big Blue Marble
7:30 Bugs Bunny
8 AM Godzilla/Globetrotters (animated)
9 AM Fred And Barney Meet The Shmoo
10:30 Daffy Duck
11 AM Jetsons
11:30 Timeout
12 N News
12:30 Dialogue
1 PM Tarzan
2 PM Baseball Warm-Up
2:15 Baseball: Phillies-Pirates or
White Sox-Red Sox
5 PM The FBI (time approximate)
6 PM News
6:30 Saturday Extra
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM Buck Rogers In The 25th Century
10 PM NBC News Special: John Chancellor
and David Brinkley preview the
Democratic convention
11 PM News
11:30 Saturday Night Live (host Strother Martin,
musical guests the Specials)
1 AM Second City Television
1:30 Movie: "The Silencers" (Dean Martin as Matt
Helm)
3:45 News
WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)
6 AM Video College
6:30 Hot Fudge
7 AM 4-H Showcase
7:30 Bewitched
8 AM Mighty Mouse/Heckle And Jeckle
9 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
10:30 All-New Popeye Hour
11:30 Fat Albert (I think it had changed its
name to The New Fat Albert Show)
12 N News
12:30 Kidsworld
1 PM Shazam!
1:30 Going Places (not to be confused with
the 1990 ABC sitcom, this is a kids'
version of "On The Road," with stops
to visit a Louisiana Cajun family and
Montana smoke jumpers)
2 PM Soul Train
3 PM Tennis: U.S. Clay Court Championships
(women's singles final)
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular (time approximate)
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
7 PM Tony Bennett Special
8 PM PM Magazine Special Edition: Bill Rafferty
hosts "Our Amazing Animal World"
9 PM CBS Movie: "No Other Love"
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The City" (pilot for Anthony Quinn's
short-lived 1971 series "The Man And The City")
1:30 Marcus Welby, M.D.
2:30 News
WGTV Ch. 8 (PBS)
5:30 Soccer Made In Germany
6:30 More Fiddlin' Around
7 PM Behind The News
7:30 Here's To Your Health
8 PM David Susskind
10 PM For The Record
11 PM Movie: "Once Upon A Time"
sign off 12:30 AM
WGN Ch. 9 Chicago (Ind.)
Listed Eastern Time
7:45 News
8 AM U.S. Farm Report
8:30 Daniel Boone
9:30 Movie: "Fighting Trouble"
11 AM Bud Billiken Parade (Chicago's
traditional back-to-school parade)
1 PM Baseball: Expos-Cubs (doubleheader)
6:30 TBA (time approximate)
7 PM Love, American Style
7:30 Dick Van dyke
8 PM Wild Kingdom
8:30 In Search Of...
9 PM People To People
9:30 That Nashville Music
10 PM Hee Haw
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Sweet Smell Of Success"
1:30 News
2 AM Movie: "The Vulture"
3:45 News
3:50 Zane Grey Theater
4:20 The FBI
5:20 Daniel Boone
WXIA Ch. 11 (ABC)
6 AM College Today
6:30 Adventures In Living
7 AM Kids Are People Too
8 AM Superfriends
9 AM Plastic Man
10:30 Scooby And Scrappy-Doo
11:30 Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics
12 N Joker! Joker!! Joker!!!
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 ABC Weekend Special
2 PM Six Million Dollar Man
3 PM Sports Afield
3:30 Wide World Of Sports
5 PM Golf: PGA Championship (Third
round)
7 PM News
7:30 11 Alive Newsmakers
8 PM 240-Robert
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM Fantasy Island
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Powderkeg"
1:30 Voyage To The Bottom Of The
Sea
2:30 ABC News
WTBS (WPCH) Ch. 17 (Ind.)
6 AM It's Your Business
6:30 Rebop
7 AM Vegetable Soup
7:30 Romper Room
8 AM Ultra Man
8:30 Movie: "Terror In A Texas
Town"
10 AM Movie: "Juarez"
12:30 Movie: "The Sword Of
Damascus"
2:20 Movie: "Fighter Attack"
4:30 Mission: Impossible
5:30 This Week In Baseball
6 PM Georgia Championship Wrestling
8 PM That Nashville Music
8:30 Pop Goes The Country
9 PM Untouchables
10 PM TBS Evening News
11 PM Dick Maurice And Company
12 M Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
1:30 Movie: "Single Room Furnished"
3:30 Movie: "Blondie Meets The Boss"
5 AM Love, American Style
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 (PBS)
3:30 Here's To Your Health
4 PM Slim Cuisine
4:30 Emory Today
5 PM Old Houseworks
5:30 Take 30
6 PM Soccer: Nottingham Forest
vs. Wolverhampton
7 PM Grand Ole Opry I
10 PM Grand Ole Opry II
sign off 1:30 AM
WATL Ch. 36 (Ind.)
10:30 Georgia Farm Monitor
11 AM Ernest Angley
12 N Stan Hitchcock (country music)
12:30 Southern Sportsman
1 PM Journey To Adventure
1:30 Movie: "Mars Attacks The World"
3:30 Movie: "The Man Who Knew Too Much"
(Alfred Hitchcock's original 1934 version)
5 PM Wrestling (this may have been Lars Anderson's
World League Wrestling)
6 PM The Racers
6:30 Greatest Sports Legends
7 PM America: Something Special
8 PM Movie: "Murder" (an early Hitchcock, from
1930)
10 PM Rock World
sign off after this
WANX (WGCL) Ch. 46 (Ind.)
6 AM Public Policy Forums
7 AM Popeye & Friends
8 AM Tom & Jerry
9 AM Laurel And Hardy
10:30 Lone Ranger (2 episodes)
11:30 Rifleman (2 episodes)
12:30 Virginian
2 PM Bonanza
3 PM Laramie
4 PM Big Valley
5 PM Alias Smith And Jones
6 PM Land Of The Giants
7 PM Grizzly Adams
8 PM Earl Paulk
9 PM Jack Van Impe Crusade
10 PM Faith That Lives
10:30 Showers Of Blessings
11 PM What A Fellowship Hour
sign off after this