Retro: Atlanta Saturday, July 2 and Sunday, July 3, 1966

[bpatrick]

More from the Atlanta Constitution from
Fourth of July weekend 1966. Oddly,
Channel 2 chose to carry its annual parade
on Saturday instead of Monday the fourth.
Schedules run 7 AM-1 AM Saturday and
8 AM-1 AM Sunday.

SATURDAY:

WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)

7 AM Space-A-GO-GO (Flash Gordon,
Eighth Man, Astro Boy)
9 AM Jetsons (COLOR)
9:30 Atom Ant (COLOR)
10 AM Secret Squirrel (COLOR)
10:30 Underdog (COLOR)
11 AM Top Cat (COLOR)
11:30 Fury
12 N Playhouse (nothing else about
this)
12:30 Putt-Putt Golf
1 PM Baseball: teams not given
4 PM Armchair Playhouse: "Days Of
Glory" (time approximate)
5 PM Sam Snead Golf
5:30 Salute 2 America Parade
(I wonder if this was taped
and edited-nowadays it always
goes two hours live.)
6:30 Scherer-MacNeil Report (COLOR)
7 PM News (COLOR)
7:30 Flipper (COLOR)
8 PM I Dream Of Jeannie (the last
regularly-scheduled black-and-
white series on NBC)
8:30 Get Smart (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Ride The High Country"
(COLOR)
11 PM News (COLOR)
11:15 Movie: "Damn Citizen"

WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)

7 AM Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon
7:30 Jungle Jim
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Comedy Hour
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
10 AM Mighty Mouse (COLOR)
10:30 Adventures Of Lassie
11 AM Tom And Jerry (COLOR)
11:30 Quick Draw McGraw (COLOR)
12 N Sky King
12:30 Linus The Lionhearted (COLOR)
1 PM My Friend Flicka
1:30 Movie: "Crazy Over Horses"
2:30 Ensign O'Toole
3 PM Ripcord
3:30 Littlest Hobo
4 PM Movie: "Stars And Stripes Forever"
6 PM Lost In Space
7 PM Beverly Hillbillies
7:30 Bar-S Jamboree
8:30 Secret Agent
9:30 The Face Is Familiar
(Fred Silverman picked this
turkey over Hollywood Squares.)
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Marjorie Morningstar"

WAII Ch. 11 (ABC)

8 AM Adventures In Living
9 AM Revival Fires
9:30 Cartoon Carnival
10 AM Porky Pig
10:30 The Beatles (COLOR)
11 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
11:30 Magilla Gorilla (COLOR)
12 N Bugs Bunny (COLOR)
12:30 Milton The Monster (COLOR)
1 PM Hoppity Hooper (COLOR)
1:30 American Bandstand
2:30 Stars Of Tomorrow
(Local talent show on which the likes
of James Brown and Brenda Lee got their
first break.)
3 PM Wide World Of Sports (Ch.11 would not air
this show on pattern at 5 until the fall
of 1968.)
4:30 The Hit Beat
5 PM Wilburn Brothers
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM Flatt And Scruggs
6:30 Live Atlanta Wrestling
7:30 Ozzie And Harriet (COLOR)
8 PM Bill Anderson
8:30 Lawrence Welk (COLOR)
9:30 Hollywood Palace (COLOR)
10:30 Legend Of Jesse James
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Mysterians"

SUNDAY:

WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)

8 AM Gospel Jubilee
9 AM Cartoon Cavalcade
11 AM Second Ponce de Leon
Baptist Church
12 N Championship Bowling
12:30 Playhouse
1 PM Meet The Press (COLOR)
1:30 Movie: "So Proudly We Hail"
4 PM Movie: "Green Fire" (COLOR)
6 PM News (COLOR)
6:30 America The Beautiful (COLOR)
7:30 Walt Disney (COLOR)
8:30 Branded (COLOR)
9 PM Bonanza (COLOR)
10 PM Wackiest Ship In The Army (COLOR)
11 PM News (COLOR)
11:30 Movie: "Darby's Rangers"

WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)

8 AM Singing Time In Dixie
8:30 The LeFevres (COLOR)
9 AM Insight
9:30 Faith For Today
10 AM Capila Paulina (no idea if this
is a CBS religious special or what)
11 AM First Baptist Church
12 N Camera Three
12:30 Face The Nation
1 PM Amateur Hour (COLOR)
1:30 Mister Ed
2 PM Sea Hunt
2:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
4 PM America (COLOR)
4:30 20th Century
5 PM Movie: "The Last Blitzkrieg"
7 PM Lassie (COLOR)
7:30 My Favorite Martian
8 PM Ed Sullivan
9 PM Perry Mason
10 PM Candid Camera
10:30 Let's Discuss It
11 PM News
11:15 CBS News
11:30 Movie: title illegible

WAII Ch. 11 (ABC)

8 AM Church Of The Week:
Oakhurst Baptist
9 AM Choir Of The Week
9:30 TV Gospel Time
10 AM Beany And Cecil (COLOR)
10:30 Peter Potamus (COLOR)
11 AM Bullwinkle (COLOR)
11:30 Discovery
12 N House Detective
1:30 ABC Scope
2 PM Movie: "Ramar And The
Deadly Females"
3:30 The Detectives
4 PM Stagecoach West
5 PM Donna Reed (delay from 8
PM Saturday)
5:30 A Man Called Shenandoah
6 PM 12 O'Clock High
7 PM Voyage To The Bottom Of
The Sea (COLOR)
8 PM The FBI (COLOR)
9 PM ABC Movie: "Say One For Me"
11 PM from this point on, illegible

NOTE: Ch. 11 ran a movie on Mondays at
7:30, delaying 12 O'Clock High, Legend
Of Jesse James, and A Man Called Shenandoah.
Ch. 5 did the same thing on Wednesday, delaying
Lost In Space and Beverly Hillbillies, and
pre-empting Green Acres.

Like most ABC affiliates, 11 did not carry
ABC Scope on Saturdays at 10:30. In the
process of delaying it they bumped Issues
And Answers.

 

[KMRichards]

> 5:30 Salute 2 America Parade
> (I wonder if this was taped
> and edited-nowadays it always
> goes two hours live.)

If the parade was normally a two hour affair on July 4, how could WSB have taped it in advance and edited it?

> 3 PM Wide World Of Sports (Ch.11 would not air
> this show on pattern at 5 until the fall
> of 1968.)

So this was a one-week delay?

> 11:30 Movie: title illegible

Hey, didn't I see that same movie last week on TCM?

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[bpatrick]

> > 5:30 Salute 2 America Parade
> > (I wonder if this was taped
> > and edited-nowadays it always
> > goes two hours live.)
>
> If the parade was normally a two hour affair on July 4, how
> could WSB have taped it in advance and edited it?

I think you misunderstood. The parade, for some reason, was
held on July 2. Since the parade usually runs from about 1
to 3 PM, it is possible that Channel 2 could have taped and
edited it.
>
> > 3 PM Wide World Of Sports (Ch.11 would not air
> > this show on pattern at 5 until the fall
> > of 1968.)
>
> So this was a one-week delay?

More than likely.
>
> > 11:30 Movie: title illegible
>
> Hey, didn't I see that same movie last week on TCM?
>

 

[KMRichards]

> > > 5:30 Salute 2 America Parade
> > > (I wonder if this was taped
> > > and edited-nowadays it always
> > > goes two hours live.)
> >
> > If the parade was normally a two hour affair on July 4,
> how
> > could WSB have taped it in advance and edited it?
>
> I think you misunderstood. The parade, for some reason, was
>
> held on July 2. Since the parade usually runs from about 1
> to 3 PM, it is possible that Channel 2 could have taped and
> edited it.

You're right; I had the impression that it was a July 4 parade. Your answeer clarifies everything.

The concept of airing an edited parade boggles my mind, though.
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[bpatrick]

> > > > 5:30 Salute 2 America Parade
> > > > (I wonder if this was taped
> > > > and edited-nowadays it always
> > > > goes two hours live.)
> > >
> > > If the parade was normally a two hour affair on July 4,
> > how
> > > could WSB have taped it in advance and edited it?
> >
> > I think you misunderstood. The parade, for some reason,
> was
> >
> > held on July 2. Since the parade usually runs from about
> 1
> > to 3 PM, it is possible that Channel 2 could have taped
> and
> > edited it.
>
> You're right; I had the impression that it was a July 4
> parade. Your answeer clarifies everything.
>
> The concept of airing an edited parade boggles my mind,
> though.
>
I'm assuming that's what happened. Channel 2 did have
a scheduling conflict with NBC baseball earlier in the
afternoon, so there wasn't much room to schedule it.
(Possibly the parade wasn't as big as it is now, and even
though Atlanta stayed on Eastern Standard Time, there would
have been enough daylight at 5:30 to take care of lighting
problems, if it aired live. And that's still a strange
time to start the parade.)

On Monday, July 4, WSB stuck with its regular afternoon
block (see Friday, July 1 schedule), which boggles MY mind:
why wasn't the parade held on Monday? That evening, however,
they had a baseball game from NBC, Minnesota at Cleveland, that
started at 6 PM (EST). That was the extent of special
holiday-related programming on 2, 5, or 11 that day.

But rest assured, the Salute 2 America parade for 2005
will be seen Monday, July 4, live at 1 PM.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

> The concept of airing an edited parade boggles my mind,
> though.

Maybe the 1966 parade was much smaller (in number of marching units and participants) than it is now, and only took about one hour for the entire parade to pass the reviewing stand location (which is where I'd think the TV cameras and anchor booth were located).