This, IIRC, was the day after John F. Kennedy's speech
concerning the Cuban missile crisis. From TV Guide,
Georgia Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)
6 AM Continental Classroom (atomic age physics)
6:30 Continental Classroom (American Government)
(COLOR)
7 AM Today (Hugh Downs was hosting this and
"Concentration")
9 AM Today In Georgia
10 AM Say When! (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
10:30 Play Your Hunch (Gene Rayburn is interim host
between Merv Griffin and Robert Q. Lewis)
(COLOR)
11 AM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen) (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N News, Editorial
12:20 Movie: "Sullivan's Travels"
2 PM Merv Griffin (his first talk show, airs on NBC)
(COLOR)
2:55 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 Young Dr. Malone
4 PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Rocky And His Friends
4:45 Popeye Club
6 PM Quick Draw McGraw
6:30 News, Weather
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Hennesey
7:30 Laramie (COLOR)
8:30 Empire (COLOR) (a contemporary
Western with soap-opera elements
that might have worked in the era
of "Dallas")
9:30 Dick Powell
10:30 Chet Huntley Reporting
11 PM Newsroom (John Palmer is anchor--he will
later go to NBC) NOTE: Ch. 2 used this
title until around 1973 or '74; it's been using
Action News ever since.
11:30 Tonight Show (Johnny Carson is host,
and Ch. 2 is finally carrying it--until 1980)
WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)
6:10 Daily Word
6:15 College Of The Air (this is CBS's predecessor
to "Sunrise Semester," which will debut in 1963)
6:45 Management In The '60s
7 AM News, Editorial
7:20 Cartoons
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM B'wana Don
9:30 Jack LaLanne
10 AM Movie: "The House Of Rothschild"
11:30 Pete And Gladys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Best Of Groucho
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Ann Sothern (ironically, she is appearing
this week on the program Ch. 5 is pre-empting:
"Password")
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Millionaire (the check today goes to a woman
trying to crash high society)
3:30 To Tell The Truth
3:55 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Sea Hunt
5:30 Highway Patrol
6 PM Panorama News
6:30 Amos 'n' Andy (Ch. 5 dropped Walter Cronkite
for this until 1966)
7 PM Hong Kong
8 PM Lloyd Bridges (he plays a journalist getting
involved in people's lives)
8:30 Red Skelton (tonight he introduces a new-talent
segment, with singer Karen Morrow making her
television debut--wonder what happened to her?)
9:30 Jack Benny (Lawrence Welk is guest)
10 PM Garry Moore ("That Wonderful Year" is 1938)
11 PM Panorama News
11:30 Movie: "Tonight's The Night"
WGTV Ch. 8 (NET)
Not known if any daytime programming.
6:30 American Economy
7 PM Growing South
7:30 Lamp Unto My Feet (wonder how they
got this, since it was on CBS and Ch. 5
Sundays at 10 AM)
8 PM You Are There
8:30 Astronomy For You
9 PM Picture Window (Georgia-Florida State
highlights, preview of Georgia-Kentucky)
9:30 Age Of Overkill
10 PM Your Marriage
sign off 10:30 PM
WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 (ABC)
7:25 Thoughts For Today
7:30 School Days
8 AM Robin Hood
8:30 Billy Johnson
9 AM My Little Margie
9:30 Snooky Lanson
11 AM Tennessee Ernie Ford
11:30 Yours For A Song
12 N Jane Wyman
12:30 Camouflage
12:55 ABC News (Alex Dreier)
1 PM Star Performance
1:30 Burns And Allen
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Seven Keys
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust? (Woody Woodbury
has taken over from Johnny Carson)
4 PM American Bandstand (guest is Bobby
"Blue" Bland)
4:30 Discovery '62 (how actors use makeup)
4:55 American Newsstand
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club
5:30 Movie: "The Golden Hawk"
7 PM Newswatch
7:15 ABC News (Ron Cochran)
7:30 Combat!
8:30 Hawaiian Eye
9:30 Untouchables
10:30 Here's Edie (Adams)
11 PM Nightwatch
11:25 Movie: "The Swordsman"
concerning the Cuban missile crisis. From TV Guide,
Georgia Edition:
WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)
6 AM Continental Classroom (atomic age physics)
6:30 Continental Classroom (American Government)
(COLOR)
7 AM Today (Hugh Downs was hosting this and
"Concentration")
9 AM Today In Georgia
10 AM Say When! (COLOR)
10:25 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
10:30 Play Your Hunch (Gene Rayburn is interim host
between Merv Griffin and Robert Q. Lewis)
(COLOR)
11 AM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen) (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N News, Editorial
12:20 Movie: "Sullivan's Travels"
2 PM Merv Griffin (his first talk show, airs on NBC)
(COLOR)
2:55 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 Young Dr. Malone
4 PM Make Room For Daddy
4:30 Rocky And His Friends
4:45 Popeye Club
6 PM Quick Draw McGraw
6:30 News, Weather
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Hennesey
7:30 Laramie (COLOR)
8:30 Empire (COLOR) (a contemporary
Western with soap-opera elements
that might have worked in the era
of "Dallas")
9:30 Dick Powell
10:30 Chet Huntley Reporting
11 PM Newsroom (John Palmer is anchor--he will
later go to NBC) NOTE: Ch. 2 used this
title until around 1973 or '74; it's been using
Action News ever since.
11:30 Tonight Show (Johnny Carson is host,
and Ch. 2 is finally carrying it--until 1980)
WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)
6:10 Daily Word
6:15 College Of The Air (this is CBS's predecessor
to "Sunrise Semester," which will debut in 1963)
6:45 Management In The '60s
7 AM News, Editorial
7:20 Cartoons
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM B'wana Don
9:30 Jack LaLanne
10 AM Movie: "The House Of Rothschild"
11:30 Pete And Gladys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Harry Reasoner)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Best Of Groucho
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Ann Sothern (ironically, she is appearing
this week on the program Ch. 5 is pre-empting:
"Password")
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Millionaire (the check today goes to a woman
trying to crash high society)
3:30 To Tell The Truth
3:55 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Sea Hunt
5:30 Highway Patrol
6 PM Panorama News
6:30 Amos 'n' Andy (Ch. 5 dropped Walter Cronkite
for this until 1966)
7 PM Hong Kong
8 PM Lloyd Bridges (he plays a journalist getting
involved in people's lives)
8:30 Red Skelton (tonight he introduces a new-talent
segment, with singer Karen Morrow making her
television debut--wonder what happened to her?)
9:30 Jack Benny (Lawrence Welk is guest)
10 PM Garry Moore ("That Wonderful Year" is 1938)
11 PM Panorama News
11:30 Movie: "Tonight's The Night"
WGTV Ch. 8 (NET)
Not known if any daytime programming.
6:30 American Economy
7 PM Growing South
7:30 Lamp Unto My Feet (wonder how they
got this, since it was on CBS and Ch. 5
Sundays at 10 AM)
8 PM You Are There
8:30 Astronomy For You
9 PM Picture Window (Georgia-Florida State
highlights, preview of Georgia-Kentucky)
9:30 Age Of Overkill
10 PM Your Marriage
sign off 10:30 PM
WAII (WXIA) Ch. 11 (ABC)
7:25 Thoughts For Today
7:30 School Days
8 AM Robin Hood
8:30 Billy Johnson
9 AM My Little Margie
9:30 Snooky Lanson
11 AM Tennessee Ernie Ford
11:30 Yours For A Song
12 N Jane Wyman
12:30 Camouflage
12:55 ABC News (Alex Dreier)
1 PM Star Performance
1:30 Burns And Allen
2 PM Day In Court
2:30 Seven Keys
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust? (Woody Woodbury
has taken over from Johnny Carson)
4 PM American Bandstand (guest is Bobby
"Blue" Bland)
4:30 Discovery '62 (how actors use makeup)
4:55 American Newsstand
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club
5:30 Movie: "The Golden Hawk"
7 PM Newswatch
7:15 ABC News (Ron Cochran)
7:30 Combat!
8:30 Hawaiian Eye
9:30 Untouchables
10:30 Here's Edie (Adams)
11 PM Nightwatch
11:25 Movie: "The Swordsman"
