From the Atlanta Constitution. Schedules
run from 7 AM.
WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)
7 AM Today
9 AM Today In Georgia
10 AM Dinah's Place
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Sale Of The Century
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N News
12:30 Merv Griffin
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 Return To Peyton Place
4 PM Somerset
4:30 Truth Or Consequences
5 PM Perry Mason
6 PM News
7 PM NBC News
7:30 Adam-12
8 PM Movie: "Rosie"
10 PM Search
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM News
WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)
7 AM CBS Morning News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Phil Donahue
10 AM Joker's Wild
10:30 Price Is Right
11 AM Gambit
11:30 Love Of Life
12 N News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM It's Your Bet
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing
3:30 Secret Storm
4 PM The Virginian
5:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM News
7:30 Hollywood Squares
8 PM Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
9 PM Medical Center
10 PM Cannon
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "Violent Road"
WGTV Ch. 8 (PBS)
instructional programs until
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Sesame Street
7 PM Zoom
7:30 Why!
8 PM A New England Christmas
8:30 Playhouse New York (a year-
end report on film and theater)
10 PM VD Blues
11 PM VD Blues--Local Report
11:30 Sign off
WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 (ABC)
7 AM Cartoon Club
8:30 My Favorite Martian
9 AM Hazel
9:30 Dick Van Dyke
10 AM Courtship Of Eddie's
Father
10:30 Love, American Style
11 AM Password
**At this point, Ch. 11 was trying to
persuade ABC to let it carry One Life
To Live on delay at this time. Apparently,
ABC wasn't thrilled about having the soap
air in the morning, but in the summer of
'73 Ch. 11 got its way and Password moved
to 10 AM. Yet three years later Ch. 11
ran Edge Of Night in the morning, as did
Ch. 2 after the switch in 1980, and ABC
seemed to have no objections.**
11:30 Bewitched
12 N News
12:30 Split Second
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Movie: "Another Time, Another
Place"
5 PM Ponderosa (title for Bonanza reruns
until NBC canceled the show in
January 1973)
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News
7 PM What's My Line?
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Paul Lynde Show
8:30 Julie Andrews Hour
9:30 ABC Movie: "The Weekend Nun"
11 PM News
11:40 Movie: "The Oklahoma Woman"
**Not listed here, but IIRC F Troop and
news followed the movie.**
WTCG (WTBS) Ch. 17 (Ind.)
7 AM Little Rascals
8 AM Banana Splits
8:30 Magic Funnies
9 AM New Zoo Revue
9:30 Romper Room
10 AM Cartoon Carnival
10:30 Jack LaLanne
11 AM Topper
11:30 Mike Douglas
1 PM Movie: "Railroaded"
3 PM Banana Splits
3:30 Flintstones
4 PM Leave It To Beaver
4:30 Petticoat Junction
5 PM Andy Griffith
5:30 Get Smart
6 PM Wild Wild West
7 PM Rifleman
7:30 Andy Griffith
8 PM Movie: "Terror Times Two"
9:30 Rat Patrol
10 PM Outdoor Outlines
10:30 Rollin' On The River
11 PM The Avengers
12 M Movie: "Say It In French"
1:30 Movie: "Railroaded"
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 (PBS)
instructional programs until
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Amahl And The Night Visitors
(performed by the Briarwood
High School chorale)
7 PM Firing Line
8 PM Cinema Showcase (interview
with Otto Preminger)
8:30 Playhouse New York
10 PM Soul (Stevie Wonder performs)
11 PM Black Viewpoints
11:30 Sign Off
WHAE (WGCL) Ch. 46 (Ind.)
3:30 This Is The Life
4 PM Insight
4:30 Fury
5 PM Top Cat
5:30 Dennis The Menace
6 PM Jim And Tammy
7 PM Of Lands And Seas
8 PM Special: "Athens Of India"
9 PM 700 Club
11 PM Sign Off
Below the listings is an article about Dick
Clark's first New Year's Eve show, scheduled
for NBC on December 31, 1972. The show is
actually titled Three Dog Night's New Year's
Rockin' Eve and (this may give you younger folks
a laugh) features such "now" (the article's word)
performers as Blood, Sweat and Tears, Al Green,
Billy Preston, and Helen Reddy. (Why does this
sound like an episode of The Midnight Special?
Well, it WAS 1972.)
Sometime back I posted the Greensboro/Winston-
Salem/High Point listings for 12/31/72 and in
response to a question as to why Clark's special
wasn't on ABC, I could only give two possible
reasons. The Sugar Bowl was on ABC that night,
and wasn't scheduled to be over before midnight;
second, Lawrence Welk had a syndicated special
that was carried mainly on ABC affiliates (including
WGHP/8, ABC in the Triad at the time). In Atlanta,
Welk's special aired on WSB (then-NBC), and I don't
recall if Clark's special aired on Ch. 17 or even
at all. But I do believe that Clark's show has run
on ABC ever since, and that Welk never did another
New Year's Eve special, incorporating it into his
regular show instead.
run from 7 AM.
WSB Ch. 2 (NBC)
7 AM Today
9 AM Today In Georgia
10 AM Dinah's Place
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Sale Of The Century
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N News
12:30 Merv Griffin
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 Return To Peyton Place
4 PM Somerset
4:30 Truth Or Consequences
5 PM Perry Mason
6 PM News
7 PM NBC News
7:30 Adam-12
8 PM Movie: "Rosie"
10 PM Search
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM News
WAGA Ch. 5 (CBS)
7 AM CBS Morning News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Phil Donahue
10 AM Joker's Wild
10:30 Price Is Right
11 AM Gambit
11:30 Love Of Life
12 N News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM It's Your Bet
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Guiding Light
2:30 Edge Of Night
3 PM Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing
3:30 Secret Storm
4 PM The Virginian
5:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM News
7:30 Hollywood Squares
8 PM Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
9 PM Medical Center
10 PM Cannon
11 PM News
11:30 CBS Movie: "Violent Road"
WGTV Ch. 8 (PBS)
instructional programs until
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Sesame Street
7 PM Zoom
7:30 Why!
8 PM A New England Christmas
8:30 Playhouse New York (a year-
end report on film and theater)
10 PM VD Blues
11 PM VD Blues--Local Report
11:30 Sign off
WQXI (WXIA) Ch. 11 (ABC)
7 AM Cartoon Club
8:30 My Favorite Martian
9 AM Hazel
9:30 Dick Van Dyke
10 AM Courtship Of Eddie's
Father
10:30 Love, American Style
11 AM Password
**At this point, Ch. 11 was trying to
persuade ABC to let it carry One Life
To Live on delay at this time. Apparently,
ABC wasn't thrilled about having the soap
air in the morning, but in the summer of
'73 Ch. 11 got its way and Password moved
to 10 AM. Yet three years later Ch. 11
ran Edge Of Night in the morning, as did
Ch. 2 after the switch in 1980, and ABC
seemed to have no objections.**
11:30 Bewitched
12 N News
12:30 Split Second
1 PM All My Children
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 Movie: "Another Time, Another
Place"
5 PM Ponderosa (title for Bonanza reruns
until NBC canceled the show in
January 1973)
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News
7 PM What's My Line?
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM Paul Lynde Show
8:30 Julie Andrews Hour
9:30 ABC Movie: "The Weekend Nun"
11 PM News
11:40 Movie: "The Oklahoma Woman"
**Not listed here, but IIRC F Troop and
news followed the movie.**
WTCG (WTBS) Ch. 17 (Ind.)
7 AM Little Rascals
8 AM Banana Splits
8:30 Magic Funnies
9 AM New Zoo Revue
9:30 Romper Room
10 AM Cartoon Carnival
10:30 Jack LaLanne
11 AM Topper
11:30 Mike Douglas
1 PM Movie: "Railroaded"
3 PM Banana Splits
3:30 Flintstones
4 PM Leave It To Beaver
4:30 Petticoat Junction
5 PM Andy Griffith
5:30 Get Smart
6 PM Wild Wild West
7 PM Rifleman
7:30 Andy Griffith
8 PM Movie: "Terror Times Two"
9:30 Rat Patrol
10 PM Outdoor Outlines
10:30 Rollin' On The River
11 PM The Avengers
12 M Movie: "Say It In French"
1:30 Movie: "Railroaded"
WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 (PBS)
instructional programs until
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Amahl And The Night Visitors
(performed by the Briarwood
High School chorale)
7 PM Firing Line
8 PM Cinema Showcase (interview
with Otto Preminger)
8:30 Playhouse New York
10 PM Soul (Stevie Wonder performs)
11 PM Black Viewpoints
11:30 Sign Off
WHAE (WGCL) Ch. 46 (Ind.)
3:30 This Is The Life
4 PM Insight
4:30 Fury
5 PM Top Cat
5:30 Dennis The Menace
6 PM Jim And Tammy
7 PM Of Lands And Seas
8 PM Special: "Athens Of India"
9 PM 700 Club
11 PM Sign Off
Below the listings is an article about Dick
Clark's first New Year's Eve show, scheduled
for NBC on December 31, 1972. The show is
actually titled Three Dog Night's New Year's
Rockin' Eve and (this may give you younger folks
a laugh) features such "now" (the article's word)
performers as Blood, Sweat and Tears, Al Green,
Billy Preston, and Helen Reddy. (Why does this
sound like an episode of The Midnight Special?
Well, it WAS 1972.)
Sometime back I posted the Greensboro/Winston-
Salem/High Point listings for 12/31/72 and in
response to a question as to why Clark's special
wasn't on ABC, I could only give two possible
reasons. The Sugar Bowl was on ABC that night,
and wasn't scheduled to be over before midnight;
second, Lawrence Welk had a syndicated special
that was carried mainly on ABC affiliates (including
WGHP/8, ABC in the Triad at the time). In Atlanta,
Welk's special aired on WSB (then-NBC), and I don't
recall if Clark's special aired on Ch. 17 or even
at all. But I do believe that Clark's show has run
on ABC ever since, and that Welk never did another
New Year's Eve special, incorporating it into his
regular show instead.