source: The Birmingham News
The last days of Birmingham's network hokey-pokey.............
WBRC-6 (ABC)
430 World Around Us
500 Christophers
530 Morning Devotional
535 Farm Market Report
550 Country Boy Eddie
700 Morning Show (Tom York)
830 Young People's World
900 Dudley Do-Right
930 Dennis Wholey
1020 News
1030 All My Children [delayed from 12 noon]
1100 Bewitched
1130 That Girl
1200 News (Joe Langston)
1230 Let's Make a Deal
100 Newlywed Game
130 Dating Game
200 General Hospital
230 Viewpoint (Drug Addiction) [not sure if this was a one-time special, or if WBRC was preempting "One Life To Live" at the time - perhaps one of their more "racially progressive" storylines?]
300 Dark Shadows
330 Movie - "Two Guns and Badge"
500 I Love Lucy
530 News (Joe Langston) - [WBRC's world cast; ABC News not cleared until 1972]
545 News, Sports, Weather - [a/k/a "Alabama Newsreel"]
600 Zane Grey Theater
630 It Takes a Thief
730 Movie - "How To Steal a Million"
1000 News
1030 Viewpoint (interview with Mrs. Kate Wood of Montgomery, woman's director of NAACP in Detroit)
1100 Alfred Hitchcock
1130 Dick Cavett
100 News headlines, Weather
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WBIQ-10 (ETV)
800 Data Processing
830 Primary Speech (‘J' sound)
845 Arithmetic IV
900 Sesame Street (Pre-school children's hour)
1000 Science 5 (resources from sea)
1020 Language Arts
1100 Awareness
1115 11th Grade History
1145 Stepping Into Rhythm
1200 Life Science (Bees)
1215 Music Time I
1245 Let's Learn More (Science)
115 American Literature
145 Handwriting
215 Sight Thing
245 Nellie's Way
300 Home Economics
315 Mounds to Missiles
330 Dixie Digest (vegetables)
400 Nellie's Way
415 Friendly Giant
430 Misterogers
500 What's New (national parks)
530 Dialogue for Education (Secondary education in the 1970s)
600 Folk Guitar (plucking variation)
630 Dixie Digest (Few vegetable varieties)
700 Scientific Progress
730 Pianist at Work (Dr. Roy McAllister)
800 NET Journal
900 Stars Above (Astronomy; Dr. Eric Rogers)
930 World Press
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WAPI-13 (NBC, CBS) [now WVTM]
600 TV Partyline (Dick Breit)
650 Anthem, Salute
700 Today Show
800 Romper Room ("Miss Carol") [Carol Aldy - successor to longtime "Miss Jane" Hooper]
830 CBS News (Joseph Benti)
900 Lucy Show [CBS]
930 Concentration [NBC]
1000 Sale of the Century [NBC]
1030 Hollywood Squares [NBC]
1100 Jeopardy! [NBC]
1130 Search For Tomorrow [CBS]
1200 Noon News (Wendell Harris)
1215 Mid-Day (Rosemary Lucas & Dick Breit)
1230 As the World Turns [CBS]
100 Love is a Many-Splendored Thing [CBS]
130 Guiding Light [CBS]
200 Another World [NBC]
230 Bright Promise [NBC]
300 Gomer Pyle USMC [CBS]
330 Movie - "Contraband Spain"
500 News (Jim Wilson)
530 Huntley-Brinkley [NBC]
600 News, Sports, Weather
630 Here's Lucy [CBS]
700 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In [NBC]
800 Movie - "Texas Across the River" [NBC]
1000 Jim Nabors Hour [CBS]
1100 News, Sports, Weather
1130 Tonight Show [tagged as "New station" - this must be the time when 13 *finally* picked up Carson after it being on 42 since it signed on in 1965!]
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WBMG-42 (CBS, NBC) [now WIAT]
700 CBS News (Joseph Benti) - yes, it appears BOTH stations took it!
730 Rocky and Friends
800 Captain Kangaroo [CBS]
900 It Takes Two [NBC]
930 Beverly Hillbillies [CBS]
1000 Andy Griffith [CBS]
1030 Love of Life [CBS]
1100 Where the Heart Is [CBS]
1130 Who, What or Where [NBC]
1200 Galloping Gourmet
1230 Life with Linkletter [NBC]
100 Days of Our Lives [NBC]
130 The Doctors [NBC]
200 Secret Storm [CBS]
230 The Edge of Night [CBS]
300 Name Droppers [NBC]
330 He Said - She Said
400 Dick Tracy ("Sargeant Jack Show")
530 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
600 Paul Harvey Comments
605 News, Weather, Sports
630 My World and Welcome to it [NBC]
700 Green Acres [CBS]
730 Petticoat Junction [CBS]
800 Mayberry RFD [CBS]
830 Hogan's Heroes [CBS]
900 77 Sunset Strip
1000 News, Weather, Sports
1025 Paul Harvey Comments
1030 Merv Griffin [CBS]
1200 Moments of Meditation
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The last days of Birmingham's network hokey-pokey.............
WBRC-6 (ABC)
430 World Around Us
500 Christophers
530 Morning Devotional
535 Farm Market Report
550 Country Boy Eddie
700 Morning Show (Tom York)
830 Young People's World
900 Dudley Do-Right
930 Dennis Wholey
1020 News
1030 All My Children [delayed from 12 noon]
1100 Bewitched
1130 That Girl
1200 News (Joe Langston)
1230 Let's Make a Deal
100 Newlywed Game
130 Dating Game
200 General Hospital
230 Viewpoint (Drug Addiction) [not sure if this was a one-time special, or if WBRC was preempting "One Life To Live" at the time - perhaps one of their more "racially progressive" storylines?]
300 Dark Shadows
330 Movie - "Two Guns and Badge"
500 I Love Lucy
530 News (Joe Langston) - [WBRC's world cast; ABC News not cleared until 1972]
545 News, Sports, Weather - [a/k/a "Alabama Newsreel"]
600 Zane Grey Theater
630 It Takes a Thief
730 Movie - "How To Steal a Million"
1000 News
1030 Viewpoint (interview with Mrs. Kate Wood of Montgomery, woman's director of NAACP in Detroit)
1100 Alfred Hitchcock
1130 Dick Cavett
100 News headlines, Weather
###
WBIQ-10 (ETV)
800 Data Processing
830 Primary Speech (‘J' sound)
845 Arithmetic IV
900 Sesame Street (Pre-school children's hour)
1000 Science 5 (resources from sea)
1020 Language Arts
1100 Awareness
1115 11th Grade History
1145 Stepping Into Rhythm
1200 Life Science (Bees)
1215 Music Time I
1245 Let's Learn More (Science)
115 American Literature
145 Handwriting
215 Sight Thing
245 Nellie's Way
300 Home Economics
315 Mounds to Missiles
330 Dixie Digest (vegetables)
400 Nellie's Way
415 Friendly Giant
430 Misterogers
500 What's New (national parks)
530 Dialogue for Education (Secondary education in the 1970s)
600 Folk Guitar (plucking variation)
630 Dixie Digest (Few vegetable varieties)
700 Scientific Progress
730 Pianist at Work (Dr. Roy McAllister)
800 NET Journal
900 Stars Above (Astronomy; Dr. Eric Rogers)
930 World Press
###
WAPI-13 (NBC, CBS) [now WVTM]
600 TV Partyline (Dick Breit)
650 Anthem, Salute
700 Today Show
800 Romper Room ("Miss Carol") [Carol Aldy - successor to longtime "Miss Jane" Hooper]
830 CBS News (Joseph Benti)
900 Lucy Show [CBS]
930 Concentration [NBC]
1000 Sale of the Century [NBC]
1030 Hollywood Squares [NBC]
1100 Jeopardy! [NBC]
1130 Search For Tomorrow [CBS]
1200 Noon News (Wendell Harris)
1215 Mid-Day (Rosemary Lucas & Dick Breit)
1230 As the World Turns [CBS]
100 Love is a Many-Splendored Thing [CBS]
130 Guiding Light [CBS]
200 Another World [NBC]
230 Bright Promise [NBC]
300 Gomer Pyle USMC [CBS]
330 Movie - "Contraband Spain"
500 News (Jim Wilson)
530 Huntley-Brinkley [NBC]
600 News, Sports, Weather
630 Here's Lucy [CBS]
700 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In [NBC]
800 Movie - "Texas Across the River" [NBC]
1000 Jim Nabors Hour [CBS]
1100 News, Sports, Weather
1130 Tonight Show [tagged as "New station" - this must be the time when 13 *finally* picked up Carson after it being on 42 since it signed on in 1965!]
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WBMG-42 (CBS, NBC) [now WIAT]
700 CBS News (Joseph Benti) - yes, it appears BOTH stations took it!
730 Rocky and Friends
800 Captain Kangaroo [CBS]
900 It Takes Two [NBC]
930 Beverly Hillbillies [CBS]
1000 Andy Griffith [CBS]
1030 Love of Life [CBS]
1100 Where the Heart Is [CBS]
1130 Who, What or Where [NBC]
1200 Galloping Gourmet
1230 Life with Linkletter [NBC]
100 Days of Our Lives [NBC]
130 The Doctors [NBC]
200 Secret Storm [CBS]
230 The Edge of Night [CBS]
300 Name Droppers [NBC]
330 He Said - She Said
400 Dick Tracy ("Sargeant Jack Show")
530 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
600 Paul Harvey Comments
605 News, Weather, Sports
630 My World and Welcome to it [NBC]
700 Green Acres [CBS]
730 Petticoat Junction [CBS]
800 Mayberry RFD [CBS]
830 Hogan's Heroes [CBS]
900 77 Sunset Strip
1000 News, Weather, Sports
1025 Paul Harvey Comments
1030 Merv Griffin [CBS]
1200 Moments of Meditation
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