From TV Guide, Carolina-Tennessee Edition:
WSJK Ch. 2 Knoxville (Sneedville) (PBS)
off air on Saturday
WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS)
7 AM Casper
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9 AM Sabrina And The Groovie Goolies
10 AM Josie And The Pussycats
10:30 Harlem Globetrotters (animated)
11 AM Archie's Funhouse
12 N Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
12:30 Monkees (guest Hans Conried in a spoof
of the horror tale "The Monkey's Paw")
1 PM NFL Pre-Game Show
1:15 NFL Football: Cowboys-Browns (Frank Glieber
and Frank Gifford announced this game.)
4:30 Wrestling (from the studio, time approximate)
5:30 Death Valley Days
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Gunsmoke (delay from Mon 7:30)
7:30 Mission: Impossible
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Arnie
9:30 Mary Tyler Moore
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "The Invisible Boy"
WFBC (WYFF) Ch. 4 Greenville, SC (NBC)
6:30 Farm News (Ben Leonard)
7:30 Monty's Rascals (Ch. 4 legends Monty DuPuy
and Stowe Hoyle as Mr. Doohickey)
9 AM Tomfoolery
9:30 Bugaloos
10 AM Dr. Dolittle
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
11:30 Here Comes The Grump
12 N Pro Football Highlights
1 PM Wrestling (from Raleigh)
2 PM NFL Game Of The Week
2:30 Furman Presents (Furman University, Greenville)
3 PM Wilburn Brothers (guests: the Smith Twins)
3:30 Porter Wagoner (guest: Mac Wiseman)
4 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
7 PM Hans Brinker Or The Silver Skates (time approximate)
9 PM Movie: "Banning"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 ACC Basketball: South Carolina-Duke (this was South
Carolina's last year in the ACC before going independent
and, later, to the SEC, game is taped)
WCYB Ch. 5 Bristol, VA (NBC)
7 AM Rural Tenneva
7:30 Bugs Bunny
7:55 News, Weather
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Tomfoolery
9:30 Bugaloos
10 AM Dr. Dolittle
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
11:30 Here Comes The Grump
12 N Hot Dog (subjects: how plywood is made; what
it's like to ride on a steam-driven train; how license
plates are made; how sardines are packed; how the
sound in a cuckoo clock are made; all about hiccups)
12:30 Jambo (a dolphin acts as bodyguard for an old fisherman)
1 PM Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo (I take exception with Kevin
Allman that this was a "TV turkey"--it was a kids' show
that really wasn't that terrible, IMO. Besides, he never gave
a reason why he disliked it.)
1:30 Mr. Sleighbells (I assume some sort of animated special,
but I've never heard of it.)
2 PM Gospel Sing
2:30 Country Place
3 PM Arthur Smith
3:30 Bonnie Lou And Buster
4 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
7 PM Hans Brinker Or The Silver Skates (time approximate)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Plymouth Adventure" (the Pilgrims are not as
devout as history makes them out to be in this one from '52)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Saturday Tonight Show (no details given)
WATE Ch. 6 Knoxville (NBC)
6:30 Agriculture U.S.A. (Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas
discusses food processing.)
7 AM Popeye
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Tomfoolery
9:30 Bugaloos
10 AM Dr. Dolittle
10:30 Pink Panter
11 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
11:30 Here Comes The Grump
12 N Hot Dog
12:30 Jambo
1 PM The Invaders (an overlooked Quinn Martin gem
with Roy Thinnes as a man who spots an alien
invasion but can't convince anyone--Thinnes says
he's still invited to meetings of UFO buffs)
2 PM Bill Anderson (guest: Mac Wiseman)
2:30 Bonnie Lou And Buster
3 PM Arthur Smith
3:30 Wilburn Brothers (guest: Don Bowman)
4 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
7 PM Hans Brinker Or The Silver Skates (time approximate)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Plymouth Adventure"
11 PM Movie: "The Sun Also Rises"
WSPA Ch. 7 Spartanburg, SC (CBS)
6:30 Sunrise Semester (topic not given)
7 AM Agriculture
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9 AM Sabrina And The Groovie Goolies
10 AM Josie And The Pussycats
10:30 Harlem Globetrotters
11 AM Archie's Funhouse
12 N Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
12:30 Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo
1 PM NFL Pre-Game Show
1:15 NFL Football: Cowboys-Browns
4:30 Buck Owens (time approximate, this is not
"Hee Haw")
5 PM Bill Anderson (guest: George Hamilton IV, who
nowadays helps out on UNC-TV pledge drives)
5:30 Nashville Sound
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Wild Wild West
7:30 Mission: Impossible
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Arnie
9:30 Mary Tyler Moore
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Movie: "The Trap" (one of the actors in this one
from '59 is Peter Baldwin, whose name you've probably
seen as a director on various shows)
WSOC Ch. 9 Charlotte (NBC)
7 AM Popeye
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Tomfoolery
9:30 Bugaloos
10 AM Dr. Dolittle
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
11:30 Here Comes The Grump
12 N Hot Dog
12:30 Jambo
1 PM Fury
1:30 News, Weather, Sports
2 PM Make Room For Daddy
2:30 Movie: "Jack Frost" (Russian from '65)
4 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
7 PM Hans Brinker Or The Silver Skates (time approximate)
9 PM Movie: "Now You See It, Now You Don't"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "Portrait In Black"
WBIR Ch. 10 Knoxville (CBS)
7 AM Agriculture
7:30 Uncle Hank
7:45 Davey And Goliath
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9 AM Sabrina And The Groovie Goolies
10 AM Josie And The Pussycats
10:30 Harlem Globetrotters
11 AM Archie's Funhouse
12 N Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
12:30 Monkees
1 PM NFL Pre-Game Show
1:15 NFL Football: Cowboys-Browns
4:30 Milk Fund (time approximate)
5:30 Nashville Sound
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM Green Acres (delay from Tue 8 PM)
7:30 Mission: Impossible
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Arnie
9:30 Mary Tyler Moore
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "House On Telegraph Hill"
WJHL Ch. 11 Johnson City, TN (CBS)
7:15 Uncle Hank
7:30 Perils Of Penelope Pitstop (delay from Sun 9:30 AM)
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9 AM Sabrina And The Groovie Goolies
10 AM Josie And The Pussycats
10:30 Harlem Globetrotters
11 AM Archie's Funhouse
12 N Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
12:30 Monkees
1 PM NFL Pre-Game Show
1:15 NFL Football: Cowboys-Browns
4:30 TBA
5 PM Perry Mason
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Truth Or Consequences
7:30 Mission: Impossible
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Arnie
9:30 Mary Tyler Moore
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "The Pharaoh's Woman"
WLOS Ch. 13 Asheville, NC (ABC)
6:30 Aspect (farm show seen all over North Carolina)
7 AM Mr. Bill And Bumbo (Ch. 13 legends Bill Norwood and
Bob Caldwell as Bumbo the clown)
8 AM Reluctant Dragon And Mr. Toad
8:30 Motor Mouse
9 AM Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
10 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
10:30 Here Come The Doubledeckers
11 AM Hot Wheels
11:30 Skyhawks
12 N Hardy Boys (animated)
12:30 American Bandstand (Gene Chandler gets a gold record--
for "Groovy Situation," IIRC--and sings "Simply Call It Love".)
1:30 Liberty Bowl (Colorado-Tulane, from Memphis; Chris Schenkel,
Bill Flemming, and Bud Wilkinson report--the next year Keith
Jackson would become the primary voice of college football
on ABC)
4:30 TBA
5 PM Wide World Of Sports: Muhammad Ali vs. Oscar Bonavena, 15
rounds from Madison Square Garden, taped Dec. 7
6:30 Ian Tyson (Canadian folksinger who used to appear with his wife
Sylvia on ABC's "Hootenanny"--he now had his own show)
7 PM To Tell The Truth
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk (songs from Disney movies)
9:30 The Most Deadly Game
10:30 Wrestling (from WGHP-TV, High Point, NC)
11:30 Roller Derby
12:30 Dick Cavett (delay from Fri 11:30; Atlanta's Ch. 11 aired
Friday's show on Sunday, so neither would show Lester Maddox
walking off hours after it happened the following Friday)
2 AM ABC News (anchor not given)
WHKY Ch. 14 Hickory, NC (Ind.)
2 PM Movie: "The Mighty Barnum"
3:30 Quest For Adventure
4 PM Sports Parade
4:30 Movie: "Saddle Pals" (one of the actresses in this Gene Autry
Western was Lynne Roberts, whose professional name was
Mary Hart--she's listed here as Lynne Roberts, but after "Entertainment
Tonight" caught on, TV Guide was always careful to list Lynne Roberts
by her real name in all her movies)
5:30 Navy Film
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:15 Lenoir Rhyne Today (college in Hickory)
6:30 Public Defender
7 PM Quest For Adventure
7:30 Movie: "The Call Of The Wild"
9:30 Movie: "The Wild Dakotas" (watch for Jim Davis, a/k/a Jock Ewing)
10:30 Peter Gunn
11 PM Death Valley Days
11:30 Movie: "Red Light"
WUNE Ch. 17 Linville/WUNF Ch. 33 Asheville (PBS)
off air on Saturday
WCCB Ch. 18 Charlotte (ABC)
7:30 Agriculture
8 AM Reluctant Dragon And Mr. Toad
8:30 Motor Mouse
9 AM Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
10 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
10:30 Here Come The Doubledeckers
11 AM Hot Wheels
11:30 Skyhawks
12 N Hardy Boys
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Liberty Bowl
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Quest For Adventure
7 PM NFL Game Of The Week
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 The Most Deadly Game
10:30 Movie: "No Man Of Her Own" (Gable and
Lombard in '32, years before they ever
dreamed they'd be married)
12:30 ABC News
WKPT Ch. 19 Kingsport, TN (ABC)
7:30 Agriculture
8 AM Reluctant Dragon And Mr. Toad
8:30 Motor Mouse
9 AM Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
10 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
10:30 Here Come The Doubledeckers
11 AM Hot Wheels
11:30 Skyhawks
12 N Hardy Boys
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Liberty Bowl
4:30 TBA
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 TBA
7 PM All Outdoors
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 The Most Deadly Game
10:30 Virgil Q. Wacks
11 PM News, Sports, Weather (that's what it says,
but I can't conceive of Ch. 19 having local
news on weekends at the time--wonder if
TV Guide meant ABC News?)
11:15 Movie: "The Frozen Ghost"
WTVK Ch. 26 (WVLT Ch. 8) Knoxville (ABC)
7:30 Agriculture (I have a feeling the program airing
on Chs. 19 and 26 was "Agricultural Science In
Action," which was also seen on WTVC/9 Chattanooga,
and that the one on Ch. 18 was "Agriculture U.S.A.")
8 AM Reluctant Dragon And Mr. Toad
8:30 Motor Mouse
9 AM Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
10 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
10:30 Here Come The Doubledeckers
11 AM Hot Wheels
11:30 Skyhawks
12 N Hardy Boys
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Liberty Bowl
4:30 Death Valley Days (time approximate)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Wrestling (either from Knoxville or somewhere in
Nick Gulas' territory)
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 The Most Deadly Game
10:30 All American College Show
11 PM ABC News
11:15 Roller Derby
WNTV Ch. 29 Greenville, SC (PBS)
7:30 Sesame Street
8:30 Sesame Street
9:30 Sesame Street
10:30 Sesame Street
11:30 Sesame Street
12:30 off the air
5 PM Japanese Painting (T. Mikami)
5:30 Highway Panorama
5:45 Agricultural Panorama
6 PM Folk Guitar (Laura Weber)
6:30 At Home
7 PM Brookfield Zoo
7:30 Kukla, Fran And Ollie (new episodes were
being made for PBS at the time)
8 PM Ruddigore (animated version of a Gilbert and
Sullivan operetta about a witch's curse on the
House of Ruddigore)
9 PM Fanfare (guests: the Jefferson Airplane)
10 PM Homewood (music of the Middle Ages and of India)
sign off 11 PM
WRET (WCNC) Ch. 36 Charlotte (Ind.)
Ted Turner had bought the station by this time. Note a
similarity or two to Ch. 17 in Atlanta.
8:30 Across The Fence
9 AM Movies: "The Sword Of Monte Cristo" and "Mohawk"
11 AM Cartoon Carnival
1:30 Jetsons (CBS, delay from Sun 5 PM)
2 PM Popeye & Pals
2:30 Now Explosion (video-type show he acquired from Atlanta's
WATL/36 before that station signed off, and one of the
first shows to put "Super 17" on the map)
7 PM Roller Derby
8 PM Wrestling (may still be from Tampa, I'm not sure)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Plymouth Adventure" (here we go--Turner picking
up pre-empted NBC shows--sorry, no billboards announcing that
"the NBC network moves to Ch. 36," but that would come in 1978--
he'd pick up NBC when WSOC went to ABC, then sell it to Group W
for the seed money for CNN)
11 PM Ski Scene
11:30 Now Explosion (don't know how late it goes)
WAIM (WMYA) Ch. 40 Anderson, SC (ABC/CBS)
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9 AM Sabrina And The Groovie Goolies
10 AM Josie And The Pussycats
10:30 Harlem Globetrotters
11 AM Archie's Funhouse
12 N Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
12:30 Monkees
1 PM NFL Pre-Game Show
1:15 NFL Football: Cowboys-Browns
4:30 TBA
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Quest For Adventure
7:30 Mission: Impossible
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Arnie
9:30 Mary Tyler Moore
10 PM Mannix
sign off 11 PM
WSJK Ch. 2 Knoxville (Sneedville) (PBS)
off air on Saturday
WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS)
7 AM Casper
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9 AM Sabrina And The Groovie Goolies
10 AM Josie And The Pussycats
10:30 Harlem Globetrotters (animated)
11 AM Archie's Funhouse
12 N Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
12:30 Monkees (guest Hans Conried in a spoof
of the horror tale "The Monkey's Paw")
1 PM NFL Pre-Game Show
1:15 NFL Football: Cowboys-Browns (Frank Glieber
and Frank Gifford announced this game.)
4:30 Wrestling (from the studio, time approximate)
5:30 Death Valley Days
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Gunsmoke (delay from Mon 7:30)
7:30 Mission: Impossible
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Arnie
9:30 Mary Tyler Moore
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "The Invisible Boy"
WFBC (WYFF) Ch. 4 Greenville, SC (NBC)
6:30 Farm News (Ben Leonard)
7:30 Monty's Rascals (Ch. 4 legends Monty DuPuy
and Stowe Hoyle as Mr. Doohickey)
9 AM Tomfoolery
9:30 Bugaloos
10 AM Dr. Dolittle
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
11:30 Here Comes The Grump
12 N Pro Football Highlights
1 PM Wrestling (from Raleigh)
2 PM NFL Game Of The Week
2:30 Furman Presents (Furman University, Greenville)
3 PM Wilburn Brothers (guests: the Smith Twins)
3:30 Porter Wagoner (guest: Mac Wiseman)
4 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
7 PM Hans Brinker Or The Silver Skates (time approximate)
9 PM Movie: "Banning"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 ACC Basketball: South Carolina-Duke (this was South
Carolina's last year in the ACC before going independent
and, later, to the SEC, game is taped)
WCYB Ch. 5 Bristol, VA (NBC)
7 AM Rural Tenneva
7:30 Bugs Bunny
7:55 News, Weather
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Tomfoolery
9:30 Bugaloos
10 AM Dr. Dolittle
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
11:30 Here Comes The Grump
12 N Hot Dog (subjects: how plywood is made; what
it's like to ride on a steam-driven train; how license
plates are made; how sardines are packed; how the
sound in a cuckoo clock are made; all about hiccups)
12:30 Jambo (a dolphin acts as bodyguard for an old fisherman)
1 PM Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo (I take exception with Kevin
Allman that this was a "TV turkey"--it was a kids' show
that really wasn't that terrible, IMO. Besides, he never gave
a reason why he disliked it.)
1:30 Mr. Sleighbells (I assume some sort of animated special,
but I've never heard of it.)
2 PM Gospel Sing
2:30 Country Place
3 PM Arthur Smith
3:30 Bonnie Lou And Buster
4 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
7 PM Hans Brinker Or The Silver Skates (time approximate)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Plymouth Adventure" (the Pilgrims are not as
devout as history makes them out to be in this one from '52)
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Saturday Tonight Show (no details given)
WATE Ch. 6 Knoxville (NBC)
6:30 Agriculture U.S.A. (Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas
discusses food processing.)
7 AM Popeye
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Tomfoolery
9:30 Bugaloos
10 AM Dr. Dolittle
10:30 Pink Panter
11 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
11:30 Here Comes The Grump
12 N Hot Dog
12:30 Jambo
1 PM The Invaders (an overlooked Quinn Martin gem
with Roy Thinnes as a man who spots an alien
invasion but can't convince anyone--Thinnes says
he's still invited to meetings of UFO buffs)
2 PM Bill Anderson (guest: Mac Wiseman)
2:30 Bonnie Lou And Buster
3 PM Arthur Smith
3:30 Wilburn Brothers (guest: Don Bowman)
4 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
7 PM Hans Brinker Or The Silver Skates (time approximate)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Plymouth Adventure"
11 PM Movie: "The Sun Also Rises"
WSPA Ch. 7 Spartanburg, SC (CBS)
6:30 Sunrise Semester (topic not given)
7 AM Agriculture
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9 AM Sabrina And The Groovie Goolies
10 AM Josie And The Pussycats
10:30 Harlem Globetrotters
11 AM Archie's Funhouse
12 N Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
12:30 Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo
1 PM NFL Pre-Game Show
1:15 NFL Football: Cowboys-Browns
4:30 Buck Owens (time approximate, this is not
"Hee Haw")
5 PM Bill Anderson (guest: George Hamilton IV, who
nowadays helps out on UNC-TV pledge drives)
5:30 Nashville Sound
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Wild Wild West
7:30 Mission: Impossible
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Arnie
9:30 Mary Tyler Moore
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Movie: "The Trap" (one of the actors in this one
from '59 is Peter Baldwin, whose name you've probably
seen as a director on various shows)
WSOC Ch. 9 Charlotte (NBC)
7 AM Popeye
8 AM Heckle And Jeckle
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Tomfoolery
9:30 Bugaloos
10 AM Dr. Dolittle
10:30 Pink Panther
11 AM H.R. Pufnstuf
11:30 Here Comes The Grump
12 N Hot Dog
12:30 Jambo
1 PM Fury
1:30 News, Weather, Sports
2 PM Make Room For Daddy
2:30 Movie: "Jack Frost" (Russian from '65)
4 PM NFL Football: Chiefs-Raiders
7 PM Hans Brinker Or The Silver Skates (time approximate)
9 PM Movie: "Now You See It, Now You Don't"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "Portrait In Black"
WBIR Ch. 10 Knoxville (CBS)
7 AM Agriculture
7:30 Uncle Hank
7:45 Davey And Goliath
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9 AM Sabrina And The Groovie Goolies
10 AM Josie And The Pussycats
10:30 Harlem Globetrotters
11 AM Archie's Funhouse
12 N Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
12:30 Monkees
1 PM NFL Pre-Game Show
1:15 NFL Football: Cowboys-Browns
4:30 Milk Fund (time approximate)
5:30 Nashville Sound
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM Green Acres (delay from Tue 8 PM)
7:30 Mission: Impossible
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Arnie
9:30 Mary Tyler Moore
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "House On Telegraph Hill"
WJHL Ch. 11 Johnson City, TN (CBS)
7:15 Uncle Hank
7:30 Perils Of Penelope Pitstop (delay from Sun 9:30 AM)
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9 AM Sabrina And The Groovie Goolies
10 AM Josie And The Pussycats
10:30 Harlem Globetrotters
11 AM Archie's Funhouse
12 N Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
12:30 Monkees
1 PM NFL Pre-Game Show
1:15 NFL Football: Cowboys-Browns
4:30 TBA
5 PM Perry Mason
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Truth Or Consequences
7:30 Mission: Impossible
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Arnie
9:30 Mary Tyler Moore
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "The Pharaoh's Woman"
WLOS Ch. 13 Asheville, NC (ABC)
6:30 Aspect (farm show seen all over North Carolina)
7 AM Mr. Bill And Bumbo (Ch. 13 legends Bill Norwood and
Bob Caldwell as Bumbo the clown)
8 AM Reluctant Dragon And Mr. Toad
8:30 Motor Mouse
9 AM Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
10 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
10:30 Here Come The Doubledeckers
11 AM Hot Wheels
11:30 Skyhawks
12 N Hardy Boys (animated)
12:30 American Bandstand (Gene Chandler gets a gold record--
for "Groovy Situation," IIRC--and sings "Simply Call It Love".)
1:30 Liberty Bowl (Colorado-Tulane, from Memphis; Chris Schenkel,
Bill Flemming, and Bud Wilkinson report--the next year Keith
Jackson would become the primary voice of college football
on ABC)
4:30 TBA
5 PM Wide World Of Sports: Muhammad Ali vs. Oscar Bonavena, 15
rounds from Madison Square Garden, taped Dec. 7
6:30 Ian Tyson (Canadian folksinger who used to appear with his wife
Sylvia on ABC's "Hootenanny"--he now had his own show)
7 PM To Tell The Truth
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk (songs from Disney movies)
9:30 The Most Deadly Game
10:30 Wrestling (from WGHP-TV, High Point, NC)
11:30 Roller Derby
12:30 Dick Cavett (delay from Fri 11:30; Atlanta's Ch. 11 aired
Friday's show on Sunday, so neither would show Lester Maddox
walking off hours after it happened the following Friday)
2 AM ABC News (anchor not given)
WHKY Ch. 14 Hickory, NC (Ind.)
2 PM Movie: "The Mighty Barnum"
3:30 Quest For Adventure
4 PM Sports Parade
4:30 Movie: "Saddle Pals" (one of the actresses in this Gene Autry
Western was Lynne Roberts, whose professional name was
Mary Hart--she's listed here as Lynne Roberts, but after "Entertainment
Tonight" caught on, TV Guide was always careful to list Lynne Roberts
by her real name in all her movies)
5:30 Navy Film
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:15 Lenoir Rhyne Today (college in Hickory)
6:30 Public Defender
7 PM Quest For Adventure
7:30 Movie: "The Call Of The Wild"
9:30 Movie: "The Wild Dakotas" (watch for Jim Davis, a/k/a Jock Ewing)
10:30 Peter Gunn
11 PM Death Valley Days
11:30 Movie: "Red Light"
WUNE Ch. 17 Linville/WUNF Ch. 33 Asheville (PBS)
off air on Saturday
WCCB Ch. 18 Charlotte (ABC)
7:30 Agriculture
8 AM Reluctant Dragon And Mr. Toad
8:30 Motor Mouse
9 AM Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
10 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
10:30 Here Come The Doubledeckers
11 AM Hot Wheels
11:30 Skyhawks
12 N Hardy Boys
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Liberty Bowl
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Quest For Adventure
7 PM NFL Game Of The Week
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 The Most Deadly Game
10:30 Movie: "No Man Of Her Own" (Gable and
Lombard in '32, years before they ever
dreamed they'd be married)
12:30 ABC News
WKPT Ch. 19 Kingsport, TN (ABC)
7:30 Agriculture
8 AM Reluctant Dragon And Mr. Toad
8:30 Motor Mouse
9 AM Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
10 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
10:30 Here Come The Doubledeckers
11 AM Hot Wheels
11:30 Skyhawks
12 N Hardy Boys
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Liberty Bowl
4:30 TBA
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 TBA
7 PM All Outdoors
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 The Most Deadly Game
10:30 Virgil Q. Wacks
11 PM News, Sports, Weather (that's what it says,
but I can't conceive of Ch. 19 having local
news on weekends at the time--wonder if
TV Guide meant ABC News?)
11:15 Movie: "The Frozen Ghost"
WTVK Ch. 26 (WVLT Ch. 8) Knoxville (ABC)
7:30 Agriculture (I have a feeling the program airing
on Chs. 19 and 26 was "Agricultural Science In
Action," which was also seen on WTVC/9 Chattanooga,
and that the one on Ch. 18 was "Agriculture U.S.A.")
8 AM Reluctant Dragon And Mr. Toad
8:30 Motor Mouse
9 AM Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
10 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
10:30 Here Come The Doubledeckers
11 AM Hot Wheels
11:30 Skyhawks
12 N Hardy Boys
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Liberty Bowl
4:30 Death Valley Days (time approximate)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Wrestling (either from Knoxville or somewhere in
Nick Gulas' territory)
7:30 Let's Make A Deal
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 The Most Deadly Game
10:30 All American College Show
11 PM ABC News
11:15 Roller Derby
WNTV Ch. 29 Greenville, SC (PBS)
7:30 Sesame Street
8:30 Sesame Street
9:30 Sesame Street
10:30 Sesame Street
11:30 Sesame Street
12:30 off the air
5 PM Japanese Painting (T. Mikami)
5:30 Highway Panorama
5:45 Agricultural Panorama
6 PM Folk Guitar (Laura Weber)
6:30 At Home
7 PM Brookfield Zoo
7:30 Kukla, Fran And Ollie (new episodes were
being made for PBS at the time)
8 PM Ruddigore (animated version of a Gilbert and
Sullivan operetta about a witch's curse on the
House of Ruddigore)
9 PM Fanfare (guests: the Jefferson Airplane)
10 PM Homewood (music of the Middle Ages and of India)
sign off 11 PM
WRET (WCNC) Ch. 36 Charlotte (Ind.)
Ted Turner had bought the station by this time. Note a
similarity or two to Ch. 17 in Atlanta.
8:30 Across The Fence
9 AM Movies: "The Sword Of Monte Cristo" and "Mohawk"
11 AM Cartoon Carnival
1:30 Jetsons (CBS, delay from Sun 5 PM)
2 PM Popeye & Pals
2:30 Now Explosion (video-type show he acquired from Atlanta's
WATL/36 before that station signed off, and one of the
first shows to put "Super 17" on the map)
7 PM Roller Derby
8 PM Wrestling (may still be from Tampa, I'm not sure)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Plymouth Adventure" (here we go--Turner picking
up pre-empted NBC shows--sorry, no billboards announcing that
"the NBC network moves to Ch. 36," but that would come in 1978--
he'd pick up NBC when WSOC went to ABC, then sell it to Group W
for the seed money for CNN)
11 PM Ski Scene
11:30 Now Explosion (don't know how late it goes)
WAIM (WMYA) Ch. 40 Anderson, SC (ABC/CBS)
8 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9 AM Sabrina And The Groovie Goolies
10 AM Josie And The Pussycats
10:30 Harlem Globetrotters
11 AM Archie's Funhouse
12 N Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
12:30 Monkees
1 PM NFL Pre-Game Show
1:15 NFL Football: Cowboys-Browns
4:30 TBA
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Quest For Adventure
7:30 Mission: Impossible
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Arnie
9:30 Mary Tyler Moore
10 PM Mannix
sign off 11 PM