These listings show how ABC juggled its Saturday-night lineup for
stations on Eastern Standard Time, given three live shows (Lawrence
Welk, boxing, and "Make That Spare"). From TV Guide, Carolina-
Tennessee Edition:
WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS/ABC)
8:15 Light Time
8:30 Rascals Club (Fred Kirby)
9 AM Adventures In Pirates' Cove
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Pastor's Answers
12:55 Baseball: Tigers-Yankees (Dizzy Dean and
Pee Wee Reese report)
4 PM Life Of Riley (time approximate)
4:30 People's Choice
5 PM Grand Ole Opry
5:30 Wrestling (from Charlotte)
6:25 News, Weather
6:30 Malibu Run (delay from Wed 7:30)
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke (about to expand to an hour)
10:30 Johnny Midnight
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "Sirocco"
WFBC (WYFF) Ch. 4 Greenville, SC (NBC)
6:30 Reading Program
7 AM Modern Almanac
7:30 Farm News (Ben Leonard)
8 AM Lessons For Living
8:15 Hiway Show (Billy Fallaw)
8:30 Cartoons
9 AM Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon
9:30 Pip The Piper (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Lone Ranger
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM Purple Parade (don't know what this is)
1:30 Baseball: Pirates-Milwaukee Braves (Lindsey
Nelson and Joe Garagiola report)
4 PM Big Picture (time approximate)
4:30 Movie: "Home On The Prairie" (Gene Autry)
5:30 Dixie Partners (music)
6 PM Flatt And Scruggs
6:30 News, Weather, Sports
7 PM R.C.M.P.
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM The Deputy (Henry Fonda)
9:30 The Nation's Future (debate topic: "Should The
Federal Government Directly Subsidize The Arts?"
John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. ambassador to India,
says yes; Russell Lynes, managing editor of Harper's
magazine, says no)
10:30 Code Three
11 PM News, Weather
11:05 Wrestling (from Greenville)
WCYB Ch. 5 Bristol, VA (NBC/ABC)
7:30 Rural Tenneva
8 AM Movie: "The Haunted Mine"
8:45 Light Time
9 AM Popeye Show
9:30 Pip The Piper (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Lone Ranger
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM Mr. Wizard
1:30 Baseball: Dodgers-Braves
4 PM TBA (time approximate)
5 PM News, Weather (and you thought 5 PM
newscasts were a more recent phenomenon)
5:30 Captain Gallant
6 PM Real McCoys (ABC, delay from Thu 8:30)
6:30 Maverick (ABC, delay from Sun 7:30)
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM Ozzie And Harriet (ABC, delay from Wed 8:30)
9:30 The Nation's Future
10:30 Robert Taylor In The Detectives (ABC, delay from
Fri 10 PM)
11 PM The Outlaws (NBC, delay from Thu 7:30)
12 M News, Sports
WATE Ch. 6 Knoxville (NBC)
7 AM RFD 6 (Lemmy Wilson)
7:30 Cartoon Carnival
8:30 Movie: "The Cowboy And The Senorita" (Roy
Rogers and Dale Evans)
9:30 Pip The Piper (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Lone Ranger
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM Mr. Wizard
1:30 Baseball: Dodgers-Braves
4:30 Three Stooges
5 PM Popeye Cartoons
5:30 Captain Gallant
6 PM Movie: "Git Along Little Dogies" (Gene
Autry)
7 PM Dangerous Robin
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM The Deputy
9:30 The Nation's Future
10:30 Movie: "Young And Dangerous"
WSPA Ch. 7 Spartanburg, SC (CBS)
8 AM Davey And Goliath
8:15 Light Time
8:30 Nickelodeon (obviously, no connection to
the cable channel but may be a kids' show)
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
11:30 Sky King (says it's the same show airing on
CBS at noon--wonder if they got a feed at
noon EDT/11 AM EST)
12 N Farmer Gray (Cliff Gray with music and farm
news)
12:55 Baseball: Tigers-Yankees
4 PM Award Theater (time approximate)
4:30 Dancetown (Dave Handy, who worked at Ch. 7
throughout the '60s--IIRC, he was their news
anchor in the late '60s)
5:30 Big Picture
6 PM Tales Of The 77th Bengal Lancers
6:30 News, Weather, Sports
7 PM Tightrope!
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Dangerous Robin
11 PM News, Weather
11:10 Movie: "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes"
(Alan Young appears in this 1955 feature.)
WSOC Ch. 9 Charlotte (NBC/ABC)
7:30 Aspect (farm news)
8 AM Sportsmen (Brooks Lindsay, doing something
besides playing Joey the Clown)
8:30 Inside Sports (Hartis--don't know who this is)
9 AM Captain Gallant
9:30 Cartoon Carnival
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Rocky And His Friends (ABC, this may be a
delay from Sun 5:30)
12 N Kilgo's Kanteen (Jimmy Kilgo)
1 PM Movies: "King Of The Jungle" and "Lord Jeff"
4 PM Coliseum Bowling
5 PM The Americans (NBC, delay from Mon 7:30)
6 PM The Outlaws
7 PM The Rifleman (ABC, delay from Tue 8 PM)
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM Thriller (Boris Karloff, NBC, delay from Tue
9 PM)
10 PM Roaring 20's (ABC aired this at 7:30 EDT/
10 PM EST)
11 PM Movies: "West Point Of The Air" and "The
Squaw Man"
WBIR Ch. 10 Knoxville (CBS)
7:30 Light Time
7:45 Davey And Goliath
8 AM Movie: "San Antonio Kid"
9 AM Sheena, Queen Of The Jungle
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Pastor's Study
12:55 Baseball: Tigers-Yankees
4 PM I Married Joan (time approximate)
4:30 Three Stooges (yes, both 6 and 10 had
the Stooges at the same time--don't
ask how)
5 PM House Detective
5:30 Wrestling (from Knoxville)
7 PM Funtime (Knoxville grocer Cas Walker)
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Third Man
11 PM Movie: "White Cliffs Of Dover"
WJHL Ch. 11 Johnson City, TN (CBS/ABC)
8:30 Movie: "Lone Prairie"
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Junior Auction
11 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Virgil Q. Wacks (local country-music show
that moved to WKPT in the '70s)
12:55 Baseball: Tigers-Yankees
4 PM Wrestling (from Johnson City, time approximate)
5 PM Walt Disney (ABC, delay from Sun 6:30)
6 PM Untouchables (ABC, delay from Thu 9:30)
7 PM My Three Sons (ABC, delay from Thu 9 PM)
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Roaring 20's (at least a one-week delay)
11:30 News, Sports
11:35 Movie: "The Fabulous Dorseys" (Tommy and
Jimmy play themselves)
WLOS Ch. 13 Asheville, NC (ABC)
7 AM Aspect
7:30 Mr. Bill's Cartoons (this show ran about 20 years
on Ch. 13)
11 AM Robin Hood
11:30 Susie (Ann Sothern)
12 N Science Fiction Theater
12:30 Highway Patrol
1 PM Silent Service
1:30 Wide World Of Sports (National AAU Men's Swimming
and Diving Championships, delay from 5 PM)
3:30 Life Of Riley
4 PM Movie: "Man Beast"
5:30 Open House (Roy Acuff)
6 PM Public Affairs Program
6:30 Pony Express
7 PM Grand Ole Opry
7:30 Leave It To Beaver (live feed, 8:30 EDT)
8 PM Lawrence Welk (live telecast, 9 PM EDT)
9 PM Boxing: Carlos Ortiz vs. Doug Vaillant, welterweights,
10 rounds, from Miami Beach (live telecast, 10 PM EDT)
9:45 Make That Spare (Jean Eder vs. Arlene Plath, live telecast,
starts at approximately 10:45 EDT)
10 PM Roaring 20's
11 PM Movie: "One Night In Lisbon"
WTVK Ch. 26 (WVLT Ch. 8) Knoxville (ABC)
2 PM Inner Sanctum
2:30 Steve Donovan, U.S. Marshal
3 PM Union Pacific
3:30 Pony Express
4 PM Boots And Saddles
4:30 Californians
5 PM Wide World Of Sports: world water ski
championships
7 PM Danger Is My Business
7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM Boxing
9:45 Make That Spare (time approximate)
10 PM Roaring 20's
sign off 11 PM
WAIM (WMYA) Ch. 40 Anderson, SC (ABC/CBS)
12:55 Baseball: Tigers-Yankees
4 PM Wrestling (from Buffalo, time approximate)
5 PM Sports Time
6 PM Evening Vespers
6:30 Danger Is My Business
7 PM Silent Service
7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM Boxing
9:45 Make That Spare (time approximate)
10 PM Roaring 20's
sign off 11 PM
stations on Eastern Standard Time, given three live shows (Lawrence
Welk, boxing, and "Make That Spare"). From TV Guide, Carolina-
Tennessee Edition:
WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS/ABC)
8:15 Light Time
8:30 Rascals Club (Fred Kirby)
9 AM Adventures In Pirates' Cove
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Pastor's Answers
12:55 Baseball: Tigers-Yankees (Dizzy Dean and
Pee Wee Reese report)
4 PM Life Of Riley (time approximate)
4:30 People's Choice
5 PM Grand Ole Opry
5:30 Wrestling (from Charlotte)
6:25 News, Weather
6:30 Malibu Run (delay from Wed 7:30)
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke (about to expand to an hour)
10:30 Johnny Midnight
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "Sirocco"
WFBC (WYFF) Ch. 4 Greenville, SC (NBC)
6:30 Reading Program
7 AM Modern Almanac
7:30 Farm News (Ben Leonard)
8 AM Lessons For Living
8:15 Hiway Show (Billy Fallaw)
8:30 Cartoons
9 AM Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon
9:30 Pip The Piper (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Lone Ranger
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM Purple Parade (don't know what this is)
1:30 Baseball: Pirates-Milwaukee Braves (Lindsey
Nelson and Joe Garagiola report)
4 PM Big Picture (time approximate)
4:30 Movie: "Home On The Prairie" (Gene Autry)
5:30 Dixie Partners (music)
6 PM Flatt And Scruggs
6:30 News, Weather, Sports
7 PM R.C.M.P.
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM The Deputy (Henry Fonda)
9:30 The Nation's Future (debate topic: "Should The
Federal Government Directly Subsidize The Arts?"
John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. ambassador to India,
says yes; Russell Lynes, managing editor of Harper's
magazine, says no)
10:30 Code Three
11 PM News, Weather
11:05 Wrestling (from Greenville)
WCYB Ch. 5 Bristol, VA (NBC/ABC)
7:30 Rural Tenneva
8 AM Movie: "The Haunted Mine"
8:45 Light Time
9 AM Popeye Show
9:30 Pip The Piper (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Lone Ranger
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM Mr. Wizard
1:30 Baseball: Dodgers-Braves
4 PM TBA (time approximate)
5 PM News, Weather (and you thought 5 PM
newscasts were a more recent phenomenon)
5:30 Captain Gallant
6 PM Real McCoys (ABC, delay from Thu 8:30)
6:30 Maverick (ABC, delay from Sun 7:30)
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM Ozzie And Harriet (ABC, delay from Wed 8:30)
9:30 The Nation's Future
10:30 Robert Taylor In The Detectives (ABC, delay from
Fri 10 PM)
11 PM The Outlaws (NBC, delay from Thu 7:30)
12 M News, Sports
WATE Ch. 6 Knoxville (NBC)
7 AM RFD 6 (Lemmy Wilson)
7:30 Cartoon Carnival
8:30 Movie: "The Cowboy And The Senorita" (Roy
Rogers and Dale Evans)
9:30 Pip The Piper (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Lone Ranger
12 N True Story
12:30 Detective's Diary
1 PM Mr. Wizard
1:30 Baseball: Dodgers-Braves
4:30 Three Stooges
5 PM Popeye Cartoons
5:30 Captain Gallant
6 PM Movie: "Git Along Little Dogies" (Gene
Autry)
7 PM Dangerous Robin
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM The Deputy
9:30 The Nation's Future
10:30 Movie: "Young And Dangerous"
WSPA Ch. 7 Spartanburg, SC (CBS)
8 AM Davey And Goliath
8:15 Light Time
8:30 Nickelodeon (obviously, no connection to
the cable channel but may be a kids' show)
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
11:30 Sky King (says it's the same show airing on
CBS at noon--wonder if they got a feed at
noon EDT/11 AM EST)
12 N Farmer Gray (Cliff Gray with music and farm
news)
12:55 Baseball: Tigers-Yankees
4 PM Award Theater (time approximate)
4:30 Dancetown (Dave Handy, who worked at Ch. 7
throughout the '60s--IIRC, he was their news
anchor in the late '60s)
5:30 Big Picture
6 PM Tales Of The 77th Bengal Lancers
6:30 News, Weather, Sports
7 PM Tightrope!
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Dangerous Robin
11 PM News, Weather
11:10 Movie: "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes"
(Alan Young appears in this 1955 feature.)
WSOC Ch. 9 Charlotte (NBC/ABC)
7:30 Aspect (farm news)
8 AM Sportsmen (Brooks Lindsay, doing something
besides playing Joey the Clown)
8:30 Inside Sports (Hartis--don't know who this is)
9 AM Captain Gallant
9:30 Cartoon Carnival
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Rocky And His Friends (ABC, this may be a
delay from Sun 5:30)
12 N Kilgo's Kanteen (Jimmy Kilgo)
1 PM Movies: "King Of The Jungle" and "Lord Jeff"
4 PM Coliseum Bowling
5 PM The Americans (NBC, delay from Mon 7:30)
6 PM The Outlaws
7 PM The Rifleman (ABC, delay from Tue 8 PM)
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM Thriller (Boris Karloff, NBC, delay from Tue
9 PM)
10 PM Roaring 20's (ABC aired this at 7:30 EDT/
10 PM EST)
11 PM Movies: "West Point Of The Air" and "The
Squaw Man"
WBIR Ch. 10 Knoxville (CBS)
7:30 Light Time
7:45 Davey And Goliath
8 AM Movie: "San Antonio Kid"
9 AM Sheena, Queen Of The Jungle
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Pastor's Study
12:55 Baseball: Tigers-Yankees
4 PM I Married Joan (time approximate)
4:30 Three Stooges (yes, both 6 and 10 had
the Stooges at the same time--don't
ask how)
5 PM House Detective
5:30 Wrestling (from Knoxville)
7 PM Funtime (Knoxville grocer Cas Walker)
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Third Man
11 PM Movie: "White Cliffs Of Dover"
WJHL Ch. 11 Johnson City, TN (CBS/ABC)
8:30 Movie: "Lone Prairie"
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Junior Auction
11 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Virgil Q. Wacks (local country-music show
that moved to WKPT in the '70s)
12:55 Baseball: Tigers-Yankees
4 PM Wrestling (from Johnson City, time approximate)
5 PM Walt Disney (ABC, delay from Sun 6:30)
6 PM Untouchables (ABC, delay from Thu 9:30)
7 PM My Three Sons (ABC, delay from Thu 9 PM)
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Roaring 20's (at least a one-week delay)
11:30 News, Sports
11:35 Movie: "The Fabulous Dorseys" (Tommy and
Jimmy play themselves)
WLOS Ch. 13 Asheville, NC (ABC)
7 AM Aspect
7:30 Mr. Bill's Cartoons (this show ran about 20 years
on Ch. 13)
11 AM Robin Hood
11:30 Susie (Ann Sothern)
12 N Science Fiction Theater
12:30 Highway Patrol
1 PM Silent Service
1:30 Wide World Of Sports (National AAU Men's Swimming
and Diving Championships, delay from 5 PM)
3:30 Life Of Riley
4 PM Movie: "Man Beast"
5:30 Open House (Roy Acuff)
6 PM Public Affairs Program
6:30 Pony Express
7 PM Grand Ole Opry
7:30 Leave It To Beaver (live feed, 8:30 EDT)
8 PM Lawrence Welk (live telecast, 9 PM EDT)
9 PM Boxing: Carlos Ortiz vs. Doug Vaillant, welterweights,
10 rounds, from Miami Beach (live telecast, 10 PM EDT)
9:45 Make That Spare (Jean Eder vs. Arlene Plath, live telecast,
starts at approximately 10:45 EDT)
10 PM Roaring 20's
11 PM Movie: "One Night In Lisbon"
WTVK Ch. 26 (WVLT Ch. 8) Knoxville (ABC)
2 PM Inner Sanctum
2:30 Steve Donovan, U.S. Marshal
3 PM Union Pacific
3:30 Pony Express
4 PM Boots And Saddles
4:30 Californians
5 PM Wide World Of Sports: world water ski
championships
7 PM Danger Is My Business
7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM Boxing
9:45 Make That Spare (time approximate)
10 PM Roaring 20's
sign off 11 PM
WAIM (WMYA) Ch. 40 Anderson, SC (ABC/CBS)
12:55 Baseball: Tigers-Yankees
4 PM Wrestling (from Buffalo, time approximate)
5 PM Sports Time
6 PM Evening Vespers
6:30 Danger Is My Business
7 PM Silent Service
7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM Boxing
9:45 Make That Spare (time approximate)
10 PM Roaring 20's
sign off 11 PM