From TV Guide, Carolina-Tennessee Edition:
WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS/ABC)
7 AM Carolina Calling (Arthur Smith)
8 AM Supercar
8:30 Adventures In Pirate's Cove
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Beany And Cecil (ABC, delay from 11:30 AM)
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Pastor's Study
12:15 Baseball: (Kansas City) Athletics-Yankees (Dizzy
Dean and Pee Wee Reese report)
2:55 TBA
3:15 Football Feature (Paul Dietzel and Ara Parsegian scout the
Washington-Air Force, North Carolina State-Indiana, and
Northwestern-Missouri games.)
3:30 College Football: Washington-Air Force (interestingly, 50 years
later CBS has college football Saturdays at 3:30; this year, in my
part of the country at least, it's Tennessee-Florida)
6:30 Wrestling (time approximate)
7:25 News, Sports, Weather
7:30 Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (Lucy gets a job as co-host of actor Paul
Douglas's TV show--Jackie Gleason returns next week.)
8:30 The Defenders (moves to 9 PM next week, as "The New Phil Silvers
Show" takes the 8:30-9 slot)
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel (last new episode)
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "Footsteps In The Fog"
WFBC (WYFF) Ch. 4 Greenville, SC (NBC)
6:30 Modern Almanac
7 AM Farm News (Ben Leonard)
7:30 Hiway Show (Billy Fallaw)
7:45 Lessons For Living
8 AM Monty's Rascals (Monty DuPuy)
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (guest: Margaret Hamiton, COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Make Room For Daddy
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Baseball: Angels-Indians (Bob Wolff and Joe Garagiola report)
3 PM Purple Parade (Furman University sports show, time approximate)
3:30 Film Feature
4 PM Bowling
5 PM Wrestling
5:45 Scoreboard (Bill Krieger)
6 PM Wilburn Brothers
6:30 Flatt And Scruggs
7 PM Porter Wagoner
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop (Abby Dalton used her real baby during this show's
last two seasons, COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Seven Year Itch" (I think this is the one with the
shot of Marilyn Monroe's dress billowing up, COLOR)
11:10 Movie: "Kind Lady" (watch for Maurice Evans (Maurice on "Bewitched")
and Angela Lansbury, from '51)
WCYB Ch. 5 Bristol, VA (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Rural Tenneva
7:30 Cartoons
8:30 Danger Is My Business (William E. Haast of the Miami Serpentarium
extracts venom from cobras and rattlers.)
9 AM Popeye
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Bugs Bunny (ABC, delay from 12 N)
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Baseball: Angels-Indians
3 PM TBA
3:30 High School Football (teams not listed)
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
6 PM Wilburn Brothers
6:30 Porter Wagoner
7 PM Ozzie And Harriet (ABC, delay from Wed 7:30 PM)
7:30 Ben Casey (watch for a then-unknown James Caan, ABC,
delay from Wed 9 PM)
8:30 Lawrence Welk (new season, new time, guest: Connie Francis)
9:30 Wagon Train (ABC, delay from Mon 8:30 PM)
11 PM News, Weather
11:30 Movie: "Retreat, Hell!"
WATE Ch. 6 Knoxville (NBC)
7 AM Farm Information
7:30 Movie: TBA
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Make Room For Daddy
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Baseball: Angels-Indians
3 PM Movie: "Under Two Flags" (time approximate)
4:30 Bonnie Lou And Buster
5 PM Captain Gallant
5:30 International Showtime (delay from Fri 7:30 PM)
6:30 Porter Wagoner
7 PM Wilburn Brothers
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Seven Year Itch" (COLOR)
11:10 Movie: "Saturday's Hero" (watch for Donna Reed, from '51)
WSPA Ch. 7 Spartanburg, SC (CBS)
7:30 Modern Almanac
8 AM Cartoons
8:30 Sheriff Of Cochise
9 AM Party Time
10 AM The Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Farmer Gray (Cliff Gray with music and farm news)
1:15 Big Picture
1:45 Wide World Of Sports (Japanese All-Star Baseball Game;
All-American Soap Box Derby from Akron, ABC, delay from
5 PM, pre-empted on Ch. 13)
3:15 Football Feature
3:30 College Football: Washington-Air Force
6:30 News, Weather, Sports (time approximate)
7 PM Dragnet (the Ben Alexander episodes)
7:30 Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "The Miracle Of The Bells" (watch for Fred MacMurray
and Frank Sinatra, from '48)
WSOC Ch. 9 Charlotte (NBC/ABC)
7:45 Country Style U.S.A.
8 AM Sportsmen (Brooks Lindsay)
8:30 Ramar Of The Jungle
9 AM Cartoonies (Paul Winchell, Jerry Mahoney, and Knucklehead
Smith, ABC, delay from 11 AM)
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 Bugs Bunny (ABC, delay from 12 N)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Make Room For Daddy
12 N Kilgo's Kanteen (Jimmy Kilgo)
1 PM Silent Service
1:30 Cartoon Carnival
2 PM Movie: "Rocketship X-M" (watch for Lloyd Bridges, from '50)
3:30 Wide World Of Sports (same as Ch. 7, ABC, delay from 5 PM)
5 PM NFL Highlights (last week's games: Lions-Rams, (St. Louis) Cardinals-
Cowboys, Bears-Packers, Vikings-49ers, Giants-(Baltimore) Colts,
Steelers-Eagles, Redskins-Browns)
5:30 Star Performance
6 PM Amos 'n' Andy
6:30 The Outer Limits (debut, ABC, delay from Mon 7:30 PM)
7:30 Hootenanny (season premiere, expands to an hour: the Chad Mitchell
Trio, the Rooftop Singers, Nancy Ames, Mike Settle, Vaughn Meader
(JFK impersonator whose career ended after the President's assassination),
the gospel singing Caravans, Stan Rubin and his Tigertown Five)
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jerry Lewis (debut of his ill-fated two-hour variety-talk show, seen on tape
in this area, which stayed on EST; viewers on EDT saw it live--guests:
Mort Sahl, Kaye Stevens, Jack Jones, Harry James, Clifton Fadiman with
an instant review of the show)
11:30 Movies: "Bailout At 43,000" and "Isn't It Romantic?"
WBIR Ch. 10 Knoxville (CBS)
7:30 Light Time
7:45 Davey And Goliath
8 AM Supercar
8:30 Cartoons
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N CBS News (Ned Calmer)
12:15 Baseball: Athletics-Yankees
2:55 TBA
3:15 Football Feature
3:30 College Football: Washington-Air Force
6:30 Highway Patrol (time approximate)
7 PM Mull's Sing
7:30 Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM Movie: "Adventures Of Captain Fabian" (Errol Flynn, from '51)
WJHL Ch. 11 Johnson City, TN (CBS/ABC)
8 AM Movie: "Fugitive Sheriff" (Ken Maynard)
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Alvin Show
10:30 Junior Auction
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N America Wants To Know
12:30 Virgil Wacks (music--probably played on every station in East
Tennessee and eastern Kentucky at some time or another)
1 PM Industry On Parade
1:15 News, Sports, Weather
1:30 High School Football: Johnson City vs. Tennessee
3:15 Football Feature
3:30 College Football: Washington-Air Force
6 PM Bronco (time approximate)
7 PM My Three Sons (ABC, delay from Thu 8:30 PM)
7:30 Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News (Ed McKinney)
11:15 Movie: "Men In War" (good training for Vic Morrow, then
starring on "Combat!")
WLOS Ch. 13 Asheville, NC (ABC)
7 AM Aspect (farm show)
7:30 Popeye
8 AM Casper The Friendly Ghost
8:30 Supercar
9 AM Mr. Bill And Bozo (Ch. 13 would later refuse to pay the licensing
fee for Bozo and create a new clown, Bumbo, played by Bob Caldwell--
Mr. Bill is Bill Norwood.)
10:30 Jetsons
11 AM Cartoonies
11:30 Beany And Cecil
12 N Bugs Bunny
12:30 Magic Land Of Allakazam
1 PM My Friend Flicka
1:30 American Bandstand (Skeeter Davis, Garnett Mimms)
2:30 Movie: "The Face Behind The Mask"
3:45 Movie: "Yesterday's Enemy" (Leo McKern is featured in this
1959 British feature)
5 PM Saturday Jamboree
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:10 Movie: "16 Fathoms Deep" (good training for Lloyd Bridges,
also watch for Arthur "Dagwood" Lake, from '48)
7:30 Hootenanny
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jerry Lewis
11:30 Movie: "The Burning Hills" (Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood, from '56)
WTVK Ch. 26 (WVLT Ch. 8) Knoxville (ABC)
10:30 Jetsons
11 AM Cartoonies
11:30 Beany And Cecil
12 N Bugs Bunny
12:30 Magic Land Of Allakazam
1 PM My Friend Flicka
1:30 American Bandstand
2:30 Movie: "Lost Horizon" (watch for Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe, from '37)
4:30 AFL Highlights (Patriots-Chargers, Broncos-Oilers, Bills-Raiders)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (World Water-Ski Championships at Vichy, France;
Grand Prix of Italy)
6:30 Almanac
7 PM Big Picture
7:30 Hootenanny
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jerry Lewis
11:30 Movie: "Secret Of The Chateau"
WAIM (WMYA) Ch. 40 Anderson, SC (ABC/CBS)
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Cartoonies
11:30 Beany And Cecil
12 N Cartoons
12:15 Baseball: Athletics-Yankees
2:30 Variety Time (time approximate)
3:15 Football Feature
3:30 College Football: Washington-Air Force
6 PM Wide World Of Sports (same as Ch. 7, time approximate)
7:30 Hootenanny
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jerry Lewis
sign off 11:30 PM
WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS/ABC)
7 AM Carolina Calling (Arthur Smith)
8 AM Supercar
8:30 Adventures In Pirate's Cove
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Beany And Cecil (ABC, delay from 11:30 AM)
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Pastor's Study
12:15 Baseball: (Kansas City) Athletics-Yankees (Dizzy
Dean and Pee Wee Reese report)
2:55 TBA
3:15 Football Feature (Paul Dietzel and Ara Parsegian scout the
Washington-Air Force, North Carolina State-Indiana, and
Northwestern-Missouri games.)
3:30 College Football: Washington-Air Force (interestingly, 50 years
later CBS has college football Saturdays at 3:30; this year, in my
part of the country at least, it's Tennessee-Florida)
6:30 Wrestling (time approximate)
7:25 News, Sports, Weather
7:30 Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (Lucy gets a job as co-host of actor Paul
Douglas's TV show--Jackie Gleason returns next week.)
8:30 The Defenders (moves to 9 PM next week, as "The New Phil Silvers
Show" takes the 8:30-9 slot)
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel (last new episode)
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "Footsteps In The Fog"
WFBC (WYFF) Ch. 4 Greenville, SC (NBC)
6:30 Modern Almanac
7 AM Farm News (Ben Leonard)
7:30 Hiway Show (Billy Fallaw)
7:45 Lessons For Living
8 AM Monty's Rascals (Monty DuPuy)
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (guest: Margaret Hamiton, COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Make Room For Daddy
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Baseball: Angels-Indians (Bob Wolff and Joe Garagiola report)
3 PM Purple Parade (Furman University sports show, time approximate)
3:30 Film Feature
4 PM Bowling
5 PM Wrestling
5:45 Scoreboard (Bill Krieger)
6 PM Wilburn Brothers
6:30 Flatt And Scruggs
7 PM Porter Wagoner
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop (Abby Dalton used her real baby during this show's
last two seasons, COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Seven Year Itch" (I think this is the one with the
shot of Marilyn Monroe's dress billowing up, COLOR)
11:10 Movie: "Kind Lady" (watch for Maurice Evans (Maurice on "Bewitched")
and Angela Lansbury, from '51)
WCYB Ch. 5 Bristol, VA (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Rural Tenneva
7:30 Cartoons
8:30 Danger Is My Business (William E. Haast of the Miami Serpentarium
extracts venom from cobras and rattlers.)
9 AM Popeye
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Bugs Bunny (ABC, delay from 12 N)
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Baseball: Angels-Indians
3 PM TBA
3:30 High School Football (teams not listed)
5:30 News, Sports, Weather
6 PM Wilburn Brothers
6:30 Porter Wagoner
7 PM Ozzie And Harriet (ABC, delay from Wed 7:30 PM)
7:30 Ben Casey (watch for a then-unknown James Caan, ABC,
delay from Wed 9 PM)
8:30 Lawrence Welk (new season, new time, guest: Connie Francis)
9:30 Wagon Train (ABC, delay from Mon 8:30 PM)
11 PM News, Weather
11:30 Movie: "Retreat, Hell!"
WATE Ch. 6 Knoxville (NBC)
7 AM Farm Information
7:30 Movie: TBA
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 King Leonardo (COLOR)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Make Room For Daddy
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Baseball: Angels-Indians
3 PM Movie: "Under Two Flags" (time approximate)
4:30 Bonnie Lou And Buster
5 PM Captain Gallant
5:30 International Showtime (delay from Fri 7:30 PM)
6:30 Porter Wagoner
7 PM Wilburn Brothers
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Seven Year Itch" (COLOR)
11:10 Movie: "Saturday's Hero" (watch for Donna Reed, from '51)
WSPA Ch. 7 Spartanburg, SC (CBS)
7:30 Modern Almanac
8 AM Cartoons
8:30 Sheriff Of Cochise
9 AM Party Time
10 AM The Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Farmer Gray (Cliff Gray with music and farm news)
1:15 Big Picture
1:45 Wide World Of Sports (Japanese All-Star Baseball Game;
All-American Soap Box Derby from Akron, ABC, delay from
5 PM, pre-empted on Ch. 13)
3:15 Football Feature
3:30 College Football: Washington-Air Force
6:30 News, Weather, Sports (time approximate)
7 PM Dragnet (the Ben Alexander episodes)
7:30 Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "The Miracle Of The Bells" (watch for Fred MacMurray
and Frank Sinatra, from '48)
WSOC Ch. 9 Charlotte (NBC/ABC)
7:45 Country Style U.S.A.
8 AM Sportsmen (Brooks Lindsay)
8:30 Ramar Of The Jungle
9 AM Cartoonies (Paul Winchell, Jerry Mahoney, and Knucklehead
Smith, ABC, delay from 11 AM)
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Shari Lewis (COLOR)
10:30 Bugs Bunny (ABC, delay from 12 N)
11 AM Fury
11:30 Make Room For Daddy
12 N Kilgo's Kanteen (Jimmy Kilgo)
1 PM Silent Service
1:30 Cartoon Carnival
2 PM Movie: "Rocketship X-M" (watch for Lloyd Bridges, from '50)
3:30 Wide World Of Sports (same as Ch. 7, ABC, delay from 5 PM)
5 PM NFL Highlights (last week's games: Lions-Rams, (St. Louis) Cardinals-
Cowboys, Bears-Packers, Vikings-49ers, Giants-(Baltimore) Colts,
Steelers-Eagles, Redskins-Browns)
5:30 Star Performance
6 PM Amos 'n' Andy
6:30 The Outer Limits (debut, ABC, delay from Mon 7:30 PM)
7:30 Hootenanny (season premiere, expands to an hour: the Chad Mitchell
Trio, the Rooftop Singers, Nancy Ames, Mike Settle, Vaughn Meader
(JFK impersonator whose career ended after the President's assassination),
the gospel singing Caravans, Stan Rubin and his Tigertown Five)
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jerry Lewis (debut of his ill-fated two-hour variety-talk show, seen on tape
in this area, which stayed on EST; viewers on EDT saw it live--guests:
Mort Sahl, Kaye Stevens, Jack Jones, Harry James, Clifton Fadiman with
an instant review of the show)
11:30 Movies: "Bailout At 43,000" and "Isn't It Romantic?"
WBIR Ch. 10 Knoxville (CBS)
7:30 Light Time
7:45 Davey And Goliath
8 AM Supercar
8:30 Cartoons
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Alvin Show
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N CBS News (Ned Calmer)
12:15 Baseball: Athletics-Yankees
2:55 TBA
3:15 Football Feature
3:30 College Football: Washington-Air Force
6:30 Highway Patrol (time approximate)
7 PM Mull's Sing
7:30 Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM Movie: "Adventures Of Captain Fabian" (Errol Flynn, from '51)
WJHL Ch. 11 Johnson City, TN (CBS/ABC)
8 AM Movie: "Fugitive Sheriff" (Ken Maynard)
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM The Alvin Show
10:30 Junior Auction
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N America Wants To Know
12:30 Virgil Wacks (music--probably played on every station in East
Tennessee and eastern Kentucky at some time or another)
1 PM Industry On Parade
1:15 News, Sports, Weather
1:30 High School Football: Johnson City vs. Tennessee
3:15 Football Feature
3:30 College Football: Washington-Air Force
6 PM Bronco (time approximate)
7 PM My Three Sons (ABC, delay from Thu 8:30 PM)
7:30 Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News (Ed McKinney)
11:15 Movie: "Men In War" (good training for Vic Morrow, then
starring on "Combat!")
WLOS Ch. 13 Asheville, NC (ABC)
7 AM Aspect (farm show)
7:30 Popeye
8 AM Casper The Friendly Ghost
8:30 Supercar
9 AM Mr. Bill And Bozo (Ch. 13 would later refuse to pay the licensing
fee for Bozo and create a new clown, Bumbo, played by Bob Caldwell--
Mr. Bill is Bill Norwood.)
10:30 Jetsons
11 AM Cartoonies
11:30 Beany And Cecil
12 N Bugs Bunny
12:30 Magic Land Of Allakazam
1 PM My Friend Flicka
1:30 American Bandstand (Skeeter Davis, Garnett Mimms)
2:30 Movie: "The Face Behind The Mask"
3:45 Movie: "Yesterday's Enemy" (Leo McKern is featured in this
1959 British feature)
5 PM Saturday Jamboree
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:10 Movie: "16 Fathoms Deep" (good training for Lloyd Bridges,
also watch for Arthur "Dagwood" Lake, from '48)
7:30 Hootenanny
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jerry Lewis
11:30 Movie: "The Burning Hills" (Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood, from '56)
WTVK Ch. 26 (WVLT Ch. 8) Knoxville (ABC)
10:30 Jetsons
11 AM Cartoonies
11:30 Beany And Cecil
12 N Bugs Bunny
12:30 Magic Land Of Allakazam
1 PM My Friend Flicka
1:30 American Bandstand
2:30 Movie: "Lost Horizon" (watch for Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe, from '37)
4:30 AFL Highlights (Patriots-Chargers, Broncos-Oilers, Bills-Raiders)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (World Water-Ski Championships at Vichy, France;
Grand Prix of Italy)
6:30 Almanac
7 PM Big Picture
7:30 Hootenanny
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jerry Lewis
11:30 Movie: "Secret Of The Chateau"
WAIM (WMYA) Ch. 40 Anderson, SC (ABC/CBS)
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Cartoonies
11:30 Beany And Cecil
12 N Cartoons
12:15 Baseball: Athletics-Yankees
2:30 Variety Time (time approximate)
3:15 Football Feature
3:30 College Football: Washington-Air Force
6 PM Wide World Of Sports (same as Ch. 7, time approximate)
7:30 Hootenanny
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jerry Lewis
sign off 11:30 PM