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Retro: Carolina-Tennessee Sun., Sept. 2, 1979

By request, from TV Guide, Carolina-Tennessee Edition:

WSJK (WETP) Ch. 2 Sneedville, TN (PBS)

8 AM Sesame Street
9 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
9:30 Electric Company
10 AM Studio See
10:30 Zoom
11 AM Que Pasa U.S.A.?
11:30 Turnabout (a housewife at midlife)
12 N National Geographic: "Treasure!"
1 PM Washington Week In Review
1:30 Wall Street Week
2 PM Issues In World Communications (topic: Third World news)
2:30 Enchanted Arts: Pablita Velarde (the Santa Clara Native American painter demonstrates the ancient technique of "earth-painting")
3 PM Tender Land (Aaron Copland conducts his 1954 opera about family conflicts on a Midwestern farm in the 1930s.)
5 PM Firing Line (Cleveland Amory discusses child rearing, women's rights, and Warren G. Harding.)
6 PM The Advocates (debated: Should there be a Constitutional amendment requiring balanced budgets?)
7 PM Sneak Previews ("Meatballs," "Sunburn," "The Concorde--Airport '79")
7:30 Julia Child & Company
8 PM Evening At Pops (Glen Campbell is the guest.)
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre ("I, Claudius" concludes.)
10 PM National Geographic: "Treasure!"
11 PM Great Performances (conclusion of "The Marriage Of Figaro")
sign off 12:30 AM

WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS)

7 AM What's New, Mr. Magoo?
7:30 Gospel Singing Jubilee (the Florida Boys, the Inspirations, the Statesmen Quartet)
8:30 Whistle-Stop (local kids' show)
9 AM CBS News Sunday Morning
10:30 Christopher Closeup
11 AM The Story
11:30 Face The Nation (Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall)
12 N Ricochet Roundup (local kids' show)
12:30 The NFL Today
1 PM NFL Football: Giants-Eagles
4 PM U.S. Open Tennis (early-round play, time approximate)
7 PM 60 Minutes (the physical abuse of teachers, legalized gambling in England, an experimental energy-saving device called the Watt-planner, time approximate)
8 PM PM Magazine Preview (Ch. 3 begins airing the show tomorrow night at 7:30.)
8:30 One Day At A Time
9 PM Alice
9:30 The Jeffersons
10 PM M*A*S*H (real-life newscaster Clete Roberts interviews the 4077th)
11 PM News
11:15 CBS News (Ed Bradley)
11:30 U.S. Open Tennis Highlights
11:45 Carolina Football
12:15 Movie: "The Chapman Report"

WFBC (WYFF) Ch. 4 Greenville, SC (NBC)

6 AM Church Service (Methodist)
7 AM Tony Brown's Journal
7:30 Gospel Singing Jubilee (the Florida Boys, the Hinsons, the Dixie Echoes, the Rex Nelon Singers)
8 AM New World
8:30 Jimmy Swaggart
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Show My People
10 AM Rex Humbard
11 AM Church Service (Methodist)
12 N Meet The Press
12:30 1978 Southeastern Conference Highlights
1 PM NFL Football: Oilers-Redskins
4 PM NFL Football: Raiders-(Los Angeles) Rams (time approximate)
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney ("The Sky's The Limit," conclusion, time approximate)
8 PM NBC Movie: "The Sea Gypsies"
10 PM Prime Time Sunday (amateurs who compete on the professional rodeo circuit, a Denison University football player who promoted himself into a slot with the Pittsburgh Steelers)
11 PM News
11:30 Gunsmoke
12:30 With This Ring

WCYB Ch. 5 Bristol, VA (NBC)

7 AM Living Word
7:15 With This Ring
7:30 Gospel Singing Jubilee (the Hinsons, the Florida Boys, the Inspirations, the Landmarks)
8:30 Gospel Sing
9:30 Bullwinkle
10 AM Light Unto My Path
10:30 Human Dimension
11 AM Music And The Spoken Word
11:30 Christophers
12 N Meet The Press
12:30 Bonnie Lou And Buster
1 PM NFL Football: Oilers-Redskins
4 PM NFL Football: Raiders-Rams (time approximate)
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney (time approximate)
8 PM NBC Movie: "The Sea Gypsies"
10 PM Prime Time Sunday
11 PM News
11:30 NBC Movie: "This Man Stands Alone"

WATE Ch. 6 Knoxville (NBC)
moves to ABC Sept. 17

7 AM 700 Club
8 AM Rex Humbard
9 AM Day Of Discovery
9:30 It Is Written
10 AM This Is The Life
10:30 Pop Goes The Country
11 AM Nashville On The Road
11:30 Bonnie Lou And Buster
12 N Meet The Press
12:30 Match Game PM (Charles Nelson Reilly, McLean Stevenson, Gary Burghoff, Brett Somers)
1 PM NFL Football: Oilers-Redskins
4 PM NFL Football: (Baltimore) Colts-Chiefs (time approximate)
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney (time approximate)
8 PM NBC Movie: "The Sea Gypsies"
10 PM Prime Time Sunday
11 PM Movie: "Once You Kiss A Stranger"

WSPA Ch. 7 Spartanburg, SC (CBS)

6 AM World Thing
6:30 Contact
7 AM For Our Times (delay from 10:30 AM)
7:30 Here And Now
8 AM James Robison Presents
8:30 Lake Lure Singers
8:45 Gospel Challengers
9 AM Awareness '79
9:30 Blue Ridge Quartet
10 AM Jerry Falwell
11 AM First Baptist Church Of Spartanburg
12 N Face The Nation
12:30 The NFL Today
1 PM NFL Football: Giants-Eagles
4 PM U.S. Open Tennis (early-round play, time approximate)
7 PM 60 Minutes (time approximate)
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 One Day At A Time
9 PM Alice
9:30 The Jeffersons
10 PM M*A*S*H
11 PM News
11:15 CBS News
11:30 U.S. Open Tennis Highlights
11:45 Movie: "The Gambler From Natchez"

WSOC Ch. 9 Charlotte (ABC)

6:30 Jerry Falwell
7:30 Flames Of Revival
8 AM Day Of Discovery
8:30 James Robison Presents
9 AM Oral Roberts
9:30 Quest (public affairs)
10 AM Rex Humbard
11 AM First Presbyterian Church Of Charlotte
12 N Issues And Answers (UAW president Douglas Fraser)
12:30 Next Step Beyond
1 PM Movie: "The Sad Sack" (Jerry Lewis, from '57)
3 PM Movie: "Vera Cruz"
5 PM Golf: U.S. Amateur
6:30 Sunday In Carolina
7 PM ABC Saturday Morning Sneak Peek
7:30 All-Star Junior Pyramid (Tony Danza and Susan Richardson ("Eight Is Enough") take on new-series performers Olivia Barash and Tammy Lauren ("Out Of The Blue") and David Hollander and Rob Lowe ("A New Kind Of Family").)
8 PM Mork & Mindy
8:30 The Ropers
9 PM Jerry Lewis Telethon (to 6:30 PM Mon)

WBIR Ch. 10 Knoxville (CBS)

6:25 Jot
6:30 In Touch (local public-affairs show)
7 AM Sunrise Inspiration
7:30 At Home With The Bible
8 AM Mull's Singing Convention
9:30 Oral Roberts
10 AM Jimmy Swaggart
10:30 Jerry Falwell
11:30 Face The Nation
12 N Bugs Bunny
12:30 The NFL Today
1 PM NFL Football: Giants-Eagles
4 PM U.S. Open Tennis (early-round play, time approximate)
7 PM 60 Minutes (time approximate)
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 One Day At A Time
9 PM Alice
9:30 The Jeffersons
10 PM M*A*S*H
11 PM Jerry Lewis Telethon (joined in progress, to 6:30 PM Mon)

WJHL Ch. 11 Johnson City, TN (CBS)

7:30 Jerry Falwell
8:30 Rev. Willard Wilcox
9 AM Christ For The World
9:30 Oral Roberts
10 AM Rev. Leonard Repass
10:30 What The Bible Plainly Says
11 AM Church Service
12 N Day Of Discovery
12:30 The NFL Today
1 PM NFL Football: Giants-Eagles
4 PM U.S. Open Tennis (early-round play, time approximate)
7 PM 60 Minutes (time approximate)
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 One Day At A Time
9 PM Alice
9:30 The Jeffersons
10 PM M*A*S*H
11 PM News
11:15 CBS News
11:30 In Search Of...

WLOS Ch. 13 Asheville, NC (ABC)

6:30 Light Unto My Path
7 AM Animals, Animals, Animals (goats that clear brushes to help prevent forest fires, a wildlife biologist, delay from 11:30 AM)
7:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
8 AM Count On Me
8:30 Christ For The World
9 AM Send The Light
9:30 Robert Schuller
10:30 Day Of Discovery
11 AM First Baptist Church Of Asheville
12 N Issues And Answers
12:30 Newsmakers
1 PM Carolina Football
1:30 Movie: "Getting Away From It All"
3 PM Movie: "Khartoum"
5:30 Muppet Show (guest: Pearl Bailey)
6 PM Montage
6:30 ABC News (Sam Donaldson)
7 PM ABC Saturday Morning Sneak Peek
7:30 All-Star Junior Pyramid
8 PM Mork & Mindy
8:30 The Ropers
9 PM Jerry Lewis Telethon (to 6:30 PM Mon)

WHKY Ch. 14 Hickory, NC (Ind.)

7 AM Public Policy Forums
8 AM Jerry Falwell
9 AM Miracle Deliverance Hour
9:30 Scope (local public-affairs show)
10 AM This Is The Life
10:30 Faith For Today
11 AM 700 Club
12:30 Scope
1 PM Dudley Watson (I don't know if this is country or gospel music.)
2 PM Voice Of Faith
3 PM Take Time For Jesus
3:30 Jesus Life Ministry
4 PM Cross Beams
4:30 Day Of Discovery
5 PM Evangelistic Hour
6 PM News
6:15 Devotions
6:30 Dawn Bible Answers
7 PM Insight
7:30 The Athletes (weight lifter Paul Anderson)
7:45 Listen
8 PM Day Of Discovery
8:30 James Robison Presents
9 PM Moment Of Truth (religion)
9:30 Christ For The World
10 PM Leroy Jenkins
10:30 Rev. Jim Whittington
11 PM Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

WGGS Ch. 16 Greenville, SC (Ind.)

7:30 The Rock
8 AM Celebration (religion)
8:30 Rev. Stan Scott
9 AM Jimmy Swaggart
10 AM Gospel Workshop
10:30 Rev. Lester Sumrall
11:30 700 Club
12:30 Art Of Living
1 PM Temple Hour
2 PM Rejoice
2:30 Dr. Thea B. Jones
3 PM PTL Club
5 PM Ernest Angley
6 PM Lloyd Morgan Revival
6:30 700 Club
8 PM The Story
8:30 Jerry Falwell
9:30 Washington Avenue Baptist Church
10:30 The Happy Hour (religion)
11 PM Pray For America

WTBS (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)

5:30 Ag-USA
6 AM Between The Lines
7 AM Jimmy Swaggart
7:30 Christ For The World
8 AM Three Stooges And Friends
9 AM Maverick
10 AM Hazel
10:30 Movie: "Broken Lance"
12:30 Movie: "About Mrs. Leslie"
3 PM Movie: "The Prince And The Showgirl"
5:30 Love, American Style
6 PM Best Of Championship Wrestling
7 PM Movie: "The Great Man's Whiskers"
9 PM Rise And Fall Of America (Dr. Charles Stanley talks about the historical evolution of America's moral values and the importance of personal accountabilty.)
10 PM Between The Wars (the Sino-Japanese conflict of 1931-37)
10:30 Ruff House
11 PM Open Up
1 AM Movie: "Look For The Silver Lining"
3:15 Movie: "Duel Of Fire"

WUNE Ch. 17 Linville, NC/WUNF Ch. 33 Asheville (PBS)

1:30 Another Voice
2 PM National Geographic: "Treasure!"
3 PM Here's To Your Health
3:30 Meeting Of Minds (Joe Earley as Teddy Roosevelt discusses the building of the Panama Canal; Steve Allen hosts.)
4:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
5 PM Julia Child & Company
5:30 Wall Street Week
6 PM North Carolina People
6:30 John Callaway Interviews
7 PM Legacy Americana (the Delta Queen takes us to Vicksburg and New Orleans)
7:30 All About TV
8 PM Evening At Pops
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM Upstairs, Downstairs
sign off 11 PM

WCCB Ch. 18 Charlotte (Ind.)

6 AM News
6:30 Forum
7 AM Religious Film
7:30 Groovie Goolies
8 AM Untamed World
8:30 Southern Sportsman
9 AM Movie: "The Rains Of Ranchipur"
11 AM Church Service (Baptist)
12 N Movie: "I'm No Angel"
2 PM Movie: "The Lost Weekend"
4 PM Movie: "Going My Way"
6:30 Untamed World
7 PM Sonic Super Hour
8 PM Happy Goodman Family
8:30 It Is Written
9 PM Jimmy Swaggart
9:30 Rise And Be Healed
10 PM Jerry Falwell
11 PM Religious Film
11:30 PTL Club
1:30 News

WKPT Ch. 19 Kingsport, TN (ABC)

6:30 Rev. R.A. West
7 AM Rev. Leonard Repass
7:30 James Robison Presents
8 AM Evangelistic Outreach
8:30 Pentecost Today
9 AM What Does The Bible Plainly Say?
9:30 TBA
10 AM John Wren Presents
10:30 Rex Humbard
11:30 Jimmy Swaggart
12 N World Tomorrow
12:30 Virgil Q. Wacks
1 PM Town Crier
1:30 Issues And Answers
2 PM Rev. Ben Haden
2:30 Petticoat Junction
3 PM Star Trek
4 PM Gilligan's Island
4:30 McHale's Navy
5 PM Golf: U.S. Amateur
6:30 Sha Na Na (guest: Paul Anka)
7 PM ABC Saturday Morning Sneak Peek
7:30 All-Star Junior Pyramid
8 PM Mork & Mindy
8:30 The Ropers
9 PM ABC Movie: "True Grit"
11:30 ABC News (anchor not given)
11:45 Forum 19
12 M PTL Club

WTVK Ch. 26 (WVLT Ch. 8) Knoxville (ABC)
moves to NBC Sept. 17

6:30 John Wren Presents
7 AM Alcoa Baptist Church
7:30 Jerry Falwell
8:30 Herald Of Truth
9 AM Singing Ivy Family
9:30 Old Camp Meeting
10 AM Rev. Woody Martin
10:30 Animals, Animals, Animals (delay from 11:30 AM)
11 AM Church Service
12 N I Dream Of Jeannie
12:30 Cartoons
1 PM James Robison Presents
1:30 Good News
2 PM Issues And Answers
2:30 Kids Are People Too (Adam Rich, Patti Smith, songwriter Joe Brooks ("You Light Up My Life"), delay from 10 AM)
4 PM Juke-Box
4:30 That Nashville Music
5 PM Golf: U.S. Amateur
6:30 Focus
7 PM ABC Saturday Morning Sneak Peek (odd that Ch. 26 would air this, considering the station would not be showing ABC programs as of 9/17)
7:30 All-Star Junior Pyramid
8 PM Mork & Mindy
8:30 The Ropers
9 PM ABC Movie: "True Grit"
11:30 ABC News
11:45 700 Club

WNTV Ch. 29 Greenville, SC (PBS)

7:30 Reading: Road To Understanding
8 AM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
8:30 Electric Company
9 AM Sesame Street
10 AM Zoom
10:30 Villa Alegre
11 AM Studio See
11:30 Consumer Survival Kit
12 N Journey Into Art
1 PM Descriptive Astronomy
2 PM Movie: "Torment"
4:30 Pro Soccer (may be "Soccer Made In Germany")
6 PM Wall Street Week
6:30 Washington Week In Review
7 PM Crockett's Victory Garden
7:30 Dick Cavett
8 PM Lively Arts (an Italian chamber-music group that plays without a conductor)
9 PM Ascent Of Man (conclusion: man's growth toward self-knowledge)
10 PM Masterpiece Theatre
11 PM Fawlty Towers
sign off 11:30 PM

WNSC Ch. 30 Rock Hill, SC (PBS)

7:30 Saints And Legions
8 AM Electric Company
8:30 Sesame Street
9:30 Electric Company
10 AM Studio See
10:30 Zoom
11 AM Museum Safari
11:30 Turnabout
12 N Journey Into Art
1 PM Descriptive Astronomy
2 PM Movie: "Torment"
4:30 Wall Street Week
5 PM Poldark (Part 9)
6 PM Julia Child & Company
6:30 Cookin' Cajun
7 PM Firing Line
8 PM Lowcountry Profile
8:30 Helen Hayes At Spartanburg
9 PM Ascent Of Man
10 PM Masterpiece Theatre
sign off 11 PM

WRET (WCNC) Ch. 36 Charlotte (NBC)

6:45 Sacred Heart
7 AM New Directions
7:30 R. A. West Revival
8 AM Christ For The World
8:30 Vision Outreach
9 AM Ernest Angley
10 AM Movie: "Fear Strikes Out"
12 N Meet The Press
12:30 NFL '79
1 PM NFL Football: Oilers-Redskins
4 PM NFL Football: Raiders-Rams (time approximate)
7 PM Wonderful World Of Disney (time approximate)
8 PM NBC Movie: "The Sea Gypsies"
10 PM Prime Time Sunday
11 PM News
11:30 The Racers (Western 500 from Riverside, CA)
12 M Night Gallery
12:30 New Directions

WSVN (WSBN) Ch. 47 Norton, VA (PBS)

1:30 Wall Street Week
2 PM Issues In World Communication
2:30 Enchanted Arts
3 PM Tender Land
5 PM Firing Line
6 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Special (answering questions from parents whose children are starting to school)
7 PM Crockett's Victory Garden
7:30 Spoleto '79
8 PM Evening At Pops
9 PM Masterpiece Theatre
10 PM National Geographic: "Treasure!"
sign off 11 PM

WCPT Ch. 55 Crossville, TN (Ind.)

8:30 Children's Gospel Hour
9 AM Rev. Woody Martin
9:30 You'll Love It
10 AM Tony And Susan Alamo
10:30 TBA
11 AM Blue Ridge Quartet
11:30 Rev. Leonard Repass
12 N Rex Humbard
1 PM Jamboree
4 PM Wrestling
5 PM Burning Bush
5:30 My Hero
6 PM Invisible Man
6:30 American Angler
7 PM PTL Club
9 PM Jimmy Swaggart
9:30 Day Of Discovery
10 PM Jerry Falwell
11 PM James Robison Presents
11:30 700 Club
 
At least one station had Insight, though it looks like This Is The Life was more popular up in the eastern parts of the state and the Carolinas. I don't think we had This Is the Life in Memphis, at least not in my growing up days. Next Step Beyond seems like an odd choice for post religious programming on Sundays (WSOC, Charlotte).

Was Sunday a special night for The Ropers? I remember it being on Tuesdays originally, and I think it moved to Saturdays for the second season, where it crashed and burned.
 
It was a special timeslot for "The Ropers." The 8:30 show on ABC that fall was "The Associates," a sitcom set in a law firm. It, too, went belly-up fairly quickly, as CBS's lineup steamrollered the competition that year (that was the year "60 Minutes" hit number one).
 
I remember The Associates. Martin Short. I actually remember the night it premiered. It was followed by a special 3 hour presentation of the ABC Sunday Night Movie, S.O.S. Titanic. 35 years ago this month. Unbelievable.
 
It was a special timeslot for "The Ropers." The 8:30 show on ABC that fall was "The Associates," a sitcom set in a law firm. It, too, went belly-up fairly quickly, as CBS's lineup steamrollered the competition that year (that was the year "60 Minutes" hit number one).
That was the year ABC decided to 'fix' everything that wasn't broken; "Mork and Mindy" moved to 8 on Sundays...briefly, and even "Laverne and Shirley" got shifted to Thursdays(later, Mondays), before each show returned to its original timeslot.
 
Which was probably one, although not the only, factor in ABC's losing the ratings race (and its number-one position) to CBS that season. CBS also had arguably the three hottest shows on the air at the time: "60 Minutes," "Dallas," and "The Dukes Of Hazzard."

Another show that got moved was "Fantasy Island," from Saturday to Friday; it took only a few weeks for ABC to move it back.
 
Which was probably one, although not the only, factor in ABC's losing the ratings race (and its number-one position) to CBS that season. CBS also had arguably the three hottest shows on the air at the time: "60 Minutes," "Dallas," and "The Dukes Of Hazzard."

Another show that got moved was "Fantasy Island," from Saturday to Friday; it took only a few weeks for ABC to move it back.
 
If NBC switched to the Browns-Jets game after the Raiders-Rams game, then Disney and the movie aired in full, then Prime Time Sunday was preempted.

The NBC stations going local rather than NFL 79, except for WCNC? seems to me that was common practice , since the NFL Today was more popular.
 
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