What was not seen this day as JFK's funeral and burial took place,
and that night as the network correspondents discussed the events
of those four days. From TV Guide, Central Virginia Edition:
WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro, NC (CBS)
6 AM Sacred Heart
6:15 Sunrise Semester: "Ethics"
6:45 RFD Piedmont (George Perry, also the station's kids'-show
host the Old Rebel)
7 AM Good Morning Show (Lee Kinard, the first and best host in
the show's 56-year history)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Devotions
9:15 Second Breakfast (Carroll Stoker, a woman despite the spelling
of the first name)
9:30 What's Cooking Today? (Cordelia Kelly)
9:55 News (Lee Kinard)
10 AM CBS News (Mike Wallace)
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Real McCoys
11:30 Pete And Gladys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Robert Trout)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Best Of Groucho
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password (Julia Meade, Frank Fontaine)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (actress Joan Connors and her
pet ocelot)
3 PM To Tell The Truth (Sally Ann Howes, Barry Nelson, Dr. Joyce
Brothers, Milt Kamen)
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Leave It To Beaver
4:30 Old Rebel And Pecos Pete
5:15 Quick Draw McGraw
5:45 Rifleman
6:15 News, Sports
6:25 Weather
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Grand Ole Opry
7:30 To Tell The Truth (the classic panel: Tom Poston, Peggy Cass,
Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle)
8 PM I've Got A Secret (Troy Donahue subs for Bess Myerson on the
panel; other panelists are Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer, and Henry Morgan.)
8:30 The Lucy Show
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM East Side, West Side
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Roaring '20s
WSVA (WHSV) Ch. 3 Harrisonburg, VA (NBC/CBS/ABC)
9 AM Science Class
9:30 Cartoons
10 AM Say When!
10:25 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
10:30 Word For Word (Merv Griffin, COLOR)
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Missing Links (Robert Q. Lewis, Tom Poston, Elizabeth
Ashley; Ed McMahon hosts but will be replaced by Dick
Clark when the show moves to ABC in March 1964, COLOR)
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Ray Scherer)
1 PM Play Money! (Bob McNeil)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM People Will Talk (COLOR)
2:25 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
2:30 The Doctors (still in the five-part weekly story format)
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Make Room For Daddy
5 PM Captain Treasure
5:30 Harbor Command
6 PM Local News
6:15 Markets, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Viewpoint
7:30 NBC Movie: "Singin' In The Rain" (COLOR)
9:30 Play Money!
10 PM Ben Casey (ABC, delay from Wed 9 PM)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:25 Greatest Headlines Of The Century
11:30 Tonight Show (guest: Corbett Monica, COLOR)
WHIS (WVVA) Ch. 6 Bluefield, WV (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Today (Hugh Downs)
9 AM Pastor's Study
9:15 Telescope
9:30 Comedy Time (cartoons)
10 AM Say When!
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Word For Word (COLOR)
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Missing Links (COLOR)
12 N Your First Impression (Dennis James, Soupy Sales,
singer Jane Harvey, COLOR)
12:30 Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen, ABC, delay from 11 AM)
1:30 Woman's Whirl
2 PM People Will Talk (COLOR)
2:25 NBC News
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 You Don't Say! (Carolyn Jones and John Astin--and this
is nearly a year before "The Addams Family," COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan)
4:25 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
4:30 Make Room For Daddy
5 PM Family Flickers (old Saturday-morning Westerns)
6:15 News, Sports
6:25 Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Crossroads
7:30 NBC Movie: "Singin' In The Rain" (COLOR)
9:30 Hollywood And The Stars (great lovers from Francis X. Bushman
to Marlon Brando; clips of Ben Turpin and Will Rogers imitating
Rudolph Valentino)
10 PM Sing Along With Mitch (COLOR)
11 PM ABC News (Murphy Martin)
11:10 News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WDBJ Ch. 7 Roanoke, VA (CBS)
6 AM Sunrise Semester
6:30 Virginia Tech Report
6:35 Top O' The Morning
7:55 News (Ron MacDonald)
8 AM Light Of Life
8:15 Captain Kangaroo (joined in progress)
9 AM Cartoon Theater
9:30 Artie Levin (exercises)
10 AM CBS News
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Real McCoys
11:30 Pete And Gladys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Panorama (Lorrie Gregory)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Movie: "King Kong" (the original with Fay Wray)
6 PM News, Sports
6:25 Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Battle Line (the American assault on Anzio)
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM I've Got A Secret
8:30 The Lucy Show
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM East Side, West Side
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Naked City
WSLS Ch. 10 Roanoke, VA (NBC)
7 AM Today
9 AM Cactus Joe
9:30 Profile
10 AM Say When!
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Word For Word (COLOR)
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Missing Links (COLOR)
12 N Your First Impression (COLOR)
12:30 Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Divorce Court
2 PM People Will Talk (COLOR)
2:25 NBC News
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game
4:25 NBC News
4:30 Adventures In Paradise
5:30 Quick Draw McGraw
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Death Valley Days
7:30 NBC Movie: "Singin' In The Rain" (COLOR)
9:30 Hollywood And The Stars
10 PM Sing Along With Mitch (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WSJS (WXII) Ch. 12 Winston-Salem, NC (NBC)
6:30 Aspect (farm show)
7 AM Today
9 AM Yesterday's Newsreel
9:15 Debbie Drake
9:30 People Are Funny
10 AM Say When!
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Word For Word (COLOR)
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Missing Links (COLOR)
12 N Your First Impression (COLOR)
12:30 Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM This Afternoon
1:30 Peter Gunn
2 PM People Will Talk (COLOR)
2:25 NBC News
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game
4:25 NBC News
4:30 Bob Gordon (kids' show)
5 PM Hawaiian Eye
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Bat Masterson
7:30 NBC Movie: "Singin' In The Rain"
9:30 Hollywood And The Stars
10 PM Sing Along With Mitch (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WLVA (WSET) Ch. 13 Lynchburg, VA (ABC)
9:30 Science Class
10 AM Kartoon Karnival
11 AM Price Is Right
11:30 Seven Keys
12 N Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (guests: the Pop
Warner League football team from Pittsburg, CA)
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM General Hospital (moves to 3 PM Dec. 30)
1:30 On Camera (Bill Ostrom)
2 PM People Are Funny
2:30 Day In Court
2:55 ABC News (Lisa Howard who, ironically, had been acting
as a back channel to bring about a dialogue between
JFK and Fidel Castro)
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust? (Woody Woodbury)
4 PM Trailmaster
5 PM Kids Klub
5:30 The Rebel
6 PM ABC News (Ron Cochran)
6:15 Local News
6:25 Sports, Weather
6:30 Maverick
7:30 Outer Limits (In South America a tycoon catches a fish believed
to have been extinct for eons. The country's dictator wants to
display it, the tycoon wants to take it back to the U.S.--but the
"fish" has ideas of its own.)
8:30 Wagon Train (Dick York appears in this episode, COLOR)
10 PM Breaking Point
11 PM ABC News
11:10 News, Weather, Sports
11:25 Panic
and that night as the network correspondents discussed the events
of those four days. From TV Guide, Central Virginia Edition:
WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro, NC (CBS)
6 AM Sacred Heart
6:15 Sunrise Semester: "Ethics"
6:45 RFD Piedmont (George Perry, also the station's kids'-show
host the Old Rebel)
7 AM Good Morning Show (Lee Kinard, the first and best host in
the show's 56-year history)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Devotions
9:15 Second Breakfast (Carroll Stoker, a woman despite the spelling
of the first name)
9:30 What's Cooking Today? (Cordelia Kelly)
9:55 News (Lee Kinard)
10 AM CBS News (Mike Wallace)
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Real McCoys
11:30 Pete And Gladys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Robert Trout)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Best Of Groucho
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password (Julia Meade, Frank Fontaine)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (actress Joan Connors and her
pet ocelot)
3 PM To Tell The Truth (Sally Ann Howes, Barry Nelson, Dr. Joyce
Brothers, Milt Kamen)
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Leave It To Beaver
4:30 Old Rebel And Pecos Pete
5:15 Quick Draw McGraw
5:45 Rifleman
6:15 News, Sports
6:25 Weather
6:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Grand Ole Opry
7:30 To Tell The Truth (the classic panel: Tom Poston, Peggy Cass,
Orson Bean, Kitty Carlisle)
8 PM I've Got A Secret (Troy Donahue subs for Bess Myerson on the
panel; other panelists are Bill Cullen, Betsy Palmer, and Henry Morgan.)
8:30 The Lucy Show
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM East Side, West Side
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Roaring '20s
WSVA (WHSV) Ch. 3 Harrisonburg, VA (NBC/CBS/ABC)
9 AM Science Class
9:30 Cartoons
10 AM Say When!
10:25 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
10:30 Word For Word (Merv Griffin, COLOR)
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Missing Links (Robert Q. Lewis, Tom Poston, Elizabeth
Ashley; Ed McMahon hosts but will be replaced by Dick
Clark when the show moves to ABC in March 1964, COLOR)
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News (Ray Scherer)
1 PM Play Money! (Bob McNeil)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM People Will Talk (COLOR)
2:25 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
2:30 The Doctors (still in the five-part weekly story format)
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Make Room For Daddy
5 PM Captain Treasure
5:30 Harbor Command
6 PM Local News
6:15 Markets, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Viewpoint
7:30 NBC Movie: "Singin' In The Rain" (COLOR)
9:30 Play Money!
10 PM Ben Casey (ABC, delay from Wed 9 PM)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:25 Greatest Headlines Of The Century
11:30 Tonight Show (guest: Corbett Monica, COLOR)
WHIS (WVVA) Ch. 6 Bluefield, WV (NBC/ABC)
7 AM Today (Hugh Downs)
9 AM Pastor's Study
9:15 Telescope
9:30 Comedy Time (cartoons)
10 AM Say When!
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Word For Word (COLOR)
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Missing Links (COLOR)
12 N Your First Impression (Dennis James, Soupy Sales,
singer Jane Harvey, COLOR)
12:30 Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen, ABC, delay from 11 AM)
1:30 Woman's Whirl
2 PM People Will Talk (COLOR)
2:25 NBC News
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 You Don't Say! (Carolyn Jones and John Astin--and this
is nearly a year before "The Addams Family," COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (Pat Carroll, Henry Morgan)
4:25 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
4:30 Make Room For Daddy
5 PM Family Flickers (old Saturday-morning Westerns)
6:15 News, Sports
6:25 Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Crossroads
7:30 NBC Movie: "Singin' In The Rain" (COLOR)
9:30 Hollywood And The Stars (great lovers from Francis X. Bushman
to Marlon Brando; clips of Ben Turpin and Will Rogers imitating
Rudolph Valentino)
10 PM Sing Along With Mitch (COLOR)
11 PM ABC News (Murphy Martin)
11:10 News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WDBJ Ch. 7 Roanoke, VA (CBS)
6 AM Sunrise Semester
6:30 Virginia Tech Report
6:35 Top O' The Morning
7:55 News (Ron MacDonald)
8 AM Light Of Life
8:15 Captain Kangaroo (joined in progress)
9 AM Cartoon Theater
9:30 Artie Levin (exercises)
10 AM CBS News
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Real McCoys
11:30 Pete And Gladys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Panorama (Lorrie Gregory)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Movie: "King Kong" (the original with Fay Wray)
6 PM News, Sports
6:25 Weather
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Battle Line (the American assault on Anzio)
7:30 To Tell The Truth
8 PM I've Got A Secret
8:30 The Lucy Show
9 PM Danny Thomas
9:30 Andy Griffith
10 PM East Side, West Side
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Naked City
WSLS Ch. 10 Roanoke, VA (NBC)
7 AM Today
9 AM Cactus Joe
9:30 Profile
10 AM Say When!
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Word For Word (COLOR)
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Missing Links (COLOR)
12 N Your First Impression (COLOR)
12:30 Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Divorce Court
2 PM People Will Talk (COLOR)
2:25 NBC News
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game
4:25 NBC News
4:30 Adventures In Paradise
5:30 Quick Draw McGraw
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Death Valley Days
7:30 NBC Movie: "Singin' In The Rain" (COLOR)
9:30 Hollywood And The Stars
10 PM Sing Along With Mitch (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WSJS (WXII) Ch. 12 Winston-Salem, NC (NBC)
6:30 Aspect (farm show)
7 AM Today
9 AM Yesterday's Newsreel
9:15 Debbie Drake
9:30 People Are Funny
10 AM Say When!
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Word For Word (COLOR)
11 AM Concentration
11:30 Missing Links (COLOR)
12 N Your First Impression (COLOR)
12:30 Truth Or Consequences (COLOR)
12:55 NBC News
1 PM This Afternoon
1:30 Peter Gunn
2 PM People Will Talk (COLOR)
2:25 NBC News
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game
4:25 NBC News
4:30 Bob Gordon (kids' show)
5 PM Hawaiian Eye
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Bat Masterson
7:30 NBC Movie: "Singin' In The Rain"
9:30 Hollywood And The Stars
10 PM Sing Along With Mitch (COLOR)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Tonight Show (COLOR)
WLVA (WSET) Ch. 13 Lynchburg, VA (ABC)
9:30 Science Class
10 AM Kartoon Karnival
11 AM Price Is Right
11:30 Seven Keys
12 N Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (guests: the Pop
Warner League football team from Pittsburg, CA)
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM General Hospital (moves to 3 PM Dec. 30)
1:30 On Camera (Bill Ostrom)
2 PM People Are Funny
2:30 Day In Court
2:55 ABC News (Lisa Howard who, ironically, had been acting
as a back channel to bring about a dialogue between
JFK and Fidel Castro)
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust? (Woody Woodbury)
4 PM Trailmaster
5 PM Kids Klub
5:30 The Rebel
6 PM ABC News (Ron Cochran)
6:15 Local News
6:25 Sports, Weather
6:30 Maverick
7:30 Outer Limits (In South America a tycoon catches a fish believed
to have been extinct for eons. The country's dictator wants to
display it, the tycoon wants to take it back to the U.S.--but the
"fish" has ideas of its own.)
8:30 Wagon Train (Dick York appears in this episode, COLOR)
10 PM Breaking Point
11 PM ABC News
11:10 News, Weather, Sports
11:25 Panic