What would have been seen that day had it not been for
JFK's assassination. From TV Guide, Central Virginia Edition:
WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro, NC (CBS)
7 AM Sunrise Semester: "Outlines Of Art"
7:30 Cartoon Theater
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM The Alvin Show
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
10 AM Deputy Dawg
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Do You Know? (kids from Philadelphia are quizzed
on "The California Gold Rush" by Ralph K. Andrist)
1 PM CBS News (anchor not given)
1:30 Football Feature (preview of the Harvard-Yale game,
no doubt not played that day)
1:45 College Football: Clemson-South Carolina
4:30 Football Scoreboard (time approximate)
4:45 TBA
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM The Saint
7 PM Wilburn Brothers
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 The New Phil Silvers Show (here he's a Bilko-like
factory foreman named Harry Grafton)
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Weather (John McMullen)
11:15 Movie: "King Kong" (the 1933 version with Fay Wray)
WSVA (WHSV) Ch. 3 Harrisonburg (NBC/CBS/ABC)
7:50 News, Weather
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM The Alvin Show
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Hector Heathcote (COLOR)
10:30 Fireball XL-5
11 AM Dennis The Menace
11:30 Fury
12 N Captain Treasure (local kids' show)
12:30 Bullwinkle (COLOR)
1 PM The Pioneers (selected "Death Valley Days" reruns)
1:30 Football Feature
1:45 College Football: Clemson-South Carolina
4:30 Football Scoreboard (time approximate)
4:45 TBA
5 PM NFL Highlights (last week's games: 49ers-Giants, Cardinals-
Browns, Packers-Bears, Rams-Lions, Steelers-Redskins,
Colts-Vikings, Eagles-Cowboys--the NFL did not cancel
its Nov. 24 games)
5:30 Captain Gallant
6 PM Valley Barn Dance
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Lawrence Welk (Thanksgiving show)
9:30 M Squad
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM Movie: "Whiplash" (not the Australian series)
WHIS (WVVA) Ch. 6 Bluefield, WV (NBC/ABC)
9 AM Kiddie Kapers
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Hector Heathcote (COLOR)
10:30 Fireball XL-5
11 AM Dennis The Menace
11:30 Fury
12 N Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon
12:30 Bullwinkle (COLOR)
1 PM Exploring (a Mark Twain show: Lorne Greene narrates
a cartoon of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras
County," Fred J. Scollay reads Twain selections, host Albert
Hibbs takes up steamboats and comets, the Ritts Puppets
try out some Tom Sawyer psychology, Freddie Powers and
His Powerhouse Four play Mississippi riverboat music, COLOR)
2 PM Mr. Wizard
2:30 Captain Gallant
3 PM Top Star Bowling
4 PM NFL Highlights (same show that airs at 5)
4:30 AFL Highlights (last week's games: Jets-Broncos, Chargers-
Patriots, Chiefs-Bills)
5 PM Country Jamboree
6 PM Wagon Train (ABC, delay from Mon 8:30 PM)
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop (guest: Vic Damone, COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Imitation General"
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "Stagecoach To Fury"
WDBJ Ch. 7 Roanoke (CBS)
6 AM Sunrise Semester
6:30 Bible Telecollege
7:30 Let's Get Together
7:55 News (Ron MacDonald--yep, that's his name)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM The Alvin Show
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
10 AM Cartoon Theater
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Dance Session
1:30 Football Feature
1:45 NCAA Football: Clemson-South Carolina
4:30 Football Scoreboard (time approximate)
4:45 TBA
5 PM Wrestling (from Roanoke)
6 PM Grand Ole Opry
6:30 Amos 'n' Andy
7 PM Petticoat Junction (delay from Tue 9 PM)
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 The New Phil Silvers Show
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:20 Movie: "They Died With Their Boots On"
WSLS Ch. 10 Roanoke (NBC)
6:30 Big Picture
7 AM Glenn Howell (farm show)
8 AM Lone Ranger
8:30 Cactus Joe (local kids' show)
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Hector Heathcote (COLOR)
10:30 Fireball XL-5
11 AM Dennis The Menace
11:30 Fury
12 N Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon
12:30 Bullwinkle (COLOR)
1 PM Exploring (COLOR)
2 PM Captain Gallant
2:30 Movie: "The Fugitive" (from '47 and no relation
to the series)
4 PM Match Your Wits (local quiz show)
4:30 Touchdown (Chris Schenkel)
5 PM NFL Highlights
5:30 Movie: "Jack The Ripper"
7 PM Porter Wagoner
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Imitation General"
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:10 Football Highlights
11:25 Movie: "The Tuttles Of Tahiti"
WSJS (WXII) Ch. 12 Winston-Salem, NC (NBC)
7:30 This Is The Life
8 AM Cartoon Carnival
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Hector Heathcote (COLOR)
10:30 Fireball XL-5
11 AM Dennis The Menace
11:30 Fury
12 N Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon
12:30 Bullwinkle (COLOR)
1 PM Exploring (COLOR)
2 PM Mr. Wizard
2:30 Wild Bill Hickok
3 PM Gene Autry
4 PM William Tell
4:30 Lone Ranger
5 PM NFL Highlights
5:30 Captain Gallant
6 PM NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
6:15 News, Weather, Sports
6:30 Laramie
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Imitation General"
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "Monster From Green Hell" (Jim Davis, aka
Jock Ewing, stars, from '57)
WLVA (WSET) Ch. 13 Lynchburg (ABC)
9:30 Sunday School
10 AM Light Time
10:15 Pets For Adoption
10:30 Jetsons (airs in black and white)
11 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
11:30 Beany And Cecil
12 N Bugs Bunny
12:30 Magic Land Of Allakazam
1 PM My Friend Flicka
1:30 American Bandstand (a celebrity party with Annette
Funicello, Nino Tempo and April Stevens, Donna Loren,
the Challengers, Dick and Dee Dee, Johnny Mathis,
Connie Francis, Paul Petersen, Trini Lopez)
2:30 Big Picture
3 PM Sheena, Queen Of The Jungle
3:30 Boots And Saddles
4 PM Touchdown
4:30 AFL Highlights
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (Al McLane vs. Joe Brooks in a
tarpon-fishing competition taped off Big Pine Key, FL;
the Giant International Ski Jump)
6:30 Preview: Winter Olympics (Jack McCartan, goalie for the
U.S. hockey team that beat the Russians for the gold in
1960, with highlights of that game)
7 PM This Week In Virginia
7:30 Hootenanny (from the U.S. Naval Academy: the Chad Mitchell
Trio, Val Pringle, Judy Henske, Grier Reynolds, Flatt and Scruggs,
Glenn Yarbrough of the Limeliters, Stan Rubin and his Tigertown
Five, comedian Charlie Manna, the Anchormen (four folksinging
members of the Academy's glee club))
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jerry Lewis (opera stars Patrice Munsel and Salvatore Baccaloni,
Chubby Checker, double-talk comic Al Kelly, the Marquis Chimps)
11:30 News, Weather, Sports
11:50 Johnny Midnight
JFK's assassination. From TV Guide, Central Virginia Edition:
WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro, NC (CBS)
7 AM Sunrise Semester: "Outlines Of Art"
7:30 Cartoon Theater
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM The Alvin Show
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
10 AM Deputy Dawg
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Do You Know? (kids from Philadelphia are quizzed
on "The California Gold Rush" by Ralph K. Andrist)
1 PM CBS News (anchor not given)
1:30 Football Feature (preview of the Harvard-Yale game,
no doubt not played that day)
1:45 College Football: Clemson-South Carolina
4:30 Football Scoreboard (time approximate)
4:45 TBA
5:30 Porter Wagoner
6 PM The Saint
7 PM Wilburn Brothers
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 The New Phil Silvers Show (here he's a Bilko-like
factory foreman named Harry Grafton)
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Weather (John McMullen)
11:15 Movie: "King Kong" (the 1933 version with Fay Wray)
WSVA (WHSV) Ch. 3 Harrisonburg (NBC/CBS/ABC)
7:50 News, Weather
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM The Alvin Show
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Hector Heathcote (COLOR)
10:30 Fireball XL-5
11 AM Dennis The Menace
11:30 Fury
12 N Captain Treasure (local kids' show)
12:30 Bullwinkle (COLOR)
1 PM The Pioneers (selected "Death Valley Days" reruns)
1:30 Football Feature
1:45 College Football: Clemson-South Carolina
4:30 Football Scoreboard (time approximate)
4:45 TBA
5 PM NFL Highlights (last week's games: 49ers-Giants, Cardinals-
Browns, Packers-Bears, Rams-Lions, Steelers-Redskins,
Colts-Vikings, Eagles-Cowboys--the NFL did not cancel
its Nov. 24 games)
5:30 Captain Gallant
6 PM Valley Barn Dance
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Lawrence Welk (Thanksgiving show)
9:30 M Squad
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM Movie: "Whiplash" (not the Australian series)
WHIS (WVVA) Ch. 6 Bluefield, WV (NBC/ABC)
9 AM Kiddie Kapers
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Hector Heathcote (COLOR)
10:30 Fireball XL-5
11 AM Dennis The Menace
11:30 Fury
12 N Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon
12:30 Bullwinkle (COLOR)
1 PM Exploring (a Mark Twain show: Lorne Greene narrates
a cartoon of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras
County," Fred J. Scollay reads Twain selections, host Albert
Hibbs takes up steamboats and comets, the Ritts Puppets
try out some Tom Sawyer psychology, Freddie Powers and
His Powerhouse Four play Mississippi riverboat music, COLOR)
2 PM Mr. Wizard
2:30 Captain Gallant
3 PM Top Star Bowling
4 PM NFL Highlights (same show that airs at 5)
4:30 AFL Highlights (last week's games: Jets-Broncos, Chargers-
Patriots, Chiefs-Bills)
5 PM Country Jamboree
6 PM Wagon Train (ABC, delay from Mon 8:30 PM)
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop (guest: Vic Damone, COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Imitation General"
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "Stagecoach To Fury"
WDBJ Ch. 7 Roanoke (CBS)
6 AM Sunrise Semester
6:30 Bible Telecollege
7:30 Let's Get Together
7:55 News (Ron MacDonald--yep, that's his name)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM The Alvin Show
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
10 AM Cartoon Theater
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12 N Sky King
12:30 Dance Session
1:30 Football Feature
1:45 NCAA Football: Clemson-South Carolina
4:30 Football Scoreboard (time approximate)
4:45 TBA
5 PM Wrestling (from Roanoke)
6 PM Grand Ole Opry
6:30 Amos 'n' Andy
7 PM Petticoat Junction (delay from Tue 9 PM)
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 The Defenders
9:30 The New Phil Silvers Show
10 PM Gunsmoke
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:20 Movie: "They Died With Their Boots On"
WSLS Ch. 10 Roanoke (NBC)
6:30 Big Picture
7 AM Glenn Howell (farm show)
8 AM Lone Ranger
8:30 Cactus Joe (local kids' show)
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Hector Heathcote (COLOR)
10:30 Fireball XL-5
11 AM Dennis The Menace
11:30 Fury
12 N Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon
12:30 Bullwinkle (COLOR)
1 PM Exploring (COLOR)
2 PM Captain Gallant
2:30 Movie: "The Fugitive" (from '47 and no relation
to the series)
4 PM Match Your Wits (local quiz show)
4:30 Touchdown (Chris Schenkel)
5 PM NFL Highlights
5:30 Movie: "Jack The Ripper"
7 PM Porter Wagoner
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Imitation General"
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:10 Football Highlights
11:25 Movie: "The Tuttles Of Tahiti"
WSJS (WXII) Ch. 12 Winston-Salem, NC (NBC)
7:30 This Is The Life
8 AM Cartoon Carnival
9:30 Ruff And Reddy (COLOR)
10 AM Hector Heathcote (COLOR)
10:30 Fireball XL-5
11 AM Dennis The Menace
11:30 Fury
12 N Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon
12:30 Bullwinkle (COLOR)
1 PM Exploring (COLOR)
2 PM Mr. Wizard
2:30 Wild Bill Hickok
3 PM Gene Autry
4 PM William Tell
4:30 Lone Ranger
5 PM NFL Highlights
5:30 Captain Gallant
6 PM NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
6:15 News, Weather, Sports
6:30 Laramie
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop (COLOR)
9 PM NBC Movie: "Imitation General"
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Movie: "Monster From Green Hell" (Jim Davis, aka
Jock Ewing, stars, from '57)
WLVA (WSET) Ch. 13 Lynchburg (ABC)
9:30 Sunday School
10 AM Light Time
10:15 Pets For Adoption
10:30 Jetsons (airs in black and white)
11 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
11:30 Beany And Cecil
12 N Bugs Bunny
12:30 Magic Land Of Allakazam
1 PM My Friend Flicka
1:30 American Bandstand (a celebrity party with Annette
Funicello, Nino Tempo and April Stevens, Donna Loren,
the Challengers, Dick and Dee Dee, Johnny Mathis,
Connie Francis, Paul Petersen, Trini Lopez)
2:30 Big Picture
3 PM Sheena, Queen Of The Jungle
3:30 Boots And Saddles
4 PM Touchdown
4:30 AFL Highlights
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (Al McLane vs. Joe Brooks in a
tarpon-fishing competition taped off Big Pine Key, FL;
the Giant International Ski Jump)
6:30 Preview: Winter Olympics (Jack McCartan, goalie for the
U.S. hockey team that beat the Russians for the gold in
1960, with highlights of that game)
7 PM This Week In Virginia
7:30 Hootenanny (from the U.S. Naval Academy: the Chad Mitchell
Trio, Val Pringle, Judy Henske, Grier Reynolds, Flatt and Scruggs,
Glenn Yarbrough of the Limeliters, Stan Rubin and his Tigertown
Five, comedian Charlie Manna, the Anchormen (four folksinging
members of the Academy's glee club))
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Jerry Lewis (opera stars Patrice Munsel and Salvatore Baccaloni,
Chubby Checker, double-talk comic Al Kelly, the Marquis Chimps)
11:30 News, Weather, Sports
11:50 Johnny Midnight