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Retro: Charlotte/Greenville/Tri-Cities/Knoxville Saturday, September 2, 1961

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bpatrick

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
4 PM Life Of Riley (time approximate)
4:30 People's Choice
5 PM Grand Ole Opry
5:30 Wrestling (from the studio)
6:25 News, Weather
6:30 Malibu Run (CBS, delay from Wednesday
7:30)
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Johnny Midnight (Gunsmoke will expand
to an hour in the upcoming season)
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, a longtime
fixture on Ch. 4)
7:45 Agricultural Panorama
8 AM Lessons For Living
8:15 Hiway Show (Billy Fallaw, who later
took this show to WSPA and South Carolina
ETV)
8:30 Cartoons
9 AM Sergeant 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 (no idea what this is)
1:30 Baseball: Dodgers-Milwaukee Braves
4 PM Big Picture (time approximate)
4:30 Movie: "Home On The Prairie" (with
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) (will soon move to
Sunday 9 PM)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM The Deputy (a flop for Henry Fonda)
9:30 The Nation's Future
10:30 Code Three
11 PM News, Weather
11:05 Wrestling (from Greenville)

WCYB Ch. 5 Bristol, VA (NBC/ABC)

7:30 Rural Tenneva (another longtime fixture)
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-Milwaukee Braves
4 PM TBA
5 PM News, Weather (didn't know there was
such a thing in '61, didya?)
5:30 Captain Gallant
6 PM Real McCoys (ABC, delay from Thursday
8:30)
6:30 Maverick (ABC, delay from Sunday 7:30)
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM Ozzie And Harriet (ABC, delay from Wednesday
8:30)
9:30 The Nation's Future
10:30 The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (ABC,
delay from Friday 10 PM)
11 PM The Outlaws (NBC, delay from Thursday 7:30)
12 M News, Sports

WATE Ch. 6 Knoxville (NBC)

7 AM RFD 6
7:30 Cartoon Carnival
8:30 Movie: "The Cowboy And The Senorita"
(with 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-Milwaukee Braves
4:30 Three Stooges
5 PM Popeye Cartoons
5:30 Captain Gallant
6 PM Movie: "Git Along Little Dogies" (with
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 (no relation to the
cable network)
9:30 Captain Kangaroo
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11 AM Magic Land Of Allakazam
11:30 Sky King
12 N Farmer Gray (Cliff Gray's mix of
farm news and country music, another
longtime favorite in the Upstate)
12:55 Baseball: Tigers-Yankees
4 PM Award Theater (time approximate)
4:30 Dancetown
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"

WSOC Ch. 9 Charlotte (NBC/ABC)

7:10 Three Stooges
7:30 Aspect (farm news program seen all over
North Carolina in the '60s)
8 AM Sportsmen (Brooks Lindsay, better known
in Charlotte as Joey the Clown)
8:30 Inside Sports
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, probably
delay from Sunday 5:30)
12 N Kilgo's Kanteen (Jimmy Kilgo was another
longtime Charlotte fixture)
1 PM Movies: "King Of The Jungle" and "Lord
Jeff"
4 PM Coliseum Bowling
5 PM The Americans (NBC, delay from Monday
7:30)
6 PM The Outlaws
7 PM The Rifleman (ABC, delay from Tuesday
8 PM)
7:30 Bonanza (COLOR)
8:30 The Tall Man
9 PM Thriller (NBC, delay from Tuesday 9 PM)
10 PM The Roaring 20's (ABC, airs at 7:30 EDT)
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 (oddly, both 6 and 10
have them)
5 PM House Detective (Chuck Allen advertises
new homes--there were versions of this
show in Atlanta and Greenville)
5:30 Wrestling (Knoxville)
7 PM Funtime (Cas Walker, also a Knoxville
grocer, he was also on for years)
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 (this must have aired
on every station in eastern Tennessee
and Kentucky at one time or another)
12:55 Baseball: Twins-Yankees
4 PM Wrestling (Johnson City) (time approximate)
5 PM Walt Disney Presents (ABC, delay from Sunday
6:30)
6 PM The Untouchables (ABC, delay from Thursday
9:30)
7 PM My Three Sons (ABC, delay from Thursday 9 PM)
7:30 Perry Mason
8:30 Checkmate
9:30 Have Gun, Will Travel
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Roaring 20s (ABC, delay from 7:30 EDT or
10 PM EST)
11:30 News, Sports
11:35 Movie: "The Fabulous Dorseys"

WLOS Ch. 13 Asheville, NC (ABC)

7 AM Aspect
7:30 Mr. Bill's Cartoons (Bill Norwood just recently
retired, so I heard)
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 (AAU Men's Swimming
and Diving Championships, delay from 5 PM)
3:30 Life Of Riley
4 PM Movie: "Man Beast"
5:30 Roy Acuff's Open House
6 PM Public Affairs Program
6:30 Pony Express
7 PM Grand Ole Opry
7:30 Leave It To Beaver (8:30 EDT)
8 PM Lawrence Welk (9 PM EDT)
9 PM Boxing: Carlos Ortiz vs. Doug Valiant, lightweights,
10 rounds, from Miami Beach (10 PM EDT)
9:45 Make That Spare (approximately 10:45 EDT)
10 PM Roaring 20's (7:30 EDT)
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 The Californians
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (World Water Ski
Championships)
7 PM Danger Is My Business
7:30 Leave It To Beaver (8:30 EDT)
8 PM Lawrence Welk (9 PM EDT)
9 PM Boxing (10 PM EDT)
9:45 Make That Spare (approximately 10:45 EDT)
10 PM Roaring 20's (7:30 EDT)
sign off 11 PM

WAIM (WMYA) Ch. 40 Anderson, SC (ABC/CBS)

12:55 Baseball: Tigers-Yankees
4 PM Wrestling (Buffalo, time approximate)
5 PM Sports Time
6 PM Evening Vespers (a staple on Ch. 40 into
the '70s)
6:30 Danger Is My Business
7 PM Silent Service
7:30 Leave It To Beaver (8:30 EDT)
8 PM Lawrence Welk (9 PM EDT)
9 PM Boxing (10 PM EDT)
9:45 Make That Spare (approximately 10:45 EDT)
10 PM Roaring 20's (7:30 EDT)
sign off 11 PM

NOTE: Boxing and "Make That Spare" necessitated
live coverage, hence the live feed one hour earlier
than EDT. Lawrence Welk aired live in all four time
zones, although some West Coast stations delayed
him until 9 PM (PT) (in LA he was on at 6). With
primetime starting at 7:30, ABC chose to air "Roaring
20's" in the EDT markets and "Leave It To Beaver" in
EST markets, holding "20's" until 10 PM (EST).

The pattern went something like this:

EDT 7:30 Roaring 20's
8:30 Leave It To Beaver
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Fight Of The Week
10:45 Make That Spare

EST 7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM Fight Of The Week
9:45 Make That Spare
10 PM Roaring 20's

PDT 6 PM Lawrence Welk
7 PM Fight Of The Week
7:45 Make That Spare
8 PM Leave It To Beaver
8:30 Roaring 20's
9:30 (Local)
 
bpatrick said:
NOTE: Boxing and "Make That Spare" necessitated
live coverage, hence the live feed one hour earlier
than EDT. Lawrence Welk aired live in all four time
zones, although some West Coast stations delayed
him until 9 PM (PT) (in LA he was on at 6).

The pattern went something like this:

EDT 7:30 Roaring 20's
8:30 Leave It To Beaver
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Fight Of The Week
10:45 Make That Spare

EST 7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 PM Lawrence Welk
9 PM Fight Of The Week
9:45 Make That Spare
10 PM Roaring 20's

PDT 6 PM Lawrence Welk
7 PM Fight Of The Week
7:45 Make That Spare
8 PM Leave It To Beaver
8:30 Roaring 20's
9:30 (Local)
Click to expand...

For EST/CST stations, I suppose this allowed ABC not to have to
send them the delayed feed on Saturday nights, other than for
Roaring 20s. I don't recall if ABC had a late news feed (11 EDT)
then, but if they didn't they could just send Roaring 20s down the
regular line again at 11 EDT/10 EST and dispense with the alternate
feed entirely. Must have been a budgetary decision by whomever
were the "number crunchers" of that era, as conventional wisdom
would be to disrupt as few shows as possible, which could be done
by flipping only Welk and Boxing/Bowling on the EST/CST feed.

Closed circuit for bpatrick:

As to the left coast, since its "normal" feed was 6:00-9:30 PDT,
did you mean some stations delayed Welk until 9:30 (not 9)?
Would Prospect have re-fed the show 9:30-10:30 on tape for
those affils who preferred it then? It would be a "gold mine" if
someone can get a hold of summer 1961 ABC affil schedules in
SAN, LAS, SFO, RNO, PDX or SEA for Saturday nights.

As for the Mountain time zone...well let's not go there ;D other
than to say there was no daylight time in the zone in 1961,
except for a couple of isolated counties in MT and NM. (Can
anyone say "Los Alamos" and "Atomic Energy Commission"?)
I suspect they just took the EST/CST alternate feed and ran
everything "live" 5:30-9:00 MST.
 
Some West Coast stations would run "Leave It To Beaver"
at 8 or 8:30 (the other half-hour they took for themselves),
then Welk at 9, and "Roaring 20's" at 10. There was a great
deal of discrepancy; Los Angeles and San Diego had completely
different schedules. Just check the Los Angeles Times from 1961.

Stations on CDT were on the normal (EDT) 6:30-10 pattern; stations on
CST probably ran "Beaver" at 6:30, Welk at 7, boxing at 8, "Make
That Spare" at 8:45, and "Roaring 20's" at 9.

And I won't try to guess how the Mountain time zone dealt with this.

My most recent Knoxville and Chattanooga schedules are from around
1999 or 2000. I never did subscribe to the Knoxville-Chattanooga edition
of TV Guide.
 
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