Retro: Charlotte Wednesday, August 6, 1969

[bpatrick]

From the Charlotte Observer:

WBTV Ch. 3 (CBS)

6:15 Almanac
6:25 Black Heritage
6:55 News
7 AM CBS News
7:30 News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Kirby's Corral
9:05 Love Of Life
9:30 Hazel
10 AM Lucy Show
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Linkletter Show
12 N News
12:25 Pat Lee
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Betty Feezor
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Love Is A Many Splendored
Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Superman
4:30 Mike Douglas
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Movie: "The Stand At Apache
River"
8:30 The Good Guys
9 PM Beverly Hillbillies
9:30 Green Acres
10 PM Hawaii Five-O
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Great Day In The
Morning" (Merv Griffin would
debut his CBS show here Aug. 18)

WSOC Ch. 9 (NBC)

6:45 On The House
7 AM Today
9 AM Joey Show (kids' show with legendary
personality Brooks Lindsay as Joey The Clown)
9:30 Today In The Carolinas
10 AM It Takes Two
10:25 NBC News--Nancy Dickerson
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Personality
11:30 Hollywood Squares
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Eye Guess
12:55 NBC News--Floyd Kalber
1 PM Midday
1:20 Lucille Rivers (sewing)
1:30 You're Putting Me On
2 PM Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Another World
3:30 You Don't Say!
4 PM Truth Or Consequences
4:30 I Love Lucy
5 PM Perry Mason
5:55 Paul Harvey
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Movie: "Four Girls In Town"
9 PM Kraft Music Hall
10 PM The Outsider
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show

WCCB Ch. 18 (ABC)

8 AM Morning News (this may have been
the second half-hour of CBS's newscast,
pre-empted on WBTV. They did this in
Birmingham, half on Ch. 42, half on Ch. 13.)
8:30 Jack LaLanne
9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Movie: "The Lady Has Plans"
11:30 News (local, the only one on the station)
12 N Bewitched
12:30 That Girl
1 PM Dream House
1:30 Let's Make A Deal
2 PM Newlywed Game
2:30 Dating Game
3 PM General Hospital
3:30 One Life To Live
4 PM Dark Shadows
4:30 Galloping Gourmet
5 PM Sgt. Mills
6 PM Western Star Theater
6:30 ABC News
7 PM Gidget
7:30 Here Come The Brides
8:30 King Family
9 PM ABC Movie: "The Patsy"
11 PM Galloping Gourmet
11:30 Joey Bishop

WCTU (now WCNC) Ch. 36 (Ind.)

3:30 Movie: "Bad For Each Other"
5 PM Movie: "Tell It To The Judge"
7 PM Wild Wild West (pre-empted Fridays
on WBTV)
8 PM Animal World (pre-empted Thursdays
on WBTV)
8:30 Movie: "Miss Grant Takes Richmond"
(with Lucille Ball)
10 PM Run For Your Life
11 PM Movie: "The Butler's Sister"

WTVI Ch. 42 (NET)

6 PM Black Heritage
6:30 Smart Sewing
7 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
7:30 A Storm (don't know what this is)
8 PM The Toy That Grew Up (a history
of the movies)
9 PM Sounds Of Summer
sign off 10 PM

WUNG Ch. 58 (NET)

6 PM News
6:15 Friendly Giant
6:30 History (this may have been a
college-credit course)
7 PM Room For Living
7:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
8 PM Spectrum
8:30 North Carolina This Week
9 PM News (I think this is News In
Perspective from NET)
10 PM World Institute
sign off 11 PM

 

[fortmill]

bpatrick, I'd love to see some Charlotte schedules from the time when WBTV, WSOC, and WCCB all carried programs from each of the three networks, about 1965-68.

 

[bpatrick]

Here's one from Monday, February 13, 1967:

WBTV Ch. 3 (all network shows are
CBS unless otherwise indicated)

7 AM Carolina Calling
7:45 News And Weather
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM To Tell The Truth (delay from 3 PM)
9:25 Pat Lee Show
9:30 Secret Storm (delay from 4 PM)
10 AM Candid Camera
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 AM Andy Griffith
11:30 Dick Van dyke
12 N News
12:25 Doctor's House Call
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Betty Feezor
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Love Of Life (delay from noon)
3:25 CBS News--Douglas Edwards
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Superman
4:30 Mike Douglas
6 PM News
6:25 Editorial
6:30 CBS News--Walter Cronkite
7 PM Movie: "Battle Circus"
9 PM Andy Griffith
9:30 Family Affair
10 PM Run For Your Life (NBC)
11 PM News
11:25 Editorial
11:30 Thriller

WSOC Ch. 9 (all network shows are
NBC unless otherwise indicated)

7 AM Today
9 AM Everybody's Talking (ABC, delay
from noon)
9:30 Donna Reed (ABC, delay from 12:30)
10 AM Dream Girl Of '67 (ABC, delay from
2:30)
10:30 Concentration
11 AM Pat Boone
11:30 Dating Game (ABC)
12 N Jeopardy!
12:30 Midday
12:55 NBC News--Edwin Newman (I think)
1 PM Dark Shadows (ABC, delay from 4 PM)
1:30 Let's Make A Deal (still on NBC then)
2 PM Newlywed Game (ABC)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM General Hospital (ABC)
3:30 The Nurses (ABC)
4 PM Clown Carnival
5 PM The Rifleman
5:30 Lawman
6 PM News
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM F Troop (ABC, delay from Thursday 8 PM)
7:30 The Monkees
8 PM Ice Capades
9 PM Felony Squad (ABC)
9:30 Peyton Place (ABC)
10 PM Big Valley (ABC)
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show

WCCB Ch. 18 (all network shows are ABC
unless otherwise indicated)

9:45 Devotions
10 AM Reach For The Stars (NBC)
10:25 NBC News--Nancy Dickerson
10:30 Jack LaLanne
11 AM Supermarket Sweep
11:30 Hollywood Squares (NBC)
12 N News
12:25 CBS News--Joseph Benti
12:30 Eye Guess (NBC)
doesn't say what was on at 12:55
1 PM Ben Casey
2 PM Days Of Our Lives (NBC)
2:30 Film Feature
3 PM Another World (NBC)
3:30 You Don't Say! (NBC)
4 PM Match Game (NBC)
4:25 NBC News--Floyd Kalber (I think)
4:30 Where The Action Is
5 PM Movie (no title given)
6 PM Trouble With Father (Stu Erwin)
6:30 ABC News--Peter Jennings
7 PM Star Performance
7:30 Tarzan (NBC, delay from Friday 7:30)
8:30 Star Performance
9 PM Untouchables
10 PM To Tell The Truth (CBS)
10:30 Pistols And Petticoats (CBS, delay
from Saturday 9:30)
11 PM Movie (no title given)

WTVI Ch. 42 (NET)

5 PM Kindergarten
5:30 Cyrus (don't know what this is)
6 PM Managers (ditto)
6:30 Sunrise Semester
7 PM What's New
8 PM NET Journal
9 PM Jack Beeson (composer of an
opera about Lizzie Borden airing
later that week)
9:30 In My Opinion
10 PM Your Dollar's Worth