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Retro: Eastern Virginia Saturday, August 23, 1969

From TV Guide, Eastern Virginia Edition:

WTAR (WTKR) Ch. 3 Norfolk (CBS)

6:30 Black Heritage (the significance of Malcolm
X and the Black Muslims)
7 AM Flibbertigibbet
8 AM Go-Go Gophers
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Wacky Races
10 AM Archie Show
10:30 Batman/Superman Hour
11:30 Herculoids
12 N Shazzan!
12:30 Jonny Quest
1 PM Moby Dick And The Mighty Mightor
1:30 Lone Ranger (animated)
2 PM Movies: "Cripple Creek," "Pirates Of Monterey,"
"Istanbul"
6 PM Adventure Calls
6:30 CBS News (Roger Mudd)
7 PM News, Weather, Sports
7:30 Jackie Gleason (Art Carney's brother Edward plays
Norton's lookalike as Ralph and Ed accidentally
cross into East Berlin and are arrested as spies.)
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Hogan's Heroes
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:25 Tackle Box (local fishing show)
11:40 Movie: "The Longest Hundred Miles"

WSVA (WHSV) Ch. 3 Harrisonburg (NBC/ABC)

8 AM Super Heroes
8:30 Bullwinkle (I assume this is a delay from Sun
11 AM, not in color.)
9 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Adventures Of Gulliver
10 AM Spider-Man
10:30 Fantastic Voyage
11 AM Journey To The Center Of The Earth
11:30 Fantastic Four
12 N Storybook Squares (Jim Backus, Judy Carne,
Ted Cassidy, Wally Cox, Nanette Fabray,
Michael Landon, Jo Anne Worley)
12:30 American Bandstand (guests: Steppenwolf
and Smith)
1:30 Happening (guest: Oliver)
2 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
2:15 Baseball: Astros-Cubs (alternate game: Yankees-
Twins)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (Little League World Series
championship game, time approximate)
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM News, Weather, Sports
7:30 Dating Game (guest: Rod McKuen)
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk (the Music Makers hit the rails)
9:30 Johnny Cash (guests: Chet Atkins, John Hartford,
Lulu, Fannie Flagg)
10:30 Movie: "The Case Against Brooklyn" (watch for
Bobby Helms, who made the Yuletide classic "Jingle
Bell Rock," in this one from '58)
sign off 12 M

WTVR Ch. 6 Richmond (CBS)

6 AM Black Heritage (civil rights from 1959 to Selma,
the rural vote, demonstrations)
7 AM Tom And Jerry (delay from Sun 9 AM)
7:30 Sooper Dog
8 AM Go-Go Gophers
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
9:30 Wacky Races
10 AM Archie Show
10:30 Batman/Superman Hour
11:30 Herculoids
12 N Shazzan!
12:30 Jonny Quest
1 PM Moby Dick And The Mighty Mightor
1:30 Lone Ranger (animated)
2 PM Skippy The Bush Kangaroo
2:30 Upbeat
3:30 Wagon Train
5 PM Wrestling (from Raleigh)
6 PM 21st Century (encounter groups deal with mental
problems and social relationships, delay from Sun
6 PM)
6:30 CBS News
7 PM News, Sports, Weather
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Hogan's Heroes
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Movie: "Man In Outer Space" (Czech, from '64)
1 AM Gene Lowry (religion)

WXEX (WRIC) Ch. 8 Petersburg-Richmond (ABC)

7 AM Herald Of Truth
7:30 Big Picture
8 AM Town And Country
8:30 Fort Lee Hi-Lites
8:45 Social Security In Action
9 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Adventures Of Gulliver
10 AM Spider-Man
10:30 Fantastic Voyage
11 AM Journey To The Center Of The Earth
11:30 Fantastic Four
12 N George Of The Jungle
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Happening
2 PM Greatest Show On Earth
3 PM Marty Robbins
3:30 87th Precinct
4:30 Film
4:45 Film
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Stoneman Family
7 PM Wilburn Brothers (guest: Johnny Carver)
7:30 Dating Game
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Johnny Cash
10:30 Drama Special: "Arsenic And Old Lace" (updated
production with Helen Hayes and Lillian Gish,
delay from Wed 9 PM)
12:30 Lawman
1 AM ABC News (anchor not given)

WAVY Ch. 10 Norfolk (NBC)

7 AM Farm Show
7:30 Movie: "The Monocle"
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Cool McCool
10 AM Flintstones
10:30 Banana Splits (a variation on a classic "Candid Camera"
setup: in Allen Funt's version a Pittsburgh cop's signals
while directing traffic are set to ballet, while here a St.
Louis cop's signals are set to rock music)
11:30 Underdog
12 N Storybook Squares
12:30 Untamed World
1 PM Championship Bowling: Bill Bunetta and Les Schissler
vs. Bill Allen and George Howard
2 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
2:15 Baseball (same as WSVA/WHSV)
5 PM Golf: Avco Classic (third round, time approximate)
6 PM My Favorite Martian
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM News, Weather, Sports
7:30 Adam-12
8 PM Get Smart (the "Ironside" spoof "Leadside")
8:30 Ghost And Mrs. Muir
9 PM Movie: "The Shoot"
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Joe Pyne (topics: reincarnation and legalizing
marijuana)
1 AM News
1:05 Movie: "The Return Of Mr. Moto"

WWBT Ch. 12 Richmond (NBC)

6:55 Farm Almanac
7 AM Lessons For Living
7:30 Cartoon Carnival
8:30 Superman (George Reeves)
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Cool McCool
10 AM Flintstones
10:30 Banana Splits
11:30 Underdog
12 N Storybook Squares
12:30 Movie: "Good Day For A Hanging"
2 PM Baseball Pre-Game Show
2:15 Baseball (same as WSVA/WHSV)
5 PM Golf: Avco Classic (third round, time approximate)
6 PM Virginia Country Style
6:30 Bill Anderson (guest: Anthony Armstrong-Jones, a
country singer and no relation to the British royal
family)
7 PM Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:30 Adam-12
8 PM Get Smart
8:30 Ghost And Mrs. Muir
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Whole World Is Watching" (pilot
for the lawyers' segment of "The Bold Ones")
11 PM Movie: "The Long Haul" (watch for Richard Dawson's
ex-wife Diana Dors, England's answer to Marilyn Monroe,
in this one from '57)
sign off 1 AM

WVEC Ch. 13 Norfolk (ABC)

7 AM Wild Bill Hickok
7:30 Troy Time (of the many kids' shows on Ch. 13 over
the years, this is one I've never heard of)
8:30 Animal Fair (on the other hand...)
9 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Adventures Of Gulliver
10 AM Spider-Man
10:30 Fantastic Voyage
11 AM Journey To The Center Of The Earth
11:30 Fantastic Four
12 N George Of The Jungle
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Happening
2 PM Movies: "Colorado Territory" and "Flowing Gold"
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Hawaiian Eye
7:30 Dating Game
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Johnny Cash
10:30 News, Sports, Weather
11 PM ABC News
11:15 Movie: "The Tanks Are Coming"
sign off 1:05 AM

WHRO Ch. 15 Norfolk (NET)
off air on Saturday

WCVE Ch. 23 Richmond (NET)
off air on Saturday

WYAH (WGNT) Ch. 27 Portsmouth (Ind.)

5 PM Spotlight On Sports
5:30 Sportsman
6 PM Hunting/Fishing
6:30 Jim And Tammy
7:30 Film
8 PM America Sings
8:30 Word Of Life
9 PM The Answer
9:30 Tomorrow's Lesson
10 PM Billy Graham
 
Gee, bpatrick... any particular reason why you chose Eastern Virginia, of all places, for your listings yesterday? I'll be quakin' in my boots until you tell me... :eek:
 
Because I used to live in Virginia Beach and I had a copy
of the Eastern Virginia edition of TV Guide for that particular
date.
 
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