From the Greensboro Daily News (now the News & Record).
NOTES: All three stations carried programming from all four
networks (ABC, CBS, DuMont, NBC), but WFMY and WBTV
were CBS primary; WSLS, NBC primary. Also, times are EST;
neither North Carolina nor Virginia went on EDT at the time.
Network (if known) is in parentheses on first mention.
WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro
1:30 This Is The Life (religious program not to be confused
with "This Is Your Life", DuMont, delay from Mon 7:30)
2 PM Two For The Money (Herb Shriner, NBC, delay from
Tue 9 PM)
2:30 Original Amateur Hour (Ted Mack, NBC, delay from Sat
7:30)
3 PM Theater: "Girl In The Park," with Joan Caulfield and
Herbert Marshall (no idea what program this is)
3:30 TV Chapel (local)
4 PM Stu Erwin Show (ABC, delay from Fri 6:30)
4:30 Zoo Parade (NBC, delay from 3:30--introduced America
to Marlin Perkins)
5 PM Blind Date (DuMont, delay from Tue 7 PM)
5:30 Favorite Story: "Turtle Island" (syndicated)
6 PM Summer Theater: "Dream Job," with Vincent Price and
Joan Leslie (ABC, delay from Fri 7 PM)
6:30 Your Play Time: "Cafe Berlin," with Steve Brodie, Robert
Hutton, and Mari Alden (CBS)
7 PM Big Payoff (Randy Merriman and Bess Myerson, NBC)
(NOTE: Ch. 2 aired Ed Sullivan's "Toast
Of The Town" Tue 9 PM; it would move into its recommended
timeslot in September when NBC affiliate WSJS (WXII) Ch. 12
signed on.)
8 PM Sunday Night Theater: "Thirteen O'Clock" (I believe this is
"GE Theater," on CBS.)
8:30 Arthur Murray Party (Jarvilla Novotna, guest, CBS)
9 PM The Web: "The Bells Of Damon," with James Costigan, Wesley
Addy, Paul Newman (he was doing a lot of these anthologies
in those days), and Lydia Reed (Hassie from "The Real McCoys")
(CBS)
9:30 What's My Line? (John Daly, CBS)
10 PM Sunday News Special (Don Hollenbeck) (CBS)
10:15 Paul Winchell--Jerry Mahoney Show (I suspect a delay of several
weeks; the show aired on NBC Mondays at 7 EST but had been
replaced on July 6 by "Name That Tune.")
10:45 Masquerade Party (Douglas Edwards (!) hosts, delay from Mon 8:30,
CBS)
11:15 News, Final Edition, Sign Off
WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte
12:30 Frontiers Of Faith (NBC)
1 PM The Fifth H (I know nothing about this one.)
1:30 Big Picture (Army show that was every station's favorite filler
well into the '60s)
2 PM This Is The Life
2:30 Beulah (ABC, delay from Tue 6:30)
3 PM Stu Erwin
3:30 Name That Tune (Red Benson, delay from Mon 7 PM, NBC--
NOTE: George DeWitt did not become host until 1955.)
4 PM Lamp Unto My Feet (CBS)
4:30 Man Of The Week (CBS)
5 PM Adventure (CBS)
6 PM Summer Theater
6:30 Your Play Time
7 PM Big Payoff (Ch. 3 aired Ed Sullivan Sat 10 PM.)
8 PM GE Theater
8:30 Arthur Murray
9 PM Who Said That? (host Walter Kiernan, delay from Mon 9:30,
NBC)
9:30 What's My Line?
10 PM Sunday News Special
10:15 Bob Considine (uncle of Tim Considine of "My Three Sons,"
delay from Tue 9:30, NBC)
10:30 First Person (delay from Fri 7:30, NBC)
11 PM Nothing But The Best (Eddie Albert hosts, delay from Tue 8 PM,
NBC)
11:30 Sign Off
WSLS Ch. 10 Roanoke
2 PM TV Chapel (appears to be local)
2:30 The Christophers
2:45 What's Your Trouble? (Norman Vincent Peale)
3 PM Youth Wants To Know (NBC)
3:30 Zoo Parade
4 PM Television Recital Hall (NBC)
4:30 Big Town (delay from Thu 8:30, CBS)
5 PM Pantomime Quiz (delay from Fri 7 PM, CBS)
5:30 Fearless Fosdick (puppet show with the detective
character from "Li'l Abner", possibly syndicated)
6 PM Operation Neptune (NBC)
6:30 Super Ghost (game show with host Bergen Evans, NBC)
7 PM Big Payoff
8 PM Goodyear/Philco Television Playhouse (NBC)
9 PM Wonderful John Acton (NBC)
9:30 TV Guest Book (local)
9:45 Little Show (local)
10 PM Arthur Godfrey And His Friends (delay from Wed 7 PM, CBS,
Ch. 10 carried only 30 minutes)
10:30 The Web
11 PM Eleventh Hour Final
NOTES: All three stations carried programming from all four
networks (ABC, CBS, DuMont, NBC), but WFMY and WBTV
were CBS primary; WSLS, NBC primary. Also, times are EST;
neither North Carolina nor Virginia went on EDT at the time.
Network (if known) is in parentheses on first mention.
WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro
1:30 This Is The Life (religious program not to be confused
with "This Is Your Life", DuMont, delay from Mon 7:30)
2 PM Two For The Money (Herb Shriner, NBC, delay from
Tue 9 PM)
2:30 Original Amateur Hour (Ted Mack, NBC, delay from Sat
7:30)
3 PM Theater: "Girl In The Park," with Joan Caulfield and
Herbert Marshall (no idea what program this is)
3:30 TV Chapel (local)
4 PM Stu Erwin Show (ABC, delay from Fri 6:30)
4:30 Zoo Parade (NBC, delay from 3:30--introduced America
to Marlin Perkins)
5 PM Blind Date (DuMont, delay from Tue 7 PM)
5:30 Favorite Story: "Turtle Island" (syndicated)
6 PM Summer Theater: "Dream Job," with Vincent Price and
Joan Leslie (ABC, delay from Fri 7 PM)
6:30 Your Play Time: "Cafe Berlin," with Steve Brodie, Robert
Hutton, and Mari Alden (CBS)
7 PM Big Payoff (Randy Merriman and Bess Myerson, NBC)
(NOTE: Ch. 2 aired Ed Sullivan's "Toast
Of The Town" Tue 9 PM; it would move into its recommended
timeslot in September when NBC affiliate WSJS (WXII) Ch. 12
signed on.)
8 PM Sunday Night Theater: "Thirteen O'Clock" (I believe this is
"GE Theater," on CBS.)
8:30 Arthur Murray Party (Jarvilla Novotna, guest, CBS)
9 PM The Web: "The Bells Of Damon," with James Costigan, Wesley
Addy, Paul Newman (he was doing a lot of these anthologies
in those days), and Lydia Reed (Hassie from "The Real McCoys")
(CBS)
9:30 What's My Line? (John Daly, CBS)
10 PM Sunday News Special (Don Hollenbeck) (CBS)
10:15 Paul Winchell--Jerry Mahoney Show (I suspect a delay of several
weeks; the show aired on NBC Mondays at 7 EST but had been
replaced on July 6 by "Name That Tune.")
10:45 Masquerade Party (Douglas Edwards (!) hosts, delay from Mon 8:30,
CBS)
11:15 News, Final Edition, Sign Off
WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte
12:30 Frontiers Of Faith (NBC)
1 PM The Fifth H (I know nothing about this one.)
1:30 Big Picture (Army show that was every station's favorite filler
well into the '60s)
2 PM This Is The Life
2:30 Beulah (ABC, delay from Tue 6:30)
3 PM Stu Erwin
3:30 Name That Tune (Red Benson, delay from Mon 7 PM, NBC--
NOTE: George DeWitt did not become host until 1955.)
4 PM Lamp Unto My Feet (CBS)
4:30 Man Of The Week (CBS)
5 PM Adventure (CBS)
6 PM Summer Theater
6:30 Your Play Time
7 PM Big Payoff (Ch. 3 aired Ed Sullivan Sat 10 PM.)
8 PM GE Theater
8:30 Arthur Murray
9 PM Who Said That? (host Walter Kiernan, delay from Mon 9:30,
NBC)
9:30 What's My Line?
10 PM Sunday News Special
10:15 Bob Considine (uncle of Tim Considine of "My Three Sons,"
delay from Tue 9:30, NBC)
10:30 First Person (delay from Fri 7:30, NBC)
11 PM Nothing But The Best (Eddie Albert hosts, delay from Tue 8 PM,
NBC)
11:30 Sign Off
WSLS Ch. 10 Roanoke
2 PM TV Chapel (appears to be local)
2:30 The Christophers
2:45 What's Your Trouble? (Norman Vincent Peale)
3 PM Youth Wants To Know (NBC)
3:30 Zoo Parade
4 PM Television Recital Hall (NBC)
4:30 Big Town (delay from Thu 8:30, CBS)
5 PM Pantomime Quiz (delay from Fri 7 PM, CBS)
5:30 Fearless Fosdick (puppet show with the detective
character from "Li'l Abner", possibly syndicated)
6 PM Operation Neptune (NBC)
6:30 Super Ghost (game show with host Bergen Evans, NBC)
7 PM Big Payoff
8 PM Goodyear/Philco Television Playhouse (NBC)
9 PM Wonderful John Acton (NBC)
9:30 TV Guest Book (local)
9:45 Little Show (local)
10 PM Arthur Godfrey And His Friends (delay from Wed 7 PM, CBS,
Ch. 10 carried only 30 minutes)
10:30 The Web
11 PM Eleventh Hour Final