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Retro: Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point Saturday, August 17, 1968

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bpatrick

From the Greensboro Daily News:

WFMY Ch. 2 (CBS)

7 AM Summer Semester
7:30 Leave It To Beaver
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Frankenstein Jr. And The
Impossibles
9:30 Herculoids
10 AM Shazzan!
10:30 Space Ghost
11 AM Moby Dick And The Mighty
Mightor
11:30 Superman/Aquaman Hour Of
Adventure
12:30 Jonny Quest
1 PM Lone Ranger (animated)
1:30 Road Runner
2 PM Sportsmanlike Driving
2:30 Robin Hood
3 PM Maverick
4 PM Lost In Space (delay from
Wednesday 7:30)
5 PM Golf: Westchester Classic
(Third Round)
6:30 It's Racing Time (CBS News
is pre-empted)
7 PM News
7:30 The Prisoner
8:30 My Three Sons
9 PM Hogan's Heroes
9:30 Petticoat Junction
10 PM Mannix
11 PM News
11:20 Movie: "The Inspector General"

WUNC Ch. 4 (NET)
off air on Saturday

WGHP Ch. 8 (ABC)

7 AM Gumby
7:30 Roger Ramjet
8 AM Limbo
9 AM New Casper Cartoon Show
9:30 Fantastic Four
10 AM Spiderman
10:30 Journey To The Center Of
The Earth
11 AM King Kong
11:30 George Of The Jungle
12 N Beatles
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Happening '68
2 PM Dick Bennick (local dance party--
Bennick became better known as
creature-feature host Dr. Paul
Bearer on WTOG/44 Tampa/St. Petersburg)
3 PM Dating Game (delay from the previous
Saturday 7:30)
3:30 Car And Track
4 PM Wrestling
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Porter Wagoner
7 PM Grand Ole Opry
7:30 Win With The Stars (Name That Tune-type
game in which two celebrity-contestant
teams not only had to identify the song
but sing the first two lines)
8 PM Newlywed Game
8:30 Lawrence Welk
9:30 Hollywood Palace
10:30 All-American College Show
11 PM ABC News
11:15 Movie: "Killer Shrews"

WSJS Ch. 12 (NBC)

7:30 Farm Report
8 AM Cartoon Carnival
9 AM Super 6
9:30 Super President
10 AM Flintstones
10:30 Samson & Goliath
11 AM Birdman
11:30 Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel
12 N Cool McCool
12:30 Astro Boy
1 PM Superman (George Reeves)
1:30 Dobie Gillis
2 PM Baseball: Teams not listed
5 PM Bachelor Father (time appoximate)
5:30 Industry On Parade
5:45 Parsons To Persons
6 PM News
6:30 Frank McGee Report
7 PM Greyhound Derby
7:30 The Saint
8:30 Get Smart
9 PM NBC Movie: "Something Wild"
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "The Wastrel"

WUBC Ch. 48 (Ind.)

3 PM Movie: "Troubleshooter"
4:30 Sportsmanlike Driving
5 PM News (yes, they put on a
half-hour local newscast)
5:30 Infinite Horizons
6 PM Wrestling
7 PM Celebrity Golf
7:30 Roller Derby
8:30 Alan Burke
10 PM Woody Greeson
 
B. Patrick takes us back to Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point on August 17th, 1968:

> WUBC Ch. 48 (Ind.)
>
> 5 PM News (yes, they put on a
> half-hour local newscast)

But given they were a UHF "indie", and likely new, I wonder if it was merely a "News" slide with someone off-camera reading wire-service copy.

If they had a more substantial news operation (on-camera anchors, a couple of reporters out on the streets with some newsfilm reports), then the 5 P.M. airtime would make sense. A good alternative to other stations' local newscasts at 6. The earliest "evening" local television news in the area.
 
> B. Patrick takes us back to Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High
> Point on August 17th, 1968:
>
> > WUBC Ch. 48 (Ind.)
> >
> > 5 PM News (yes, they put on a
> > half-hour local newscast)
>
> But given they were a UHF "indie", and likely new, I wonder
> if it was merely a "News" slide with someone off-camera
> reading wire-service copy.
>
> If they had a more substantial news operation (on-camera
> anchors, a couple of reporters out on the streets with some
> newsfilm reports), then the 5 P.M. airtime would make sense.
> A good alternative to other stations' local newscasts at 6.
> The earliest "evening" local television news in the area.
>
I never had a chance to watch this station; my grandparents
lived about 30 miles from Greensboro and couldn't pick it up,
and I didn't live in North Carolina at the time. However,
my guess is that the newscast probably had a very simple set,
and whoever was on-camera probably did "rip and read" stories
(you know, ripped off the news ticker and read on the air).
I think the station gave up on it pretty quickly.

The current station on 48, WUPN, has Sinclair's "News Central."
 
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