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Retro: North Carolina 50 years ago today, Saturday, November 12, 1955

I've posted the primetime part of this
before, but I'm going to put
up the entire day anyway. From the
Greensboro Daily News. Only WITN/7 Greenville/
New Bern/Washington and WLOS/13 Asheville are missing.

WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro (CBS/ABC)

9:30 Little Rascals
9:45 Barker Bill
10 AM Andy's Gang
10:30 Buffalo Bill Jr.
11 AM Captain Midnight
11:30 Tales Of The Texas Rangers
12 N Big Top
1 PM Sky King
1:30 John Wayne
2:30 Theater (no idea of complete title)
3:30 This Is The Life
4 PM Lassie
4:30 Football (don't know if a highlights
show or a scoreboard show)
5 PM Disneyland
6 PM Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry
6:30 Beat The Clock
7 PM Ethel Barrymore Theater
7:30 Studio 57
8 PM Stage Show
8:30 Honeymooners
9 PM Two For The Money
9:30 It's Always Jan
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 My Favorite Husband
11 PM Red Skelton
11:30 Saturday Night Jamboree
12:30 News

WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS/NBC/ABC)

8:55 Mr. Wizard
9:25 Pet Show
9:30 Captain Midnight
10 AM Andy's Gang
10:30 Wild Bill Hickok
11 AM Buffalo Bill Jr.
11:30 Tales Of The Texas Rangers
12 N Big Top
1 PM Roy Rogers
1:30 TBA
2 PM Football (live game, teams not given)
5 PM TBA
5:30 Captain Gallant
6 PM Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry
6:30 Big Town
7 PM Father Knows Best
7:30 Beat The Clock
8 PM Stage Show
8:30 Honeymooners
9 PM Two For The Money
9:30 It's Always Jan
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Damon Runyon Theater
11 PM Telenews
11:15 Late Show

WUNC Ch. 4 Chapel Hill (NET)

6 PM Big Picture
6:30 Quill
7 PM Policy (foreign?)
7:30 Plains
8 PM People (nothing else)

WMFD (WECT) Ch. 6 Wilmington (NBC/CBS/ABC)

3:30 Western
4:30 Zoo Parade
5 PM Sunday School
5:15 Message (some sort of religious program)
5:30 Mr. Wizard
6 PM Big Top
7 PM News
7:15 Scoreboard
7:30 The Lineup
8 PM Grand Ole Opry (ABC version, and not
the syndicated Stars Of The Grand Ole
Opry)
9 PM People Are Funny
9:30 Sandy Brothers
10 PM George Gobel
10:30 Your Hit Parade
11 PM Giants 1953
11:30 Wrestling

WNCT Ch. 9 Greenville, NC (CBS/ABC)

10:30 Kiddies (nothing else)
11 AM Andy's Gang
11:30 Buffalo Bill Jr.
12 N Big Top
1 PM News
1:15 Farming
1:30 T.B. Seals
1:45 Boy Scouts
2 PM Theater
3:30 St. Mary's (nothing else)
4 PM Roller Derby
4:30 Playhouse (nothing else)
5 PM Wrestling
6 PM Film
6:30 Down Home
7 PM Cisco Kid
7:30 Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry
8 PM Stage Show
8:30 Honeymooners
9 PM Two For The Money
9:30 It's Always Jan
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Damon Runyon Theater
11 PM Lawrence Welk
12 M Salad Mixer (an early infomercial)

WTVD Ch. 11 Durham (NBC/ABC)

12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Christophers
1 PM What's Your Trouble? (Norman
Vincent Peale)
1:15 Round-Up
3:15 World (nothing else)
3:30 Round-Up
4:30 Bermuda (possibly a travel film)
5 PM Too Young (nothing else)
5:30 Big Picture
6 PM Scoreboard
6:15 World (nothing else)
6:30 Community
7 PM Star Tonight
7:30 Crusade In Europe
8 PM Perry Como
9 PM People Are Funny
9:30 Jimmy Durante
10 PM George Gobel
10:30 Your Hit Parade
11 PM Country Style
12 M News
12:05 Previews

WSJS (WXII) Ch. 12 Winston-Salem (NBC)

11 AM Music
11:10 News
11:15 Industry On Parade
11:30 Mr. Wizard
12 N Roy Rogers
12:30 Feature
2 PM Football
3 PM Christophers
3:30 Big Picture
4 PM Football
4:05 Matinee
5 PM Scores
5:05 Mr. Wizard
5:30 Comics
5:55 Scores
6 PM Melody Boys
7 PM Sherlock Holmes
7:30 Big Surprise
8 PM Perry Como
9 PM People Are Funny
9:30 Jimmy Durante
10 PM George Gobel
10:30 Your Hit Parade
11 PM Movie
12 M News Final

WTOB Ch. 26 Winston-Salem (ABC)

5:25 News
5:30 Hodgepodge
6 PM Big Picture
6:30 Hoedown
7:30 Ozark Jubilee
9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Tomorrow's Careers
10:30 Wrestling

WNAO Ch. 28 Raleigh (CBS/ABC)

10:30 Winky Dink And You
11 AM Western
12 N Big Top
1 PM Western
2 PM Movie
3:15 Wonderland
3:30 Industry On Parade
3:45 Theater
5 PM Wrestling
6 PM This Is The Life
6:30 Saturday Lucy Show (I Love
Lucy reruns)
7 PM Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry
7:30 Beat The Clock
8 PM Ozark Jubilee
9 PM Two For The Money
9:30 "28" Presents
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Curtain Call
 
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