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Retro: North Carolina primetime Wednesday, December 19, 1956

From the Greensboro Daily News. Schedules
run from 7 PM and do not include WLOS/13
Asheville.

WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro (CBS/ABC)

7 PM Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal
7:30 The Brothers (CBS--delay from
Tuesday 8:30)
8 PM Arthur Godfrey And His Friends
(CBS)
9 PM Let's Visit
9:15 The Outdoorsman
(last two are local)
9:30 I've Got A Secret (CBS)
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour (CBS)
11 PM Les Paul And Mary Ford
11:05 Sports Final
11:10 Weather
11:15 News
11:20 Movie: "Prison Nurse"

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

7 PM Spannorama
7:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
(CBS)
7:30 Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon (CBS--
delay from Thursday 7:30)
8 PM Arthur Godfrey And His Friends
9 PM Millionaire (CBS)
9:30 I've Got A Secret
10 PM Wednesday Night Fights (ABC)
10:45 Sportsreel
11 PM Weather
11:05 News
11:15 Sports Final
11:25 Les Paul & Mary Ford
11:30 Movie (title not given)

WUNC Ch. 4 Chapel Hill (NET)

7 PM Artisan
7:30 Concert
(I know nothing about these.)
8 PM Art Exhibit
8:30 Living (again, no info)
9 PM Mental Gymnastics
9:30 World (no more info)
10 PM Final Edition

WRAL Ch. 5 Raleigh (NBC)

7 PM Playhouse (don't know about this--
there were umpteen "Playhouse"
shows at the time)
7:30 TBA
7:45 NBC News (Huntley-Brinkley)
8 PM Hiram Holliday (Wally Cox's unsuccessful
followup to Mr. Peepers)
8:30 Father Knows Best
9 PM Kraft Television Theater
10 PM This Is Your Life
10:30 Twenty-One (Charles Van Doren is champ)
11 PM Weather
11:05 News
11:15 Sports

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

7 PM Weather
7:05 News Today
7:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
7:30 Eddie Fisher (NBC)
7:45 Riders (I think this is a country-music
group)
8 PM Soldiers Of Fortune
8:30 Touchdown
9 PM Millionaire
9:30 I've Got A Secret
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour
11 PM Pendulum
11:30 11th Hour (probably news--a drama series
by this name ran on NBC 1962-64)

WITN Ch. 7 Washington, NC (NBC/ABC)

7 PM Highlights (football, presumably)
7:30 Eddie Fisher
7:45 Smiley O'Brien (local country singer)
8 PM Hiram Holliday
8:30 Father Knows Best
9 PM Kraft Television Theater
10 PM This Is Your Life
10:30 Twenty-One
11 PM News
11:15 Movie Time

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

7 PM Superman
7:30 Dr. Christian
8 PM Arthur Godfrey And His Friends
8:30 Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal
9 PM Millionaire
9:30 I've Got A Secret
10 PM Wednesday Night Fights
10:45 Fights (Greatest Fights?)
11 PM News
11:10 Sports
11:15 Theater (their late movie)

WTVD Ch. 11 Durham (ABC)

7 PM Playhouse
7:15 John Daly And The News
7:30 Disneyland
8:30 Dr. Christian
9 PM Ozzie And Harriet
9:30 Ford Theater
10 PM Wednesday Night Fights
11 PM Weather
11:10 News
11:20 Previews

WSJS (now WXII) Ch. 12 Winston-Salem (NBC/ABC)

7 PM Stage 7
7:30 Eddie Fisher
7:45 NBC News
8 PM Hiram Holliday
8:30 Father Knows Best
9 PM Kraft Television Theater
10 PM This Is Your Life
10:30 Twenty-One
11 PM News
11:15 Weather
11:20 Sports
11:30 Tonight--Steve Allen
12:30 News Final

WNAO Ch. 28 Raleigh (CBS)

7 PM Highway Patrol
7:30 Variety (local)
8 PM Arthur Godfrey And His Friends
9 PM Millionaire
9:30 I've Got A Secret
10 PM U.S. Steel Hour
11 PM News
11:15 Movietime
 
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