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Retro: North Carolina Saturday, December 18, 1971

From TV Guide, North Carolina Edition:

WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro (CBS)

7 AM Sunrise Semester: "Classical Mythology"
7:30 Tom And Jerry (delay from Sun 9 AM)
8 AM Bugs Bunny
8:30 Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
9 AM Harlem Globetrotters (animated)
9:30 Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch!
10 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
10:30 Archie's TV Funnies
11 AM Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
11:30 Josie And The Pussycats
12 N Monkees
12:30 You Are There (new version of the classic '50s
series which presents historical events as breaking
news stories--Walter Cronkite returns as anchor,
but this version is aimed more at young people)
1 PM Sun Bowl: Iowa State-LSU
3:45 The NFL Today (time approximate)
4 PM NFL Football: Cardinals-Cowboys
7 PM Hee Haw (guests: George Lindsey, not yet a regular,
and singer Kenni Huskey, time approximate)
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9 PM The New Dick Van Dyke Show (Dick is Phoenix talk-show
host Dick Preston--he was living in the Phoenix area at
the time and filmed his show there; he also had some real-life
talk-show experience, having hosted a show in Atlanta in the
'50s)
9:30 Arnie (Herschel Bernardi)
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "Meet Danny Wilson" (Frank Sinatra, from '51, when
his career was at a low point)

WUND Ch. 2 Columbia/Edenton, NC; WUNC Ch. 4 Chapel Hill; WUNJ
Ch. 39 Wilmington, NC; WUNG Ch. 58 Concord, NC (PBS)
off air on Saturday

WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS)

7 AM Casper
8 AM Bugs Bunny
8:30 Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
9 AM Harlem Globetrotters
9:30 Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch!
10 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
10:30 Archie's TV Funnies
11 AM Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
11:30 Josie And The Pussycats
12 N Monkees
12:30 You Are There
1 PM Sun Bowl: Iowa State-LSU
3:45 The NFL Today (time approximate)
4 PM NFL Football: Cardinals-Cowboys
7 PM The Scene Tonight (time approximate)
7:30 Tommy Faile (local country-music show)
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9 PM The New Dick Van Dyke Show
9:30 Arnie
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "Houdini" (Tony Curtis as the escape artist)

WWAY Ch. 3 Wilmington, NC (ABC/NBC)

7 AM Cartoons
7:30 Reluctant Dragon And Mr. Toad (delay from Sun 10 AM)
8 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
8:30 Road Runner
9 AM Funky Phantom
9:30 Jackson Five
10 AM Bewitched
10:30 Lidsville
11 AM Curiosity Shop (topic: measuring)
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
1 PM American Bandstand (guest Holly Sherwood sings
"Day By Day")
1:30 TBA
2 PM Movie: "Sands Of Iwo Jima"
4 PM Untamed World
4:30 Sports Challenge (basketball's Bill Russell, John Havlicek,
and Red Auerbach vs. NFL Hall of Famers Sid Luckman,
Elroy Hirsch, and Bobby Layne)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports (the Tournament of Thrills Auto
Crash Championship, the U.S. Open Pocket Billiards Championship)
6:30 That Good Ole Nashville Music (Sammi Smith, Grandpa Jones, Tommy
Overstreet, George Morgan)
7 PM Hee Haw (Susan Raye, Buddy Alan--Buck Owens' son)
8 PM Getting Together (Bobby Sherman)
8:30 ABC Movie: "What's A Nice Girl Like You...?" (Brenda Vaccaro as
the target of kidnappers)
10 PM The Persuaders (Tony Curtis, Roger Moore)
11 PM ABC News (Sam Donaldson)
11:15 Blue Boys (music, probably either country or gospel)
11:45 Movie: "The War Lord"

WRAL Ch. 5 Raleigh (ABC)

6:30 Cartoons
7 AM Movie: "The Beast With Five Fingers"
8:30 Road Runner
9 AM Funky Phantom
9:30 Jackson Five
10 AM Bewitched
10:30 Lidsville
11 AM Curiosity Shop
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Teenage Frolics
1 PM American Bandstand
1:30 The Saint
2:30 Star Trek
3:30 Movie: TBA
5 PM Wrestling (from the studio)
6 PM Arthur Smith
6:30 Wilburn Brothers (guest: Tom T. Hall)
7 PM Porter Wagoner (guest: T. Texas Tyler)
7:30 Buck Owens (guests: the Bakersfield Brass, Kenni Huskey--
this is not "Hee Haw")
8 PM Getting Together
8:30 ABC Movie: "What's A Nice Girl Like You...?"
10 PM The Persuaders
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:20 ABC News
11:35 Movie: "Riders Of Vengeance"

WECT Ch. 6 Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS)

7 AM Roy Rogers
8 AM Dr. Dolittle
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Deputy Dawg
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Barrier Reef
10:30 Take A Giant Step (Susan Oliver pilots a small
plane over Los Angeles, then joins the teenage
panel in a discussion about pollution.)
11:30 The Bugaloos
12 N Mr. Wizard (how to make, transmit, and receive codes)
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM Fayetteville Youth Council
1:30 Wilmington Youth Council
2 PM The Messiah (performed by the U.S. Naval Academy Choir
and the Hood College Choir of Frederick, MD)
2:30 Pet Set (guest: Della Reese; obedience-trained poodles and
champion Dalmatians)
3 PM TBA
3:45 The NFL Today
4 PM NFL Football: Cardinals-Cowboys
7 PM Lancer (time approximate)
8 PM The Partners (Don Adams, Rupert Crosse; Jack Webb appears
as a police commissioner)
8:30 The Good Life (Larry Hagman and Donna Mills as a couple working
as servants to tycoon David Wayne)
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Singing Nun" (watch for a brief appearance by
Ed Sullivan, who actually had her on his show in 1963)
11 PM Roller Derby
12 M Movie: "Love Is Better Than Ever"

WITN Ch. 7 Washington, NC (NBC)

7 AM Big Picture
7:30 Across The Fence
8 AM Dr. Dolittle
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Deputy Dawg
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Barrier Reef
10:30 Take A Giant Step
11:30 The Bugaloos
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM Hospitality House (long-running local show)
2 PM Movie: "Desire In The Dust"
4 PM Wackiest Ship In The Army
5 PM Pet Set (Eddie and Edward Albert; a killer whale
and a live alligator are shown on film)
5:30 Bill Anderson
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 NBC News (Garrick Utley)
7 PM Rollin' On The River (guests: Tony Joe White, singer
Julie Amato, comic Billy Van)
7:30 Adam-12 (delay from Wed 8 PM; Ch. 7 ran "The Virginian"
Wednesdays 7-8:30)
8 PM The Partners
8:30 The Good Life
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Singing Nun"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon" (this
one moves Holmes and Watson into World War II)
1 AM Alcoholics Anonymous

WGHP Ch. 8 High Point (ABC)

7:30 Romper Room
8 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
8:30 Road Runner
9 AM Funky Phantom
9:30 Jackson Five
10 AM Bewitched
10:30 Lidsville
11 AM Curiosity Shop
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
1 PM American Bandstand
1:30 TBA
2 PM Reaction (local public-affairs program)
2:30 Christmas Seal Story
3 PM Movie: "Poor Little Rich Girl" (Shirley Temple)
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Wrestling (from the studio)
7:30 Lawrence Welk
8:30 ABC Movie: "What's A Nice Girl Like You...?"
10 PM The Persuaders
11 PM ABC News
11:15 News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "The Hand"

WNCT Ch. 9 Greenville, NC (CBS)

8 AM Bugs Bunny
8:30 Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
9 AM Harlem Globetrotters
9:30 Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch!
10 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
10:30 Archie's TV Funnies
11 AM Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
11:30 Josie And The Pussycats
12 N Monkees
12:30 You Are There
1 PM Sun Bowl: Iowa State-LSU
3:45 The NFL Today (time approximate)
4 PM NFL Football: Cardinals-Cowboys
7 PM Hee Haw (same as Ch. 2, time approximate)
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 Name Of The Game
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Roller Derby
12:30 Movie: "The Loves Of Carmen"

WSOC Ch. 9 Charlotte (NBC)

7 AM Popeye
7:30 Abbott And Costello
8 AM Dr. Dolittle
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Deputy Dawg
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Barrier Reef
10:30 Take A Giant Step
11:30 The Bugaloos
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM Fury
1:30 Sports Challenge
2 PM Movie: "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians"
4 PM Lost In Space
5 PM Rollin' On The River (guest: Karen Black)
5:30 Untamed World
6 PM News, Sports, Weather
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Lawrence Welk
8 PM The Partners
8:30 The Good Life
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Singing Nun"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "The Capetown Affair"

WIS Ch. 10 Columbia, SC (NBC)

6:45 With This Ring
7 AM Agricultural Panorama
7:15 Davey And Goliath
7:30 Mr. Knozit
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Deputy Dawg
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Barrier Reef
10:30 Take A Giant Step
11:30 The Bugaloos
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM Dr. Dolittle
1:30 Get Smart
2 PM Movie: "The President's Lady" (the story of Andrew
and Rachel Jackson's attempt to get married--legally,
she was still married to another man)
4 PM Burke's Law
5 PM Perry Mason
6 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
6:30 NBC News
7 PM News, Sports, Weather
7:30 Children's Special (a boy named Benji is magically taken
to the first Christmas--with the voices of Hans Conried,
Richard Susceno, Don Messick, and Coleen Collins)
8 PM College Basketball: South Carolina-Virginia Tech (this was
South Carolina's first year as an independent; they had been
in the ACC and are now in the SEC)
10 PM Engelbert Humperdinck (guests Gina Lollobrigida, Lou Rawls,
Kaye Ballard, and Roger Whittaker join in a satirical look at
Hollywood, time approximate)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Movie: "Wall Of Noise"
1 AM News
1:05 With This Ring

WTVD Ch. 11 Durham (CBS)

6:30 Sunrise Semester
7 AM Across The Fence
7:30 Now!
8 AM Bugs Bunny
8:30 Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
9 AM Harlem Globetrotters
9:30 Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch!
10 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
10:30 Archie's TV Funnies
11 AM Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
11:30 Josie And The Pussycats
12 N Monkees
12:30 You Are There
1 PM Sun Bowl: Iowa State-LSU
3:45 The NFL Today (time approximate)
4 PM NFL Football: Cardinals-Cowboys
7 PM Hee Haw (same as WWAY, time approximate)
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 Mary Tyler Moore
9 PM The New Dick Van Dyke Show
9:30 Arnie
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "Companions In Nightmare"

WCTI Ch. 12 New Bern (ABC)

7 AM Yogi & Huck
7:15 Telestory
7:30 Gilligan's Island
8 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
8:30 Road Runner
9 AM Funky Phantom
9:30 Jackson Five
10 AM Bewitched
10:30 Lidsville
11 AM Curiosity Shop
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
1 PM American Bandstand
1:30 Movies: "Bad Men Of Missouri," "The Oklahoma
Kid," and "The Magnificent Seven"
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Rod, Reel And Gun
7 PM This Is Tom Jones
8 PM Getting Together
8:30 ABC Movie: "What's A Nice Girl Like You...?"
10 PM The Persuaders
11 PM ABC News
11:15 News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Wrestling (not sure from where, I've often heard
Nashville)
12:30 Movie: "Diary Of A Madman"

WXII Ch. 12 Winston-Salem (NBC)

7 AM Farm Report
7:30 Cartoons
8 AM Dr. Dolittle
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Deputy Dawg
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Barrier Reef
10:30 Take A Giant Step
11:30 The Bugaloos
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM Reflections
1:30 Bob Gordon Theater ("I Spy," "Time Tunnel,"
"Judd For The Defense," movie TBA)
6 PM Joe Caldwell (reviews and previews of Carolina Cougars
games--the Cougars were in the American Basketball
Association)
6:15 Parsons To Persons
6:30 NBC News
7 PM News, Sports, Weather
7:30 Rollin' On The River (same as Ch. 7)
8 PM The Partners
8:30 The Good Life
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Singing Nun"
11 PM News, Sports, Weather
11:15 Movie: "Dakota Incident"

WBTW Ch. 13 Florence, SC (CBS/ABC)

7 AM Cheyenne
8 AM Bugs Bunny
8:30 Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
9 AM Harlem Globetrotters
9:30 Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch!
10 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
10:30 Archie's TV Funnies
11 AM Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
11:30 Josie And The Pussycats
12 N Wrestling (probably from Charlotte, since WBTV
was Ch. 13's sister station at the time)
1 PM Sun Bowl: Iowa State-LSU
3:45 The NFL Today (time approximate)
4 PM NFL Football: Cardinals-Cowboys
7 PM CBS News (Roger Mudd) (this is what is listed but
seems unlikely)
7:30 Southeast Almanac
8 PM All In The Family
8:30 ABC Movie: "What's A Nice Girl Like You...?"
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM ABC News
11:15 News, Sports, Weather
11:30 Movie: "A Man Called Adam" (Sammy Davis Jr. as a jazz
musician confronting racial prejudice--Rat Pack pals Frank
Sinatra and Peter Lawford also appear, from '66. Ch. 13 aired
its own movie on Thursdays, so this may have been CBS's
Thursday-night movie two nights before.)

WCCB Ch. 18 Charlotte (ABC)

7:30 Agricultural Film
8 AM Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
8:30 Road Runner
9 AM Funky Phantom
9:30 Jackson Five
10 AM Bewitched
10:30 Lidsville
11 AM Curiosity Shop
12 N Jonny Quest
12:30 Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
1 PM American Bandstand
1:30 Movies: "The Fleet's In" and "Kitty"
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 CBS News (pre-empted on WBTV, but this seems
unlikely)
7 PM Victory At Sea
7:30 Silent Service
8 PM Getting Together
8:30 ABC Movie: "What's A Nice Girl Like You...?"
10 PM The Persuaders
11 PM ABC News
11:15 Movie: "The Uninvited"

WRDU (WRDC) Ch. 28 Durham (NBC)

7:55 Conservationist
8 AM Dr. Dolittle
8:30 Woody Woodpecker
9 AM Deputy Dawg
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Barrier Reef
10:30 Take A Giant Step
11:30 The Bugaloos
12 N Mr. Wizard
12:30 Jetsons
1 PM TBA
4 PM Movie: "Trail Street"
6 PM Wrestling (from Tampa)
7 PM NBC News
7:30 World Of Sports Illustrated
8 PM The Partners
8:30 The Good Life
9 PM NBC Movie: "The Singing Nun"
11 PM Movie: "The Mermaids Of Tiburon"

WRET (WCNC) Ch. 36 Charlotte (Ind.)

8:30 Across The Fence
9 AM Movie: "The Giant Behemoth"
10:30 Movie: "The Hypnotic Eye"
12 N Speed Racer
12:30 Spiderman
1 PM Rocket Robin Hood
1:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
2 PM Popeye
2:30 Movie: "The Bride And The Beast"
4 PM One Step Beyond
4:30 Twilight Zone
5 PM Outer Limits (an early appearance by Martin Sheen
in "Nightmare," about a mock war between Earth
and the planet Ebon)
6 PM Roller Game
8 PM Wrestling (from Tampa)
9 PM Movie: "Racing Fever"
11 PM Alfred Hitchcock Presents (guest star is Dick Van Dyke)
11:30 Movie: "She Gods Of Shark Reef"

WTVI Ch. 42 Charlotte (PBS)
off air on Saturday
 
bpatrick said:
WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS)

7:30 Tommy Faile (local country-music show)

WRAL Ch. 5 Raleigh (ABC)

6 PM Arthur Smith

From what I know, bp, Faile was the long-time singer in Arthur Smith's country band for years before he got his own show. The Smith show was mainly seen in the South Atlantic states and could well be considered a regional version of the Nashville-based country music shows. Smith and Faile were both native South Carolinians (who both operated out of Charlotte), according to Wikipedia; Smith was best known for his 1948 instrumental "Guitar Boogie," which, naturally, became the theme of the TV show.
 
bpatrick said:
WIS Ch. 10 Columbia, SC (NBC)
7:30 Children's Special (a boy named Benji is magically taken
to the first Christmas--with the voices of Hans Conried,
Richard Susceno, Don Messick, and Coleen Collins)

The actual name of the animated special was "Christmas Is", which was seen on regular and Christian stations well into the 1980s.
 
I remember Tommy Faile on Arthur Smith's show when I was a kid.
His own show was also seen in Greenville, SC.

I had forgotten the name of the special, "Christmas Is," although I
recognized the story. And yes, it was a holiday staple for years.
 
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