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Retro: North Carolina Saturday, July 3, 1976

Day 1 of two days of Bicentennial coverage. From
TV Guide, North Carolina Edition:

WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro (CBS)

7:30 Hot Dog
8 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
9:30 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
10 AM Shazam!/Isis
11 AM Far Out Space Nuts
11:30 American Bicentennial Grand
Parade (Johnny Cash is grand
marshal, from Washington)
1:30 Freedom Is (time approximate)
2 PM Southern Sportsman
2:30 Dragnet
3 PM Movie: "Man In The Middle"
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News (Dan Rather)
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM The Jeffersons
8:30 Doc
9 PM Mary Tyler Moore
9:30 Bob Newhart
10 PM Dinah And Her New Best Friends
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "Death Of A Gunfighter"

E (WUND/2 Columbia; WUNC/4 Chapel Hill;
WUNK/25 Greenville; WUNL/26 Winston-Salem;
WUNJ/39 Wilmington; WUNG/58 Concord)

7 PM Erica (needlework)
7:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
8 PM Crockett's Victory Garden
8:30 Testament Of Freedom
9 PM Olympiad
10 PM Mark Of Jazz
10:30 In Performance At Wolf Trap (live
Bicentennial concert)

WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS)

6:30 Summer Semester: "Transformation
Of American Society"
7 AM Treehouse Club
7:30 Hot Fudge
8 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
9:30 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
10 AM Shazam!/Isis
11 AM Far Out Space Nuts
11:30 American Bicentennial Grand Parade
1:30 Movie: "Silver On The Sage" (time approximate)
3 PM Pop! Goes The Country
3:30 Wrestling
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Lawrence Welk (his Bicentennial show, the
highest rating he ever got)
8 PM The Jeffersons
8:30 Doc
9 PM Mary Tyler Moore
9:30 Bob Newhart
10 PM Dinah And Her New Best Friends
11 PM News
11:30 Movie: "The Group"
1:30 With This Ring

WWAY Ch. 3 Wilmington (ABC)

7 AM These Are The Days
7:30 Make A Wish
8 AM Hong Kong Phooey
8:30 Tom And Jerry/Grape Ape
9:30 Adventures Of Gilligan (animated)
10 AM Super Friends
11 AM Speed Buggy
11:30 Oddball Couple
12 N Lost Saucer
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 James Franciscus' Water World
2 PM Movie: "Sword Of Sherwood Forest"
3:30 Movie: "The Man Called Flintstone"
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 ABC News (Ted Koppel)
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM ABC Movie: "Huckleberry Finn"
(played by Ron Howard)
9:30 ABC Movie: "The Man Without
A Country"
11 PM ABC News
11:15 That Good Ole Nashville Music
11:45 Wrestling

WRAL Ch. 5 Raleigh (ABC)

7 AM Cartoon Festival
7:30 Make A Wish
8 AM Hong Kong Phooey
8:30 Tom And Jerry/Grape Ape
9:30 Adventures Of Gilligan
10 AM Super Friends
11 AM Speed Buggy
11:30 Oddball Couple
12 N Teenage Frolics
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 David Niven's World
2 PM Dimensions 5
2:30 State Capital Show
3 PM Freedom Is
3:30 World Invitational Tennis Classic:
Rod Laver vs. Ilie Nastase
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Harambee
7 PM Freedom Celebration
8 PM ABC Movie: "Huckleberry Finn"
9:30 ABC Movie: "The Man Without
A Country"
11 PM News
11:30 Wrestling
12:30 Arthur Smith
1 AM Pop! Goes The Country
1:30 ABC News

WECT Ch. 6 Wilmington (NBC)

7 AM Gentle Ben
7:30 Big Blue Marble
8 AM Emergency +4
8:30 Josie And The Pussycats
9 AM Secret Lives Of Waldo Kitty
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Land Of The Lost
10:30 Run, Joe, Run
11 AM Return To The Planet Of The
Apes
11:30 Soul Train
12:30 Wimbledon: Women's Singles
Final
2 PM Baseball: Phillies-Pirates
5 PM Wimbledon: Men's Singles Final
6:30 NBC News (Tom Brokaw)
7 PM Wild Kingdom
7:30 Family Affair
8 PM Freedom Celebration
9 PM Inventing Of America
11 PM Movie: "The Hunchback Of Notre
Dame"

WITN Ch. 7 Washington, NC (NBC)

7 AM Across The Fence
7:30 Treehouse Club
8 AM Emergency +4
8:30 Josie And The Pussycats
9 AM Secret Lives Of Waldo Kitty
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Land Of The Lost
10:30 Run, Joe, Run
11 AM Return To The Planet Of The Apes
11:30 Westwind
12 N Jetsons
12:30 Wimbledon: Women's Singles Final
2 PM Baseball: Phillies-Pirates
5 PM Wimbledon: Men's Singles Final
(time approximate)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Lawrence Welk
8 PM Emergency!
9 PM Inventing Of America
11 PM News
11:30 Weekend
1 AM Movie: "Road To Bali"
3 AM Movie: "Son Of Paleface"
5 AM Movie (title not given)

WGHP Ch. 8 High Point (ABC)

7 AM Lost Saucer
7:30 Mayberry R.F.D.
8 AM Hong Kong Phooey
8:30 Tom And Jerry/Grape Ape
9:30 Adventures Of Gilligan
10 AM Super Friends
11 AM Speed Buggy
11:30 Oddball Couple
12 N Hot Fudge
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Soul Train
2:30 Movie: "Red Mountain"
4 PM Wrestling
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Wonderful World Of Magic
7 PM Let's Make A Deal
7:30 North Carolina Heritage
8 PM ABC Movie: "Huckleberry Finn"
9:30 ABC Movie: "The Man Without
A Country"
11 PM News
11:20 ABC News
11:35 Movie: "Zombies Of Mora Tau"
1:05 Movie: "Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers"
2:35 Help Yourself

WNCT Ch. 9 Greenville, NC (CBS)

8 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
9:30 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
10 AM Shazam!/Isis
11 AM Far Out Space Nuts
11:30 Ghost Busters (animated and not
related to the movie "Ghostbusters")
12 N Valley Of The Dinosaurs
12:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
1 PM CBS Children's Film Festival: "Where's
Johnny?" (1974, from England)
2 PM Big Valley
3 PM Mod Squad
4 PM Arthur Smith
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
6 PM Porter Wagoner
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM The Jeffersons
8:30 Doc
9 PM Mary Tyler Moore
9:30 Bob Newhart
10 PM Dinah And Her New Best Friends
11 PM News
11:30 Wrestling
12:30 Untouchables

WSOC Ch. 9 Charlotte (NBC)

7 AM Vegetable Soup
7:30 Big Blue Marble
8 AM Emergency +4
8:30 Josie And The Pussycats
9 AM Secret Lives Of Waldo Kitty
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Land Of The Lost
10:30 World Of Survival
11 AM Eyewitness Report To The
Carolinas
11:30 Arthur Smith
12 N Sportsman's Friend
12:30 Wimbledon: Women's Singles Final
2 PM Baseball: Phillies-Pirates
5 PM Wimbledon: Men's Singles Final
(time approximate)
6:30 Eyewitness Magazine
7 PM Space: 1999
8 PM Sounds Of America
9 PM Inventing Of America
11 PM News
11:30 Weekend

WIS Ch. 10 Columbia, SC (NBC)

6:45 Viewpoint On Nutrition
7:15 Davey And Goliath
7:30 Mr. Knozit
8:30 Josie And The Pussycats
9 AM Secret Lives Of Waldo Kitty
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Land Of The Lost
10:30 Run, Joe, Run
11 AM Return To The Planet Of The
Apes
11:30 Westwind
12 N Jetsons
12:30 Wimbledon: Women's Singles Final
2 PM Baseball: Phillies-Pirates
5 PM Wimbledon: Men's Singles Final
(Time approximate)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Great American Celebration (12-hour
event with Ed McMahon, Jackie Cooper,
Mike Douglas, Roger Miller) (news interrupts
the show at 11 PM)

WTVD Ch. 11 Durham (CBS)

6 AM Now
6:30 Summer Semester
7 AM That Girl
7:30 Let's Look At...
8 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
9:30 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
10 AM Shazam!/Isis
11 AM Far Out Space Nuts
11:30 American Bicentennial Grand Parade
1:30 Soul Train (time approximate)
2:30 That Good Ole Nashville Music
3 PM Wrestling (this may have been IWA,
since Ch. 11 carried it)
4 PM Baseball: Braves-Giants
6:30 CBS News (time approximate)
7 PM Great American Celebration (to 7 AM)

WCTI Ch. 12 New Bern (ABC)

7:45 Telestory
8 AM Hong Kong Phooey
8:30 Tom And Jerry/Grape Ape
9:30 Adventures Of Gilligan
10 AM Super Friends
11 AM Speed Buggy
11:30 Oddball Couple
12 N Lost Saucer
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Soul Train
2:30 Nashville On The Road
3 PM Movie: "Journey To Shiloh"
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 Freedom 2000 (animated look at
the history of American business)
7 PM Wrestling
8 PM Freedom Celebration
9 PM Will C.'s Red, White And Blue Eye
Night
9:30 Movie: "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
12 M Movie: "The Gallant Hours"
2 AM Movie: "Adventures Of Mark Twain"
4:30 Movie: "Knute Rockne--All American"

WXII Ch. 12 Winston-Salem (NBC)

7 AM Vegetable Soup
7:30 Big Blue Marble
8 AM Emergency +4
8:30 Josie And The Pussycats
9 AM Secret Lives Of Waldo Kitty
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Land Of The Lost
10:30 Run, Joe, Run
11 AM Return To The Planet Of The Apes
11:30 Westwind
12 N Scrunch
12:30 Wimbledon: Women's Singles Final
2 PM Baseball: Phillies-Pirates
5 PM Wimbledon: Men's Singles Final
(Time approximate)
6:30 News
7 PM Campaign '76
7:30 Shades Of Ebony
8 PM Emergency!
9 PM Inventing Of America
11 PM News
11:30 Weekend
1 AM Wrestling

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

7:30 Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn
Machine
8 AM Pebbles And Bamm Bamm
8:30 Bugs Bunny/Road Runner
9:30 Batman (Adam West)
10 AM Shazam!/Isis
11 AM Far Out Space Nuts
11:30 Ghost Busters
12 N Valley Of The Dinosaurs
12:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
1 PM CBS Children's Film Festival
2 PM Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
2:30 Arthur Smith
3 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
3:30 Wrestling
4:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
6 PM Happy Days
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Hee Haw
8 PM The Jeffersons
8:30 Doc
9 PM Mary Tyler Moore
9:30 Bob Newhart
10 PM Dinah And Her New Best Friends
11 PM Ralph Anderson (public affairs)
11:30 Mannix
12:40 The Magician
(the last two are delayed from Thursday's
ABC Wide World Of Entertainment)

WCCB Ch. 18 Charlotte (ABC)

8 AM Hong Kong Phooey
8:30 Tom And Jerry/Grape Ape
9:30 Adventures Of Gilligan
10 AM Super Friends
11 AM Speed Buggy
11:30 Oddball Couple
12 N Lost Saucer
12:30 American Bandstand
1:30 Supersonic
2 PM Soul Train
3 PM Greatest Sports Legends
3:30 James Franciscus' Water World
4 PM Wrestling
5 PM Wide World Of Sports
6:30 ABC News
7 PM Great American Celebration (to 7 AM)

WRDU (WRDC) Ch. 28 Durham (NBC)

8 AM Emergency +4
8:30 Josie And The Pussycats
9 AM Secret Lives Of Waldo Kitty
9:30 Pink Panther
10 AM Land Of The Lost
10:30 Run, Joe, Run
11 AM Return To The Planet Of The Apes
11:30 Westwind
12 N Jetsons
12:30 Wimbledon: Women's Singles Final
2 PM Baseball: Phillies-Pirates
5 PM Wimbledon: Men's Singles Final
(Time approximate)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Wrestling (I remember only Florida
wrestling on Ch. 28)
8 PM Emergency!
9 PM Inventing Of America
11 PM Greatest Sports Legends
11:30 Weekend
1 AM Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

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

7 AM Your Future Is Now
7:30 Across The Fence
8 AM Friends Of Man
8:30 American Angler
9 AM Speed Racer
9:30 Three Stooges And Pals
10:30 Nashville On The Road
11 AM Movie: "Trouble Along The Way"
1 PM Movie: "The Corsican Brothers"
3 PM Star Trek
4 PM Baseball: Braves-Giants
6:30 Champions (sports show, time approximate)
7:30 Wrestling
8:30 Tommy Faile And Ken Linker (local country-
music show)
9 PM Buck Owens
9:30 Nashville On The Road
10 PM Happy Place
10:30 Wilburn Brothers
11 PM Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

WTVI Ch. 42 Charlotte (PBS)

8 AM Sesame Street
9 AM Electric Company
9:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
10 AM Sesame Street
11 AM Electric Company
11:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
12 N Zoom
12:30 Crockett's Victory Garden
off air 1-6 PM
6 PM Book Beat
6:30 Black Perspective On The News
7 PM Consumer Survival Kit
7:30 Evening At Symphony
9 PM Shadow Catcher (photographer Edward
S. Curtis, whose specialty was Native
Americans)
10:30 In Performance At Wolf Trap
 
With, apparently, much of the Tar Heel state watching, the Phils pulled it out in the 9th, 3-2. See the boxscore at http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT197607030.shtml .

It was my father's 39th birthday. I watched it with him at my aunt's in Chester, PA, a Philadelphia suburb. Only we watched it (with the Phillies' announcers) on WPHL-17 because of NBC's GOTW blackout policy, which affected both the home and visiting markets, which NBC fed an alternate game. Wonder what KYW-3's game was that last day of America's second century? ??? ;D

ixnay
 
bpatrick said:
Emergency +4
Oddball Couple

I'd like to think that these aren't cartoon spinoffs of "Emergency" and "The Oddball Couple", but they probably are...

And this:

bpatrick said:
7:30 Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn
Machine

I don't even wanna know what this is...
 
"Emergency +4" and "The Oddball Couple" were
indeed cartoon spinoffs of "Emergency!" and "The
Odd Couple," respectively. "The Oddball Couple"
was about a neat-freak cat named Spiffy (voice
by Frank Nelson) and a sloppy dog named Fleabag
(voice by Paul Winchell), and like Felix and Oscar
they were roommates.

"The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine" was
a live-action kid-oriented variety show, not to be
confused with their animated show of the early '70s.
 
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