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Retro: North Carolina Thursday, January 31, 1957

Departing from my usual "on this day" custom because I
don't often get retros this old. From TV Guide, North
Carolina Edition:

WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro (CBS/ABC)

7 AM Good Morning! (not the station's "Good Morning Show,"
which debuted in December 1957, but the CBS show
with Will Rogers Jr.)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Devotions
9:15 Second Breakfast (local, Carroll Stoker is hostess)
9:30 Edge Of Night (delay from 4:30 PM--I can't help but think
of Atlanta's Ch. 2, WSB, running this from the time it got
ABC in 1980 to the show's demise in 1984--at 9:30 AM)
10 AM Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey Time
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N RFD Piedmont
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM What's Cooking Today? (another Triad icon, Cordelia Kelly--
this show would soon move to 9:30 AM and "Edge Of Night"
begin running in pattern)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Our Miss Brooks
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (he plays "What's In The House?" today)
3 PM TV Matinee (pre-empts "The Big Payoff" on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
and will later do the same to reruns of "The Millionaire")
3:30 Bob Crosby
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Old Rebel And Pecos Pete
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club (ABC)
6 PM Wild Bill Hickok
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Amos 'n' Andy
7:30 Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon
8 PM Bob Cummings
8:30 Climax!: "The Trouble At Number 5"
9:30 Playhouse 90: "The Greer Case," with Melvyn
Douglas and Zsa Zsa Gabor
11 PM Weather
11:05 Sports And News
11:20 Movie: "Heart Of The Matter"

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

7 AM Good Morning!
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
8:55 Rise And Shine
9 AM Movie: "Shadows Over Shanghai"
10 AM Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey Time
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N Valiant Lady
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Betty Feezor
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Spectrum (COLOR)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Harvesters Quartet (pre-empts "The Big Payoff"
on Thursdays)
3:30 Bob Crosby
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Looneytune Jamboree
5:15 Mr. Mountain (kids' show)
5:30 Lone Ranger (still on ABC, delay from 7:30)
6 PM Community Affair
6:15 TBA
6:30 News
6:45 Weather
6:50 Frankie Laine
7:05 Spannorama
7:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
7:30 Arthur Smith
8 PM Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal
8:30 Climax!
9:30 Carolina Hour (Charlotte Symphony Orchestra)
10 PM Frontier (don't know if these are new syndicated episodes
or reruns of the 1955-56 NBC series)
10:30 On Trial (NBC, delay from Fri 9 PM)
11 PM Weather
11:05 News
11:15 Sports (Charlotte wrestling announcer Big Bill Ward)
11:25 Movie: "Lost Honeymoon"

WFBC (WYFF) Ch. 4 Greenville, SC (NBC)

7 AM Today (Dave Garroway)
9 AM Star Performance
9:30 Stu Erwin
10 AM Home (Arlene Francis)
11 AM Price Is Right (Bill Cullen)
11:30 Truth Or Consequences (Bob Barker)
12 N Tic Tac Dough (Jack Barry)
12:30 It Could Be You (Bill Leyden)
1 PM Movie: "Reckless Moment"
2:05 News, Devotions
2:15 Gene Wardell
2:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
3 PM Matinee Theater (COLOR)
4 PM Queen For A Day
4:45 Modern Romances
5 PM It's A Great Life
5:30 Steve Donovan, U.S. Marshal
6 PM Jungle Jim
6:30 News
7 PM Highway Patrol
7:30 Dinah Shore
7:45 NBC News (Chet Huntley)
8 PM Groucho Marx (You Bet Your Life)
8:30 Dragnet
9 PM People's Choice
9:30 The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie
Ford
10 PM Lux Video Theater (COLOR): "One Sunday
Afternoon," with Gordon and Sheila MacRae
11 PM Weather
11:05 Sports And News
11:30 Tonight (the ill-fated "Today" clone "Tonight:
America After Dark" with Jack Lescoulie)

WUNC Ch. 4 Chapel Hill (Educational)

1 PM Today On The Farm
1:30 Music In View
2 PM Facts On Medicine
2:30 Sign off until 6 PM
6 PM Magic Lantern
6:15 Sports Clinic
6:30 News
7 PM Over The Garden Wall
7:15 Bible Course
8 PM Home-School Sanitation
8:45 State Government
9:30 Lecture Hall
10 PM News, Weather, Sports

WRAL Ch. 5 Raleigh (NBC)

10 AM Home
11 AM Price Is Right
11:30 Truth Or Consequences
12 N Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1 PM Today On The Farm
1:30 My Little Margie
2 PM Stu Erwin
2:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
3 PM Matinee Theater (COLOR)
4 PM Queen For A Day
4:45 Modern Romances
5 PM It's A Great Life
5:30 Popeye
6:30 News
7 PM Crunch And Des
7:30 Dinah Shore
7:45 NBC News
8 PM Groucho Marx
8:30 Dragnet
9 PM People's Choice
9:30 The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie
Ford
10 PM Lux Video Theater (COLOR)
11 PM Weather
11:05 News

WITN Ch. 7 Washington, NC (NBC)

7 AM Today
9 AM Movie: "The Devil Pays Off"
10 AM Home
11 AM Price Is Right
11:30 Truth Or Consequences
12 N News And Weather
12:15 Farm Front
12:30 It Could Be You
1 PM Visiting With Hilda
2 PM Playhouse (with all the "Playhouse" and
"Theater" shows of the era, there's no
telling what this is)
2:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
3 PM Matinee Theater (COLOR)
4 PM Queen For A Day
4:45 Modern Romances
5 PM It's A Great Life
5:30 Gene Autry
6 PM News, Weather, Sports
6:30 Sportsman's Almanac
7 PM Soldiers Of Fortune
7:30 Life Of Riley (delay from Fri 8:30)
8 PM Groucho Marx
8:30 Dragnet
9 PM People's Choice
9:30 The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie
Ford
10 PM Lux Video Theater (COLOR)
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "The Wrong Road"

WSPA Ch. 7 Spartanburg, SC (CBS)

9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Mike Hunnicutt
10:30 Arthur Godfrey Time
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N Carolina Farmer (Cliff Gray)
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
1:10 Stand Up And Be Counted
1:30 Jane Dalton
2 PM Our Miss Brooks
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Bob Crosby
3:45 Mike Hunnicutt
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Movie: "Wild Horse" (WSPA called their daily
Western movie "Stagecoach West," more than
three years before ABC had a primetime Western
with that name.)
6 PM Settin' Room
6:15 Front Office
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Lone Ranger (ABC, pre-empted on Ch. 13, just as
it aired in Atlanta on then-NBC affiliate WSB/2 instead
of ABC affiliate WLW-A (WXIA)/11.)
7:30 Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon
8 PM Bob Cummings
8:30 Climax!
9:30 Playhouse 90
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Honolulu Lu"

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

6:30 RFD 9
7 AM Good Morning!
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
9:45 Shoppers' Guide
10:15 Garry Moore
10:30 Arthur Godfrey Time
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N Farm News
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM News (W.E. Debnam, another legend in
these parts)
1:15 Luncheonaires
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Theater (again, no idea what)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Art Appreciation
4 PM Brighter Day
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Vespers
5:15 Cartoon Carnival
5:30 Little Rascals
6 PM Jungle Jim
6:30 News
6:45 Meet A Farmer
6:55 Riders Of The Purple Sage
7 PM Statesmen Quartet
7:15 Douglas Edwards With The News
7:30 Lone Ranger (ABC)
8 PM Bob Cummings
8:30 Climax!
9:30 Playhouse 90
11 PM Weather
11:05 News
11:15 Movie: "Lovable Cheat"

WTVD Ch. 11 Durham (ABC)

2 PM TV Theater
2:30 Frankie Laine
3 PM Afternoon Film Festival: "Penny Princess"
(all these movies were from England)
4:30 Afternoon
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club
6 PM Lone Ranger
6:30 News
6:45 All Star Theater
7:15 John Daly And The News
7:30 Death Valley Days
8 PM Circus Time (Paul Winchell)
9 PM Wire Service
10 PM Ozark Jubilee
10:30 Boston Blackie
11 PM Weather
11:05 News

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

7 AM Today
9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Home
11 AM Price Is Right
11:30 Truth Or Consequences
12 N Tic Tac Dough
12:30 It Could Be You
1 PM Today On The Farm
1:30 The Fraziers (religion)
1:45 This Afternoon (long-running show that
later aired at 1 PM)
2:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford
3 PM Matinee Theater (COLOR)
4 PM Queen For A Day
4:45 Modern Romances
5 PM It's A Great Life
5:30 Jolly Junction
6 PM Lone Ranger (ABC)
6:30 News
6:45 Weather
6:55 Stock Market Report
7 PM Highway Patrol
7:30 Dinah Shore
7:45 NBC News
8 PM Groucho Marx
8:30 Dragnet
9 PM People's Choice
9:30 The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie
Ford
10 PM Lux Video Theater (COLOR)
11 PM News
11:15 Tonight: America After Dark

WLOS Ch. 13 Asheville, NC (ABC)

7 AM Farmer Russ
8:30 Cartoon Capers
9:30 Movie: "The Guilty"
11:30 New Horizons
12 N News And Weather
12:10 Market Report
12:15 Movie: "Blonde For A Day"
1 PM Movie: "They Made Me A Spy"
2:15 Gene Wardell (no idea why this aired on two
stations in the market)
2:30 Christophers
3 PM Afternoon Film Festival
4:30 Tot Town
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club
6 PM Looney Tunes
6:30 Cisco Kid
7 PM News And Weather
7:15 John Daly And The News
7:30 Steve Donovan
8 PM Jamboree
8:30 Dr. Christian
9 PM Wire Service
10 PM Air Time
10:30 Mr. And Mrs. North
11 PM Weather
11:05 News
11:10 Movie: "Vacation In Reno"

WTOB (now PBS affiliate WUNL) Ch. 26 Winston-Salem (ABC)

1 PM Film Shorts
3 PM Afternoon Film Festival
4:30 Featurette
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club (aired on two stations in the market
because of Ch. 26's limited reach into Greensboro)
6 PM Showcase
7 PM Kukla, Fran And Ollie
7:15 John Daly And The News
7:30 Gospel Sing
8 PM Circus Time
9 PM Wire Service
10 PM Ozark Jubilee
10:30 Transition
10:45 News And Weather

WNAO (WRDC) Ch. 28 Raleigh (CBS/ABC)

6:45 Morning Almanac
7 AM Good Morning!
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Romper Room
10 AM Garry Moore
10:15 TV Parade
11:30 Strike It Rich
12 N TV Parade
12:15 Love Of Life
12:30 Faith For Today
1 PM CBS News
1:10 Stand Up And Be Counted
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Our Miss Brooks
2:30 Afternoon Varieties
3 PM Big Payoff
3:30 Afternoon Varieties
4 PM TV Topics
4:15 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge Of Night
5 PM Kiddie Kapers
6 PM TV Reader's Digest
6:30 News
6:45 Douglas Edwards With The News
7 PM Code Three
7:30 Passport To Danger
8 PM Bob Cummings
8:30 Climax!
9:30 Playhouse 90
11 PM News
11:15 Movie: "Melody Cruise"

WAIM (WMYA) Ch. 40 Anderson, SC (ABC/CBS)

3 PM Afternoon Film Festival
4:30 Anderson On Parade
5 PM Mickey Mouse Club
6 PM Cartoon Carnival
6:30 Ozark Jubilee
7 PM Weather, News, Sports
7:15 John Daly And The News
7:30 Lone Ranger
8 PM It's Your Life (religion)
8:30 John Townsend (local music show)
8:45 County Agent
9 PM Wire Service
10 PM Air Time
10:30 Bold Journey (delay from Mon 7:30)
11 PM Sherlock Holmes
 
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