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Retro: North Georgia Friday, October 7, 1977

From TV Guide, North Georgia Edition:

WSB Ch. 2 Atlanta (NBC)

5:50 Today In Forestry
6 AM Herald Of Truth
6:30 Arthur Smith
7 AM Today (Tom Brokaw)
9 AM Hollywood Squares
9:30 Shoot For The Stars
10 AM Sanford And Son
10:30 Today In Georgia
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Knockout (the only game show ever
hosted by "Laugh-In"'s Arte Johnson)
12 N News
12:30 Newlywed Game
1 PM Liars Club
1:30 Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM National League Playoff: Dodgers-Phillies
(Game 3 of the NLCS)
6 PM News (time approximate)
7 PM NBC News (John Chancellor/David Brinkley)
7:30 Gong Show
8 PM American League Playoff: Yankees-Royals
(Game 3 of the ALCS)
NOTE: Yankees beat the Dodgers 4 games to 2 in
the 1977 World Series
11 PM News (time approximate)
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Midnight Special
2:30 News

WRCB Ch. 3 Chattanooga (NBC)

6:25 Romper Room
6:55 News For Little People
7 AM Today
9 AM 700 Club
10 AM Sanford And Son
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Knockout
12 N Adam-12
12:30 Midday Live
1 PM Gong Show
1:30 Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM National League Playoff
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Sandy Duncan Special
8 PM American League Playoff
11 PM News (time approximate)
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Midnight Special

WAGA Ch. 5 Atlanta (CBS)

6:30 Sunrise Semester: "Discipline In
The Classroom"
7 AM CBS News (Hughes Rudd/Lesley Stahl)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Donahue
10 AM Cross-Wits
10:30 Price Is Right
11:30 Love Of Life
11:55 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
12 N News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
1:30 As The World Turns
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM All In The Family
3:30 I Dream Of Jeannie
4 PM Bewitched
4:30 Mike Douglas
6 PM News
7 PM CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7:30 Truth Or Consequences (Bob Hilton)
8 PM Wonder Woman
9 PM CBS Movie: "Escape From Bogen County"
11 PM News
11:30 Second City TV
12 M Movie: "Open Season"
2 AM Name Of The Game
3:30 News

WGTV Ch. 8 Athens/Atlanta (PBS)

In-school programs until

3 PM The Age Of Uncertainty
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Sesame Street
6:30 With It
7 PM Untamed World
7:30 Silent Countdown (about high blood
pressure)
8 PM National Geographic: "Siberia: The
Endless Horizon"
9 PM Canal Zone (life inside the Panama
Canal Zone, sold to Panama in 1978)
12 M Movie: "Second Chorus" (to 1:30)

WTVC Ch. 9 Chattanooga (ABC)

6:25 New Tomorrow
6:30 PTL Club
7:30 Funtime
8 AM Good Morning America (David Hartman)
9 AM Donahue
10 AM Room 222
10:30 Edge Of Night
11 AM Happy Days
11:30 Family Feud
12 N The Better Sex
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM $20,000 Pyramid
2:30 One Life To Live
3:15 General Hospital
4 PM Leave It To Beaver
4:30 Brady Bunch
5 PM My Three Sons
5:30 Andy Griffith
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News (Harry Reasoner/
Barbara Walters)
7 PM Emergency One!
8 PM Donny & Marie
9 PM ABC Movie: "Black Market Babies"
11 PM News
11:30 Baretta
12:40 Ironside (to 1:40)

WXIA Ch. 11 Atlanta (ABC)

6:30 Not For Women Only
7 AM Good Morning America
9 AM $20,000 Pyramid
9:30 The Better Sex (Ch. 11 almost had
to carry this one, since co-host Bill
Anderson is a UGA graduate and grew
up in--I believe--nearby Commerce, GA.)
10 AM Joker's Wild
10:30 Edge Of Night
11 AM Happy Days
11:30 Family Feud
12 N News
12:30 Ryan's Hope
1 PM All My Children
2 PM Hollywood Connection
2:30 One Life To Live
3:15 General Hospital
4 PM Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
5 PM Emergency One!
6 PM News
6:30 ABC News
7 PM Concentration
7:30 To Tell The Truth (Joe Garagiola has
replaced Garry Moore as host by now.)
8 PM Donny & Marie
9 PM ABC Movie: "Black Market Babies"
11 PM News
11:30 Forever Fernwood
12 M Forever Fernwood (the double-episode
setup is due to being pre-empted on
Mondays for football)
12:30 Baretta
1:40 Disco '77

WDEF Ch. 12 Chattanooga (CBS)

5:55 Farm Report
6 AM Sunrise Semester
6:30 Morning Show
8 AM CBS News
9 AM Captain Kangaroo
10 AM Here's Lucy
10:30 Price Is Right
11:30 Love Of Life
11:55 CBS News
12 N News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM Young And The Restless
1:30 As The World Turns
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM All In The Family
3:30 Match Game '77
4 PM Tattletales
4:30 Merv Griffin
5:55 Weather
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM The Rookies
8 PM Wonder Woman
9 PM CBS Movie: "Escape From Bogen
County"
11 PM News
11:30 M*A*S*H
12:05 Kojak (to 1:15)

WMAZ Ch. 13 Macon (CBS)

6:20 News
6:30 Emphasis '77
6:45 Better Living (not to be confused with
WGCL's "Better Atlanta")
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Let's Talk It Over
9:30 Donahue
10:30 Price Is Right
11:30 Love Of Life
11:55 CBS News
12 N Young And The Restless
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
1 PM News
1:15 Date With Del
1:30 As The World Turns
2:30 Guiding Light
3 PM All In The Family
3:30 Match Game '77
4 PM Gilligan's Island
4:30 Gunsmoke
5:30 Adam-12
6 PM News
6:30 CBS News
7 PM Brady Bunch
7:30 Price Is Right (Bob Barker took over
the nighttime hosting chores from
Dennis James this year.)
8 PM Wonder Woman
9 PM CBS Movie: "Escape From Bogen
County"
11 PM News
11:30 M*A*S*H
12:05 Kojak (to 1:15)

WDCO Ch. 15 (WMUM Ch. 29) Cochran/
WCLP (WNGH) Ch. 18 Chatsworth (PBS)

In-school programs until

3 PM Age Of Uncertainty
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Zoom
6:30 Consultation
7 PM Pests, Pesticides And Safety
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8 PM Washington Week In Review
8:30 Wall Street Week
9 PM Canal Zone
sign off 12 M

WTCG (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)

5:15 World At Large
6:10 News
6:30 Romper Room
7 AM Three Stooges/Little Rascals
8 AM Lassie
8:30 Leave It To Beaver
9 AM The Lucy Show
9:30 Love, American Style
10 AM Movie: "A Very Private Affair"
11:55 News
12 N Movie: "Ball Of Fire"
2:25 News
2:30 I Love Lucy
3 PM Flintstones
3:30 The Archies
4 PM New Mickey Mouse Club
4:30 The Monkees
5 PM Gilligan's Island
5:30 Partridge Family
6 PM Andy Griffith
6:30 My Three Sons
7 PM Gomer Pyle, USMC
7:30 Hogan's Heroes
8 PM Night Gallery
8:30 Night Gallery
9 PM Movie: "Dracula's Castle"
11 PM I Love Lucy
11:30 Movie: "The Tingler"
1:20 Movie: "To The Victor"
3:20 News
3:40 Movie: "The Loves Of Edgar
Allan Poe"

WETV (WPBA) Ch. 30 Atlanta (PBS)

9 AM Sesame Street
10 AM In-school programs
2 PM Electric Company
2:30 In-school programs
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Zoom
6:30 As We See It
7 PM Equal Justice Under Law (Aaron Burr's
1807 trial for treason)
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8 PM Anywhat
8:30 Wall Street Week
9 PM Canal Zone
12 M Captioned ABC News

WATL Ch. 36 Atlanta (Ind.)

1:30 PTL Club
2:30 Spotlight
3 PM Kids Show With Otis (don't know
who or what that is)
4 PM Bozo's Big Top
4:30 Kids Show With Otis
5:30 Entertainment Page
6:30 Spotlight
7 PM Classic Country
8 PM Sports With Art Collier
9 PM Montage
10 PM PTL Club
11 PM Roller Derby
12 M Movies: TBA

WCWB (WMGT) Ch. 41 Macon (NBC)

6 AM PTL Club
7 AM Today
9 AM PTL Club continues
10 AM Sanford And Son
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11 AM Wheel Of Fortune
11:30 Knockout
12 N To Say The Least
12:30 Chico And The Man
1 PM News
1:15 Noon Over Middle Georgia
1:30 Days Of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM National League Play-Off
6 PM News (time approximate)
6:30 NBC News
7 PM Emergency One!
8 PM American League Play-Off
11 PM I Dream Of Jeannie (time approximate)
11:30 Tonight Show
1 AM Midnight Special

WTCI Ch. 45 Chattanooga (PBS)

In-school programs until

3:30 Lilias, Yoga And You
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Electric Company
6 PM Zoom
6:30 As We See It
7 PM Cookin' Cajun (Justin Wilson)
7:30 MacNeil/Lehrer Report
8 PM Washington Week In Review
8:30 Wall Street Week
9 PM Canal Zone
sign off 12 M

WANX (WGCL) Ch. 46 Atlanta (Ind.)

5:40 News
6 AM Ross Bagley
7 AM Mighty Mouse
7:30 Heckle And Jeckle
8 AM Deputy Dawg
8:30 Batman (Adam West)
9 AM Flipper
9:30 Life Of Riley (William Bendix)
10 AM 700 Club
11:30 The Bible With Pat Robertson
12 N God Of Our Fathers
12:30 McHale's Navy
1 PM Mister Ed
1:30 Dennis The Menace
2 PM Huck And Yogi
2:30 Popeye And Porky Hour
3:30 Fred Flintstone & Friends
4 PM Josie And The Brady Kids
4:30 Star Trek/Super Heroes (Star Trek
is animated)
5 PM Jackson 5 & Friends (wonder how
much this show would be worth now?)
5:30 Brady Bunch
6 PM Dick Van Dyke
6:30 Sgt. Bilko (Phil Silvers)
7 PM Bonanza
8 PM Big Valley
9 PM 700 Club
10:30 The Bible With Pat Robertson
11 PM Living Word
11:30 NFL Game Of The Week
12 M Journey To Adventure (Best Of Groucho
airs here Mon-Thu)
12:30 You'll Love It (religious)
1 AM News

WRIP (WDSI) Ch. 61 Chattanooga (Ind.)

1 PM Faith For Miracles
2 PM Movie: TBA
3 PM Cartoons
3:30 Bozo's Big Top
4 PM Jonny Quest
4:30 Mike Douglas
6 PM This Week In Baseball
6:30 Animal World
7 PM Tell It And Sell It
8 PM Prayer Time
9 PM Showers Of Blessings
10 PM Cartoons
10:30 Outdoors With Ken Callaway
11 PM Faith For Miracles
sign off 12 M
 
Okay, now this is really strange for the era...

WRIP (WDSI) Ch. 61 Chattanooga (Ind.)

10 PM Cartoons

In an era when cartoons were generally treated as only being for kids, I wonder how many children were up at 10 PM to watch these?
 
I have never understood that station's programming
in the '70s; must have been lack of anything else to
put in that slot. Now I can see where Bugs Bunny
would attract an adult audience but at 10 PM? I
doubt it, seriously. If anyone from Chattanooga
posts on this board, tell us: was this a shoestring
operation? Sure sounds like one.
 
TexasTom said:
Okay, now this is really strange for the era...

WRIP (WDSI) Ch. 61 Chattanooga (Ind.)

10 PM Cartoons

In an era when cartoons were generally treated as only being for kids, I wonder how many children were up at 10 PM to watch these?
...in 1971-72, KFIZ-TV/34 Fond du Lac WI did the same thing with Mr. Magoo cartoons at 10:00. Their reason was that they directly rebroadcast WVTV/18 Milwaukee's airings of CBS' Merv Griffin Show (both WISN-TV/12 and WBAY-TV/2, the Milwaukee and Green Bay primary CBS affiliates at the time, rejected that show at the time) but WVTV always ran Griffin on a one-day delay and started it circa 10:15 rather than 10:30. So KFIZ-TV ran a couple of Magoos and an ad or PSA or two, waiting for WVTV to roll their tape...
 
That makes some sense, a 15-minute filler. But Ch. 61
wasn't waiting for a network feed or getting ready to air
a delayed telecast of a network show pre-empted on either
Ch. 3, 9, or 12. I guess the only answer is they had an open
spot they couldn't sell to some televangelist (since paid religion
seemed to make up the bulk of their primetime in those days),
and had nothing else to put on.
 
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