TV Guide, Northern Alabama edition--cover, cast of "Mission Impossible": Greg Morris, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, Lynda Day George
NOTE: Listings are through 6 p.m. Channels in parentheses were originally designated by black bullets; those in brackets by white.
Birmingham, Alabama:
(6) WBRC (ABC)--now FOX affiliate
(10) WBIQ (PBS)*
(13) WAPI (NBC)--now WVTM
(42) WBMG (CBS)--now WIAT
Huntsville, Alabama:
(19) WHNT (CBS)
(25) WHIQ (PBS)*
(31) WAAY (NBC)--now ABC affiliate
(48) WMSL (ABC)--now WAFF, an NBC affiliate
Anniston, Alabama:
(40) WHMA (CBS)--now WJSU, an ABC affiliate
Cheaha State Park, Alabama:
(7) WCIQ (PBS)*
Florence, Alabama:
(15) WOWL (NBC; CBS secondary)--now WHDF, a CW affiliate
(36) WFIQ (PBS)*
Tuscaloosa, Alabama:
(33) WCFT (CBS)--now ABC affiliate
Nashville, Tennessee:
[4] WSM (NBC)--now WSMV
[5] WLAC (CBS)--now WTVF
[8] WSIX (ABC; CBS secondary)--now WKRN, on channel 2
Columbus, Mississippi:
(4) WCBI (CBS; ABC secondary)
*--translator relay of Alabama Public Television
MORNING
4:25
(6) Social Security (M)///Industry on Parade (Tu)///Americans at Work (W)///Sacred Heart (Th)///Living Word (F)
4:40
(6) Christophers (M)///Religious Town Hall (Tu)///Herald of Truth (W)///Faith for Today (Th)///The Story (F)
5:10
(6) Devotional--local
5:15
(6) Farm Market--Ron Echols, host
(13) Consultation--probably local public affairs (M, Th)///Today's Home (Tu)///Waterways (W)///Shortcuts to Fashion (F)
(19) Crossroads 19--local features
5:35
(6) Country Boy Eddie--Eddie Burns, a guitar picker, presided over this long-running local country-music show until the early 1990s; the program featured numerous antics and even more commercials
5:45
[5] Country Journal--local morning show
(13) Top of the Morning--local
(31) Devotional--local
6:00
[4] Morning Show--Ralph Emery had just returned from a two-year sabbatical from TV; featured a top-flight Music Row studio band and occasional guest country stars
[5] (19) CBS Morning News--John Hart
(31) Cartoons--unspecified
6:30
[5] Nashville Morning
[8] Real McCoys--rerun
(33) Cartoons--unspecified
(40) R.B. Musicmakers--unknown; probably local (M, W)///Ted Allen--unknown (Tu, Th, F)
(48) Film--agriculture
6:45
(42) Focus--local public affairs, hosted by John Jones
6:55
(4) Weather--Dan Holocher, anchor
7:00
(4) (33) (40) (42) CBS Morning News
[4] (13) (15) (31) Today Show--Frank McGee, Barbara Walters
(6) Morning Show--Tom York was host of this Birmingham TV institution
[8] Bozo--local
(19) Morning Folks--local; hosted by Grady Reeves
(48) WMSL News--Newman Milwee (airing on the half-hour until 10 a.m.)
7:05
(48) Sonny Sims--local country-music show
7:20
(33) WCFT News
7:25
(19) Story of Jesus--five-minute interruption of "Morning Folks"
7:30
(42) Romper Room--syndicated version
7:55
[5] Kitchen Corner--probably local women's cooking show
8:00
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Captain Kangaroo
8:05
(48) Cartoons--unspecified
8:30
[8] Romper Room--local; "Miss Nancy" led the children in Nashville
8:35
(48) Bargain Counter--WMSL children's show host and minority station owner Benny Carle hosted this half-hour local show selling home viewers discounted products and services from local businesses, sort of a precursor of the home-shopping craze
9:00
(4) [8] (19) (33) (40) (42) Lucille Ball--rerun of the "The Lucy Show;" WLAC, the regular Nashville CBS affil, passed on this one
[4] (13) (15) Dinah Shore
[5] To Tell the Truth
(6) Virginia Graham--Hollywood gossip columnist's daily yakfest
(7) (10) (25) (36) Sesame Street
(31) Coffee Break--local morning show
9:05
(48) This Morning--local
9:30
(4) [8] (19) (33) (40) (42) My Three Sons--WLAC likewise passed on this one also
[4] (13) (15) (31) Concentration--original version
[5] Truth or Consequences
9:35
(48) What's Happening--NOT the late 1970s ABC sitcom; local morning show
9:55
(6) Here's Carol--five-minute syndicated women's crafts show; host Carol Duvall went on to fame years later on cable's HGTV
10:00
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Family Affair--CBS rerun
[4] (13) (15) (31) Sale of the Century--original version
(6) All My Children--WBRC for years tape-delayed the soap from ABC the previous day
(7) (10) (25) (36) Electric Company
[8] What Every Woman Wants to Know--talk show; probably syndicated
(48) Galloping Gourmet
10:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Love of Life--soap opera
[4] (13) (15) (31) Hollywood Squares
(6) [8] (48) That Girl--ABC rerun
(7) (10) (25) (36) In-school programming until 2:45 p.m.
11:00
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Where the Heart Is--1969-73 soap opera
[4] (13) (15) (31) Jeopardy!--original version
(6) [8] (48) Bewitched--ABC rerun
11:25
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) CBS News--Douglas Edwards
11:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Search for Tomorrow
[4] (13) (15) (31) Who, What or Where Game
(6) (48) Password--1971-75 ABC revival
[8] Barbara's Here--probably local women's show
11:45
[8] Lucille Rivers--syndicated ten-minute women's sewing show
11:55
[4] (13) (15) (31) NBC News--Floyd Kalber
[8] Dr. Joyce Brothers
AFTERNOON
12:00
(4) WCBI News
[4] Noon Show--local
[5] Singing Convention--Southern Gospel music
(6) WBRC News
[8] (48) All My Children
(13) WAPI News--Jim Alderman, anchor
(15) WOWL News--Jerry Knight, anchor
(19) WHNT News--Hans Sitarz, anchor
(31) Dinah Shore--tape-delayed from NBC earlier in the day
(33) Galloping Gourmet
(40) WHMA News--Dan McRight, anchor
(42) Peyton Place--rerun (NBC would revive the show in daytime later in the year, however)
12:05
(40) By the Way--local features
12:10
(4) Bulletin Board--local; Dan Holocher, anchor
(19) Farm/Market Report--local
12:15
(13) Mid-Day--local features; Rosemary Lucas, Dick Breit, hosts
(15) Bible Televisit--local Churches of Christ-related ministry
(19) Women's Page--Linda Haley, host
12:25
(4) Chiropractics--local (M, W, F)///Caldwell's Corner--local (Tu)///Your Future--local (Th)
[5] WLAC News--Ron Kaiser, anchor
(19) WHNT Weather--Hans Sitarz, anchor
12:30
(4) [5] (15) (19) (33) (40) (42) As the World Turns--note Florence's WOWL joining CBS here
(6) [8] (48) Let's Make a Deal
(13) (31) Three on a Match--game show
1:00
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Love is a Many Splendored Thing--soap opera
[4] (13) (15) (31) Days of Our Lives
(6) [8] (48) Newlywed Game--original version
1:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Guiding Light--will be cancelled by CBS in September 2009 after a 57-year run on TV
[4] (13) (15) (31) Doctors
(6) [8] (48) Dating Game--original version
2:00
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Secret Storm--soap opera
[4] (13) (15) (31) Another World
(6) [8] (48) General Hospital
2:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Edge of Night
[4] (13) (15) (31) Bright Promise--three-year soap that initially starred movie great Dana Andrews
(6) [8] (48) One Life to Live
2:45
(7) (10) (25) (36) German Lesson (M, W)///to be announced (Tu)///Profiles (Th)///Civil Defense (F)
3:00
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Gomer Pyle, USMC--CBS rerun
[4] (13) (15) (31) Somerset--soap opera
(6) (48) Love, American Style--half-hour-edited ABC rerun
(7) (10) (25) (36)--Dixie Digest--unsure of whether this is same program as farming show that aired on weekends on commercial stations in Alabama (M)///Waterways--unknown(Tu)///Consultation--probably public affairs (W)///Shortcuts to Fashion (Th)///Today's Home (F)
[8] Password--tape-delayed from ABC earlier in the day
3:30
(4) [8] Love, American Style--WCBI tape-delayed from ABC the previous week; WSIX the previous day (different episodes)
[4] Virginian--90-minute durable 1960s Western rerun
[5] (42) Gilligan's Island (different episodes)
(6) Movie--"Bad for Each Other," 1954 (M)///"Circle of Death," Mexican; 1960 (Tu)///"Tarzan's New Adventure," 1936 (W)///"Overland Stage Riders," 1938 (Th)///"A Lawless Street," 1955 (F)
(7) (10) (25) (36) Electric Company
(13) Green Acres--rerun
(15) Mantrap--syndie women's-oriented talk show
(19) Popeye Cartoons--no indication whether WHNT still had a live host
(31) Flintstones
(33) Movie--"Knock on Any Door," 1949 (M)///"Last of the Comanches," 1953 (Tu)///"The Mad Magician," 1954 (W)///"Miss Grant Takes Richmond," 1949 (Th)///"The Pathfinder," 1953 (F)
(40) Cartoons--unspecified ("Cousin Cliff" Holman may still have been hosting these)
(48) Movie Game--syndicated all-celeb game hosted by Larry Blyden
4:00
(4) Bewitched--tape-delayed ABC rerun from previous week
[5] Movie--"Devil's Doorway," 1950 (M)///"The Angry Red Planet," 1959 (Tu)///"Finders Keepers," 1951 (W)///"World Without Sun," French; 1964 (Th)///"Trials of Private Schweik," West German; 1964 (F)
(7) (10) (25) (36) Sesame Street
[8] I Dream of Jeannie
(13) Petticoat Junction
(15) Movie Game
(19) Gilligan's Island
(31) I Love Lucy
(40) Movie--"Frontier Gambler," 1956 (M)///"Gun Battle of Monterey," 1957 (Tu)///"The Trail Beyond," 1934 (W)///"West of the Divide," no date (Th)///"Texas Lady," 1955 (F)
(42) Sergeant Jack--Neal Miller portrayed a sheriff's deputy on this local children's show, which ran from 1965 to 1982; puppets were the main draw here
(48) Benny Carle's Happy Hour--despite the name, this was a local children's show; Carle had previously done that gig in Birmingham and on Huntsville's WAAY
4:30
(4) Fun Time--local children's show, hosted by "Uncle Bunky"
[8] Green Acres
(13) Andy Griffith
(15) Three on a Match--tape-delayed from NBC earlier in the day
(19) Big Valley--Western rerun
(31) Perry Mason
(42) Star Trek--rerun of original version
4:55
(6) Now--local features show, hosted by WBRC weatherwoman Pat Gray
5:00
(4) Christ for the Crisis--religion (M)///Courtship of Eddie's Father--tape-delayed from ABC the previous week (Tu)///Partridge Family--tape-delayed from ABC (W)///Church Service--Baptist (Th)///Porter Wagoner (F)
[4] Mayberry R.F.D.--rerun
(6) I Love Lucy
(7) (10) (25) (36) Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
[8] ABC Evening News--Howard K. Smith, Harry Reasoner
(13) WAPI News--Jim Wilson, anchor
(15) Three Stooges
(33) Little Black Book--local discussion
(40) Roy Rogers (W, Th)
(48) Untamed World (M)///Death Valley Days (Tu)///to be announced (W)///Pet Set--Betty White, host (Th)///A&M Basketball--Alabama A&M University coaches' show (F)
5:15
(4) You Shall Know the Truth--local religion (Th)
5:25
[4] WSM News--Bob Olsen, anchor
[5] WLAC Weather--Bob Lobertini, anchor
(31) WAAY News--M.D. Smith (IV), anchor; Smith was son of station founder and later became station president himself (the family sold the station in the late 1990s)
5:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (42) CBS Evening News--Walter Cronkite
[4] (13) (31) NBC Nightly News--John Chancellor, David Brinkley
(6) World News--sort of an national/international news reel, anchored by WBRC's Joe Langston (WBRC did not clear "ABC Evening News" at the time)
(7) (10) (25) (36) Vocational Industrial Education (M, W, Th)///Higher Education (Tu)///Zoom--science/discovery-oriented PBS children's show (F)
[8] WSIX News
(15) WOWL News
(40) Movie Game
(48) WMSL News
5:45
(6) WBRC News
(7) (10) (25) (36) Canadian Adventure--travelogue (M)
NOTE: Listings are through 6 p.m. Channels in parentheses were originally designated by black bullets; those in brackets by white.
Birmingham, Alabama:
(6) WBRC (ABC)--now FOX affiliate
(10) WBIQ (PBS)*
(13) WAPI (NBC)--now WVTM
(42) WBMG (CBS)--now WIAT
Huntsville, Alabama:
(19) WHNT (CBS)
(25) WHIQ (PBS)*
(31) WAAY (NBC)--now ABC affiliate
(48) WMSL (ABC)--now WAFF, an NBC affiliate
Anniston, Alabama:
(40) WHMA (CBS)--now WJSU, an ABC affiliate
Cheaha State Park, Alabama:
(7) WCIQ (PBS)*
Florence, Alabama:
(15) WOWL (NBC; CBS secondary)--now WHDF, a CW affiliate
(36) WFIQ (PBS)*
Tuscaloosa, Alabama:
(33) WCFT (CBS)--now ABC affiliate
Nashville, Tennessee:
[4] WSM (NBC)--now WSMV
[5] WLAC (CBS)--now WTVF
[8] WSIX (ABC; CBS secondary)--now WKRN, on channel 2
Columbus, Mississippi:
(4) WCBI (CBS; ABC secondary)
*--translator relay of Alabama Public Television
MORNING
4:25
(6) Social Security (M)///Industry on Parade (Tu)///Americans at Work (W)///Sacred Heart (Th)///Living Word (F)
4:40
(6) Christophers (M)///Religious Town Hall (Tu)///Herald of Truth (W)///Faith for Today (Th)///The Story (F)
5:10
(6) Devotional--local
5:15
(6) Farm Market--Ron Echols, host
(13) Consultation--probably local public affairs (M, Th)///Today's Home (Tu)///Waterways (W)///Shortcuts to Fashion (F)
(19) Crossroads 19--local features
5:35
(6) Country Boy Eddie--Eddie Burns, a guitar picker, presided over this long-running local country-music show until the early 1990s; the program featured numerous antics and even more commercials
5:45
[5] Country Journal--local morning show
(13) Top of the Morning--local
(31) Devotional--local
6:00
[4] Morning Show--Ralph Emery had just returned from a two-year sabbatical from TV; featured a top-flight Music Row studio band and occasional guest country stars
[5] (19) CBS Morning News--John Hart
(31) Cartoons--unspecified
6:30
[5] Nashville Morning
[8] Real McCoys--rerun
(33) Cartoons--unspecified
(40) R.B. Musicmakers--unknown; probably local (M, W)///Ted Allen--unknown (Tu, Th, F)
(48) Film--agriculture
6:45
(42) Focus--local public affairs, hosted by John Jones
6:55
(4) Weather--Dan Holocher, anchor
7:00
(4) (33) (40) (42) CBS Morning News
[4] (13) (15) (31) Today Show--Frank McGee, Barbara Walters
(6) Morning Show--Tom York was host of this Birmingham TV institution
[8] Bozo--local
(19) Morning Folks--local; hosted by Grady Reeves
(48) WMSL News--Newman Milwee (airing on the half-hour until 10 a.m.)
7:05
(48) Sonny Sims--local country-music show
7:20
(33) WCFT News
7:25
(19) Story of Jesus--five-minute interruption of "Morning Folks"
7:30
(42) Romper Room--syndicated version
7:55
[5] Kitchen Corner--probably local women's cooking show
8:00
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Captain Kangaroo
8:05
(48) Cartoons--unspecified
8:30
[8] Romper Room--local; "Miss Nancy" led the children in Nashville
8:35
(48) Bargain Counter--WMSL children's show host and minority station owner Benny Carle hosted this half-hour local show selling home viewers discounted products and services from local businesses, sort of a precursor of the home-shopping craze
9:00
(4) [8] (19) (33) (40) (42) Lucille Ball--rerun of the "The Lucy Show;" WLAC, the regular Nashville CBS affil, passed on this one
[4] (13) (15) Dinah Shore
[5] To Tell the Truth
(6) Virginia Graham--Hollywood gossip columnist's daily yakfest
(7) (10) (25) (36) Sesame Street
(31) Coffee Break--local morning show
9:05
(48) This Morning--local
9:30
(4) [8] (19) (33) (40) (42) My Three Sons--WLAC likewise passed on this one also
[4] (13) (15) (31) Concentration--original version
[5] Truth or Consequences
9:35
(48) What's Happening--NOT the late 1970s ABC sitcom; local morning show
9:55
(6) Here's Carol--five-minute syndicated women's crafts show; host Carol Duvall went on to fame years later on cable's HGTV
10:00
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Family Affair--CBS rerun
[4] (13) (15) (31) Sale of the Century--original version
(6) All My Children--WBRC for years tape-delayed the soap from ABC the previous day
(7) (10) (25) (36) Electric Company
[8] What Every Woman Wants to Know--talk show; probably syndicated
(48) Galloping Gourmet
10:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Love of Life--soap opera
[4] (13) (15) (31) Hollywood Squares
(6) [8] (48) That Girl--ABC rerun
(7) (10) (25) (36) In-school programming until 2:45 p.m.
11:00
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Where the Heart Is--1969-73 soap opera
[4] (13) (15) (31) Jeopardy!--original version
(6) [8] (48) Bewitched--ABC rerun
11:25
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) CBS News--Douglas Edwards
11:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Search for Tomorrow
[4] (13) (15) (31) Who, What or Where Game
(6) (48) Password--1971-75 ABC revival
[8] Barbara's Here--probably local women's show
11:45
[8] Lucille Rivers--syndicated ten-minute women's sewing show
11:55
[4] (13) (15) (31) NBC News--Floyd Kalber
[8] Dr. Joyce Brothers
AFTERNOON
12:00
(4) WCBI News
[4] Noon Show--local
[5] Singing Convention--Southern Gospel music
(6) WBRC News
[8] (48) All My Children
(13) WAPI News--Jim Alderman, anchor
(15) WOWL News--Jerry Knight, anchor
(19) WHNT News--Hans Sitarz, anchor
(31) Dinah Shore--tape-delayed from NBC earlier in the day
(33) Galloping Gourmet
(40) WHMA News--Dan McRight, anchor
(42) Peyton Place--rerun (NBC would revive the show in daytime later in the year, however)
12:05
(40) By the Way--local features
12:10
(4) Bulletin Board--local; Dan Holocher, anchor
(19) Farm/Market Report--local
12:15
(13) Mid-Day--local features; Rosemary Lucas, Dick Breit, hosts
(15) Bible Televisit--local Churches of Christ-related ministry
(19) Women's Page--Linda Haley, host
12:25
(4) Chiropractics--local (M, W, F)///Caldwell's Corner--local (Tu)///Your Future--local (Th)
[5] WLAC News--Ron Kaiser, anchor
(19) WHNT Weather--Hans Sitarz, anchor
12:30
(4) [5] (15) (19) (33) (40) (42) As the World Turns--note Florence's WOWL joining CBS here
(6) [8] (48) Let's Make a Deal
(13) (31) Three on a Match--game show
1:00
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Love is a Many Splendored Thing--soap opera
[4] (13) (15) (31) Days of Our Lives
(6) [8] (48) Newlywed Game--original version
1:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Guiding Light--will be cancelled by CBS in September 2009 after a 57-year run on TV
[4] (13) (15) (31) Doctors
(6) [8] (48) Dating Game--original version
2:00
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Secret Storm--soap opera
[4] (13) (15) (31) Another World
(6) [8] (48) General Hospital
2:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Edge of Night
[4] (13) (15) (31) Bright Promise--three-year soap that initially starred movie great Dana Andrews
(6) [8] (48) One Life to Live
2:45
(7) (10) (25) (36) German Lesson (M, W)///to be announced (Tu)///Profiles (Th)///Civil Defense (F)
3:00
(4) [5] (19) (33) (40) (42) Gomer Pyle, USMC--CBS rerun
[4] (13) (15) (31) Somerset--soap opera
(6) (48) Love, American Style--half-hour-edited ABC rerun
(7) (10) (25) (36)--Dixie Digest--unsure of whether this is same program as farming show that aired on weekends on commercial stations in Alabama (M)///Waterways--unknown(Tu)///Consultation--probably public affairs (W)///Shortcuts to Fashion (Th)///Today's Home (F)
[8] Password--tape-delayed from ABC earlier in the day
3:30
(4) [8] Love, American Style--WCBI tape-delayed from ABC the previous week; WSIX the previous day (different episodes)
[4] Virginian--90-minute durable 1960s Western rerun
[5] (42) Gilligan's Island (different episodes)
(6) Movie--"Bad for Each Other," 1954 (M)///"Circle of Death," Mexican; 1960 (Tu)///"Tarzan's New Adventure," 1936 (W)///"Overland Stage Riders," 1938 (Th)///"A Lawless Street," 1955 (F)
(7) (10) (25) (36) Electric Company
(13) Green Acres--rerun
(15) Mantrap--syndie women's-oriented talk show
(19) Popeye Cartoons--no indication whether WHNT still had a live host
(31) Flintstones
(33) Movie--"Knock on Any Door," 1949 (M)///"Last of the Comanches," 1953 (Tu)///"The Mad Magician," 1954 (W)///"Miss Grant Takes Richmond," 1949 (Th)///"The Pathfinder," 1953 (F)
(40) Cartoons--unspecified ("Cousin Cliff" Holman may still have been hosting these)
(48) Movie Game--syndicated all-celeb game hosted by Larry Blyden
4:00
(4) Bewitched--tape-delayed ABC rerun from previous week
[5] Movie--"Devil's Doorway," 1950 (M)///"The Angry Red Planet," 1959 (Tu)///"Finders Keepers," 1951 (W)///"World Without Sun," French; 1964 (Th)///"Trials of Private Schweik," West German; 1964 (F)
(7) (10) (25) (36) Sesame Street
[8] I Dream of Jeannie
(13) Petticoat Junction
(15) Movie Game
(19) Gilligan's Island
(31) I Love Lucy
(40) Movie--"Frontier Gambler," 1956 (M)///"Gun Battle of Monterey," 1957 (Tu)///"The Trail Beyond," 1934 (W)///"West of the Divide," no date (Th)///"Texas Lady," 1955 (F)
(42) Sergeant Jack--Neal Miller portrayed a sheriff's deputy on this local children's show, which ran from 1965 to 1982; puppets were the main draw here
(48) Benny Carle's Happy Hour--despite the name, this was a local children's show; Carle had previously done that gig in Birmingham and on Huntsville's WAAY
4:30
(4) Fun Time--local children's show, hosted by "Uncle Bunky"
[8] Green Acres
(13) Andy Griffith
(15) Three on a Match--tape-delayed from NBC earlier in the day
(19) Big Valley--Western rerun
(31) Perry Mason
(42) Star Trek--rerun of original version
4:55
(6) Now--local features show, hosted by WBRC weatherwoman Pat Gray
5:00
(4) Christ for the Crisis--religion (M)///Courtship of Eddie's Father--tape-delayed from ABC the previous week (Tu)///Partridge Family--tape-delayed from ABC (W)///Church Service--Baptist (Th)///Porter Wagoner (F)
[4] Mayberry R.F.D.--rerun
(6) I Love Lucy
(7) (10) (25) (36) Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
[8] ABC Evening News--Howard K. Smith, Harry Reasoner
(13) WAPI News--Jim Wilson, anchor
(15) Three Stooges
(33) Little Black Book--local discussion
(40) Roy Rogers (W, Th)
(48) Untamed World (M)///Death Valley Days (Tu)///to be announced (W)///Pet Set--Betty White, host (Th)///A&M Basketball--Alabama A&M University coaches' show (F)
5:15
(4) You Shall Know the Truth--local religion (Th)
5:25
[4] WSM News--Bob Olsen, anchor
[5] WLAC Weather--Bob Lobertini, anchor
(31) WAAY News--M.D. Smith (IV), anchor; Smith was son of station founder and later became station president himself (the family sold the station in the late 1990s)
5:30
(4) [5] (19) (33) (42) CBS Evening News--Walter Cronkite
[4] (13) (31) NBC Nightly News--John Chancellor, David Brinkley
(6) World News--sort of an national/international news reel, anchored by WBRC's Joe Langston (WBRC did not clear "ABC Evening News" at the time)
(7) (10) (25) (36) Vocational Industrial Education (M, W, Th)///Higher Education (Tu)///Zoom--science/discovery-oriented PBS children's show (F)
[8] WSIX News
(15) WOWL News
(40) Movie Game
(48) WMSL News
5:45
(6) WBRC News
(7) (10) (25) (36) Canadian Adventure--travelogue (M)
