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Retro: Northern Alabama Saturday, September 24, 1977

From TV Guide, Northern Alabama Edition:

WNGE (WKRN) Ch. 2 Nashville (ABC)

5:30 Not For Women Only
6 AM Marlo And The Magic Movie Machine
(childhood photos of Johnny Cash and
Penny Marshall; events of 1968)
7 AM Superfriends
8 AM Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics
10 AM Krofft Supershow
11 AM ABC Weekend Special ("The Winged Colt," part
3 of 3)
11:30 American Bandstand (Paul Nicholas, Debby Boone
(singing--what else?--"You Light Up My Life")
12:30 College Football Pregame Show
12:45 College Football: Florida-Mississippi State
4 PM Wide World Of Sports (Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Frank
Santore, junior welterweights, 8 rounds, from Baltimore;
Michigan 150 Indy-car race; Pele reminisces about his
career with Jim McKay, time approximate)
5:30 News
6 PM Bugs Bunny & Friends
6:30 Focus
7 PM Fish
7:30 Operation Petticoat
8 PM Starsky & Hutch
9 PM Love Boat (premiere guests include Bonnie Franklin,
Meredith Baxter Birney, Jimmie Walker, and Suzanne Somers)
10 PM News
10:30 Space: 1999
11:30 Wrestling
12:30 PTL Club
2:30 News
3 AM Movie: "The Story On Page One"

WCBI Ch. 4 Columbus, MS (ABC)

7 AM Superfriends
8 AM Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
10 AM Krofft Supershow
11 AM ABC Weekend Special
11:30 American Bandstand
12:30 College Football Pregame Show
12:45 College Football: Florida-Mississippi State
4 PM Wide World Of Sports (time approximate)
5:30 ABC News (Sylvia Chase/Tom Jarriel)
6 PM Wild Wild West
7 PM Fish
7:30 Operation Petticoat
8 PM Starsky & Hutch
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM ABC News (anchor not given, probably from
an o&o)
10:15 Soul Train (Tyrone Davis, Dorothy Moore)
11:15 Movie: TBA

WSM (WSMV) Ch. 4 Nashville (NBC)

5:55 Agriculture, U.S.A.
6:25 Farm Digest
6:30 Pink Panther
7 AM C.B. Bears
8 AM Young Sentinels
8:30 New Archie/Sabrina Hour
9:30 I Am The Greatest: The Adventures Of Muhammad
Ali
10 AM Thunder
10:30 Search And Rescue
11 AM Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
11:30 Red Hand Gang
12 N Hot Fudge
12:30 Cisco Kid
1 PM Grandstand
1:15 Baseball: Red Sox-Tigers, Orioles-Indians, or Yankees-
Blue Jays
4 PM Leave It To Beaver (time approximate)
4:30 Pop Goes The Country (Hank Williams Jr., Sammi Smith)
5 PM Porter Wagoner (Benny Barnes, James L. White)
5:30 That Good Ole Nashville Music (Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely, Roy
Acuff)
6 PM News
6:30 Teddy Bart's Nashville
7 PM Bionic Woman
8 PM NBC Movie: "Hard Times"
10 PM News
10:30 Saturday Night Live (host Steve Martin; musical guest
Jackson Browne)
12 M I Spy

WTVF Ch. 5 Nashville (CBS)

6:30 Sunrise Semester: "Discipline In The Classroom"
7 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
8 AM What's New, Mr. Magoo?
8:30 Skatebirds
9:30 Space Academy
10 AM Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour
11 AM Wacko (guests: Jim Backus, musical group Hot Cakes)
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Spotlight On Schools
1:30 Fun City 5
2 PM WTVF News Conference
2:30 Gene Autry
3 PM Perry Mason
4 PM The Rookies
5 PM Candid Camera (a photo machine makes posers smile repeatedly
before it breaks down completely; Durward Kirby plays checkers
with real people as the pieces)
5:30 News
6 PM Hee Haw (Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, the Sons of the Pioneers)
7 PM Bob Newhart
7:30 The Jeffersons
8:30 Tony Randall
9 PM Carol Burnett (Dick Van Dyke joins the show as a regular; traditional
opening-night guest Jim Nabors is on hand as well)
10 PM News
10:30 Gunsmoke
11:30 Wanted: Dead Or Alive
12 M News
12:30 Movie: "Night Monster"

WBRC Ch. 6 Birmingham (ABC)

5:30 Perspective
6 AM Headliners
6:30 Animals, Animals, Animals (elephants are seen putting up and performing
under the big top at Circus Vargas, Ventura, CA, delay from Sun 10:30 AM)
7 AM Superfriends
8 AM Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
10 AM Krofft Supershow
11 AM ABC Weekend Special
11:30 Bewitched
12 N That Girl
12:30 College Football Pregame Show
12:45 College Football: Florida-Mississippi State
4 PM Wide World Of Sports (time approximate)
5:30 ABC News
6 PM Lawrence Welk (lively tunes)
7 PM Fish
7:30 Operation Petticoat
8 PM Starsky & Hutch
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM News
10:30 Movie: "The Far Country"
12:30 Soul Train (the Dramatics, Tata Vega)
1:30 American Bandstand (delay from 11:30 AM)
2:30 ABC News

WCIQ Ch. 7 Cheaha State Park/WBIQ Ch. 10 Birmingham/
WHIQ Ch. 25 Huntsville/WFIQ Ch. 36 Florence (PBS)

8 AM Sesame Street
9 AM Sesame Street
10 AM Sesame Street
11 AM Sesame Street
12 N Sesame Street
1 PM Electric Company
1:30 Electric Company
2 PM Electric Company
2:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
3 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
3:30 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
4 PM Consumer Survival Kit
4:30 Electronics And The Radio Amateur
5 PM Studio See
5:30 This Week At Capstone (University of Alabama)
6 PM Something Personal
6:30 Once Upon A Classic: "The Man From Nowhere"
7:30 Live From Lincoln Center (Zubin Mehta conducts the
New York Philharmonic; soprano Shirley Verrett is the
soloist. Commentator Martin Bookspan replaced Allan
Berns as announcer on "Guiding Light" in the late '90s,
and I think did some of the sponsor billboards on "As
The World Turns" after Dan Region was let go.)
9:30 Movie: "Moby Dick" (Gregory Peck, from '56)
sign off 11:30 PM

WTWV (WTVA) Ch. 9 Tupelo, MS (NBC/ABC)

6:30 Pink Panther
7 AM C.B. Bears
8 AM Young Sentinels
8:30 New Archie/Sabrina Hour
9:30 I Am The Greatest: The Adventures Of Muhammad
Ali
10 AM Thunder
10:30 Search And Rescue
11 AM Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
11:30 Red Hand Gang
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Grandstand
1:15 Baseball (see WSM/WSMV)
4 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music (Merle Haggard, Leona Williams,
Jim Mundy, Johnny Gimble, time approximate)
4:30 Wild Kingdom
5 PM Focus
5:30 NBC News (anchor not given)
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM Bionic Woman
8 PM NBC Movie: "Hard Times"
10 PM Adam-12
10:30 Saturday Night Live
12 M Movie: "The Wreck Of The Mary Deare"
2 AM Movie: "Johnny Eager"
4 AM Movie: "Keeper Of The Flame"
5:30 Movie: "Stand By For Action"

WAPI (WVTM) Ch. 13 Birmingham (NBC)

6:10 Farm Report
6:25 Book Talk
6:30 Pink Panther
7 AM C.B. Bears
8 AM Young Sentinels
8:30 New Archie/Sabrina Hour
9:30 I Am The Greatest: The Adventures Of Muhammad
Ali
10 AM Thunder
10:30 Search And Rescue
11 AM Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
11:30 Red Hand Gang
12 N Cliffwood Avenue Kids
12:30 This Week In Baseball
1 PM Grandstand
1:15 Baseball (see WSM/WSMV)
4 PM Adam-12 (time approximate)
4:30 Nashville On The Road
5 PM Porter Wagoner (guest: Jim Colvard)
5:30 NBC News
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM Muppet Show
7:30 Mary Tyler Moore
8 PM NBC Movie: "Hard Times"
10 PM News
10:30 Movie: "The Undefeated"
12:30 TBA

WOWL (WHDF) Ch. 15 Florence (NBC)

6:15 Earline In Storyland
6:30 Pink Panther
7 AM C.B. Bears
8 AM Young Sentinels
8:30 New Archie/Sabrina Hour
9:30 I Am The Greatest: The Adventures Of Muhammad Ali
10 AM Thunder
10:30 Search And Rescue
11 AM Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
11:30 Red Hand Gang
12 N Wrestling
1 PM Grandstand
1:15 Baseball (see WSM/WSMV)
4 PM RFD Hollywood (time approximate)
4:30 Greatest Sports Legends
5 PM Cartoons
5:30 NBC News
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM Bionic Woman
8 PM NBC Movie: "Hard Times"
10 PM Andy Williams
10:30 Saturday Night Live
12 M Movies: TBA

WTCG (WPCH) Ch. 17 Atlanta (Ind.)
listed Central Time

4:30 World At Large
5:10 Wally's Workshop
5:40 News
6 AM Three Stooges/Little Rascals
7 AM Ultra Man
7:30 Speed Racer
8 AM Lost In Space
9 AM Movie: "The Prince And The Pauper"
11:30 Movie: "The Dam Busters"
1:30 Movie: "When My Baby Smiles At Me"
3:30 This Week In Baseball
4 PM Mission: Impossible
5 PM Georgia Championship Wrestling
7 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
7:30 Nashville On The Road (guest: Jerry Reed)
8 PM Porter Wagoner (guest: Merle Haggard)
8:30 Buck Owens
9 PM Pop Goes The Country (Ray Stevens, Donna
Fargo, Randy Barlow)
9:30 Music Place
10 PM Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
11:30 This Is The NFL
12 M Movie: "Manpower"
2 AM Movie: "The Second Greatest Sex"
3:45 World At Large

WHNT Ch. 19 Huntsville (CBS)

6 AM Dixie Digest
6:30 Tennessee Valley Farm Time
7 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
8 AM What's New, Mr. Magoo?
8:30 Skatebirds
9:30 Space Academy
10 AM Popeye
10:30 Kidsworld
11 AM Wacko
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Secrets Of Isis
12:30 Saturday Film Festival: "The Show Must
Go On" (from Russia)
1 PM Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour
2 PM Porter Wagoner (guest: Mickey Gilley)
2:30 Trouble With Trash (the growing garbage-disposal
problem)
3 PM This Is The NFL
3:30 CBS Sports Spectacular (Trenton 150 Indy-car race)
5 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music
5:30 CBS News (Bob Schieffer)
6 PM Gong Show
6:30 Sha Na Na
7 PM Bob Newhart
7:30 The Jeffersons
8:30 Tony Randall
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM Marty Robbins' Spotlight
10:30 Nashville On The Road
11 PM Movie: "That Touch Of Mink"
12:45 Movie: "Torpedo Alley"

WAAY Ch. 31 Huntsville (NBC)

6 AM Cartoons
6:30 Pink Panther
7 AM C.B. Bears
8 AM Young Sentinels
8:30 New Archie/Sabrina Hour
9:30 I Am The Greatest: The Adventures Of Muhammad
Ali
10 AM Thunder
10:30 Search And Rescue
11 AM Baggy Pants And The Nitwits
11:30 Red Hand Gang
12 N Soul Train (Frankie Beverly and Maze, the Emotions)
1 PM Grandstand
1:15 Baseball (see WSM/WSMV)
4 PM Wrestling (time approximate)
5 PM Pop Goes The Country (guest: Ronnie Milsap)
5:30 NBC News
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM Bionic Woman
8 PM NBC Movie: "Hard Times"
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM Saturday Night Live (actually a 30-minute delay)
sign off 12:30 AM

WCFT Ch. 33 Tuscaloosa (CBS)

7 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
8 AM What's New, Mr. Magoo?
8:30 Skatebirds
9:30 Space Academy
10 AM Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour
11 AM Wacko
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Secrets Of Isis
12:30 Saturday Film Festival
1 PM Cliffwood Avenue Kids
1:30 My Favorite Martian
2 PM Animal World
2:30 Wrestling
3:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
5 PM Uptown And Country
5:30 CBS News
6 PM Star Trek
7 PM Bob Newhart
7:30 The Jeffersons
8:30 Tony Randall
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM Jerry Falwell
11 PM Movie: "The Kremlin Letter"
sign off 12:45 AM

WHMA (WJSU) Ch. 40 Anniston (CBS)

7 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
8 AM What's New, Mr. Magoo?
8:30 Skatebirds
9:30 Space Academy
10 AM Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour
11 AM Wacko
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Secrets Of Isis
12:30 Saturday Film Festival
1 PM Books And Bookworms
1:30 Town And Country
2 PM Soul Train (same as WCBI)
3 PM Fishing With Roland Martin
3:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
5 PM Crossroads
5:30 Know Your Bible
6 PM Hee Haw
7 PM Bob Newhart
7:30 The Jeffersons
8:30 Tony Randall
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM That Good Ole Nashville Music (Larry Gatlin,
Dottsy, Moe Bandy)
10:30 Jerry Falwell
11:30 Lawrence Welk
sign off 12:30 AM

WBMG (WIAT) Ch. 42 Birmingham (CBS)

6:40 Focus
6:55 Popeye
7 AM Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
8 AM What's New, Mr. Magoo?
8:30 Skatebirds
9:30 Space Academy
10 AM Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour
11 AM Wacko
11:30 Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids
12 N Secrets Of Isis
12:30 Star Trek
1:30 Movie: "Second Chance"
3 PM Animal World
3:30 CBS Sports Spectacular
5 PM Wrestling
6 PM Guideline (not the NBC religious program that replaced
"Frontiers Of Faith")
7 PM Bob Newhart
7:30 The Jeffersons
8:30 Tony Randall
9 PM Carol Burnett
10 PM CBS Movie: "A Killing Affair" (delay from Wed 8 PM)
12 M Big Valley
sign off 1 AM

WYUR (WAFF) Ch. 48 Huntsville (ABC)

6 AM Bullwinkle
6:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
7 AM Superfriends
8 AM Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
10 AM Krofft Supershow
11 AM ABC Weekend Special
11:30 Wrestling
12:30 College Football Pregame Show
12:45 College Football: Florida-Mississippi State
4 PM Wide World Of Sports (time approximate)
5:30 ABC News
6 PM Lawrence Welk
7 PM Fish
7:30 Operation Petticoat
8 PM Starsky & Hutch
9 PM Love Boat
10 PM ABC News
10:15 Alabama Outdoors
11 PM World Championship Tennis
 
WBRC Ch. 6 Birmingham (ABC)

1:30 AM American Bandstand (delay from 11:30 AM)


How many other stations delayed American Bandstand to 1:30 AM in the morning? First time I've seen American Bandstand being on late at night which might mean that it wasn't that popular in Alabama.
 
if i remember, WBRC often didn't clear some of the more controversial stuff that ABC ran in the 1960-70s. in a way, it reminds me of a skit on Laugh in where someone at the end said: "In Birmingham, they are showing a test pattern right now."
 
I've never figured out what was so controversial about "American
Bandstand," because I've always thought Dick Clark did everything
he could to keep it family-friendly. Nevertheless, even airing it at
1:30 AM is better than what WFAA did, which is not carry it at all.
 
bpatrick said:
I've never figured out what was so controversial about "American
Bandstand," because I've always thought Dick Clark did everything
he could to keep it family-friendly. Nevertheless, even airing it at
1:30 AM is better than what WFAA did, which is not carry it at all.

From the mid-to-late 1970s onward, some stations bumped Bandstand for various reasons -- the only chance I got to see it was during the prime-time anniversary specials, as my local stations, WJRT in Flint and, after the move, WTSP in Tampa Bay, didn't carry Bandstand.
 
WBRC used to be absolutely notrious for delaying popular network programming into less than desirable time-slots. Some of their more egregious preemptions have been noted here. Having lived in Birmingham all my life, the main reasons were, they were the #1 station in north Alabama, plus it enabled them to sell more local advertising during the hours when they were watched the most.
 
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