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Retro: Northern Alabama Tuesday, December 11, 1973

NOTE: At 9 PM (CT) WSIX Ch. 8 becomes WNGE (WKRN) Ch. 2.
Listings did not begin to reflect this until the Dec. 15 issue of
TV Guide, so here I will use Ch. 8 for ABC in Nashville.

From TV Guide, Northern Alabama Edition:

WCBI Ch. 4 Columbus, MS (CBS/ABC)

6:45 News
7 AM CBS News (Hughes Rudd/Sally Quinn)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Joker's Wild
9:30 $10,000 Pyramid (Anne Meara, George Hamilton)
10 AM Gambit
10:30 Love Of Life
10:55 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
11 AM Young And The Restless
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
12 N News
12:25 Caldwell's Corner
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Guiding Light
1:30 Edge Of Night
2 PM Price Is Right
2:30 Match Game '73 (Bill Daily, Judy Carne, Jack Carter,
Fannie Flagg, Richard Dawson, Brett Somers)
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Brady Bunch (ABC, delay of at least a week from
10:30 AM)
4 PM Flintstones
4:30 Daniel Boone
5:30 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
6 PM News
6:30 Night Gallery
7 PM Maude
7:30 Hawaii Five-O
8:30 Shaft
10 PM News
10:30 CBS Movie: "The D.I." (Jack Webb, from '57)

WSM (WSMV) Ch. 4 Nashville (NBC)

5:45 Weather
5:50 Devotional
5:55 Job Market
6 AM Morning Show (Ralph Emery)
7 AM Today (horticulturist Henry Cathey discusses care of
poinsettias; Frank McGee and Barbara Walters co-host)
9 AM Dinah's Place (guest: Rock Hudson)
9:30 Baffle (McLean Stevenson, Demond Wilson, Pat Morrow,
Jackie Joseph)
10 AM Wizard Of Odds (Alex Trebek's first U.S. game show)
10:30 Hollywood Squares (Pearl Bailey, George Gobel, Connie Stevens,
Florence Henderson, John Davidson, Rich Little, Army Archerd,
Charley Weaver, Paul Lynde)
11 AM Jeopardy!
11:30 Who, What Or Where
11:55 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
12 N Noon Show (Bart/Ganick)
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
1:30 The Doctors
2 PM Another World
2:30 Return To Peyton Place
3 PM Somerset
3:30 Munsters
4 PM Leave It To Beaver
4:30 The Lucy Show
5 PM Dragnet
5:30 NBC News (John Chancellor)
6 PM News
7 PM Chase (guest: Cesar Romero)
8 PM The Magician (guest: Joe Flynn)
9 PM Police Story (guest: Martin Balsam)
10 PM News
10:30 Tonight Show (guest: Richard Harris)
12 M Tomorrow (genetics and the question of racial superiority
is debated by Roy Innis, director of CORE, and Nobel Prize
winner William Shockley)

WLAC (WTVF) Ch. 5 Nashville (CBS)

5:40 Country Journal
6 AM Carl Tipton
6:30 News
6:35 Jake Hess Show
7 AM Mornings With Siegel (I don't think Stanley Siegel went over
too well in Nashville; he did better on WCBS, as I recall.)
7:55 Coffee With Dorinda
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Joker's Wild
9:30 $10,000 Pyramid
10 AM Gambit
10:30 Love Of Life
10:55 CBS News
11 AM Young And The Restless
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
12 N Singing Convention
12:25 News
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Guiding Light
1:30 Edge Of Night
2 PM Price Is Right
2:30 Match Game '73
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Gomer Pyle, USMC
4 PM Movie: "The Cape Canaveral Monsters"
5:25 Weather
5:30 CBS News
6 PM News
6:30 To Tell The Truth (Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass,
Jack Cassidy, Gene Rayburn)
7 PM Maude
7:30 Hawaii Five-O
8:30 Shaft
10 PM News
10:30 Cannon (delay from Wed 8 PM)
11:30 College Basketball: South Florida-Tennessee
(taped earlier this evening)

WBRC Ch. 6 Birmingham (ABC)

4:25 Industry On Parade
4:40 American Religious Town Hall
5:10 Morning Devotional
5:15 Farm Market Reports
5:30 News (Ron Echols)
5:35 Country Boy Eddie
7 AM Morning Show (Tom York)
8:05 Merv Griffin (a salute to Cole Porter, with Ethel
Merman, Beverly Sills, Carmen MacRae, Jack Sheldon)
9:25 Now (Pat Gray--coincidentally, her husband's name is
Tom York, but he's not the same one who was on Ch. 6)
9:30 The Girl In My Life (delay from 1:30 PM)
10 AM All My Children (delay from 12 N)
10:30 Brady Bunch
11 AM Password (Florence Henderson, Dick Gautier)
11:30 Split Second
12 N News
12:30 Let's Make A Deal
1 PM Newlywed Game
1:30 I Dream Of Jeannie (guest: Milton Berle)
2 PM General Hospital
2:30 One Life To Live
3 PM Love, American Style
3:30 I Love Lucy
4 PM Bonanza
5 PM ABC News (Howard K. Smith/Harry Reasoner)
5:30 News
6 PM To Tell The Truth
6:30 Price Is Right
7 PM Temperatures Rising
7:30 ABC Movie: "The Cat Creature"
9 PM Marcus Welby, M.D. (guests: Dina Merrill and Claude
Akins)
10 PM News
10:30 Perry Mason
11:30 Miss World Pageant (Fabian and Meredith MacRae host
from London; 19-year-old Marji Wallace from Indianapolis
tries to become the first American to win the pageant and,
IIRC, she did.) (one-hour delay)
1 AM News

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

In-school programs until

2:50 20th Century Capsules
3 PM Grunches And Grins
3:30 Electric Company
4 PM Sesame Street
5 PM Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5:30 Project 360
6 PM Environment
7 PM War And Peace (Part 4)
8:30 Performance (the Baltimore Chamber Players perform
music ranging from "Git Along Little Doggies" to Robert
Schumann's "Marchenbilder")
sign off 9 PM

WSIX Ch. 8 Nashville (ABC)

6:25 Dr. Joyce Brothers
6:30 Garner Ted Armstrong
7 AM Bozo
8 AM New Zoo Revue
8:30 Green Acres
9 AM Movie: "That Certain Feeling" (Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint,
from '56)
11 AM Password
11:30 Split Second
12 N All My Children
12:30 Let's Make A Deal
1 PM Newlywed Game
1:30 The Girl In My Life
2 PM General Hospital
2:30 One Life To Live
3 PM Andy Griffith
3:30 Merv Griffin (from Las Vegas: Phyllis Diller, Roy Clark, comic
Pete Barbutti, singers Carroll and Daly)
5 PM ABC News
5:30 News
6 PM Beat The Clock
6:30 Hollywood Squares (Dom DeLuise, Hope Lange, Rose Marie,
Suzanne Pleshette, Vincent Price, Carl Reiner, Burt Reynolds,
Wally Cox)
7 PM Temperatures Rising
7:30 ABC Movie: "The Cat Creature"
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Ch. 8 transforms itself into WNGE Ch. 2 at 9 PM.
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9 PM Marcus Welby, M.D.
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News
11:30 Miss World Pageant

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

7 AM Today
9 AM Dinah's Place
9:30 Baffle
10 AM Wizard Of Odds
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11 AM Jeopardy!
11:30 Who, What Or Where
11:55 NBC News
12 N News
12:30 Three On A Match
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
1:30 The Doctors
2 PM Another World
2:30 Return To Peyton Place
3 PM Somerset
3:30 Movie: "Joe Dakota"
5 PM Green Acres
5:30 NBC News
6 PM News
6:30 To Tell The Truth (Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass,
Bill Cullen, Tom Kennedy)
7 PM Chase
8 PM The Magician
9 PM Police Story
10 PM News
10:30 Tonight Show
12 M Tomorrow

WAPI (WVTM) Ch. 13 Birmingham (NBC)

5:15 Awake!
5:45 Top Of The Morning
7 AM Today
9 AM Dinah's Place
9:30 Baffle
10 AM Wizard Of Odds
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11 AM Jeopardy!
11:30 Who, What Or Where
11:55 NBC News
12 N News
12:15 Mid-Day
12:30 Three On A Match
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
1:30 The Doctors
2 PM Another World
2:30 Return To Peyton Place
3 PM Somerset
3:30 Hogan's Heroes
4 PM Gomer Pyle, USMC
4:30 Andy Griffith
5 PM Home Edition (Tom Roberts)
5:30 NBC News
6 PM News
6:30 Thrillseekers
7 PM Chase
8 PM The Magician
9 PM Police Story
10 PM Mission: Impossible
11 PM News
11:30 Tonight Show

WOWL (WHDF) Ch. 15 Florence, AL (NBC)

7 AM Today
9 AM Dinah's Place
9:30 Baffle
10 AM Wizard Of Odds
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11 AM Jeopardy!
11:30 Who, What Or Where
11:55 NBC News
12 N News
12:15 Bible Televisit
12:30 As The World Turns (Ch. 15 wasn't the only NBC
affiliate carrying this CBS soap; WECT/6 Wilmington, NC
also did.)
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
1:30 The Doctors
2 PM Another World
2:30 Return To Peyton Place
3 PM Somerset
3:30 Three On A Match
4 PM Children's Hour
5 PM A Visit With Santa
5:30 News
6 PM NBC News
6:30 Lassie
7 PM Chase
8 PM The Magician
9 PM Police Story
10 PM News
10:30 Tonight Show
12 M Tomorrow
1 AM News

WHNT Ch. 19 Huntsville (CBS)

5:25 Crossroads 19
5:55 Minister's Study
6 AM World Showcase
6:30 Morning News (Enderwood)
7 AM Morning Folks (Grady Reeves)
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Joker's Wild
9:30 $10,000 Pyramid
10 AM Gambit
10:30 Love Of Life
10:55 CBS News
11 AM Young And The Restless
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
12 N News
12:15 Woman's Page/Weather
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Guiding Light
1:30 Edge Of Night
2 PM Price Is Right
2:30 Match Game '73
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Gilligan's Island
4 PM Bonanza
5 PM The Lucy Show
5:30 CBS News
6 PM News
6:30 Truth Or Consequences
7 PM Maude
7:30 Hawaii Five-O
8:30 Shaft
10 PM News
10:30 CBS Movie: "The D.I."
12:40 News

WAAY Ch. 31 Huntsville (NBC)

5:45 Devotional
6 AM Cartoons
7 AM Today
9 AM Coffee Break
9:30 Baffle
10 AM Wizard Of Odds
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11 AM Jeopardy!
11:30 Who, What Or Where
11:55 NBC News
12 N Dinah's Place
12:30 Three On A Match
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
1:30 The Doctors
2 PM Another World
2:30 Return To Peyton Place
3 PM Somerset
3:30 Cartoons
3:45 Santa Show
4 PM Gomer Pyle, USMC
4:30 Beverly Hillbillies
5 PM Andy Griffith
5:25 Weather
5:30 NBC News
6 PM News
6:30 To Tell The Truth
7 PM Chase
8 PM The Magician
9 PM Police Story
10 PM News
10:30 Tonight Show
12 M Tomorrow

WCFT Ch. 33 Tuscaloosa (CBS)

6:30 Laughtime
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Joker's Wild
9:30 $10,000 Pyramid
10 AM Gambit
10:30 Love Of Life
10:55 CBS News
11 AM Young And The Restless
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
12 N Galloping Gourmet
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Guiding Light
1:30 Edge Of Night
2 PM Price Is Right
2:30 Match Game '73
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Movie: "Decline And Fall Of A Birdwatcher"
5 PM Little Black Book (guests: Steve Sample and his
Right On Jazz Co. combo)
5:30 CBS News
6 PM News
6:30 Truth Or Consequences
7 PM Maude
7:30 Hawaii Five-O
8:30 Shaft
10 PM News
10:30 CBS Movie: "The D.I."

WHMA (WJSU) Ch. 40 Anniston, AL (CBS)

6:55 Ted Allen
7 AM CBS News
7:30 Paul Harvey
7:35 CBS News continues
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Joker's Wild
9:30 $10,000 Pyramid
10 AM Gambit
10:30 Love Of Life
10:55 CBS News
11 AM Young And The Restless
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
12 N News
12:05 By The Way
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Guiding Light
1:30 Edge Of Night
2 PM Price Is Right
2:30 Match Game '73
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Not For Women Only ("Safety First," Part 2. Barbara
Walters' guests are professor Richard Bland, and authors
Mel Mandell ("Being Safe") and Dennis Smith)
4 PM Ben Casey
5 PM News
5:30 CBS News
6 PM Then Came Bronson
7 PM Maude
7:30 Hawaii Five-O
8:30 Shaft
10 PM News
10:30 CBS Movie: "The D.I."

WBMG (WIAT) Ch. 42 Birmingham (CBS)

6:45 Focus
7 AM CBS News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Joker's Wild
9:30 $10,000 Pyramid
10 AM Gambit
10:30 Love Of Life
10:55 CBS News
11 AM Young And The Restless
11:30 Search For Tomorrow
12 N Beat The Clock
12:30 As The World Turns
1 PM Guiding Light
1:30 Edge Of Night
2 PM Price Is Right
2:30 Match Game '73
3 PM Secret Storm
3:30 Sergeant Jack
4 PM Gilligan's Island
4:30 Rifleman (I noticed this is airing against Andy Griffith;
about a year later WLOS was carrying both shows and
its promos emphasized the similarity in the relationships
between Lucas and Mark McCain and Andy and Opie Taylor.)
5 PM The Lucy Show (guest: Joan Crawford)
5:30 CBS News
6 PM Truth Or Consequences
6:30 What's My Line? (Arlene Francis, Henry Morgan, Gene Rayburn,
Phyllis George)
7 PM Maude
7:30 Hawaii Five-O
8:30 Shaft
10 PM News
10:30 CBS Movie: "The D.I."
12:40 News

WMSL (WAFF) Ch. 48 Huntsville (ABC)

6:30 Farm News
6:45 Agriculture Film
7 AM News
7:05 Sonny Sims
8 AM Arthur Smith
8:30 This Morning (Gord)
9 AM Jack LaLanne
9:30 Not For Women Only (same as Ch. 40)
10 AM Galloping Gourmet
10:30 Brady Bunch
11 AM Password
11:30 Split Second
12 N All My Children
12:30 Let's Make A Deal
1 PM Newlywed Game
1:30 The Girl In My Life
2 PM General Hospital
2:30 One Life To Live
3 PM Love, American Style
3:30 New Zoo Revue
4 PM Happy Hour (cartoons)
4:30 TBA
5 PM News
5:30 ABC News
6 PM Big Valley
7 PM Temperatures Rising
7:30 ABC Movie: "The Cat Creature"
9 PM Marcus Welby, M.D.
10 PM News
10:30 Miss World Pageant
 
When did Channel 5 in Nashville start clearing the CBS programming from 9:00-10:00 a.m.? I remember in the late 60's and early 70's that Channel 8 would carry the CBS reruns (Lucy Show, Beverly Hillbillies, IIRC) that 4-19-33-40-42 carried.
 
Good ole WOWL. They later moved As the World Turns to 3:30 and added Guiding Light, too. I remember watching both of those in summers when I went back to visit relatives after we moved to Memphis. I don't know how long WOWL cleared the CBS soaps, but it was into 1980 at least.

The one thing I can't get out of my head is a jingle played nightly during the evening newscast on WOWL. This would've been in the 1970-76 range. It was for the Shawnee brand of flour. "It's as easy as 1 2 3, and Shawnee adds the ME!" It was the silliest jingle, and my dad would always scream about them playing "that damned commercial" at least twice in every broadcast, every night for years. Funny how we remember such weird insignificant things.
 
bpatrick said:
WLAC (WTVF) Ch. 5 Nashville (CBS)

7 AM Mornings With Siegel (I don't think Stanley Siegel went over
too well in Nashville; he did better on WCBS, as I recall.)
...Siegel was indeed on WCBS-TV/2 for a while, but his big splash in NYC was made when Bill Fyffe, Siegel's old boss at then-ABC affiliate WLUK/11 Green Bay*, was made GM at WABC-TV/7 and he brought Siegel up from Nashville. I don't recall exactly why he jumped to WCBS (whether he quit or was canned by WABC), but I recall his old WABC slot being given to sportscaster Warner Wolf for a Donahue-like talk show...

*Siegel was fired from WLUK for a piece he did spoofing garbologist A.J. Weberman`s early `70s surveys of Bob Dylan`s garbage. The individual whose garbage Siegel chose to study was that of Don Sidney, the competing anchorman on WFRV/5, then the NBC affiliate in Green Bay. He didn`t bother to get Sidney`s permission for the piece, and when Siegel found a sizeable quantity of liquor bottles, he passed a comment about Sidney`s taste in alcoholic drinks. It turned out that Sidney had indeed been struggling with a drinking problem for a while up to that broadcast, and he threatened to sue The Post Corporation (WLUK`s owners at the time) for invasion of privacy and libel if they didn`t fire Siegel. Stanley surfaced in Nashville.
 
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