As this year marks the 60th anniversary of the murder of President John F. Kennedy, here's what viewers in northern Michigan would have seen that weekend if JFK's Dallas visit had gone as planned, as featured in The Record Eagle on 11/22/63. The market did not get a full-time ABC affiliate until 1971.
WPBN 7 Traverse City (NBC, ABC secondary) (also on WTOM 4 Cheboygan)
Friday afternoon/evening, 11/22/63
4:30 Your First Impression
5:00 Trailmasters
6:00 News/Sports/Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:00 Limelight
7:30 International Showtime
8:30 Bob Hope Theatre (color)
9:30 McHale's Navy
10:00 Jack Paar Show
11:00 News/Weather/Sports
12:30 Tonight Show (color)
12:30 News Roundup/Signoff
Saturday, 11/23/63
9:15 Sign-On
9:30 Ruff & Reddy (color) (noteworthy for being Hanna-Barbera's first series)
10:00 Hector Heathcote (color)
10:30 Fireball XL-5
11:00 Dennis the Menace
11:30 Fury
12:00 Sgt. Preston
12:30 Bullwinkle
1:00 Exploring (color)
2:00 Watch Mr. Wizard
2:30 Captain Gallant
3:00 The Deputy
3:30 Top Star Bowling
4:30 Barre Hill Presents
5:00 NFL Football Highlights
5:30 Paul Bunyan Promenade (the station's call letters stood for Paul Bunyan Network)
6:00 Flintstones
6:30 Fugitives
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop
9:00 Saturday Night Movie (color)
11:00 Final Edition/Weather
11:15 Paul Bunyan Theatre
12:45 News Roundup/Signoff
Sunday, 11/24/63
1:45 Dan Smoot
2:00 NBC Opera "Labyrinth" (color)
2:30 NBC News Special
3:00 NBC News Encore
4:00 Sunday - NBC
5:00 Wild Kingdom (color)
5:30 GE College Bowl (color)
6:00 Patty Duke
6:30 Price Is Right
7:00 Farmer's Daughter
7:30 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
8:30 Grindal
9:00 Bonanza (color)
10:00 Best of Records
11:00 News/Weather
11:15 Trails West
11:45 News Roundup/Signoff
WWTV 9 Cadillac (CBS, ABC secondary) (also on WWUP 10 Sault Ste. Marie)
Friday afternoon/evening, 11/22/63
4:30 Price Is Right
5:00 Mickey Mouse
5:30 Greatest Headlines
5:45 Miller Ski Show
6:00 News/Sports/Weather
6:30 CBS News
7:00 Sea Hunt
7:30 Great Adventure
8:30 Route 66
9:30 Twilight Zone
10:00 Alfred Hitchcock
11:00 News/Weather/Sports
11:15 Feature Movie
Saturday, 11/23/63
8:30 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 The Alvin Show
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
10:00 Quick Draw McGraw
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11:00 Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12:00 Sky King
12:30 Do You Know
12:50 CBS News
1:00 U of M TV Hour
2:00 Collegiate Kickoff
2:15 NCAA Football (Wisconsin at Minnesota)
4:45 Scoreboard
5:30 Wide World of Sports
6:00 Laughs for Sale
6:30 Lawrence Welk
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Defenders
9:30 Phil Silvers
10:00 Gunsmoke
11:00 News
11:05 Movie
Sunday, 11/24/63
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up and Live
11:00 Camera Three
11:30 It Is Written
12:00 Faith for Today
12:30 This Is the Life
1:00 U of M TV Hour
2:00 British Calendar
2:15 Pro Football Kickoff
2:30 NFL Football (Detroit at Minnesota)
5:00 Sunday Sports Spectacular
5:30 Amateur Hour
6:00 20th Century
6:30 Mr. Ed
7:00 Lassie (color)
7:30 My Favorite Martian
8:00 Ed Sullivan
9:00 Judy Garland
10:00 Candid Camera
10:30 What's My Line
11:00 CBS News - Sunday Night Report
WPBN 7 Traverse City (NBC, ABC secondary) (also on WTOM 4 Cheboygan)
Friday afternoon/evening, 11/22/63
4:30 Your First Impression
5:00 Trailmasters
6:00 News/Sports/Weather
6:30 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:00 Limelight
7:30 International Showtime
8:30 Bob Hope Theatre (color)
9:30 McHale's Navy
10:00 Jack Paar Show
11:00 News/Weather/Sports
12:30 Tonight Show (color)
12:30 News Roundup/Signoff
Saturday, 11/23/63
9:15 Sign-On
9:30 Ruff & Reddy (color) (noteworthy for being Hanna-Barbera's first series)
10:00 Hector Heathcote (color)
10:30 Fireball XL-5
11:00 Dennis the Menace
11:30 Fury
12:00 Sgt. Preston
12:30 Bullwinkle
1:00 Exploring (color)
2:00 Watch Mr. Wizard
2:30 Captain Gallant
3:00 The Deputy
3:30 Top Star Bowling
4:30 Barre Hill Presents
5:00 NFL Football Highlights
5:30 Paul Bunyan Promenade (the station's call letters stood for Paul Bunyan Network)
6:00 Flintstones
6:30 Fugitives
7:30 The Lieutenant
8:30 Joey Bishop
9:00 Saturday Night Movie (color)
11:00 Final Edition/Weather
11:15 Paul Bunyan Theatre
12:45 News Roundup/Signoff
Sunday, 11/24/63
1:45 Dan Smoot
2:00 NBC Opera "Labyrinth" (color)
2:30 NBC News Special
3:00 NBC News Encore
4:00 Sunday - NBC
5:00 Wild Kingdom (color)
5:30 GE College Bowl (color)
6:00 Patty Duke
6:30 Price Is Right
7:00 Farmer's Daughter
7:30 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
8:30 Grindal
9:00 Bonanza (color)
10:00 Best of Records
11:00 News/Weather
11:15 Trails West
11:45 News Roundup/Signoff
WWTV 9 Cadillac (CBS, ABC secondary) (also on WWUP 10 Sault Ste. Marie)
Friday afternoon/evening, 11/22/63
4:30 Price Is Right
5:00 Mickey Mouse
5:30 Greatest Headlines
5:45 Miller Ski Show
6:00 News/Sports/Weather
6:30 CBS News
7:00 Sea Hunt
7:30 Great Adventure
8:30 Route 66
9:30 Twilight Zone
10:00 Alfred Hitchcock
11:00 News/Weather/Sports
11:15 Feature Movie
Saturday, 11/23/63
8:30 Captain Kangaroo
9:00 The Alvin Show
9:30 Tennessee Tuxedo
10:00 Quick Draw McGraw
10:30 Mighty Mouse
11:00 Rin Tin Tin
11:30 Roy Rogers
12:00 Sky King
12:30 Do You Know
12:50 CBS News
1:00 U of M TV Hour
2:00 Collegiate Kickoff
2:15 NCAA Football (Wisconsin at Minnesota)
4:45 Scoreboard
5:30 Wide World of Sports
6:00 Laughs for Sale
6:30 Lawrence Welk
7:30 Jackie Gleason
8:30 Defenders
9:30 Phil Silvers
10:00 Gunsmoke
11:00 News
11:05 Movie
Sunday, 11/24/63
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up and Live
11:00 Camera Three
11:30 It Is Written
12:00 Faith for Today
12:30 This Is the Life
1:00 U of M TV Hour
2:00 British Calendar
2:15 Pro Football Kickoff
2:30 NFL Football (Detroit at Minnesota)
5:00 Sunday Sports Spectacular
5:30 Amateur Hour
6:00 20th Century
6:30 Mr. Ed
7:00 Lassie (color)
7:30 My Favorite Martian
8:00 Ed Sullivan
9:00 Judy Garland
10:00 Candid Camera
10:30 What's My Line
11:00 CBS News - Sunday Night Report