Retro: Tri-Cities, Tenn., Tuesday, March 19, 1963

[DM601]

(Source: Kingsport Times)

WCYB 5 (NBC, ABC)
AM
6 Continental Classroom
7 Today
9 Best of Groucho
9:30 Jane Wyman
10 Say When
10:30 Play Your Hunch
11 Price is Right
11:30 Concentration
PM
12 First Impression
12:30 Truth or Consequences
1 News
1:15 Matinee
1:30 Tennessee Ernie Ford (Bristol native)
2 Merv Griffin
3 Loretta Young
3:30 Young Dr. Malone
4 Match Game
4:30 Make Room For Daddy
5 Looney Tunes
5:30 Union Pacific
6 Highway Patrol
6:30 News
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 Manhunt
7:30 Laramie
8:30 Empire
9:30 Dick Powell
10:30 President’s Trip
11 News
11:30 Tonight Show

WJHL 11 (CBS, ABC)
AM
6:30 American Economy
7 Gospel Time
8 Captain Kangaroo
9 Jeff’s Collie
9:30 Psychology
10 Calendar
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 Real McCoys
11:30 Pete and Gladys
PM
12 Love of Life
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 News; Memo from Ilo
1:30 As The World Turns
2 Password
2:30 House Party
3 To Tell The Truth
3:30 Millionaire
4 Secret Storm
4:30 Edge of Night
5 Bronco
6 Father Knows Best
6:30 Mr. Ed
7 News
7:15 CBS News
7:30 Arthur Smith
8 Lloyd Bridges
8:30 Judy Garland
9:30 Jack Benny
10 Garry Moore
11 News
11:15 Movie (title not given)

WFBC-TV 4 (NBC) Greenville, S.C.
AM
6:30 Continental Classroom
7 Today
9 How Do You Say It
9:30 Best of Groucho
10 Say When
10:30 Play Your Hunch
11 Price Is Right
11:30 Concentration
PM
12 First Impression
12:30 Truth or Consequences
1 Tele-Scope
2 Merv Griffin
3 Loretta Young
3:30 Young Dr. Malone
4 Match Game
4:30 Mickey Mouse Club
5:30 Yogi Bear
6 Sea Hunt
6:30 News
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 Hennesey
7:30 Laramie
8:30 Empire
9:30 Dick Powell
10:30 President’s Trip
11 News
11:30 Tonight Show

WLOS-TV 13 (ABC) Asheville, N.C.
AM
6:15 Daily Word
6:30 Cartoons
8 Discovery
8:30 Cartoons
9:30 Movie (title not given)
11 Jane Wyman
11:30 Yours For A Song
PM
12 Tennessee Ernie Ford
12:30 Leave It To The Girls
1 Divorce Court
2 Day In Court
2:30 Seven Keys
3 Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust
4 American Bandstand
4:30 Movie (title not given)
6 News, Sports
6:15 News (ABC?)
6:30 Maverick
7 Rebel
7:30 Combat
8:30 Hawaiian Eye
9:30 Untouchables
10:30 Focus
11 News
11:30 Movie (title not given)

 

[bpatrick]

I'm almost positive that WLOS was carrying
ABC News at 6:15. What I find interesting
is that, after the cancellation of Camouflage
in November 1962, WLOS never ran another
network show at 12:30 until Funny You Should
Ask in the 1968-69 season. I remember when
WSPA, the CBS affiliate, ran Treasure Isle in the
summer of '68 at 9 AM...and this was on ABC
at 12:30!

 

[bpatrick]

Addendum: WLOS's scheduling of Discovery
reminds me of WVEC's with Where The Action
Is about three and a half years later. Both
shows were on ABC at 4:30 (Discovery moved
to Sunday mornings in the fall of '63), and both
ended up at 8 AM in their respective markets
(Discovery in Asheville, Action
in Norfolk). The scheduling of Discovery at that
time makes a little more sense, but even there
the show was geared more to older kids and not
to the Captain Kangaroo crowd.

With General Hospital debuting at 1 PM on April 1
(and, IIRC, Day In Court moving to 2:30), did
Divorce Court move to 1:30? (Note: I remember
when it pre-empted One Life To Live in the summer
of '68, before WLOS started carrying The Flintstones
at 3:30 for several years.)