October 2, 2023

What's on TV? Tuesday, October 3, 1972




We're back in Atlanta this week as part of the Georgia Edition, back in the pre-Superstation days when WTCG stood for "Turner Communications Group." In 1972, Channel 17 has only been on the air for five years (the local story was that WTCG stood for "Watch This Channel Grow"), but I think you can already see the seeds of what it would become in its Superstation days (minus the Braves games, of course). Now, it goes under the call letters of WPCH, and is known as "Peachtree TV." All good things come to an end, I guess. Also, if you were wondering, that "Woodruff" that's one of the anchors on WAGA is, in fact, Judy Woodruff, who will go on to much bigger and better things in her broadcasting career. Check out the rest of the listings and see what other hidden facts you can find this week!

 
-2- WSB (ATLANTA) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:20
TOWN AND COUNTRY
 
    6:25
FARM NEWS
 
    6:30
PATTERN FOR LIVING
 
    7:00
TODAY
 
    9:00
TODAY IN GEORGIA
 
  10:00
DINAH SHORE
Guest: Peter Marshall
 
  10:30
CONCENTRATION
 
  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY
 
  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
Michael Landon, Vicki Lawrence, Rose Marie, George Maharis, Carl Reiner, Karen Valentine, Demond Wilson
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS—Sisson/Lane
 
  12:30
MERV GRIFFIN
Guests: Andy Griffith, Della Reese, Rose Marie
 
    2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    2:30
DOCTORS
 
    3:00
ANOTHER WORLD
 
    3:30
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE
 
    4:00
SOMERSET
 
    4:30
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game
 
    5:00
PERRY MASON BW 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS—Philp/Sisson
 
    7:00
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
 
    7:30
WILD KINGDOM
 
    8:00
BONANZA
 
    9:00
BOLD ONES
 
  10:00
FIRST TUESDAY
Special
 
  11:00
NEWS—Horner/Philp
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON
Guest: Rodney Dangerfield
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
 
 
 3  WRCB (CHATTANOOGA) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    7:00
TODAY
 
    9:00
MAYBERRY R.F.D.
 
    9:30
I DREAM OF JEANNIE
 
  10:00
DINAH SHORE
Guest: Peter Marshall
 
  10:30
CONCENTRATION
 
  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY
 
  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
Michael Landon, Vicki Lawrence, Rose Marie, George Maharis, Carl Reiner, Karen Valentine, Demond Wilson
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
JEOPARDY
 
  12:30
WHO, WHAT OR WHERE—Game
 
  12:55
NBC NEWS—Floyd Kalber
 
    1:00
MERRY-GO-ROUND
 
    1:20
LUCILLE RIVERS—Sewing
 
    1:30
THREE ON A MATCH
 
    2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    2:30
DOCTORS
 
    3:00
ANOTHER WORLD
 
    3:30
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE
 
    4:00
SOMERSET
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Hot Rods to Hell” (1967)
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS—Morris/Wick
 
    6:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
 
    7:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game
 
    7:30
ADAM-12
 
    8:00
BONANZA
 
    9:00
MOVIE—Comedy
“The Wheeler Dealers” (1963)
 
  11:00
NEWS—Wick/Wilson
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON
Guests: Buddy Rich, Sandy Duncan
 
 
 
-5- WAGA (ATLANTA) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:00
SUNRISE SEMESTER
20th-Century American Art: The Realists
 
    6:30
UNIV. OF MICHIGAN
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—Hart
 
    8:00
WHAT’S NEW
 
    9:00
PHIL DONAHUE
Guest: Laura Nader
 
  10:00
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
  10:30
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:00
GAMBIT—Game
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS—Axel/Woodruff
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
    1:00
IT’S YOUR BET
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:00
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
 
    3:30
SECRET STORM
 
    4:00
VIRGINIAN
 
    5:30
I DREAM OF JEANNIE
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS—Chuck Moore/Woodruff
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
NEWS—Axel/Ray Moore
 
    7:30
WAIT TILL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME
 
    8:00
MAUDE—Comedy
 
    8:30
HAWAII FIVE-O
 
    9:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Footsteps” (Made-for-TV; 1972)
 
  11:00
NEWS—Chuck Moore
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Biography BW 
“The Stratton Story” (1949)
 
 
 
-8- WGTV (ATLANTA) (PBS)
 
AFTERNOON
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
Guest: Burt Lancaster
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD
Guest: Captain Kangaroo
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
SESAME STREET
 
    7:00
TV HIGH SCHOOL BW 
 
    7:30
FIRING LINE
Guest: Jimmy Hoffa
 
    8:30
DATELINE AMERICA—Documentary
Debut
 
    9:00
NORMAN CORWIN PRESENTS
“You Think You’ve Got Troubles?”
 
    9:30
INSIDE ATLANTA
 
  10:00
GEORGIA MOUNTAIN FAIR
 
 
 
 9  WTVC (CHATTANOOGA) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    7:00
COUNTRY MUSIC
 
    7:30
NEW ZOO REVUE—Children
 
    8:00
FUNTIME—Children
 
    9:00
NEWS—Hogue/Mazza
 
    9:30
VIRGINIAN
 
  11:00
NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY
 
  11:30
BEWITCHED
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
PASSWORD
Elizabeth Montgomery, Richard Long
 
  12:30
SPLIT SECOND—Game
 
    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    2:30
DATING GAME
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
    3:30
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
 
    4:00
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE
 
    4:30
GREEN ACRES
 
    5:00
PONDEROSA
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS—Willette/McAffee
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith, Harry Reasoner
 
    7:00
LAWRENCE WELK
 
    8:00
TEMPERATURES RISING—Comedy
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“Playmates” (Made-for-TV; 1972)
 
  10:00
MARCUS WELBY, M.D.
 
  11:00
NEWS—Willette/McAffee
 
  11:30
DICK CAVETT
Guest: Lana Cantrell
 
 
 
11 WQXI (ATLANTA) (ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:30
EDUCATIONAL FILM BW
 
    7:00
CARTOON CLUB
 
    8:30
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN BW 
 
    9:00
HAZEL
 
    9:30
DICK VAN DYKE BW 
 
  10:00
COURTSHIP OF EDDIE’S FATHER
 
  10:30
LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE
 
  11:00
PASSWORD
Martin Milner, Greg Morris
 
  11:30
BEWITCHED
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS—Becker/Neal
 
  12:20
LUCILLE RIVERS—Sewing
 
  12:30
SPLIT SECOND—Game
 
    1:00
ALL MY CHILDREN
 
    1:30
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
 
    2:00
NEWLYWED GAME
 
    2:30
DATING GAME
 
    3:00
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
    3:30
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Autumn Leaves” (1956)
 
    5:00
PONDEROSA
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS—Dominic/Scott/Neal
 
    6:30
ABC NEWS—Howard K. Smith, Harry Reasoner
 
    7:00
WHAT’S MY LINE?
 
    7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
 
    8:00
NORM VAN BROCKLIN
 
    8:30
MOVIE—Comedy
“Playmates” (Made-for-TV; 1972)
 
  10:00
MARCUS WELBY, M.D.
 
  11:00
NEWS—Dominic/Scott/Neal
 
  11:40
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“The Lineup” (1958)
 
    1:00
NEWS
 
 
 
12 WDEF (CHATTANOOGA) (CBS)
 
MORNING
 
    6:25
SUNRISE SEMESTER
20th-Century American Art: The Realists
 
    6:55

FARM REPORT
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—Hart
 
    7:30
MORNING SHOW
 
    8:30
ROMPER ROOM
 
    9:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
  10:00
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
  10:30
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:00
GAMBIT—Game
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
NEWS—Don Allen
 
  12:20
PAUL HARVEY—Commentary
 
  12:25
CBS NEWS—Edwards
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
    1:00
BEAT THE CLOCK
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:00
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
 
    3:30
SECRET STORM
 
    4:00
FAMILY AFFAIR
 
    4:30
MERV GRIFFIN
The Don Adamses, Ross Martins, Willie Shoemakers, Leslie Uggams and her husband
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS—Mort Lloyd
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
DRAGNET
 
    7:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
 
    8:00
MAUDE—Comedy
 
    8:30
HAWAII FIVE-O
 
    9:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Footsteps” (Made-for-TV; 1972)
 
  11:00
NEWS—Dick James
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Biography BW 
“The Stratton Story” (1949)
 
 
 
13 WMAZ (MACON) (CBS, ABC)
 
MORNING
 
    6:50
NEWS
 
    7:00
CBS NEWS—Hart
 
    8:00
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
 
    9:00
LET’S TALK IT OVER
 
    9:30
GENERAL HOSPITAL
 
  10:00
JOKER’S WILD—Game
 
  10:30
PRICE IS RIGHT
 
  11:00
GAMBIT—Game
 
  11:30
LOVE OF LIFE
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
WHERE THE HEART IS
 
  12:25
CBS NEWS—Edwards
 
  12:30
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW
 
    1:00
ALMANAC
 
    1:15
DATE WITH DEL
 
    1:30
AS THE WORLD TURNS
 
    2:00
GUIDING LIGHT
 
    2:30
EDGE OF NIGHT
 
    3:00
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
 
    3:30
SECRET STORM
 
    4:00
FAMILY AFFAIR
 
    4:30
PONDEROSA
 
    5:30
TO TELL THE TRUTH
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
    6:30
CBS NEWS—Walter Cronkite
 
    7:00
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES—Game
 
    7:30
ODD COUPLE
 
    8:00
MAUDE—Comedy
 
    8:30
HAWAII FIVE-O
 
    9:30
MOVIE—Drama
“Footsteps” (Made-for-TV; 1972)
 
  11:00
NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Biography BW 
“The Stratton Story” (1949)
 
 
 
15 WDCO (COCHRAN) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
    8:30
WHAT’S NEW
 
    9:00
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
AFTERNOON
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
Guest: Burt Lancaster
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD
Guest: Captain Kangaroo
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
SESAME STREET
 
    7:00
TV HIGH SCHOOL BW 
 
    7:30
SOUND OF YOUTH
 
    8:00
FAMILY GAME—Discussion
Debut
 
    8:30
DATELINE AMERICA—Documentary
Debut
 
    9:00
BEHIND THE
Debut
 
    9:30
BLACK JOURNAL
Return
 
  10:00
GEORGIA MOUNTAIN FAIR
 
 
 
17 WTCG (ATLANTA) (Ind.)
 
MORNING
 
    7:00
LITTLE RASCALS BW 
 
    8:00
BANANA SPLITS
 
    8:30
MAGIC FUNNIES
 
    9:00
NEW ZOO REVUE—Children
 
    9:30
ROMPER ROOM
 
  10:00
CARTOON CARNIVAL
 
  10:30
JACK LaLANNE
 
  11:00
GALLOPING GOURMET
Shrimp with tomato sauce
 
  11:30
MIKE DOUGLAS
Guests: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lionel Hampton, William Putney
 
AFTERNOON
 
    1:00
MOVIE—Mystery BW 
“Uncle Harry” (1945)
 
    3:00
BANANA SPLITS
 
    3:30
FLINTSTONES
 
    4:00
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER BW 
 
    4:30
PETTICOAT JUNCTION
 
    5:00
ANDY GRIFFITH BW 
 
    5:30
GET SMART
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
STAR TREK
 
    7:00
RIFLEMAN BW 
 
    7:30
ANDY GRIFFITH BW 
 
    8:00
MOVIE—Comedy BW 
“Horse Feathers” (1932)
 
    9:30
WACKY WORLD OF JONATHAN WINTERS
Guest: Joseph Campanella
 
  10:00
ROLLIN’—Variety
 
  10:30
GOLDDIGGERS
Guest: Don Meredith
 
  11:00
AVENGERS BW
 
  12:00
MOVIE—Mystery BW 
“Uncle Harry” (1945)
 
 
 
18 WCLP (CHATSWORTH) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
    8:30
WHAT’S NEW
 
    9:00
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
AFTERNOON
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
Guest: Burt Lancaster
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD
Guest: Captain Kangaroo
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
SESAME STREET
 
    7:00
TV HIGH SCHOOL BW 
 
    7:30
SOUND OF YOUTH
 
    8:00
FAMILY GAME—Discussion
Debut
 
    8:30
DATELINE AMERICA—Documentary
Debut
 
    9:00
BEHIND THE
Debut
 
    9:30
BLACK JOURNAL
Return
 
  10:00
GEORGIA MOUNTAIN FAIR
 
 
 
30 WETV (ATLANTA) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
  10:00
SESAME STREET
Guest: Burt Lancaster
 
AFTERNOON
 
    2:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
    4:00
SESAME STREET
Guest: Burt Lancaster
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD
Guest: Captain Kangaroo
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
FILM
 
    6:30
HODGEPODGE LODGE
 
    7:00
HERE AND NOW BW
 
    7:30
OTHER PEOPLES, OTHER VIEWPOINTS BW 
 
    8:00
FAMILY GAME—Discussion
Debut
 
    8:30
DATELINE AMERICA—Documentary
Debut
 
    9:00
BEHIND THE
Debut
 
    9:30
HOLLYWOOD TELEVISION THEATRE
Special: “Another Part of the Forest”
 
 
 
41 WCWB (MACON) (NBC)
 
MORNING
 
    7:00
TODAY
 
    9:00
ROMPER ROOM
 
    9:30
WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW
 
  10:00
DINAH SHORE
Guest: Peter Marshall
 
  10:30
CONCENTRATION
 
  11:00
SALE OF THE CENTURY
 
  11:30
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
Michael Landon, Vicki Lawrence, Rose Marie, George Maharis, Carl Reiner, Karen Valentine, Demond Wilson
 
AFTERNOON
 
  12:00
JEOPARDY
 
  12:30
WHO, WHAT OR WHERE—Game
 
  12:55
NBC NEWS—Floyd Kalber
 
    1:00
NEWS—McEldowney
 
    1:10
WOMEN’S WORLD
 
    1:30
THREE ON A MATCH
 
    2:00
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
 
    2:30
DOCTORS
 
    3:00
ANOTHER WORLD
 
    3:30
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE
 
    4:00
SOMERSET
 
    4:30
MOVIE—Western BW 
“Battle—Texas Style”
 
EVENING
 
    6:30
NBC NEWS—John Chancellor
 
    7:00
REAL McCOYS BW 
 
    7:30
FELONY SQUAD
 
    8:00
BONANZA
 
    9:00
BOLD ONES
 
  10:00
FIRST TUESDAY
Special
 
  11:00
WESTERN STAR THEATRE
 
  11:30
JOHNNY CARSON
Guest: Rodney Dangerfield
 
 
 
45 WTCI (CHATTANOOGA) (PBS)
 
MORNING
 
    8:30
MISTER ROGERS
 
  10:00
SESAME STREET
Guest: Burt Lancaster
 
  11:00
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
AFTERNOON
 
    5:00
MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD
Guest: Captain Kangaroo
 
    5:30
ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
SESAME STREET
 
    7:00
HODGEPODGE LODGE
 
    7:30
IMPROVING YOUR MATH BW 
 
    8:00
YOU!
 
    8:30
DATELINE AMERICA—Documentary
Debut
 
    9:00
BEHIND THE
Debut
 
    9:30
AESTHETIC VENTURE
 
  10:00
MATH 1110
 
 
 
46 WHAE (ATLANTA) (Ind.)
 
AFTERNOON
 
    3:30
THIS IS THE LIFE BW 
 
    4:00
INSIGHT—Drama
 
    4:30
FURY BW
 
    5:00
DAVEY AND GOLIATH
 
    5:30
DENNIS THE MENACE BW 
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
JIM AND TAMMY
 
    7:00
OF LANDS AND SEAS
 
    8:00
WARREN ROBERTS
 
    9:00
700 CLUB
 
  10:00
700 CLUB
 
 
 
61 WRIP (CHATTANOOGA) (Ind.)
 
AFTERNOON
 
    3:30
CARTOONS/THREE STOOGES
 
EVENING
 
    6:00
MOVIE—Adventure BW 
“The Charge of the Light Brigade” (1936)
 
    8:00
MOVIE—Melodrama BW 
“Flaxy Martin” (1949)
 
  10:00
MOVIE—Drama BW 
“Flight Angels” (1940)
 
  11:30
MOVIE—Biography BW 
“Knute Rockne—All American” (1940)

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1 comment:

  1. I didn't get WTCG (later WTBS) until 1978, but there 1972 schedule was pretty much the same six years later.

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