Retro: North Carolina 50 years ago today, Saturday, November 12, 1955

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I've posted the primetime part of this
before, but I'm going to put
up the entire day anyway.  From the
Greensboro Daily News.  Only WITN/7 Greenville/
New Bern/Washington and WLOS/13 Asheville are missing.

WFMY Ch. 2 Greensboro (CBS/ABC)

 9:30 Little Rascals
 9:45 Barker Bill
10 AM Andy's Gang
10:30 Buffalo Bill Jr.
11 AM Captain Midnight
11:30 Tales Of The Texas Rangers
12 N  Big Top
 1 PM Sky King
 1:30 John Wayne
 2:30 Theater (no idea of complete title)
 3:30 This Is The Life
 4 PM Lassie
 4:30 Football (don't know if a highlights
       show or a scoreboard show)
 5 PM Disneyland
 6 PM Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry
 6:30 Beat The Clock
 7 PM Ethel Barrymore Theater
 7:30 Studio 57
 8 PM Stage Show
 8:30 Honeymooners
 9 PM Two For The Money
 9:30 It's Always Jan
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 My Favorite Husband
11 PM Red Skelton
11:30 Saturday Night Jamboree
12:30 News

WBTV Ch. 3 Charlotte (CBS/NBC/ABC)

 8:55 Mr. Wizard
 9:25 Pet Show
 9:30 Captain Midnight
10 AM Andy's Gang
10:30 Wild Bill Hickok
11 AM Buffalo Bill Jr.
11:30 Tales Of The Texas Rangers
12 N  Big Top
 1 PM Roy Rogers
 1:30 TBA
 2 PM Football (live game, teams not given)
 5 PM TBA
 5:30 Captain Gallant
 6 PM Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry
 6:30 Big Town
 7 PM Father Knows Best
 7:30 Beat The Clock
 8 PM Stage Show
 8:30 Honeymooners
 9 PM Two For The Money
 9:30 It's Always Jan
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Damon Runyon Theater
11 PM Telenews
11:15 Late Show

WUNC Ch. 4 Chapel Hill (NET)

 6 PM Big Picture
 6:30 Quill
 7 PM Policy (foreign?)
 7:30 Plains
 8 PM People (nothing else)

WMFD (WECT) Ch. 6 Wilmington (NBC/CBS/ABC)

 3:30 Western
 4:30 Zoo Parade
 5 PM Sunday School
 5:15 Message (some sort of religious program)
 5:30 Mr. Wizard
 6 PM Big Top
 7 PM News
 7:15 Scoreboard
 7:30 The Lineup
 8 PM Grand Ole Opry (ABC version, and not
       the syndicated Stars Of The Grand Ole
       Opry)
 9 PM People Are Funny
 9:30 Sandy Brothers
10 PM George Gobel
10:30 Your Hit Parade
11 PM Giants 1953
11:30 Wrestling

WNCT Ch. 9 Greenville, NC (CBS/ABC)

10:30 Kiddies (nothing else)
11 AM Andy's Gang
11:30 Buffalo Bill Jr.
12 N  Big Top
 1 PM News
 1:15 Farming
 1:30 T.B. Seals
 1:45 Boy Scouts
 2 PM Theater
 3:30 St. Mary's (nothing else)
 4 PM Roller Derby
 4:30 Playhouse (nothing else)
 5 PM Wrestling
 6 PM Film
 6:30 Down Home
 7 PM Cisco Kid
 7:30 Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry
 8 PM Stage Show
 8:30 Honeymooners
 9 PM Two For The Money
 9:30 It's Always Jan
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Damon Runyon Theater
11 PM Lawrence Welk
12 M  Salad Mixer (an early infomercial)

WTVD Ch. 11 Durham (NBC/ABC)

12 N  Mr. Wizard
12:30 Christophers
 1 PM What's Your Trouble? (Norman
       Vincent Peale)
 1:15 Round-Up
 3:15 World (nothing else)
 3:30 Round-Up
 4:30 Bermuda (possibly a travel film)
 5 PM Too Young (nothing else)
 5:30 Big Picture
 6 PM Scoreboard
 6:15 World (nothing else)
 6:30 Community
 7 PM Star Tonight
 7:30 Crusade In Europe
 8 PM Perry Como
 9 PM People Are Funny
 9:30 Jimmy Durante
10 PM George Gobel
10:30 Your Hit Parade
11 PM Country Style
12 M  News
12:05 Previews

WSJS (WXII) Ch. 12 Winston-Salem (NBC)

11 AM Music
11:10 News
11:15 Industry On Parade
11:30 Mr. Wizard
12 N  Roy Rogers
12:30 Feature
 2 PM Football
 3 PM Christophers
 3:30 Big Picture
 4 PM Football
 4:05 Matinee
 5 PM Scores
 5:05 Mr. Wizard
 5:30 Comics
 5:55 Scores
 6 PM Melody Boys
 7 PM Sherlock Holmes
 7:30 Big Surprise
 8 PM Perry Como
 9 PM People Are Funny
 9:30 Jimmy Durante
10 PM George Gobel
10:30 Your Hit Parade
11 PM Movie
12 M  News Final

WTOB Ch. 26 Winston-Salem (ABC)

 5:25 News
 5:30 Hodgepodge
 6 PM Big Picture
 6:30 Hoedown
 7:30 Ozark Jubilee
 9 PM Lawrence Welk
10 PM Tomorrow's Careers
10:30 Wrestling

WNAO Ch. 28 Raleigh (CBS/ABC)

10:30 Winky Dink And You
11 AM Western
12 N  Big Top
 1 PM Western
 2 PM Movie
 3:15 Wonderland
 3:30 Industry On Parade
 3:45 Theater
 5 PM Wrestling
 6 PM This Is The Life
 6:30 Saturday Lucy Show (I Love
       Lucy reruns)
 7 PM Stars Of The Grand Ole Opry
 7:30 Beat The Clock
 8 PM Ozark Jubilee
 9 PM Two For The Money
 9:30 "28" Presents
10 PM Gunsmoke
10:30 Curtain Call