Adventures Of Kit Carson

From February 1952 on WFMY 2 in Greensboro, NC.

Hopalong Cassidy - WFMY 2

William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy began on WFMY channel 2 in Greensboro,NC on March 7,1950.

The Rifleman - WFMY

We did not have an ABC affiliate in the Piedmont at this time so WFMY aired this series each Friday night right before Rawhide.The ad is from July 1960.

Lawman - WSJS

This ad is from 1962. This series ran on the ABC network from 1958-1962.Since we only had WFMY and WSJS in the Triad at the time,channel 12 and channel 2 included some of the ABC shows on their schedules wherever they could.I am glad they did. That is John Russell in the ad as Marshal Dan Troop. This show has been airing on the Encore Westerns Channel each weekday morning at 9:00 A.M.

Laramie 1964

John Smith starred as Slim Sherman ( pictured ) and Robert Fuller co-starred as Jess Harper. The ad is from April 1964.

Sky King

Kirby Grant starred in this series as Sky King. His plane was named the "Songbird". This show from the fifties continued to air on WFMY channel 2 on Saturday mornings into the mid-sixties. One of my all-time favorites. The ad is from 1957.

Six Gun Playhouse 1952

Please click on this article from February 6, 1952 to make it a little easier to read. George Perry as the Old Rebel hosted this show for several years on channel 2 before the show title was changed to the Old Rebel and Pecos Pete show.

Lawman

Lawman starred John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and Peter Brown as Deputy Johnny McKay. I got to meet Peter Brown at Tweetsie Railroad up in Boone,NC one summer during the sixties. I believe it was 1967. This ad is from September 1964.

Wanted Dead or Alive 1964

The 'King of cool", Steve McQueen, starred as Josh Randall in Wanted Dead or Alive. We were lucky here in the Piedmont Golden Triangle viewing area. Channel 12 carried many great TV series in the afternoon and early evening, after their original network runs. This ad is from December 1964.

Cheyenne 1966

Warner Bros. Studios produced a bunch of TV westerns. Cheyenne was one of my favorites with Clint Walker starring as Cheyenne Bodie. This ad is from January 1966.

The Texan 1968

This ad is from October 2,1968. Timeless Media has released 70 episodes of this series in a 10 disc DVD set. I would rate this set as very good.When the credits roll at the end, some of the episodes have the original sponsor image intact, such as Viceroy cigarettes and Praise soap. Generally, it is those episodes that are the sharpest. When the show went into syndication, the sponsor image was replaced by the state of Texas. Which brings up another point. Timeless Media says that the show had not been seen since being re-run on the ABC network in 1962. That was not the case here in North Carolina. The show aired here in reruns each Wednesday night from early 1966 until the spring of 1969. Within that same timeframe the show also ran Monday through Friday on WNBE in New Bern,NC. The last confirmation I have for the show airing in Winston-Salem is on Saturday afternoons in 1970. It is hard to imagine that North Carolina was the only area that got the show in syndication.

The Texan 1966

The ad is from July 13,1966. Rory Calhoun starred as Bill Longley. The series original run was on CBS from 1958-1960.

Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot, starring Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster. The ad is from May 18, 1958.