Dave Wright on WFMY 2

Remember Dave Wright? He was a longtime personality with WFMY channel 2 in Greensboro, NC. Reporting the weather on the late night news was but one of his jobs at the station. In late 1962, Dave Wright took over as the host of the Thursday afternoon "Dance Party" show. By January 1964 the show was renamed "US!" with a few changes in the format. In the fall of 1964 the show moved to Saturday afternoon. There was still plenty of music and dancing.

WGHP 8 Mornings in February 1964

From the time that channel 8 went on the air in October 1963, WGHP was a leader with locally produced programming.

WGHP 8 Daytime News Team in 1964

Joe Mannion. Susie Cordon and Bob Tyndall of WGHP channel 8 news in High Point, NC.

The Rebel & Pecos Pete in 1964 on WFMY 2

The Old Rebel (George Perry) and Pecos Pete (Jim Tucker) performing in December 1964.

MID-DAY Reports on WGHP

From May 1964.

Ramona Curtis Show - March 23 - 27, 1964

WGHP - Championship Wrestling

Of all the shows produced in the WGHP channel 8 studios, this was my favorite. It was taped there each Tuesday evening from 1964 until 1974.

Billy Johnson Show - Jan.27,1964 On WGHP

Old Rebel & Pecos Pete - Nov.26,1964

During the holiday season,from the late-fifties to the mid- sixties,Marco the Polar Bear was Santa's helper.Marco also made personal appearances with the Old Rebel and Pecos Pete.During the early to mid-sixties,Marco and Santa also had their own Saturday morning show on WFMY 2.

The Lloyd Thaxton Show - WGHP

Another of my favorite syndicated music shows that aired on WGHP 1964-1966. Please click on images to enlarge.

Carolina In The Morning - WGHP

Another example of locally produced tv from the early days of WGHP. The ad is from March 1964.

Charlie Harville 1964

Charlie Harville and Art Bradley in November 1964.

Santa on WGHP

During the holiday season in 1964, channel 8 featured Santa Claus each weekday for 15 minutes, right before Adventure Theatre. Merry Christmas to all !

Ramona Curtis Show on WGHP

From January 1964.

B'WANA DON

This ad is from June 1964.

Bonnie Lou and Buster

Sometime during the first year, this show changed it's name to "Jubilee" , sponsored by Jim Walter Homes. Bonnie Lou and Buster Moore perfomed the sponsor jingle on each show. Their show ran for many years in this timeslot on WGHP. The ad is from May 17,1964.

The Untouchables

This ad is from June 1964.

The Lloyd Thaxton Show

The Lloyd Thaxton Show aired on channel 8 for a couple of seasons between 1964/1966. This show, along with the Dick Bennick Show, inspired me to want to learn how to play the guitar. Seeing all the great performers on the Thaxton show and the garage bands on the Bennick show were wonderful. I paid close attention and learned a lot from those perfomances.

Shock Theatre

Shock Theatre was a very popular late night weekend show on WGHP channel 8 during the sixties and seventies. The show began as Friday night show when WGHP went on the air in October 1963. It became a Saturday night fixture around 1967 about a year after Dick Bennick became the host as Count Shockula. Dick Bennick later changed his character to Dr. Paul Bearer. I will be covering Dick Bennick's many different shows at WGHP later. The ad is from 1964.

Charlie Harville

Charlie Harville became the Sports Director at WGHP channel 8 in High Point, NC in October 1963. He held that position until leaving there around 1975. Charlie reported the sports on the nightly newscasts. He also did many of the ACC Basketball games and sometimes when the network came to cover a game ,he would announce those also. I first saw Charlie doing the sports on WFMY channel 2 in Greensboro during the fifties on up to the time he went over to channel 8. Charlie returned to WFMY sometime after leaving WGHP. My fondest memories of Charlie Harville is when he hosted "Championship Wrestling" on WGHP from 1964 to 1974. It was during that timeframe I was able to see Charlie Harville in person quite often as he was the ring announcer for the wrestling matches in Winston-Salem and Greensboro. I will be covering some of those shows here later. The ad is from January 1964.