77 Sunset Strip

This ad is from March 1965.

WSJS Tuesday Night's in Nov.1960

Highway Patrol

Highway Patrol starred Broderick Crawford as Captain Dan Matthews. This ad is from September 1961. At that time, Highway Patrol was airing on WFMY channel 2 five nights a week at 6:00 p.m. WGHP channel eight aired the show again during 1966-67.

The Untouchables

This ad is from June 1964.

Tarzan

My first opportunity to see a Tarzan movie came when I was in the third grade. It was during the 1961-62 TV season. I saw Tarzan Triumphs (1943) on WDBJ channel 7 Roanoke ,on the Wednesday night "Big Show" that aired at 7:30 p.m. that season. I would later get to see many more on WSOC Charlotte channel 9's "Jungle Theatre" on Sunday afternoons and beginning in October 1963, on WGHP channel 8 in High Point on "Adventure Theatre". I was very excited when WFMY made the decision to air the movies in primetime beginning on February 8,1974. During the first month the movies aired, the station started receiving complaints about how the natives were portrayed in these movies. I may be wrong,but I believe it was after the fourth week when "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" aired, that WFMY made the decision to end this movie festival.

Superman 1964

The Adventures of Superman, starring George Reeves as Clark Kent/Superman, returned to the Piedmont on Monday August 31,1964 after an absence of nearly five years. During the weeks leading up to the show returning, channel 12 promoted it very well, even during primetime. The commercial that the station made did not feature film footage. Rather, they used a montage of probably the best publicity photos from the show I have ever seen. It was an exciting Monday afternoon when "Superman on Earth" came on. This ad is from November 1964.

WFMY TV Line-up 1964

This is the afternoon line-up for channel 2 in Greensboro for September 1964.