Saturday, September 29, 2018

May 1, 1965 Wrestling on WGHP 8 in High Point, NC


May 1, 1965 on WGHP 8 in High Point, NC

    Bill Hefner would later take over this show.


May 1, 1965 on WSJS 12 in Winston-Salem, NC

           This was during the period when Shock Theatre had left the WGHP 8 schedule in favor of Les Crane's "Nightlife" late night show. Shock Theatre returned to WGHP in it's late Friday night time slot on June 4, 1965 with "The Ghost of Frankenstein".


Sunday, July 22, 2018

Mary Anne Koger on WGHP 8

        Mary Anne Koger became WGHP's Romper Room teacher in 1969 when Margot Williams left the position after an eight month tenure. The show lasted until late 1977.


Margot Williams on WGHP 8 in 1969

     Margot Williams took over as WGHP's Romper Room teacher in January 1969 after Libba Hinkle left. Mrs. Williams stayed for eight months.


Limbo the Clown on WGHP 8

      Limbo and the Little Rascals debuted on May 22, 1967. The show was later re-named Limbo's Cartoon Circus. Libba Hinkle was the original Limbo until January 1969. That is when Patty Halo took over the role of Limbo. Limbo's co-stars were Beauregard the Leprechaun and Reginald Rightbad.






"Miss Libba" Elisabeth Hinkle on WGHP 8

       Miss Libba Hinkle was WGHP's Romper Room teacher from September 13, 1965 until she left the station in January 1969. She was then part of the WFMY 2 news team until moving to New York in 1970 to work for a tv station there as a producer.