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Retro: Eastern Virginia Wed., July 31, 1963

From TV Guide, Eastern Virginia Edition:

WTAR (WTKR) Ch. 3 Norfolk (CBS)

7 AM Burns And Allen
7:30 V.P.I. (Virginia Tech) Report
7:35 Almanac Newsreel (WKYT Lexington, KY also had this show, a look at an event that happened on this date in history.)
7:40 Mahalia Jackson
7:45 Lift Up Mine Eyes
7:55 News
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Bob And Chauncey (kids' show)
9:25 Award Theatre
9:55 Dr. Whitehurst Reports
10 AM Calendar (Hughes Rudd subs for Harry Reasoner)
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Real McCoys
11:30 Pete And Gladys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News (Hughes Rudd, again subbing for Reasoner)
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Mildred Alexander (long-running women's show)
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password (Ty Hardin, Marilyn Maxwell)
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party (guests: members of the Congress for Better Living)
3 PM To Tell The Truth (Darren McGavin, Bess Myerson, Milt Kamen, Phyllis Newman)
3:25 CBS News (Douglas Edwards)
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Millionaire (the check goes to Tom Hampton, but maybe not for long--his wife can't keep a secret and only the two of them are supposed to know where the money came from)
5 PM News (Ray Shouse)
5:05 Weather (Andy Roberts)
5:10 Bowling Tips (Don Carter)
5:15 Movie: "Legion Of Lost Flyers"
6:20 Dr. Whitehurst Reports
6:25 Sports, News, Weather
6:45 CBS News (Walter Cronkite)
7 PM Biography (Mike Wallace narrates the early career of Benito Mussolini.)
7:30 Dialogues (historians Allan Nevins and Henry Steele Commager discuss the state of the union and the changing condition of man)
8:30 Dobie Gillis
9 PM Beverly Hillbillies
9:30 Dick Van Dyke
10 PM Armstrong Circle Theater (three reporters comb New York in search of teenage junkies and find addicts, pushers, racketeers, and marijuana parties--host Ron Cochran interviews one of them, New York Journal-American (Dorothy Kilgallen's paper) reporter Jim Horan)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:20 Dr. Whitehurst Reports
11:25 Movie: "Tobor The Great"
sign off 12:45 AM

WTVR Ch. 6 Richmond (CBS)

6:45 Farmer And His Family
7 AM Comedy Capers
7:45 News, Weather
8 AM Captain Kangaroo
9 AM Mischief Makers (kids' show)
9:30 Dandy Doodle (kids' show)
10 AM Calendar
10:30 I Love Lucy
11 AM Real McCoys
11:30 Pete And Gladys
12 N Love Of Life
12:25 CBS News
12:30 Search For Tomorrow
12:45 Guiding Light
1 PM Amos 'n' Andy
1:30 As The World Turns
2 PM Password
2:30 Art Linkletter's House Party
3 PM To Tell The Truth
3:25 CBS News
3:30 Edge Of Night
4 PM Secret Storm
4:30 Millionaire
5 PM Three Stooges
6 PM Deputy Dawg
6:30 Wanted: Dead Or Alive
7 PM News, Weather
7:15 CBS News
7:30 Dialogues
8:30 Dobie Gillis
9 PM Beverly Hillbillies
9:30 Dick Van Dyke
10 PM Armstrong Circle Theater
11 PM News, Weather
11:15 Movie: "Canyon Passage"
sign off 12:30 AM

WXEX (WRIC) Ch. 8 Richmond-Petersburg (NBC)

6:30 RFD #8
7 AM Today
9 AM Dialing For Dollars
9:55 News
10 AM Say When!
10:25 NBC News (Edwin Newman)
10:30 Play Your Hunch
11 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N Your First Impression (Soupy Sales, Dennis James, Jeff Donnell (a woman, BTW), COLOR)
12:30 Truth Or Consequences
12:55 NBC News (Robert Goralsky)
1 PM Dialing For Dollars
2 PM People Will Talk (Dennis James hosts a show which will eventually become "Celebrity Game" and then "Hollywood Squares," COLOR)
2:25 NBC News (Floyd Kalber)
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 You Don't Say! (Arlene Dahl, Dean Jones, COLOR)
4 PM Match Game (Gisele MacKenzie, Chester Morris)
4:25 NBC News (Sander Vanocur)
4:30 Make Room For Daddy
5 PM Dialing For Dollars (w/"The Outlaws")
6:15 News, Sports, Weather
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Death Valley Days
7:30 Virginian (COLOR)
9 PM Kraft Mystery Theater
10 PM Eleventh Hour (a young girl claims she's a princess who has escaped from gypsies, but it turns out her mother brought her in for psychiatric help, then disappeared--guest stars include Jeanne Cooper ("Young And The Restless") and Ed Asner)
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:15 Tonight Show (COLOR)

WAVY Ch. 10 Norfolk (NBC)

7 AM Today
9 AM B'wana Don In Jungle-La
9:30 Best Of Groucho
10 AM Say When!
10:25 NBC News
10:30 Play Your Hunch
11 AM Price Is Right (COLOR)
11:30 Concentration
12 N Your First Impression (COLOR)
12:30 Truth Or Consequences
12:55 NBC News
1 PM Dialing For Dollars
1:50 News
2 PM People Will Talk (COLOR)
2:25 NBC News
2:30 The Doctors
3 PM Loretta Young
3:30 You Don't Say! (COLOR)
4 PM Match Game
4:25 NBC News
4:30 Make Room For Daddy
5 PM Poopdeck Pappy (kids' show)
6 PM Whirlybirds
6:30 News, Weather, Sports
6:45 Huntley-Brinkley Report
7 PM Arthur Smith
7:30 Virginian (COLOR)
9 PM Kraft Mystery Theater
10 PM Eleventh Hour
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:30 Tonight Show (COLOR)
1 AM Teen Talk
1:30 News, Thought For Today

WRVA (WWBT) Ch. 12 Richmond (ABC)

8:50 VPI Report
8:55 Markets, Weather
9 AM Laurel And Hardy
9:20 Sailor Bob And Friends (kids' show)
10:25 Local News
10:30 Artie Levin (exercises)
11 AM Fred And Bob (local variety show)
11:30 Seven Keys
12 N Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (Ernie welcomes new regulars: folksinger Cathie Taylor and singer-guitarist Billy Strange)
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM General Hospital
1:30 People's Choice
2 PM Day In Court (a man is sued for liability in the injury of a young boy)
2:25 ABC News (Alex Dreier)
2:30 Jane Wyman
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
4:30 Discovery '63 (how rhythm can set the mood and style of music)
4:55 Popeye And Sailor Bob
5:30 26 Men
6 PM News, Weather
6:15 News Probe (Joseph Weeks)
6:30 Adventure Theater
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Going My Way (Gene Kelly takes the Bing Crosby role of Father O'Malley; watch for Leo G. Carroll, pre-"Man From U.N.C.L.E." and Dick York, pre-"Bewitched")
9:30 Our Man Higgins
10 PM Naked City
11 PM News, Weather, Sports
11:25 Movie: "Standing Room Only"
sign off 12:45 AM

WVEC Ch. 13 Norfolk (ABC)

7 AM Operation Alphabet
7:30 Timothy The Toymaker
9 AM Artie Levin
9:30 Alisbee About Town
9:35 Movie: "Breakaway"
11 AM Love That Bob!
11:30 Seven Keys
12 N Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
12:30 Father Knows Best
1 PM General Hospital
1:30 Peter Gunn
2 PM Day In Court
2:25 ABC News
2:30 Jane Wyman
3 PM Queen For A Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust?
4 PM American Bandstand
4:30 Discovery '63
4:55 Mickey Mouse Club (says it goes to 6:05, but I wonder)
6:05 News (Harry Doggette)
6:15 ABC News (Ron Cochran)
6:30 Sea Hunt
7 PM Dragnet (the Jack Webb/Ben Alexander episodes)
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Going My Way
9:30 Our Man Higgins
10 PM Naked City
11 PM ABC News (Murphy Martin)
11:10 News (Bill Brady)
11:25 Movie: "Thanks A Million"
sign off 12:40 AM
 
Hey bpatrick, do you have any TV listings from local TV guides from Eastern Virginia from the late 80s (1985-1989)? If so, just let me know, and I'd love to see some posted!

Here are the listings!

3H - WHSV Harrisonburg (ABC)
3N - WTKR Norfolk (CBS)
5 - WTTG Washington (Ind, became Fox affiliate in 1986)
6 - WTVR Richmond (CBS)
8 - WXEX Petersburg (ABC)
10 - WAVY Portsmouth (NBC)
12 - WWBT Richmond (NBC)
13 - WVEC Hampton (ABC)
15 - WHRO Norfolk (PBS)
20 - WDCA Washington (Ind)
23 - WCVE Richmond (PBS)
27 - WGNT Portsmouth (Ind)
29 - WVIR Charlottesville (NBC)
33 - WTVZ Norfolk (Ind, became Fox affiliate in 1986)
35 - WRLH Richmond (Ind, became Fox affiliate in 1986)
41 - WHTJ Charlottesville (PBS)
51 - WVPT Staunton (PBS)
57 - WCVW Richmond (PBS)
63 - WRNX Richmond (Ind, changed call letters to WVRN in 1986, merged with WRLH in 1988)
 
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