Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Championship Wrestling - Oct.27,1967
Taped in the studios of WGHP 8 in High Point,NC on Tueday night Oct.24,1967.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
The Bill Jefferson Show - WSLS
This ad for the Bill Jefferson Show on WSLS 10 in Roanoke, VA is from April 1961.
Monday, June 25, 2012
TV Wrestling - Sept.8,1967
During the 1967/1968 tv season, Championship Wrestling on WGHP 8 in High Point, NC, moved to Friday night. The show returned to Saturday at 6:30 p.m. for the 1968/1969 season. That is Chief Little Eagle and one of the Infernos in the photos. Walter Buckner is the referee.Bobby Red Cloud and Chief Little Eagle wrestled Aldo Bogni and Bronko Lubich managed by Homer O'Dell on this Friday night telecast.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Scoop & Snoop -WHIS
In the area where I live near the NC,VA border,we were able to receive WHIS 6 from Bluefield,West Virginia. Scoop and Snoop would sit in their rocking chairs and were host to a variety of movies and tv shows over the years. My brothers and I would watch especially on the days they were featuring a Roy Rogers movie. The ad is from January 1967.
TV Wrestling - WRAL
At this time the show was hosted by Ray Reeve at WRAL 5 in Raleigh,NC. The ad on the left is from November 1959. The one on the right is from March 1960.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Championship Wrestling - WGHP
This is a group of newspaper ads that appeared between 1968 and 1974. Championship Wrestling was taped in the WGHP 8 studio which was located in the old Sheraton Hotel in High Point,NC. Charlie Harville was the host during the show's entire run from 1964 until 1974.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Hal Grant - WDBJ 7 Roanoke,VA
Hal Grant was the channel 7 weatherman.From June 1957 until January 1967, he was also the host of promoter Pete Apostolou's live wrestling show each Saturday evening. The ad is from August 1965 and the tv listing for the wrestling show is from June 22,1957.
TV Wrestling - Feb.15-18,1958
WFMY 2 in Greensboro,NC
WVEC 15 in Norfolk,VA
WTVR 6 in Ricmond,VA
WDBJ 7 in Roanoke,VA
Tuesday Feb.18,1958:
WSVA 3 in Harrisonburg,VA
WXEX 8 in Petersburg,VA
Monday, June 18, 2012
The Early Show - WDBJ
Dudley Townsend hosted the Early Show on WDBJ 7 in Roanoke,VA. This is from June 1964.
TV Wrestling - Sat.June 20,1959
WBTV 3 Charlotte,NC
WRAL 5 Raleigh,NC
WFBC 4 Greenville,SC
TV Wrestling - June 9 - 14,1956
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