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RETURN
TO THE MID-ATLANTIC GATEWAY
HISTORY
OF MID-ATLANTIC WRESTLING ON TELEVISION
OLE &
SOLIE:
THE
EVOLUTION OF TV WRESTLING IN GEORGIA AFTER
BLACK SATURDAY
STUDIO
WRESTLING SCRAPBOOK
TEN POUNDS
OF GOLD
A Close Look at the
NWA World Championship Belt
by Dick Bourne and
Dave Millican
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MID-ATLANTIC GATEWAY
ALMANAC
Studio Wrestling:
A Guide to TV
Studios that were home for Wrestling
in the
Mid-Atlantic Area
A Gateway Special Presentation by Dick
Bourne
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Personally, I have never
enjoyed wrestling on television quite as
much since Jim Crockett quit taping the
shows in the television studio. There was
something magic about studio wrestling, the
closeness, the warmth, the
familiarity. Most fans of the old
Mid-Atlantic Wrestling territory remember
the shows taped for nearly two decades at
WRAL studios in Raleigh, and the final two
years taped at the ridiculously small WPCQ
studios in Charlotte. What many may not
remember are the other studio locations in
the 50s and 60s where Crockett Promotions
taped wrestling matches to promote their
local events. Places like High Point
NC, Roanoke VA, and Greenville SC.
This section on our site
is for all the fans who share the love and
the special memories of Mid-Atlantic
Wrestling in the TV studio. We hope these
pages bring back some special memories for
you, and hope as well they will serve to
introduce others to those wonderful days
gone by.
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WBTV-3
CHARLOTTE, NC
1958-1974
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featuring Big Bill
Ward, Leo Voss, and George Harbin
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WFBC-4
GREENVILLE, SC
Circa 1958-1962
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featuring Claude
Freeman, Bill Krieger, Bob Poole,
and Billy Powell
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WRAL-5
RALEIGH, NC
1959-1981
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featuring Bob Caudle,
Ray Reeve, Nick Pond, Les Thatcher, Ed
Capral, Rich Landrum, David Crockett, Johnny
Weaver, Tom Miller, Elliot Murnick
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WDBJ-7
ROANOKE, VA
1960-1967
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featuring Hal Grant and
Pete Apostolou
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WGHP-8
HIGH POINT, NC
1964-1974
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featuring Charlie Harville
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WCCB-18
CHARLOTTE, NC
1978
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featuring Johnny Weaver
and David Crockett
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WNOK-19
COLUMBIA, SC
1962-1963
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featuring Jim Paul
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WPCQ-36
CHARLOTTE, NC
1981-1983
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featuring Bob Caudle, David Crockett, Johnny
Weaver, and Big Bill Ward. |
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Superstation
WTBS-17
ATLANTA, GA
1985-1988
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featuring Tony
Schiavone, David Crockett, and Jim Ross
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL
TELEVISION PRODUCTION (NO LIVE WRESTLING)
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WLOS-13
ASHEVILLE, NC
1968-1971
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featuring Munsey Millaway and Paul Winkhaus
(Local Promotional Spots Only)
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BRIARBEND
DRIVE
CHARLOTTE, NC
1983-1988
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featuring
Tony Schiavone, David Crockett, Jackie
Crockett, and others.
(Local Promotional Spots Only)
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THE JCP NETWORK - 1973
The table at left,
originally published in an issue of
Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Magazine from 1973,
shows the television network affiliates for
Jim Crockett Promotions in that year. During
this time, WBTV-3 and WGHP-8 had their own
programming, while the other stations along
this network carried Mid-Atlantic
Championship Wrestling taped at WRAL in
Raleigh.
* The chart you see here
is scanned from the magazine. There is a
typo - the station in Charleston SC is
actually WCSC channel 5. Thanks to Marcus
Polk for pointing that out to us.
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