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From the "Vintage TV & Wrestling Nostalgia" Blog |
Mid-Atlantic Gateway
Carroll Hall posted these newspaper ads from 1974 on his "Vintage TV & Wrestling Nostalgia" blog several months back, but we somehow missed them at the time.
Graphics for the second weekly taping of "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling" hosted by Les Thatcher |
I love seeing these ads. Growing up, WLOS-13 out of Asheville, NC, was one of the two stations I was able to watch Mid-Atlantic Wrestling on. I grew up in east Tennessee but was fortunate that our cable company carried this station back before cable ops were prohibited from carrying out-of-market stations.
MID-ATLANTIC WRESTLING ON WLOS
During the time period reflected in these ads, WLOS carried a second, separate version of the "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling" show hosted by Les Thatcher. Just like the primary show hosted by Bob Caudle, it was taped at the studios of WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC.
Les Thatcher and Bob Caudle Hosts for the two separate hours of "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling" in 1974 |
In October of 1975, that second hour of Mid-Atlantic Wrestling was replaced by a new program called "Wide World Wrestling" that was hosted by longtime Atlanta announcer Ed Capral. This gave that second JCP show a distinct name and identity.
Thatcher also hosted the localized promotional spots that were inserted into the programs in each market that promoted the arena house shows.
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Originally published August 17, 2017 on the Mid-Atlantic Gateway.
http://vintagetvwrestlingnostalgia.blogspot.com/2017/03/wlos-13-ashevillenc-in-1974.html
For more on these shows and where they were taped, check out our Studio Wrestling feature on WRAL-5 on the Mid-Atlantic Gateway.