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RETURN TO THE MID-ATLANTIC GATEWAY HISTORY OF MID-ATLANTIC WRESTLING ON TELEVISION THE EVOLUTION OF TV WRESTLING IN GEORGIA AFTER BLACK SATURDAY
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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CHARLOTTE, NC 1958-1974 |
featuring Big Bill Ward, Leo Voss, and George Harbin |
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GREENVILLE, SC Circa 1958-1962 |
featuring Claude Freeman, Bill Krieger, Bob Poole, and Billy Powell |
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RALEIGH, NC 1959-1981 |
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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ROANOKE, VA 1960-1967 |
featuring Hal Grant and Pete Apostolou |
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HIGH POINT, NC 1964-1974 |
featuring Charlie Harville |
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CHARLOTTE, NC 1978 |
featuring Johnny Weaver and David Crockett |
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WNOK-19 1962-1963 |
featuring Jim Paul |
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CHARLOTTE, NC 1981-1983 |
featuring Bob Caudle, David Crockett, Johnny Weaver, and Big Bill Ward. | ||
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ATLANTA, GA 1985-1988 |
featuring Tony Schiavone, David Crockett, and Jim Ross |
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL TELEVISION PRODUCTION (NO LIVE WRESTLING) |
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ASHEVILLE, NC 1968-1971 |
featuring Munsey Millaway and Paul Winkhaus (Local Promotional Spots Only) |
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CHARLOTTE, NC 1983-1988 |
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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