Woman's World (TV series)
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Woman's World was a cooking show that ran for more than two decades on WKRG channel 5 in Mobile, Alabama
. It was hosted by Connie Bea Hope
and Estella Payton
. It aired at noontime and lasted for 30 minutes. The show included guest appearances and interviews.
and Virginia Greer and the show aired at the same time and in direct competition with Gulf Coast Today, a local women's show hosted by Dot Moore
. Woman's World was included in the Mobile Chamber of Commerce article celebrating WKRG's 50th anniversary, where it was listed as one of the TV station's favorite shows from the channel's early days of broadcast.
A columnist suggested in 2006 that the show was an example of Mobile's progressivity in race relations.
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...
. It was hosted by Connie Bea Hope
Connie Bea Hope
Connie Bea Hope was the stage name for Beatrice Walker Hope , a television personality and chef in Mobile, Alabama, on the local cooking program "Connie's Cupboard", which began in 1955 on WKRG-TV. She also appeared on the station's daily midday program Woman's World...
and Estella Payton
Estella Payton
Estella Payton sometimes Estelle Payton was a co-star on the Woman's World cooking show that aired on WKRG-TV in Mobile, Alabama for decades. Payton, an African American woman, appeared with Connie Bea Hope, a white woman, on the show starting in 1956. Their appearance together has been described...
. It aired at noontime and lasted for 30 minutes. The show included guest appearances and interviews.
Show history
Guests included Michael LandonMichael Landon
Michael Landon was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. He is widely known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza , Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie , and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven...
and Virginia Greer and the show aired at the same time and in direct competition with Gulf Coast Today, a local women's show hosted by Dot Moore
Dot Moore
Dot Moore was a Mobile, Alabama TV personality and "ambassador" to the stars for 46 years, whose long broadcasting career spanned four talk show incarnations, numerous trips to the east and west coasts of the United States, and dozens of conversations with television and motion pictures stars...
. Woman's World was included in the Mobile Chamber of Commerce article celebrating WKRG's 50th anniversary, where it was listed as one of the TV station's favorite shows from the channel's early days of broadcast.
A columnist suggested in 2006 that the show was an example of Mobile's progressivity in race relations.
Additional Sources
- Herman W. Land Associates Inc. Television and the Wired City a Study of the Implications of a Change in the Mode of Transmission 1968, July (1111) ASIN: B000RL0X18
- Archival video footage of the show (bottom of page)