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6 unusual facts about WSB-TV


Afternoon movie

Atlanta local station WSB-TV, for instance, would show films in this time slot under the umbrella title Armchair Playhouse.

Atlanta CV Drum and Bugle Corps

That summer, the corps boasted a membership of 44 performers, and performed exhibitions at a local DCI competition as well as marched in the WSB-TV Salute 2 America Parade in downtown Atlanta.

Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn

Thomas Wassell, a reporter for WSB-TV, approached the clerk in open court during the court proceedings in 1972 and asked for a copy of the indictment documents, which contained the name of the victim.

Hal Suit

After five years, Suit moved to WSB-TV in Atlanta, the state's first television station, which first went on the air in September 1948.

Sugar Hill, Georgia

As part of the Metro Atlanta area, Sugar Hill's primary network-affiliated television stations are WXIA-TV (NBC), WGCL-TV (CBS), WSB-TV (ABC), and WAGA-TV (Fox).

WCON

WCON-TV 2, an unbuilt TV station permit owned by the Atlanta Constitution newspaper, which merged in the 1950s with the Atlanta Journal and WSB-TV 8, which then moved to channel 2


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WALR-FM

WALR has studios co-located with its radio partners and WSB-TV in midtown.

As of February 2012, the station has not been listed on the Mediabase urban AC add board yet, a similar fate happens with sister adult contemporary station WSB-FM.

WGXA

Prior to that time, ABC programming was only available to area residents either during the off-network hours (via tape delay) on WMAZ or on affiliates from nearby markets such as Atlanta's WXIA (later WSB-TV) or Columbus' WTVM.

WMGT-TV

Further complicating matters, WSB-TV in Atlanta—then an NBC affiliate—put at least a grade B signal into much of the northern portion of the market, while WALB-TV in Albany and WSAV-TV in Savannah, both on VHF, could be seen in some parts of, respectively, the southwestern and southeastern portions.

WSB

WSB-FM, a radio station (98.5 FM) licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, United States

WSBB-FM, a radio simulcast of WSB-AM (95.5 FM) licensed to Doraville, Georgia, United States


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