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March 8, 1949
- WAGA-TV first began operations on March 8, 1949. The station was originally owned by Toledo, Ohio –based Fort Industry Company, which also operated WAGA radio (AM 590, now WDWD; and WAGA-FM 103.3, now WVEE), all colloquially called "Wagga". Fort Industry would later be renamed Storer Broadcasting after the company's founder, George B. Storer.
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WAGA began serving as the primary television station for the Atlanta Falcons upon the team's inception in 1966, under CBS's contractual television rights to the pre-AFL merger National Football League.
Mar 18, 2008 · From, 1991, the legendary WAGA commentator LeRoy Powell condenses the history of WAGA-TV in Atlanta down to a humorous, informative and inspiring 60 seconds.
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WAGA-TV, channel 5 Crosstown radio station WAGA-AM (now WYZE , 1480 AM), owned by The Fort Industries (later renamed " Storer Broadcasting "), launched a station on channel 5 in the fall of 1949, taking CBS , DuMont and occasionally, ABC shows.
WAGA-TV: The Early Years. This was Atlanta’s second TV station. It was a CBS affiliate until the late 1980s. WAGA had TK30s and later TK11s, but never had TK60s. The station bought Norelcos in 1966 or so. Like WSB, there are virtually no photo archives left, but here’s all that I know of.
Between 1948 and 1956, Georgia had only 14 commercial stations. TV stations cost a lot to start up. WAGA started in a house, then moved into its larger studios at 1018 West Peachtree. The tower was literally in the back yard. The mascot – the janitor’s pet –was a black Yorkshire terrier named Wagga.
WAGA television station on West Peachtree St, circa 1960s Image courtesy of Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library
Jan 28, 2014 · New World Communications acquired WAGA-TV in 1993. After decades as a CBS affiliate, WAGA switched to Fox in 1994 as part of series of affiliation swaps in major U.S. cities. Over its history, WAGA-TV’s news operation generally has been a solid second-place in ratings, behind dominant WSB-TV.
