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After the failure of WNEX-TV, WMAZ was the only commercial television station in the Macon market until September 1968, when WCWB-TV (channel 41, now WMGT-TV) signed on and took the NBC affiliation.
- September 27, 1953 (70 years ago)
13WMAZ made history on September 27, 1953, when the station signed on as the area's first VHF television station. In 1953, Central Georgians were already very familiar with WMAZ. In fact,...
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Sep 27, 2023 · The station's General Manager in the 1980s, Don McGouirk, continued the commitment to making your voice heard. He even became the face of the 13WMAZ Editorials.
Sep 27, 2018 · 13WMAZ first hit the airwaves on this date in 1953, making us Central Georgia's first (and therefore oldest) TV news station.
- WMAZ Staff
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Aug 7, 2007 · Ben O'Brien ( Ron Wildman) did mornings at WNEX. In 1970, when I was first hired at WMAZ radio, he had just been hired in the news room. He later went on to do television news and is now works for the Mayor of Macon. Aaron Bowers was working midnights at WNEX when we first met in 1970.
In 1953, the Southeastern Broadcasting Company added Macon's first VHF TV station, Channel 13 WMAZ-TV. The 1950s and beyond. In the 1950s, as network programming moved from radio to TV, WMAZ-AM-FM switched to a full-service middle-of-the-road format of popular adult music, news, and sports.
We've seen a lot of changes in technology at 13WMAZ since we first came on the air in 1953. At that time, fewer than half of the homes in America even had a TV set. Many of those that did were...
