WSB-TV
Categories: Atlanta TV stations | ABC network affiliates | Cox Television
| WSB-TV | |
|---|---|
| Image:Wsbtv.JPG | |
| Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Branding | WSB-TV, Channel 2 |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Analog channel | 2 (VHF) |
| Digital channel | 39 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC (since 1981) |
| Owner | Cox Television |
| Founded | September 29, 1948 |
| Call letters meaning | Welcome South, Brother |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1948-81) |
| Website | www.wsbtv.com |
WSB-TV, "Channel 2" (Channel 2, DTV 39) is the ABC affiliate in Atlanta. It is the flagship station of Cox Enterprises along with WSB-AM-FM and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Its transmitter is located in Atlanta.
History
WSB-TV is the second-oldest station south of Washington, DC, going on the air on September 29, 1948. James M. Cox started the station; he also owned WSB radio and the Atlanta Journal. WSB-TV originally broadcasted on channel 8, while its present channel 2 was licensed to rival newspaper Atlanta Constitution. When the two newspapers merged to form the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, FCC rules (at the time) forbade one entity from owning two television stations in the same city. Therefore, WSB-TV was moved to the Constitution's old channel (2), while channel 8 was then occupied by WLTV, now WXIA-TV 11 Alive. In 1953, channel 8 was surrendered for non-commercial educational use. Channel 8 became WGTV, the flagship station of Georgia Educational Television (now Georgia Public Broadcasting).
In 1955, both AM and TV moved into White Columns, where they remained until a modern new facility was built next door in 1998. Both are located along Atlanta's famed Peachtree Street.
WSB-TV had long been affiliated with NBC and had ABC as secondary affiliation from its 1948 sign-on to 1951. ABC moved to WLTV on channel 8 in 1951, leaving WSB as an NBC affiliate only. In 1980, it swapped affiliations with WXIA-TV, becoming an ABC affiliate.
WSB-DT went on the air on April 17, 1998 (just before the move), making it one of the first regular-service DTV stations in the country.
Newscasts
WSB-TV's newscasts, known as "Channel 2 Action News", are seen at the following times:
- Weekdays: 5-7am, 7:25-7:30am, 7:55-8am, 8:25-8:30am, 8:55-9am, noon-1pm, 5-6pm, 6-7pm, and 11-11:35pm
- Weekends: Saturday 6-10am, Sunday 7:30-11am, Saturday & Sunday noon-12:30pm, 6-7pm, and 11-11:35pm
It also provides a few minutes of news to local cable TV viewers of CNN's Headline News at the end of each half-hour during the daytime, and in 2005 to video monitors on MARTA trains and buses.
Action News has led the ratings in the Atlanta area for many years. Long-time newscasters Monica Kaufmann, John Pruitt, and Jovita Moore, and meteorologist Glenn Burns are well-known in metro Atlanta.
External links
| Broadcast television in Atlanta | ||
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WSB 2 (ABC) | W04DB 4 | WAGA 5 (Fox) | WGTV 8 (GPTV) | WXIA 11 (NBC) | WPXA 14 (i) | WTBS 17 (TBS) | WSKC-CA 22 | W24AL 24 | WANX-LP 26 | WPBA 30 (PBS) | WANN-LP 32 | WUVG 34 (Univ.) | WATL 36 (WB) | WDAH-CA 38 | W38CU 38 | WIRE-CA 40 | WTHC-LP 42 | WGCL 46 (CBS) | WDTA-LP 53 | W55BM 55 | WATC 57 (FamilyNet) | WHSG 63 (TBN) | WUPA 69 (UPN) | ||