the south’s first television station wsb-tv atlanta ga began operation on october 20, 1965.
when did the south’s first television station wsb-tv atlanta ga begin operation?
october 20, 1965
wsb-tv first began broadcasting on september 29, 1948, originally broadcasting on channel 8. it is the second-oldest station south of washington, d.c.; only richmond, virginia's wtvr-tv (channel 6) is older. the station was founded by james m. cox, publisher of "the atlanta journal", and who also owned wsb radio (am 750 and 104.5 fm, now on 98.5 fm). cox owned wsb am-fm-tv under the banner of miami valley broadcasting inc., which later changed its name to the current cox enterprises. the station was originally a primary nbc affiliate, owing to its radio sister's longtime affiliation with nbc radio. it also carried some abc programming (from 1949, shared with waga-tv, channel 5) until wltv (channel 8; now wxia-tv, channel 11) signed on in 1951.
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atlanta television had its roots in "atlanta journal" (now "atlanta journal-constitution")-owned radio station wsb-am. the "journal" had launched the south's first radio station, wsb am ("welcome south brother"), on 740 khz (now 750) on march 15, 1922. in the late 1920s, the "journal" experimented with a mechanical version of television, but eventually abandoned it. the earliest experiments with television involved a spinning disc with multiple holes in it, which provided ‘movement' on a projected surface.





















































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section::::early stations.:wsb, channel 8.
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