WAGA (TV)
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Atlanta, Georgia United States |
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| Branding | Fox 5 Atlanta (general) Fox 5 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
Dedicated, Determined, Dependable The most powerful name in local news (news) We are Fox 5 (general) |
| Channels |
Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 5 () |
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| Owner |
Fox Television Stations (New World Communications of Atlanta, Inc.) |
| First air date | March 8, 1949 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Atlanta, GeorgiA derived from former sister station WAGA radio (now WDWD) |
| Sister station(s) |
Fox Sports South Fox Sports Southeast |
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| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 332 m (1,089 ft) |
| Facility ID | 70689 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°47′51″N 84°20′1.6″W / 33.79750°N 84.333778°WCoordinates: 33°47′51″N 84°20′1.6″W / 33.79750°N 84.333778°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WAGA-TV, channel 5, is a Fox owned-and-operated television station located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The station is owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. WAGA-TV maintains studio and transmitter facilities located on Briarcliff Road in unincoporated DeKalb County, just east of Atlanta proper. On cable, the station is available in standard television on channel 4 on Comcast Xfinity and channel 5 on Charter Spectrum, and in high definition on Xfinity channel 804 and Spectrum channel 705, as well as on DirecTV and Dish Network.
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 102.9, now WVEE at 103.3), all colloquially called "Wagga". Fort Industry would later be renamed Storer Broadcasting after the company's founder, George B. Storer. Channel 5 is Atlanta's second-oldest television station, signing on seven months after WSB-TV (then on channel 8). Originally a CBS affiliate, channel 5 also carried a secondary affiliation with the DuMont Television Network from 1949 to 1956. It also shared the ABC affiliation with WSB-TV (which moved to channel 2 in 1950) until WLTV (a then-new channel 8 station) signed on in September 1951. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network. Storer sold the WAGA radio stations in 1959; however, channel 5 retained the "-TV" suffix before dropping it in 1998, only to pick it up again in 2009.
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