WGCL-TV
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Atlanta United States |
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| Branding | CBS 46 (general) CBS 46 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Working for a Better Atlanta |
| Channels |
Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 46 () |
| Subchannels | See Below |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | Meredith Corporation |
| First air date | June 6, 1971 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Georgia's CLear News (former slogan) |
| Sister station(s) | WPCH-TV |
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| Former affiliations | Independent (1971–1994) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 329 m |
| Facility ID | 72120 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°48′26″N 84°20′22″W / 33.80722°N 84.33944°WCoordinates: 33°48′26″N 84°20′22″W / 33.80722°N 84.33944°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.cbs46.com |
WGCL-TV, virtual channel 46 (UHF digital channel 19), is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The station is owned by the Meredith Corporation; Meredith also operates independent station WPCH-TV (channel 17) under a local marketing agreement with owner and Time Warner subsidiary Turner Broadcasting System. The two stations share a studio located on 14th Street in northwestern Atlanta; WGCL-TV's transmitter is located near North Druid Hills. WGCL-TV is the third-largest CBS-affiliated station by market size (WUSA being the largest and KHOU being the second largest) that is not owned and operated by the network. On air, the network and news division operates under the brand "CBS 46 Atlanta" with Sharon Reed and Ben Swann as the anchors of the local news broadcasts.
On cable, the station is available in standard definition on channel 9 on Comcast Xfinity and channel 4 on Charter Spectrum, and in high definition on Xfinity channel 809 and Spectrum channel 704.
Channel 46 first went on the air on June 6, 1971 as WHAE-TV (standing for "Heaven And Earth"), originally owned by the Continental Broadcasting Network arm of evangelist Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network. The station originally broadcast for six hours each day, and offered a low-budget lineup consisting of one to two hours of general entertainment programs, mixed with religious programming (the latter of which also constituted the entire Sunday schedule). In 1972, the station expanded to an eight-hour-a-day schedule, with an additional two hours of entertainment shows daily, mainly programs that higher-rated stations and Ted Turner's WTCG passed on.
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