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WSB-TV

WSB-TV
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Atlanta, Georgia
United States
Branding WSB-TV, Channel 2 (general)
Channel 2 Action News (newscasts)
Slogan Coverage You Can Count On (primary);
Live. Local. Latebreaking. (secondary)
Channels Digital: 39 (UHF)
Virtual: 2 ()
Subchannels
Translators 31 (2.5/6) Athens
46 (2.7/8) Gainesville
17 (permit) Newnan
14 (application) Rome
Affiliations
Owner Cox Media Group
(Georgia Television, LLC)
First air date September 29, 1948; 68 years ago (1948-09-29)
Call letters' meaning derived from sister station WSB radio
Sister station(s) WALR-FM, WSB, WSB-FM, WSBB-FM, WSRV, WTSH-FM
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 8 (VHF, 1948–1950)
  • 2 (VHF, 1950–2009)
Former affiliations NBC (1948–1980)
Transmitter power 1,000 kW
Height 316 m (1,037 ft)
Facility ID 23960
Transmitter coordinates 33°45′51″N 84°21′42″W / 33.76417°N 84.36167°W / 33.76417; -84.36167 (WSB-TV tower)Coordinates: 33°45′51″N 84°21′42″W / 33.76417°N 84.36167°W / 33.76417; -84.36167 (WSB-TV tower)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.wsbtv.com

WSB-TV, channel 2, is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The station maintains studios and offices at the WSB Television and Radio Group building on West Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta; its transmission tower is located on the border of the city's Poncey-Highland and Old Fourth Ward neighborhoods.

WSB-TV is the flagship television property of the broadcast division of Cox Enterprises, which has owned the station since its inception. Cox also publishes The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and owns sister radio stations WSB (750 AM), WSB-FM (98.5 FM), WSBB-FM (95.5 FM), WSRV (97.1 FM) and WALR-FM (104.1 FM) − all of which are based out of WSB-TV's studio facilities.

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 WLWA-TV (channel 8; now WXIA-TV, channel 11) signed on in 1951.


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