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Atlanta, Georgia United States |
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Branding | Atlanta's CW69 |
Slogan | Dare to Defy |
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Digital: 43 (UHF) (to move to 36 (UHF)) Virtual: 69 () |
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Owner |
CBS Corporation (Atlanta Television Station WUPA Inc.) |
Founded | November 10, 1980 |
First air date | August 22, 1981 |
Call letters' meaning |
United Paramount Network Atlanta (former affiliation) |
Former callsigns | WVEU (1981–1995) |
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Former affiliations |
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Transmitter power | 1,000 kW 975 kW (CP) |
Height | 329.4 m (1,081 ft) 328.6 m (1,078 ft) (CP) |
Facility ID | 6900 |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°44′40″N 84°21′36″W / 33.74444°N 84.36000°WCoordinates: 33°44′40″N 84°21′36″W / 33.74444°N 84.36000°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
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Profile CDBS |
Website | cwatlanta |
WUPA, virtual channel 69 (UHF digital channel 43), is a CW owned-and-operated television station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of CBS Corporation, WUPA maintains studio facilities located on Northeast Expressway (I-85) in unincorporated DeKalb County (with an Atlanta mailing address), and its transmitter is located in North Druid Hills.
On cable, the station is available in standard definition on channel 10 on Comcast Xfinity and channel 9 on Charter Spectrum, and in high definition on Xfinity channel 810 and Spectrum channel 709.
Although CBS affiliate WGCL-TV (channel 46) is under common ownership with independent station WPCH-TV (channel 17), occasionally as time permits, WUPA may air CBS network programs whenever WGCL is unable to in the event of extended breaking news or severe weather coverage, or special event programming.