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 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 ‘m...
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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 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.
Television finally came to Atlanta and northern and central Georgia viewers on September 29, 1948 (called "T-Day" by the Journal) with the debut of WSB-TV, broadcasting on channel 8. The newspaper led up to the TV station's launch with front page countdowns designed to boost excitement and sell TV sets. The inaugural WSB-TV program, which began with a recording of the Star Spangled Banner and a close-up shot of a tiny American flag waving in the wind powered by an electric fan, featured announcer John Cone (...
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