WAGA-TV 5.1 (RF 27) is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned FOX Television Network and based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The station's transmitter is co-located with its TV studios on Briarcliff Road NE in DeKalb County, just west of Emory University.
WAGA-TV first began operations on March 8, 1949. It was originally owned by Storer Broadcasting along with WAGA AM 1480 radio (now WYZE), and WAGA-FM 102.9 ...
more
WAGA-TV 5.1 (RF 27) is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned FOX Television Network and based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The station's transmitter is co-located with its TV studios on Briarcliff Road NE in DeKalb County, just west of Emory University.
WAGA-TV first began operations on March 8, 1949. It was originally owned by Storer Broadcasting along with WAGA AM 1480 radio (now WYZE), and WAGA-FM 102.9 (now WVEE FM 103.3), all colloquially called "Wagga". It is Atlanta's second-oldest station, signing on seven months after WSB-TV. Originally a CBS network affiliate, channel 5 also carried a secondary affiliation with the DuMont Television Network from 1949 to 1956. It also shared ABC with WSB-TV until WLWA-TV (now WXIA-TV) signed on in 1951. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.
WAGA was the only VHF commercial station in Atlanta still on its original analog channel, with WSB and WXIA both...
less
