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founded = [[June 6]], [[1971]]|
founded = [[June 6]], [[1971]]|
location = [[Atlanta, Georgia]]|
location = [[Atlanta, Georgia]]|
callsign_meaning = '''W'''e're '''G'''eorgia's '''Cl'''ear TV (former slogan)|
callsign_meaning = '''W'''e're '''G'''eorgia's '''CL'''ear TV (former slogan)|
owner = [[Meredith Corporation]]|
owner = [[Meredith Corporation]]|
former_callsigns = WHAE-TV (1971-1977), WANX-TV (1977-1984) & WGNX(-TV) (1984-2000)|
former_callsigns = WHAE-TV (1971-1977), WANX-TV (1977-1984) & WGNX(-TV) (1984-2000)|
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==History==
==History==
Channel 46 signed on air on [[June 6]], [[1971]] as '''WHAE-TV''', owned by the Continental Broadcasting Network, an arm of [[Pat Robertson]]'s [[Christian Broadcasting Network]]. The calls stood for "'''H'''eaven '''A'''nd '''E'''arth"." It originally only programmed for an 8-hour broadcast day with a low-budget lineup consisting of a few hours of general entertainment and another few hours of religious shows per day. It ran only religious programming on Sundays.
Channel 46 first went on the air on [[June 6]], [[1971]]. It was originally owned by the Continental Broadcasting Network, an arm of [[Pat Robertson]]'s [[Christian Broadcasting Network]]. Its original calls were WHAE-TV, which stood for "'''H'''eaven '''A'''nd '''E'''arth"." It originally only programmed for an eight-hour broadcast day. It also had a low-budget lineup consisting of a few hours of general entertainment and another few hours of religious shows per day. It ran only religious programming on Sundays.


By [[1976]], the station had expanded to a 20-hour broadcast day, airing cartoons, classic sitcoms, family dramas, westerns, and religious programming on weekdays. Children's programming, westerns and movies were shown on Saturdays and the station continued to air strictly religious programming on Sundays until the fall of [[1980]], when it began to run general entertainment programming during the afternoon. In [[1977]], it changed calls to '''WANX''' and offered more mainstream programming. However, it didn't air any programming that would offend [[fundamentalist Christian|fundamentalist]]/[[Pentecostal]] sensibilities.
By 1976, the station had expanded to a 20-hour broadcast day, airing cartoons, classic sitcoms, family dramas, westerns, and religious programming (including [[The 700 Club]] twice a day) on weekdays. Children's programming, westerns and movies were shown on Saturdays and the station continued to air strictly religious programming on Sundays until the fall of 1980. At that time, it began to run general entertainment programming during the afternoon. In 1977, it changed calls to WANX, which stood for "'''A'''tlanta I'''N''' Christ ('''X''')." It also began offering more mainstream programming. However, it didn't air any programming that would offend [[fundamentalist Christian|fundamentalist]]/[[Pentecostal]] sensibilities.


The station was bought by [[Tribune Broadcasting]] in [[1984]] and its call letters were changed to '''WGNX'''. The 700 Club was now only broadcast once a day, before being dropped altogether. The station continued to air a similar entertainment lineup with newer shows being added over the years. In [[1989]], WGNX incepted a new newscast product. ''Channel 46 News at Ten'', a 7-night-a-week, 10-11 p.m. newscast. When Tribune partnered with [[Time Warner]] to form the new [[The WB Television Network|WB Network]], WGNX was slated to become the new network's Atlanta affiliate in [[1995]].
The station was bought by [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]-based [[Tribune Broadcasting]] in 1984. Tribune changed its call letters once again, this time to WGNX, named after then-sister station in Chicago [[WGN-TV]]: it took '''WGN''', and added an '''X''' from the previous callsign (basically it was '''WGN''' + '''WANX'''). The 700 Club was now only broadcast once a day, before being dropped altogether. The station continued to air a similar entertainment lineup with newer shows being added over the years, especially shows that it would not have aired under CBN ownership. In 1989, WGNX started its first ever newscast, ''Channel 46 News at Ten'', a seven-night-a-week, 10-11 p.m. newscast. When Tribune partnered with [[Time Warner]] to form the new [[The WB Television Network|WB Network]], WGNX was slated to become the new network's Atlanta affiliate when that network launched in January 1995.


Those plans changed in [[1994]], however, when [[New World Communications]] announced an affiliation agreement with [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]], resulting in most of its stations set to become Fox affiliates. One of the stations due to switch was Atlanta's longtime CBS affiliate, [[WAGA-TV]]. CBS needed to find a new affiliate, but neither WGNX nor Atlanta's original Fox affiliate, [[WATL-TV]], were interested at first. Fearing it would have no affiliate in Atlanta, CBS made a deal to buy WVEU, a low-rated station on channel 69 with the weakest signal of Atlanta's full-power stations in October [[1994]], which would have made WATL the [[UPN]] affiliate. However, CBS still wanted to affiliate with a station that people were more familiar with. It continued to negotiate with Tribune, who finally relented in November and allowed WGNX to become a CBS affiliate.
Those plans came to a halt on [[May 22]], [[1994]], however. On that day, [[New World Communications]] announced an affiliation agreement with the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]], months after Fox won the broadcast rights to NFC football games. This resulted in most of its stations set to become Fox affiliates. One of the stations due to switch was Atlanta's longtime CBS affiliate, [[WAGA (TV)|WAGA]]. CBS needed to find a new affiliate, but neither WGNX nor Atlanta's original Fox affiliate, [[WATL]], were interested at first. Fearing it would have no affiliate in Atlanta, CBS made a deal to buy WVEU, a low-rated station on channel 69 with the weakest signal of Atlanta's full-power stations in October 1994. Around the same time that the WB launched, another new network, the United Paramount Network ([[UPN]]), co-owned by [[Paramount Pictures]]/[[Viacom (1971-2005)|Viacom]] and [[Chris-Craft Industries]], was set to launch, and with all the other events going on, WATL would have most likely become the UPN affiliate for Atlanta. However, CBS still wanted to affiliate with a station that people were more familiar with. For several months, it continued to negotiate with Tribune, who finally relented in November and allowed WGNX to become a CBS affiliate.


This move left WGNX with cartoons and sitcoms that it would no longer have time to air as a CBS affiliate, so it sold some of its syndicated programming to WVEU, which became the UPN affiliate and later changed its calls to [[WUPA-TV]]. As a CBS station, WGNX dropped the 10 p.m. newscast and added newscasts at Noon, 6 p.m., and 11 p.m. as well as more syndicated talk and reality shows.
This move left WGNX with cartoons and sitcoms that it would no longer have time to air as a CBS affiliate, so it sold some of its syndicated programming to WVEU, which became the UPN affiliate (while WATL joined the WB), and was later sold to Viacom, which changed its calls to [[WUPA]]. As a CBS station, WGNX moved the 10 p.m. newscast to 11 p.m. and added newscasts at Noon (12 p.m.) and 6 p.m., as well as more syndicated talk and reality shows.


Tribune began to manage the station in tandem with WATL in [[1996]] under a [[local marketing agreement]]. In [[1998]], Tribune swapped WGNX to [[Meredith Corporation]] in exchange for [[KCPQ]] in Seattle; that deal allowed Tribune to buy WATL outright the next year.
Tribune began to manage the station in tandem with WATL in 1996 under a [[local marketing agreement]]. In 1998, Tribune swapped WGNX to [[Meredith Corporation]] in a three-way deal which saw Tribune acquire [[KCPQ]] in Seattle from Kelly Broadcasting; that deal allowed Tribune to buy WATL outright the next year.


Not surprisingly for an upstart news department on a UHF station, WGNX lagged behind the other affiliates in town. It has tried several times to reinvent itself. For instance, in [[1999]] it changed its on-air name from ''"CBS46"'' to ''"CBS Atlanta"'', hoping that emphasizing its CBS affiliation would win over viewers. The station changed its calls to '''WGCL-TV''' in [[2000]] to reflect its new branding tagline, '''W'''e're '''G'''eorgia's '''CL'''ear '''TV'''. However, this move didn't result in any improvements in the station's performance and the Clear TV branding was dropped after only a year. It began calling itself ''"CBS Atlanta"'' again, then two years later readopted the ''"CBS46"'' moniker.
Not surprisingly for an upstart news department on a UHF station, WGNX lagged behind the other affiliates in town ([[WSB-TV]], WAGA and [[WXIA-TV]]). It has tried several times to reinvent itself. For instance, in 1999 it changed its on-air name from ''"CBS46"'' to ''"CBS Atlanta"'', hoping that emphasizing its CBS affiliation would win over viewers (WAGA had been one of CBS' strongest affiliates). The station changed its calls to '''WGCL-TV''' in 2000 to reflect its new branding tagline, '''W'''e're '''G'''eorgia's '''CL'''ear '''TV'''. However, this move didn't result in any improvements in the station's performance and the Clear TV branding was dropped after only a year (although the call sign remains). It began calling itself ''"CBS Atlanta"'' again, then two years later readopted the ''"CBS46"'' moniker.


===Station timeline===
===Station timeline===
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Image:Wgcl.jpg|WGCL-TV logo from 2004-present
Image:Wgcl.jpg|WGCL-TV logo from 2004-present
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*As of September [[2005]], Atlanta is the largest market where at least one of the "Big Three" networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) is on UHF.
*As of September [[2005]], Atlanta is the largest market where at least one of the "Big Three" networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) is on UHF.
WGCL-TV is Meredith Broadcasting's largest television station based on market size.
*WGCL-TV is Meredith Broadcasting's largest television station based on market size.


== Newscasts ==
== Newscasts ==

Revision as of 04:35, 25 July 2006

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WGCL-TV CBS 46 is the CBS television station serving metro Atlanta, USA. Its city of license is Atlanta and the licensee is Meredith Corporation.

History

Channel 46 first went on the air on June 6, 1971. It was originally owned by the Continental Broadcasting Network, an arm of Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network. Its original calls were WHAE-TV, which stood for "Heaven And Earth"." It originally only programmed for an eight-hour broadcast day. It also had a low-budget lineup consisting of a few hours of general entertainment and another few hours of religious shows per day. It ran only religious programming on Sundays.

By 1976, the station had expanded to a 20-hour broadcast day, airing cartoons, classic sitcoms, family dramas, westerns, and religious programming (including The 700 Club twice a day) on weekdays. Children's programming, westerns and movies were shown on Saturdays and the station continued to air strictly religious programming on Sundays until the fall of 1980. At that time, it began to run general entertainment programming during the afternoon. In 1977, it changed calls to WANX, which stood for "Atlanta IN Christ (X)." It also began offering more mainstream programming. However, it didn't air any programming that would offend fundamentalist/Pentecostal sensibilities.

The station was bought by Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting in 1984. Tribune changed its call letters once again, this time to WGNX, named after then-sister station in Chicago WGN-TV: it took WGN, and added an X from the previous callsign (basically it was WGN + WANX). The 700 Club was now only broadcast once a day, before being dropped altogether. The station continued to air a similar entertainment lineup with newer shows being added over the years, especially shows that it would not have aired under CBN ownership. In 1989, WGNX started its first ever newscast, Channel 46 News at Ten, a seven-night-a-week, 10-11 p.m. newscast. When Tribune partnered with Time Warner to form the new WB Network, WGNX was slated to become the new network's Atlanta affiliate when that network launched in January 1995.

Those plans came to a halt on May 22, 1994, however. On that day, New World Communications announced an affiliation agreement with the Fox Broadcasting Company, months after Fox won the broadcast rights to NFC football games. This resulted in most of its stations set to become Fox affiliates. One of the stations due to switch was Atlanta's longtime CBS affiliate, WAGA. CBS needed to find a new affiliate, but neither WGNX nor Atlanta's original Fox affiliate, WATL, were interested at first. Fearing it would have no affiliate in Atlanta, CBS made a deal to buy WVEU, a low-rated station on channel 69 with the weakest signal of Atlanta's full-power stations in October 1994. Around the same time that the WB launched, another new network, the United Paramount Network (UPN), co-owned by Paramount Pictures/Viacom and Chris-Craft Industries, was set to launch, and with all the other events going on, WATL would have most likely become the UPN affiliate for Atlanta. However, CBS still wanted to affiliate with a station that people were more familiar with. For several months, it continued to negotiate with Tribune, who finally relented in November and allowed WGNX to become a CBS affiliate.

This move left WGNX with cartoons and sitcoms that it would no longer have time to air as a CBS affiliate, so it sold some of its syndicated programming to WVEU, which became the UPN affiliate (while WATL joined the WB), and was later sold to Viacom, which changed its calls to WUPA. As a CBS station, WGNX moved the 10 p.m. newscast to 11 p.m. and added newscasts at Noon (12 p.m.) and 6 p.m., as well as more syndicated talk and reality shows.

Tribune began to manage the station in tandem with WATL in 1996 under a local marketing agreement. In 1998, Tribune swapped WGNX to Meredith Corporation in a three-way deal which saw Tribune acquire KCPQ in Seattle from Kelly Broadcasting; that deal allowed Tribune to buy WATL outright the next year.

Not surprisingly for an upstart news department on a UHF station, WGNX lagged behind the other affiliates in town (WSB-TV, WAGA and WXIA-TV). It has tried several times to reinvent itself. For instance, in 1999 it changed its on-air name from "CBS46" to "CBS Atlanta", hoping that emphasizing its CBS affiliation would win over viewers (WAGA had been one of CBS' strongest affiliates). The station changed its calls to WGCL-TV in 2000 to reflect its new branding tagline, We're Georgia's CLear TV. However, this move didn't result in any improvements in the station's performance and the Clear TV branding was dropped after only a year (although the call sign remains). It began calling itself "CBS Atlanta" again, then two years later readopted the "CBS46" moniker.

Station timeline

  • 1971: WHAE-TV as an independent general entertainment/religious station owned by CBN
  • 1977: Callsign change to WANX-TV
  • 1984: Sold to Tribune becoming WGNX-TV
  • 1989: WGNX-TV begins a newscast product
  • 1994: Switched to CBS (previously on WAGA TV 5)
  • 1995: Became known as "WGNX CBS46"
  • 1999: Meredith closes on purchase of station, renamed "CBS Atlanta"
  • 2000: Callsign change to WGCL-TV renamed "Clear TV"
  • 2002: Renamed "CBS Atlanta" again
  • 2003: Renamed "CBS46" again

Logos


Trivia

  • As of September 2005, Atlanta is the largest market where at least one of the "Big Three" networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) is on UHF.
  • WGCL-TV is Meredith Broadcasting's largest television station based on market size.

Newscasts

WGCL-TV currently does not have a morning newscast though they did have one from 1999 to 2005. A weekend morning newscast aired from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. from 2003 to 2005 as well.

Weekdays

  • CBS46 News at Noon - 12:00 - 12:30 p.m.
  • CBS46 News at 4:00 - 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
  • CBS46 News at 6:00 - 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
  • CBS46 News at 11:00 - 11:00 - 11:35 p.m.

Saturday

  • CBS46 News at 6:00 - 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
  • CBS46 News at 11:00 - 11:00 - 11:35 p.m.

Sunday

  • CBS46 News at 6:30 - 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.
  • CBS46 News at 11:00 - 11:00 - 11:30 p.m.

Current News Personalities

  • Chris Adams, Chopper 46 pilot and reporter
  • Corey Anderson, Sports producer and reporter
  • Cari Champion, Weekend anchor and reporter
  • Ryan Deal, General assignment reporter
  • Kim Fettig, Investigative reporter/Fill-In Anchor
  • Stephany Fisher, 4:00, 6:00 and 11:00 co-anchor
  • Naki Frierson, Traffic reporter/Morning meteorologist
  • Mark Harmon, Weekend sports anchor and reporter
  • Laura Huckabee, Noon meteorologist
  • Greg Majewski, Weather producer and meteorologist
  • Jennifer Mayerle, General assignment reporter
  • Tony McNary, General assignment reporter
  • Mike Moore, Weekend anchor and reporter
  • Adam Murphy, Consumer reporter
  • Helen Neill, Noon anchor and reporter
  • Gene Norman, Chief meteorologist
  • Sarah Parker, General assignment reporter
  • Fred Powers, General assignment reporter
  • Wendy Saltzman, Investigative reporter
  • Harry Samler, General assignment reporter
  • Emily Schapmann Stroud, General assignment reporter
  • Rebekka Schramm, General assignment reporter
  • Cynné Simpson, 4:00, 6:00 and 11:00 co-anchor
  • Chris Smith, Weekend meteorologist
  • Renée Starzyk, General assignment reporter
  • Gil Tyree, Sports director/reporter

Past News Personalities

  • Denise Agent, General assignment reporter (1989-?)
  • Andrea Arceneaux Coleman, anchor and reporter (1999-2002, Founding Editor/CEO of Southwest Atlanta Magazine)
  • Joy Barge, Traffic reporter (1999-2001; 2002-2004)
  • Shane Butler, weathercaster (?-1997)
  • Steve Dawson, anchor and reporter (?, now at WHBQ-TV)
  • Tiffani Diaz Reynolds, General assignment reporter (?-2005, now at WSB-TV)
  • John Doyle, weathercaster (1997-2005)
  • Sheldon Fox, Traffic reporter (2004-2006)
  • Jennifer Gladstone, General assignment reporter (1999-2002, now at WBFF-TV)
  • Leigh Green, General assignment reporter (1989-2000, deceased)
  • Karyn Greer, anchor and reporter (1989-1999, now at WXIA-TV)
  • Tony Harris, 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00 anchor (2003-2004, now at CNN)
  • Calvin Hughes, 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00 anchor (1999-2002, now at KYW-TV)
  • Patricia Hunte, General assignment reporter (?)
  • Steve Johns, Morning and Noon anchor (1999-2002, now at WNCN-TV)
  • Kristy Mazurek, General assignment reporter (2000-2003)
  • John McKnight, anchor and reporter (1989-1999)
  • Monica McNeal, weathercaster (2003-2004, now at CNN)
  • Chris McWatt, Morning anchor (2002-2003)
  • Ray Metoyer, anchor and reporter (1994-2000, now at Black Family Channel)
  • Letitia Miele, General assignment reporter (?-2002, now at WHP-TV)
  • Charles Molineaux, Weekend anchor and reporter (2002-2005, now at WAGA-TV)
  • Denny Moore, weathercaster (?-2000)
  • Marc Mullins, General assignment reporter (2003-2005, now at KMTR-TV)
  • Kathy Murphy, Weekend anchor and reporter (?-2005)
  • Chau Nguyen, General assignment reporter (?-2003, now at KHOU-TV)
  • Lori Nixon, General assignment reporter (2003-2004, now at KIRO-TV)
  • Rich Noonan, 4:00, 6:00, and 11:00 anchor (2004-2006)
  • Greg Pallone, General assignment reporter (2004-2005, now at WJCL-TV)
  • Jane Robelot, 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00 anchor (1999-2003, now at Georgia Public Broadcasting)
  • Martha Sharan, anchor and reporter (?-1999)
  • Todd Shearer, Weekend anchor and reporter (1999-2003)
  • Mike Stevens, Weekend anchor and reporter (?-1999)
  • Steve Taylor, Sportscaster (1989-2005)
  • Derek Toomey, General assignment reporter (?-2002)
  • Stacey Turner, General assignment reporter (2003-2005)
  • Cynthia Vail, General assignment reporter (?-2003)
  • Shannon Walshe Stephens, Weekend anchor and reporter (?-1999, now at WSB-TV)
  • John Wetherbee, weathercaster (?-2005, now at WLTM-FM, WKLS-FM, and WGST-AM)
  • Heather Wiggins Thompson, General assignment reporter (?-2004)
  • Lori Wilson, Morning anchor and reporter (2002-2005, now at WCAU-TV)

Transmission tower

WGCL is on the same tower, north of Druid Hills, with:

The tower also contains construction permits for:

FM stations on the same tower are: WNNX (99.7, newly moved from the WTBS TV main analog tower) and permits for WRFG (89.3) and WKHX-FM (101.5) as well as an application for a broadcast translator from Immanuel Broadcasing Network on 101.9.

Another tower about 120 meters (400 feet) to the west holds the existing WKHX-FM, WLTM (94.9) and WKLS (96.1), and applications for translators on 89.7 and 88.9 from WAY-FM Media Group.

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