Media in Atlanta
Encyclopedia
, metro Atlanta
is the ninth-largest media market
in the United States. Due to apparent over-estimates of population growth
in the 2000s by the U.S. Census Bureau, this rank is a decrease from two years prior as a result of the 2010 U.S. Census.
In 2009, metro Atlanta
was the eighth- or seventh-largest market, with over 2.3 million TV households and 4.3 million people aged 12+. According to Nielsen Media Research
, it ranked eighth in television broadcasting, having recently slightly surpassed the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and not far behind the South Florida metropolitan area
). According to Arbitron
, it ranked seventh in radio broadcasting, now just ahead of the Philadelphia metropolitan area and not far behind the greater Houston
/Galveston metropolitan area
.
Cox Enterprises
, a privately-held company controlled by siblings Barbara Cox Anthony
and Anne Cox Chambers
, has substantial media holdings in and beyond Atlanta. Its Cox Communications
division is the nation's third-largest cable television service provider; the company also publishes over a dozen daily newspaper
s in the United States, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. WSB
AM, the flagship station
of Cox Radio
, was the first broadcast station
in the South.
s, and is the eighth-largest Nielsen designated market area (DMA) in the U.S. with 2,310,490 homes (2.0% of the total U.S.).
programming center. Ted Turner
began the Turner Broadcasting System
(now merged with Time Warner
media empire) in Atlanta, where he bought a UHF station that eventually became TBS. Turner established the headquarters
of the Cable News Network at CNN Center
, adjacent today to Centennial Olympic Park
. As his company grew, its other channels – the Cartoon Network
, Boomerang
, TNT
, Turner South
, Turner Classic Movies
, CNN International
, CNN en Español
, CNN Headline News
, and CNN Airport Network
– centered their operations in Atlanta as well (Turner South has since been sold). Also now fully part of Turner is truTV. The Weather Channel, owned by Landmark Communications
until it was purchased by NBC Universal
in September 2008, has its offices in the nearby Cumberland/Galleria edge city
. The first nationwide music video
programming on cable television, Video Concert Hall
, a precursor to MTV
, was created in Atlanta.
s are shown as subitems, the main channel is always on the x.1 subchannel and is or was simulcast
on analog (over-the-air and cable). Cable listings are shown for Comcast
, the dominant local broadband
TV provider. For digital cable
, three-digit whole number
s are for set-top box
users, while decimal
numbers are in-the-clear
(non-encrypted
) QAM for cable-ready ATSC tuner
s, and have occasionally been changed. These numbers are the physical RF
TV channels and the transport stream identifier (TSID) as they are transmitted from the headend, however some are mapped
with PSIP to have the same number as over the air. For HDTV stations, an SDTV version (often a separate feed) is mapped on set-top boxes to the original analog cable channel number. Since March 16, 2009, all Atlanta TV stations that air local news are now in HD, with WXIA 11 first, then WSB 2, followed by WGCL 46, and WAGA 5 last.
, the following stations and channels are seen in the area:
(KOMO
and KONG), two stations in Atlanta were chosen by the OMVC to be the first four to beta test mobile DTV using the ATSC-M/H
system. Ion began transmitting the service on WPXA in early 2009. Gannett is also known to be transmitting mobile LDTV versions of at least some of its four channels (11.1, 36.2, 11.3, 36.1) on WATL. Additionally, Manifest Wireless has an experimental broadcasting license
on-air on RF channel 56 in Atlanta (as well as Dallas/Fort Worth and Denver), and appears to be transmitting ATSC-M/H. (There is a strong ATSC signal, but no regular MPEG-2
subchannels on it for an ATSC tuner
to decode.) Manifest is a subsidiary
of Frontier Wireless, which like Dish Network
is owned by EchoStar.
s serving every genre of music, sports, and talk radio
. The nationally-syndicated Neal Boortz
and Clark Howard
shows are broadcast from Atlanta radio station WSB
AM 750. Atlanta is also where Sean Hannity
and Ryan Seacrest
got their starts—Hannity filling Boortz's seat at WGST AM 640, and Seacrest as a radio personality
at WSTR FM 94.1. Other notable radio personalities have included Leslie Fram
and Elvis Duran
(both now in New York), Rhubarb Jones, and voice talent George Lowe
. Familiar Atlanta Braves
announcers have included Skip Caray
, Larry Munson
, Don Sutton, and Pete van Wieren
.
Cox Enterprises
, which owns the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV/FM/AM, is headquartered in Atlanta. Cumulus Media
engages in the acquisition, operation, and development of commercial radio stations in mid-size radio markets in the United States and is also headquartered in Atlanta. , it owned and operated 307 radio stations in 61 mid-sized U.S. media markets and a multimarket network of five radio stations in the English-speaking Caribbean.
Stations in grey are considered "rimshot
s", normally reaching only part of the metro area clearly.
In addition, several other smaller stations serve the suburbs.
WUBL FM 94.9 and WSB-FM 98.5 are the primary entry points to the state of Georgia Emergency Alert System
, taking emergency messages from the governor of Georgia, GEMA
, or U.S. president, and relay
ing them to all other stations across the state.
WSB-FM and WFSH-FM carry a Christmas music
format
from just before Thanksgiving until Christmas Day.
and other means of distribution:
. Several alternative weekly
publications are also distributed, including Creative Loafing
, The Sunday Paper and the Atlanta Nation. A monthly newsprint publication Stomp and Stammer features local music news, indie rock
record reviews, and cultural commentary.
, the following newspapers are published in Atlanta:
Suburban newspapers include:
In its history, Atlanta has had many other daily and weekly newspapers.
HGTV
(and sometimes HGTV Canada
) have aired many episodes shot in metro Atlanta:
Metro Atlanta
The Atlanta metropolitan area or metro Atlanta, officially designated by the US Census Bureau as the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metro area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States...
is the ninth-largest media market
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
in the United States. Due to apparent over-estimates of population growth
Population growth
Population growth is the change in a population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals of any species in a population using "per unit time" for measurement....
in the 2000s by the U.S. Census Bureau, this rank is a decrease from two years prior as a result of the 2010 U.S. Census.
In 2009, metro Atlanta
Metro Atlanta
The Atlanta metropolitan area or metro Atlanta, officially designated by the US Census Bureau as the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metro area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States...
was the eighth- or seventh-largest market, with over 2.3 million TV households and 4.3 million people aged 12+. According to Nielsen Media Research
Nielsen Media Research
Nielsen Media Research is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre films and newspapers...
, it ranked eighth in television broadcasting, having recently slightly surpassed the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and not far behind the South Florida metropolitan area
South Florida metropolitan area
The South Florida metropolitan area, also known as the Miami metropolitan area, and designated the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area by the U.S...
). According to Arbitron
Arbitron
Arbitron is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio audiences. It was founded as American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging with L.A. based Coffin, Cooper and Clay in the early 1950s...
, it ranked seventh in radio broadcasting, now just ahead of the Philadelphia metropolitan area and not far behind the greater Houston
Greater Houston
Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown is a 10-county metropolitan area defined by the Office of Management and Budget. It is located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas...
/Galveston metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...
.
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920...
, a privately-held company controlled by siblings Barbara Cox Anthony
Barbara Cox Anthony
Barbara Blair Cox Anthony was the youngest daughter of James M. Cox, a Democratic governor of Ohio, newspaper publisher and broadcaster. With her sister Anne Cox Chambers and brother James M. Cox, Jr., she inherited, via a trust, ownership and control of her father’s company, now called Cox...
and Anne Cox Chambers
Anne Cox Chambers
Anne Beau Cox Chambers is a media proprietor, who is primary owner of Cox Enterprises, a privately held media empire that includes newspapers, television, radio, cable television, and other businesses....
, has substantial media holdings in and beyond Atlanta. Its Cox Communications
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...
division is the nation's third-largest cable television service provider; the company also publishes over a dozen daily newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s in the United States, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. WSB
WSB (AM)
WSB — branded AM 750 and 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB — is a commercial radio station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia broadcasting a news/talk format. The station transmits with 50,000 watts of nondirectional power day and night, enjoying clear-channel status on its broadcast frequency according to the U.S...
AM, the flagship station
Flagship station
In broadcasting, a flagship is the broadcast which originates a television network, or a particular radio show or TV show, primarily in the United States and Canada. This includes both direct network feeds and broadcast syndication, but generally not backhauls...
of Cox Radio
Cox Radio
Cox Radio, Inc. is a division of Cox Enterprises that holds a number of radio stations. Cox Radio is headquartered at 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road in Sandy Springs, Georgia....
, was the first broadcast station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in the South.
Television
The Atlanta metro area is served by many local television stationTelevision station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
s, and is the eighth-largest Nielsen designated market area (DMA) in the U.S. with 2,310,490 homes (2.0% of the total U.S.).
Cable/satellite networks
Atlanta is a major cable televisionCable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
programming center. Ted Turner
Ted Turner
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...
began the Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the Time Warner subsidiary managing the collection of cable networks and properties started and acquired by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner starting in the mid-1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. TBS, Inc...
(now merged with Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
media empire) in Atlanta, where he bought a UHF station that eventually became TBS. Turner established the headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...
of the Cable News Network at CNN Center
CNN Center
The CNN Center is the world headquarters of the Cable News Network . The main newsrooms and studios for several of CNN's news channels are located in the building...
, adjacent today to Centennial Olympic Park
Centennial Olympic Park
Centennial Olympic Park is a 21 acre public park located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA that is owned and operated by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority. The park was built by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games as part of the infrastructure improvements for the Centennial...
. As his company grew, its other channels – the Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
, Boomerang
Boomerang (TV channel)
Boomerang is a 24-hour American cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, a division of Time Warner. Boomerang specializes in reruns of animated programming from Time Warner's extensive archives, including pre-1986 MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises...
, TNT
Turner Network Television
Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
, Turner South
Turner South
Turner South was an American cable television network launched on October 1, 1999 by Turner Broadcasting System as the first regional entertainment network developed especially for viewers in the southern United States...
, Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies is a movie-oriented cable television channel, owned by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and MGM, United Artists, RKO and Warner Bros. film libraries...
, CNN International
CNN International
CNN International is an international English language television network that carries news, current affairs, politics, opinions, and business programming worldwide. CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations. It is owned by Time Warner, and is affiliated with CNN, which is mainly...
, CNN en Español
CNN en Español
CNN en Español is CNN's Spanish language news channel. On March 17, 1997, CNN launched CNN en Español, a 24-hour Spanish-language news network for the Hispanic American and United States marketplace.-Mexico programming:...
, CNN Headline News
CNN Headline News
HLN, formerly known as CNN Headline News and CNN2, is a cable television news channel based in the United States and a spinoff of the cable news television channel, CNN. Initially airing tightly-formatted 30-minute newscasts around the clock, since 2005, the channel has increasingly aired long-form...
, and CNN Airport Network
CNN Airport Network
CNN Airport Network is a satellite television network broadcasting general news, weather, stock market updates and features to airports across North America. It is run by Turner Private Networks, a division of Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System. The founding management was led by Jon...
– centered their operations in Atlanta as well (Turner South has since been sold). Also now fully part of Turner is truTV. The Weather Channel, owned by Landmark Communications
Landmark Communications
Landmark Media Enterprises LLC is a privately held media company headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia specializing in cable television, broadcast television, print publishing, and internet publishing...
until it was purchased by NBC Universal
NBC Universal
NBCUniversal Media, LLC is a media and entertainment company engaged in the production and marketing of entertainment, news, and information products and services to a global customer base...
in September 2008, has its offices in the nearby Cumberland/Galleria edge city
Edge city
"Edge city" is an American term for a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional urban area in what had recently been a residential suburb or semi-rural community...
. The first nationwide music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
programming on cable television, Video Concert Hall
Video Concert Hall
Video Concert Hall was an early U.S. television network launched on November 1, 1979, on the USA Network and on Showtime, featuring an unhosted rotation of music videos. Often credited as being the precursor to MTV, Video Concert Hall was reportedly the most popular programming on QUBE, a cable...
, a precursor to MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, was created in Atlanta.
Local stations
The Atlanta area has 13 full-power TV stations, running a total of 28 TV channels from 27 TV networks and local sources. Over-the-air digital subchannelDigital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
s are shown as subitems, the main channel is always on the x.1 subchannel and is or was simulcast
Simulcast
Simulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often...
on analog (over-the-air and cable). Cable listings are shown for Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
, the dominant local broadband
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
TV provider. For digital cable
Digital cable
Digital cable is a generic term for any type of cable television distribution using digital video compression or distribution. The technology was originally developed by Motorola.-Background:...
, three-digit whole number
Whole number
Whole number is a term with inconsistent definitions by different authors. All distinguish whole numbers from fractions and numbers with fractional parts.Whole numbers may refer to:*natural numbers in sense — the positive integers...
s are for set-top box
Set-top box
A set-top box or set-top unit is an information appliance device that generally contains a tuner and connects to a television set and an external source of signal, turning the signal into content which is then displayed on the television screen or other display device.-History:Before the...
users, while decimal
Decimal
The decimal numeral system has ten as its base. It is the numerical base most widely used by modern civilizations....
numbers are in-the-clear
Free-to-air
Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
(non-encrypted
Conditional access
Conditional Access is the protection of content by requiring certain criteria to be met before granting access to this content...
) QAM for cable-ready ATSC tuner
ATSC tuner
An ATSC tuner, often called an ATSC receiver or HDTV tuner is a type of television tuner that allows reception of digital television television channels transmitted by television stations in North America, parts of Central America and South Korea that use ATSC standards...
s, and have occasionally been changed. These numbers are the physical RF
Radio frequency
Radio frequency is a rate of oscillation in the range of about 3 kHz to 300 GHz, which corresponds to the frequency of radio waves, and the alternating currents which carry radio signals...
TV channels and the transport stream identifier (TSID) as they are transmitted from the headend, however some are mapped
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
with PSIP to have the same number as over the air. For HDTV stations, an SDTV version (often a separate feed) is mapped on set-top boxes to the original analog cable channel number. Since March 16, 2009, all Atlanta TV stations that air local news are now in HD, with WXIA 11 first, then WSB 2, followed by WGCL 46, and WAGA 5 last.
, the following stations and channels are seen in the area:
- WSB-TVWSB-TVWSB-TV, virtual channel 2.1 , is the ABC affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship television station of Cox Enterprises and its Cox Media Group subsidiary...
39*¹ Atlanta, 31 Athens, 46 Gainesville (cable 3, 803, 98.1), Cox Television- 2.1 WSB-DT – ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
(720p720p720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan...
60) - 2.2 WSB-DT – Me-TV (720×480i480i480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
with black sidebars; cable 248, 98.248)
- 2.1 WSB-DT – ABC
- WAGA-TVWAGA-TVWAGA-TV, virtual channel 5.1 is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Television Network and based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States...
27 Atlanta (cable 4, 804, 98.3, 98.804 HD), Fox Television Stations (although New World CommunicationsNew World CommunicationsNew World Pictures was an independent motion picture and television production company, and later television station owner in the United States from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s...
is still credited.)- 5.1 WAGA-HD – FoxFox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
HD (720p60) 5.2 WAGA-SD– former SDTV simulcastSimulcastSimulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often...
in widescreen (704×480i), then blankDead airDead air is an unintended interruption in a radio broadcast during which no sound is transmitted.The term is most often used in cases where program material comes to an unexpected halt, either through operator error or for technical reasons, although it is also used in cases where a broadcaster...
; removed completely in December 2009
- 5.1 WAGA-HD – Fox
- WGTV TV 8*² AthensAthens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
(cable 8, 808, 80.205), Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission, Stone MountainStone Mountain, GeorgiaStone Mountain is a city in eastern DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,802 at the 2010 census. It is an outer suburb of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area.-Geography:...
- 8.1 GPB-HD – PBSPublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
via Georgia Public BroadcastingGeorgia Public BroadcastingGeorgia Public Broadcasting is the public broadcasting radio and television state network in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is operated by the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission....
(GPB) (1080i) - 8.2 Kids – GPB Kids (PBS KidsPBS KidsPBS Kids is the brand for children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States founded in 1993. As with all PBS programming, PBS Kids programming is non-commercial. It is aimed at children ages 2 to 10...
), formerly SDTV simulcast of main channel (480i) - 8.3 Know – GPB Knowledge (mostly PBS WorldPBS WorldPBS World is a 24-hour United States over-the-air digital subchannel showing public TV non-fiction, science, nature, news, public affairs and documentaries...
) (480i)
- 8.1 GPB-HD – PBS
- WXIA-TVWXIA-TVWXIA-TV, virtual channel 11.1 , is the NBC-affiliated television station in Atlanta, Georgia. Popularly known by its 11 Alive moniker, WXIA is owned by the Gannett Company in a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WATL...
10 Atlanta (cable 6, 806, 108.3), Gannett- 11.1 WXIA-TV – NBC / 11Alive (1080i)
- 11.2 WXIA-WX - Weather Information Zone / WIZ (480i)
- 11.3 SPORTS – Universal SportsUniversal SportsUniversal Sports is an American television network that airs various sports, primarily those contested in the Olympic Games, including swimming, gymnastics, cycling, track and field, figure skating, skiing, bobsledding and triathlon.-Programming:...
(began May 2009; severe video compression) (480i)
- WPXA-TV 51 RomeRome, GeorgiaLocated in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Rome is the largest city and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Floyd County...
(cable 12, 209, 80.209), ION Media NetworksION Media NetworksION Media Networks is an American television broadcasting company that owns and operates over 60 television stations in most major American markets. It is now a privately owned company.-History:...
, Bear MountainBear Mountain (Georgia)Bear Mountain is a mountain located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, southwest of Waleska, Georgia. Situated between the northwest and west-central part of Cherokee County, Georgia, it is the second highest point in Cherokee County at . The metro Atlanta area lies to the south and...
- 14.1 ION – ION Television (720p)
- 14.2 qubo – quboQuboQubo is a multi-platform children's television specialty channel endeavor operated as a joint venture between ION Media Networks, NBCUniversal, Nelvana, Scholastic Corporation, and Classic Media...
(480i) - 14.3 IONLife – ION LifeION LifeION Life is a digital television network carried by ION Television affiliates, airing lifestyle programming during the day, and movies in the evening. It was launched February 19, 2007...
(480i) 14.4 Worship– Worship Network (480i) dropped from all Ion stations at end of January 2010
- WPCH-TV 20 Atlanta (cable 7, 802, 80.204), Time WarnerTime WarnerTime Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
- 17.1 WPCH-DT – Peachtree TV, formerly TBS (SD programming, 1080i transmission)
- WPBA TV 21 Atlanta (cable 16, 80.212), Atlanta Board of Education
- 30.1 WPBA-TV – PBSPublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
(1080i)
- 30.1 WPBA-TV – PBS
- WUVG-DT 48*¹ Athens, translator 17 in Athens (cable 14), Univisión
- 34.1 WUVG-DT – UnivisiónUnivisionUnivision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
(1080i) - 34.2 WUVG-DT – TeleFuturaTeleFuturaTeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
(480i; digital cable 250, 530, 96.530)
- 34.1 WUVG-DT – Univisión
- WATL TV 25 Atlanta (cable 13, 813, 29.2), Gannett
- 36.1 WATL-DT – MyNetworkTVMyNetworkTVMyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
(720p) - 36.2 Bounce - Bounce TVBounce TVBounce TV is a United States television network airing on digital terrestrial television stations. Promoted as "the first 24/7 digital multicast broadcast network created exclusively for African Americans," Bounce TV launched on September 26, 2011 and features programming geared toward blacks in...
(480i) - 36.3 Sports – Universal SportsUniversal SportsUniversal Sports is an American television network that airs various sports, primarily those contested in the Olympic Games, including swimming, gymnastics, cycling, track and field, figure skating, skiing, bobsledding and triathlon.-Programming:...
(began Oct. 2011, ends Jan. 2012) (480i)
- 36.1 WATL-DT – MyNetworkTV
- WGCL-TVWGCL-TVWGCL-TV, virtual channel 46.1 is the CBS-affiliated television station serving the Atlanta, Georgia area. Its city of license is Atlanta, and the station is owned by Meredith Corporation, making it the largest-market CBS station not owned by the network...
19*³ Atlanta (cable 9, 809, 108.1), Meredith Corp.- 46.1 WGCL-TV – CBS (1080i)
46.2 WGCLDT2(March 2009) and previously (March 2008) 46.3 during March MadnessNCAA Men's Division I Basketball ChampionshipThe NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
(480i)
- WATC-DT 41*¹³ Atlanta (cable 2, 85.112), Community Television, Inc., Sweat MountainSweat MountainSweat Mountain is a low mountain located in far northeastern Cobb County, Georgia, in the suburbs north of Atlanta. The exact GNIS location of its summit is , and it has an official elevation of above mean sea level...
- 57.1 WATC DT – Christian independent (480i) – also formerly analog on WSKC-CAWSKC-CAWSKC-CD is a low-power television station in metro Atlanta, operating on TV channel 22. The station is owned by KM Communications Inc. via holding company KM LPTV of Atlanta, and has Atlanta as its city of license, though it reaches very little of the city....
22 - 57.2 WATCTOO – family independent, added May 2011 (480i)
- 57.1 WATC DT – Christian independent (480i) – also formerly analog on WSKC-CA
- WHSG-TVWHSG-TVWHSG-TV is a Georgia television station on digital channel 44 . The analog station is located in eastern metro Atlanta in northern Rockdale County about halfway between Atlanta and Monroe, Georgia, it's city of license...
44*³ MonroeMonroe, GeorgiaMonroe is a city in Walton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 13,381 at the 2008 census. The city is the county seat of Walton County, Georgia.-Geography:Monroe is located at ....
(cable 11, not on DirecTVDirecTVDirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
), Trinity Broadcasting NetworkTrinity Broadcasting NetworkThe Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
- 63.1 TBN – TBN (480i)
- 63.2 Church – The Church ChannelThe Church ChannelThe Church Channel is a Christian television network owned by Trinity Broadcasting Network . It broadcasts church service programs 24 hours per day, seven days a week from several of America’s leading churches, representing several Christian denominations, as well as independent and...
(480i) - 63.3 JCTV – JCTVJCTVJCTV is a young adult television network devoted to music videos, owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. It is similar to MTV, but with a Christian focus....
(480i) – also analog on W49DE 49 - 63.4 Enlace – TBN Enlace USATBN Enlace USAEnlace TBN USA, also known as TBN Enlace or Enlace USA, headquartered in Tustin, California, is the United States version of the Spanish-language cable television network Enlace providing Christian programming to the Hispanic community...
(480i) - 63.5 Smile – Smile of a ChildSmile of a ChildSmile of a Child TV is a Christian children's channel affiliated with Trinity Broadcasting Network that offers programming 24 hours per day, seven days a week...
(480i)
- WUPA TV 43 Atlanta (cable 10, 810, 29.810)
- 69.1 WUPA-DT – The CW (1080i with grey sidebars)
Mobile TV
Along with two stations in SeattleSeattle metropolitan area
The Seattle metropolitan area in the US state of Washington includes the city of Seattle, King County, Snohomish County, and Pierce County within the Puget Sound region. The U.S...
(KOMO
KOMO-TV
KOMO-TV, virtual channel 4, is a television station in Seattle, Washington. It is an affiliate of ABC and broadcasts on digital channel 38. KOMO-TV is the flagship station of Fisher Communications, and its studios and offices are co-located with sister radio stations KOMO , KVI , and KPLZ-FM ...
and KONG), two stations in Atlanta were chosen by the OMVC to be the first four to beta test mobile DTV using the ATSC-M/H
ATSC-M/H
ATSC-M/H is a standard in the USA for mobile digital TV, that allows TV broadcasts to be received by mobile devices.....
system. Ion began transmitting the service on WPXA in early 2009. Gannett is also known to be transmitting mobile LDTV versions of at least some of its four channels (11.1, 36.2, 11.3, 36.1) on WATL. Additionally, Manifest Wireless has an experimental broadcasting license
Broadcast license
A broadcast license or broadcast license is a specific type of spectrum license that grants the licensee the privilege to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes. The licenses are generally straddled with additional restrictions that...
on-air on RF channel 56 in Atlanta (as well as Dallas/Fort Worth and Denver), and appears to be transmitting ATSC-M/H. (There is a strong ATSC signal, but no regular MPEG-2
MPEG-2
MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information". It describes a combination of lossy video compression and lossy audio data compression methods which permit storage and transmission of movies using currently available storage media and transmission...
subchannels on it for an ATSC tuner
ATSC tuner
An ATSC tuner, often called an ATSC receiver or HDTV tuner is a type of television tuner that allows reception of digital television television channels transmitted by television stations in North America, parts of Central America and South Korea that use ATSC standards...
to decode.) Manifest is a subsidiary
Subsidiary
A subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a...
of Frontier Wireless, which like Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
is owned by EchoStar.
LPTV stations
Several LPTV stations cover smaller parts of the metro area:- WUVM-LPWUVM-LPWUVM-LP 4 is a low-power television station in metro Atlanta. Carrying ShopNBC until early 2006, it now carries Azteca América. It is also seen locally on DirecTV, one of the few LPTV stations in the country to be seen on satellite TV , possibly because local WHSG-TV is not carried...
4 Atlanta (digital cable 249, 532, 99.532), Azteca AmericaAzteca AméricaAzteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
, Una Vez Mas Atlanta License, LLCUna Vez Mas Holdings, LLCUna Vez Mas Holdings, LLC is the owner of a group of low-power television stations, mostly in the Southwest, and is the largest Azteca América affiliate group in the United States...
, carried on DirecTVDirecTVDirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
and xFinityComcastComcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the... - WDWW-LD 28 Atlanta, digital construction permit for WDWW-LP 28 Cleveland (previously briefly on-air on digital 7 from Sweat Mountain)
- unknown digital subchannelDigital subchannelIn broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
s
- unknown digital subchannel
- WYGA-LD 16 Atlanta (replaced WYGA-CA 45, which carried Retro JamsRetro JamsRetro Jams was a music video network that played music videos from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and early 90s. Established in 2007, it was owned and operated by now-defunct Equity Media Holdings...
), Mako Communications, from WUPA tower- 16.1 WYGA-LD - MexicanalMexicanalMexicanal Network is a Mexican based television Network launched in 2005 by and and serves Mexicans living and working in the United States, Canada and Mexico....
(480i) - 16.2 WYGA-LD - blank (formerly AMGTVAMGTVAMGTV is an American family-oriented television network, featuring programming including sitcoms, lifestyle programs, sports, films and more...
480i) - 16.3 WYGA-LD - Retro Television (480i)
- 16.1 WYGA-LD - Mexicanal
- WSKC-CD 22 Atlanta, KM Communications
- 22.1 WSKC DT - Munhwa Broadcasting CorporationMunhwa Broadcasting CorporationMunhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC (Hangul : 문화방송주식회사, Munhwa Bangsong Jushikoesa) is one of four major national South Korean television and radio networks. Munhwa is the Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television...
(Korean; 704×480i480i480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
)
- 22.1 WSKC DT - Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
- W23DN 23 Atlanta (W24ALW24ALW23DN is a low-power television station licensed to the city of Atlanta, Georgia, broadcasting on TV channel 23 as an affiliate of Home Shopping Network....
-D 24 Atlanta DTV permit), Home Shopping NetworkHome Shopping NetworkHome Shopping Network or HSN began in 1977 as a 24-hour/7 day a week home shopping television network televised via cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the Philippines. HSN can also be shopped online at hsn.com...
, Ventana Television - WTBS-LP 26 Atlanta / WTBS-LD 30 Atlanta (on-air DTV permit), unknown, Prism Broadcasting
- 26.1 NEWS 24 - France 24France 24France 24 is an international news and current affairs television channel. The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News, DW-TV, NHK World and RT, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world. During 2010 the channel started broadcasting through...
(480i) - 26.2 LWN - Live Well Network (previously Untamed Sports TVUntamed Sports TVUntamed Sports TV is a digital subchannel which provides niche outdoor and lifestyle programming to several stations in the United States. This channel was launched in 2008 by OlympuSAT who also distributes the Funimation Channel.-Programs:...
) (480i) - 26.3 TUFF TV - Tuff TVTuff TVTUFF TV is a digital broadcast network geared to men created by Lou Seals of Seals Entertainment Company LLC in a joint venture with Henry Luken of Luken Communications, the company that owns and operates RTV. Besides broadcast and cable distribution, TUFF TV Media Group, LLC plans to distribute...
(480i) - 26.4 JTV - Jewelry TV (480i)
- 26.5 Oldie - Oldie Goldie (480i)
- 26.6 MOXIE - Moxie (formerly called "prism") (480i)
- 26.7 this TV - this TVThis TVThis TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
(480i) - 26.8 tr3s - Tr3́s (480i)
- 26.9 LATV - LATVLATVLATV is a bilingual music and entertainment network. LATV has been on the air in the Los Angeles market as KJLA since 2001 and is distributed through mostly digital television subchannels throughout the United States and Puerto Rico....
(480i) - 26.10 VIDA TV - Vida TVVida TVVida TV is a Venezuelan community television channel. It was created in August 2003 and can be seen in the community of Ureña in the Pedro Maria Ureña Municipality of the Tachira State of Venezuela on UHF channel 51. Fernando Londoño is the legal representative of the foundation that owns this...
(480i)
- 26.1 NEWS 24 - France 24
- WANN-LD 29 Atlanta (silent analog WANN-CA 32 Atlanta), Prism Broadcasting, from Bank of America PlazaBank of America Plaza (Atlanta)Bank of America Plaza is a skyscraper located in the SoNo district of Atlanta, Georgia. At the tower is the 53rd-tallest building in the world. When it first opened, it was the 9th tallest building in the world, and 6th tallest building in the United States...
(analog) and North Druid Hills (digital)- 32.1 APGuide - Zap2itZap2itZap2it is an American website and affiliate network that provides news, photos and video, local TV listings and movie showtimes. The site is produced by Tribune Media Services , part of the publishing division of the Chicago-based Tribune Company...
Atlanta Program Guide (480i), Biz TV (windowed above guide) - 32.2 MTVtr3s - Tr3́s (480i)
- 32.3 this TV - this TVThis TVThis TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
(480i) - 32.4 MOXIE - Moxie (formerly called Prism TV) (480i)
- 32.5 Oldie - Oldie Goldie: movies (480i)
- 32.6 LATV - LATVLATVLATV is a bilingual music and entertainment network. LATV has been on the air in the Los Angeles market as KJLA since 2001 and is distributed through mostly digital television subchannels throughout the United States and Puerto Rico....
(480i) - 32.7 TUFF TV - Tuff TVTuff TVTUFF TV is a digital broadcast network geared to men created by Lou Seals of Seals Entertainment Company LLC in a joint venture with Henry Luken of Luken Communications, the company that owns and operates RTV. Besides broadcast and cable distribution, TUFF TV Media Group, LLC plans to distribute...
(480i) - 32.8 Legacy - EmVeeTV shopping daytime, Legacy TV religious nighttime (480i)
- 32.9 VIDA TV - Vida TVVida TVVida TV is a Venezuelan community television channel. It was created in August 2003 and can be seen in the community of Ureña in the Pedro Maria Ureña Municipality of the Tachira State of Venezuela on UHF channel 51. Fernando Londoño is the legal representative of the foundation that owns this...
(480i) - 32.10 News 24 - France 24France 24France 24 is an international news and current affairs television channel. The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News, DW-TV, NHK World and RT, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world. During 2010 the channel started broadcasting through...
(480i) - 32.21 WGST640 - WGSTWGST (AM)WGST AM 640 is a radio station licensed in the city of Atlanta, Georgia operating at a frequency of 640 kHz with 50,000 watts of power during the daytime, and 1,000 watts of power during nighttime hours...
AM 640 (audio only) - 32.22 949BULL - WUBL FM 94.9, "94-9 the Bull" (audio only)
- 32.23 PROJECT - WKLSWKLS (FM)WKLS FM 96.1 is a radio station in Atlanta, Georgia broadcasting an Active Rock format.-History:The 96.1 frequency was originally WGAA-FM in Cedartown, Georgia, the FM counterpart to WGAA AM 1340. WKLS' callsign stands for the initials of the founding owners: Don Kennedy, James Lathom, and Arthur...
FM 96.1, "Project 9-6-1" (audio only) - 32.24 WiLD - WWLG FM 96.7, "WiLD 105-7 & 96-7" (audio only)
- 32.25 WiLD - WWVA-FMWWVA-FMWWVA-FM is an Atlanta radio station broadcasting a Rhythmic contemporary radio format which features R&B, Pop and Dance hits. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications and is licensed to serve Canton, Georgia...
105.7, "WiLD 105-7 & 96-7" (audio only) - 32.26 PATRON - WBZYWBZY (FM)WBZY FM 105.3, is a radio station that plays regional Mexican music. The station's transmitter is located in Newnan, Georgia and targets metro Atlanta, also covering its city of license of Bowdon, Georgia...
FM 105.3 "El Patrón" (audio only) - 32.27 TBA - duplicate of 32.21 (audio only)
- 32.28 TBA - duplicate of 32.22 (audio only)
- 32.29 TBA - duplicate of 32.23 (audio only)
- 32.30 TBA - duplicate of 32.25 (audio only)
- 32.1 APGuide - Zap2it
- WIRE-CD 40 Atlanta (flash-cut, licensed), D.T.V. LLC, WUPA tower
- 40.1 WIRE-D1 - infomercials (480i)
- 40.2 WIRE-D2 - infomercials (480i)
- 40.3 WIRE-D3 - infomercials (480i)
- 40.4 WIRE-D4 - Three Angels Broadcasting Network (480i)
- WTHC-LD 42 Atlanta, DTV-only, Beach TV PropertiesBeach TV PropertiesBeach TV Properties is a television broadcasting company based in Panama City, Florida. Also known as the Tourist Network, the company specializes in television stations that broadcast tourist information to visitors in the cities that Beach TV has a presence in.-Stations:* WPCT channel 46 : Panama...
, from Westin Peachtree PlazaWestin Peachtree PlazaThe Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta is a skyscraper hotel in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on Peachtree Street adjacent to the Peachtree Center complex and the former Davison's/Macy's flagship store...
- 42.1 ATLC-DT - The Atlanta Channel (tourism info) (480i)
- WKTB-CD 47 NorcrossNorcross-People:*Alastair Norcross, philosopher and professor at University of Colorado*George Norcross III, prominent political figure in New Jersey*Jonathan Norcross, Atlanta pioneer...
(former W38CUW38CUWKTB-CD is a digital low-power class A TV station on channel 47 in metro Atlanta. Owned by Korean American TV Broadcasting, it broadcasts Spanish-language network, Telemundo on digital subchannel 47.1. It also produces its own TV programming including news in Korean, airing it as Korean...
38 Atlanta, TelemundoTelemundoTelemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
), Korean American TV Broadcasting- 47.1 KTNDT - TelemundoTelemundoTelemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
(Spanish; 480i) - 47.2 KTND2 - Korean Television Network (local), KBS WorldKBS World (United States)KBS World is an American television channel operated by KBS America, a subsidiary of Korean Broadcasting System, targeting Koreans in North America. Launched on October 6, 2005, it runs with their broadcasting schedule, separated from KBS World in South Korea....
(Korean; 480i) - 47.3 KTND3 - Arirang; formerly SKDTV/mbnMunhwa Broadcasting CorporationMunhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC (Hangul : 문화방송주식회사, Munhwa Bangsong Jushikoesa) is one of four major national South Korean television and radio networks. Munhwa is the Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television...
(Korean; 480i) - 47.4 KTND4 - Midwest Christian Television (MC-TV), openly captioned in English (formerly Arirang, then infomercials) (480i)
- 47.1 KTNDT - Telemundo
- WXID-LP 49 Atlanta, off-airDark (broadcasting)In the broadcasting industry, dark is a term used to describe a radio station or television station that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , a "silent" station...
(assigned to rebroadcast KTBN-TVKTBN-TVKTBN-TV, digital channel 33 , is the flagship television station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, a Christian religious broadcaster. The station is licensed to Santa Ana, California and based in the TBN network headquarters in nearby Tustin.-History:Channel 40 first aired on January 5, 1967 as...
), Word of God Fellowship, Sweat Mountain - WDTA-LD 35 Atlanta (digital cable 263, 100.63), Word of God Fellowship
- 53.1 WDTA-LD - DaystarDaystar Television NetworkThe Daystar Television Network is an American evangelical Christian television religious broadcasting network headquartered near Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Bedford, Texas...
(480i)
- 53.1 WDTA-LD - Daystar
Cable-only stations
- Atlanta Interfaith BroadcastersAtlanta Interfaith BroadcastersAIB TV - Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters is an interfaith, spiritual and educational television and internet network. Television can be viewed in 19 metro Atlanta Counties on Comcast Channel 5, AT&T U-verse Channel 6 and Charter Communications Channel 22. Programming can also be viewed on VOD at...
- People TVPeople TV (Atlanta)People TV is a Atlanta's only non-profit public-access television cable TV channel. The channel airs on channel 24 on Comcast cable within the Atlanta city limits. People TV maintains a YouTube page with videos from its schedule.-External links:*...
(Atlanta) - DeKalb County Television (DCTV) (DeKalbDeKalb County, GeorgiaDeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population of the county was 691,893 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is the city of Decatur. It is bordered to the west by Fulton County and contains roughly 10% of the city of Atlanta...
) - Roswell CitiTVhttp://www.roswellgov.com/index.php/p/306/t/RCTV%20-%20Roswell%20CitiTV (RoswellRoswell, GeorgiaRoswell is a city located in northern Fulton County; it is a suburb of northern Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The 2010 Census population was 88,346. It is the eighth largest city in Georgia...
) - TV23TV23 (Cobb County)TV23 is a Government-access television channel cable TV channel in Cobb County, Georgia, seen on Comcast TV channel 23, and in ATSC clear QAM on digital cable channel 81.23...
(Cobb) - Cobb edTV (Cobb)
Radio
There are also numerous local radio stationRadio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
s serving every genre of music, sports, and talk radio
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
. The nationally-syndicated Neal Boortz
Neal Boortz
Neal A. Boortz, Jr. is an American Libertarian radio host, author, and political commentator. His nationally syndicated talk show, The Neal Boortz Show, airs throughout the United States on Dial Global . It is ranked seventh in overall listeners, with 4.25+ million per week...
and Clark Howard
Clark Howard
Clark Howard , is a popular U.S. talk radio host of the nationally syndicated consumer advocate program The Clark Howard Show. The show covers consumer and financial news, with advice on how to spend less, save more and avoid rip-offs...
shows are broadcast from Atlanta radio station WSB
WSB (AM)
WSB — branded AM 750 and 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB — is a commercial radio station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia broadcasting a news/talk format. The station transmits with 50,000 watts of nondirectional power day and night, enjoying clear-channel status on its broadcast frequency according to the U.S...
AM 750. Atlanta is also where Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity is an American radio and television host, author, and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. Hannity also hosts a cable news show, Hannity,...
and Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest
Ryan John Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host, network producer and voice actor. He is the host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, a nationally syndicated Top 40 radio show that airs on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and throughout the United States and Canada on Premiere Radio Networks,...
got their starts—Hannity filling Boortz's seat at WGST AM 640, and Seacrest as a radio personality
Radio personality
A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...
at WSTR FM 94.1. Other notable radio personalities have included Leslie Fram
Leslie Fram
Leslie Fram is an American radio personality on commercial radio.Her first professional job was at WABF in Fairhope, Alabama. One of the weekend shows she hosted was called "Platter Ladder"...
and Elvis Duran
Elvis Duran
Elvis Duran is the host of the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show in New York on Z100 and in syndication on Premiere Radio Networks.Duran's show is now heard live in over 40 markets including New York, Philadelphia, Miami, Cleveland, Tampa, Syracuse, Atlanta, & Des Moines.Before his current job at...
(both now in New York), Rhubarb Jones, and voice talent George Lowe
George Lowe
George Lowe is an American voice actor/comedian.He is perhaps best known for his role as the voice of Space Ghost on the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast, a role which he played for all 110 episodes spanning fourteen years before the series ended in 2008, along...
. Familiar Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
announcers have included Skip Caray
Skip Caray
Harry Christopher "Skip" Caray, Jr. was an American sportscaster, best known for his long career as a radio and television play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball...
, Larry Munson
Larry Munson
Lawrence Harry "Larry" Munson was a sports announcer and talk-show host based out of the U.S. city of Atlanta. He was best known for handling radio play-by-play of University of Georgia Bulldogs football games from 1966 to 2008...
, Don Sutton, and Pete van Wieren
Pete Van Wieren
Pete van Wieren is a former American sportscaster best known for his long career calling play-by-play for Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves.-Atlanta Braves:...
.
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920...
, which owns the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV/FM/AM, is headquartered in Atlanta. Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media, Inc. is the second largest Owner and Operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States, behind Clear Channel Communications, operating 570 stations in 150 markets as of September 16, 2011. The company also owns Cumulus Media Networks...
engages in the acquisition, operation, and development of commercial radio stations in mid-size radio markets in the United States and is also headquartered in Atlanta. , it owned and operated 307 radio stations in 61 mid-sized U.S. media markets and a multimarket network of five radio stations in the English-speaking Caribbean.
Stations in grey are considered "rimshot
Rimshot (broadcasting)
A rimshot is a radio and television broadcasting term for a station that attempts to reach a larger media market from a distant suburban, exurban, or even rural location. The term is primarily used with FM stations, and mainly in North America...
s", normally reaching only part of the metro area clearly.
AM stations
- WDWDWDWD (AM)WDWD is a Radio Disney affiliated station serving the metro Atlanta market. Its radio transmitter site, originally along North Druid Hills Road, is now located just north of Austell, Georgia, in west-northwest metro Atlanta. The station's signal is aimed by a four-tower directional antenna array...
AM 590 Atlanta, Radio DisneyRadio DisneyRadio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas... - WPLOWPLO (AM)WPLO is an Atlanta area AM broadcasting station, licensed to Grayson, Georgia, that broadcasts Spanish language music programming. It transmits at a frequency of 610 kHz with 1,500 Watts of power during the daytime and 225 Watts during nighttime using a non-directional antenna...
AM 610 GraysonGrayson, GeorgiaAs of 2010 Grayson had a population of 2,666. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 62.8% white, 23.8% black or African American, 0.4% native American, 9.0% Asian, 1.8% from some other race and 2.2% from some other race...
(Mexican "RadioMex 610") - WGSTWGST (AM)WGST AM 640 is a radio station licensed in the city of Atlanta, Georgia operating at a frequency of 640 kHz with 50,000 watts of power during the daytime, and 1,000 watts of power during nighttime hours...
AM 640 Atlanta (news/Talk "640 WGST") - WCNNWCNN (AM)WCNN is an AM station broadcasting on a frequency of 680 kHz and serving the Atlanta-area radio market with a sports radio format. The station is commonly known by the on-air branding as "680 the Fan"...
AM 680 Atlanta (sports/talk "680 The Fan", formerly CNN simulcastSimulcastSimulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often...
) - WSBWSB (AM)WSB — branded AM 750 and 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB — is a commercial radio station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia broadcasting a news/talk format. The station transmits with 50,000 watts of nondirectional power day and night, enjoying clear-channel status on its broadcast frequency according to the U.S...
AM 750 Atlanta (news/Talk "News/Talk 750 WSB") - WQXIWQXI (AM)WQXI, "790 The Zone", is a radio station licensed to the city of Atlanta broadcasting at a frequency of 790 kHz. The station has a power of 28,000 watts in the daytime, and 1,000 watts at night. WQXI's signal is non-directional during the daytime, and directional at night...
AM 790 Atlanta (sports/talk "790 The Zone", Sporting News Radio) - WFGMWFGM (AM)WFGM AM 830 is a new radio station to be built in metro Atlanta. , it has a construction permit but is not on the air. The permit is currently held by WFGM Radio Corp....
AM 830 Sandy SpringsSandy Springs, GeorgiaSandy Springs is a city in north Georgia, United States. It is a northern suburb of Atlanta. With a 2010 population of 93,853, Sandy Springs is the sixth-largest city in the state and the second-largest city in Metro Atlanta. Sandy Springs is located in north Fulton County, Georgia, just south of...
(new station construction permitConstruction permitA construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance...
) - WAECWAEC (AM)WAEC Love 860: An Atlanta OriginalWAEC is Altanta’s Inspirational Talk Radio. We are the longest running religious talk radio station in the Atlanta Area. Our programming features a wide variety of local and national ministries from some of the most prominent broadcasters in the industry including:...
AM 860 Atlanta (religious) - WJTP AM 890 Lithia SpringsLithia Springs, GeorgiaLithia Springs is an unincorporated area, formerly incorporated as a city, located in northeastern Douglas County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,072. The city is named for its historic Lithia Springs springs.Incorporated in 1882, Lithia...
(Spanish Christian, moved-in from South CarolinaSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
in 2009) - WGKA AM 920 Atlanta (conservative talk, "Talk 920")
- WNIV AM 970 Atlanta (Christian talk and teaching)
- WGUN AM 1010 Atlanta (brokeredBrokered programmingBrokered programming is a form of broadcast content in which the show's producer pays a radio or television station for air time, rather than exchanging programming for pay or the opportunity to play spot commercials...
) - WWWEWWWE (AM)WWWE is an Atlanta, Georgia, area radio station that broadcasts Spanish language music and religious programming. WWWE is classified as a Class-D AM broadcast station according to the FCC...
AM 1100 HapevilleHapeville, GeorgiaHapeville is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States, located directly adjacent to the city of Atlanta. The population was 6,373 at the 2010 census. It is named for Dr...
(religious) - WCFO AM 1160 East PointEast Point, GeorgiaThe city of East Point is southwest of the neighborhoods of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 33,712...
(business talk) - WAFSWAFS (AM)WAFS AM is a local Atlanta area AM broadcasting station that broadcasts business news talk radio programming. It broadcasts at a frequency of 1190 kHz with 25,000 Watts of power during the daytime and 2,300 Watts during critical hours using a non-directional antenna...
AM 1190 Atlanta - WFOMWFOM (AM)WFOM AM, "1230 The Fan 2", is an Atlanta AM radio station broadcasting on a frequency of 1230 kHz. The radio station is licensed to the city of Marietta, Georgia, and currently is an ESPN Radio affiliate. WFOM, along with WCNN and WIFN, are owned by Dickey Broadcasting. The broadcast facilities...
AM 1230 MariettaMarietta, GeorgiaMarietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs...
(sports/talk, "1230 The Fan 2", ESPN Radio) - WTJH AM 1260 East Point (gospel musicGospel musicGospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
) - WPBCWPBC (AM)WPBC AM 1310 is an Atlanta AM radio station broadcasting on a frequency of 1310 kHz. WPBC's current programming consists of a progressive talk format during the week and mostly jazz on the weekends ....
AM 1310 DecaturDecatur, GeorgiaDecatur is a city in, and county seat of, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. With a population of 19,335 in the 2010 census, the city is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple zip codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear the Decatur name... - WIFN AM 1340 Atlanta (sports/talk, "1340 The Fan 3", Fox Sports Radio)
- WAOKWAOK (AM)WAOK, News & Talk 1380, is an urban talk radio station that serves the Atlanta, Georgia market. WAOK operates on 1380 kilohertz with 5.0 kilowatts of power during the daytime and with 4.2 kilowatts of power with a directional signal at night from its studios at 1201 Peachtree Street, 400...
AM 1380 Atlanta (African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
talk) - WATB AM 1420 Decatur
- WYZE AM 1480 Atlanta (Gospel)
- WAZXWAZX (AM)WAZX is a radio station licensed to the city of Smyrna, Georgia serving the Atlanta area radio market. It is currently owned by DTS Broadcasting LLC. WAZX broadcasts at a frequency of 1550 kHz with 50,000 watts of power during daytime hours and 16 watts during nighttime hours both times using a...
AM 1550 SmyrnaSmyrna, Georgia-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 40,999 people, 18,372 households, and 9,498 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,949.9 people per square mile . There were 19,633 housing units at an average density of 1,412.6 per square mile...
(Spanish) - WIGOWIGO (AM)WIGO is a radio station broadcasting a gospel music format. Licensed to Morrow, Georgia, USA, it serves the Atlanta area. The station is currently owned by MCL/MCM Georgia, LLC....
AM 1570 MorrowMorrow, GeorgiaMorrow is a city in Clayton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,882 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Clayton State University.-Geography:Morrow is located at .... - WAOS AM 1600 AustellAustell, GeorgiaAustell is a city in Cobb County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 6,581.-History:Austell used to be known as Salt Springs, and was frequented by hunters who would trap and hunt game on their way to the salt licks. Some enterprising hunters claimed...
(Spanish) - WMLBWMLB (AM)WMLB AM 1690, "The Voice of the Arts", is a radio station licensed to Avondale Estates, Georgia, and serves most of the metro Atlanta radio market. WMLB transmits on 1690 kHz with 10,000 watts daytime power and 1,000 watts at night. The station broadcasts an eclectic radio format, playing...
AM 1690 Avondale EstatesAvondale Estates, GeorgiaAvondale Estates is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,960 at the 2010 census.Avondale Estates was founded in 1924 by George Francis Willis, who purchased the entire village of Ingleside to create a planned community. The city was named after Stratford-upon-Avon,...
(variety)
In addition, several other smaller stations serve the suburbs.
FM stations
- WRASWRAS (FM)WRAS is a college radio station in Atlanta with a frequency of 88.5MHz, which has been in operation since January 18th 1971. It is owned by Georgia State University and its on-air staff are all GSU students, with the exception of those who broadcast the University's athletic events for the station...
FM 88.5 Atlanta (college radio "Album 88") Georgia State UniversityGeorgia State UniversityGeorgia State University is a research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1913, it serves about 30,000 students and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities... - WBCXWBCX (FM)WBCX FM 89.1 is a radio station licensed to Gainesville, Georgia, USA. It serves most of Hall and parts of surrounding counties in northeast Georgia, sometimes as far as northeastern metro Atlanta. The student radio station is owned by Brenau College....
FM 89.1 Gainesville (variety) Brenau UniversityBrenau UniversityBrenau University is a private university in Gainesville, Georgia, USA, that was founded in 1878 as Georgia Baptist Female Seminary, though it has never been affiliated with the Baptist Church. The total enrollment of Brenau University tops 2,500 students in its four schools... - WRFGWRFG (FM)WRFG is a local indie radio format, public FM broadcasting station licensed to the city of Atlanta, Georgia, transmitting on a frequency of 89.3 MHz...
FM 89.3 Atlanta (indie radio "Radio Free Georgia") self-supporting - WABE FM 90.1 Atlanta (NPR/classical), Atlanta Board of Education
- WUWGWUWG (FM)WUWG is the radio station of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia, and a part of the GPB network. This station is one of several in the GPB system that also produces its own programming...
FM 90.5 CarrolltonCarrollton, GeorgiaCarrollton is a city in West Georgia, United States, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 24,388...
(GPB/NPR) University of West GeorgiaUniversity of West GeorgiaThe University of West Georgia is a comprehensive doctoral-granting university in Carrollton, Georgia, approximately 45 miles west of Atlanta, Georgia. The University is built on 645 acres including a recent land gift of 246 acres from the city of Carrollton in 2003... - WUOGWUOG (FM)WUOG is a student-run College radio station licensed to Athens, Georgia, USA, the station serves the Athens area. The station is currently owned by the University of Georgia.-History:...
FM 90.7 AthensAthens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
(college radio) University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States... - WREK FM 91.1 Atlanta (diverse "Wreck") Georgia TechGeorgia Institute of TechnologyThe Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
- WWEV-FMWWEV-FMWWEV-FM, known as "Victory 91.5", is an Atlanta radio station that plays Christian music. WWEV is a "Biblically based radio ministry that believes the answers for today's problems are found in the Word and in the person Jesus Christ." It is based out of Cumming, Georgia, United...
91.5 CummingCumming, GeorgiaCumming is a city in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,430 at the 2010 census. However, places with a Cumming mailing address have a population of around 100,000...
(Christian "Victory 91.5") Curriculum Development Foundation - WUGAWUGA (FM)WUGA is the Georgia Public Broadcasting public radio station serving Athens and much of the northeast part of Georgia. It is a member of Georgia Public Broadcasting's radio network, but is operated by the University of Georgia, with studios located at the Center for Continuing Education on the...
FM 91.7 Athens (GPB/NPR) University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States... - WCCVWCCV (FM)WCCV FM 91.7 is a radio station licensed to serve the city of Cartersville, Georgia. It is owned by and is the flagship station of Immanuel Broadcasting Network, also based in Cartersville...
FM 91.7 CartersvilleCartersville, GeorgiaCartersville is a town in Bartow County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 19,7314. The city is the county seat of Bartow County.-Geography:Cartersville was named for Colonel Farish Carter....
(Christian) Immanuel Broadcasting Network
W265AV 100.9 WoodstockWoodstock, GeorgiaWoodstock is a city in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. The population was 23,896 at the 2010 census.Originally a stop on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Woodstock is now considered part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...
, W221AW 92.1 North CantonCanton, GeorgiaCanton is a city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 22,958.-Geography:Canton is located at ....
, W221CG 92.1 "Kennesaw" (HiramHiram, GeorgiaHiram is a city in Paulding County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,361 at the 2000 census. It is home to country music star, Travis Tritt.-Geography:Hiram is located at ....
), W261BG 100.1 MorrowMorrow, GeorgiaMorrow is a city in Clayton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,882 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Clayton State University.-Geography:Morrow is located at .... - WCLKWCLK (FM)WCLK FM 91.9 is a radio station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and serves the core area of metro Atlanta. The station is owned and operated as a public radio station by Clark Atlanta University...
FM 91.9 Atlanta (jazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
/NPR) Clark Atlanta UniversityClark Atlanta UniversityClark Atlanta University is a private, historically black university in Atlanta, Georgia. It was formed in 1988 with the consolidation of Clark College and Atlanta University...
- WZGCWZGC (FM)WZGC FM is an Atlanta FM radio station playing the adult album alternative radio format.Dave Roots, 92.9 HD-2 WZGC FM ("92.9 dave fm") is an Atlanta FM radio station playing the adult album alternative radio format.Dave Roots, 92.9 HD-2 WZGC FM ("92.9 dave fm") is an Atlanta FM radio station...
FM 92.9 Atlanta (AAAAdult album alternativeAdult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
"92-9 Dave FM") CBS RadioCBS RadioCBS Radio, Inc., formerly known as Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States, third behind main rival Clear Channel Communications and Cumulus Media. CBS Radio owns around 130 radio stations across the country... - WVFJ-FMWVFJ-FMWVFJ-FM is a contemporary Christian radio station that serves southwestern metro Atlanta and western middle Georgia, and has listeners in the nearby metro areas of Columbus, Georgia and Auburn, Alabama, and to some extent west of Macon, Georgia...
93.3 ManchesterManchester, GeorgiaManchester is a city located in Meriwether and Talbot Counties in the U.S. state of Georgia, although primarily in Meriwether. The population was 3,769 at the 2010 census.-Demographics:...
(Christian contemporary "J93.3") Provident Broadcasting Company - WSTRWSTR (FM)WSTR is an Atlanta FM radio station airing an Hot Adult Contemporary format during the week and a 1990's pop music format on weekends. It is owned by Lincoln Financial Media, and has Smyrna, Georgia as its city of license.-History:...
FM 94.1 SmyrnaSmyrna, Georgia-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 40,999 people, 18,372 households, and 9,498 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,949.9 people per square mile . There were 19,633 housing units at an average density of 1,412.6 per square mile...
(top 40 "Star 94") Lincoln Financial MediaLincoln Financial MediaLincoln Financial Media is a subsidiary of Lincoln National Corporation that owns radio stations in the United States.-History:In April 2006, Lincoln Financial acquired Jefferson-Pilot's television and radio operations, which were renamed Lincoln Financial Media. The group owns 14 radio stations in... - WUBL FM 94.9 Atlanta (country "94.9 The Bull") Clear Channel CommunicationsClear Channel CommunicationsClear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
- WSBB-FM 95.5 DoravilleDoraville, GeorgiaDoraville is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, northeast of Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 8,330.-History:Doraville was incorporated by an act of the Georgia General Assembly, approved December 15, 1871...
(news/Talk, simulcast of "News/Talk 750/95.5 WSB") Cox Radio - WKLSWKLS (FM)WKLS FM 96.1 is a radio station in Atlanta, Georgia broadcasting an Active Rock format.-History:The 96.1 frequency was originally WGAA-FM in Cedartown, Georgia, the FM counterpart to WGAA AM 1340. WKLS' callsign stands for the initials of the founding owners: Don Kennedy, James Lathom, and Arthur...
FM 96.1 Atlanta (active rockActive rockActive rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...
"Project 9-6-1") Clear Channel - WWLG FM 96.7 Peachtree City (CHRContemporary hit radioContemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
"WiLD 105.7 and 96.7" (repeats WWVA-FMWWVA-FMWWVA-FM is an Atlanta radio station broadcasting a Rhythmic contemporary radio format which features R&B, Pop and Dance hits. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications and is licensed to serve Canton, Georgia...
) Clear Channel - WSRVWSRV (FM)WSRV is a classic-rock-leaning classic-hits-formatted radio station that plays hit music from the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. It is broadcast from the Cox Media Group facility on West Peachtree Street near the Brookwood area of Atlanta, Georgia in the United States...
FM 97.1 GainesvilleGainesville, Georgia-Severe Weather:Gainesville sits on the very fringe of Tornado Alley, a region of the United States where severe weather is common. Supercell thunderstorms can sweep through any time between March and November, but are concentrated most in the spring...
(classic hitsClassic hitsClassic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
"97.1 The River") Cox Radio - WUMJ FM 97.5 FayettevilleFayetteville, GeorgiaFayetteville is a town in Fayette County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 15,945. The city is the county seat of Fayette County. Fayetteville is located approximately 22 miles from the city of Atlanta....
(urban AC "Majic 107.5 | 97.5", WAMJ simulcast) Radio One - W250BCW250BCW250BC FM 97.9 is a radio station located in Atlanta, Georgia, and has Riverdale, Georgia as its city of license. Although licensed as a broadcast translator prohibited from carrying its own programming, it broadcasts under a legal loophole allowed by the Federal Communications Commission, by...
FM 97.9 Atlanta ('80s/'90s "Journey 97-9") Cumulus Media - WSB-FMWSB-FMWSB-FM is an Atlanta radio station. Along with several other Atlanta radio stations, WSB-FM is owned by Cox Enterprises' Cox Media Group subsidiary, and is the group's flagship FM station...
98.5 Atlanta (adult contemporary "B98.5FM"; Christmas) Cox Radio - W255CJ FM 98.9 Atlanta (modern rockModern rockModern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
"99X") Cumulus Media - WWWQWWWQ (FM)WNNX is an Atlanta radio station that is owned and operated by Cumulus Media. The station broadcasts from the same building as its other Cumulus Atlanta sister stations WWWQ FM 99.7 and 99X...
FM 99.7 Atlanta (top 40 "Q100") Cumulus Media - WNSYWNSY (FM)WNSY FM 100.1 is a radio station in northwest Georgia that simulcasts WLKQ-FM "La Raza", with a regional Mexican format.First applied-for in 1995, it went on the air as WCHK-FM in 1998. The original WCHK-FM 105.5 is now WWVA-FM 105.7 and owned by Clear Channel...
FM 100.1 Talking Rock (regional MexicanRegional MexicanRegional Mexican is a radio format for music radio, typically defined to include Banda, Ranchera, Mariachi and Norteña. It is the most popular radio format targeting Hispanic Americans in the United States....
"La Raza" simulcast with WLKQ) Davis Broadcasting - WNNXWNNX (FM)WWWQ FM 99.7, known as "Q100", is an Atlanta radio station airing a top-40 contemporary hit radio format. It is owned and operated by Cumulus Media from the same building as its other co-owned sister stations WNNX FM "Rock 100.5", W258BU FM 99.1 "99X", and W250BC FM 97.9 "Journey 97-9"...
FM 100.5 College ParkCollege Park, GeorgiaCollege Park is a city located partly in Fulton County, Georgia and partially in Clayton County, Georgia, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 13,942...
(mainstream and classic rockClassic rockClassic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
"Rock 100.5") Cumulus Media - WKHX-FMWKHX-FMWKHX-FM, known as "Kicks 101.5", is an Atlanta FM radio station that plays country music. Its city of license is Marietta, Georgia. "Kicks" debuted in 1980 after Capital Cities Communications purchased the station. WKHX used to simulcast on AM 590, which is now Radio Disney...
101.5 MariettaMarietta, GeorgiaMarietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs...
(country "Kicks 101.5") ABC/CitadelCitadel BroadcastingCitadel Broadcasting Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based broadcast holding company. Citadel owned 243 radio stations across the United States and was the third-largest radio station owner in the country... - WLKQ-FMWLKQ-FMU.S. radio station La Raza 102 is an Atlanta FM station that plays Mexican music. It is owned by Davis Broadcasting. It is simulcast on WNSY 100.1 in Canton, due to WPZE being next door at 102.5....
102.3 BufordBuford, GeorgiaAs of 2010 Buford had a population of 12,225. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 65.8% white, 13.8% black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 2.9% Asian, 14.7% reporting some other race and 2.5% reproting two or more races...
(regional Mexican "La Raza" simulcast with WNSY) Davis Broadcasting - WPZEWPZE (FM)WUMJ is a radio station simulcasting an Urban adult contemporary format with sister station WAMJ . Licensed to the suburb of Fayetteville, Georgia, it serves the Atlanta metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 1978 under the call sign WKUE-FM...
FM 102.5 Mableton (gospel musicGospel musicGospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
"Praise 97.5") Radio One
- W275BKW275BKW275BK FM 102.9 is a broadcast translator, that has Decatur, Georgia, as its city of license. Recently off-air, it is licensed to cover the central part of metro Atlanta....
FM 102.9 DecaturDecatur, GeorgiaDecatur is a city in, and county seat of, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. With a population of 19,335 in the 2010 census, the city is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple zip codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear the Decatur name...
(WHTAWHTA (FM)WHTA FM 107.9, "Hot 107.9") is a mainstream urban radio station that plays hip-hop & R&B. It has done so since the autumn of 2001, after the programming format and callsign were moved by owner Radio One from "Hot 97.5" . Its city of license is Hampton, Georgia, and its radio tower is located in...
repeater (Hot 107.9/102.9), briefly hip-hop "Streetz 102.9" in April 2009) Extreme Media Group - WVEEWVEE (FM)WVEE is one of the most popular urban-formatted radio stations in the country and the highest-rated station of the Atlanta radio stations by Arbitron. WVEE has Atlanta as its city of license, and is owned by CBS Radio, a subsidiary of the CBS Corporation...
FM 103.3 Atlanta (urban music "V103") CBS Radio - WPCG-LPWPCG-LPWPCG-LP is an LPFM radio station licensed to Canton, Georgia, an exurb of metro Atlanta. The station is owned by Cherokee FM Radio....
103.7 Canton (Christian radioChristian radioChristian radio is a category of radio formats that focus on transmitting programming with a Christian message. In the United States, where it is more established, many such broadcasters play popular music of Christian influence, though many programs have talk or news programming covering...
) Cherokee FM Radio - WALR-FMWALR-FMWALR-FM is an urban adult contemporary-formatted radio station owned by Cox Media Group. WALR-FM is licensed to Greenville and broadcasts on a class C0 100-kilowatt signal on the 104.1 megahertz frequency...
104.1 GreenvilleGreenville, GeorgiaGreenville is a city in Meriwether County, Georgia, United States. The population was 946 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Meriwether County. southwest of Atlanta...
(urban AC/oldies "Kiss 104.1") Cox Radio - WFSH-FMWFSH-FMCalled "104.7 the Fish", WFSH-FM is an FM radio station in Atlanta, Georgia broadcasting at 104.7 MHz. The station format is called "Safe For The Whole Family", a hybrid of Christian pop and clean secular music with a mainstream feel...
104.7 Athens (Christian "104.7 The Fish"; Christmas) Salem CommunicationsSalem CommunicationsSalem Communications is a U.S. radio broadcaster, Internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher specializing in evangelical Christian and conservative political talk radio. It owns 99 commercial radio stations, 65 of which are in the top 25 markets. Salem is the fifth largest U.S.... - WBZYWBZY (FM)WBZY FM 105.3, is a radio station that plays regional Mexican music. The station's transmitter is located in Newnan, Georgia and targets metro Atlanta, also covering its city of license of Bowdon, Georgia...
FM 105.3 BowdonBowdon, GeorgiaBowdon is a city in Carroll County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,959. Bowdon is known as "The Friendly City."It is also the city of license for radio station WBZY.- Geography :...
(regional MexicanRegional MexicanRegional Mexican is a radio format for music radio, typically defined to include Banda, Ranchera, Mariachi and Norteña. It is the most popular radio format targeting Hispanic Americans in the United States....
& Spanish AC "105.3 El Patron") Clear Channel - WWVA-FMWWVA-FMWWVA-FM is an Atlanta radio station broadcasting a Rhythmic contemporary radio format which features R&B, Pop and Dance hits. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications and is licensed to serve Canton, Georgia...
105.7 CantonCanton, GeorgiaCanton is a city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 22,958.-Geography:Canton is located at ....
(rhythmic hits "WiLD 105.7 and 96.7") Clear Channel - WHLE-LPWHLE-LPWHLE-LP is a low-power FM radio station, licensed in 2003 to the Fellowship of Holy Hip Hop. While having Atlanta as its city of license, it serves only Tyrone, Georgia , two of metro Atlanta's suburbs to the south-southwest.-External links:*...
106.3 Atlanta (transmits only to TyroneTyrone, GeorgiaTyrone is a town in Fayette County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,916 at the 2000 census. Census Estimates for 2005 show a population of 5,789.It was named after County Tyrone in Ireland.-Geography:...
, "Holy Hip Hop") Fellowship of Holy Hip Hop - WYAYWYAY (FM)WYAY is a 77,000 watt Atlanta FM radio station that plays mainly classic hits music from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Its city of license is Gainesville, Georgia, northeast of Atlanta, but the station moved in toward the metro area in early 1985.-History:...
FM 106.7 Gainesville (classic hitsClassic hitsClassic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
"Atlanta's Greatest Hits 106.7") ABC/Citadel - WTSH-FMWTSH-FMWTSH-FM 107.1 is an FM radio station in Rome, Georgia, United States, that also broadcasts into northwest metro Atlanta, Georgia, playing country music. It has the slogans of "Today's Best Country & All Your Favorites". Its city of license is Rockmart, west-northwest of Atlanta...
107.1 Rockmart (country "South 107") Woman's World Broadcasting - WAMJWAMJ (FM)WPZE is a radio station located in Atlanta, Georgia. Operating on 102.5 MHz, it is assigned Mableton as its city of license, and transmits from a location in southwest Atlanta, near I-285 and Langford Parkway...
FM 107.5 RoswellRoswell, GeorgiaRoswell is a city located in northern Fulton County; it is a suburb of northern Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The 2010 Census population was 88,346. It is the eighth largest city in Georgia...
(urban AC "Majic 107.5 | 97.5") Radio One - WHTAWHTA (FM)WHTA FM 107.9, "Hot 107.9") is a mainstream urban radio station that plays hip-hop & R&B. It has done so since the autumn of 2001, after the programming format and callsign were moved by owner Radio One from "Hot 97.5" . Its city of license is Hampton, Georgia, and its radio tower is located in...
FM 107.9 HamptonHampton, GeorgiaHampton is a city in southwestern Henry County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 6,987. Census Estimates for 2005 show a population of 4,743. Hampton mailing addresses also dip into eastern Clayton County and northern Spalding County.The Atlanta Motor...
(urban "Hot 107.9") Radio One
WUBL FM 94.9 and WSB-FM 98.5 are the primary entry points to the state of Georgia Emergency Alert System
Emergency Alert System
The Emergency Alert System is a national warning system in the United States put into place on January 1, 1997, when it superseded the Emergency Broadcast System , which itself had superseded the CONELRAD System...
, taking emergency messages from the governor of Georgia, GEMA
Georgia Emergency Management Agency
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency or GEMA is the emergency management agency for the U.S. state of Georgia. Its function is similar to that of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in preparing for and responding to disasters, and mitigating potential hazards....
, or U.S. president, and relay
Relay
A relay is an electrically operated switch. Many relays use an electromagnet to operate a switching mechanism mechanically, but other operating principles are also used. Relays are used where it is necessary to control a circuit by a low-power signal , or where several circuits must be controlled...
ing them to all other stations across the state.
WSB-FM and WFSH-FM carry a Christmas music
Christmas music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...
format
Radio format
A radio format or programming format not to be confused with broadcast programming describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. Radio formats are frequently employed as a marketing tool, and constantly evolve...
from just before Thanksgiving until Christmas Day.
Internet
Four local college radio stations operate on Internet radioInternet radio
Internet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...
and other means of distribution:
- WGHRWGHRWGHR is a noncommercial radio station operated solely by the students of Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, USA. The station is student- and listener-supported, with diverse programming from a wide variety of genres.-History:...
at Southern Polytechnic State UniversitySouthern Polytechnic State UniversitySouthern Polytechnic State University is a public, co-educational state university located in Marietta, Georgia, USA just northwest of Atlanta...
(CC AMCarrier currentCarrier current is a method of low power AM radio transmission that uses the AC electrical system of a building to propagate a medium frequency, AM signal to a relatively small area, such as a building or a group of buildings...
1969-1981; FM 1981-2001) - WMRE at Emory UniversityEmory UniversityEmory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
(on-campus cable TV audio on bulletin board channel) - Owl Radio at Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw State UniversityKennesaw State University, also referred to as KSU, Kennesaw, or Kennesaw State, is a public, coeducational, comprehensive university that is part of the University System of Georgia. The university's main campus is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, United States, approximately north of Atlanta...
since 2007 - The WOLF Internet Radio at University of West GeorgiaUniversity of West GeorgiaThe University of West Georgia is a comprehensive doctoral-granting university in Carrollton, Georgia, approximately 45 miles west of Atlanta, Georgia. The University is built on 645 acres including a recent land gift of 246 acres from the city of Carrollton in 2003...
since 2010
Newspapers
The major daily paper in Atlanta is The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and its suburbs. The AJC, as it is called, is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the result of the merger between The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta...
. Several alternative weekly
Alternative weekly
An alternative newspaper is a type of newspaper, that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of stylized reporting, opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting local people and culture. Their news coverage is more...
publications are also distributed, including Creative Loafing
Creative Loafing
CL Inc. is the Tampa, Florida-based publisher of three city newsweeklies and their associated websites. Each of the papers focuses on local news, politics, arts and entertainment, and restaurants...
, The Sunday Paper and the Atlanta Nation. A monthly newsprint publication Stomp and Stammer features local music news, indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
record reviews, and cultural commentary.
, the following newspapers are published in Atlanta:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution (2001–present) daily
- Atlanta Business Chronicle weekly
- Fulton County Daily ReportFulton County Daily ReportThe Fulton County Daily Report, also referred to as the Daily Report, is a daily legal newspaper based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The newspaper was established in 1890.1The paper covers Georgia legal and business news...
(1890–present) daily - Atlanta Inquirer (1960–present)
- Atlanta Voice (1966–present) daily
- Creative Loafing (1972–present) free weekly
- The Atlanta Jewish TimesThe Atlanta Jewish TimesThe Atlanta Jewish Times is a weekly community newspaper serving the Jewish community of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.The newspaper began publishing as the Southern Israelite in 1925. In the 1980s, it was purchased by Charles "Chuck" Buerger, the owner of the Baltimore Jewish Times...
(1925–present) weekly - The Sunday Paper (2004–present)
- Barbershop DigestBarbershop DigestBarbershop Digest is a full-color narrowcast niche publication, reaching African-American men across a diverse section of demographics. Revealing, entertaining and thought provoking, Barbershop Digest is a publication on the pulse of African-American men....
(2008–present) free monthly - Atlanta Story (2002–present) Formerly the Intown Story, Buckhead Story, and Central Dekalb Story, now an online-only newspaper http://www.thestoryatlanta.com
- The Nooze (current) north-northeast metro area and adjacent counties extending into northeast GeorgiaNortheast GeorgiaNortheast Georgia is a region of the Georgia in the United States. The northern part is also in the north Georgia mountains, while the southern part is still hilly but much flatter in topography....
Suburban newspapers include:
- Marietta Daily JournalMarietta Daily JournalThe Marietta Daily Journal is a daily newspaper published in Marietta, Georgia. It has a daily paid circulation of approximately 17,000 copies, and covers local, national and international news...
- Cherokee Tribune
- Gwinnett Daily Post
In its history, Atlanta has had many other daily and weekly newspapers.
- Atlanta Luminary (July 14, 1846–1848) weekly
- Daily IntelligencerDaily IntelligencerThe Daily Intelligencer was first published on June 1, 1849 as the young city of Atlanta's first successful daily newspaper.The founders were Benjamin Bomar, Z.A. Rice, Jonathan Norcross and I.O...
(1849–1871) daily - Daily Examiner (1850?–1857) daily (merged with Intelligencer)
- City Guardian (1861)
- Atlanta Southern ConfederacyAtlanta Southern ConfederacyThe Atlanta Southern Confederacy was a strongly Democratic Southern newspaper during the American Civil War.The first issue was February 15, 1859, by Dr. James P. Hambleton...
(1861–1864) - Daily New Era (1866–1869) daily
- Atlanta Constitution (1868–2001) daily
- Daily True Georgian (1870)
- Daily Sun (Atlanta) (1872–1874)
- Daily Herald (Atlanta) (1872–1876) daily
- Daily News (1874) daily
- Daily Evening Commonwealth (1874–1875)
- The Sunny SouthThe Sunny SouthThe Sunny South was a weekly literary magazine published in Atlanta from 1874 to 1907.Colonel John H. Seals began publishing the Sunny South on November 7, 1874. The paper featured prominent poetry and fiction, and covered news stories throughout Georgia. Clark Howell, C.C. Nicholls, and James K....
(1875–1907) literary weekly - Atlanta Times (1876)
- Atlanta Telegram (1877)
- Atlanta Tribune (1877–1878)
- Post Appeal (1882)
- Atlanta Journal (1883–2001) afternoon daily
- Evening Capitol (1885)
- Atlanta GeorgianAtlanta GeorgianThe Atlanta Georgian was a daily afternoon newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded by New Jersey native, Fred Loring Seely, the first issue was April 25, 1906, with editor John Temple Graves. They mainly criticized saloons and the convict lease system. In February 1907, Seely expanded the paper by...
(1906–1939) afternoon daily - The Great Speckled BirdThe Great Speckled Bird (newspaper)The Great Speckled Bird was a counterculture underground newspaper based in Atlanta, Georgia from 1968 to 1976. It was founded by New Left activists from Emory University and members of the Southern Student Organizing Committee, an offshoot of SDS. Founding editors included Tom and Stephanie...
(1968–1976) - Atlanta Daily World (1977–1988) daily
- Poets, Artists & Madmen (1993?–1998?) free weekly
- Atlanta Press (1996?–2002?) free weekly
- Atlanta Intown (1996–present) free monthly
- Southern Voice (1988–2009) free weekly
- Southern World (1882–1885)
Magazines
- AtlantaAtlanta (magazine)Atlanta is an award-winning monthly general-interest magazine based in Atlanta, Georgia and owned by Emmis Publishing, a division of Emmis Communications...
(founded 1961) - Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles (founded mid 1980s)
- The Atlantan (founded 2006 by Modern Luxury)
- Atlanta Historical BulletinAtlanta Historical BulletinAtlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South is a publication of the Atlanta Historical Society. It was established in 1927 with one issue per year as the Atlanta Historical Bulletin. In 1937, the journal began publishing three or four issues annually. At least one issue per year was...
(founded by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1927) - Art PapersArt papersFileART PAPERS is a non-profit bimonthly magazine about contemporary art. Established in 1977 as the Atlanta Art Workers Coalition Ltd. Newsletter, it is the only critical arts magazine published in the Southeastern United States...
(founded 1977) - City Builder (published by the Chamber of Commerce)
- David AtlantaDavid AtlantaDavid Atlanta magazine is an Atlanta-based weekly periodical written for the gay community. It was owned by gay press publisher Window Media until Window Media closed operations, and ceased publication on November 16, 2009....
(LGBTLGBTLGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
magazine, founded October 1998) - Stomp and Stammer (music magazine founded 1996)
- Jezebel
- AtlantaGrapevine.com The Local Interactive City Magazine
- Flavors: Atlanta's Dining Scene
Studios and programs
- EUE/Screen GemsEUE/Screen GemsEUE/Screen Gems LTD owns and operates film and television production facilities in Wilmington, North Carolina and New York City. EUE/Screen Gems branded content division collaborates with global brands and advertising agencies for the development, production, marketing and distribution of filmed...
is building a sound stageSound stageIn common usage, a sound stage is a soundproof, hangar-like structure, building, or room, used for the production of theatrical filmmaking and television production, usually located on a secure movie studio property.-Overview:...
and new production facility at the former Lakewood FairgroundsLakewood FairgroundsLakewood Fairgrounds, established in 1916 in Lakewood Heights, Atlanta, was built to be the home of the Southeastern Fair. The Lakewood Fairgrounds was located on of former Creek Indian land, which was situated around a lake.-The Southeastern Fair:... - Tyler Perry StudiosTyler Perry StudiosTyler Perry Studios is an American film production studio, founded by actor/filmmaker/playwright Tyler Perry in Atlanta, Georgia. The studio occupies two former airline-affiliated buildings and includes of sets and office space. Its opening was attended by Sidney Poitier, Will Smith, Cicely...
is in Atlanta:- House of Payne is filmed in Atlanta, and involves fictional firefighterFirefighterFirefighters are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous fires that threaten civilian populations and property, to rescue people from car incidents, collapsed and burning buildings and other such situations...
s working for the Atlanta Fire Department - Meet the BrownsMeet the Browns (TV series)Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns is an American sitcom created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolves around a senior family living under one roof in Decatur, Georgia led by patriarch Mr. Brown and his daughter Cora Simmons. The show premiered on Wednesday,...
- House of Payne is filmed in Atlanta, and involves fictional firefighter
- Williams StreetWilliams StreetWilliams Street Productions, LLC, operating under the name Williams Street, is a division of Cartoon Network, which is owned by Turner Broadcasting, an operational unit of Time Warner...
:- numerous Adult SwimAdult SwimAdult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...
series have been produced in Atlanta - several outdoor scenes have been shot in Atlanta, including live-action scenes for Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and other shows and promos
- Freaknik: The MusicalFreaknik: The MusicalFreaknik: The Musical is a musical special produced by T-Pain. It features the voice of T-Pain as the Ghost of Freaknik, as well as the voices of entertainers such as Lil Wayne, Young Cash, Snoop Dogg, Sophia Fresh, and Rick Ross, and comedians such as Andy Samberg and Charlie Murphy who provide...
- numerous Adult Swim
- Several other TV series have been set (but not necessarily shot) in Atlanta:
- Designing WomenDesigning WomenDesigning Women is an American television sitcom that centered on the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. It aired on the CBS television network from September 29, 1986 until May 24, 1993. The show was created by head writer...
- MatlockMatlock (TV series)Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of attorney Ben Matlock. The show originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced The A-Team, then from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC.The show's format was similar...
(1986-1995/1997) - ProfilerProfiler (TV series)Profiler was an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the fictional FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia....
- The Royal FamilyThe Royal Family (TV series)The Royal Family is an American sitcom starring Redd Foxx and Della Reese. The series was created and produced by Eddie Murphy , who had previously worked with Redd Foxx and Della Reese in the 1989 film Harlem Nights. It ran for one season on CBS from 1991-1992...
- CavemenCavemen (TV series)Cavemen is an American comedy-drama show which ran on ABC from October 2, 2007 to November 13, 2007. The show was created by Joe Lawson and set in San Diego, California...
was originally to be set in Atlanta but was changed to San Diego prior to production - French Canadian sitcom Une grenade avec ça?Une grenade avec ça?Une grenade avec ça? is a Québécois sitcom for teenagers produced by Zone 3 and aired on VRAK.TV. The name of the series comes from the popular grenade-shaped candies offered by the restaurant in the show. It is now the most watched show on VRAK.TV. The series debuted in 2002 and is currently in...
takes place at a MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
branch of a restaurant chain, which has its headquarters in Atlanta
- Designing Women
- The Real Housewives of AtlantaThe Real Housewives of AtlantaThe Real Housewives of Atlanta is an American reality television series on the Bravo cable network that premiered in the fall of 2008. Following the format of its predecessors , in 2009 the Atlanta series was not only the highest rated show of the The Real Housewives of... franchise, it was the...
(series) - Sharky's MachineSharky's MachineSharky's Machine may refer to:* Sharky's Machine , a 1981 film* Sharky's Machine , a novel by William Diehl...
was filmed around the Westin Peachtree PlazaWestin Peachtree PlazaThe Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta is a skyscraper hotel in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on Peachtree Street adjacent to the Peachtree Center complex and the former Davison's/Macy's flagship store...
and Hyatt Regency AtlantaHyatt Regency AtlantaThe Hyatt Regency Atlanta, located on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, is an award winning hotel which opened in 1967. The John C. Portman, Jr. designed building was the first hotel constructed around an atrium, and has influenced hotel design since...
hotels in downtown - H2 was filmed in Atlanta by Rob ZombieRob ZombieRob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...
- One Punk Under GodOne Punk Under GodOne Punk Under God is a 2006 original observational documentary that airs on the Sundance Channel, directed and produced by Jeremy Simmons. It focused on the life of Jay Bakker, only son of Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Messner , formerly evangelical ministers and hosts of The PTL Club...
(documentary) - High Rise
- Drop Dead DivaDrop Dead DivaDrop Dead Diva is an American legal comedy-drama/fantasy television series that debuted on Lifetime on July 12, 2009. The hour-long series, which was created by Josh Berman, is produced by Sony Pictures Television...
(2009 series, Peachtree City) - The Mo'Nique ShowThe Mo'Nique ShowThe Mo'Nique Show is an American talk show hosted by comedienne actress Mo'Nique. Aired on BET, the series began October 5, 2009. She is the first African American woman to host her own late night show. The show's second and final season premiered on Monday, October 4, 2010.On July 18, 2011, BET...
is filmed in Atlanta - The Blind SideThe Blind Side (film)The Blind Side is a 2009 American semi-biographical drama film. It is written and directed by John Lee Hancock, and based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. The storyline features Michael Oher, an offensive lineman who plays for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL...
was partially filmed in Atlanta and the Atlanta International SchoolAtlanta International SchoolAtlanta International School is a private primary and secondary school located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The more common name for Atlanta International School is AIS. AIS is based on the International Baccalaureate Programme...
and The Westminster SchoolsThe Westminster SchoolsThe Westminster Schools is a private school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1951 and tracing its origins to 1878, Westminster has the largest endowment of any non-boarding school in the United States... - Hall PassHall Pass (2011 film)Hall Pass is a 2011 comedy film produced and directed by the Farrelly brothers and co-written by them along with Pete Jones, the writer/director of Stolen Summer. It stars Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Stephen Merchant, Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate...
is currently being filmed in numerous locations throughout the area - Mean Girls 2Mean Girls 2Mean Girls 2 is a 2011 American teen television film directed by Melanie Mayron. It is a stand-alone sequel/spin-off to the 2004 film, Mean Girls. The film was released on January 23, 2011 by ABC Family with a DVD release set for February 1, 2011. The film stars Meaghan Jette Martin and features as...
started filming in July 2010 - FootlooseFootloose (2011 film)Footloose is a 2011 American dance film directed by Craig Brewer. It is a remake of the 1984 film of the same name and stars Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, and Andie MacDowell. The film follows a young man who moves from Boston to a small southern town and protests the town's ban...
was partly shot in a real home and church in downtown AcworthAcworth, GeorgiaAcworth is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,425. Acworth is located in the foothills of the North Georgia mountains along the southeastern banks of Lake Acworth and Lake Allatoona on the Etowah River.Acworth's nickname is "The...
for its 2011 remake, and at other metro locations - Auction KingsAuction KingsAuction Kings is a reality television series produced by Authentic Entertainment for the Discovery Channel. The series premiered on October 26, 2010 and features the auction house Gallery 63 in Sandy Springs, Georgia, located on Roswell Road immediately north of the Atlanta city limit...
is recorded at Gallery 63, located on Roswell Road (Georgia 9) near the Atlanta and Sandy Springs city limits - The Walking DeadThe Walking Dead (TV series)The Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror television series developed for television by Frank Darabont and based on the ongoing comic book series, The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard...
is recorded in and around Atlanta - Family FeudFamily FeudFamily Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people...
2011-2012 season will be recorded at the Atlanta Civic CenterAtlanta Civic CenterThe Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center is a theater and fine arts venue located in the SoNo district of Atlanta, Georgia located on Piedmont Avenue Northeast. The theater, which seats 4,600, regularly hosts touring productions of Broadway musicals, concerts, seminars, comedy acts, and high...
(host Steve HarveySteve HarveyBroderick Steven "Steve" Harvey is an American actor, comedian, entertainer, television and radio personality and best-selling author. He is best known as the star of the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, and as one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film The Original Kings of Comedy...
is a local resident) - Necessary RoughnessNecessary Roughness (TV series)Necessary Roughness is a USA Network television series starring Callie Thorne and Marc Blucas. The one-hour drama series was picked up for 12 episodes on January 19, 2011...
is recorded locally - Say Yes to the Dress: AtlantaSay Yes to the Dress: AtlantaSay Yes to the Dress: Atlanta is a TLC reality series which follows events at Bridals by Lori in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs. The series shows the progress of individual sales associates, managers, and fitters at the store, along with profiling brides as they search for the perfect wedding...
in Sandy Springs - The Vampire DiariesThe Vampire DiariesThe Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels written by L. J. Smith. The story centers around Elena Gilbert, a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers. The series was originally a trilogy published in 1991, but pressure from readers led Smith to write a fourth...
and previously The Dukes of HazzardThe Dukes of HazzardThe Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985.The series was inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners, which was also created by Gy Waldron and had many identical or similar character names and concepts.- Overview :The Dukes of Hazzard...
and In the Heat of the NightIn the Heat of the Night (TV series)In the Heat of the Night is a television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995...
in CovingtonCovington, GeorgiaCovington is a city in Newton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 13,118. The city is the county seat of Newton County...
TV episodes
- FuturamaFuturamaFuturama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
episode "The Deep SouthThe Deep South (Futurama)"The Deep South" is episode 12 in season 2 of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on April 16, 2000.-Plot:A bureaucratic mix-up results in Hermes receiving a "mandatory fishing license" instead of a pet license for Nibbler. The crew takes the Planet Express Ship to the center of the...
" centers on the lost city of AtlantaAtlantisAtlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC....
, with several local references
HGTV
HGTV
HGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...
(and sometimes HGTV Canada
HGTV Canada
HGTV is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned and operated by Shaw Media and Scripps Networks Interactive. It consists of programs regarding home and garden...
) have aired many episodes shot in metro Atlanta:
- Deserving DesignDeserving DesignDeserving Design is a half-hour show on the Home and Garden TV network, starring Vern Yip. In each episode an inspirational family or individual is visited by Yip, who show him two different rooms they would like to have redesigned. Yip will pick one of the rooms to do and have the person or...
, Atlanta Fire Department fire stationFire stationA fire station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus , personal protective equipment, fire hose, fire extinguishers, and other fire extinguishing equipment...
#16, aired December 2008 - My First Place
- "House Poor in Hotlanta" - March 2009-aired episode in KennesawKennesaw, GeorgiaKennesaw is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. It had a population of 29,783 according to the 2010 census. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Founded in 1887, Kennesaw has a past surrounded with railroad history...
(MountainKennesaw MountainKennesaw Mountain is a high-running ridge between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia in the United States with a summit elevation of . It is the highest point in the core metro Atlanta area, and fifth after further-north exurban counties are considered...
Oaks and BarrettBarrett ParkwayErnest W. Barrett Parkway is a major thoroughfare in northwest metro Atlanta between western and northern Cobb County, Georgia. It runs from southwest of Marietta, to the north and then northeast near Kennesaw, and continues on in both directions under other names. The portion of Barrett Parkway...
Knoll) - "The Two-Bedroom Two-Step" (2008) on Belvedere near downtown Atlanta
- "Confounded By Condos" - a woman looks for a condo in BrookhavenBrookhaven (Atlanta)Brookhaven is an unincorporated community located on the western edge of DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, directly northeast of Atlanta. Most of the area was formerly incorporated as the city of North Atlanta, which disincorporated during the 1960s...
, BuckheadBuckhead (Atlanta)Buckhead is the uptown district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, comprising approximately the northern one-fifth of the city. Buckhead is a major commercial and financial center of the Southeast, and it is the third-largest business district in Atlanta, behind Downtown and Midtown...
, or East AtlantaEast AtlantaEast Atlanta is a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia in the eastern portion of the city. The term "East Atlanta" is frequently misused to refer to the entire eastern portion of the city located in DeKalb County, roughly 10% of Atlanta's area annexed in 1909...
- "House Poor in Hotlanta" - March 2009-aired episode in Kennesaw
- Curb AppealCurb AppealCurb Appeal is a half-hour TV series that has aired on HGTV in the United States from 2002 to the present, exploring how a house's outside "curb appeal" will be updated. Various hosts over the years , talk the viewer through the planned improvements...
shot an episode in or near East AtlantaEast AtlantaEast Atlanta is a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia in the eastern portion of the city. The term "East Atlanta" is frequently misused to refer to the entire eastern portion of the city located in DeKalb County, roughly 10% of Atlanta's area annexed in 1909... - Curb Appeal: The Block, which first aired January 2010, shot several episodes in the area, including its debut season in places like DecaturDecatur, GeorgiaDecatur is a city in, and county seat of, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. With a population of 19,335 in the 2010 census, the city is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple zip codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear the Decatur name...
and SmyrnaSmyrna, Georgia-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 40,999 people, 18,372 households, and 9,498 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,949.9 people per square mile . There were 19,633 housing units at an average density of 1,412.6 per square mile...
:- "Damaged Driveway Gets an Overhaul", aired on New Year's Day
- "The Entire Block Comes Together to Make Over a House and the Street Itself", in the Winnona Park neighborhood of Decatur
- House HuntersHouse HuntersHouse Hunters is an American reality series that airs on HGTV. Having originally premiered in 1999, there have been three spin-off series that follow a similar format as the original show.-Format:...
:- "Post-Katrina Relocation" - a New Orleans real-estate agent who permanently evacuated from Hurricane KatrinaHurricane KatrinaHurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
finds a home - "Big Dreams, Small Budget"
- "From the Big Apple to Atlanta" - the search for a home like his former one in New York
- "Moving to Downtown Atlanta" - a woman in DuluthDuluth, GeorgiaDuluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia and an increasingly more affluent and developed suburb of Atlanta. Unincorporated portions of Forsyth County also have Duluth as a mailing address, though this area is outside city limits...
looks for a home in Midtown and BuckheadBuckhead (Atlanta)Buckhead is the uptown district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, comprising approximately the northern one-fifth of the city. Buckhead is a major commercial and financial center of the Southeast, and it is the third-largest business district in Atlanta, behind Downtown and Midtown... - "Downsizing in Atlanta"
- "Georgia Bound" - a suburban home in Alpharetta
- "Downtown Dwellers" (2008) a couple from a suburb near the Atlanta airport look in two new East AtlantaEast AtlantaEast Atlanta is a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia in the eastern portion of the city. The term "East Atlanta" is frequently misused to refer to the entire eastern portion of the city located in DeKalb County, roughly 10% of Atlanta's area annexed in 1909...
neighborhoods: Parkside Walk and Eastside Walk - a low-rise apartment near Piedmont ParkPiedmont ParkPiedmont Park is a urban park in Atlanta, Georgia, located about northeast of Downtown, between the Midtown and Virginia Highland neighborhoods. Originally the land was owned by Dr. Benjamin Walker, who used it as his out-of-town gentleman's farm and residence...
- "Post-Katrina Relocation" - a New Orleans real-estate agent who permanently evacuated from Hurricane Katrina
- Designed to SellDesigned to SellDesigned to Sell is an HGTV American reality television show hosted by Clive Pearse, Shane Tallant, Michael Johnson, and Rachel Reenstra, and produced by Pie Town Productions and Edelman Productions . Each 30-minute episode focuses on the fixing up and renovation of a home that is about to go on...
:- "Driving Home a Big Sale" (first aired June 2008)
- "Green Makeover" (also June 2008)
- "Trading Atlanta for Tennessee"
- "An Art Gallery Owner Has Outgrown Her Atlanta Condo and Needs to Sell"
- My House Is Worth What?:
- "ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode IslandProvidence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
, Atlanta, Key BiscayneKey BiscayneKey Biscayne is an island located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay. It is the southernmost of the barrier islands along the Atlantic coast of Florida, and lies south of Miami Beach and southeast of Miami...
" - "CranstonCranstonCranston or Cranstoun is a Scottish surname originating in a clan that lived around Roxburgh in the Scottish Borders. It is a minor clan but has its own tartan and clan brooch.-Notable people:...
, Atlanta, MinneapolisMinneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
" - "MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WisconsinMilwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
, BellevueBellevueBellevue can refer to:-Australia:* Bellevue, Western Australia* Bellevue Hill, New South Wales* Bellevue, Glebe, an historic house in Sydney, New South Wales-Canada:* Bellevue, Alberta...
, Atlanta" - "BarringtonBarrington- Australia :* Barrington, New South Wales* Barrington River * Barrington Tops National Park, New South Wales* Barrington, Tasmania* Barrington, Queensland- Canada :* Barrington, Nova Scotia* Barrington Head, Nova Scotia...
, Atlanta, New York" - "DenverDenver, ColoradoThe City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
, Atlanta, Key Biscayne"
- "Providence
External links
- Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive Digital Library of Georgia
- Southern Israelite Archive Digital Library of Georgia