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Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.[2] was an American television and media conglomerate founded by Ted Turner in 1965. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it merged with Time Warner (later WarnerMedia) on October 10, 1996. As of April 2022, all of its assets are now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
Early years. TBS originated as a terrestrial television station in Atlanta, Georgia that began operating on UHF channel 17 on September 1, 1967, under the WJRJ-TV call letters.
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- History
- Dropping The Channel 17 ID and Local Advertisers in Markets Outside of Atlanta
- The Wtbs-Tbs Split
- Evolution of The TBS Logo
- Turner Time
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TBS is a national cable channel, available throughout the entire United States. Until October 1, 2007, the national TBS feed could not be viewed within its home market of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area, due to the over-the-air presence of WTBS, which carried a nearly identical schedule, plus the required public affairs programming and E/Iprogramming...
WTCG, which dated back to 1967 as a terrestrial station, had been microwaved since the early 1970s to many areas of the Southeastern United States by cable companies picking up the UHF channel 17 signal up off-air and microwaving (sometimes several times) the signal back to their headends. At 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on December 17, 1976, WTCG'...
Initially WTCG was identified as "Channel 17" both locally in Atlanta and on cable systems outside of Atlanta. Also, the same exact shows that ran locally ran nationally. In 1979, Turner changed the callsign to WTBS, branding it "Superstation WTBS" with "17" as part of the logo. In 1981, Turner decided to have almost all shows continue to air both ...
In late June 2007, Turner Broadcasting announced that WTBS would change call letters and become WPCH-TV, and would be branded as Peachtree TV. According to Turner, the new channel 17 would offer sitcoms and movies geared specifically toward an Atlanta audience. The new station would also broadcast 45 Atlanta Bravesbaseball games next season. The ch...
Over the years TBS has had several logos and name changes. From 1979 the name was SuperStation WTBS. In 1987, the "W" from the "TBS" name was dropped to emphasize the network's national programming prominence, but on WTBS in Atlanta is called Superstation 17. In September 28, 1989, SuperStation TBS was renamed to TBS Superstation to reflect the str...
On June 29, 1981, TBS Superstation began to use "Turner Time".While other television offerings generally began at the top and bottom of each hour, TBS decided to begin airing programs five minutes later, at :05 and :35. By using "Turner Time," TBS Superstation programs were listed under their own time entry in TV Guide, thus enabling the program li...
Baseball
Template:Main Coverage of the formerly-Ted Turner-owned Atlanta Braves baseball team was perhaps TBS' signature program, due mainly to its high popularity in Georgia and neighboring states. Turner once famously tried to get Andy Messersmith to use his jersey, which was #17, to promote TBS Superstation in its early years. The back of the jersey read, "CHANNEL 17." Major League Baseball immediately stopped Turner from proceeding because team jerseys are not allowed to have advertising other tha...
Other sports
College football games from the Big 12 and Pac-10 aired for several years in a sublicensing agreement with FSN. That agreement ended after the 2006 season.Template:See also National Basketball Association games were aired before being moved entirely to Turner Network Television; some Atlanta Hawks (also owned by Turner) games were shown on TBS Superstation until the TBS and TNT telecasts became subject to blackout within 35 miles of the home-team's arena (this restriction was dropped when TNT...
Clips of 17 Update Early in the Morningmaintained by former anchor Bill TushAug 4, 2006 · When it began broadcasting Atlanta Braves baseball games in 1973, the station took viewers away from ABC affiliate WSB-TV, which previously held broadcasting rights for the games. To keep the Braves in town and WTCG’s programming secure, Turner bought the team in 1976 for $10 million.
Key Dates: 1961: Ted Turner becomes president and COO of Turner Advertising Co. 1970: Turner's firm merges with Rice Broadcasting Co. Inc. and forms Turner Communications Corporation. 1976: SuperStation WTBS is launched. 1980: Turner creates Cable News Network (CNN). 1986: MGM/UA Entertainment is acquired.
TBS, Inc. merged with Time Warner on October 10, 1996, and operated as a semi-autonomous unit of Time Warner. The company's assets included CNN, HLN, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, TruTV, and Turner Classic Movies.
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TBS (Turner Broadcasting System) is an American cable TV network that shows sports and variety programming. TBS is well known for its broadcasts of the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball team and various National Basketball Association games.
