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What is known today as WXIA-TV originally signed on the air September 30, 1951, at 5 p.m., as WLTV on VHF channel 8. It was the first full time ABC affiliate for Atlanta, taking it over from WSB-TV and WAGA-TV (channel 5), both originally primary NBC and CBS affiliates respectively that previously shared ABC programming as a secondary affiliation.
WSB-TV is located less than one block south of the building formerly utilized by WXIA when that station moved its operations to WATL's studios in 2008. In December 1965, WSB was the first television station in Georgia to broadcast live in color , beginning with Ruth Kent's Today in Georgia program.
Another transmitter on channel 56 is licensed to Manifest Wireless (EchoStar, similar to Dish Network) in the same manner: an SFN with seven other locations in metro Atlanta with the call sign WQJY980, using a separate tower (at the same coordinates as MediaFLO) from the mountain's other broadcast stations.
In early December 2010, WXIA's 11Alive Weather Information Zone was moved from channel 11.2 to WATL's 36.2, before eventually returning it to WXIA. Atlanta-based Bounce TV aired on 36.2 from its launch on September 26, 2011, until September 25, 2017, when the network moved to WSB-TV's digital channel 2.2. [56]
WSB-TV 2: 1948–1980 ABC WXIA-TV 11 Swapped affiliations with ABC affiliate WXIA-TV due to ABC looking for a stronger affiliate in Atlanta (at the time, ABC had better ratings than NBC, which was in last place among the three major networks). The deal reunited ABC with its original Atlanta affiliate, since WSB-TV carried a secondary ...
WSB-TV: ABC: Bounce TV on 2.2, ... WXIA-TV: NBC: Quest on 11.2, True Crime Network on 11.3, ... Channel 36: WATL-TV (original) - Atlanta ...
The inaugural WSB-TV program, which began with a recording of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and a close-up shot of a tiny American flag waving in the wind powered by an electric fan, featured announcer John Cone ("WSB-TV is on the air!"), newscaster Jimmy Bridges, and a host of local dignitaries. WSB-TV originally broadcast from the Biltmore Hotel.
Secondary affiliation (WATL was an independent station); cleared ABC programming not cleared by the network's existing affiliate WXIA-TV (later WSB-TV). Disaffiliated from ABC in 1983. Rome-Atlanta, Georgia: WAWA-TV/WTLK-TV 14 (now WPXA-TV) 1988-1994 (secondary) Ion Television (O&O)