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60-561: The Atlanta International Film Festival was held in Atlanta from 1968 to 1974. It was backed by the city's businessmen and organized by J. Hunter Todd, who later ran the Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. It went out of business due to financing. The largest donor was in real estate, and when the city's real-estate market crashed, he went bankrupt and was unable to continue sponsoring

120-688: A 20th-anniversary screening of Do The Right Thing , and in 2019 with the Originator Award. When ATLFF revived its annual Screenplay Competition in 2008, Athens -native James Ponsoldt was among the inaugural winners. Ponsoldt later went on to serve as a mentor for the Screenwriter's Retreat (the main prize of the Screenplay Competition) and his film The Spectacular Now was the Closing Night presentation of

180-489: A 3-day Screenwriter's Retreat at Serenbe where professional mentors help them workshop their scripts and get ready for the next stages of production. Winning screenplays also are featured at the festival in a staged table read. Additional prizes are also offered to winning episodic and short film scripts. For years the Atlanta Film Festival organization produced Atlanta's Out on Film gay film festival. In

240-581: A board member of Time Warner and officially parted with the company. On October 5, 2007, Turner Broadcasting System completed the acquisition of Claxson Interactive Pay Television Networks in Latin America. On March 2, 2009, Turner launched Real , the company's first Hindi GEC, in India as a joint venture between it and Alva Brothers Entertainment, which it had partnered with before for content on Cartoon Network India and Pogo TV . The joint venture

300-478: A co-founder of the Atlanta Film Society (then known as IMAGE). The festival was the first to screen the film, where it won a jury prize of $ 25. After winning the jury prize, Lee decided to pursue a career as a filmmaker. ATLFF also screened Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads , which won Lee a 1983 Student Academy Award . He was honored in 2005 with the inaugural Ossie Davis Award, in 2009 with

360-579: A group of regional sports networks plus stakes in Game Show Network and MLB Network to Turner from AT&T Communications . In December 2018, Turner Broadcasting sold the rights to the brand and its pre-2008 original programming library of defunct cable network Court TV (which relaunched as truTV in 2008) to Katz Broadcasting , with plans to re-launch it as an over-the-air digital network in May 2019. On March 4, 2019, AT&T announced

420-517: A major reorganization of its broadcasting assets to effectively dissolve Turner Broadcasting System. Its assets are to be dispersed across multiple units of WarnerMedia, including the newly created WarnerMedia Entertainment and WarnerMedia News & Sports. WarnerMedia Entertainment would consist of HBO , TBS, TNT, TruTV, and an upcoming direct-to-consumer video service (led by former NBC entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt ), while WarnerMedia News & Sports would consist of CNN, Turner Sports, and

480-420: A wide set of units including corporate positions. On August 14, 2015, it was announced that Turner Broadcasting had acquired a majority stake in iStreamPlanet , a Las Vegas-based video streaming services company, in an effort to bolster its over-the-top programming and shift its core technology infrastructure to the cloud. iStreamPlanet is a direct competitor of Major League Baseball Advanced Media . The deal

540-901: A year break, SOUND+VISION returned and took place on the BeltLine and in Historic Fourth Ward Park in 2019. IMAGE Film Award Southeastern Media Award Ossie Davis Award Filmmaker-to-Watch Award New Mavericks Award Innovator Award Phoenix Award Rebel Award Originator Award Turner Broadcasting Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. 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). The headquarters of Turner's properties are largely located at

600-435: Is an example of the types of elements film festivals continue to add as they look to redefine themselves, connect with audiences and innovate. An estimated 1,200 people attended in its inaugural year, dropping to just under 800 in 2013, due to inclimate weather. In 2014, the event drew over 1,500 attendees, and eclipsed 3,000 attendees in 2015. In 2016, the event moved to Ponce City Market and again to 787 Windsor in 2017. After

660-461: Is considered its own network according to Nielsen due to Adult Swim and Cartoon Network's differing demographics. In 2002, Turner started a joint venture with Zee Entertainment Enterprises known as Zee Turner for distribution of their channels in India. In 2003, Philip I. Kent succeeded Jamie Kellner as chairman. Operational duties for The WB were transferred by Time Warner from Warner Bros. to Turner Broadcasting during 2001, while Kellner

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720-503: Is known for several pioneering innovations in U.S. multichannel television , including its satellite uplink of local Atlanta independent station WTCG channel 17 as TBS —one of the first national " superstations ", and its establishment of the Cable News Network ( CNN )—the first 24-hour news channel . It later launched a sister cable network, TNT ; the professional wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling (WCW),

780-593: The AT&;T SportsNet regional networks (which would be led by CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker ). Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, and Turner Classic Movies would be moved under Warner Bros. Entertainment via the new "Global Kids & Young Adults" business unit. Although AT&T did not specify any timetable for the changes, WarnerMedia had already begun to remove references to Turner Broadcasting in corporate communications, with press releases referring to its networks as being "divisions of WarnerMedia". However,

840-568: The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film . After AMPAS changed the rules for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) qualification, ATLFF became Oscar-qualifying in all three short film categories in 2015. The winners of the Best Narrative Short Film, Best Animated Short Film and Best Documentary Short Film Jury Prizes go on to be eligible for

900-896: The CNN Center in Downtown Atlanta , and the Turner Broadcasting campus off Techwood Drive in Midtown Atlanta , which also houses Techwood Studios . Some of their operations are housed within WBD's corporate and global headquarters inside 30 Hudson Yards in Manhattan 's West Side district, and at 230 Park Avenue South in Midtown Manhattan , both in New York City , respectively. Turner

960-535: The Georgia Film Office , Diane Ladd , Spike Lee , Will Packer , Parker Posey , Burt Reynolds , Michael Stipe , Tyler Perry Studios , and Cicely Tyson . Spike Lee may be considered ATLFF's first great filmmaker discovery. Lee made his first film, Last Hustle in Brooklyn , while a mass communications student at Morehouse College with the encouragement of his mentor, Dr. Herb Eichelberger,

1020-592: The Monday Night War against the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)'s Monday Night Raw . Three years later, TBS Superstation began airing WCW Thunder . On October 10, 1996, Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner Entertainment , a company formed in 1990 by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications, and which had held 20% of Turner Broadcasting System in the past. Through this merger, Warner Bros. had regained

1080-610: The World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2001. On June 14, 2018, Time Warner, including Turner Broadcasting System, was acquired by telecom firm AT&T and re-branded WarnerMedia. After the purchase, "Turner" was phased out as a corporate brand, and the company was broken-up on March 4, 2019, as its properties were dispersed into either WarnerMedia Entertainment (TBS, TNT, and TruTV ), WarnerMedia News & Sports (CNN, Turner Sports , and AT&T SportsNet ), or brought directly under Warner Bros. ( Cartoon Network , Adult Swim , and Turner Classic Movies ). On August 10, 2020,

1140-670: The 1991 purchase of the Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears animation studios during a competitive bid with MCA / Universal , Hallmark Cards , and several other corporations. On December 22, 1993, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Castle Rock Entertainment . Turner Broadcasting System purchased New Line Cinema a month later. Turner Broadcasting System launched Cartoon Network on October 1, 1992, followed by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on April 14, 1994. In September 1995, Turner Broadcasting System began airing World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s Monday Nitro on TNT, beginning

1200-471: The 2013 ATLFF. Stella Meghie 's debut feature Jean of the Joneses won the 2011 ATLFF Screenplay Competition and went on to be the first winning screenplay to be produced and play the festival. The film premiered at the 2016 South by Southwest Film Festival and then played ATLFF, with Meghie in attendance alongside stars Sherri Shepherd , Taylour Paige and Erica Ash . Additionally, ATLFF has played

1260-531: The 2020 Film Festival, ATLFF received 8,559 works submitted for consideration. On average, 85-95% of each year's film program comes from submissions, which special tracks designated for women filmmakers (New Mavericks), Black filmmakers, LGBTQ content (Pink Peach), Latin American content and Georgia-tied content. Since 2008, ATLFF has hosted an annual Screenplay Competition that attracts over 1,300 submissions each year. Three feature film screenwriter winners attend

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1320-401: The 24,000 households outside of the 675,000 in Atlanta was receiving coast-to-coast. WTCG became a so-called Superstation and created a precedent of today's basic cable television . HBO had gone to satellite transmissions to distribute its signal nationally in 1975, but that was a service that cable subscribers were made to pay extra to receive. Ted Turner's innovation signaled the start of

1380-725: The Arts at Georgia State University . In 2013, ATLFF moved its principle screening operations to The Plaza Theatre in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood. In 2007, the festival partnered with the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema to centrally locate the festival to Midtown , dubbed the "Heart of Atlanta’s Arts" and home to a wide array of restaurants, bars and shops. The change allowed the festival more opportunities for panels, screenplay readings, film discussions and after-parties. After 6 years centered at Landmark,

1440-602: The Atlanta Film Society paused the program for over a decade. It returned again on April 3, 2019 at the Fox Theatre's Egyptian Ballroom attached to the 43rd annual ATLFF, where Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr , Actor/Musician/Producer Tip "T.I." Harris , Director Corporate Responsibility & Civic Affairs at Turner Broadcasting and Georgia Representative Betsy Holland, and " The Walking Dead " Executive Producer Tom Luse were honored. Other IMAGE Film Award recipients include Dallas Austin , Ossie Davis , Ruby Dee ,

1500-564: The Fall of 2008 the Atlanta Film Festival gave Out on Film to the LGBTQ community. Out on Film became an independent, 501(c)(3) gay/lesbian operation. Since 2008, the festival has included the Pink Peach track, highlighting LGBTQ films and filmmakers. From 2008 to 2015, there was a Pink Peach Jury Award annually given to a feature film. Since 2016, LGBTQ films in competition are considered for

1560-569: The NDTV branding from the channels. Turner sold Imagine Showbiz to Reliance Broadcast Network in 2011. On August 26, 2010, Turner Broadcasting took full control of Chilevisión, a television channel owned by the President of Chile Sebastián Piñera . On September 8, 2011, Turner Broadcasting System acquired LazyTown Entertainment , the producer of the TV series LazyTown . On April 12, 2012, it

1620-708: The Turner logo was still used at its building in Atlanta , Georgia even after the company's dissolution in March 2019 until it was removed in October 2019. On August 10, 2020, WarnerMedia restructured several of its units in a major corporate revamp that resulted in TBS, TNT and TruTV being brought back under the same umbrella as Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, Boomerang and TCM, under a consolidation of WarnerMedia Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment's respective assets that formed

1680-683: The U.S./Canadian distribution rights to the RKO Pictures library. Turner Entertainment Co. was founded on August 2, 1986. Turner Program Services ("TPS"), a subsidiary under the Turner umbrella, began domestic syndication of all of the properties acquired under the final disposition of the MGM deal with Kerkorian. TPS inherited over 5,000 program orders (executed, letters of intent) to have domestic syndication agreements prepared and sent in order to "formally" contractually license films for airing on domestic, free-over-the-air television stations throughout

1740-512: The United States. The contractual "back-log" was caught up by the end of 1989, while still administering to all of a domestic television station's syndication needs. In 1987, top-rated television network NBC was considered bidding for a piece of the company in an effort to enter the cable business, but the deal was never materialized. In 1989, TBS Management Company, under the leadership of Charles Shultz (Ted's first company controller at

1800-677: The WarnerMedia Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment assets were merged to form WarnerMedia Studios & Networks Group. As of 2020, AT&T reported the financial results for WarnerMedia's ad-supported cable networks under the Turner business unit, while also using the term " the TNets " to refer to the group of TBS, TNT, and TruTV in press releases. On April 8, 2022, WarnerMedia merged with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery , and almost all of both companies' ad-supported cable networks were brought under

1860-631: The acquisition. MGM/UA Entertainment was sold back to Kirk Kerkorian. The MGM/UA Studio lot in Culver City was sold to Lorimar-Telepictures . Turner kept MGM's pre-May 1986 film and television library as well as the Associated Artists Productions library (the pre-1950 Warner Bros. film library and the Fleischer Studios / Famous Studios Popeye cartoons originally released by Paramount Pictures ), and

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1920-561: The animation-centered Cartoon Network (which later spawned an adult-oriented night-time sister network in the form of Adult Swim , as well as the classic-cartoon channel Boomerang ), and the classic-movie channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Turner South —a network devoted to regional sports and southern lifestyle programming—was launched by Turner in 1999, but was later sold to Fox Sports Networks in 2006 to form SportSouth . The same year, it acquired Liberty Media 's stake in their joint venture Court TV . WCW assets were later sold to

1980-480: The basic cable revolution. In 1979, the company changed its name to Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) and the call letters of its main entertainment channel to WTBS. On June 1, 1980, Cable News Network (CNN) was launched at 5:00 p.m. EDT becoming the first 24-hour news cable channel . The husband and wife team of Dave Walker and Lois Hart news anchored the first newscast. Burt Reinhardt , then executive vice president of CNN, hired most of

2040-540: The business into radio and television. Turner Broadcasting System as a formal entity was incorporated in Georgia on May 12, 1965. In 1970, Ted Turner purchased WJRJ-Atlanta, Channel 17, a small, Ultra High Frequency (UHF) station, and renamed it WTCG, for parent company Turner Communications Group. During December 1976, WTCG originated the "superstation" concept, transmitting via satellite to cable systems. On December 17, 1976, at 1:00 pm, WTCG Channel 17's signal

2100-451: The channel's first 200 employees and 25-member staff including Bernard Shaw , the network's first news anchor . In 1981, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Brut Productions from Faberge Inc. Also in 1981, WTBS began its usage of "Turner Time" in June 1981, in which programming began at five minutes after the top and bottom of each hour, instead of the broadcasting norm of beginning at

2160-505: The combined WarnerMedia Studios & Networks Group unit. Casey Bloys—who has been with WarnerMedia since 2004 (as director of development at HBO Independent Productions), and was eventually elevated to President of Programming at HBO and Cinemax in May 2016—added oversight of WarnerMedia's basic cable networks and HBO Max to his purview. On April 8, 2022, WarnerMedia was divested by AT&T and merged with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). All linear networks owned by

2220-724: The company, besides CNN, Turner Sports, HBO, and Magnolia Network , are overseen by Kathleen Finch as head of Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks, which resulted in Brett Weitz being removed as general manager of TBS, TNT, and TruTV after 14 years with the networks. The News and Sports division was also split up into separate CNN Worldwide and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports divisions, with the latter being renamed to TNT Sports in 2023 but also including Discovery's sports properties such as Eurosport . Note: These assets were temporarily part of Turner Entertainment Networks & Warner Bros. under WarnerMedia Studios & Networks within

2280-529: The event. The awards for the festival were trophies, with large birds on the top and included the "Golden Phoenix award" and "Silver Phoenix award". A new film festival with the name Atlanta Film Festival replaced the defunct event in 1976. This article about an American film festival is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Atlanta Film Festival In 1968, the Atlanta International Film Festival

2340-415: The festival moved its home base to Atlanta's oldest continually operating cinema, The Plaza Theatre on Ponce de Leon Avenue , and added 7 Stages Theatre as a secondary venue. Taking advantage of the Poncey-Highland and Little 5 Points areas, the change pushed the event to be more of a walkable festival. The move was praised by locals and introduced out-of-town guests to Atlanta's unique neighborhoods. In

2400-519: The first works of Heidi Ewing , David Gordon Green , Reinaldo Marcus Green , Tina Mabry , Ray McKinnon , Victor Nuñez , Robert Rodriguez , RuPaul , David O. Russell and more. Over the years, the festival's primary venues have included theaters such as Piedmont Park , High Museum of Art , Fox Theatre , Landmark Midtown Art Cinema , Atlantic Station Regal Cinemas , 7 Stages Theatre in Little Five Points and The Rialto Center for

2460-427: The former name of Fox Sports South when Turner owned this channel in partnership with Liberty Media between 1990 and 1996. In May 2006, Time Warner, which had owned 50% of Court TV since 1998, purchased the remaining 50% from Liberty Media and began running the channel as part of Turner Broadcasting. The channel was relaunched as TruTV on January 1, 2008. Also in May 2006, Ted Turner attended his last meeting as

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2520-667: The general jury prizes. In 2013, the festival featured a shorts block titled New Mavericks, featuring films by female filmmakers with strong female leads. This began an annual tradition and in 2015, the New Mavericks program was expanded to include feature films and an annual New Mavericks prize. In 2012, the festival partnered with the Goat Farm Arts Center and indieATL to introduce a special, mostly-outdoor event featuring music videos, art installations and live musical performances called SOUND+VISION. The evening

2580-440: The original, small TV station), advanced the focus on the two music performing rights subsidiaries: one with Broadcast Music, Inc ("BMI") and ASCAP. In the space of 1989 to 1994, Turner went from 2 subsidiary music publishing companies to no less than sixteen. On October 3, 1988, the company launched Turner Network Television (TNT). Turner Broadcasting System expanded its presence in movie production and distribution, first with

2640-580: The parent organization became known as the Atlanta Film Society. In March 2020, ATLFF made the decision to postpone the 44th edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The original dates of April 30-May 10 were rescheduled to September 17–27. This will mark the first time in the organization's history that the event will take place beyond the spring or early summer months. The 2022 event had the festival back to its usual practice with many awards. For decades, ATLFF has been an Academy Award -qualifying event for

2700-436: The respective shortlists for their Oscar categories. Ray McKinnon 's The Accountant won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2002 after qualifying at the 2001 Atlanta Film Festival. On June 7, 2001, the organization launched the annual IMAGE Film Awards Gala as a separate event attached to the annual film festival. Recognizing individuals and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to building

2760-490: The rights to its pre-1950 library, while Turner Broadcasting System gained access to the company's post-1950 library and other properties. On April 1, 2000, Turner Broadcasting System launched Boomerang as a sister channel to Cartoon Network featuring the classic cartoons that originally aired on Cartoon Network as the channel was gradually shifting its focus to original cartoons. Time Warner Entertainment merged with America Online (AOL) in 2001 to form AOL Time Warner, which

2820-563: The state of Georgia, providing much-needed equipment access, networking, information dissemination, and support to local filmmakers. A year later, the inaugural Atlanta Independent Film & Video Festival launched on May 14, 1977 at the Piedmont Park Bathhouse . In 1984, the organization truncated the name of the festival to the Atlanta Film and Video Festival, and again in 2002, to the Atlanta Film Festival. In 2015,

2880-442: The state's film industry and community, the awards were named in honor of the organization's founding name. Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies hosted the first reception where founding IMAGE Executive Director Gayla Jamison, Georgia Governor Zell Miller , Academy Award -nominated filmmaker Gary Moss, and Crawford Communications were the inaugural honorees. The IMAGE Film Awards Gala continued for eight years until 2008, when

2940-426: The top and bottom of the hour. In 1984, Turner initiated Cable Music Channel , his competition for WASEC 's MTV . The channel was short-lived, but helped influence the original format of VH1 . In 1986, after a failed attempt to acquire CBS , Turner purchased the film studio MGM / UA Entertainment Co. from Kirk Kerkorian for $ 1.5 billion. Following the acquisition, Turner had an enormous debt and sold parts of

3000-486: The unit Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks. Turner Broadcasting System traces its roots to a billboard company in Savannah, Georgia , purchased by Robert Edward Turner II in the late 1940s. Turner grew the business, which later became known as Turner Advertising Company. Robert Edward Turner's son, Ted Turner , inherited the company when the elder Turner died in 1963. After taking over the company, Ted Turner expanded

3060-493: The years since, ATLFF has reactivated the historic Hilan Theatre on North Highland Avenue in Virginia-Highland and incorporated several local landmarks as venues, such as The Highland Inn & Ballroom, The Church at Ponce & Highland , Ponce City Market , The Hotel Clermont and Dad's Garage Theatre Company . On Average, ATLFF programs between 150 and 250 films from approximately 50 countries each year. For

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3120-530: Was announced that Turner would shut down Imagine TV , formerly NDTV Imagine, as the channel struggled for ratings amidst competition from rival Hindi entertainment channels. On 11 May 2012, Imagine TV was shut down at midnight in India. Lumiere Movies , formerly NDTV Lumiere, was shut down in July along with TCM India . On January 1, 2014, John K. Martin succeeded Phil Kent as chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting. In August 2014, The Wrap reported that Turner

3180-459: Was beamed via satellite to its four cable systems in Grand Island, Nebraska ; Newport News, Virginia ; Troy, Alabama ; and Newton, Kansas . All four cable systems started receiving the 1948 Dana Andrews – Cesar Romero film Deep Waters already in progress. The movie had started 30 minutes earlier. WTCG went from being a little television station to a major TV network that every one of

3240-471: Was chairman, but were returned to Warner Bros. in 2003 with the departure of Kellner. On January 1, 2004, Turner launched Pogo in India as a sister channel to Cartoon Network India . The channel is exclusive to South Asia. On February 23, 2006, the company agreed to sell the regional entertainment channel Turner South to Fox Entertainment Group . Fox assumed control of the channel on May 1, and on October 13 relaunched it as SportSouth – coincidentally,

3300-598: Was formed within Turner's content distribution division in June 2017, with Tyler Moody being named general manager and vice president of the unit. On March 22, 2018, Six Flags and Riverside Group announced a partnership with Turner Asia Pacific to bring attractions based on Tuzki and other Turner-owned IPs to its theme parks in China. On June 15, 2018, it was announced that John Martin would be leaving as CEO following AT&T's completed acquisition of Time Warner. By September, AT&T had transferred its Audience channel,

3360-597: Was known as Real Global Broadcasting. The channel shut down in March 2010, lasting for a year due to low viewership. On December 8, 2009, it was announced that Turner had bought a majority stake in NDTV Imagine Ltd. from NDTV , as the company's own channel, Real was struggling. NDTV Imagine Ltd. was previously a joint venture between NDTV and NBCUniversal . Turner then went on to acquire 100% of NDTV Imagine Ltd. which included NDTV Imagine , NDTV Lumiere , Imagine Showbiz and NDTV Imagine Pictures. Turner dropped

3420-405: Was launched, becoming Atlanta's first major film event. It operated until 1974 when the organizers were no longer able to finance the operation. Two years later, a group of independent filmmakers and artists established Independent Media Artists of Georgia, Etc. (IMAGE) as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 1976. The IMAGE Film & Video Center opened that year as the first media arts center in

3480-444: Was preparing to offer buy-outs to 550 employees as part of plans to restructure the company heading into 2015. The ratings performance of CNN and HLN were cited as a factor, while CBSSports.com reported that the rising rights fees Turner pays for its NBA broadcasts on TNT may have also been a factor. It was further reported in October 2014 that the company planned to reduce its workforce by 10% (1,475 people) through layoffs across

3540-582: Was renamed back to the Time Warner name in 2004. In March 2001, Jamie Kellner would officially succeed Ted Turner as head of Turner Broadcasting System. One of Kellner's most notable actions after succeeding Turner was his decision to cancel WCW 's television programs. In September 2001, Cartoon Network launched Adult Swim as an adult-oriented programming block that would air at midnight when Cartoon Network's target demographic would be asleep. It would go on to be very successful. Since 2005, Adult Swim

3600-461: Was reported to be in the neighborhood of $ 200 million. In October 2015, Turner launched a streaming-video network named Great Big Story . In April 2017, in order to expedite the sale of Time Warner to AT&T by shedding FCC-licensed properties, WPCH-TV was sold to Meredith Corporation , which had already been operating WPCH under a local marketing agreement since 2011 as a sister to its local CBS affiliate WGCL-TV . Turner Podcast Network

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