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47-718: WPXA-TV (channel 14) is a television station licensed to Rome, Georgia , United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Atlanta area. The station is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company , and maintains offices on North Cobb Parkway ( US 41 ) in Marietta ; its transmitter is located on Bear Mountain , near the Cherokee – Bartow county line. Channel 14 went on

94-572: A TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around the world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require

141-672: A barter in some cases. WBIN (AM) WBIN (640 kHz ) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia . It is owned by iHeartMedia , through its subsidiary iHM Licenses, LLC. It serves the Atlanta metropolitan area as its affiliate for the Black Information Network . The station's studios and offices located at the Peachtree Palisades Building in the Brookwood Hills district. The transmitter site

188-504: A broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines the broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires

235-506: A 24-hour talk-show format. In March 1991, WTLK-TV signed a lease for studio facilities in Marietta , en route to a planned June 1 launch of its all-talk format, and picked up two NBC game shows not aired by local affiliate WXIA-TV . It also announced that it would discontinue its Rome-area local newscasts but retain the Shorter Avenue studios and offices. The initial phase was intended to bring talk programming to prime time during

282-505: A few other hosts were tried out in his time slot. Hannity was brought in from a Huntsville, Alabama , radio station where he previously worked. He stayed at WGST until Roger Ailes offered Hannity a position on the soon-to-debut Fox News Channel in 1996. During his time at WGST, he was given the nickname "Hanni-Pie, The Tin Man" by fellow host Kim Peterson . WGST was also the home for Atlanta Braves baseball broadcasts, from 1992-1994. WGST

329-525: A lineup consisting entirely of syndicated programs, including Bloomberg's First Word with Ken Prewitt , America's First News with Gordon Deal , Glenn Beck, Michael Berry , and Coast to Coast AM among others. ESPN Deportes Radio moved to the FM translator 92.3 W222AF , replacing an all-comedy format. In the early 2010s, WGST was simulcast on an HD Radio digital subchannel of sister station WUBL FM 94.9, along with FM translator station W222AF. WGST

376-487: A model of selling a sponsorship for each talk hour. Babbit abandoned the plan when he became an executive at Whittle Communications less than two months later. In 1994, Sudbrink sold WTLK-TV to Paxson Communications Corporation , which initially proposed a Christian format. It was Paxson's second television station that it owned, after WPBF serving West Palm Beach, and alongside a station it managed in Miami . Shortly after

423-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in

470-429: A prime time lineup of local and national talk shows. Neal Boortz , Suzette Charles , and Hosea Williams were among WTLK-TV's lineup of hosts. The station suffered from an inability to gain channel space on Atlanta's cable systems and by 1993 was mostly airing reruns and country music videos. It was acquired by Paxson Communications, forerunner to Ion Media, in 1994 and became an infomercial station; these stations formed

517-531: A result of the spectrum incentive auction . Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany , was the first regular television service in the world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to

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564-467: A revised lineup. On June 29, 2020, the station began stunting with speeches by prominent African Americans. The next day, WGST flipped to all-news radio as Atlanta's BIN 640 ; it is one of the charter stations of iHeartMedia's Black Information Network — a multi-platform radio network serving the African-American community. On July 6, the station changed its call sign to WBIN to match

611-609: A round of layoffs in September 1991, including Young. Suzette Charles departed effective December 1, finding the operation "not up to my professional standards". At one point, Boortz was telling his radio listeners that WTLK would end all of its talk shows on January 17, 1992, with no cable slot in sight. Boortz departed in March 1992, and the next month, Wilson lost his job hosting Talk at Nite when he engaged in an on-air tirade prompted by technical miscues. Hosea Williams came aboard as

658-635: A station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,

705-483: A station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as

752-480: A substantial increase in daytime power and signal coverage area compared to WGST's 920 AM facilities. Effective June 30, 1989, WPBD's call sign was changed to WGST. The talk radio programming previously on 920 AM was transferred to 640 AM . Among WGST's staff of talk hosts was Neal Boortz . In 1992, Boortz asked WGST management for a raise but he was turned down. Talk radio rival WSB hired Boortz, WGST then hired Sean Hannity to replace Boortz, after

799-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations

846-449: A weekly shot host after their departures. That August, WTLK added CBS This Morning , which local CBS affiliate WAGA-TV was preempting to air a local morning show. By 1993, WTLK-TV's schedule consisted mostly of CBS This Morning , country music videos, and reruns. That year, Joel Babbit almost bought the station with plans to expand its talk lineup to 24 hours, with a broader topic mix including home improvement and gardening shows and

893-572: Is off Joseph E. Boone Boulevard Northwest in the Center Hill neighborhood of Atlanta. The station signed on April 7, 1988, as WPBD, programming R&B oldies and soul . The original owner was the Phoenix City Broadcasting company, headed by Michael Hollins, under a Federal Communications Commission program promoting minority ownership. However, after it signed on , Hollins immediately began making arrangements to sell

940-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually

987-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has

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1034-521: The NFL team. After changing its name to i: Independent Television in 2005, the network became known as Ion Television in 2007. The station's signal is multiplexed : WPXA-TV began digital broadcasts on channel 51 on January 5, 2002. The digital signal remained on channel 51 until 2014, when its channel was changed to 31 to eliminate interference with wireless communications service on adjacent frequencies. In September 2019, WPXA-TV moved from channel 31 to 16 as

1081-547: The Paxson-owned stations formed the nucleus for the new Pax TV network. The station's call sign had been changed that January to WPXA-TV. In the early 2000s, WPXA-TV entered into a joint sales agreement with WXIA-TV, under which the latter station sold channel 14's local advertising and WPXA rebroadcast two of WXIA-TV's newscasts. WPXA also aired the Atlanta Falcons coach's show as part of WXIA-TV's partnership with

1128-647: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in

1175-458: The acquisition, Atlanta's major cable systems finally added WTLK to their lineups; previously, it had only been on some smaller suburban systems. During this time, the station became the new television home of Atlanta Knights minor-league hockey. Paxson announced the creation of its Infomall TV infomercial network in January 1995 and included WTLK-TV among its first stations. On August 31, 1998,

1222-524: The air February 29, 1988, as WAWA-TV. The station was built by Sudbrink Broadcasting, which had acquired the permit from American Communications & Television prior to launch. After operating for two and a half years as a general-entertainment independent station with local news for the Rome area, Sudbrink moved the station into the Atlanta market with a new transmitter facility, new WTLK-TV call letters, and

1269-599: The call sign WZGA and proposed a conventional general-entertainment independent station , but it prioritized constructing KOOG-TV in Ogden, Utah , deferring the construction to late 1985 after deciding to move the tower from Mount Alto to a site on Vineyard's Mountain in Bartow County so the station to extend its signal into Cobb County . AC&T sold the construction permit to Sudbrink Broadcasting of West Palm Beach, Florida , in 1986. Sudbrink elected to proceed with

1316-615: The construction of a new tower on Pine Log (or Bear) Mountain, northwest of Canton ; Sudbrink also planned to build a second studio in Cherokee County, in Woodstock ; its later decision not to do so led to a lawsuit with the county zoning board. The new transmitter facility, constructed at a cost of $ 2 million, was activated in December 1990. Shortly prior, the station changed its call sign to WTLK-TV ahead of its plan to implement

1363-454: The core of the Pax network, predecessor to Ion, in 1998. In March 1984, after an agreement among four applicants with the channel, American Communications & Television (AC&T) of Gainesville, Florida , won the construction permit to build channel 14 in Rome, the city's first station since what was then WROM-TV on channel 9 moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee , as WTVC in 1957. AC&T selected

1410-472: The end of the 2009 baseball season. On November 15, 2010, Atlanta radio personality Rob Johnson became the new morning host. On January 11, 2011, WGST said it would pick up The Savage Nation , a syndicated show from San Francisco hosted by Michael Savage . That was one day after it was cut by WSB in a schedule change. Beginning in early 2012, Atlanta local Dave Merlino joined Rob Johnson's morning show, re-billed as The Rob and Dave Show . The weekday lineup

1457-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of

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1504-403: The home of Atlanta Falcons football in 1998 when the team made its first Super Bowl appearance. From 1993 until 2000, WGST programming was simulcast on WGST-FM (now WBZY ). In 1999, Clear Channel Communications bought out Jacor, including WGST. Clear Channel was the forerunner to iHeartMedia, the present-day owner of the station. 2005 marked a year of change for WGST. The station won

1551-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at

1598-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on

1645-797: The newly named "The Morning Drive with Randy Cook." Spiff was later hired to co-host the "Spiff and Fred" show on WYAY . Clear Channel management did not renew Randy Cook's contract in July 2009. "The Morning Drive" was briefly hosted by comedian Mike Stiles from July 13 to 24, 2009, before being replaced by syndicated shows. From July 27, 2009, to November 12, 2010, the weekday lineup consisted of all syndicated programming: The Wall Street Journal This Morning and Michael Smerconish in mornings; Glenn Beck in late mornings; The Rush Limbaugh Show in middays; Dave Ramsey in afternoons; Mark Levin in evenings and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory overnights. Atlanta Braves broadcasts would be dropped by WGST at

1692-563: The original Mount Alto site; in November 1987, Sudbrink bought a building on Shorter Avenue to house the station's studios. Channel 14 began telecasting as WAWA-TV on February 29, 1988. The station offered talk shows, movies, sitcoms, and two local newscasts each day. Soon after launching, Sudbrink sought to move WAWA-TV into the much larger Atlanta television market. On February 1, 1990, zoning officials in Cherokee County approved

1739-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be

1786-442: The rights to once again carry Atlanta Braves baseball. The station changed its moniker to "Braves Radio 640 GST." Many Braves fans who lived outside Atlanta and its close-in suburbs complained about the change from WSB, noting WGST's signal was much weaker at night than that of WSB's 50,000 watt clear channel broadcasts. To remedy the situation, WGST’s sister station WKLS (96.1 FM, now WWPW ) began simulcasting Braves games. WKLS

1833-423: The station for a new live and local morning show. On September 27, 2007, the syndicated Glenn Beck Program returned to WGST in the 9 a.m. to noon slot. Beck was previously heard on WGST from 2001 to 2005. Beck took over Mike McConnell 's weekday spot, though McConnell was still heard on weekends. On October 9, 2007, morning co-host Spiff Carner was fired by WGST, after 8 months on the air. Randy Cook remained on

1880-491: The station. A proposed purchase by Jefferson-Pilot Communications , owners of WQXI and WQXI-FM , fell through. However, in October 1988, it was announced that Jacor Communications , Inc. would buy the station. At this time, Jacor was operating a station on 920 AM with the call letters WGST (now WGKA ). However, WPBD had a better signal than WGST. It operated at 50,000 watts during the daytime and 1,000 watts at night,

1927-515: The week with planned expansion later. The new local talk shows debuted on June 17, 1991. Five nights a week, the station presented Talk of the Town with former Miss America Suzette Charles and Michael Young, previously of ESPN , as well as Talk at Nite , hosted by WGST 's Brian Wilson. Two other shows alternated: The Mike Roberts Show , hosted by WVEE 's morning host, and Boortz! , hosted by Neal Boortz (then also of WGST). The prime time lineup

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1974-468: Was The Rob & Dave Show at 6 a.m., Glenn Beck at 9 a.m., Rush Limbaugh at noon, a local version of The Rusty Humphries Show at 3 p.m., Mark Levin at 6 p.m., Michael Savage at 9 p.m., George Noory at midnight and The Wall Street Journal report at 5 a.m. On September 26, 2012, several Atlanta news outlets reported that WGST would be changing formats. Johnson, Merlino, and Humphries were terminated, Limbaugh's show switched to WSB and Glenn Beck's show

2021-428: Was also carried on the audio-only digital subchannel 32.21 of low-powered digital television station WANN-CD , as Clear Channel's other Atlanta holdings were. When WGST switched to Spanish-language sports, these three stations aired " Comedy 92-3 ." WUBL HD-3 and WANN-CA returned to running WGST after ESPN Deportes was dropped. On August 30, 2019, WGST flipped to conservative talk as 640 Fox News Radio with

2068-409: Was finished out with two national syndicated shows: Phil Donahue and Sally Jessy Raphael . In debuting its ambitious new programming, WTLK-TV immediately ran into a major problem. Must-carry rules for local stations on cable systems were not then in effect, and Atlanta cable providers were not adding WTLK to their lineups. After failing to land a slot on any local cable system, Sudbrink conducted

2115-533: Was picked up by WCFO . Coincidentally, Michael Savage suspended the broadcast of his show around the same time due to a contract dispute with his syndicator. On September 28, 2012, at 3 p.m., following Rush Limbaugh's program, WGST switched to a Spanish-language sports radio format, carrying the syndicated ESPN Deportes Radio Network. On April 23, 2013, less than eight months after switching to Spanish-language sports, WGST announced it would return to an English-language talk format beginning June 3, 2013, featuring

2162-800: Was powered at 100,000 watts, covering Atlanta and its growing suburbs. Since the 1950s, WGST had been an ABC Radio Network affiliate . In 2005, as part of a Clear Channel corporate change, WGST switched to Fox News Radio as its national news provider. No longer affiliated with ABC, in March 2005, WGST dropped Paul Harvey 's syndicated ABC news commentaries from its line-up. On March 20, 2006, WGST's moniker became "Atlanta. Talk. Radio." On November 21, 2006, WGST announced that morning drive time host Tom Hughes had resigned, and that midday host Denny Schaffer , and afternoon drive talk host Kim Peterson ( The Kimmer ) and their staffs had been fired. On February 5, 2007, WGST announced that veteran Atlanta morning show hosts Randy Cook and Spiff Carner would be joining

2209-626: Was the station that carried Sid Bream 's winning slide in Game Seven of the 1992 NLCS . In May 1994, the station was outbid for Braves broadcast rights by WSB, which previously had carried the games from 1966 until 1991. WGST was also the home of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team until 1995, after which the Hawks followed the Braves to WSB. WGST carried NASCAR races in 1996 and 1997. It was

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