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WGCL-TV

WGCL-TV ("Atlanta's channel 46", DTV channel 19) is a television station in metro Atlanta, that has the following history:

  • ?: WANX-TV
  • 1984: Began as independent WGNX-TV
  • 1994: Switched to CBS (previously on WAGA TV 5)
  • 1995: Became known as "CBS 46"
  • 1999: Renamed "CBS Atlanta"
  • 2000: Callsign change to WGCL-TV, renamed "Georgia's Clear News"
  • 2002: Renamed "CBS Atlanta" again
  • 2003: Renamed "CBS 46" again

Its city of license is Atlanta, and the licensee is Meredith Corporation.

It is on the same tower, north of Druid Hills, with: W04DB (4), W24AL (24), and WATL (36/25); and construction permits for WIRE-CA (40), WUVG-TV (digital 48 only), WTBS (digital 20, analog backup 17). FM stations on the same tower are: WNNX (99.7, newly moved from the WTBS TV main analog tower), and permits for WRFG (89.3) and WKHX-FM (101.5), as well as an application for a broadcast translator from Immanuel Broadcasing Network on 101.9. Another tower about 120 meters (400 feet) to the west holds the existing WKHX-FM, WLTM (94.9), and WKLS (96.1), and applications for translators on 89.7 and 88.9 from WAY-FM Media Group .

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