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WAGA ('''''"FOX5 Atlanta"''''') is the Fox - Owned And Operated Television Station (O&O) in Atlanta, Georgia . The station's transmitter is co-located with its studios on Briarcliff Road Northeast in Atlanta, just west of Emory University . Its former studios and transmission facilities at 1018 Peachtree Street NW later became home to WTBS . HISTORY WAGA began in 1949 as a CBS affiliate. It had DuMont as secondary affiliation from 1949 to 1955. The station's newscasts were called ''5 News Scene'', which then changed to '' Eyewitness News ''. The station was owned by Storer Broadcasting , and pre-empted some of CBS's daytime and late night programming. In 1984 , WAGA was sold in group deal to KKR. In 1986 , KKR sold the Storer stations to Gillett, which restructured in the early 1990s after selling several stations to SCI TV. Pre-empted CBS shows were shown on WATL until 1986 , and afterwards on WVEU/69 (Now WUPA ) until they were moved to WTLK/Channel 14 (now WPXA ) in 1992 . In 1992 , WAGA began pre-empting ''CBS This Morning'' in favor of a locally produced morning show, "Good Day Atlanta". In 1993 , New World Communications acquired the SCI stations, including WAGA. Since New World happened to be based out of Atlanta, this would make WAGA the flagship station thereof for a short period of time. In 1994 , New World announced an affiliation agreement with Fox (mainly because Fox had won the rights to NFC football games), resulting in most of its stations, including WAGA, switching to the Fox network. However, Fox Kids would stay on the existing Fox affiliate WATL instead of moving to WAGA. All stations would retain their existing syndicated programming lineup. The affiliation switch occurred in December 1994, ending WAGA's 45-year stint as a CBS affiliate. It began to air over 40 hours of local news a week, along with first-run syndicated talk/reality shows, game shows and movies. It did not run any children's programming except for some educational shows on the weekends. Also, WAGA remained the home station for the Falcons , as the station had carried them as a CBS affiliate when CBS had the NFC package. Early in 1997 , New World sold most of its stations, including WAGA, to Fox; the station then adopted the ''"FOX5"'' branding. However, the holding entity for the station is still listed as "New World Communications of Atlanta". Old logos |
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