WSB-TV and WSB Radio photograph file, 1968-1980

Summary

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.) and WSB (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date:
1968-1980
Extent:
29.5 Linear Feet 59 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

WSB-TV and WSB Radio photograph file, ms2137, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes images of politicians, celebraties, and newsworthy people. The photographs are primarily offical press photos, AP photowires, or UPI telephotos.

Biographical / historical:

The first broadcast of Atlanta's first radio station, WSB, occurred on March 15, 1922. The call letters, which had been assigned that afternoon by the U.S. secretary of commerce, had formerly been used by a ship's wireless. The station was owned by the Atlanta Journal. On September 29, 1948, the first live commercial television program was broadcast in Georgia. Broadcasting on channel eight from the state's tallest structure at the time, a tower higher than 800 feet, the television arm of WSB Radio and its parent, Cox Broadcasting, began regular service.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Photographs.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

WSB-TV and WSB Radio photograph file, ms2137, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.