WSB-TV and WSB Radio Records, Series 3. Press Releases and Clippings, 1962-1982

Summary

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.) and WSB (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date:
1962-1982
Extent:
10.5 Linear Feet 11 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

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.

For more information, see the article "WSB Radio" in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Arrangement:

The WSB-TV and WSB Radio records are organized into 7 series: sales; programming; press releases and clippings; awards; surveys and ratings; promotional/marketing; and correspondence and business files.

Series 3 is organized into two subseries: press releases and clippings.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

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