WSB-TV and WSB Radio Records, Series 4. Awards, 1962-1980

Summary

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.) and WSB (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date:
1962-1980
Extent:
7 Linear Feet 7 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

This series includes files related to various journalism and broadcasting awards and include entry packages, certificates, correspondence, photographs, and articles submitted by WSB.

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.

The awards files are arranged alphabetically by name of the award.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

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