Gray Launches ‘Atlanta News First’ Brand, Changes Call Letters
Last Friday, Sept. 30, the CBS affiliate in Atlanta owned by Gray went on the air branded as “Atlanta News First,” changing its call letters from WGCL to WANF. But living that brand has been going on since Gray took over the station in December 2021.
Gray Television’s Atlanta duopoly of WGCL (CBS) and WPCH (independent) are increasing their local news offerings with the addition of a 7 p.m. newscast on WGCL and a 7 a.m. […]
Atlanta-based Gray Television is in the midst of a massive expansion of the CBS affiliate’s newsroom since it took over in December.
Just 10 days into Gray’s ownership of WGCL, the Atlanta-based company wooed Monica Kaufman Pearson out of retirement to join the CBS affiliate. Pearson is well-known in Atlanta for her 37 years as news anchor on WSB, where she was the first Black female evening anchor in the city.
Kim Saxon becomes news director and Josh Morey is tapped as creative services director at Gray’s Atlanta duopoly.
Exclusives
WPCH, WGCL, WSB, WAGA and WXIA are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
Walsh brings 20 years of media sales experience at TV stations and national rep firms to the post at Meredith’s CBS affiliate and independent in Atlanta.
WGCL Anchors To Helm ‘CBS Evening News’
WGCL Atlanta anchors Rick Folbaum and Shon Gables will anchor CBS Evening News this weekend. Folbaum anchors Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET and Gables anchors Sunday 6 p.m. The national newscast will originate from the CBS46 Studios in Atlanta. The CBS News Broadcast Center in New York is closed due to the coronavirus. For the first time, the newscast will be produced remotely with producers and writers based out of New York.
Two unnamed employees at Meredith’s Atlanta CBS affiliate have tested positive for the coronavirus. “Both individuals are doing well,” according to a station statement.
WGCL Home Schools Atlanta Kids About Weather
Meredith Taps Matt King As Atlanta News Director
He joins from WCNC Charlotte, N.C., to lead newsgathering at WGCL and WPCH.
Traffic At The Top In Atlanta Ratings Race
Cox Media Group’s WSB has been the beast in Atlanta for many years, but the race is tightening. Fox-owned WAGA is coming on strong with its relentless local content strategy, and the other players are shaking things up, too.
Rick Folbaum Joining WGCL Atlanta News
Meredith-owned WGCL (CBS) and WPCH (independent) have hired Rick Folbaum as co-anchor of CBS46 News at 4, 6 and 11p.m. and CBS46 News at 9pm on Peachtree TV with Shon […]
WGCL Names Shon Gables Permanent P.M. Anchor
Thomas Roberts Leaving WGCL Atlanta Anchor Slot
Fired Forecaster Paul Ossmann Sues WGCL
Job Openings In Sales, News, Creative Services
New TV job openings posted last week on TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include opportunities at stations owned by Gray, NBC, Meredith, Cox and Graham in Charlotte, Orlando, Atlanta, Boston, San Antonio and the Flint-Saginaw-Bay City area of Michigan.
WGCL Ups Valdez To Chief Meteorologist
Anchor Sharon Reed Leaving WGCL After 4 Years
WGCL’s Dorsey Says She Received Death Threats For Tornado Watch Interruptions During Masters
WGCL Drops Chief Meteorologist Paul Ossmann
WGCL-WPCH Ups Jeff Holub To Station Manager
WGCL (CBS) and WPCH (independent), Meredith Corp.’s duopoly in Atlanta (DMA 10), on Wednesday promoted Jeff Holub to station manager, effective immediately. Holub most recently served as creative services director, […]
RTDNA on Thursday demanded that the press office for the Georgia State Senate rescind its threat to revoke press credentials for a WGCL Atlanta reporter who had the audacity to ask questions of a state senator in the public hallway of a public building, the Georgia State Capitol.
Meredith-owned CBS affiliate WGCL Atlanta (DMA 9) is adding Shon Gables as co-anchor of CBS46 Morning News (4:30-7 a.m.) with Gurvir Dhindsa, beginning March 5. Gables comes to WGCL from […]
Veteran broadcaster Lyle Banks will oversee CBS affiliate WGCL and independent WPCH beginning today. He succeeds Mark Pimentel, who held the post for two years.
Amid what is relatively light turn-of-the-year infighting between broadcasters and their MVPD partners, WideOpenWest-owned Atlanta-area operator NuLink has lost access to Meredith’s local CBS affiliate WGCL and co-owned independent WPCH (Peachtree TV).
