- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Ted Turner
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1976
- Subject:
- Turner Broadcasting System
Television broadcasting--Georgia--Atlanta
Television cameras
Television--Equipment and supplies
Executives--Georgia--Atlanta
Television stations--Georgia--Atlanta
Turner, Ted - People:
- Turner, Ted
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In 1970 Ted Turner bought WJRJ-TV, an independent television station in Atlanta, and changed the call letters to WTCG, for Turner Communications Group. In 1976 the station became the first national "superstation," distributing its programs via satellite to cable stations around the country.
Photograph of Ted Turner standing next to a WTCG-TV camera in a television studio in Atlanta, Georgia. He wears a suit and tie and faces forward. In 1970 Turner bought WJRJ-TV, an independent television station in Atlanta, and changed the call letters to WTCG, for Turner Communications Group. In 1976 the station became the first national "superstation," distributing its programs via satellite to cable stations around the country. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/turner-broadcasting-system/m-9967/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Turner Broadcasting
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/turner-broadcasting-system
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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