WAGA-TV

WAGA-TV
Channels
BrandingFox 5 Atlanta; Fox 5 News
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
March 8, 1949 (75 years ago) (1949-03-08)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 5 (VHF, 1949–2009)
  • CBS (1949–1994)
  • DuMont (secondary, 1949–1956)
  • NTA (secondary, 1956–1961)
Call sign meaning
Atlanta, Georgia (derived from former sister station WAGA radio, now WDWD)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID70689
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT332 m (1,089 ft)
Transmitter coordinates33°47′51.4″N 84°20′1.7″W / 33.797611°N 84.333806°W / 33.797611; -84.333806
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.fox5atlanta.com

WAGA-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, serving as the market's Fox network outlet. Owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division, the station maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Briarcliff Road Northeast in the Druid Hills area of unincorporated DeKalb County, just outside the Atlanta city limits (but with an Atlanta mailing address).

  1. ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for WAGA". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAGA-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.