In 1985, Ted Turner invited Watts to air his Mid-South Wrestling program on SuperStation TBS as an alternative to the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) programming that ran on Saturday nights.

In 1985 Eaton, Condrey and Cornette signed with Jim Crockett Promotions ( JCP ) and were given national exposure on JCP's televised programs on SuperStation TBS.

In 1985 Eaton, Condrey and Cornette signed with Jim Crockett Promotions ( JCP ) and thus were exposed on a national level through JCP ’ s television shows that were broadcast on SuperStation TBS.

Turner's SuperStation TBS had asked Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc. to change its public brand name to World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) and there were rumblings that the Jim Barnett-controlled company would go national ; Georgia Championship Wrestling was now able to be called WCW by the next year ( 1983 ).

However, while the FCC defines " superstation " as a term, it does not prohibit its use by others such as KYUR in Anchorage, Alaska, which are affiliates of ABC and The CW that have a network of repeater stations in other parts of that state and call themselves The Alaska SuperStation.

* Caribbean SuperStation, a Trinidad & Tobago based radio station broadcasting to Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, Antigua, St. Kitts, Montserrat and British Virgin Islands

LexCorp soon bought out a Metropolis television station and acquired a satellite transmission company, linking both under the corporation's new LexCom subsidiary as SuperStation WLEX.

He made several appearances on WCW Saturday Night and WCW Thunder on WTBS before being released six months later in early 2000.

McMahon appears on TBS ( TV channel ) | WTBS Superstation to announce the WWE | World Wrestling Federation's takeover of the WCW Saturday Night | World Championship Wrestling program.

The Monday night show that it put on was the highest rated on cable and helped boost Turner's channels of TNT and WTBS.

In September 2007, Caray was not asked to announce League Division Series games on TBS and was kept exclusive to the Braves as the team's broadcasts moved to local Atlanta network Peachtree TV ( a direct descendant of the original WTBS ).

Most of the first races were nationally televised on ESPN, TNN, WTBS, ABC, and CBS.

In 1984, the WWF purchased a majority interest in GCW from a number of its shareholders, including the Brisco brothers ( Jack and Jerry ) and Jim Barnett, and thus controlled GCW's Saturday night timeslot on WTBS.

The name originates from the location of the studios ( which double as the home office for Adult Swim ) on Williams Street NW in Atlanta, Georgia, in proximity to the current offices of Ted Turner-founded WTBS, CNN, and the one itself.

Ted Turner purchased the company, because it was a high rated program on his WTBS cable station.

As part of the contract, TBS relinquished its rights to air Atlanta Braves games nationally after the 2007 season, by separating WTBS ( now WPCH ) channel 17 from the TBS network, rebranding as Peachtree TV on October 1, 2007.

By 1976, the station had expanded to a 20-hour broadcast day, airing cartoons like the made for TV Popeye episodes, the pre-1941 Porky Pig shorts, and the post-1948 Bugs Bunny shorts ; classic sitcoms like Dennis the Menace, Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch ( the latter two would move to WTCG / WTBS in the 80s ), family dramas, westerns, and religious programming ( including The 700 Club twice a day ) on weekdays.

Originally W20AU on channel 20, it became W04DB on channel 4 due to the FCC assignment of WTBS TV 17 ( now WPCH-TV ) to DTV channel 20.

During the 1970s when premium pay-TV service HBO and the then up-and-coming Superstation WTBS became available on satellite in North America, some Canadians who were living in underserved rural areas, wanted access to these services.

All went as planned, WTBS used the donation for new transmitter equipment, and on November 10, 1979, the station signed on as WMBR with 200 watts of power.

Monsoon also served as co-host of Georgia Championship Wrestling on WTBS during McMahon's short-lived ownership of the promotion.

Hazel aired on Superstation WTBS from 1980 to 1986, and on WGN Superstation in 1994.

The Atlanta Braves laid claim to the name due to their games being broadcast on cable television systems nationwide on WTBS, building a fan base in areas of the United States far removed from a Major League Baseball team.

Two years later, the Stadium installed a brand-new lighting system that would help the team get its first nationally broadcast game on WTBS, a 21-14 win over state rival University of Virginia.

At Starrcade in 1985, they recaptured the title, only to lose them on a prime time WTBS special, Superstars on the Superstation, on February 7, 1986.

They won the title back in Philadelphia on August 16, 1986, and held them until a Saturday night prime time match on WTBS ' World Championship Wrestling against Rick Rude and the Raging Bull Manny Fernandez.

He was replaced in January 1983 by WTBS personality Bill Tush.

The series originally aired on WTBS from 1982 – 1983, followed by a run in syndication for the following season.

In 1978, Turner struck a deal with a student-operated radio station at MIT, Technology Broadcasting System to obtain the rights to the WTBS call sign for $ 50, 000.

He significantly upgraded the station's programming and made it profitable almost immediately, as he did in Atlanta with what became WTCG, and later WTBS.

WTBS continued to operate the carrier-current system to the dormitories, with an identical program, except for commercial breaks, during which the noncommercial FM station filled time with public-service announcements, and, later, parody " ads " for products such as " Apple Gunkies " and firms such as " Nocturnal Aviation ".

Although call letters are not technically for sale, Turner and WTBS worked out a strategem whereby Turner gave a $ 25, 000 donation to WTBS with an agreement that WTBS would apply for new call letters, with a second donation of $ 25, 000 promised if the FCC were to subsequently grant the letters " WTBS " to Turner.

In 1997, TCI and Tribune had discussed a move to convert the WGN superstation feed into a basic cable channel ( similar to what Atlanta superstation WTBS did that same year ), with TCI owning 50 %.

It was the parent company of WTCG which became WTBS ( TBS Superstation ) with the Turner name change in 1979.

It was owned, operated and maintained by Cincinnati-based Taft Broadcasting Corporation and Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Satellite Syndicated Systems ( SSS ), in cooperation with cable / satellite TV station Superstation WTBS ( now TBS Superstation ), who carried Electra's data on their VBI ( WTBS was in turn owned by Turner Broadcasting System, which would purchase the Hanna-Barbera animation studio, and most shows from sister company Ruby-Spears, from Taft successor Great American Broadcasting in 1991 ; Turner is now part of Time Warner ).

The pilot was picked up by Ted Turner in 1982, and the show began its life on WTBS in December with Mark Richards as host.

The program was typically picked up by stations that also had television rights to major league franchises like WTBS in Atlanta or KTTV in Los Angeles or WGN in Chicago.

During the Cold War, Vera Lynn's recording was included in the package of music and programmes held in 20 underground radio stations of the BBC's Wartime Broadcasting Service ( WTBS ), designed to provide public information and morale-boosting broadcasts for 100 days after a nuclear attack.

Ironically, WPCH-TV ( then WTCG till 1980 and WTBS till 2004 ) over the years was a stronger local station until the late 1980s and now that station is the subordinate station in this arrangement.

In the late 1970s, Ted Turner, then operator of WTCG in Atlanta, Georgia, wanted to use the call letters " WTBS " ( for Turner Broadcasting System ).

He bought Vince McMahon's Saturday night TV time slot on Superstation WTBS and his business began to flourish.