America’s First Superstation - How WTBS Took Over Cable TV
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- What do you think the future holds for TBS and Peachtree TV? And do you think it was wise for Ted Turner to relinquish his control of the networks that he helped build from the ground up?
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:34 - From Billboards To The Small Screen
03:42 - 17 Update Early In The Morning
04:53 - The Basic Cable Revolution Was Televised
07:42 - The Switchover to Peachtree TV
09:34 - Outro
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In this video, we'll be telling the fascinating story of how a humble billboard company based out of Savannah, Georgia grew into one of the biggest television and media conglomerates that the world has ever seen. Granted, there were a few crucial steps in between those two historical bookends that need to be discussed, but we'll make sure to cover the majority of them. That being said, this video is in no way attempting to give a comprehensive overview of the Turner media empire.
Turner Broadcasting System, founded by the eccentric American entrepreneur, TV producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist Ted Turner, just recently merged with Warner Brothers Discovery incorporated. Despite these recent developments, the media empire that Turner was instrumental in creating is still alive and well, albeit under new management.
Turner might be best known for being the brains behind CNN, the world's first 24-hour cable news network, but he also founded WTBS, a station that pioneered the superstition concept on basic cable TV. The cable incarnation of WTBS eventually dropped the "W" and is now simply known as TBS, while the local Atlanta channel that shared those call letters is now known as Peachtree TV. But although the name's changed, TBS still stands as a reminder of all the ways that Ted Turner has effectively changed the world of television. Facts Verse Presents: America's First SuperStation - How WTBS Took Over Cable TV
America’s First Superstation - How WTBS Took Over Cable TV 
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You Forgot What Made TBS........ WRESTLING Georgia championship wrestling
Shows starting 5 minutes later was an advantage to gain viewers who were channel surfing.
I remember when TBS aired classic sitcoms such as "Leave It To Beaver","The Andy Griffith Show" & "Gilligan's Island".
Us too! Thank you for bringing back memories. What is your all-time favorite TV show?
@scottburton9701 - they also used to run Good Times and Sanford & Son as well as cartoons such as The Flintstones & Looney Tunes and I also remember them running Three Stooge shorts during the overnight hours. Up til a few years ago, they also had the syndication rights to Married With Children.
As a kid in Seattle in 1991, I loved watching CHiPs at 4:05 Eastern, but was puzzled by ads for Long John Silver's since they didn't have any restaurants anywhere near me.
L😂L seriously though I recall channels like Atlanta's WTBS and Washingtons WTTG being on our Cable 📺packages
What helped TBS become a powerhouse? Pro wrestling! 👍
Hell Yeah !!! KG😀
Hell yeah i agree
Yep, Georgia Championship Wresting and later WCW. Best shows on TV at the time.
Turner executives didn’t like wrestling because it wasn’t Hollywood
@@kelvinblack4867 you mean Time Warner executives
You did not really mention how Ted bought the Atlanta Braves so he could get cheap sports programming and it ended up with the Atlanta Braves being america's team in cities that did not have a baseball team.
True
Not one word about Pro Wrestling, which played a significant part in the history of turner television. From Georgia championship wrestling in the 1970's-1980's to WCW in the 90's and now AEW In the 2020's
You left soooo much information out.
I grew up in south Georgia with Atlanta Braves Baseball and Tom & Jerry re-runs on the SuperStation.
and Pro Wrestling at 7:05
I remember Cubs games on WGN and Braves games TBS when cable TV was just getting started
Us too! Thank you for the trip down memory lane 😊
I had TBS and WOR from New York. WOR gave me my real first glimpse at hockey showing Rangers and Islanders games. This was over 30 years ago and I'm still a Rangers fan based in Ohio thanks to WOR. They had the Mets too but I was already an Indians (now Guardians) fan. Eventually WOR stopped being a super station so we lost them for WGN.
And now WPCH-TV is going to become The CW affiliate for Atlanta, it's first ever network affiliation
This is excellent !😊😊😊😊
I have one insane thought and an insane what if...
The thought, maybe ITV should buy up Turner's T channels...
The what if... what if the plan to privatise Channel 4 went through and Ted Turner decided to buy up Channel 4 and take it private, his own personal TV network in the UK?
I could certainly imagine Ted on Channel 4 News "I want to respect the reputation and the legend that this network has. You've always been the station of Britain's counter-culture. I know as much about the British counter-culture as you'd expect an old white guy from the USA to know and you've ran this network for 40 years. You guys know what you're doing. "
It aired the Hawks and the Braves also soccer at one point, Comedies and cartoon as well!
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@@FactsVerse how about sports illustrated swimsuit issue
WBD also jacked their rates after buying Discovery Plus, and didn't inform the customers!
As a kid i remember spending my summers with my grandma back in the early eighties. I would be in south Texas at the time. That channel had a strong signal. It was ahead of it's time back in the day..
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@@FactsVerse - as is mentioned in the video, my hometown here in Kansas was one of the 4 little towns that TBS (WTCG as the call letters were at the time) was first broadcast to in December of 1976.
Dave & Lois were Serious Journalists. They moved to Sacramento years later. We love them!
Glad to know that you're a fan of both Dave and Lois! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great day 😁
USA and TBS both took off around the same time with wrestling being a major reason.
Nothing about Turner's TV being kept afloat for years by JCP/NWA/WCW?
Cool 😎
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We had KBHK TV 44...in San Francisco...that was a good station...i never understand why WTBS and WGN.... would have two stations..i radder have the local stations..than the cable station
as long as they dont mess with wrestling like they did for wcw in 2000 asfar as aew gose i fine with that
They used to show Stephen Seagal movies every night.
Fun stuff, thanks for sharing! What other types of video would you like to see?
@@FactsVerse Maybe do a video on the rise and fall of UPN or WB.
I think TBS is loosing its foot hold needs a stronger branding...with the Turner broadcasting
I miss Tina Seldin ♥
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aaaand you completely skipped over Cartoon Network.
You're talking about my history 😀
I'm from Smyrna Ga😀 Which is where the Braves Stadium is😀
How could you not talk about the history of TBS and not mention Pro Wrestling 😀It has a lot to do with it's history.
Sorry my comment was on an add of flex cards but stayed here sorry.
@Dennis Braulick, click to 3 dots by your comment and you can delete or edit it. 🤷🏼♂️🤔
@@lylecoglianese1645 Funny how many people don't know about that.
@@ferociousgumby, some people are afraid to click on things they don't know the purpose of, or just come on here often enough to know🤷🏻♂️🤔!
I like because aew
I never liked TBS ...we are from California...why look at channel 17; Atlanta Georgia....the only thing was good was the Braves game...the rest of it was garbage reruns...we had our own tv stations...
TBS is still the superstation today. 😀👍
We agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great day!
@@FactsVerse your welcome. 😀👍
Old school TBS & TNT were, pardon my French, the shit. TNT started to suck in the late 90s when it became the Law & Order station. TBS stayed great a little longer. But for that period where they aired legendary MGM movies like Running Scared, Road House, Fletch, etc... all the time in between WCW and some classic old school shows I didn't care for as a kid but would watch now. Dinner & A Movie on Fridays, Monstervision over on TNT Saturday nights. I'll just say real quick, USA was epic at the same time with movies, USA Up All Night. But TBS & TNT destroyed my sleep schedule in the late 90s during high school. They showed an 80s block of movies at like 3 am Saturdays after D&AM. Monday I'd stay up all night watching Mortal Kombat Konqueat and the 2nd airing of Nitro cause I watched RAW live. They played old Luney Toons Saturday mornings on top of Wild Wild West and Briscoe County Jr... Dang. Good times. The end of great TV when they switched. Now TBS just airs Friends and Big Bang Theory. I have no clue what TNT does. They still have the best NBA coverage though. I want to say TBS may have been where I would watch Charles in Charge and Mr Belvedere after school as a kid in syndication. Not positive. Definitely where I watched Saved by the Bell though. The Mrs Bloss years where Zack introduced the episodes and claimed it was their Jr. High years even though the show took place in Indiana.
You are right about Law and Order. It ruins every cable channel. Running all day long, every day. History did the same with Pawn Stars and American Pickers.