CBS Moving to WUPA in Atlanta

[GoldenShine_10 114]

I think losing the SEC was the last straw for Gray and CBS in Atlanta, as that was their most reliable ratings draw (other than a couple of Falcons game, which Gray could bid for the OTA rights of cable and streaming games anyway).

 

I've also heard that, in the southern edge of the market, people are more likely to watch WMAZ for CBS programming and related news, even though it's a Macon station.

[Megatron81 289]

Why didn't CBS buy WGNX when Tribune put the for sale sign up in 1999 or 2000 where it could be an CBS O&O sooner than now in my opinion. CBS ATL will be the dog station when it comes to news which is good news for WANF not being the dog station anymore. I don't think CBS has done well in Detroit, but I haven't seen the ratings for them when it comes to news for WWJ.

[AmericanErrorist 163]

cbsatlanta dot com still redirects to atlantanewsfirst dot com at the moment.

[DefinitelyIan 9]

Paramount has started posting sales jobs in Atlanta. Interestingly, no news related jobs. 

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 984]

On 6/10/2025 at 6:11 AM, AmericanErrorist said:

cbsatlanta dot com still redirects to atlantanewsfirst dot com at the moment.

the domain will most likely be cbsnews.com/atlanta or cbsnews.com/georgia depending on final branding 

[DefinitelyIan 9]

Looks like they’re building a full-fledged news operation in Atlanta. I wonder where they’re going to house all those people in WUPA’s current facility. 

[TresGriffin 144]

4 hours ago, DefinitelyIan said:

Looks like they’re building a full-fledged news operation in Atlanta. I wonder where they’re going to house all those people in WUPA’s current facility. 

I wonder if they'll relocate to some of the space that CNN just vacated downtown...