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      • Entertainment mogul Ted Turner actually had to do that himself at one point when his low-powered Atlanta-based UHF station, WTCG, had trouble paying the bills. And it's a good thing he did, because that telethon set the stage for the cable television revolution.
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      Ted Turner and the History of Superstations

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Turner_Broadcasting_SystemTurner Broadcasting System - Wikipedia

    Turner is known for several pioneering innovations in U.S. multichannel television, including its satellite uplink of local Atlanta independent station WTCG channel 17 as TBS—one of the first national "superstations", and its establishment of the Cable News Network —the first 24-hour news channel.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ted_TurnerTed Turner - Wikipedia

    In 1969, he sold his radio stations to buy a struggling television station in Atlanta, UHF Channel 17 WJRJ (now WPCH). [16] At the time, UHF stations did well only in markets without VHF stations, like Fresno, California , or in markets with only one station on VHF.

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  6. www.britannica.com › money › Ted-TurnerTed Turner | Biography, CNN, TBS, & Facts | Britannica Money

    Sep 13, 2024 · In 1970 Turner purchased a financially troubled UHF television station in Atlanta, and within three years he made it one of the few truly profitable independent stations in the United States.

  7. www.cnn.com › 2013/11/17 › usThe reinvention of Ted Turner - CNN

    Nov 17, 2013 · In 1970, he bought his first television station. Six years after that, he beamed the signal up to a satellite and it became cable TV’s first superstation. In September 1977, Turner and the...

  8. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2010/01/18The Sure Thing - The New Yorker

    Jan 10, 2010 · In 1969, Ted Turner wanted to buy a television station. He was thirty years old. He had inherited a billboard business from his father, which was doing well. But he was bored, and...

  9. www.encyclopedia.com › social-sciences-and-lawTurner Broadcasting System Inc | Encyclopedia.com

    May 29, 2018 · In 1970 the Atlanta-based outdoor advertising executive Ted Turner bought a struggling television station and renamed it WTCG, for Turner Communications Group. Turner created the "superstation" concept in 1976 and began broadcasting the station's programming to cable systems via satellite.

  10. www.encyclopedia.com › economics › economicsTurner Broadcasting System Inc. - Encyclopedia.com

    First, Turner purchased a small Atlanta television station, and founded Turner Communication Corp. By its second year the station had become the leading independent television station in the South.