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QSL Card Requests
To receive a QSL card, send a card and an SASE envelope to: WSB Special Event c/o Atlanta Ra227 Sandy Springs Place Suite D-306 Sandy Springs, GA 30328 (We'de love to receive a QSL card if possible) |
Operators - Sign Up Here
If you would like to participate by operating W5B from home during the week of the event, please sign up here. Place your callsign in the space provided to secure your spot for that timeframe. Friday slots in red are reserved for activity at WSB Headquarters on Peachtree St. 10A-6P. Join us Friday if you can. See attached map and of our location on property. Op-Script is included in document. [email protected] Script: |
Amateurs using the callsign W5B will make two-way contact with other amateurs across all
bands on SSB, AM, CW, and digital modes. A special QSL card will be sent to anyone who
contacts one or more of the special event stations and sends a card accompanied by a self-
addressed, stamped envelope. The card will feature historical photos of WSB over the years
as well as a special 75th Anniversary Logo.
Atlanta has emerged from her early days as a railroad town to today’s new international city. Georgia’s capital has earned a reputation for quality, growth, initiative and urban innovation.
It was in this spirit that WSB Radio was born in 1922, becoming the South’s first radio station. The famous call letters stood for “Welcome South Brother” and during the decades since its debut, WSB and Atlanta have been inseparably linked as they’ve surged to prominence.
The relationship between WSB Radio and WSB-TV also go hand in hand. In 1948, as the new electronic frontier expanded, WSB was granted a license to operate a television station on channel 8 (now channel 2). It went immediately into production over closed circuit lines to show the public this “new fangled” thing called television. On Sept. 29, 1948, the station became one of the first television stations in the South. “WSB-TV is on the air,” announcer John Cone boomed from a new studio just north of the point where West Peachtree and Peachtree intersect.
That first night, viewers watched the Baptist Hour Choir, saw a national news film, Ace Richman’s Sunshine Boys and marionettes manipulated by Don and Ruth Gilpin. They also got a preview of local news coverage, featuring a remarkable 8-day-old baby who could stand and President Harry S. Truman, both of whom were among the newsmakers that day.
In 1955, WSB-TV and WSB Radio moved into the building that housed the operations for the next 43 years. A shortage of materials, caused by the Korean War, had delayed construction for six years. The new structure became known as “White Columns” and was a magnificent blend of history and emerging technology. Its columned front entrance evoked the grandeur and tradition of the South, warmly welcoming visitors into a state-of-the-art facility. Behind that entrance was 40,000 square feet of floor space housing TV and radio studios and offices. It cost $1.5 million to build. Today a massive state of the art building stands where the white columns once stood. The columns were saved and can be seen incorporated in the new court yard out back as reminder.
The Atlanta market, which includes 54 counties in North Georgia, continues to grow and is currently the 9th recently market in the country. Atlanta is a city that is full of history, and throughout many of those historical moments, Channel 2 has been right there, documenting the stories, clarifying the issues, and supporting and leading its community.
bands on SSB, AM, CW, and digital modes. A special QSL card will be sent to anyone who
contacts one or more of the special event stations and sends a card accompanied by a self-
addressed, stamped envelope. The card will feature historical photos of WSB over the years
as well as a special 75th Anniversary Logo.
Atlanta has emerged from her early days as a railroad town to today’s new international city. Georgia’s capital has earned a reputation for quality, growth, initiative and urban innovation.
It was in this spirit that WSB Radio was born in 1922, becoming the South’s first radio station. The famous call letters stood for “Welcome South Brother” and during the decades since its debut, WSB and Atlanta have been inseparably linked as they’ve surged to prominence.
The relationship between WSB Radio and WSB-TV also go hand in hand. In 1948, as the new electronic frontier expanded, WSB was granted a license to operate a television station on channel 8 (now channel 2). It went immediately into production over closed circuit lines to show the public this “new fangled” thing called television. On Sept. 29, 1948, the station became one of the first television stations in the South. “WSB-TV is on the air,” announcer John Cone boomed from a new studio just north of the point where West Peachtree and Peachtree intersect.
That first night, viewers watched the Baptist Hour Choir, saw a national news film, Ace Richman’s Sunshine Boys and marionettes manipulated by Don and Ruth Gilpin. They also got a preview of local news coverage, featuring a remarkable 8-day-old baby who could stand and President Harry S. Truman, both of whom were among the newsmakers that day.
In 1955, WSB-TV and WSB Radio moved into the building that housed the operations for the next 43 years. A shortage of materials, caused by the Korean War, had delayed construction for six years. The new structure became known as “White Columns” and was a magnificent blend of history and emerging technology. Its columned front entrance evoked the grandeur and tradition of the South, warmly welcoming visitors into a state-of-the-art facility. Behind that entrance was 40,000 square feet of floor space housing TV and radio studios and offices. It cost $1.5 million to build. Today a massive state of the art building stands where the white columns once stood. The columns were saved and can be seen incorporated in the new court yard out back as reminder.
The Atlanta market, which includes 54 counties in North Georgia, continues to grow and is currently the 9th recently market in the country. Atlanta is a city that is full of history, and throughout many of those historical moments, Channel 2 has been right there, documenting the stories, clarifying the issues, and supporting and leading its community.
