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1551 Briarcliff Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30306
(404) 875-5551

WAGA-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 27) is a Fox owned-and-operated television station located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The station is owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. WAGA-TV maintains studio and transmitter facilities located on Briarcliff Road in unincoporated DeKalb County, just east of Atlanta proper. WAGA is available on Comcast Xfinity channels 4 and 804, Charter Spectrum channels 5 and 705, and on DirecTV and Dish Network in the Atlanta metropolitan area.HistoryAs a CBS affiliateWAGA-TV first began operations on March 8, 1949. It was originally owned by Storer Broadcasting along with WAGA radio (AM 590, now WDWD; and WAGA-FM 102.9, now WVEE at 103.3), all colloquially called "Wagga". It is Atlanta's second-oldest television station, signing on seven months after WSB-TV (channel 2). Originally a CBS affiliate, channel 5 also carried a secondary affiliation with the DuMont Television Network from 1949 to 1956. It also shared the ABC affiliation with WSB-TV until WLWA-TV (Channel 11, now WXIA-TV) signed on in September 1951. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.

Broadcasting and Media Production Company Near WAGA-TV

Fox 5 NEWS Atlanta
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
3809 Orchard Way
Atlanta, GA 30306
(404) 898-0100

Waga-Tv Fox 5
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
1551 Briarcliff Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30306-2217
(404) 875-5555

Waga-Tv Fox 5
Distance: 0.1 mi Competitive Analysis
1551 Briarcliff Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30306-2217
(404) 875-5555

Green Media Works
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
1178 Zonolite Pl NE
Atlanta, GA 30306
(404) 223-2230

State Line Films
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
1123 Zonolite Rd Suite 12
Atlanta, GA 30306
(404) 249-6100

Landmark and Historical Place Near WAGA-TV

Congregation Beth Jacob
Distance: 1.4 mi Competitive Analysis
1855 LaVista Road
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 633-0551

Congregation Beth Jacob is an Orthodox congregation located at 1855 Lavista Road in Atlanta, Georgia. It is Atlanta's largest Orthodox congregation.The synagogue first held services in the fall of 1942 for traditional Jews living on the north side of the railroad tracks (today's Old Fourth Ward). It was officially founded in 1943 by eight individuals who were concerned with what they saw as a move away from Orthodoxy by Atlanta's Ahavath Achim synagogue. The eleven petitioners for the original charter were Maurice Gavronski, Frank Taffel, M.S. Katz, A. Tenenbaum, E. Miller, Sam Kingloff, R. Shavin, H. Pfeffer, S. Miller, J. Prolotsky, and H. Epstein. The first location was a converted house on Boulevard.Yosef Saffra became the first rabbi in 1951; at the time the congregation had forty members. Emanuel Feldman joined as rabbi in 1952, then a newly married young graduate of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Baltimore, Maryland. In 1956 the congregation moved to a former church on Boulevard, and in 1962 moved to its current location in Toco Hills. At that time the synagogue had grown to 190 families. Membership reached 500 families in 1976, and 560 by 1994.Feldman remained with the synagogue for 39 years until his retirement in 1991. His son, Ilan D. Feldman, took over as rabbi, and is currently the spiritual leader of Beth Jacob.