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This tour of the world's largest newsgathering organization is lots of fun and a uniquely Atlanta experience. The CNN Center is headquarters for CNN, CNN International, and Headline News. During 50-minute guided walking tours, visitors get a behind-the-scenes look at the high-tech world of 24-hour TV network news in action.

You'll find the tour desk in the main lobby near the base of an eight-story escalator. While you're waiting for the tour to begin, you can have a videotape made of yourself reading the day's top stories from behind a CNN anchor desk. The tour starts in an exhibit area where you'll find timelines covering the history of CNN and Turner Broadcasting, interactive kiosks where you can surf the CNN websites or access clips from the top 100 stories that CNN has covered, memorabilia from some of those events, and a journalism ethics display. A theater that re-creates CNN's main control room allows you to experience the behind-the-scenes elements of a news broadcast.

Next, you'll enter a special-effects studio and get a glimpse of the technology that goes into the production of global news. Here you'll discover the magic of a high-tech Blue Chromakey system (it's what's used to broadcast that big map behind the weather folks), see how on-air graphics are made, and learn the secrets of the TelePrompTer.

On another level, visitors get a bird's-eye view of the main CNN newsroom from a glass-walled observation station. From here, you'll see the hustle and bustle of writers composing news scripts. If a live broadcast is in progress -- and chances are good that one will be -- you can see CNN newscasters at work. Tour guides are knowledgeable and can answer virtually any question.

The longer, more extensive VIP tour allows visitors to actually step out onto the main CNN newsroom floor and explore production areas not normally accessible to the public.

After your visit, stop by the Turner Store, which carries network-logo clothing and gift items, along with MGM movie paraphernalia. For sports fans, there's the Braves Clubhouse store, featuring the Atlanta Braves logo on every item you can imagine. There are several restaurants and numerous fast-food outlets in the atrium of the CNN Center, as well as a few shops. Remember that the tour includes quite of bit of walking and a very steep escalator ride, which carries you to great heights to begin your visit. Those afraid of heights might want to consider skipping the tour.

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Bye bye CNN Center: CNN employees moving to Midtown Atlanta campus

The CNN Center will soon be no more.

After more than 35 years, CNN is leaving its downtown mainstay in stages this year, with the entire operation moving back to renovated space at the 30-acre Turner Techwood campus in Midtown, according to a CNN spokeswoman.

CNN Center for many years served not only as a corporate headquarters but also an international calling card for Atlanta. It was equal parts home to Ted Turner’s original 24/7 news channel and tourist attraction — the network’s logo a fixture of the Atlanta skyline.

But CNN’s move out of its namesake office building has been years in the making. CNN effectively moved its headquarters to New York years ago, and the hulking CNN Center has been slowly hollowed out.

AT&T, CNN’s former parent company, sold CNN Center in 2021 to Florida-based real estate firms CP Group and Rialto Capital Management for nearly $164 million as a cost-saving move. Neither company responded to requests for comment Thursday on how CNN’s announcement will affect the building’s operations, its other tenants and its food court.

It's the end of an era - the final show was broadcast from CNN Center in Atlanta today. We're moving to a new home, but this building will always be where I started my journalism career more than 20 years ago and made countless memories. pic.twitter.com/Sm9DAo0ZfL — Dr. Sanjay Gupta (@drsanjaygupta) October 28, 2023

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CNN’s new owner, Warner Bros. Discovery, is now prepping smaller space at its Midtown Techwood property, which Ted Turner purchased in 1979 to start CNN. Techwood houses departments for other cable networks including TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network and truTV as well as sports programming.

CNN has already moved its master control operations to the new location, AdWeek reported this week. CNN has significant CNN International and digital operations in Atlanta, but all weekday anchors are now located in New York or Washington, D.C. A few CNN weekend shows remain in Atlanta .

This move means the oversized CNN logo on the sidewalk off Centennial Olympic Park Drive, a major spot for tourists to take pictures, will be dismantled, and the CNN sign affixed to the building for decades will be taken down.

“I am heartbroken,” said Tom Johnson, CNN president from 1990 to 2001. “So many of my friends tell me how they’re going to miss that wonderful CNN logo on top of CNN Center. It just meant so much to us.”

‘Postcard of Atlanta’

What made CNN Center unusual was how public it was. In the atrium, foreign tourists mingled with conference attendees from the neighboring Georgia World Congress Center and sports fans going to the adjoining arena. It became a tourist attraction long before construction of the adjacent Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coca-Cola or the College Football Hall of Fame.

“That building and that real estate is part of the postcard of Atlanta,” said A.J. Robinson, president of Central Atlanta Progress. “Ted created an entire industry here and helped build the city’s international status.”

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Turner, after moving into the space, created CNN Studio Tours as a way to promote the brand by providing fans a behind-the-scene look. He purposely built the tour into the structure of the news space, designed for views into the newsroom without interrupting the flow of business.

It would draw 300,000 visitors a year well into the 2010s. The tour stopped running when the pandemic hit and never restarted.

From 1994 until 2003, CNN hosted a live afternoon chat show in the CNN Center atrium called “Talkback Live,” allowing visitors to watch and contribute their thoughts on the news of the day.

“Putting ‘Talkback Live’ in that fishbowl in the middle of the atrium was clearly a stupid idea, yet it was great simultaneously,” said Susan Rook, the show’s first host, who ran it from 1994 to 1997. “It was sometimes amazing, sometimes chaotic and sometimes head-scratchingly, ‘What?’ I felt like I was always on the creative edge.”

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Her weirdest moment, Rook said, was talking once about sending troops to Somalia, and having to scold a Howard Stern fan prank caller whose obscene comments made it on air.

At the Turner Store, visitors could shoot a video of themselves mock reading the news. Lynne Russell, a CNN Headline News anchor from 1983 to 2001, said she would occasionally surprise tourists by pretending to be their co-anchor. On the downside, she said, the upper levels were open to the public for years and she’d have stalkers. Management had to close the area off so she could enter and exit in peace.

CNN Center over the years would also become a gathering place for protesters who hoped to gain international attention. Recent examples were the George Floyd protests in May of 2020. On the first night of demonstrations, windows were smashed, the CNN logo on the sidewalk was defaced and a police car set on fire.

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Losing CNN Center for many former CNN employees was a jolt.

“It was like getting a phone call and finding out your parents were selling grandma’s house,” said Tenisha Tidwell, a former executive producer who worked there from 2003 to 2015.“No! You don’t sell grandma’s house! I had so many memories there, the laughter, the people.”

The only downside, she said, was the crowds from then-Philips Arena after an Atlanta Hawks or Atlanta Thrashers game made it difficult to leave the parking garage.

“We’d keep an eye on the last minutes of the games,” Tidwell said. “If our shift was ending, you’d see us running out of the building like track stars trying to get in front of the crowd or we’d be stuck there.”

Employees also enjoyed seeing random celebrities in the elevators and food court. Paul Caron, who worked at CNN Center as a CNN editor from 1997 to 2014, recalled waiting in line for coffee with Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan at the Dunkin’ Donuts and rubbing shoulders with Hank Aaron in the elevator

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But in more recent years, CNN’s Atlanta footprint shrunk. Warner Bros. Discovery last month dropped all HLN news operations , which were based in Atlanta, including Robin Meade’s long-running morning show. CNN recently made broad-based staff cuts that reduced CNN staff in Atlanta by more than 100. There are now fewer than 1,500 CNN employees in the city out of 4,000 worldwide.

Downtown growth

This is a full-circle moment for CNN, which first operated out of Techwood but moved to CNN Center downtown in 1987 because Turner needed more space.

Before Turner arrived, the space was called the Omni Complex and housed an ice rink and briefly an indoor amusement park called the World of Sid and Marty Kroft.

CNN’s departure from downtown is another sign of shifting priorities in the area as office space has become less of a draw since the pandemic began.

Steve Koonin, the CEO of the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena, said the future of downtown will include more apartments and mixed-use spaces, which lends itself to CNN Center being reinterpreted and reinvented. Centennial Yards, the redevelopment of surrounding parking lots known as the Gulch, plans to bring a $5 billion mini-city to State Farm Arena’s doorstep.

”We made a big decision seven years ago that we were going to stay and anchor downtown Atlanta,” Koonin said. “We see this as another link in the growth of downtown, which is going to be incredible in a few years.”

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Get behind the scenes of Cable News Network (CNN), which is based right here in Atlanta, Ga. A 50-minute guided walking tour lets you peek into the newsroom, control room and much more. Be sure to keep your eyes wide open; there’s no telling who you might see while walking the halls.

Reasons to take the CNN Studio Tour

• Your tour begins on a long ride up the world’s largest freestanding escalator (which, before CNN, used to take visitors up to “The World of Sid and Marty Krofft,” an indoor amusement park). In fact, during the Sid and Marty Krofft days, the space that is now CNN’s main newsroom was a human pinball machine. The escalator is 196-feet long and eight stories high.
• You’ll see how a teleprompter works.
• You’ll find out how the weather map works.
• You’ll watch the action inside Studio 7, the largest studio CNN has ever built anywhere in the world.
• You’ll get a better understanding of how newsman John King moves things around on the touch-screen on election night. 

Insider tips

• Although the tour is permanently closed, you can still see the iconic CNN sign outside CNN Center. It is a popular photo spot.
• The food court at CNN Center provides many options for dining.

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When is cnn studio tours open.

CNN Studio Tours is permanently closed.

Where is CNN Studio Tours located?

CNN Studio Tours is located inside the CNN Center at the corner of Marietta Street and Centennial Olympic Park Drive in Downtown Atlanta at:

One CNN Center, Atlanta, Ga. 30303.

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As a huge fan of classic films, it’s safe to say that the only channel I watch is Turner Classic Movies . For years now, I’ve enjoyed looking up the TCM schedule  to see if some rare or intriguing gem will be on the air. I’ve immersed myself in the thoughtful commentary of longtime host Robert Osborne and, later, Ben Mankiewicz. Today, there are even more hosts working for the benefit of TCM and sharing their wonderful expertise and passion for cinema every day. I never dreamed I’d actually be seeing myself on this beloved channel anytime soon, but I am delighted beyond measure to share my love of classic cinema any way I can.

This year, TCM celebrated quite a few major milestones. For one, the channel turned 25 this year and has celebrated accordingly by flying in 25 lucky fans. The TCM Film Festival itself celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Moreover, TCM has grown TCM Backlot, which offers TCM fans some fabulous experiences, contests, content, and opportunities to interact with other fans. Rather than waiting for the annual film festival, TCM fans have the opportunity to interact with one another all year long through TCM Backlot and the many fun contests and events it provides.

Seeing all of the exciting events coming up for TCM has allowed me to reflect on how delightful TCM has been for a film fanatic like myself–especially through their cultivation of TCM Backlot. As one of TCM Backlot’s charter members, the absolute pinnacle of membership perks was winning the opportunity to visit the previously closed TCM set.

Upon joining TCM Backlot, I started to enter some of the contests. One, in particular, was pretty tempting–the opportunity to be part of the first group to tour the TCM set. This included meeting various individuals who work for TCM, an in-person meeting with Yacov Freedman (TCM Backlot Manager), and TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz. We would likely be filmed on the tour for promotional spots and would get to see Mankiewicz film some introductions for Summer Under the Stars. Finally, we would end our time there with a lunch shared with other TCM talents. I, of course, decided to try my luck and enter the contest.

One evening, while in the calm of my local public library, I received an email saying that I was one of the names picked out for the contest. Of course, I was BEYOND excited about the whole experience about to happen and it took every bit of self-control I had not to start doing cartwheels out the library door. I made my travel arrangements, left plans for the substitute (I was teaching high school English and Film at the time) and soon found myself on my way to Atlanta.

Once I landed in Atlanta, I hit the ground running and started to tour all of the Gone with the Wind (1939) locations I could possibly visit during my whirlwind trip.

The main attraction was the actual TCM tour, which took place the next day. I walked over from my hotel to Techwood Drive, home of Turner Broadcasting, and checked in with the security guard. I headed on into the building and waited as other fellow film fans started to gather up for the tour.

As has always been the case in my experience with fellow TCM fans, we are a very friendly group that exhibits a genuine interest and enthusiasm for classic cinema. It is so easy to strike up a friendship with this as a commonality among us, especially since I feel that being a classic film fan is such a core part of who I am. Naturally, when you get a whole bunch of us together, it makes for terrific conversation on the topic, not to mention the guarantee of walking away with a lengthy list of film recommendations fresh in your head.

Yacov met with our group and initiated our tour of the Turner campus, ultimately leading us to Mankiewicz’s set. We were introduced to various members of the TCM team and had the opportunity to walk around the set after Mankiewicz finished filming his intros and outros.

In addition to feeling so welcomed and appreciated by the wonderful TCM staff, it was fascinating to be able to watch the crew at work. I had certainly seen this set so many times through my television back home but seeing the set in addition to the surrounding area and all of the behind-the-scenes talent and technology required was captivating.

Once we got the chance to spend some time on the set and get some photos with one another, we were given the chance to be interviewed. Being part of this initial group, I was happy to offer up an interview and share my positive opinions surrounding Backlot and this wonderful event.

Along with my interview, many of my fellow tour members also volunteered to be interviewed. In the end, our segments were compiled into a well-constructed commercial advertising TCM Backlot and the different perks and events that members can enter to win.

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After our interviews were completed, we had lunch with Yacov, Mankiewicz, and other TCM staff members. Mankiewicz was quite personable and took the time to chat with each one of us and got to know us a bit better. Likewise, he shared some wonderful stories with us. He answered many of our questions, in addition to one that was burning in many of our minds: How was Robert doing? At the time, Osborne was still alive albeit no longer as present at the Atlanta studios due to his health. It was heartening to know that he was doing alright and continued to be his usual positive, warm self. When it was time to part ways, we were each given a terrific parting gift full of fun TCM-related items.

To this day, I am still in touch with the vast majority of Backlot members who were part of this tour. Though I mostly communicate with them via social media, we have also met with one another at the TCM Film Festival . In addition to winning a spot on this tour, I feel so lucky to have enjoyed it with such a fine group of film fans who are so kind and supportive of one another.

On a more amusing note, many of us were tickled by catching our spots on the air or being tagged in other people’s reactions to our appearances.

Moreover, I find that the TCM staff and the channel as a whole are extremely kind and giving. They are so excited about their work and programming and are highly respectful and appreciative of their fans. I am so happy to have a connection with them and continue to applaud their output. As far as I’m concerned, they are the very best and I continue to look forward to many years ahead for TCM.

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CNN Studio Tour Review

The Inside CNN Studio Tour in Atlanta, Georgia offers a behind the scenes look at the world’s largest news organization. The hour-long guided experience takes visitors on a walking tour of the CNN Center headquarters for CNN International, Headline News, and (of course) CNN itself. In this post, we’ll review whether the CNN tour is worth your time and money, and share some photos and thoughts about this behind-the-scenes look at the high-tech world the world’s preeminent 24-hour TV news network news. Before we get to that, a brief note…

In today’s politically-charged landscape, reader opinions might range from viewing CNN as a trusted news source to being so mad as hell about the mainstream media that they’re hosting their own versions of  The Howard Beale Show  from their basements. Such territory is so fraught with peril that I’d just rather not turn this into a conversation on the veracity of CNN’s reporting.

For the sake of this review, all we need to agree upon is the fact that CNN does, in fact, exist. (Well, we technically have to agree that they exist and  offer tours.) With that as the backdrop, let’s take a look at whether the tour of CNN is worthwhile…   

Price-wise, the Inside CNN Studio Tour costs $35/adult when we did it ( click here for current pricing ), and is also available as part of a few different combo tickets. If you have a few days to explore Atlanta, the Atlanta City Pass is the best option in terms of value , but we had less time. Instead, we purchased the combo-ticket that included the Georgia Aquarium and CNN Atlanta Studio Tour.

The Inside CNN Studio Tour begins in the main lobby of the CNN Center headquarters. There, you’ll find the tour desk at the base of what has to rank among the world’s longest escalators. There are a few things to do in the lobby, including several restaurants and numerous fast-food spots.

If you hang out here long enough, presumably you’ll see people come and go who presumably broadcast from CNN. However, we camped out from the time the building opened and  didn’t see the Wolf once. 

The Inside CNN tour begins with a walk through a small exhibit that covers the history and evolution of CNN and Turner Broadcasting, memorabilia from some of the world’s most newsworthy events, and an ethics in journalism display.

Following this, there’s a special-effects studio that provides a look at the technology that goes into the production of global news. Here, a kid from the tour was given the chance to put the tech through its paces from behind the anchor desk, while guests could see the blue-screen system in action, real-time, via monitors.

There’s an accompanying explanation of how on-air graphics are produced, how teleprompters work, and how CNN converts the same space into multiple different “studios” for different broadcasts via technology. CNN has never shied away from flashy (and sometimes superfluous) uses of technology, and the tour demonstrates a continuing fixation on technology–but at least it’s cool to see in action.

Continuing on, visitors see an aerial view of the main CNN newsroom from a glass-walled observation station, this is the nerve-center of CNN, and looking out into the newsroom as a variety of off-air staffers scrambled around to do…whatever it is they do…was fascinating to watch. This is the part of the tour that felt the most ‘real.’

Like any “good” tour, this one ends in the gift shop, Turner Store. This shop sells CNN-branded clothing and gifts, Atlanta Braves stuff, and probably more.

Overall, we found the Inside CNN Tour was reasonably good. Aside from the glimpse into the newsroom, it was mostly a tour that existed for the sake of the tour, meaning it showed guests examples of technology used by CNN, but in an artificial setting created for the tour. It was still neat to see, but I was expecting something that offered more of a behind-the-scenes look at CNN in action, and there wasn’t a whole lot of that. It was still an enjoyable way to spend time in Atlanta, and something I’d recommend.

If you’re visiting Atlanta, Georgia, our top recommendations is the Georgia Aquarium . We also really enjoyed the World of Coke–it’s fun even if you are not a Coca-Cola drinker ! For other tips and advice for Georgia, we recommend reading 100 Things to Do in Atlanta Before You Die ,  which offers more of a local’s perspective on experiencing some of the city’s hidden gems.  

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If you’ve done the Inside CNN Studio Tour, how would you rate it? Was it worth the time and money to you? Was your tour experience different than ours? Any other tips or feedback from your CNN tour experience? Please share your thoughts or questions in the comments!

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Great review, as always. I’d recommend splurging for their “VIP tour,” which is slightly more expensive but gets you inside the control room, onto the newsroom floor, and into an actual studio.

Thanks for the tip on that!

Thanks for this great review. It’s a couple years old now but still valuable. We’re springing for the VIP tour as suggested by Brian. We appreciate your review!

Can’t quite tell if you are joking, but Wolf Blitzer broadcasts from CNN studios in DC. And CNN pulled most of its on-air talent from Atlanta in 2014 and moved them to NY. It was quite the hubbub. Evidently some production and research still takes place in Atlanta, but the majority of the filming isn’t there.

Yeah, I was kidding about Wolf Blitzer. About the only CNN “star” I’d be interested in seeing is Anthony Bourdain, but there’s no way I’d approach him, as there’s no way I’m cool enough to talk to him…

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Turner Entertainment Techwood Campus

In the heart of Midtown Atlanta, a series of unique gathering places interconnect to form a lively outdoor environment for Turner Entertainment’s corporate headquarters. Modeled to represent a classic, collegiate campus, this open-air engagement platform consists of niches that allow for both planned and impromptu social and workplace events. Throughout the central block, several courtyards provide intimate yet open gathering spaces suitable for employees to dine, hold conference meetings and collaborate with coworkers. The Techwood Campus is innately designed to foster the company’s prominent, creative culture.

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Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS), a major producer of worldwide news and entertainment, originated as an unpopular vision and matured as the world’s first true “superstation.” A Time Warner company, Turner Broadcasting is the parent company of CNN (Cable News Network) and employs more than 8,000 people around the world. The success of Turner Broadcasting has set the standard in television broadcasting and established Atlanta as one of the world’s major media hubs.

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In 1970 Atlanta businessman Ted Turner , who rarely watched television, believed that if he could transform his family’s dying billboard company into a multimillion dollar success, as he had done in the 1960s, then he could do great things for a run-down, independent Atlanta television station.

Turner endured criticism that year for buying out WJRJ-TV, Channel 17, in a stock deal that valued WJRJ at about $2.5 million. WJRJ was averaging losses of $600,000 per year. Renamed WTCG after Turner Communications Group, this ultrahigh frequency (UHF) station became profitable in less than two years with its unique programming of old movies and reruns of classic television shows, such as I Love Lucy , Leave It to Beaver, and The Andy Griffith Show .

WTCG competed with varying degrees of success against the “big three” networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC. When it began broadcasting Atlanta Braves baseball games in 1973, the station took viewers away from ABC affiliate WSB-TV, which previously held broadcasting rights for the games. To keep the Braves in town and WTCG’s programming secure, Turner bought the team in 1976 for $10 million.

Longing to reach viewers with poor reception outside Atlanta, Turner followed HBO (Home Box Office) in using satellite. In 1976 WTCG became the first national superstation by distributing programming via satellite to cable systems across the country. This move, along with the airing of more than sixty Braves games per season, transformed Atlanta from a three-station market into a four-station market.

Turner then decided that his company’s focus should turn to news, which, in his opinion, none of the stations had learned to popularize among viewers. On June 1, 1980, Turner Broadcasting launched Cable News Network (CNN), the first twenty-four-hour all-news television network, which reached 1.7 million homes. Again, critics mocked Turner’s move, as low ratings from local stations suggested that viewers did not want more news. But Turner trusted his instincts and proved himself in the 1980s, as viewers glued themselves to CNN’s coverage of the shooting of U.S. president Ronald Reagan in 1981, the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986, and other newsworthy events. Today, CNN services reach nearly 1 billion people around the world.

The station’s name has changed several times. After the company name changed to Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. in 1979, the station name became SuperStation WTBS. In 1987 the “W” was dropped from “WTBS.” Two years later SuperStation TBS became TBS Superstation. In 1991 “Superstation” was dropped but in 1996 was reinstated; it has been TBS Superstation ever since.

In 1996 Turner Broadcasting merged with Time Warner, creating an entertainment giant worth an estimated $6.5 billion. At that time, Turner gave up principal control of his properties, networks, and sports teams. Four years later, Time Warner merged with America Online (AOL), marking the largest corporate union in history, as well as the beginning of the end of Turner’s career in communications. Over the years Turner Broadcasting has grown rapidly and today consists of multiple networks and businesses, among them Cartoon Network (including Adult Swim), Turner Classic Movies, NASCAR.com, PGA.com, two radio networks, and a syndicated news service.

Turner Broadcasting—headed by chairman and chief executive officer Philip I. Kent since February 2003—is an industry model for providing news and entertainment to people around the world. In 2007 the company expanded its global audience through the acquisition of Claxson, a Latin American interactive pay television network headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and in Miami, Florida.

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The headquarters for Turner Broadcasting System, founded by Ted Turner in 1970, are located in Atlanta. Today the system comprises a variety of television networks, including TBS Superstation, CNN, Turner Classic Movies, and Cartoon Network, as well as Internet sites and radio networks.

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In 1970 Ted Turner bought WJRJ-TV, an independent television station in Atlanta, and changed the call letters to WTCG, for Turner Communications Group. In 1976 the station became the first national "superstation," distributing its programs via satellite to cable stations around the country.

Cable News Network, or CNN, began broadcasting news twenty-four hours a day in June 1980. The network was conceived by Ted Turner, the founder of Turner Broadcasting System in Atlanta, and reaches around 1 billion people worldwide.

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This 330,000sf expansion of Turner Entertainment Division’s 30-acre Midtown Atlanta corporate campus houses their Executive and Network Operations functions. Covering 4.4 acres, it includes a 6-story 193,000sf Network Operations building and a 5-story 145,000sf Administration building atop a 1,200-car underground parking structure, as well as a central plant expansion and outdoor gardens, in a master planned campus that evokes a classic Southern campus aesthetic and feel.  All of Turner’s worldwide programming is transmitted from this facility.  The gardens were designed to accommodate informal meetings and events of varying sizes.  The project incorporates a 4-acre green roof – one of the largest in Georgia.

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Turner Broadcasting Tower

1050 Techwood Dr Nw, Atlanta , Georgia 30318 USA

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The Turner Broadcasting tower, built in 1967, was a free-standing lattice tower in Atlanta, Georgia. It was located next to the Downtown Connector between Spring, West Peachtree, 10th and 12th Streets in Midtown. It had a triangular cross-section, and was built on the site of a previous square broadcast tower built for WAGA-TV 5. It was disassembled in late 2010, with analog WPCH-TV 17 having been discontinued by law in June 2009, and tenants WNNX FM 100.5 and WWWQ FM 99.7 moving their auxiliary/backup facilities elsewhere. Although the tower was owned by Turner Broadcasting System parent Time Warner, it was on a land lease from Comcast, a competing cable TV company. This is the result of WAGA having been owned by Storer Broadcasting, while Storer Cable went through a series of acquisitions that found it folded into Comcast. Storer leased the land to WJRJ, which later became WTCG when purchased by Ted Turner, and was best known as "superstation" WTBS (now TBS on cable/satellite and Peachtree TV over-the-air). Turner later sold his TV networks (including CNN, TBS, and others) and the TV station to Time Warner. The lease apparently was on the condition that the tower be removed when it would no longer be used for broadcasting, a condition which was finally triggered by the mandated shutdown of analog TV. The digital TV transmission for WPCH-TV 20 (17.1) is now from the North Druid Hills site, along with several other local FM and TV stations, including WWWQ FM 99.7. WNNX FM 100.5 is now back at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, where it was first located after being moved-in from Alabama as WWWQ FM 100.5, before briefly moving to the Turner tower and back again.

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Trea Turner injury: Phillies shortstop expected to miss at least six weeks with 'significant' hamstring strain

Kody clemens was recalled to take turner's spot on the active roster.

The Philadelphia Phillies placed star shortstop Trea Turner on the injured list on Saturday because of a strained left hamstring that forced him out of Friday night's win against the San Francisco Giants . Turner suffered the injury while scoring on a passed ball. He told reporters on Saturday that the strain is significant and that he's expected to miss at least the next six weeks, putting him out of action until sometime in mid to late June .

In a corresponding move, the Phillies recalled infielder Kody Clemens from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Turner, 30, was off to a tremendous start to the season. In his first 33 games, he had hit .343/.392/.460 (145 OPS+) with two home runs and 10 stolen bases on 11 attempts. Turner's contributions had already been worth an estimated 1.6 Wins Above Replacement, according to Baseball Reference's calculations.

With Turner out, the Phillies seem likely to employ Edmundo Sosa as their most-days shortstop. Second baseman Bryson Stott , who hasn't played short since October 2022, told MLB.com he would be open to taking reps there if needed.

"I mean, I don't know what their thoughts are," Stott said . "If it's 10 days, I don't imagine playing every game at short. I can, and I would. But I haven't talked to them about it or anything. If that's what they want me to do, I'll slide right over."

Clemens, 27, is one of the sons of seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens. In 104 career big-league games, he's batted .196/.244/.358 (66 OPS+) with 10 home runs and a stolen base. The Phillies obtained Clemens as part of the January 2023 trade with the Detroit Tigers , which netted them left-handed reliever Gregory Soto .

The Phillies entered Saturday with a 22-11 record on the season, putting them a half-game ahead of the Atlanta Braves for first place in the National League East.

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1050 Techwood Drive NW  View on Google Maps Atlanta, GA 30318

Stories: 5 Total Office Square Feet: 185,000 Year Completed: 2002

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