Former WANX/WGNX studio torn down.

[nightmanager]

The famous "red schoolhouse' on Briarcliff Rd is no more. Drove past it this morning and saw a.big excavator sitting where the building used to be.

This building was the channel 46 studio for many years and many call sign changes until they built a new studio on 14th street.

 

[MGD135]

They were WHAE at the start. And WATL occupied that building before until they shut down in 1971 (they'd return in 1976 from new digs in Atlanta proper).

 

[BarryATL]

They were WHAE at the start. And WATL occupied that building before until they shut down in 1971 (they'd return in 1976 from new digs in Atlanta proper).

When they returned in 1976 with Don Kennedy at the helm, their studios were in the 1800 Peachtree Building. They were "talk TV" and I even remember Neil Boortz as part of the crew.

 

[MGD135]

I can also remember in the earliest days of their return how they'd shut off without so much of an advance notice. They were on shaky footing back then.