The Atlanta metropolitan area is currently the ninth-largest radio market in the United States as ranked by Nielsen Media Research.
[6] The following list includes full-power stations licensed to Atlanta proper, in addition to area suburbs.
Currently, radio stations that primarily serve the Atlanta metropolitan area include:[7][8] Asterisk (*) indicates a non-commercial (public radio/campus/educational) broadcast.
The Atlanta metropolitan area is currently defined by Nielsen Media Research as the seventh-largest television market in the United States,[9] with all of the major U.S. television networks having affiliates serving the region.
Ted Turner began the Turner Broadcasting System in Atlanta in 1970 with his takeover of WJRJ-TV, renamed WTCG in 1970 and WTBS in 1979; WTBS became a pioneer "superstation" distributed to cable operators internationally, eventually yielding TBS.