WANF originally signed on the air by the Christian Broadcasting Network on June 6, 1971, as WHAE-TV, a mostly religious independent station on UHF channel 46, though it also aired some low-budget programming.
1972–1977
WANX-TV
1977–1984
BETTER LOGO NEEDED
In 1977, the call letters were changed to WANX-TV as even more secular programming joined the schedule. This logo design was standard across stations owned by Christian Broadcasting Network, including flagship WYAH (now WGNT).
WGNX
1984–1987
1984–1985
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Custom ("46") Univers 57/67
Launched:
1984
Tribune Broadcasting acquired WANX from CBN in 1983, and a year later changed the call letters to WGNX to emphasize its co-ownership with KWGN-TV in Denver, WGNO in New Orleans, and flagship station WGN-TV in Chicago.
1985–1987
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Univers 67 Custom ("46")
Launched:
1985
1987–1995
1987–1990
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Futura Custom ("46")
Launched:
1987
1990–1994
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Futura Custom ("46")
Launched:
1990
1994–1995
WGNX became the CBS affiliate for the Atlanta market in December 1994, after WAGA-TV switched its affiliation to Fox, as part of an affiliation deal with New World Communications. Originally, WGNX was set to affiliate with The WB, as Tribune held a minority stake in that network. The WB affiliation instead ended up on former Fox O&O (and sister station between 1997 and 1998) WATL.
1995–1999
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Times New Roman Helvetica
Launched:
1995
1999–2000
On August 23, 1998, Tribune Broadcasting announced it would sell WGNX to the Des Moines-based Meredith Corporation for $370 million, as a three-way exchange deal in which Tribune would concurrently acquire Fox affiliate KCPQ in Tacoma, Washington from Kelly Broadcasting – which was in the process of exiting from television, with the concurrent sale of NBC affiliate KCRA-TV in Sacramento to Hearst-Argyle Television for $370 million.
WGCL-TV
2000–2001
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
News Gothic
Launched:
2000
Around the same time, WGNX changed its branding to "CBS Atlanta". The station changed its callsign to WGCL-TV on July 4, 2000, to reflect its new slogan, "We're Georgia's Clear TV", along with a soft news concept called Clear News. After two years, WGCL rebranded as "CBS Atlanta" again, before re-adopting the "CBS 46" moniker only several months later.
2001–2002
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
News Gothic
Launched:
2001
2002–2003
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Eurostile DIN ("ATLANTA")
Launched:
2002
WGCL dropped the “Clear TV”/Clear News name in 2002, reverting to the CBS Atlanta brand, utilizing a modified version of the 2001 logo.
2003–2004
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Neue Helvetica Condensed
Launched:
Unknown
In 2003, the station began branding as "CBS 46" for the second time (the first without the station's call letters prominently accompanying said brand). The logo adopted with the change, which incorporated a modernized version of the 1984–95 numerical logo, was based on that used from 1996 to 1998 by fellow CBS affiliate WIAT (then WBMG) in Birmingham.
2004–2009
2009–2014
The CBS Atlanta branding returned after six years in 2009. Along with it came a graphics refresh.
2014–2022
2014–2018
WGCL returned to the CBS 46 name in 2014, launching a new logo and graphics package (originally designed for the CBS O&Os) at the same time.
2018–2020
2020–2022
Locally based Gray Television announced its intent to purchase the Meredith Local Media division on May 3, 2021, including WGCL and WPCH-TV, for $2.7 billion. The sale was completed on December 1, making WGCL Gray's flagship property and largest station (by market size).
WANF
2022–present
As part of a wide-scale rebrand of its news service to Atlanta News First, WGCL-TV changed its call sign to WANF on October 3, 2022.
On June 2, 2025, Gray Mediaannounced that WANF will become an independent station effective August 16, ending its affiliation with CBS after 31 years, with Paramount-owned WUPAbecoming the new CBS owned-and-operated station in Atlanta.
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