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franchise that aired on the
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TBS. The games were produced by
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, the sports division of the
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subsidiary of
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, TBS's corporate parent. The program, which made its debut in
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, ended national broadcasts in 2007. TBS phased out its national coverage of Braves baseball after it was awarded an MLB-wide national broadcast contract effective in 2008.
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, the rebranded former originating signal of the TBS superstation feed, retained Atlanta-
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rights to a partial schedule of Braves games through 2013, but primary rights moved to cable
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s, eventually settling with Fox Sports South (now Bally Sports South). TBS may select Braves games for national broadcast on equal grounds with other MLB clubs, but their national broadcast would be blacked out in the Braves' MLB-designated territory if the regional rights-holder carries the game as well.


History


1970s

Coverage of the
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was perhaps TBS's signature program during its early years.
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– who had purchased WJRJ-TV (channel 17) in January 1970 (changing its call letters to WTCG shortly after the sale was finalized), when the station was simply a UHF independent station available primarily within the Atlanta market – shocked
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media observers by acquiring the rights to Braves games after the 1972 season, taking them from
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affiliate
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(channel 2, now an
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affiliate), which had carried the team's games since the Braves moved to Atlanta from
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in 1966 (however, WSB-TV's sister radio station,
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, continued to hold rights to radio broadcasts of the games for years afterward). The acquisition of television rights to the Braves was particularly striking given that WTCG had experienced major profit losses ever since Turner took over the station; channel 17's revenue was only then starting to break even and the station became more competitive among the Atlanta market's television outlets ratings-wise. Braves games began airing on WTCG during the 1973 season. Even more astonishing, a few years later, Turner would buy the team outright before the 1976 season, mainly to keep a programming staple of his in Atlanta. Before the purchase, rumors had spread alleging that the Braves' owners were looking to move the franchise to another city, following dismal stadium attendance during the 1974 and 1975 seasons, after the excitement of
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hitting his then-record-breaking 715th home run (on April 8, 1974) wore off. During the 1970s, Turner syndicated live games to stations (mostly major network affiliates, as the region had few independent stations) throughout
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and adjoining states, including Turner-owned WRET (now
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) in
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, as WSB-TV had previously done. Usually, the Sunday afternoon game and one game that aired during prime time were provided to these stations, with mid-week game telecasts airing mainly during the summer, when the major networks were airing reruns, a normal practice among the other MLB teams during that era. Also by the mid-1970s, WTCG had already become available on many cable systems in Georgia,
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and
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via
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transmission by the mid-1970s, giving the team even further television exposure to its loyal fanbase in the South. A landmark event for WTCG occurred on December 17, 1976, when Turner uplinked the station's signal to the
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satellite for distribution to cable providers throughout the United States; as a result, Braves telecasts began airing nationally with the 1977 season. When WTCG reached a significant penetration of Southern U.S. households with cable television service around 1978-
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, Turner discontinued syndicating the team's game broadcasts, making the Braves the first team not to provide live coverage of its games to broadcast television stations outside of those within the team's home market. Turner once famously tried to get
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to use his #17
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to promote Superstation WTBS during its early years; the back of the jersey read, "CHANNEL 17." Major League Baseball immediately stopped this plan as, according to MLB rules, team jerseys are not allowed to incorporate
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other than that of the jersey's manufacturer.


1980s and early 1990s

During the 1980s and 1990s, the Braves game telecasts on TBS received high ratings, usually garnering around a 2.0 or sometimes an even higher ratings share. Around this time, the station referred to the franchise as "America's team" in a promotional campaign. WTBS petitioned for the rights to produce a locally originated broadcast of the 1982 National League Championship Series, in which the Braves played against the
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. Following a decision from the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in
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, Major League Baseball blocked it from carrying the series on the grounds that as a cable superstation, TBS could not have the rights to a national telecast that competed with network coverage of the NLCS, which was carried that year by
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. After the 1983 season, Major League Baseball no longer permitted local television stations to produce their own League Championship Series broadcasts (a point made moot by the fact that the games were already available over-the-air). In
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, TBS began to collect subscriber fees directly from cable providers, effectively resulting in the national feed operating under the conventions of a conventional basic cable network, though it still technically was designated as a superstation. In exchange, TBS began to lease advertising slots to providers to carry local commercial inserts; as a result, the TBS superstation feed began to televise fewer regular season Atlanta Braves games to a national audience.


2000s


2003

In 2003, the Braves telecasts on TBS underwent significant changes for the first time in many years.
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and Joe Simpson assumed duties as lead commentators, while longtime play-by-play announcers
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and
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had their roles on the broadcasts reduced. The telecasts were also rebranded from ''Braves Baseball on TBS'' to ''
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'' (before reverting to the previous title the following year). These changes reflected an increase in the network's rights fee payments to Major League Baseball. In turn, national sponsors could fulfill their advertising commitments by purchasing ads on TBS, in addition to
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or
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. The move was strongly criticized by Braves fans, Atlanta area media outlets and team manager
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. Over 90% of Braves fans who voted in an online poll conducted by the '' Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' newspaper preferred the team of Caray and Van Wieren to the more neutral broadcasts. The move backfired, and ratings for the TBS broadcasts declined sharply. After that year's All-Star break, TBS brought back Caray and Van Wieren to work with the two analysts.


''Braves TBS Xtra''

Beginning in 2004, some TBS telecasts (mostly those airing on Fridays or Saturdays) became more enhanced. The network branded its interactive telecasts as ''Braves TBS Xtra'', which Braves broadcaster Skip Caray would refer to simply as "one of those super duper telecasts". Enhancements featured in the broadcasts included a catcher cam, ''Xtra Motion'' showing the type of pitch and its movement, and the ''leadOff Line''. Often, a guest analyst would join the main announcers in the broadcast booth; telecasts also featured inside access to players including discussions between players and coaching staff while the game was ongoing.


2006

While just carrying 70 Braves games on TBS, the Turner Broadcasting System sold Turner South to
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, and allowed them keep the games (Turner South had been carrying Braves games in order to ensure that the channel would receive wide distribution in the Southeastern U.S.). Afterwards, Braves game presentations on Turner South (which was rebranded as
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later that year to distinguish it from its new sister network) and FSN South adopted a uniform on-air appearance and began using the same announcers. FSN South's 25-game package (with telecasts usually airing on Wednesdays) is a vestige of its days as the ''former'' SportSouth (which was launched by Turner in the early 1990s), as well as a means to ensure that ESPN's game broadcasts would generally be the only one televised nationwide on Wednesdays without requiring a subscription to the
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. As a result of Turner's decision to allow FSN to broadcast over 85 games per season, TBS no longer served as the Braves' primary broadcaster. Coupled with the impending sale of the team,
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stated, "It's like an end of an era." At the end of the 2006 season, Turner Sports decided not to renew analyst
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's contract with the network, while
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joined FSN South/SportSouth on a full-time basis; as a result, Joe Simpson would be the main analyst for all Braves telecasts.


High definition

During the 2006 season, all Braves home games airing on TBS began to be broadcast in high definition over the digital signal of WTBS within the Atlanta and on cable providers throughout the Southeastern U.S. (such as Comcast and
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). The cable deals were not renewed as none of the TBS home games were broadcast in HD during the 2007 season (all home games airing on FSN South/SportSouth were presented in HD on both cable and satellite). However, TBS's assumption of rights to a national MLB television package resulted in the creation of a dedicated HD feed for the national version.


2007 and beyond

The 2007 season marked the last year that Braves baseball games aired on TBS over a fully national feed, covering 70 Braves games as in recent years. From 2008 to 2013,
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– the former originating feed of TBS, which was rebranded as "Peachtree TV" as part of the October 2007 separation of the Atlanta station and its superstation feed – ran 45 Braves games per season in the Atlanta market, which were available for broadcast in the Braves regional territory and on regional sports network
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. The remaining games aired on FSN South or SportSouth, meaning the Braves telecasts reverted to primarily regional coverage, as most other teams have done ever since recent expansions gave MLB a virtually nationwide footprint. However, due to licensing requirements set by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission that prevented the national cable feed of TBS to be carried in Canada (as only the local Atlanta feed was designated as an eligible-for-carriage superstation), WPCH remains available on Canadian cable and satellite providers as a designated superstation, allowing Braves games aired by WPCH to continue to be seen outside of the Atlanta area. This move left
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– the national feed of
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-based WGN-TV – as the only superstation to broadcast games from local sports teams to a national audience. TBS had previously announced a broadcast rights agreement to air those same 45 games nationally, before it signed a new contract to air Sunday afternoon regular season and postseason games nationally one year earlier in June 2006, an announcement that was made during the
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. A limited number of these nationally televised games have included the Braves – which have appeared on a few of the game telecasts since 2008. After 32 years, the final Braves baseball telecast on TBSEnd of an era for TBS, Braves, fans
aired on September 30, 2007, in which the Braves lost in an away game against the Houston Astros, 3–0. During the final broadcast, play-by-play announcer
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thanked fans saying, "To all you people who have watched the Braves for these 30 years ... thank you. We appreciate you more than you will ever know. ... Thank you folks and God bless you. And we're going to miss you every bit as much as you miss us." Braves games continued to air locally within the Atlanta market until 2013, when
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– which had been producing the games for WPCH since the station's operations were turned over to the Meredith Corporation, former owner of Atlanta's
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(channel 46), under a local marketing agreement in 2011 – acquired the regional television rights to the station's 45-game package beginning with the 2014 season, ending WPCH's relationship with the Braves after 40 years.


On-air staff


Former on-air staff

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- analyst (1980) *
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- host (2001–2003) *
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- play-by-play announcer (2005–2007) *
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- play-by-play announcer (1976–2007) * Darrell Chaney (1982) - analyst *
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- host (2004–2007) *
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- analyst (2004–2006) *
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- play-by-play announcer (1973–1975) * Ernie Johnson Sr. - play-by-play announcer/analyst (1973–1999) * Ernie Johnson Jr. - host (1993–1996) * Dave O'Brien - play-by-play announcer (1990–1991) *
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- analyst (1988–1989) * Joe Simpson - analyst (1992–2007) * John Sterling - play-by-play announcer (1982–1987) *
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- analyst (1989–2006) *
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- play-by-play announcer (1976–2006)


Blackouts

Due to broadcasting restrictions imposed by Major League Baseball, most Braves games airing on TBS were blacked out within about air miles of the opposing team's stadium, meaning games that were available on local television (except for within the Atlanta area, where WTBS was the exclusive station for Atlanta Braves games that did not air on FSN South or SportSouth) were not seen on local cable providers within the blackout region. This blackout rule was somewhat less restrictive than that for ESPN, which covers the entirety of a team's designated market area.


References


External links


AtlantaBraves.com

Braves-Report.com
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