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1971-1977 1977–1984 1984–1987 1987–1995 1995–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001
1971-1977 1977–1984 1984–1987 1987–1995 1995–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001
2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2009 2009–2014 2014–2022 2022–present
2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2009 2009–2014 2014–2022 2022–present

WHAE-TV[]

1971–1977[]

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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.

WANX-TV[]

1977–1984[]

ATLwanx

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[]

1984–1995[]

1984–1987[]

WGNX 1987-95 Logo
1984–1985[]
WGNX80s

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[]
WGNX 1985

1987–1995[]

The logo is a slightly tweaked version of the 1984 logo above, with a slanted top of the "6".

1987–1990[]
Wgnx logo 1987

Around the same time, the station developed a news department and began to offer local news.

1990–1994[]
WGNX91
1994–1995[]
WGNX 46 1994

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[]

WGNX 1

1999–2000[]

WGNX46 CBS Atlanta 1999

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[]

WGCL-TV CBS Atlanta 46 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[]

WGCL-TV CBS Clear TV Atlanta 2001

2002–2003[]

WGCL CBS Atlanta 2002

WGCL dropped the Clear News name in 2002, reverting to the name CBS Atlanta.

2003–2004[]

CBS 46 Atlanta's NewsChannel

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[]

WGCL-TV CBS 46 2005

2009–2014[]

CBS Atlanta

The CBS Atlanta branding returned after six years in 2009. Along with it came a graphics refresh.

2014–2022[]

WGCL-TV 2014 logo

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.

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[]

ANF logo

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.

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