Tour of WSB Studios + short hike

 

Greetings AOC! You are invited to join me for a short hike and a free tour of WSB's studios in Atlanta. This is a VIP tour of the company's broadcasting operation in Atlanta.

 

We'll meet at WSB for part one of this event. Once we get through security, our tour begins with a general overview of the company and the history of broadcasting in WSB's community room.

 

AOC members will then visit a number of WSB's exclusive areas that are not typically open to the general public. This includes:

 

-We will receive special access to visit WSB's radio facilities where we'll see the radio newsroom for News 95.5 WSB as well as the control studios of the company's three FM music stations: B98.5, KISS104.1 and 97.1 The River

-We will get to view the WSB radio traffic studio which is operational 24/7

-We will visit the WSB TV newsroom, control room and news studio

-We will visit the Lottery studio where lottery drawings are held

-Studio tour expected to take between 60 to 90 minutes

 

Part two of this event is a two-mile hike around the neighborhood where WSB is located. We will walk to the Ansley Golf Club area at 196 Montgomery Ferry Drive, NE and then loop back to our cars near the station.

From the North: Take I-75 or I-85 south to the 10th/14th/17th Street exit. Then follow the signs onto the 17th Street exit. At the traffic light, turn Left on the 17th Street bridge. Go to the second traffic light and turn left on West Peachtree Street. Move to the right lane of West Peachtree, which dead ends at a traffic light before crossing Peachtree Street. Turn left on Peachtree Street and move to the far-right lane. As you drive past a Shell station, bear right. You will see the silver and blue WSB Radio and Television sign, which is at the corner of West Peachtree and Beverly streets. Park along Beverly Street.

From the North (400): Traveling South on 400, merge into I-85 South. Take Exit 84 (marked Seventeenth, Fourteenth Street, Tenth Street). Follow 17th Street Bridge signs. Turn left onto the bridge. Cross Spring Street and West Peachtree Street then turn left onto Peachtree Street. (Be sure to move into the far-right lane.) Go a short distance. As you pass a Shell Service station on the right, staying in the right lane, go to the Stop sign to the right of a triangular island. Go through the intersection (Beverly Road). Park along Beverly Street.

From the South: Take I-75 or I-85 north to the 10th/14 Street exit and turn right on 10th Street. Go through one traffic before turning left on West Peachtree Street. Move to the right lane of West Peachtree, which dead ends at a traffic light before crossing Peachtree Street. Turn left on Peachtree Street and move to the far-right lane. As you drive past a Shell station, bear right. You will see the silver and blue WSB Radio and Television sign, which is at the corner of West Peachtree and Beverly streets. Park along Beverly Street.

From the East: Take I-20 west to the I-75/I-85 north exit. Proceed north on I-75/I-85 to the 10th/14 Street exit and turn right on 10th Street. Go through one traffic before turning left on West Peachtree Street. Move to the right lane of West Peachtree, which dead ends at a traffic light before crossing Peachtree Street. Turn left on Peachtree Street and move to the far-right lane. As you drive past a Shell station, bear right. You will see the silver and blue WSB Radio and Television sign, which is at the corner of West Peachtree and Beverly streets. Park along Beverly Street.

From the West: Take I-20 east to I-75/I-85 north exit. Proceed north on I-75/I-85 to the 10th/14 Street exit and turn right on 10th Street. Go through one traffic before turning left on West Peachtree Street. Move to the right lane of West Peachtree, which dead ends at a traffic light before crossing Peachtree Street. Turn left on Peachtree Street and move to the far-right lane. As you drive past a Shell station, bear right. You will see the silver and blue WSB Radio and Television sign, which is at the corner of West Peachtree and Beverly streets. Park along Beverly Street.

No cost -- tour is free