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Bankrupt tv station. >> it was a broken-down uhf television station in atlanta. television at its basest form. >> this is 17 update. >> what next? using that little station to launch a huge idea. >> he began to tell me about how he was going to transform uhf television into this new world of satellite television. >> we've changed the name of turner communications to the turner broadcasting system. >> ted renamed the station wtbs. it became the nation's first superstation and was one of the first channels of what would evolve into a cable universe with thousands more. >> this is wtbs, atlanta, ...

He was going to transform uhf television into this new world of satellite television. >> we've changed the name of turner communications to the turner broadcasting system. >> ted renamed the station wtbs. it became the nation's first superstation and was one of the first channels of what would evolve into a cable universe with thousands more. >> this is wtbs, atlanta, georgia. >> in the early days of the superstation, programming still was at a premium. and we didn't have as much as we needed. >> and that programming didn't give the small station the national footprint ted wanted. his solution...

Negotiation. i'm like, wait a minute, that's not how it works, ted. >> from the clubhouse to the dugout, ted was there. he even put on a uniform and managed the team for a day. >> i figure this is a good time to find out what goes on in the field. >> i think he may have had the shortest career management in the game. >> the team had gone from first to worst. four years later, they were world series champs. >> when they won, i'll never forget. it was one of the great highs of our time together. >> as ted built his superstation, he was dreaming up an even bigger idea, a 24-hour newschannel. >> t...

Television into this new world of satellite television. >> we changed the name of turner communications to the turner broadcasting system. >> ted renamed the nation wtbs. it became the nation's first superstation. and was one of the first channels of what would evolve into a cable universe with thousands more. >> in the early days of the superstation, programming still was at a premium. and we didn't have as much as we needed. >> and that programming didn't give the small station the national footprint ted wanted. his solution -- buy a baseball team. the braves broadcast nationwide on tbs, bec...

>> as ted built his super station, he was dreaming up an even bigger idea. a 24 hour news channel. >> this new service will be called the cable news network. >> i worked until 7:00. when i got home, the so i missed television news completely. i figured there were lots of people like me. >> you can do so much more in 24 hours than you can in 24 minutes. >> you had this maverick down in atlanta, georgia, who had decided that he was going to provide news around the clock, 24 hours a day, not just at 6:00 when cronkite or others would be coming home to the edge news. >> we're a live, worldwide n...