 The station was originally owned by Toledo, Ohio-based Fort Industry Company, which also operated WAGA radio (AM 590, now WDWD; and WAGA-FM 103.3, now WVEE), all colloquially called "Wagga".Fort Industry would later be renamed Storer Broadcasting after the company's founder, George B. Storer.Channel 5 is Atlanta's second-oldest television station, signing on seven months after WSB-TV (then on channel 8).