WXIA-TV

WXIA-TV's history dates back to 1951 when the station signed on the air as an ABC affiliate. Twenty-nine years later, in September 1980, Channel 11 joined
NBC. In 1996, WXIA-TV was the NBC flagship station of the Atlanta Summer Olympics.

Included among the many personalities to work at WXIA-TV over the years, were NBC´s Stone Phillips and actor Dick Van Dyke. Van Dyke worked as an announcer and audio man. Allegedly, Phillips was discovered waiting tables at an Atlanta restaurant by a station executive. The "Dateline" anchor went directly from his summer job to the 11Alive newsroom.

WXIA-TV, 11Alive currently employs approximately 200 men and women in the areas of news, engineering, production, promotion, accounting, sales, programming and administrative support. WXIA-DT went on the air October 1998.