WXIA-TV Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Sports programming=== Owing to [[NBC Olympic broadcasts|NBC]]'s longstanding contract with the [[International Olympic Committee]], WXIA was the local broadcaster for the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] held in Atlanta. It also carried the [[Atlanta Braves]]' [[1995 World Series|World Series]] victory [[1995 Atlanta Braves season|the previous year]] (coverage alternated between NBC and [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]] as part of ''[[The Baseball Network]]'', so WSB had Games 1, 4 and 5, while WXIA received Games 2, 3 and the clinching sixth game; all Braves games on [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]]'s [[MLB]] broadcast contract from [[1981 Atlanta Braves season|1981]] to [[1989 Atlanta Braves season|1989]] (and before that, from [[1976 Atlanta Braves season|1976]] to [[1980 Atlanta Braves season|1980]] with ABC's broadcast contract) and postseason games in select years from [[1996 Atlanta Braves season|1996]] to [[2000 Atlanta Braves season|2000]] were also broadcast on WXIA which include their [[1999 World Series]] appearance). WXIA also aired a Braves game in [[2023 Atlanta Braves season|2023]] as part of a simulcast between NBC and [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]]'s ''[[MLB Sunday Leadoff]]'' package. From its switch to NBC in [[1980 Atlanta Falcons season|1980]] up to [[1997 Atlanta Falcons season|1997]], all [[Atlanta Falcons]] involving them playing an [[American Football Conference|AFC]] team at home were aired on WXIA. Today, the station airs any Falcons contests under NBC's ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football|Sunday Night Football]]'' banner (afternoon games air either on [[Fox NFL|WAGA]] or [[NFL on CBS|WANF]]). The station also provided local coverage of [[Super Bowl XXVIII]], which was hosted at the [[Georgia Dome]]. WXIA also aired all [[Atlanta Hawks]] games carried through [[NBA on NBC|NBC's NBA coverage]] from [[1990β91 Atlanta Hawks season|1990]] to [[2001β02 Atlanta Hawks season|2002]].{{fact|date=August 2023}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page