When the baseball playoffs begin Tuesday, TBS will mark a major anniversary.
The Atlanta-based network will turn 50, marking a half-century since Ted Turner turned a local UHF outlet into a SuperStation with a national reach.
After acquiring the rights to telecast Braves games from WSB, an NBC affiliate, Turner began broadcasting the games in 1973 and bought the ballclub three years later to keep his top sports program from leaving town.
TBS now broadcasts live games every Tuesday night for 26 weeks plus the Division Series and League Championship Series games that launch the month-long post-season.