GPB Studios

GPB Studios
General information
TypeFilm and television production studio
Corporate offices
Location260 14th Street Northwest
Atlanta, Georgia
30318
Coordinates33°47′10″N 84°23′43″W / 33.7861°N 84.3954°W / 33.7861; -84.3954
Opening1997
Owner

The GPB Studios is a television and radio production studio located in Atlanta, Georgia. The studio houses production broadcasting facilities for the Georgia Public Broadcasting radio and television network.

History

1990s

In 1997, following a rebranding of Georgia Public Television to Georgia Public Broadcasting, the network moved into its current studio which was controversially constructed using funds from the Georgia Lottery which was later cited as one of several unnecessary projects using lottery funds. Following financial mismanagement by the board of directors and GPB executive director Vernon Rogers led to their ousting by Georgia governor Roy Barnes and the appointment of state auditor Claude Vickers as the new executive director to revitalize the network which had accumulated a three-year deficit nearing $7 million.

2010s–present

From 2010 to 2011, the first season of CBS Television Distribution's syndicated television program Swift Justice with Nancy Grace was filmed at the studio. In 2014, Orion Television used the studio facilities to film Lauren Lake's Paternity Court. In 2017, Orion filmed another syndicated court show titled Couples Court with the Cutlers at the studio.

In 2019, the National Wrestling Alliance, a professional wrestling promotion owned by Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, began using the studios for tapings of its weekly streaming television show NWA Powerrr on YouTube. The promotion also held the inaugural Into the Fire pay-per-view at the studio on December 14, 2019. From 2020 to 2022, the NWA held three more pay-per-view events at the studio beginning with Hard Times in 2020 which featured a tournament to decide the inaugural NWA World Television Champion and the Back for the Attack, Hard Times 2, and When Our Shadows Fall pay-per-views in 2021. In December 2021, the NWA began hosting tapings for its secondary streaming television program NWA USA at the studios.

Beginning in 2023, the studio filmed the Peach Jam TV program and its accompanying podcast on GPB's PBS and NPR stations which featured various interviews and live performances from local musicians.

In 2025, season 3 of the revival of the Fox-produced reality legal television program America's Most Wanted was filmed at the studio.

References

  1. ↑ Salzer, James (November 11, 2003). "Special projects shrink lottery proceeds". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. pp. A1, A14, A15.
  2. ↑ Pruitt, Kathey; Judd, Alan. "Barnes purges leaders of cash-strapped public broadcasting". The Atlanta Constitution. pp. A1, A24.
  3. ↑ Ho, Rodney (September 8, 2010). "Nancy Grace is judge, jury on 'Swift Justice'". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  4. ↑ Ho, Rodney; Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta (December 19, 2018). "'Lauren Lake' and 'Cutlers' judge shows - shot in Atlanta - coming back in 2019-20". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  5. ↑ Thomas, Jeremy (September 30, 2019). "Spoilers From First NWA Power Taping". 411Mania.
  6. ↑ "NWA Power TV taping spoilers: Studio wrestling returns". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  7. ↑ MacDonald, Josiah (December 14, 2019). "NWA Into the Fire Live results: Nick Aldis vs. James Storm". Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
  8. ↑ Powell, Jason (January 24, 2020). "NWA Hard Times results: Powell's live review of the NWA TV Title tournament, Nick Aldis vs. Flip Gordon, Aron Stevens vs. Scott Steiner for the NWA National Title, Allysin Kay vs. Thunder Rosa for the NWA Women's Title, NWA Tag Title Triple Threat". Pro Wrestling Dot Net.
  9. ↑ Cook, Ryan (March 21, 2021). "NWA Presents Back for the Attack Results Nick Aldis vs Aron Stevens". Fightful.
  10. ↑ Powell, Jason (June 6, 2021). "NWA When Our Shadows Fall results: Powell's live review of Nick Aldis vs. Trevor Murdoch for the NWA Championship, Serena Deeb vs. Kamille for the NWA Women's Title, Aron Stevens and Kratos vs. Thom Latimer and Chris Adonis vs. Crimson and Jax Dane for the NWA Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net.
  11. ↑ "NWA USA TV taping spoilers: Full results of the tapings for the new NWA online show". prowrestling.net. December 5, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Peach Jam". PBS.
  13. ↑ "Peach Jam". gpb.org.
  14. ↑ Legoas, Miguel (April 29, 2025). "Georgia is home of "America's Most Wanted" Season 3. Why the popular crime show came to Atlanta". Augusta Chronicle.