As we have reported, the Department of Justice is no longer challenging the merger between AT&T and Time Warner. With the merger being able to go through, the division that oversaw CNN and other Turner properties here in Atlanta now becomes Warner Media.

As part of that transition, there is also word that several name changes could all but erase the Ted Turner name from the Atlanta media landscape.

KSU History professor Dr. Catherine Lewis tells WSB Radio, "It's always wonderful to reflect on the people who changed our city, and I think that Ted Turner certainly was one of those movers and shakers."

And change the city he did. Dr. Lewis says Turner was instrumental in many things: "He really put Atlanta on the map, with all of his work."

Lewis adds that along with at one point owning both the Hawks and the Braves, Turner was a “media titan, he was a cable TV pioneer, [and] the father of the Goodwill games.”

With that, Dr. Lewis says, "In the 90's and into the next century, it would be hard not to see Ted Turner's name all over this city."

But, that has slowly been changing. "Until the Braves moved to Cobb County, Turner Field was probably the most visible legacy,” Lewis says.

So, just what is the Turner legacy on Atlanta? "That is an entire dissertation," Dr. Lewis says with a chuckle.

Sadly she adds, "I do think that the visible presence on the landscape will diminish, and I think certainly new generations might not be quite as aware of what Turner did, because they simply won't see his name throughout the city in the same way.”

And part of what Ted Turner did was give birth to the 24-hour news cycle right here in Atlanta. "In 10 years or in 20 years, will new generations of Atlantans remember that it was Ted Turner who started that? I'm not sure, so I think there is some sadness,” Dr. Lewis says.

As far as the Turner name with the new company, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports "the only vestige of Turner’s name at the company will be his beloved TCM, (Turner Classic Movies) which largely airs old films from the 1930s to the 1960s.”