In 1984, WWF owner Vince McMahon, hoping to expand the national reach of his Stamford, Connecticut-based company, bought a majority stake in the Georgia territory, and its WTBS time slot, for $750,000. On July 14 of that year, viewers tuned into "World Championship Wrestling" expecting to see Gordon Solie and the stars of GCW, only to witness McMahon introducing WWF programming instead, an event now known in professional wrestling lore as "Black Saturday". Freddie Miller, an announcer, was the only member of the original "Georgia Championship Wrestling" on-air cast who did not either quit in protest or get replaced by McMahon.