WALB
 
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Albany, Georgia United States |
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| Branding |
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| Slogan |
Live. Local. Latebreaking. Your ABC For South Georgia (DT2) |
| Channels |
Digital: 10 (VHF) Virtual: 10 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 10.1 NBC 10.2 ABC 10.3 Bounce TV |
| Affiliations | NBC (Secondary through 1980) |
| Owner |
Raycom Media (WALB License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | April 7, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | ALBany |
| Sister station(s) |
WDFX-TV, WPGX, WTVM, WXTX |
| Former callsigns | WALB-TV (1954–2003) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 10 (VHF, 1954–2009) Digital: 17 (UHF, 2001–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Both secondary: ABC (1954–1980) DuMont (1954–1955) DT2: NBC WX+ (2005–2008) This TV (2008–2011) DT3: Grit (201?-2017) |
| Transmitter power | 22 kW |
| Height | 297 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 70713 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 31°19′52″N 83°51′43″W / 31.33111°N 83.86194°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | walb |
WALB is the NBC-affiliated television station for Southwestern Georgia that is licensed to Albany. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter (east of Doerun) along the Colquitt and Worth County line. Owned by Raycom Media, WALB has studios on Stuart Avenue in Albany.
The station signed on the air on April 7, 1954 as WALB-TV and was owned by Gray Communications (now Gray Television) along with WALB/1590 and The Albany Herald. When the radio station's studios were built back in 1953, Stuart Avenue was a dirt road running through a pecan grove. For its first three years on-air, WALB-TV transmitted an analog signal on VHF channel 10 from a tower at its studios. As the first television outlet in Albany, it was a primary NBC affiliate with secondary relations with ABC and DuMont.
The latter network was dropped in 1955 when it shut down and ABC remained on WALB until 1980 when WVGA (now WSWG) started up in Valdosta. The station's first tower near Doerun was built in 1957. The radio station was sold in 1960 to Allen Woodall, Sr. and became known as WALG to distinguish itself from the television station. In March 1976, a fire destroyed WALB's main broadcasting facilities but did not damage its offices.
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