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WGGB-TV

WGGB-TV
WGGB-TV & WGGB-DT2 & WSHM-LD & Western Mass News Logo (As Of April 21, 2015).svg
Springfield/Holyoke, Massachusetts
United States
Branding ABC 40 (general)
Western Mass News (newscasts)
Fox 6 (on DT2)
Slogan Coverage You Can Count On
Channels Digital: 40 (UHF)
Virtual: 40 (PSIP)
Subchannels 40.1 ABC
40.2 Fox/MyNetworkTV
Affiliations ABC (since 1959)
Owner Meredith Corporation
First air date April 14, 1953; 63 years ago (1953-04-14)
Call letters' meaning Guy Gannett Broadcasting
(former owner)
Sister station(s) WSHM-LD, WFSB
Former callsigns WHYN-TV (1953–1979)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
55 (UHF, 1953–1957)
40 (UHF, 1957–2008)
Digital:
55 (UHF, 2002–2009)
Former affiliations Primary:
CBS (1953–1959)
Secondary:
DuMont (1953–1956)
Home Shopping Network (overnights)
DT2:
The Tube (2005–2006)
Transmitter power 460 kW
Height 324 m
Class DT
Facility ID 25682
Transmitter coordinates 42°14′30.0″N 72°38′57.0″W / 42.241667°N 72.649167°W / 42.241667; -72.649167
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.westernmassnews.com

WGGB-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Licensed to Springfield, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 40 from a transmitter on Mount Tom in Holyoke. Owned by Meredith Corporation, the station is sister to low-powered CBS affiliate WSHM-LD. The two stations share studios on Liberty Street in Springfield.

The station signed on April 14, 1953 as WHYN-TV, broadcasting an analog signal on UHF channel 55. It was the second television station to launch in the Springfield market, debuting one month after NBC affiliate WWLP (channel 22). WHYN-TV was founded by Hampden-Hampshire Corporation, the owners of WHYN radio (560 AM and 93.1 FM); the stations were in turn jointly owned by the owners of the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram and the Northampton-based Daily Hampshire Gazette. In 1954, a 50% interest in Hampden-Hampshire Corporation was purchased by the employees beneficial funds of the Springfield Republican and Daily News and the Springfield Union for $250,000.


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