WGSR-LD
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Reidsville, North Carolina/Danville, Virginia United States |
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| City | Reidsville, North Carolina |
| Branding | Star-47 (general) Star News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Your Carolina and Virginia Super Station |
| Channels |
Digital: 47 (UHF) Virtual: 47 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations |
Independent CBS (secondary) |
| Owner | Star News Corporation |
| First air date | March 7, 1988 |
| Call letters' meaning | W Greensboro StaR 47 |
| Sister station(s) | WMDV-LD |
| Former callsigns | W14AU (1988–1996) WXIV-LP (1996–2004) WGSR-LP (2004–2011) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 14 (UHF, 1988–2004) 39 (UHF, 2004–2011) |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Height | 252 m |
| Facility ID | 12834 |
| Transmitter coordinates | LPTV |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website |
http://www.starnewsource.com/ Watch Live |
WGSR-LD, virtual channel and UHF digital channel 47, is a independent television station located in Reidsville, North Carolina, United States and also serves Danville, Virginia. The station is owned by the Star News Corporation. WGSR maintains studio facilities located on Gilmer Street in Reidsville, and its transmitter is located northeast of Browns Summit, North Carolina.
The station traces its history back to 1982 when "WCTV-3," a public-access television station on what was then Alert Cable in Reidsville launched. On March 7, 1988, the Federal Communications Commission granted an original construction permit to then-station manager Robert Tudor to broadcast on UHF channel 14, under the call letters W14AU. Over-the-air programming was largely supplied by satellite networks, but the station produced its own nightly newscast. W14AU also began airing a weekly call-in program, Monday Night Live.
The station was sold to Carolina Blue Communications, owned by Daniel Falinski, in early 1996; the FCC approved the purchase that August. Under Falinski's leadership, the station expanded its programming to a more regional focus. Following an established custom of television stations in the Greensboro market (following WXII-TV, WXLV-TV and WLXI), the station changed its call letters to WXIV-LP (the letters "XIV" representing the Roman numerals for the station's then-channel number, "14"), and changed its on-air branding to "The Boob Tube". Second-run situation comedies dominated the broadcast schedule during this period, with overnight programming brokered to a home shopping network.
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