WLGA
 |
|
|
Opelika, Alabama/Columbus, Georgia United States |
|
|---|---|
| City | Opelika, Alabama |
| Branding | WLGA |
| Slogan | We're your station! |
| Channels |
Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 66 () |
| Subchannels | 66.1 Infomercials |
| Owner | CNZ Communications, LLC (CNZ Communications SE, LLC) |
| First air date | May 16, 1982 |
| Call letters' meaning |
We Love Georgia and Alabama |
| Former callsigns | WSWS-TV (1982–2005) |
| Former channel number(s) | 66 (UHF analog, 1982–2009) 47 (UHF digital, 2009–2013) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1982–1984, 2009–2010) CTN (1984–1995) UPN (1995–2006) The CW (2006–2009) Dark (2010–2012) WeatherNation (2012–2013) Antenna TV (2013–2017) FNN (secondary, 1981–1985) The WB (secondary, mid/late 1990s) Pax TV (secondary, late 1990s) |
| Transmitter power | 302 kW |
| Height | 323 m |
| Facility ID | 11113 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°19′25.1″N 84°46′45.5″W / 32.323639°N 84.779306°W |
| Website | www |
WLGA is a television station in Opelika, Alabama. The channel broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 30. Its studios are located in Opelika, with its transmitter located in Cusseta, Georgia. The station serves the Columbus, Georgia market in western Georgia and eastern Alabama.
The station signed on for the first time on May 16, 1982 as WSWS-TV, the Columbus area's first independent station. At the outset, WSWS carried cartoons, religious shows, low budget movies, and programming from the Financial News Network. It was initially owned by Warden Broadcasting, but was acquired by the Christian Television Network (CTN) in 1984. The FNN programs were dropped by 1987, but the station did retain much of its other secular programming, in addition to CTN's programming.
RCH Broadcasting bought WSWS in 1995, and affiliated the station with the upstart UPN network. It also aired programs from The WB and, later, Pax TV (now Ion Television) on a secondary basis during the mid-to-late 1990s. Pappas Telecasting bought the station outright in 1996 and upgraded programming somewhat. Much of the station's programming through the years of its affiliation with UPN and The CW Plus have been situation comedy and dramatic syndicated reruns of older shows and courtroom shows such as Judge Judy and Judge Joe Brown with their 10th anniversary marathon of their respective years of 2006 and 2008. Among those shows, they include The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Cosby Show, Saved by the Bell, The Doris Day Show and My Three Sons. They also aired uncut reruns of the CBS show Evening Shade from 1995-2010 and currently with its normal airing thing on Antenna TV which is the affiliation for WLGA.
...
Wikipedia