WMAZ-TV
 
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Macon, Georgia United States |
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| Branding | 13WMAZ (general) 13WMAZ Eyewitness News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Straight from the Heart |
| Channels | Digital: 13 (VHF/) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner |
Tegna Media (Pacific and Southern, LLC) |
| First air date | September 27, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | Watch Mercer Attain Zenith |
| Former channel number(s) | 13 (VHF analog, 1953–2009) 4 (VHF digital, 2003–2009) |
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DuMont (1953–1955) NBC (1953–1968) ABC (1953–1982) all secondary |
| Transmitter power | 52.6 kW |
| Height | 238 m |
| Facility ID | 46991 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°45′11.7″N 83°33′32″W / 32.753250°N 83.55889°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WMAZ-TV, virtual and VHF channel 13, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Macon, Georgia, United States. The station is owned by Tegna, Inc., after the Gannett Company split into two companies. WMAZ-TV maintains studio facilities located on Gray Highway on the northeast side of Macon, and its transmitter is located on GA 87/U.S. 23/U.S. 129 Alternate (Golden Isles Highway) along the Twiggs-Bibb County line.
The station first signed on the air on September 27, 1953. It was the second station to start TV broadcasting in Macon. WNEX, Channel 47 began operation in August 25, 1953 and operated until 1955. WMAZ was originally owned by Southeastern Broadcasting Company, owners of WMAZ radio (940 AM, now WMAC; and 99.1 FM, frequency now occupied by WDEN). WMAZ-TV is the fourth-oldest television station in the state of Georgia and the oldest located outside of Atlanta, beating WDAK-TV (now WTVM) in Columbus to the air by only one day. The Federal Communications Commission awarded Southeastern Broadcasting a license to operate a television station on its second try; it had previously made an unsuccessful bid for the VHF channel 7 allocation one year earlier in 1952. The new station was one of the most powerful VHF stations in the country, providing at least secondary signal coverage from the southern Atlanta suburbs to the western suburbs of Savannah.
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