WTXL-TV
 
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Tallahassee, Florida- Thomasville/Valdosta, Georgia United States |
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| City | Tallahassee |
| Branding | WTXL ABC 27 (general) WTXL ABC 27 (newscasts) Bounce Tallahassee (DT2) |
| Slogan | Dedicated to You |
| Channels | Digital: 27 (UHF/PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 27.1 ABC 27.2 Bounce TV 27.3 WeatherNation TV 27.4 QVC |
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Calkins Media (Sale to Raycom Media pending) (WTXL-TV License LLC) |
| First air date | September 16, 1976 |
| Sister station(s) | WAAY-TV, WWSB |
| Former callsigns | WECA-TV (1976–1984) |
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Analog: 27 (UHF, 1976–2009) Digital: 22 (UHF, -2009) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 518 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 41065 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°40′6″N 83°58′10″W / 30.66833°N 83.96944°W |
| Website | wtxl |
WTXL-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for North Florida and South Georgia. Licensed to Tallahassee, Florida, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 27 from a transmitter, near unincorporated Fincher (in northwestern Jefferson County, Florida), along the Georgia state line. Owned by Calkins Media, WTXL has studios on Commerce Boulevard in Midway, Florida.
The station debuted on September 16, 1976 as WECA-TV and was owned by local businessman Evans Craig Allen. In the early years, its slogan was "We Can Do It!" which was a play on the call letters. The station was the second commercial station to sign-on in the market. Prior to channel 27's arrival, CBS affiliate WCTV had been the sole commercial outlet in the area and carried ABC in off-hours.
Tallahassee had a very long wait for a second station, even though it had been big enough to support at least two stations by the late-1950s and three by the 1960s (the only other VHF station in the market was non-commercial PBS member WFSU-TV). However, the Tallahassee market is one of the largest geographic markets east of the Mississippi, stretching across most of the central Florida Panhandle and much of Southwestern Georgia. UHF stations do not carry well across large areas, making potential station owners skittish about applying for the available UHF channels in the area. By the 1970s, however, cable had gained enough penetration to make a UHF station viable.
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