WLGA

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WLGA
Opelika, Alabama / Columbus, Georgia
Branding	WLGA TV CW66
Slogan	we're your station!
Channels	66 (UHF) analog, 31 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	Pappas Telecasting Companies
Founded	1979
Call letters meaning	LeBon G. Abercrombie (former KMPH-TV general manager and Pappas Telecasting Senior Executive Vice President)
Former callsigns	WSWS (1979-2005)
Former affiliations	Independent, PAX/i, CTN & The WB, UPN
Transmitter Power	2,050 kW Analog 3.65 kW Digital STA 100 kW Digital CP
Website	www.wlgatv.com

WLGA is a television station in Opelika, Alabama. The channel is affiliated with The CW and broadcasts on UHF channel 66. Its studios are located in Opelika, with its transmitter located in Cusseta, Georgia.

The station was founded in 1979 as WSWS -- but was finally granted a commercial license on May 29, 1980. WSWS carried programming from the Financial News Network in the early 1980s.

Channel 66 was WSWS until a call letter change to WLGA was approved by the FCC and went into effect on June 27, 2005. The "WSWS" calls now reside on sister station WSWS-CA, the ABC affiliate in North Platte, Nebraska.

WLGA is owned by Pappas Telecasting and serves the East Alabama and Western Georgia markets, which are split by a time zone.

Previous owners prior to Pappas were Warden, Inc., RCH Broadcasting, and Christian Television Network (CTN). It has been an independent, The WB, CTN and Pax station over the years, before flipping to UPN. Beginning in September 2006 the station joined The CW as an affiliate when UPN merged with The WB network.

[edit] Previous Logos

WLGA's logo as a UPN affiliate, used through September 2006.

[edit] External links

• WLGA website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WLGA

Broadcast television in the Columbus, Georgia market  (Nielsen DMA #127)
WRBL 3 (CBS) - WTVM 9 (ABC) - WCGT-LP 16 (IND) - WACS 25 (PBS/GPB) - WJSP 28 (PBS/GPB) - WLTZ 38 (NBC) - WGIQ 43 (PBS/APT) - WXTX 54 (FOX/MNTV) (The Tube on DT2) - WLGA 66 (The CW)
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Albany, Montgomery, Macon, Dothan and Atlanta Markets