WGSA (TV)

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WGSA
Baxley, Georgia
Branding	CW 13
Channels	34 (UHF) analog, 35 (UHF) digital
Translators	WGSA-CA ch.50 Savannah
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	Southern TV Corporation
Founded	1992
Call letters meaning	probably Georgia Savannah
Former callsigns	WUBI (1991-1998)
Former affiliations	independent (1992-95) The WB (1996-1997) UPN (1997-2006)
Website	WGSA.tv

WGSA TV ("CW 13") is The CW affiliate serving the Savannah, Georgia market. The station, whose city of license is Baxley, Georgia, signed on the air as WUBI in 1992. It was an independent station at first, joining UPN in early 1997 ("UPN 13"), after earlier becoming an affiliate of The WB ("WB 34").

WGSA, while part of the Savannah market, is too far from the city proper; as a result, WGSA's programming can be seen in Savannah on WGSA-CA channel 50, a low-powered repeater. Savannah's cable provider, Comcast, places WGSA in its channel lineup as cable channel 13. WGSA-CA was originally W34BO, assigned in mid-November 1992. It became WUBI-LP (The WB) in late April 1996, then WGSA-LP in mid-September 1998. The upgrade to class A (-CA) came in August 2001.

In January 2006 it was announced that the WB and UPN would end operations in September 2006 to form The CW, a combination of the best programs from UPN and the WB. It was announced on April 23 that WGSA TV and WGSA-CA will affiliate with The CW. In response to this announcement–and a later announcement that MyNetworkTV would affiliate with the digital subchannel of WSAV-TV–Comcast removed WB15 from its lineup.[1] Comcast had carried WB15 as part of the WB100+ network. According to Savannah's channel lineup at Comcast's website, [2], this channel no longer exists on regular cable. A CW Plus station is also available on Comcast's digital cable lineup in Savannah.

WGSA TV 34 now has a modified construction permit for digital television on 35, which makes it high-power and puts the station's transmitter site just west of Savannah. [3] This would trigger must-carry requirements. WGSA-CA might then continue analog television transmission even after the U.S. Congress and FCC force full-power analog stations off-air. Because WGSA-CA is licensed separately and not as a broadcast translator, it could also become an independent digital at a later date.

This station also has an application for expanding its analog TV range, although it will no longer be good after the mandated transition in February of 2009.

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's TV station database for WGSA