WJAL

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WJAL
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Hagerstown, Maryland/Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Branding Family TV 68
Channels 68 (UHF) analog,
16 (UHF) digital
Affiliations Independent
Owner Entravision Communications
Founded August 1, 1984
Former affiliations WB
Transmitter Power 3890 kW/394 m(analogue)
6 kW/332 m (digital)
Website www.wjal.com

WJAL is an independent television station serving Hagerstown, Maryland and south-central Pennsylvania. It is one of only six English-language stations owned by Entravision, a company better known for its ownership of Spanish-language stations across the United States.

Despite being licensed to Hagerstown, WJAL's offices are located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and its transmitter located fifteen miles west of Chambersburg, near the town of McConnellsburg.

[edit] History

The station first broadcast on August 1, 1984, as the third television station in Hagerstown, the fourth independent station in the Washington, D.C. DMA, after WTTG, WDCA, and WCQR, and the first outside Washington. For a time in the late 1990s, WJAL became a WB affiliate. [1]

[edit] Programming

WJAL currently airs a mix of religious programming (especially on Sunday), African American and Hispanic public affairs programming, home shopping, syndicated shows, sitcom reruns, movies, and children's programs.

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Other Television Stations in the state of Maryland

WMJF 16 (Towson, Ind./MTV2) - WJAL 68 (Hagerstown, Ind.)

See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and PBS stations in Maryland