WJAL

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WJAL
Hagerstown, Maryland/ Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Branding	Family TV 68
Channels	Analog: 68 (UHF) Digital: 16 (UHF)
Affiliations	independent
Owner	Entravision Communications Corporation (Entravision Holdings, LLC)
First air date	May 5, 1987
Former affiliations	The WB
Transmitter Power	3890 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital)
Height	394 m (analog) 380 m (digital)
Facility ID	10259
Transmitter Coordinates	39°53′24.9″N, 77°58′3.6″W
Website	www.wjal.com

WJAL, "Family TV 68", 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 (within the Harrisburg DMA ([1])), and its transmitter located fifteen miles (24 km) west of Chambersburg, near the town of McConnellsburg (within the Washington, D.C. DMA).

[edit] History

The station first broadcast on May 5, 1987, as the third television station in Hagerstown, the fourth independent station in the Washington DMA, after WTTG, WDCA, and WCQR, and the first outside Washington. For a time in the late 1990s, WJAL became a WB affiliate. [2]

[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.

[edit] External links

• Family TV 68 Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WJAL
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WJAL-TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Washington, D.C./Hagerstown, MD market (Nielsen DMA #9) Local television stations WRC 4 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - WTTG 5 (Fox) - WJLA 7 (ABC) - WUSA 9 (CBS) - WFDC 14 (UNI) - WDCA 20 (MNTV) - WMPT 22/WFPT 62 (PBS/MPT) - WDDN-LP 23 (DS) - WZDC-LP 25 (TEL) - WETA 26 (PBS) - WHUT 32 (PBS) - WMDO-CA 47 (TFR) - WWTD 49 (WUFO) - WDCW 50 (The CW) - WNVC 56 (Ind) - WIAV-LP 58 (AV/Ind) - WPXW 66 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) Local digital television channels WNVT 30 (Ind) Local cable television channels CN8 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic - News Channel 8 - AIM - PACDC Stations serving Hagerstown, Maryland and surrounding area WHAG 25 (NBC) - WWPB 31 (PBS/MPT) - WWPX 60 (ION) - WJAL 68 (Ind) Stations serving Winchester, Virginia and surrounding area TV3 Winchester 3 (WHSV-DT3) (ABC) - WAZT-CA 10/WAZC-LP 16/WAZF-CA 28/WAZW-CA 48 (TBN) - W15AD 15/W17AL 17/W41AO 41/W48AA 48/W69AC 69 (PBS/WVPB) - WDWA-LP 23 (DS) - WVPY 42 (PBS) See also broadcast television in the Baltimore market

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Harrisburg / Lancaster / York (Susquehanna Valley) market  (Nielsen DMA #41) WGAL 8 (NBC) - WLYH 15 (The CW) - WHP 21 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2) - WHTM 27 (ABC) (RTN on DT2) - WITF 33 (PBS) - W35BT 35 (CTVN) - WPMT 43 (Fox) - WGCB 49 (LeSea/JTV) Outlying Areas WJAL 68 (Ind) Significantly-viewed out-of-market stations WPHL 17 (MNTV, Philadelphia) Local cable television channels: WHBG - PCN - CN8 (Philadelphia) See also broadcast television in the Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore markets

v • d • e 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

v • d • e Other Television Stations in the state of Pennsylvania Independent Stations: WYBE 35 (Philadelphia)* - WGCB 49 (Red Lion) - WTVE 51 (Reading) - WBGN-LP 59 (Pittsburgh) - WJAL 68 (Chambersburg/Hagerstown) - WFMZ 69 (Allentown) Religious Stations: W07BV / W19CI (EWTN, Wilkes-Barre) - WELL-LP 8 (Daystar, Willow Grove) - W35BT 35 (CSTV, Dillsburg) - WPCB 40 / WKBS 47 (CSTV, Greensburg / Altoona) - WBPH 60 (FamilyNet, Allentown) Other Stations: WQEX 16 (ShopNBC, Pittsburgh) - WFPA-CA 28 (TeleFutura, Philadelphia) - WIIC-LP 29 (MTV2, Pittsburgh) - WBYD-CA 35 (S@H, Pittsburgh) - WYLN-LP 35 (A1, Hazelton) - WLLS-LP 49 (A1, Indiana) - WQPX 64 (ION, Scranton) *WYBE is a non-commercial independent station. See article. See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and PBS stations in Pennsylvania

v • d • e Entravision Communications Radio Stations: KAIQ · KBMB · KBZO · KFRQ · KJMN · KKPS · KLNZ-FM · KLOB · KMIA · KNVO-FM · KRRN · KRZY-FM · KSEH · KSES-FM · KSSE · KTSE · KXSE · KVLY · KVVA-FM · KYSE Television Stations: Fox affiliates: KXOF-CA · XETV3 · XHRIO-TV2 Independent station: WJAL MyNetwork TV affiliates: KXOF-CA  · XHDTV-TV2 CW affiliate: KSFE-LP Telefutura affiliates: KANG-CA · KCRP-CA · KDJT-CA · KDTF-LP · KETF-CA  · KELV · KTFN-TV · KVTF-CA · WMDO-CA · WFTT-TV1 · WOTF-TV1 · WUTF-TV1 Telemundo affiliate: XHAS-TV4 Univision affiliates: KBNT-CA · KBZO-LP · KCEC · KEUS-LP · KINC · KINT-TV · KLDO-TV · KLUZ-TV · KNVO-TV · KORO-TV · KPMR-TV  · KSMS-TV · KUPB-TV · KVYE-TV · WFDC · WUNI-TV · WUVN-TV  · WVEA-TV · WVEN-TV Other Holdings station: Lotus Entravision Reps (50%)5 1 = owned by Univision, managed by Entravision 2 = owned by a Mexican company, managed by Entravision 3 = owned by Televisa, managed by Entravision 4 = XHAS license and transmitter owned by a Mexican company; Entravision wholly owns its San Diego repeater, KTCD-LP 5 = National spot radio advertising representative specializing in Spanish-language stations; co-owned with Lotus Communications Corporation Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: NYSE: EVC · Website: entravision.com