WLGA

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WLGA
Opelika, Alabama/Columbus, Georgia
Slogan We're your station!
Channels Analog: 66 (UHF)

Digital: 31 (UHF)
Affiliations The CW
Owner Pappas Telecasting Companies
(Pappas Telecasting of Opelika, LP (A Delaware Limited Partnership))
First air date May 16, 1982
Call letters’ meaning LeBon G. Abercrombie
(former KMPH-TV general manager and Pappas Telecasting Senior Executive Vice President)
Former callsigns WSWS-TV (1982-2005)
Former affiliations Primary:
independent (1982-1984)
CTN (1984-1995)
UPN (1995-2006)
Secondary:
The WB (mid/late 1990s)
Pax TV (late 1990s)
Transmitter Power 2050 kW (analog)
100 kW (digital)
Height 556 m (analog)
539 m (digital)
Facility ID 11113
Transmitter Coordinates 32°19′16.4″N, 84°47′28.2″W
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 serves western Georgia and eastern Alabama.

The station signed on for the first time on May 16, 1982 as WSWS-TV. WSWS carried cartoons, religious shows, low budget movies, and programming from the Financial News Network in the early 1980s. It was owned by Warden Broadcastng.

The FNN programs were dropped by 1987 and the station continued with its blend of barter cartoons, barter sitcoms, religious shows, and older movies. It later affiliated with Christian Television Network (CTN). RCH Broadcasting acquired the station in 1988.

The station continued with an all barter programming lineup along with Christian programming from CTN. It affiliated with the upsart UPN network in 1995, however it had also aired programs from The WB (secondary), and CTN (primary under CTN ownership). It added some programming from Pax TV (secondary) as well. Beginning in September 2006 the station joined The CW as an affiliate when UPN merged with The WB network. Pappas Telecasting bought the station outright in 1996 and upgraded programming somewhat.

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.


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Broadcast television in the Columbus / Opelika market  (Nielsen DMA #128)

WRBL 3 (CBS) - W06BH 6 (Religious) - WTVM 9 (ABC, AccuWX TV on DT2) - WWCG-LP 11 (WSTV) - WYBU-CA 16 (CTN) - WACS 25 (PBS/GPB) - WJSP 28 (PBS/GPB) - WLTZ 38 (NBC) - WGIQ 43 (PBS/APT) - WXTX 54 (FOX/MNTV) - WLGA 66 (The CW)
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Albany, Montgomery, Macon, Dothan and Atlanta Markets
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CW Network Affiliates in the state of Alabama
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Alabama
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Pappas Telecasting Companies
Corporate Leadership
Henry J. Pappas (Chairman & CEO) · Dennis J. Davis · LeBon G. Abercrombie · Howard H. Shrier · Peter C. Pappas · Richard L. Elmendorf · Debbie L. Sweeney · Gerald Linehan · Steven E. Alfieris · Dale Scherbring · Michael Angelos · Rosemary Danon · Desiree Hill · Gary E. Cripe · Rueben Cuadros · Apostolos Sigouras
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Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: www.pappastv.com
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