WNEG-TV

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WNEG-TV
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Toccoa, Georgia
Branding NewsChannel 32
Slogan Serving Northeast Georgia
Channels Analog: 32 (UHF)

Digital: 24 (UHF)
Affiliations CBS
Owner Media General, Inc.
(sale pending)
(Media General Communications Holdings, LLC)
First air date September 9, 1984
Call letters’ meaning NorthEast Georgia
Former affiliations independent (1984-1995)
Transmitter Power 646 kW (analog)
600 kW (digital)
Height 253 m (analog)
208.8 m (digital)
Facility ID 63329
Transmitter Coordinates 34°36′36″N, 83°22′13.7″W
Website www.wneg32.com

WNEG-TV is the CBS television affiliate in Toccoa, Georgia, serving several counties in the northeastern portion of that state. Besides that region, the station also serves as the secondary CBS affiliate for the Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, S.C./Asheville, N.C. television market. The signal can also be seen in the extreme eastern portions of the Atlanta, Georgia market, including northeast suburbs such as Gainesville and Braselton, as well as Athens. The station broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 32, and its digital signal on UHF channel 24. It is owned by Media General.

The station broadcasts programs from CBS, as well as syndicated children's programming, courtroom shows, and talk shows.

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[edit] History

WNEG-TV signed on air as an independent station on September 9, 1984. Its first owner was the Stephens County Broadcasting Company, who also owned WNEG-AM 630.

In 1991, it was acquired by the Spartan Radiocasting Company. It acquired the CBS affiliation in 1995 and started its news operation in the same year. It adopted the branding NewsChannel 32, and adopted a logo similar to the one that sister station WSPA-TV in Spartanburg used from 1994 to 2001 (which was also used by another sister station, WJBF in Augusta, Georgia, around the same time period). WNEG, along with the rest of the Spartan company, was acquired by Media General in 2000. WNEG kept the Spartan-era logo, while WSPA and WJBF switched to a Media General-standard one.

WNEG-AM still exists in Toccoa today, but under different ownership from WNEG-TV.

On October 29, 2007, Media General announced that it was exploring the sale of WNEG.[1]

[edit] Trivia

WNEG-TV is one of a few stations in the USA that still sign off, usually on early Saturday morning from 2:10 am until 6:00 am and early Sunday morning from 12:30am until 5:00am.

[edit] Personalities

Anchors/Reporters

  • Chuck Moore, Anchor, NewsChannel 32 @ 6, 7, and 11
  • Tracy Armbruster, Anchor, NewsChannel 32 @ 6, 7, and 11
  • Jeff Sharon, Sports Director
  • Cody Chaffins, Sports Reporter/Weather
  • Amelia Hines, Reporter/Producer/Anchor, NewsChannel 32 Daybreak
  • Alisha Searl, Reporter
  • Mario Boone, Reporter

Former News Personalities

  • Scott Myrick, Anchor, NewsChannel 32 Daybreak
  • Jennifer Cathey, Anchor/News Director
  • Megan Heidlberg, Anchor/Reporter
  • Noah Pransky, Sports Director/Anchor
  • Chris McAndrew, Reporter
  • Heather Jensen, Reporter
  • Alaina Anderson, Daybreak Anchor/Reporter
  • Bruce Frazier, Sports Reporter
  • Randy Scott, Sports Director/Anchor
  • Jason Maderer, Sports Director/Anchor
  • Paul Rea, Daybreak Anchor/Reporter
  • Matt McClure, Daybreak Anchor/Reporter
  • Keeli Davidson, Sports Director/Reporter
  • Jill Schroder, Daybreak Anchor/Reporter
  • Jason Mealey, Anchor/Reporter
  • Susanna Haynes, Reporter
  • Lisa Warner, Reporter/Anchor
  • Lisa Costantino, Reporter
  • Amy Cain, Reporter
  • Adrian Helmick, Anchor/Reporter
  • Tony Teixiera, Anchor/Reporter
  • John Hart, Sports Director/Anchor
  • Scott Hartman, Sports Reporter
  • Tracy Lee Vreeland, Reporter/News Director
  • Joy Purcell, Anchor/Reporter/News Director
  • Emily Sabatino, Anchor/Reporter
  • Kate Mundy, Daybreak Anchor/Reporter
  • Michael Carvell, Sports Director/Anchor
  • Mark Childress, Sports Director/Anchor

[edit] References

  1. ^ Media General (2007-10-29). "Media General Exploring Sale of Five Television Stations". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.

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Media General, Inc.

Corporate Directors: J. Stewart Bryan, III (COB) · Marshall N. Morton · O. Reid Ashe, Jr. · John A. Schauss · Diana F. Cantor · Charles A. Davis · Thompson L. Rankin · Rodney A. Smolla · Walter E. Williams · Coleman Wortham, III · H. Graham Woodlief, Jr. · James A. Zimmerman · Kirk Read  · Stephen Y. Dickinson · George L. Mahoney · Lou Anne J. Nabhan · John A. Schauss · James F. Woodward
Newspapers: Bristol Herald Courier · Danville Register & Bee · Dothan Eagle · Eden Daily News · Enterprise Legder · Florence Morning News · Hernando Today · Hickory Daily Record · Highlands Today · Independent Tribune · Jackson County Floridan · Nelson County Times · Manassas Journal Messenger · Opelika-Auburn News · Potomac News · Richmond Times-Dispatch · Statesville Record & Landmark · The Daily Progress · The McDowell News · The News & Advance (Lynchburg) · The News Herald · The News Virginian · The Reidsville Review · The Tampa Tribune · Winston-Salem Journal
ABC Network Affiliates: WJBF · WMBB2
CBS Network Affiliates: KALB-DT22 · WBTW · WHLT · WJHL · WJTV · WKRG · WNEG3 · WNCT · WRBL · WSPA
CW Network Affiliates: WCBD-DT2 · WCWJ3 · WNCT-DT2 · WYCW
MyNetworkTV Affiliates:1 WBTW-DT2 · WSAV-DT2
NBC Network Affiliates: KALB2 · WCBD · WCMH · WFLA · WJAR · WNCN · WSAV · WSLS · WVTM
1 Both of these stations air programming from the Retro Television Network outside of MyNetworkTV programming hours.
2 The sale of these stations to Hoak Media Corporation is awaiting FCC approval.
3These stations are subject to sale once buyer(s) are found.
Websites: TBO.com · inRich.com · TriCities.com · SCNow.com

Other Assets: Atlee Park · Blockdot · Boxerjam Media · Professional Communications Systems
Annual Revenue: $80.2 million USD (FY 2004) · Employees: approximately 7,900 · Stock Symbol: NYSE: MEG · Website: www.mediageneral.com