| Greenwood/Greenville, Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| Branding | ABC 6 (general) ABC 6 News Delta Fox 10 (on DT2) |
| Slogan | The Delta's #1 News Station |
| Channels | Digital: 32 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 6.1 ABC 6.2 Fox |
| Owner | Commonwealth Communications (Commonwealth Broadcasting Group, Inc.) |
| First air date | October 20, 1959 |
| Call letters' meaning | ABC Greenwood |
| Sister station(s) | WNBD-LD |
| Former callsigns | WABG (1959-1979) |
| Former channel number(s) | 6 (VHF analog, 1959-2009) |
| Former affiliations | CBS (1959) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 572 m |
| Facility ID | 43203 |
| Website | wabg.com |
WABG-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Delta area of Northwestern Mississippi that is licensed to Greenwood. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 32 from a transmitter northeast of Inverness. The station can also be seen on Suddenlink channel 4 and in high definition on digital channel 701. Owned by Commonwealth Communications, WABG shares separate administrative and studio buildings on Washington Avenue in Greenville with low-powered sister station NBC affiliate WNBD-LD. Syndicated programming on this station includes: Oprah, Dr. Phil, Entertainment Tonight, and Judge Judy.
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It operates the area's Fox affiliate on a second digital subchannel. Known on-air as Delta Fox 10 and using the fictional "EABG" calls, it is also offered on Suddenlink channel 10 (hence the branding). Syndicated programming on WABG-DT2 includes: Family Guy, The Office, Two and a Half Men, and Everybody Hates Chris.
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 32.1 | main WABG programming/ABC HD |
| 32.2 | WABG-DT2 "Delta Fox 10" |
WABG's first broadcast was on October 20, 1959 on VHF channel 6. Originally a CBS affiliate, but switched to ABC a few months later after WJTV in Jackson complained this station was encroaching on its service area. This is because WABG's signal reaches the far western fringes of the Jackson market. The network swap made WABG the first primary ABC affiliate in Mississippi. Until then, the only areas of the state to receive a sole ABC affiliate were the northwest (from Memphis' WHBQ-TV) and the Gulf Coast (from WVUE in New Orleans). In 1979, WABG added the -TV suffix to its call sign.
Until WXVT in Greenville began operations in 1980, WJTV served as the default CBS affiliate for the southern counties in the Delta area while WREG in Memphis brought programming from that network to the northern counties. NBC can currently be accessed through WMC-TV in Memphis or Jackson's WLBT. There are even a few areas on the edges of the DMA that can receive those stations over-the-air. However, all viewers can obtain the two on cable.
On September 13, 2006 WABG launched a Fox affiliate, "Delta Fox 10," on a new second digital subchannel. Previously, the national Foxnet service provided Fox programming to cable subscribers in the Delta area (which was one of the last markets to be offered the service). The cable-only service originally planned to close down on September 1, 2006 but was delayed until September 12 to allow WABG time to set up the new affiliate.
On September 5, 2007, WABG announced that it was being sold from Bahakel Communications to Commonwealth Communications pending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval. The sale was finalized on October 29. On July 13, 2010, Commonwealth announced plans to launch new low-powered station, WNBD-LD, as the area's first locally-based NBC affiliate. [1] WABG's owner also has a construction permit for W17DI-D channel 17 that will be licensed to Cleveland and broadcast from the same transmitter in Inverness. Future plans for this station are unknown. [2]
WABG has always had local newscasts and remains the number one ranked station in the Delta region even after WXVT signed-on. WABG-DT2 "Delta Fox 10" does not currently offer any local news produced by the main station. The launch of WNBD will include additional newscasts including the expansion of the weekday morning show to a full two hours with simulcasted on the two channels. [3] Currently weeknights at 10, there is a local news update on WNBD.
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