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WGHP
WGHP (channel 8) is a television station licensed to High Point, North Carolina, United States, serving the Piedmont Triad region as an affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on Francis Street (just outside downtown High Point); its transmitter is located in Sophia, North Carolina. History As an ABC affiliate In 1958, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned a third VHF channel frequency to the Piedmont Triad area. The channel 8 allocation was freed up by the move of Florence, South Carolina's WBTW, to channel 13, and was short-spaced to WCHS-TV in Charleston, West Virginia and WXEX-TV (now WRIC-TV) in Petersburg, Virginia. Applicants for the High Point channel 8 allocation included Lincoln Financial Media, Jefferson Standard Broadcasting, owner of WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte and WBTW. The owner of WTOB-TV (channel 26; whose channel allocation is now occupied by UNC-T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WGHP (channel 8) is a television station licensed to High Point, North Carolina, United States, serving the Piedmont Triad region as an affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on Francis Street (just outside downtown High Point); its transmitter is located in Sophia, North Carolina. History As an ABC affiliate In 1958, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned a third VHF channel frequency to the Piedmont Triad area. The channel 8 allocation was freed up by the move of Florence, South Carolina's WBTW, to channel 13, and was short-spaced to WCHS-TV in Charleston, West Virginia and WXEX-TV (now WRIC-TV) in Petersburg, Virginia. Applicants for the High Point channel 8 allocation included Lincoln Financial Media, Jefferson Standard Broadcasting, owner of WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte and WBTW. The owner of WTOB-TV (channel 26; whose channel allocation is now occupied by UNC-T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WGHP (channel 8) is a television station licensed to High Point, North Carolina, United States, serving the Piedmont Triad region as an affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on Francis Street (just outside downtown High Point); its transmitter is located in Sophia, North Carolina. History As an ABC affiliate In 1958, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned a third VHF channel frequency to the Piedmont Triad area. The channel 8 allocation was freed up by the move of Florence, South Carolina's WBTW, to channel 13, and was short-spaced to WCHS-TV in Charleston, West Virginia and WXEX-TV (now WRIC-TV) in Petersburg, Virginia. Applicants for the High Point channel 8 allocation included Lincoln Financial Media, Jefferson Standard Broadcasting, owner of WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte and WBTW. The owner of WTOB-TV (channel 26; whose channel allocation is now occupied by UNC-T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |