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WAAY
WAAY-TV (channel 31) is a television station in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Allen Media Broadcasting. The station's studios and transmitter are located on Monte Sano Boulevard on top of Monte Sano Mountain. History The station's first broadcast was on August 1, 1959 as WAFG-TV. It was the second television outlet in the Huntsville region, signing on five years after NBC affiliate WMSL-TV (now WAFF). In addition, WAFG-TV is the longest serving station licensed to Huntsville, as WMSL was still licensed to Decatur at the time. From its launch, WAFG was Alabama's first primary ABC affiliate, which was an unusual arrangement for a two-station market, especially one as small as Huntsville was at the time. When the station was sold to Smith Broadcasting (owners of WAAY radio, now WLOR) in 1963, the call sign was changed to WAAY-TV. At the time Smith Broadcasting held a permit from the FCC to put a new station on the air broadcasting on UHF ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAFF (TV)
WAFF (channel 48) is a television station in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate WTHV-LD (channel 29). The two stations share studios on Memorial Parkway (US 431) in Huntsville; WAFF's transmitter is located south of Monte Sano State Park. History The Decatur years (1954–1969) WAFF is northern Alabama's oldest television station. The station first began broadcasting from studios and transmitters in Decatur ( west of Huntsville) on July 4, 1954, as WMSL-TV, channel 23. It was owned by Frank Whisenant, a Decatur businessman whose company, Tennessee Valley Radio & Television Corporation, also owned WMSL radio (AM 1400, now WWTM). Both stations took their calls from Mutual Savings Life Insurance Company, who founded WMSL radio in 1935. WMSL-TV originally carried programming from all four networks of the time—NBC, CBS, ABC and the DuMont Network—but was a primary NBC affiliate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WZDX
WZDX (channel 54) is a television station in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, affiliated with Fox and MyNetworkTV. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains studios on North Memorial Parkway ( US 72/231/431) in Huntsville, and its transmitter is located on Monte Sano Mountain in the Mountain Heights section of the city. History WZDX first signed on April 14, 1985, as Northern Alabama's first independent station and the area's first new outlet to launch in nearly twenty years. The station was originally owned by Community Service Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Chattanooga-based Media Central. The station cost the owners between $5 to 6 million to put on the air. The inaugural program shown was an airing of the 1968 film '' Charly''. The station's transmitter was on Green Mountain in southeastern Huntsville while its studios were in the northwestern section of the city. During the first months after its beginning, WZDX used the slogan "We're Taking You to the Top!" and ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLOR
WLOR (1550 AM broadcasting, AM, "MY Star 107.5") is a radio station licensed to Huntsville, Alabama, United States, that serves the greater Tennessee Valley area. WLOR is part of the Black Crow Media Group and the broadcast license is held by BCA Radio, LLC, Debtor-in-Possession. Its studios are located off University Drive (U.S. Highway 72, U.S. 72) in Huntsville, and its transmitter is located north of the city. Black Crow Media Group sought Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 12, 2010. In November 2011, the company announced reorganization plans that will shift the license to Southern Stone Communications, LLC, under the same parent company. History Early days The station originally started on November 10, 1946, as WHBS (Huntsville's Best Station") on 1490 AM (1,000 watts day/250 night), which was owned by ''The Huntsville Times''. It later added an FM simulcast in 1948 on 95.1 FM, which was discontinued around 1955. The sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
