WKRG-TV

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WKRG-TV
Image:wkrg.jpg
Mobile, Alabama/Pensacola, Florida
Branding WKRG News 5
Slogan Coverage You Can Count On
Channels Analog: 5 (VHF)

Digital: 27 (UHF)
Affiliations CBS
Owner Media General, Inc.
(Media General Communications Holdings, LLC)
First air date 1955[1]
Call letters’ meaning Kenneth R. Giddens
(WKRG's founder)
Transmitter Power 100 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height 581 m (analog)
499 m (digital)
Facility ID 73187
Transmitter Coordinates 30°41′20.5″N, 87°49′50.8″W
Website www.wkrg.com

WKRG-TV has been the CBS television station in Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida since its inception in 1955. The station was brought to the city when a radio signal tower was erected, putting WKRG-TV as well as WKRG AM and FM radio on the air.

In 2002, the focus of the station switched to weather and news, and the channel's slogan was edited to reflect it: WKRG 5 became WKRG News 5 (based on the station's NewsCenter branding in the 1980s and 1990s), and it was touted as Mobile's "Weather Authority."

The station debuted a new slogan in July 2004: News 5, Coverage You Can Count On., in conjunction with WKRG's 50th year in broadcasting.

Currently, the evening news desk is helmed by Mel Showers and Rose Ann Haven. Bill Riales, Jennifer Abney and John Nodar handle mornings. The head meteorologist is Alan Sealls, with Jené Young, Jere Hough, and John Nodar contributing to weather reports on other newscasts. Randy Patrick is the current Sports Director.

WKRG is also available to cable subscribers in Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi, and is usually the area's "B" CBS station behind WWL in New Orleans.

WKRG will cease analog broadcasting on channel 5 on February 17, 2009. Its digital signal will remain on channel 27.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says September 5, while the Television and Cable Factbook says August 29.

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Broadcast television in the Mobile, Alabama / Pensacola - Fort Walton Beach, Florida market  (Nielsen DMA #61)

WEAR 3 (ABC) - WKRG 5 (CBS) - WRBD-LP 8 (Ind./A1) - WALA 10 (FOX) - WBQP-CA 12 (A1/S@H/MTV2) - WPMI 15 (NBC) - WMPV 21 (TBN) - WSRE 23 (PBS) - W30BX (HSN) - WHBR 33 (CTN) - WFGX 35 (MNTV/JWLTV) - W39BP (FamilyNet) - WEIQ 42 (PBS/APT) - WJTC 44 (Ind.) - WFBD 48 (Ind.)- WPAN 53 (S@H/JWLTV) - WBPG 55 (The CW) - WAWD 58 (Ind.) - WRBM-LP 60 (Ind.)
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CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Alabama
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Alabama
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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