WWCG-LP
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WWCG-LP was a low power television station
in Columbus, Georgia
, known as Columbus 11. WWCG-LP was owned by MD Broadcasting.
The station was previously affiliated with White Springs Television
(WSTV), which aired primarily public domain
and made for TV movies from the '60s, '70s and '80s. WSTV would fold in late 2009.
The station would close down by August 2009, as the channel 11 frequency was assigned to WTVM
for digital broadcasting. WWCG was issued a construction permit for digital broadcast on channel 28, the former frequency of WJSP-TV
; however, the station never resumed broadcast, resulting in the permit's cancellation on May 2, 2011.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...
, known as Columbus 11. WWCG-LP was owned by MD Broadcasting.
The station was previously affiliated with White Springs Television
White Springs Television
White Springs Television is an American internet television channel which features mainly motion pictures, owned by White Springs Media, with studios in Portland, Oregon and technical facilities in White Springs, Florida...
(WSTV), which aired primarily public domain
Public domain
Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
and made for TV movies from the '60s, '70s and '80s. WSTV would fold in late 2009.
The station would close down by August 2009, as the channel 11 frequency was assigned to WTVM
WTVM
WTVM is the ABC-affiliated television station for Columbus, Georgia. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 11 from a transmitter in Cusseta. The station can also be seen on Charter, Knology, and Mediacom channel 10...
for digital broadcasting. WWCG was issued a construction permit for digital broadcast on channel 28, the former frequency of WJSP-TV
WJSP-TV
WJSP-TV 23 , part of the Georgia Public Broadcasting Public Broadcasting Service member Public broadcasting network, serves Columbus, Georgia and the surrounding west-central Georgia and far east-central Alabama region. The transmitter and radio antenna are located just south of Warm Springs on...
; however, the station never resumed broadcast, resulting in the permit's cancellation on May 2, 2011.