WFNA (TV)
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HAAT | 505.9 m (1,660 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°41′20.4″N 87°49′50.6″W / 30.689000°N 87.830722°W |
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Website | www |
WFNA (channel 55) is a
History
Prior to the station's sign-on, WFNA's call letters were originally planned to be WGMP (standing for "Gulf Shores, Mobile,
In 2003,
On January 24, 2006,
With WALA having been relaunched using the myFox format, WBPG is now relaunched on a separate website on late August 2007.
The station changed its call letters to WFNA in October 2009, as part of a larger rebranding campaign that took effect on December 18.[1] The rebranding de-emphasized the CW network branding in favor of the station's call letters—a practice similar to that of what Tribune Broadcasting's CW affiliates adopted starting in 2008. However, in September 2012, WFNA reverted to using CW branding and became known as "CW 55."
On March 21, 2014, LIN Media entered into an agreement to merge with
Newscasts
Under the ownership of WALA, WFNA did not carry any newscasts outside of shared severe weather coverage as WALA's Fox affiliation made it unnecessary to have WFNA carry newscasts in other timeslots. Under WKRG's ownership, WFNA began to simulcast WKRG's two-hour morning newscast on April 20, 2015, mainly as a stopgap solution to fill the timeslot of The Daily Buzz, which was abruptly canceled by its producer on April 16; the simulcast was made permanent for the 2015–16 television season.
In June 2016, WFNA introduced a prime time newscast produced by WKRG, CW 55 News at 9; it is focused primarily on the Pensacola portion of the market. In April 2018, the separate branding was dropped, and the newscast is now presented under WKRG's News 5 branding.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's ATSC 1.0 channels are carried on the
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming | ATSC 1.0 host |
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55.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
WFNA-TV | Main WFNA programming / The CW | WKRG-TV |
55.2 | 480i | Bounce | Bounce TV | WFGX | |
55.3 | Justice | True Crime Network | |||
55.4 | Grit | Grit |
WFNA has carried Bounce TV on WFNA-DT2 since the network's launch in September 2011.
Analog-to-digital conversion
Because it was granted an original
WBPG discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over
ATSC 3.0
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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5.1 | 1080p | 16:9 |
WKRG-HD | CBS (WKRG-TV) |
35.1 | 720p | WFGX | MyNetworkTV (WFGX) | |
55.1 | 1080p | WFNA-TV | The CW |
References
- ^ a b "Call letter change on the Gulf Coast". Television Business Report. December 9, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFNA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- CNNMoney.com, January 24, 2006.
- ^ UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network, The New York Times, January 24, 2006.
- ^ TV Station Mega Merger: Media General, LIN Set $1.6 Billion Deal from Variety (March 21, 2014)
- ^ Media General acquiring LIN Media for $1.6 billion, Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2014.
- ^ Media Gen/LIN To Sell/Swap In Five Markets, TVNewsCheck, March 21, 2014.
- ^ Media General Completes Merger With LIN Media Archived December 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Press Release, Media General, Retrieved December 19, 2014
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WKRG
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WFGX
- ^ http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ "RabbitEars query for WFNA". www.rabbitears.info.