WGAL

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WGAL
Brand WGAL 8
City of License Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Market Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, Pennsylvania
Channel 8 analog
58 digital (to move to channel 8 on 2/09)
58.2 subcarrier (NBC Weather Plus)
4 (1949–52)
Network Affiliation Current: NBC
Formerly: CBS (secondary), ABC (secondary), DuMont (secondary)
Founded March 18, 1949
Company Hearst-Argyle Television
President
Current Popular Non-Network Shows News 8
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Dr. Phil
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WGAL is a local station based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that broadcasts on analog channel 8. Their digital signal is on channel 58 with a subcarrier, 58.2, that carries NBC Weather Plus. The call letters stand for Wonderful Gardens at Lancaster. WGAL was founded on March 18, 1949 on channel 4. In 1952, after increasing their power, they moved to channel 8 to avoid interference with Washington, DC based WRC-TV. In addition to being an NBC affiliate, the station had carried some CBS, ABC and DuMont programming until 1963. They are well known for their news, and according to Nielsen Media Researched in 2006, they were the #1 station in the top 50 markets nationally for their 6AM and 6PM news.

WGAL's digital signal on 58.1 and subcarrier on 58.2 will move to channels 8.1 and 8.2 (where they are mapped on digital tuners) once the transition from analog takes place in 2009.

[edit] Current Prime-Time Schedule

Day 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00
Monday Entertainment Tonight Access Hollywood Chuck Heroes My Own Worst Enemy News 8
Tuesday Entertainment Tonight Access Hollywood The Biggest Loser: Families Law & Order: Special Victims Unit News 8
Wednesday Entertainment Tonight Access Hollywood Knight Rider Deal or No Deal Lipstick Jungle News 8
Thursday Entertainment Tonight Access Hollywood My Name Is Earl Kath & Kim The Office SNL Weekend Update Thursday ER News 8
Friday Entertainment Tonight Access Hollywood America's Toughest Jobs Deal or No Deal Life News 8
Saturday Entertainment Tonight Various Repeats Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (encores) News 8
Sunday Football Night in America Sunday Night Football News 8

[edit] External Links

Official Site

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