WSWG
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| WSWG | |
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| Brand | Southwest Georgia's CBS |
| City of License | Valdosta, Georgia |
| Market | Albany, Georgia |
| Channel | 43 digital 44 virtual Subcarrier: 43.2 MyNetworkTV Previously: 44 analog (1980-2007) |
| Network Affiliation | Current: CBS
Formerly: ABC (1980-92) The WB (1995-2001) UPN (2001-06) |
| Founded | December 24, 1980 |
| Company | Gray Television |
| President | |
| Current Popular Non-Network Shows | Wheel of Fortune
Jeopardy! Friends |
WSWG is the call sign for the CBS affiliate for the Albany, Georgia market, licensed to the city of Valdosta, Georgia. It broadcasts on digital channel 43 (displayed as virtual 44) and has a subcarrier, channel 43.2 that carries MyNetworkTV programs.
The station first opened in 1980 as ABC affiliate WVGA/channel 44. Prior to that, reception of ABC affiliates from distant cities over-the-air was a crap shoot. Even with ABC's programming, WVGA was an also-ran ratings-wise to Albany's NBC affiliate WALB/channel 10. In 1992, the station's transmitter was destroyed by a plane, leaving the area to receive ABC programming via WTXL/channel 27 in Tallahassee. Channel 44 went back on the air in 1995 under new ownership as WB affiliate WGVP. In 2001, the station moved its broadcast facilities to Moultrie and became UPN affiliate WVAG (as the WB would become a cable-only outlet in smaller markets). Gray Communications bought the station in 2006, and its call changed to WSWG. It changed affiliation to CBS and would be controlled by WCTV/channel 6, the CBS affiliate out of Tallahassee (licensed to Thomasville). In 2007, a transmission line was damaged, and instead of incurring repair costs, WSWG shut its analog signal off and broadcast solely on its digital 43 channel.
WSWG's digital had been a low-powered signal, broadcasting on 5,000 watts to prevent interefering with Louisville AL PBS station WGIQ. Their signal should be at full strength as WGIQ is now broadcasting solely on digital channel 44.
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[edit] Digital programming
| Virtual | Physical | Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44.1 | 43.1 | WSWG-DT | Main WSWG (CBS) |
| 44.2 | 43.2 | WSWG-DT2 | MyNetwork TV |
[edit] Current CBS Prime-Time Schedule (Ch. 44.1)
| Day | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Wheel of Fortune | Jeopardy! | How I Met Your Mother | Accidentally on Purpose | Two and a Half Men | The Big Bang Theory | CSI: Miami | Eyewitness News | |
| Tuesday | Wheel of Fortune | Jeopardy! | NCIS | NCIS: Los Angeles | The Good Wife | Eyewitness News | |||
| Wednesday | Wheel of Fortune | Jeopardy! | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Gary Unmarried | Criminal Minds | CSI: NY | Eyewitness News | ||
| Thursday | Wheel of Fortune | Jeopardy! | Survivor | CSI | The Mentalist | Eyewitness News | |||
| Friday | Wheel of Fortune | Jeopardy! | Ghost Whisperer | Medium | NUMB3RS | Eyewitness News | |||
| Saturday | Wheel of Fortune | Jeopardy! | Crime Time Saturday | Crime Time Saturday | 48 Hours Mystery | Eveywitness News | |||
| Sunday | 60 Minutes | The Amazing Race | Three Rivers | Cold Case | Eyewitness News | ||||
[edit] Current My Network TV Prime-Time Schedule (Ch. 44.2)
| Day | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 | 11:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Living Single | George Lopez | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (repeats) | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (repeats) | Friends | Friends | The Jerry Springer Show | ||
| Tuesday | Living Single | George Lopez | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (repeats) | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (repeats) | Deal or No Deal (repeats) | Deal or No Deal (repeats) | Friends | Friends | The Jerry Springer Show |
| Wednesday | Living Single | George Lopez | The Unit (repeats) | The Unit (repeats) | Friends | Friends | The Jerry Springer Show | ||
| Thursday | Living Single | George Lopez | My Thursday Night Movie | Friends | Friends | The Jerry Springer Show | |||
| Friday | Living Single | George Lopez | Friday Night SmackDown! | Friends | Friends | The Jerry Springer Show | |||
| Saturday | George Lopez | George Lopez | Network Does Not Program Saturdays | UFC Wired | Chappelle's Show | ||||
| Sunday | The DaVinci Inquest | CSI: Miami | Law and Order: Special Victims Unit | Desperate Housewives | The Jerry Springer Show | ||||
