WGBS-TV

For the Philadelphia television station that identified as WGBS-TV from 1985 to 1995, see WPSG.
WGBS-TV
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerStorer Broadcasting Company
History
First air date
May 5, 1953 (1953-05-05)
Last air date
  • April 13, 1957 (1957-04-13)
  • (3 years, 343 days)
Technical information
ERP186 kW[1]
HAAT920 ft (280 m)
Transmitter coordinates25°57′27″N 80°12′43″W / 25.95750°N 80.21194°W / 25.95750; -80.21194

WGBS-TV was a television station that broadcast on channel 23 in Miami, Florida, United States, from 1953 to 1957. Originally established as WFTL-TV in Fort Lauderdale, it moved south to Miami when it was purchased by Storer Broadcasting at the end of 1954 and consolidated with a construction permit Storer bought for a Miami station.

For most of its history, channel 23 was South Florida's NBC affiliate. However, as a UHF station, the arrival of further VHF stations in the Miami area severely limited its viability. In 1956, WCKT (channel 7) in Miami signed on as an NBC affiliate. WGBS-TV signed off the air in 1957 and sold its facilities to National Airlines, which was about to put WPST-TV (channel 10) into service. Storer retained the UHF construction permit and sold it to Coastal Broadcasting System, which used it in 1967 to put WAJA-TV, predecessor to today's WLTV, on air on channel 23.

  1. ^ "WGBS-TV" (PDF). Television Factbook. Spring 1957. p. 104. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via World Radio History.