WGWG

For current information on "ABC 4" in Charleston, see WCIV.
For the radio station at Gardner-Webb University, see WLXK. For the low-power radio station in Chicago which formerly used the WGWG callsign, see WRME-LD.

WGWG
ATSC 3.0 station
Channels
BrandingMeTV Charleston
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
October 23, 1962 (62 years ago) (1962-10-23)
Former call signs
  • WCIV (1962–2014)
  • WMMP (2014–2015)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 4 (VHF, 1962–2009)
Call sign meaning
Graham Williams Group (consulting firm co-owned by HSH owner Armstrong Williams)'
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID21536
ERP630 kW
HAAT522 m (1,713 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°55′29″N 79°41′57″W / 32.92472°N 79.69917°W / 32.92472; -79.69917
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.howardstirkholdings.com/stations

WGWG (channel 4) is a television station in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, affiliated with the multicast network MeTV. The station is owned by Howard Stirk Holdings. WGWG's transmitter is located near Awendaw, South Carolina.

From 1962 through 2014, what is now WGWG was the original home of WCIV, and had been Charleston's ABC affiliate since 1996; however, in August 2014, WCIV owner Allbritton Communications was acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of MyNetworkTV affiliate WMMP (channel 36) and operator of Fox affiliate WTAT-TV (channel 24, owned by Cunningham Broadcasting). Due to ownership conflicts with WMMP and WTAT, and a recent crackdown on joint sales agreements by the FCC, Sinclair elected to sell the WCIV channel 4 license to Howard Stirk Holdings, and moved WCIV's ABC programming and news operation to a subchannel of WMMP's channel 36 signal. At the same time, the two stations also switched call signs, with WCIV moving to channel 36 and channel 4 becoming the new WMMP, though the MyNetworkTV affiliation remains on channel 36.1 and did not move to channel 4.

The FCC approved HSH Charleston's purchase of channel 4 on December 4, 2014;[2][3] the call letters became WGWG on March 11, 2015. Howard Stirk Holdings operates WGWG independently of WCIV and WTAT, and has not entered into a local marketing agreement with Sinclair.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGWG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Official FCC Blog". Federal Communications Commission (FCC). December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "FCC Broadcast Actions". Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Retrieved December 13, 2014.