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First air date | December 25, 1954 |
Former call signs | WSFA-TV (1954–1986) |
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Call sign meaning | "With the South's Finest Airport"[1] |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 13993 |
| ERP | 32.1 kW |
| HAAT | 575 m (1,886 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 31°58′29″N 86°9′44″W / 31.97472°N 86.16222°W |
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| Website | www |
WSFA (channel 12) is a television station in Montgomery, Alabama, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power, Class A Telemundo affiliate WBXM-CD (channel 15). The two stations share studios on Dexter Avenue in downtown Montgomery; WSFA's transmitter is located in Grady along the Montgomery–Pike county line.
WSFA was one of two flagship television properties (alongside CBS affiliate WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina) of previous owner Raycom Media, which had headquarters downtown at the RSA Tower. The station boasts one of the largest coverage areas in Alabama, providing at least secondary coverage from the geographical center of the state to the Florida state line and from the Black Belt region to the Chattahoochee River bordering Georgia.[3]
WSFA was formerly the default NBC affiliate for Dothan and the Wiregrass Region, which had been one of the few areas without an NBC station of its own. That status ended when WTVY in Dothan, which would eventually become a sister station of WSFA, launched WRGX-LD as an NBC affiliate on June 1, 2013.[4]
- ^ Nelson, Bob (October 18, 2008). "Call Letter Origins". The Broadcast Archive. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSFA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
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wsfa-historywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Phillips, Greg (May 6, 2013). "Dothan getting NBC affiliate". Dothan Eagle. Retrieved May 13, 2013.