WGAL

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WGAL

Lancaster–York–Harrisburg– Lebanon, Pennsylvania United States
City	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8
Branding	WGAL 8 (general) News 8 (newscasts) MeTV Susquehanna Valley (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	8.1: NBC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Hearst Television (Hearst Properties Inc.)
History
First air date	March 18, 1949 (75 years ago) (1949-03-18)
Former call signs	WGAL-TV (1949–1991)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF, 1949–1952), 8 (VHF, 1952–2009) Digital: 58 (UHF, 1999–2009)
Former affiliations	All secondary: CBS/ABC (1949–1963) DuMont (1949–1956) [1]
Call sign meaning	from WGAL radio (now WRKY)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	53930
ERP	59 kW
HAAT	419 m (1,375 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°2′4″N 76°37′7″W / 40.03444°N 76.61861°W / 40.03444; -76.61861
Translator(s)	35 (UHF) Harrisburg
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wgal.com

WGAL (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Susquehanna Valley region as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios on Columbia Avenue (PA 462) in Lancaster Township. Its transmitter is located near US 30 north of Hallam.

Largely due to WGAL's licensing, it has been the market leader for most of the time since records have been kept. During the analog era, it was the only commercial VHF station in eastern Pennsylvania licensed outside of Philadelphia.