WGVL (TV)

WGVL
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsDefunct
Ownership
OwnerGreenville Television Company
History
First air date
August 1, 1953; 71 years ago (1953-08-01)
Last air date
April 29, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-04-29)
  • ABC (1953–1956)
  • NBC (August–December 1953)
  • DuMont (1953–1956)
  • CBS (1955–1956)
Call sign meaning
Greenville
Technical information
ERP17 kW[1]
HAAT1,133 ft (345 m)
Transmitter coordinates34°56′31″N 82°24′41″W / 34.94194°N 82.41139°W / 34.94194; -82.41139

WGVL, UHF analog channel 23, was a television station in Greenville, South Carolina, United States that existed from 1953 to 1956. The station was the first to operate in Greenville, but like many early UHF stations, the arrival of new stations on the VHF band imperiled its ability to secure programming and viewers. WGVL signed off the day that WSPA-TV signed on channel 7, having fought for years alongside fellow UHF station WAIM-TV in Anderson to prevent the television station from being built; the case lingered into 1960, well after the station ceased broadcasting.

  1. ^ "WGVL (TV)" (PDF). 1954-55 Telecasting Yearbook. 1954. p. 270. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 19, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2019.