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First air date | April 21, 1982 |
Former call signs | WWLG (CP, 1980–1982)[1] |
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Call sign meaning | An X in the middle of "GA" represents "the crossroads of Middle Georgia", the region served[2] |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 58262 |
| ERP | 540 kW |
| HAAT | 243 m (797 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°44′58.4″N 83°33′34.5″W / 32.749556°N 83.559583°W |
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| Website | wgxa |
WGXA (channel 24) is a television station in Macon, Georgia, United States, affiliated with Fox and ABC. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station maintains studios on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (GA 11/GA 22/GA 49/US 80/US 129) in downtown Macon, and its transmitter is located on GA 87/US 23/US 129 ALT (Golden Isles Highway), along the Twiggs–Bibb county line.
Established in 1982, WGXA was the third television station in Macon but emerged immediately as a more credible competitor than the longer-established WCWB-TV (channel 41) to locally dominant station WMAZ-TV (channel 13). Originally an affiliate of ABC, it was sold in 1995 to GOCOM Media and changed affiliations from ABC to Fox, with which it felt it could increase its local programming presence. An ABC subchannel was added in 2010 after the existing ABC affiliate balked at the network's programming. Local newscasts for the Fox and ABC subchannels, as well as a local newscast for air in Albany, Georgia, are produced from WGXA's Macon newsroom.
- ^ "FCC History Cards for WGXA". Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Doss, Ann (March 17, 1982). "New TV Station's Opening Delayed". The Macon Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. p. 1B. Archived from the original on August 6, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGXA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.