WGFL

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WGFL-TV
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = CBS 4 "(cable channel)"
analog =
digital = 28 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = CBS
MyNetworkTV (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = 1997 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says September 20, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says October 17.]
location = High Springs/Gainesville, Florida
callsign_meaning = Gainesville, FLorida
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers = Analog:
53 (1997-2008)
owner = New Age Media
licensee = New Age Media of Gainesville License, LLC
sister_stations = WNBW, WMYG-LP
former_affiliations = The WB (1997-2006, on digital subchannel from 2002)
UPN (secondary, 1997-2004)
effective_radiated_power = 500 kW
HAAT = 265 m
class =
facility_id = 7727
coordinates = coord|29|37|47.7|N|82|34|24|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.mygainesville.tv/index.php CBS4]

WGFL is the CBS affiliate station in Gainesville, Florida, licensed in High Springs, Florida. WGFL is owned by New Age Media. Broadcasting on digital channel 28, its transmitter is located in Newberry.

WGFL is carried on Cox Cable channel 4 in Gainesville and the surrounding area, hence the CBS 4 branding, but not in Ocala (part of the Orlando market), where Orlando's WKMG is offered instead; or in Lake City (part of the Jacksonville market), where Time Warner Cable offers WTEV instead.

Up until December 31st, 2006, WGFL offered a simulcast of Jacksonville CBS affiliate WTEV's daily newscasts at 11 PM. WGFL now airs INN (Independent News Network) weekdays at 11pm.

Notably, WGFL offers syndicated game shows "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune".

History

WGFL originally opened on analog channel 53 as a WB and secondary UPN affiliate in 1997.

In 2002, Jacksonville's longtime CBS affiliate, WJXT, became an independent station. WJXT had been the default CBS affiliate for Gainesville (and much of north Florida) for many years. WGFL quickly signed on with CBS to keep the network available in Gainesville. It also changed its on-air moniker from "WB53" to "CBS4," after its cable channel number.

Starting in September 2006, WGFL began airing My Network TV on its DT2 subchannel, which is simulcast on WMYG-LP. On the My Network TV main network website, it lists WGFL DT2 along with WMYG-LP as an affiliate. Prior to September 2006, this channel had aired WB programming since the switch to CBS, under the moniker WB 10. [http://www.cbsgainesville.com/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=1&Itemid=41]

On July 19, 2008, WGFL closed down its channel 53 analog signal, one of very few "big 4" affiliates permitted by the FCC to cease analog transmission prior to the national digital switchover on February 17, 2009. [ [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101246124&formid=910&fac_num=7727 FCC Request for Silent STA] ] The transmitter facility space formerly occupied by analog WGFL-TV 53 is to be used for the new WNBW (NBC 9).

Since then, WGFL is available only on cable, satellite, and its over-the-air digital signal.

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Logos

References

External links

* [http://www.mygainesville.tv/index.php Station website]
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