WJAL

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WJAL
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Family TV 68
analog = 68 (UHF)
digital = 16 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = independent
network =
founded =
airdate = May 5, 1987
location = Hagerstown, Maryland/
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Entravision Communications Corporation
licensee = Entravision Holdings, LLC
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = The WB
effective_radiated_power = 3890 kW (analog)
50 kW (digital)
HAAT = 394 m (analog)
380 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 10259
coordinates = coord|39|53|24.9|N|77|58|3.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.wjal.com/ www.wjal.com]

WJAL, "Family TV 68", is an independent television station serving Hagerstown, Maryland and south-central Pennsylvania. It is one of only six English-language stations owned by Entravision, a company better known for its ownership of Spanish-language stations across the United States.

Despite being licensed to Hagerstown, WJAL's offices are located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (within the Harrisburg DMA ( [http://ekb.dbstalk.com/TVMarkets/Maps/pennsylvania.gif] )), and its transmitter located fifteen miles (24 km) west of Chambersburg, near the town of McConnellsburg (within the Washington, D.C. DMA).

History

The station first broadcast on May 5, 1987, as the third television station in Hagerstown, the fourth independent station in the Washington DMA, after WTTG, WDCA, and WCQR, and the first outside Washington. For a time in the late 1990s, WJAL became a WB affiliate. [http://www.ellwanger.tv/collect/tvg/eds/b/bl.html]

Programming

WJAL currently airs a mix of religious programming (especially on Sunday), African American and Hispanic public affairs programming, home shopping, syndicated shows, sitcom reruns, movies, and children's programs.

WJAL carries "West Virginia Tonight Live" from WBOY-TV in Clarksburg, West Virginia. The newscast rarely shows news in the Hagerstown or even Martinsburg area.

External links

* [http://www.wjal.com/ Family TV 68 Website]
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