WKRG-TV
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WKRG has been the CBS television station in Mobile, Alabama since its inception in 1955. The station was brought to the city when a radio signal tower was erected, putting WKRG-TV as well as WKRG AM and FM radio on the air.
In 2002, the focus of the station switched to weather and news, and the channel's slogan was edited to reflect it: WKRG 5 became WKRG News 5, and it was touted as Mobile's "Weather Authority".
The station debuted a new slogan in July 2004: News 5, Coverage You Can Count On., in conjunction with WKRG's 50th year in broadcasting.
Currently, the evening news desk is helmed by Mel Showers and Rose Ann Haven. Bill Riales, Jennifer Abney and John Nodar handle mornings. The head meteorologist today is Alan Sealls, with Jene' Young, Jere Hough, and John Nodar contributing to weather reports on other newscasts.
WKRG is also available to cable subscribers in Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi. Though fellow New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL airs its own two-hour morning newscast instead of the The Early Show and usually tends to preempt CBS network programming for Mardi Gras coverage or political debates, tape-delaying broadcasts until the overnight hours. Viewers in the Mississippi Gulf Coast can often view those shows at their regular times, as well as The Early Show, on WKRG.
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| Broadcast television in the Mobile, Alabama / Pensacola - Fort Walton Beach, Florida market [(Nielsen DMA #62)] | ||
| WEAR 3 (ABC) - WKRG 5 (CBS) - WRBD-LP 8 (Ind.) - WALA 10 (FOX) - WBQP-CA 12 (A1/S@H/MTV2) - WPMI 15 (NBC) - WMAH 19 (PBS/MPB) - WMPV 21 (TBN) - WSRE 23 (PBS) - WHBR 33 (CTN) - WFGX 35 (Ind./JWLTV/My Network TV) - W39BP (FamilyNet) - WEIQ 42 (PBS/APT) - WJTC 44 (UPN/Ind.) - WFBD 48 (Ind.)- W52BF (HSN) - WPAN 53 (S@H/JTV) - WBPG 55 (The WB/The CW) - WAWD 58 (Ind.) - WRBM-LP 60 (Ind.) | ||
| '''CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Alabama | |
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| WTVY 4 () - WKRG 5 () - WAKA 8 () - WHNT 19 () - WIAT 42 () | |
| See also: , , , , , and stations in Alabama | |
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Corporate Directors: J. Stewart Bryan, III (COB) | Marshall N. Morton | O. Reid Ashe, Jr. | John A. Schauss | Diana F. Cantor | Charles A. Davis | Thompson L. Rankin | Rodney A. Smolla | Walter E. Williams | Coleman Wortham, III | H. Graham Woodlief, Jr. | James A. Zimmerman | Neal F. Fondren | Stephen Y. Dickinson | George L. Mahoney | Lou Anne J. Nabhan | John A. Schauss | James F. Woodward
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ABC Network Affiliates: WJBF | WMBB | WTVQ
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CBS Network Affiliates: KBSD1 | KBSH1 | KBSL1 | KIMT1 | KWCH1 | WBTW3 | WDEF1 | WHLT | WIAT1 | WJHL | WJTV | WKRG | WNEG | WNCT2 | WRBL | WSPA
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NBC Network Affiliates: KALB | WCBD2 | WCMH | WFLA | WJAR | WNCN | WSAV | WSLS | WVTM
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UPN Network Affiliate: WYCW2
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WB Network Affiliate: WCWJ2
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Other Assets: [Atlee Park] | [Blockdot] | [Boxerjam Media] | Professional Communications Systems
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1Stations to be sold after acquiring four stations from NBC Universal.
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2Stations that will affiliate with The CW Television Network starting September 18, 2006.
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3Stations that will affiliate with My Network TV Television Network starting September 5, 2006.
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| Annual Revenue: .2 million USD (FY 2004) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NYSE: [MEG] | Website: [www.mediageneral.com] |
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