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WAKA is a CBS-affiliated television station on channel 8 in central Alabama. The station is licensed to Selma but its main studios are in Montgomery. WAKA's transmitter is located at Gordonsville in Lowndes County.

History

Channel 8 debuted on March 17, 1960 as WSLA-TV. The station has always been a CBS affiliate, even though Montgomery already had a CBS affiliate, WCOV-TV. WSLA applied on several occasions to increase its coverage area in order to cover Montgomery. However, the FCC blocked this move each time due to protests from WCOV and ABC affiliate WKAB-TV.

Due to intense competition from the Montgomery stations, especially WSFA, WSLA was taken off the air due to lack of financial viability between 1968 and 1972, when Charles Grisham of Huntsville purchased the station. The callsign changed to WAKA in 1984, shortly after it won a construction permit for the current transmitter. Bahakel Communications bought WAKA from Grisham in 1985 and remains the owner today. That same year, WAKA signed on for the first time from its current transmitter, and officially became Montgomery's CBS affiliate.

Programming

WAKA's CBS 8 News consistently ranks as the second-highest rated in the market, behind WSFA. Newscasts air on weekdays from 5:30-7 AM, 12-12:30 PM, 5-5:30 PM, 6-6:30 PM and 10-10:30 PM; and weekends from 6-6:30 PM and 10-10:30 PM.

Syndicated programming on WAKA includes Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil, The Montel Williams Show, and Inside Edition.

Current News Personalities

News Anchors Ashley Paige Jeff Sanders Glenn Halbrooks Stefanie Hicks Monica Allen Kristie Welch

Reporters Trish Williford Lauren Bethune George McDonald David Hagood Mike Smith

Weather Chris Bailey David Baxley Karli Ritter

Sports Dee Jackson Robert O'Shields Kayla Anderson

External links

• [WAKA website]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WAKA]

'''CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Alabama
WTVY 4 ([[Template:Dothan TV|Dothan]]) - WKRG 5 ([[Template:PensacolaMobileTV|Mobile]]) - WAKA 8 ([[Template:Montgomery TV|Selma]]) - WHNT 19 ([[Template:Huntsville TV|Huntsville]]) - WIAT 42 ([[Template:Birmingham TV|Birmingham]])
See also: [[Template:ABC Alabama|ABC]], [[Template:Fox Alabama|Fox]], [[Template:NBC Alabama|NBC]], [[Template:PBS Alabama|PBS]], [[Template:UPN Alabama|UPN]], [[Template:WB Alabama|WB]] and [[Template:Other Alabama Stations|Other]] stations in Alabama

 

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