WALB-DT2
Encyclopedia
WALB-DT2 is the ABC
-affiliated television station
for Southwestern Georgia
. The station is a second digital subchannel
of NBC
affiliate WALB
owned by Raycom Media
. Over-the-air, it broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on VHF channel 10.2 from a transmitter in Doerun
along the Colquitt
and Worth
County line. WALB-DT2 can also be seen on Mediacom
channel 9 and in high definition
on digital channel 809. Its parent station has studios on Stuart Avenue in Albany
. Syndicated
programming on this station includes Access Hollywood
and Storm Stories
along with additional airings of syndicated shows from the main channel. On Saturday mornings from 2:30 until 5, WALB-DT2 airs as a weather channel known as "WALB 24/7 Weather".
. Known as "WALB 24/7 Weather", the service gave continuous forecasts for up to thirty cities around Southwestern Georgia. After NBC Weather Plus shut down in December 2008, WALB-DT2 became part of This TV
. It was announced November 19, 2010 WALB would begin airing ABC on this second digital subchannel beginning New Year's Day
2011. The actual launch occurred April 27, 2011, which at that point This TV was dropped.
The addition of the network brings back ABC to an Albany-based station since WVGA was closed down. If not for the delay, WALB-DT2 would have represented the network's 240th affiliate. However, NBC affiliate KSBW
in Salinas, California
launched its own ABC second
digital subchannel on April 18 as the network's actual 240th affiliate just one week ahead of WALB-DT2. This station is the second subchannel affiliate of ABC established in the state of Georgia after WGXA-DT2
in Macon
.
(on North Broad Street) and Valdosta
(on North Patterson Street). The station operates its own weather radar
known as "WALB 24/7 Radar" at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport
.
Anchors
WALB 24/7 Weather Team (all have AMS
Seal of Approval)
Sports
Reporters
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for Southwestern Georgia
Southwest Georgia
Southwest Georgia is a thirteen-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia. A common acronym used is SOWEGA.The largest city is Albany. Counties include Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, and Worth.In 1995, 25% of the...
. The station is a second digital subchannel
Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
of NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate WALB
WALB
WALB is the NBC- and ABC-affiliated television station for Southwestern Georgia licensed to Albany. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter in Doerun along the Colquitt and Worth County line...
owned by Raycom Media
Raycom Media
- History :Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations....
. Over-the-air, it broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on VHF channel 10.2 from a transmitter in Doerun
Doerun, Georgia
Doerun is a city in Colquitt County, Georgia, United States. The population was 828 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Doerun is located at ....
along the Colquitt
Colquitt County, Georgia
Colquitt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on February 25, 1856. As of 2000, the population was 42,053. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 45,744. The county seat is Moultrie...
and Worth
Worth County, Georgia
Worth County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 21,967. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 21,285...
County line. WALB-DT2 can also be seen on Mediacom
Mediacom
Mediacom is a cable television and communications provider in the United States. Founded in July 1995, it serves primarily smaller markets in the Midwest and Southern United States. Formerly a publicly traded firm, it went private in a $600.0 million transaction in March 2011 and is, as of 2011,...
channel 9 and in high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
on digital channel 809. Its parent station has studios on Stuart Avenue in Albany
Albany, Georgia
Albany is a city in and the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. It is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area and the southwest part of the state. The population was 77,434 at the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the...
. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on this station includes Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and...
and Storm Stories
Storm Stories
Storm Stories is a non-fiction television series aired on The Weather Channel and Zone Reality hosted and narrated by meteorologist and Storm-Tracker Jim Cantore. Storm Stories showcases various types of severe weather, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards. Each episode features a famous...
along with additional airings of syndicated shows from the main channel. On Saturday mornings from 2:30 until 5, WALB-DT2 airs as a weather channel known as "WALB 24/7 Weather".
History
This second digital subchannel first became active in 2005 when WALB added NBC Weather PlusNBC Weather Plus
NBC Weather Plus was a 24-hour, commercially sponsored, weather-oriented broadcast/cable television network jointly owned by NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the NBC network. It debuted on November 15, 2004 and shut down on December 31, 2008...
. Known as "WALB 24/7 Weather", the service gave continuous forecasts for up to thirty cities around Southwestern Georgia. After NBC Weather Plus shut down in December 2008, WALB-DT2 became part of This TV
This TV
This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
. It was announced November 19, 2010 WALB would begin airing ABC on this second digital subchannel beginning New Year's Day
New Year's Day
New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome...
2011. The actual launch occurred April 27, 2011, which at that point This TV was dropped.
The addition of the network brings back ABC to an Albany-based station since WVGA was closed down. If not for the delay, WALB-DT2 would have represented the network's 240th affiliate. However, NBC affiliate KSBW
KSBW
KSBW is a television station in the United States and is the primary NBC affiliate for the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, California market. The station is owned by Hearst Television. KSBW has its studios on John Street in downtown Salinas, which is mentioned occasionally during commercial breaks...
in Salinas, California
Salinas, California
Salinas is the county seat and the largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet above sea level. The population was 150,441 at the 2010 census...
launched its own ABC second
KSBW-DT2
KSBW-DT2, branded as Central Coast ABC, is the second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate KSBW, which is owned by Hearst Television. The second digital subchannel is the ABC affiliate for the Salinas–Monterey–Santa Cruz, California market, which began transmission on April 18, 2011...
digital subchannel on April 18 as the network's actual 240th affiliate just one week ahead of WALB-DT2. This station is the second subchannel affiliate of ABC established in the state of Georgia after WGXA-DT2
WGXA-DT2
WGXA-DT2 is the ABC-affiliated television station for Central Georgia. The station is a second digital subchannel of Fox affiliate WGXA that is owned by Frontier Radio Management. Over-the-air, it broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 16.2 from a transmitter on GA 87/U.S. 23/U.S. 129 Alternate...
in Macon
Macon, Georgia
Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia...
.
Newscasts
With the introduction of ABC on WALB-DT2, there are simulcasts of local news from the main channel. Specifically, this includes the second hour of Good Morning Georgia, midday show at noon, as well as weeknight newscasts at 6 and 11. The area's first prime time broadcast at 7 was added on weeknights exclusive to the ABC subchannel. Weekend newscasts are simulcasted on both channels although there may be delays or pre-emptions on one due to network obligations. In addition to its main studios, WALB operates bureaus in ThomasvilleThomasville, Georgia
Thomasville is the county seat of Thomas County, Georgia, United States. The city is the second largest in Southwest Georgia after Albany.The city deems itself the City of Roses and holds an annual Rose Festival. The town features plantations open to the public, a historic downtown, a large...
(on North Broad Street) and Valdosta
Valdosta, Georgia
Valdosta is the county seat of Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of 54,518. The Valdosta metropolitan area, according to the 2010 estimate, has a population of 139,588...
(on North Patterson Street). The station operates its own weather radar
Weather radar
Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, estimate its type . Modern weather radars are mostly pulse-Doppler radars, capable of detecting the motion of rain droplets in addition to the...
known as "WALB 24/7 Radar" at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport
Southwest Georgia Regional Airport
Southwest Georgia Regional Airport is a public airport located three miles southwest of the central business district of Albany, a city in Dougherty County, Georgia, United States...
.
Anchors
- Karla Heath-Sands - weekday mornings and Dialogue host
- Ruthie Garner - weekdays at noon and producer
- Dawn Hobby - weeknights at 6 and 7
- Ben Roberts - weeknights and Executive Producer weeknights at 11
- Cade Fowler - weekends
- Bill Rancic - AmericaUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Now host
WALB 24/7 Weather Team (all have AMS
American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Seal of Approval)
- Yolanda Amadeo - Chief seen weeknights
- Chris Zelman - weekday mornings and noon
- Jay Polk - weekends
Sports
- Robert Hydrick - DirectorSports DirectorA sports director is an individual at a television or radio station who is in charge of the sports department. In local news, the sports director is typically the station's primary sportscaster, and often anchors the primetime newscasts on weekdays. They are in charge of sports programming and...
seen weeknights and The Locker Room Report host (also "Player of the Week" and "Team of the Week" segments producer) - Shayne Wright - weekends
Reporters
- Jim Wilcox - Vice PresidentVice presidentA vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
and General ManagerGeneral managerGeneral manager is a descriptive term for certain executives in a business operation. It is also a formal title held by some business executives, most commonly in the hospitality industry.-Generic usage:...
(also "Viewpoint" segment producer) - Stacy JohnsonStacy JohnsonStacy Johnson is an author and creator and host of Money Talks, a nationally syndicated consumer/personal finance news series.-Early life and education:...
- "Money Talks NewsMoney Talks NewsMoney Talks News is a nationally syndicated consumer/personal finance news series offering tips and advice on saving money and avoiding rip offs in the United States market. It is hosted by Stacy Johnson. News segments are approximately 1.5 minutes in length and air as part of local news programs...
" segment producer - Jade Bulecza - Valdosta Bureau Chief
- Stephen Abel - Thomasville Bureau
- Wainwright Jeffers
- Stephanie Springer
- Tayleigh Davis
- Jennifer Emert
- Ryan Houston
- Jim Wallace