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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Montgomery Incorporated December 3, 1819 Mayor Bobby Bright Area    - City 404. ... In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Selma is a city in Alabama located on the banks of the Alabama River in Dallas County, Alabama, of which it is the county seat. ... A brand includes a name, logo, slogan, and/or design scheme associated with a product or service. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or, equivalently, wavelengths) assigned by a government for the operation of a particular broadcast station. ... Analog television (or analogue television) encodes television and transports the picture and sound information as an analog signal, that is, by varying the amplitude and/or frequencies of the broadcast signal. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or cable connection. ... This article is about the radio frequency. ... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... Bahakel Communications is a communications company, owning radio and television stations in the United States. ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The kilowatt (symbol: kW) is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. ... HAAT is used extensively in radio, as it is actually much more important than power. ... The metre (American English:meter) is a measure of length. ... A facility ID is used in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission to identify broadcast TV stations. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... Selma is a city in Alabama located on the banks of the Alabama River in Dallas County, Alabama, of which it is the county seat. ... Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Montgomery Incorporated December 3, 1819 Mayor Bobby Bright Area    - City 404. ... Lowndes County is a county of the State of Alabama. ...

History

Channel 8 debuted on March 17, 1960 as WSLA-TV (call meaning: SeLmA). The station was an independent when it signed on and became Montgomery's ABC affiliate soon afterwards. However, the station only provided a grade B signal to Montgomery. In 1964, WKAB-TV (channel 32, later WHOA-TV and now WNCF) signed on as Montgomery's ABC affiliate, but WSLA continued to broadcast ABC programming to the southern part of the market because of UHF's limited coverage of the time. is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... WNCF is an ABC-affiliated television station, broadcasting on UHF channel 32 from Montgomery, Alabama. ...

The station burned down in 1968. Due to intense competition from the Montgomery stations, especially WSFA, WSLA was not rebuilt until 1972, when Charles Grisham of Huntsville, then owner of WHNT in Huntsville, purchased the station. The station was rebuilt and signed back on in 1973 as a CBS affiliate. WSFA is an NBC-affiliated television station broadcasting on channel 12 in Montgomery, Alabama, owned by Raycom Media. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country United States State Alabama County Madison, Limestone Government  - Mayor Loretta Spencer Area  - City 174. ... WHNT is the CBS affiliate in northern Alabama airing on UHF Channel 19; the signal also reaches counties in southern middle Tennessee. ...

WSLA applied on several occasions to increase its coverage area in order to provide city-grade coverage to Montgomery. However, the FCC blocked this move each time due to protests from then-CBS affiliate WCOV-TV and ABC affiliate WKAB-TV. Both stations were on the UHF dial, and claimed that the FCC would not be fostering the growth of UHF stations if it allowed the expansion. In addition, WCOV feared that CBS would yank its affiliation if WSLA were permitted to expand its signal. The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City... WCOV-TV is a Fox-affiliated television station broadcasting on channel 20 from Montgomery, Alabama. ... WNCF is an ABC-affiliated television station, broadcasting on UHF channel 32 from Montgomery, Alabama. ... Ultra high frequency (UHF) designates a range (band) of electromagnetic waves whose frequency is between 300 MHz and 3. ...

The callsign changed to WAKA in 1984 (unofficially said to stand for "We Are Kicking Ass"), 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 1,757-foot tower. This gave WAKA the largest coverage of any station in the state. It provides at least secondary coverage from the fringes of the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa suburbs to the Wiregrass Region in the southeast. In 1986, CBS officially dropped its programming from WCOV, and WAKA became the sole CBS affiliate for Montgomery. Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Bahakel Communications is a communications company, owning radio and television stations in the United States. ... Nickname: Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: , Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Government  - Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area  - City  151. ... Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. ... The Wiregrass Region or Wiregrass Country is an area of the Southern United States encompassing parts of southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle named for the native wiregrass. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...

WAKA was the first station in the Montgomery market to broadcast in stereo. The station has expanded its news department over the past several years with additional personnel, news bureaus and more newscasts. News bureaus with live capabilities are in Selma and Andalusia. These expansions along with improved production values have helped WAKA make gains in the ratings against rival WSFA. WAKA has extensive remote microwave capabilities, as well as satellite uplink capability. WSFA is an NBC-affiliated television station broadcasting on channel 12 in Montgomery, Alabama, owned by Raycom Media. ...

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Current News Personalities

News Anchors: Ashley Paige, Jeff Sanders, Angela Green, Glenn Halbrooks, Stefanie Hicks, Kristie Welch

Reporters: Trish Williford, Lauren Bethune, Heather Graver, George McDonald

Weather: David Baxley, Ashley McDonald, Chris Bailey

Sports: Dee Jackson, Kayla Anderson

External links

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