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RTN Augusta Slogan The Station You Count On Channels Analog: 6 (VHF)

Digital: 42 (UHF)

Affiliations ABC (secondary until 1968)

RTN (on 6.2) Owner Media General

(Media General Communications Holdings, LLC) First air date November 1953[1] Call letters’ meaning J. B. Fuqua

(founder of the station) Former affiliations Primary:

NBC (1953-1968)

Secondary:

NBC (1968-1974)

DuMont (1953-1956) Transmitter Power 100 kW (analog)

1000 kW (digital) Height 495 m (analog)

507 m (digital) Facility ID 27140 Transmitter Coordinates 33°24'20.7?N 81°50'0.5?W? / ?33.40575°N 81.833472°W? / 33.40575; -81.833472 Website www.wjbf.com

WJBF is an ABC-affiliated television station in Augusta, Georgia, (United States), owned by Media General. WJBF's studios are located at Television Park, on Reynolds Street in downtown Augusta. The station's bright yellow 1960s style building is an easily identifiable landmark in downtown Augusta. WJBF's transmitter is located in Jackson, South Carolina. WJBF has been named Georgia's Station of The Year several times by the Georgia Association of Broadcasters. Contents [hide] 1 Digital TV 2 History 3 News/station presentation 3.1 Newscast branding 3.2 Station slogans 4 Notable station changes 5 On-air personalities 5.1 Current personalities 5.1.1 Anchors 5.1.2 Reporters 5.1.3 Meteorologists 5.1.4 Sports 5.2 Notable alumni 6 See also 7 References 8 External links //

Digital TV

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Digital channels Channel Programming 6.1 / 42.1 WJBF NewsChannel 6 (ABC) 6.2 / 42.2 RTN Augusta 6.2 (Retro Television Network)

History

Augusta's first television station, WJBF-TV started broadcasting on November 23, 1953, founded by local entrepreneur J.B. Fuqua. ([1]) WJBF carried a primary NBC affiliation and a secondary ABC affiliation, before switching to an ABC primary/NBC secondary alignment in 1968. When WATU (now WAGT) began operations in December 1968, it was assumed that the NBC affiliation would fully go to the new station. However, WJBF did not relinquish its secondary NBC affiliation (airing both the Today and Tonight shows, among other programs), sharing it with basic CBS affiliate WRDW-TV. The failure of WATU to secure a full-time network affiliation caused that station to go dark in 1970. WJBF became a full ABC affiliate when WATU returned to the air in 1974, this time with a primary NBC affiliation.

In the 1980s, the station's newscasts were branded "NewsWatch." After being acquired by Spartan Radiocasting in 1992, WJBF, along with some other stations acquired by Spartan changed their branding to "NewsChannel". WJBF and most of its sister affiliates still use this branding today after being acquired by Media General. The branding features the stations standard call letters followed by NewsChannel then the station number (eg., "WJBF NewsChannel 6" or "WSPA NewsChannel 7", or "WNEG NewsChannel