WJAL

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

WJAL

Hagerstown, Maryland/Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Branding	Family TV 68
Channels	68 (UHF) analog, 16 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Independent
Owner	Entravision Communications
Founded	August 1, 1984
Transmitter Power	3890 kW/394 m(analogue) 6 kW/332 m (digital)
Website	www.wjal.com

WJAL is an independent television station serving Hagerstown, Maryland and south-central Pennsylvania. It is one of only six English-language stations owned by Entravision, a company better known for its ownership of Spanish-language stations across the United States.

Despite being licensed to Hagerstown, WJAL's offices are located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and its transmitter located fifteen miles west of Chambersburg, near the town of McConnellsburg.

[edit] History

The station first broadcast on August 1, 1984, as the third television station in Hagerstown, the fourth independent station in the Washington, D.C. DMA, after WTTG, WDCA, and WCQR, and the first outside Washington.

[edit] Programming

WJAL currently airs a mix of religious programming (especially on Sunday), African American and Hispanic public affairs programming, home shopping, syndicated shows, sitcom reruns, movies, and children's programs.

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Washington, D.C. market (Nielsen DMA #8)

WRC 4 (NBC) - WTTG 5 (Fox) - WJLA 7 (ABC) - WUSA 9 (CBS) - WAZT-CA 10/WAZC-LP 16/WAZF-CA 28/WAZW-CA 48 (TBN) - WFDC 14 (UNI) - W15AD 15/W17AL 17/W41AO 41/W48AA 48/W69AC 69 (PBS/WVPB) - WDCA 20 (MNTV) - WDDN-LP 23 (DS) - WHAG 25 (NBC) - WETA 26 (PBS) - WWPB 31/WFPT 62 (PBS/MPT) - WHUT 32 (PBS) - WVPY 42 (PBS) - WMDO-CA 47 (TFR) - WWTD 49 (Ind) - WDCW 50 (The CW) (The Tube on DT2) - WNVC 56 (Ind) - WIAV-LP 58 (AV/Ind) - WWPX 60/WPXW 66 (i) - WZDC-LP 64 (TEL) - WJAL 68 (Ind)
Local digital television channels
WNVT 30 (Ind)
Local cable television channels
CN8 - News Channel 8 - TV 3 Winchester (ABC)