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'''WSGN-TV''' was a planned television station owned by the ''[[Birmingham News]]'' and ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' as a sister station to [[WSGN-AM]] and [[WSGN-FM]]. Its application for a construction permit from the FCC was delayed by a permitting freeze implemented by the federal agency in the summer of [[1949]]. | '''WSGN-TV''' (for the '''S'''outh's '''G'''reatest '''N'''ewspaper) was a planned television station owned by the ''[[Birmingham News]]'' and ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' as a sister station to [[WSGN-AM]] and [[WSGN-FM]]. Its application for a construction permit from the FCC was delayed by a permitting freeze implemented by the federal agency in the summer of [[1949]]. | ||
The station partnered with [[WAFM-TV]] to construct a broadcast tower on [[Red Mountain]] adjoining [[Vulcan Park]] alongside its new studio building. The [[WSGN building]] in "[[Radio Park]]" was designed to accommodate the transmitters for the FM and TV stations while the AM broadcast remained at the [[Alabama State Fairgrounds]]. | The station partnered with [[WAFM-TV]] to construct a broadcast tower on [[Red Mountain]] adjoining [[Vulcan Park]] alongside its new studio building. The [[WSGN building]] in "[[Radio Park]]" was designed to accommodate the transmitters for the FM and TV stations while the AM broadcast remained at the [[Alabama State Fairgrounds]]. | ||
Revision as of 10:03, 4 December 2012
WSGN-TV (for the South's Greatest Newspaper) was a planned television station owned by the Birmingham News and Birmingham Age-Herald as a sister station to WSGN-AM and WSGN-FM. Its application for a construction permit from the FCC was delayed by a permitting freeze implemented by the federal agency in the summer of 1949.
The station partnered with WAFM-TV to construct a broadcast tower on Red Mountain adjoining Vulcan Park alongside its new studio building. The WSGN building in "Radio Park" was designed to accommodate the transmitters for the FM and TV stations while the AM broadcast remained at the Alabama State Fairgrounds.
The television station was never approved. Southern Broadcasting, which took over ownership of WSGN-AM, eventually became a partner in the construction of WBMG-TV in 1965.
References
- Caldwell, Lily May (June 18, 1949) "Birmingham Joins Television World" Birmingham News