WSST-TV

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WSST-TV
City Cordele, Georgia
Channels
Branding
  • My55 WSST
  • South Georgia Television News
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WSWG
History
First air date
May 22, 1989(35 years ago) (1989-05-22)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 55 (UHF, 1989–2009)
  • Digital: 51 (UHF, 2003–2017), 22 (UHF, 2017–2018)
  • Virtual: 51 (2009–2017), 22 (2017–2019), 34 (2019)
Call sign meaning
Sunbelt-South Telecommunications (previous owner)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 63867
ERP 66.2 kW
HAAT 111 m (364 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 31°53′36″N83°48′18″W / 31.89333°N 83.80500°W / 31.89333; -83.80500
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information
Website www.southgatv.com

WSST-TV (channel 55) is a television station licensed to Cordele, Georgia, United States, serving as the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Albany, Georgia, area. It is owned by Marquee Broadcasting alongside Valdosta-licensed CBS affiliate WSWG (channel 44); Marquee also operates Fox affiliate WFXL (channel 31) under joint sales and shared services agreements with Sinclair Broadcast Group. [2] The three stations share offices on Slappey Boulevard in Albany; WSST-TV's transmitter is located in rural southwestern Crisp County.

Contents

The station's digital signal extends only about 50 miles (80 km) from Cordele; however, the station is carried on many cable providers in the region, including in Albany and Perry. Since April 22, 2019, in order to increase its over-the-air reach, WSST-TV's primary channel has been simulcast on WSWG's third digital subchannel. [3]

History

Former logo for WSST-TV WSST-DT logo.jpg
Former logo for WSST-TV

WSST-TV signed on May 22, 1989, as an independent station owned by Sunbelt-South Telecommunications Ltd. [4] The station grew out of a cable-only station for Cordele and Vienna that had started in 1981. [5] Though primarily independent, at various points WSST's schedule has included programming from Channel America, [6] America One, and Youtoo America. WSST was originally jointly owned by William B. Goodson and Phillip A. Streetman; Goodson died in 2006, [5] and Streetman assumed full control in 2007. [7]

WSST-TV 34 logo.png
WSST-TV 55 logo.png
Former logos for WSST-TV from 2019 to 2022

On June 18, 2018, Marquee Broadcasting agreed to purchase WSST from Sunbelt-South Telecommunications. [8] [9] The sale was completed on September 3, 2018. [10] Marquee subsequently acquired CBS affiliate WSWG from Gray Television, making it a sister station to WSST. [11] In May 2019, WSST-TV affiliated with MyNetworkTV; the affiliation was transferred from a WSWG subchannel.

Local programming

WSST-TV airs a rebroadcast of sister station WSWG's early evening newscast and a prime time newscast, which launched on May 6, 2019; [12] prior to then, WSST produced its own evening newscast. Until 2022, WSST also produced South Georgia Sunrise, a two-hour morning news and talk program, and Midday, a half-hour talk and lifestyle program.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WSST-TV [13]
Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming
55.1 480i 4:3 WSST DT MyNetworkTV
55.2 16:9 WSST-D2 MeTV (WSWG)
55.20 WSWG-DT CBS (WSWG)
55.416:9WSST-D4 Grit
55.5WSST-D5 Ion Mystery
55.6WSST-D6 Laff
  Simulcast of subchannels of another station

Analog-to-digital conversion

WSST-TV began broadcasting a digital signal in 2003. [5] Its digital transmitter facilities operated at low power for several years, due to Sunbelt-South Telecommunications, Ltd. being involved in bankruptcy proceedings.[ needs update ] [14] The station ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 55, on April 15, 2009. WSST's digital signal broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 51. [15] [16] The station moved to channel 22 in early 2017, [17] and to channel 34 in late 2018. [18]

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