WGGB-DT2

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WGGB-DT2 | station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Fox 6 Springfield
analog =
Comcast 6
Charter 10
digital = WGGB-DT 55.2 (UHF)
affiliations = Fox (primary)
MyNetworkTV (secondary)| founded = March 31, 2008
location = Springfield / Holyoke, Massachusetts
callsign_meaning = see WGGB-TV
owner = Gormally Broadcasting, LLC
former_affiliations = The Tube (until 2006)
effective_radiated_power = 500 kW (digital)
HAAT = 301.5 m (digital)
facility_id = 10132 (digital)
coordinates = coord|42|14|30.0|N|72|38|57.0|W|type:landmark (digital)
homepage = [http://www.myfoxspringfieldtv.com/ myfoxspringfieldtv.com]

WGGB-DT2 is the primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Springfield metropolitan area of Massachusetts. The station is a second digital subchannel of ABC affiliate WGGB-TV which is owned by Gormally Broadcasting, LLC. Over-the-air, WGGB-DT2 broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 55.2 from WGGB's transmitter that is located on Mount Tom in Holyoke. Via cable, it is offered on Comcast channel 6 and Charter channel 10. There is a high definition signal of WGGB-DT2 on Comcast digital cable channel 861. WGGB-DT2's parent station has studios on Liberty Street in Springfield. Syndicated programming on the station includes: "The Simpsons", "Family Guy", "Scrubs", and "Everybody Loves Raymond". Based on its channel location on Comcast, it is known on-air as "Fox 6 Springfield".

History

Before launch of WGGB-DT2, the Springfield / Holyoke television market was the largest DMA to not have a Fox affiliate of its own. WTIC-TV in Hartford, Connecticut served as the default affiliate on cable. On November 16, 2007 the "Springfield Republican" reported that WGGB would be launching a Fox affiliate on its second digital subchannel. It was expected to begin broadcasting by the end of the year but was delayed until March 31, 2008. When it launched, WGGB-DT2 took WTIC's cable channel location on Comcast systems, the latter moved to the digital tier on channel 292. It is not known if Cox cable viewers will have access to WGGB-DT2. At one point, WGGB's second digital channel had been broadcasting The Tube, a 24-hour digital music channel.

It was dropped at the end of 2006. When the station launched, it also started to show MyNetworkTV programming as a secondary affiliate. That network's shows are seen on weeknights from 11:30 P.M. to 1:30 A.M. and on early Sunday mornings from 12:30 A.M. to 2:30 A.M. It was announced that with the startup of WGGB-DT2, a new weeknight 10 P.M. newscast would be added to the lineup (it launched on September 8 2008). Back on August 18, CBS affiliate WSHM-LP launched the market's first 10 o'clock newscast on its weather channel. That production airs seven nights a week. The layout for WGGB-DT2's website is the same as Fox stations that are owned-and-operated by the network.

News team

"Fox 6 Springfield News at 10"
"(Weeknights 10 to 10:30 P.M.)"
*Anchors:
**Dave Madsen
**Kathy Tobin
*Weather:
**Ed Carroll
*Sports:
**Scott Coen

"Additional news personnel from WGGB are seen on this station. See the WGGB article for a complete listing."

External links

* [http://www.myfoxspringfieldtv.com/ WGGB-DT2 "Fox 6 Springfield"]
* [http://www.wggb.com WGGB-TV/DT "ABC 40"]
* [http://www.fox.com Fox]
* [http://www.mynetworktv.com MyNetworkTV]