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Chapters: Wgal, Wlyh-Tv, Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster Newspapers, Inc., Witf-Tv, Wlan-Fm, Clipper Magazine. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: WGAL -The station's signal is multiplexed. On WGAL-DT2, Comcast digital channel 248, and Verizon FiOS digital channel 460 is This TV. Due to troubles with receiving the main channel 8 signal in many areas, WGAL has applied for six low-powered "fill-in" translators. Only the Lancaster translator has granted a construction permit. If and when any stations sign on, they would be listed with the same callsign and facility ID as the main station. WGAL-TV began operations on March 18, 1949 on channel 4 as the fourth television station in Pennsylvania and the first outside Philadelphia beating WDTV (now KDKA-TV) in Pittsburgh which began operations in November of that year. It was owned by the Steinman family owners of WGAL radio (1490 AM) and Lancaster's two major newspapers, the Intelligencer Journal and the Lancaster New Era. At the time, Lancaster was the smallest city in the country with a television station. The station's first formal program was shown on March 22 to a group of RCA executives, television dealers, and radio station personnel at the Stevens House Hotel in downtown Lancaster. In 1952, WGAL increased its power from 1,000 to 7,200 watts. Under this new grant, the station was required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move to channel 8 to prevent interference with WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. That change took place on December 31, 1952. On January 1, 1954, WGAL presented its first color television broadcast of the Tournament of Roses Parade. It has always been an NBC affiliate but also carried some programs from CBS, DuMont, and ABC until 1963 when Nielsen made the Lancaster a...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2682083 ... Read more