WTVM, channel 9, is the ABC-affiliated television station in Columbus, Georgia. Its signal covers the Chattahoochee Valley area including east-central Alabama. The station's transmitter is located in Cusseta, Georgia. Owned by Raycom Media, WTVM is sister to primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate WXTX. The two stations share studios on Wynnton Road in the Dinglewood section of Columbus. Syndicated programming on WTVM includes: Inside Edi...
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WTVM, channel 9, is the ABC-affiliated television station in Columbus, Georgia. Its signal covers the Chattahoochee Valley area including east-central Alabama. The station's transmitter is located in Cusseta, Georgia. Owned by Raycom Media, WTVM is sister to primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate WXTX. The two stations share studios on Wynnton Road in the Dinglewood section of Columbus. Syndicated programming on WTVM includes: Inside Edition, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Entertainment Tonight, and The Doctors.
The station signed on for the first time on October 6, 1953 as WDAK-TV on channel 28. It was a primary NBC station with a secondary ABC affiliation. It was the first television station in the Columbus market, and is the fifth-oldest in the state and second-oldest outside Atlanta. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network. The station was originally owned by Allen Woodall, Sr., owner of WDAK radio,...
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