WNAB

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WNAB
city =
station_
station_slogan = Come Watch
station_branding = CW 58
analog = 58 (UHF)
digital = 23 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = The CW
network =
founded =
airdate = November 29, 1995
location = Nashville, Tennessee
callsign_meaning = N A for Nashville, surrounded by W B for The WB Television Network
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Tennessee Broadcasting
"(operated under outsourcing agreement by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.)"
licensee = Nashville License Holdings, LLC
sister_stations = WUXP-TV, WZTV
former_affiliations = The WB (1995-2006)
effective_radiated_power = 3250 kW (analog)
350 kW (digital)
HAAT = 424.6 m (analog)
367 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 73310
coordinates = coord|36|15|49.8|N|86|47|38.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.cw58.tv/ www.cw58.tv]

WNAB channel 58 is The CW affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee. It is owned by Tennessee Broadcasting, although operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group under an outsourcing agreement. It currently serves as a sister station to WZTV and WUXP-TV. It is currently branded as CW58. WNAB's transmitter is located in Whites Creek, Tennessee.

History

The station signed on the air on November 29, 1995 and was Nashville's affiliate for The WB. By mere coincidence, the call letters were chosen in 1987 (as a construction permit) as WNAB; something that would be exploited when the station became affiliated with The WB.

Original owner Speer Communications, a company founded by Home Shopping Network co-founder Roy Speer, launched the station from studios on Dickerson Road in Nashville, in a former Sam's Club building. Offering five hours of live, locally-produced programming each weekday, WNAB was quickly a hit among Nashville viewers, although the station lacked cable coverage in many of the suburbs. Controversial former Nashville mayor and U.S. congressman Bill Boner hosted an hour-long interview/call-in show, "Prime Talk" each weeknight. Its follow-up, "Sports Talk", featured "Nashville Banner" sportswriter Greg Pogue and popular radio personality George Plaster showing highlights and taking calls about the day's sports action. On Friday nights in the fall, "Sports Talk" was extended by an hour and featured Nashville's first television show entirely devoted to high school football scores. Since the 1996 season at least one of Nashville's television stations has continued this tradition. Within two years, all of the live programming except "Sports Talk" had been canceled (partly due to budget constraints, partly due to The WB expanding its lineup past Sundays and Wednesdays). Plaster left "Sports Talk" and it was rebranded as "Sports Plus" and featured news and weather in addition to its sports content. It too was canceled in 1998.

Speer Communications had planned to use WNAB as a base of operations for a small network of television stations in each of Tennessee's six television markets. A statewide newscast was planned as part of the network. However, the company went bankrupt before any of the plans could come to fruition. The station was later sold to Lambert Broadcasting (now Tennessee Broadcasting) who operated the station for a short while and later outsourced its sales and operations to Sinclair Broadcast Group via an outsourcing agreement.

On September 18, 2006 WNAB became a CW affiliate.

Digital Television

The station's digital channel, UHF 23, is used to provide one high-definition television stream:

In 2009, WNAB will remain on its current pre-transition channel number, 23. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf] [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101230976&formid=387&fac_num=73310 CDBS Print ] ] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display WNAB's virtual channel as 58.

Featured Programs

Dr. Gangrene's Creature Feature

Former Logos

References

External links

* [http://www.cw58.tv/ Official site]
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