WGBP-TV, the Glossary
WGBP-TV (channel 66) is a television station licensed to Opelika, Alabama, United States, affiliated with Merit Street Media.[1]
Table of Contents
59 relations: America One, Antenna TV, Aspect ratio (image), Atlanta, Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code, Christian Television Network, Columbus, Georgia, Cozi TV, Cusseta, Georgia, Des Moines, Iowa, DirecTV, Display resolution, Distributed transmission system, Federal Communications Commission, Financial News Network, Fullscreen (aspect ratio), Great Recession, HSN, Independent station, Infomercial, KCWI-TV, KDMI, Largo, Florida, Limited liability company, Media market, Metro Atlanta, Multiplex (television), Must-carry, NBC, NBC LX Home, Nielsen Media Research, Opelika, Alabama, Pappas Telecasting, Phenix City, Alabama, Phil McGraw, Planning permission, Quest (American TV network), QVC, RabbitEars, Shop LC, Tampa, Florida, Television station, The CW, The WB, The WB 100+ Station Group, TNT (American TV network), True Crime Network, Ultra high frequency, UPN, Warm Springs, Georgia, ... Expand index (9 more) »
- 1982 establishments in Alabama
- Television stations in Atlanta
America One
America One was an American television network established in 1995 by USFR Media Group through its America One Television subsidiary.
Antenna TV
Antenna TV is an American digital television network owned by Nexstar Media Group.
Aspect ratio (image)
The aspect ratio of an image is the ratio of its width to its height.
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Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States.
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Christian Television Network
Christian Television Network, Inc. (CTN) is an American non-profit broadcast television network of small owned-and-operated stations (O&O) that broadcasts religious programming.
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Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia.
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Cozi TV
Cozi TV (stylized on-air as COZI TV) is an American free-to-air television network owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal.
Cusseta, Georgia
Cusseta is a city in Chattahoochee County, Georgia, United States.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa.
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DirecTV
DirecTV, LLC (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California.
Display resolution
The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor, or other display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.
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Distributed transmission system
In North American digital terrestrial television broadcasting, a distributed transmission system (DTS or DTx) is a form of single-frequency network in which a single broadcast signal is fed via microwave, landline, or communications satellite to multiple synchronised terrestrial radio transmitter sites.
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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Financial News Network
The Financial News Network (FNN) was an American financial and business news television network that was launched November 30, 1981.
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Fullscreen (aspect ratio)
Fullscreen (or full screen) refers to the 4:3 (1.:1) aspect ratio of early standard television screens and computer monitors.
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Great Recession
The Great Recession was a period of marked decline in economies around the world that occurred in the late 2000s.
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HSN
HSN, an initialism of its former name Home Shopping Network, is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Qurate Retail Group, which also owns catalog company Cornerstone Brands. WGBP-TV and HSN are television channels and stations established in 1982.
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Independent station
An independent station is a broadcast station, usually a television station, not affiliated with a larger broadcast network.
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Infomercial
An infomercial is a form of television commercial that resembles regular TV programming yet is intended to promote or sell a product, service or idea.
KCWI-TV
KCWI-TV (channel 23) is a television station licensed to Ames, Iowa, United States, serving as the CW affiliate for the Des Moines area. WGBP-TV and KCWI-TV are Quest (American TV network) affiliates.
KDMI
KDMI (channel 19) is a religious television station in Des Moines, Iowa, United States, owned and operated by Tri-State Christian Television (TCT).
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Largo, Florida
Largo is the third largest city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, as well as the fourth largest in the Tampa Bay area.
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Limited liability company
A limited liability company (LLC) is the United States-specific form of a private limited company.
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A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media such as newspapers and internet content.
Metro Atlanta
Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the sixth-largest in the United States, based on the July 1, 2023 metropolitan area population estimates from the U.S.
Multiplex (television)
A multiplex or mux, also known as a bouquet, is a grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium, particularly terrestrial broadcasting.
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Must-carry
In cable television, governments apply a must-carry regulation stating that locally licensed television stations must be carried on a cable provider's system.
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
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NBC LX Home
NBC LX Home is a brand for original home and lifestyle content for the NBCUniversal-owned television stations.
Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers.
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Opelika, Alabama
Opelika (pronounced) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama.
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Pappas Telecasting
Pappas Telecasting Companies was a diversely organized broadcasting company headquartered in Visalia, California, United States.
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Phenix City, Alabama
Phenix City is a city in Lee and Russell counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the county seat of Russell County.
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Phil McGraw
Phillip Calvin McGraw (born September 1, 1950), known professionally as Dr.
Planning permission
Planning permission or building permit refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation), and sometimes for demolition, in some jurisdictions.
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Quest (American TV network)
Quest is an American digital multicast television network owned by Tegna Inc. The network specializes in travel, historical, science, and adventure-focused documentary and reality series aimed at adults between the ages of 25 and 54.
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QVC
QVC (short for "Quality Value Convenience") is an American free-to-air television network and a flagship shopping channel specializing in televised home shopping, owned by Qurate Retail Group.
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RabbitEars
RabbitEars is a website that provides information on over-the-air digital television in the United States, its territories, protectorates, and border areas of Canada and Mexico.
Shop LC
Shop LC, formerly known as Liquidation Channel and The Jewelry Channel, is an American cable television network based in Austin, Texas, which mainly specializes in selling jewelry.
Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida.
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Television station
A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
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The CW
The CW Television Network (commonly referred to as the CW or simply CW) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is controlled by Nexstar Media Group through a 75-percent ownership interest.
The WB
The WB Television Network (shortened to The WB, and nicknamed the "Frog Network" or "The Frog" for its former mascot Michigan J. Frog) was an American television network launched on broadcast television on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner and the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Company, with the former acting as controlling partner (and from which The WB received its name).
The WB 100+ Station Group
The WB 100+ Station Group (originally called The WeB from its developmental stages until March 1999) was a national programming service of The WB—owned by the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner, the Tribune Company, and group founder and longtime WB network president Jamie Kellner—intended primarily for American television markets ranked #100 and above by Nielsen Media Research estimates.
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TNT (American TV network)
TNT (originally an abbreviation for Turner Network Television) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery that launched on October 3, 1988.
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True Crime Network
True Crime Network (formerly Justice Network) is an American digital multicast television network that is operated by True Crime Network, LLC, a limited liability company, which is owned by Tegna Inc. The network specializes in true crime, investigation and forensic science documentary programming aimed at adults – with a skew toward women – between the ages of 25 and 54.
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Ultra high frequency
Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter (one decimeter).
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UPN
The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that operated from 1995 to 2006.
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Warm Springs, Georgia
Warm Springs is a city in Meriwether County, Georgia, United States.
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Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
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WeatherNation TV
WeatherNation TV (branded on-air as simply WeatherNation) is an American broadcast, digital streaming, cable, and satellite television network owned by WeatherNation, Inc, a subsidiary of Performance One Media and ultimately owned by Robert J. Sigg.
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WLTZ
WLTZ (channel 38) is a television station in Columbus, Georgia, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW Plus.
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WRBL
WRBL (channel 3) is a television station in Columbus, Georgia, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Nexstar Media Group.
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WTVM
WTVM (channel 9) is a television station in Columbus, Georgia, United States, affiliated with ABC. WGBP-TV and WTVM are Quest (American TV network) affiliates.
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WYBU-CD
WYBU-CD (channel 16) is a low-power Class A religious television station in Columbus, Georgia, United States, owned and operated by the Christian Television Network (CTN).
16:9 aspect ratio
16:9 is a widescreen aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9 units.
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480i
480i is the video mode used for standard-definition digital video in the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Western Sahara, and most of the Americas (with the exception of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay).
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720p
720p (720 lines progressive) is a progressive HD signal format with 720 horizontal lines/1280 columns and an aspect ratio (AR) of 16:9, normally known as widescreen HD (1.78:1).
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See also
1982 establishments in Alabama
- Alabama Department of Environmental Management
- Alabama Public Radio
- Alabama Sports Festival
- Birmingham South Stars
- Birmingham Stallions
- Booker T. Washington Magnet High School
- DESE Research
- Gathering of Eagles Program
- Hillcrest High School (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
- Integrated Medical Systems International
- Lindy's Sports
- Mises Institute
- Mountain View Christian Academy
- Pleasant Valley High School (Alabama)
- Progress Rail
- Space Camp (United States)
- W. C. Handy Music Festival
- WCMA (Alabama)
- WCOC
- WGBP-TV
- WKWL
- WLVM
- WPMI-TV
- WTTO
- WWGC
- William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility
Television stations in Atlanta
- Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters
- CobbTV
- Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast
- List of Atlanta broadcast stations by location
- Peachtree Sports Network
- WABE-TV
- WAGA-TV
- WANF
- WATC-DT
- WATL
- WGBP-TV
- WGTA (TV)
- WGTV
- WHSG-TV
- WKTB-CD
- WPCH-TV
- WPXA-TV
- WSB-TV
- WTBS-LD
- WUPA
- WUVG-DT
- WXIA-TV
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGBP-TV
Also known as WGBP, WLGA, Wlgatv.com.
, Watt, WeatherNation TV, WLTZ, WRBL, WTVM, WYBU-CD, 16:9 aspect ratio, 480i, 720p.