In the 1970’s the market of Augusta start growing bigger and bigger eventually and getting in the posting to support three affiliations of networks. There was no ABC affiliated channel was existing in Augusta’s area which can provide grade B signals and coverage. Besides this WIS TV in Columbia was the one NBC affiliated channel which was providing grade B coverage. When WAGT began operation in December 1968, prediction and suggestion was to get affiliated with NBC. At that time in Augusta areas, several viewers were out of UHF capable sets. So, The Dick Cavett Show and The Tonight Show keep airing from the WJBF and HRDW TV. IN 1974 WATU station which was affiliated by NBC returned to its transmission and WJBF was being forced to drop NBC programming for an unknown time period.
WJBF Local News Live:
On September 26, 2011, WJBF ABC made an agreement with the Media General for taking over the operation and advertising sales department of MeTV which was previously known as RTV. Both stations WJBF and WAGT have a reputable presence in downtown areas and Media General moved WAGT into the expansion phase of WJBF. The news facility for the station was inaugurated in October 2011 because of the news constructed stations. The owner of WRDW TV Gray Television accused Media General of not doing the smooth transition of station personnel under the shared service agreement.
News App:
WJBF station with ABC affiliation is playing a leading role in the media industry of Augusta and Georgia market. Local news and live weather updates are providing six days a week and special prime time newscasting in station time slots, the size of the news application is around 7 MB and developed by DoApp Inc. You can download this app through android or apple/iPhone store. You can get hourly and latest news headlines and alerts in your designated areas or can be manually set the live location. Weather forecasting and live streaming are also provided in this application by channel 6.
News Team:
WJBF ABC 6 was providing gospel music on Sunday morning during 1954 and Parade of Quartets was the longest-running program on American television history. In the 1980’s NewsWatch 6 was launched from the Spartan Radiocasting and then WJBF and some other sister station changed their branding to NewsChannel and were acquired by Media General. The unique station logo 6 was brought back after Spartan bought the station and facilities in 1970. The arc logo which was used by most stations of Media Group become the WJBF logo in 2002.
Weather Team:
There was an agreement in the 1990s between WJBF and Augusta Mall to start a transmission as Mall TV throughout the mall and transmission is based on coverage of local news and special events in the area. The evening anchors of WJBF ABC are Brad Means and Dee Griffen. Morning transmissions are hosted by the channel anchors Mary Morrison and Barclay Bishop. The weather forecasting team is included Tim Miller, John Lynn and Ryan Gold are working as Meteorologists.
Weather App:
Channel 6 application is known as Viper 6 and containing the different sources of daily weather updates and conditions with the help of radar, satellite images on availability of high definition. You can easily use sliders for getting forecast weather conditions of 24 hours. This application will help you to provide time and location sets based on zip code and location. Weather map can be zoomed in throughout the radar mapping which is always updated and available on the main screen of this application.
First Weather Alert:
National weather services which contain warnings and alerts are issued on the official websites and on mobile installed applications. Approaching storm cells generated by tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are the main weather alert components. Baron Tornado Index is considered the most accurate alert than regional alerts. WJBF ABC channel 6 team for weather forecasting are based on facts and figures which helps to initiate the first weather alert from the station and in the area of Augusta and Georgia.
Live Streaming:
Live streaming services from WJBF ABC News TV is virtually based and available on digital receivers and on cable. Video recordings and live national and local events are also available and can be watched 24 hours during weekdays. Sports and weather transmission are also streaming online and ABC 6 has the high-power transmitter to make sure such services are deliberately provided to the users.
WJBF channel 6 is basically a UHF digital channel from Augusta, Georgia, and is affiliated with ABC Network. In Augusta near the West Mall, the studios are based and In South Carolina, on Beech Island, the WJBF transmitter is installed. The WJBF TV station start its operation services on November 23, 1953. The founder of the station was a company name Georgia-Carolina Broadcasting. NBC Radio Network who was affiliated with WJBF and primarily affiliated with NBC belongs to local entrepreneur J, B, Fuqua. He then sold the sister station of WJBF in 1954 and now its name is WEZO. WJBF has become the primary affiliated channel with ABC in the market.
