Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
WKRG
| WKRG (CBS) | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
| Slogan: "News 5: Coverage you can count on." | ||
| Mobile, Alabama | ||
| Cable 5 / Digital 27 | ||
| Owner | Media General | |
| Founded | 1955 | |
| Joined CBS | 1955 | |
| Signal Radius | Northwestern Florida, Southwestern Alabama and Southern Mississippi | |
| Callsign Meaning | Kenneth R. Giddens (Founder and Former Owner) | |
| Former Affiliations | None | |
| Former Callsigns | None | |
| Major Mobile/Pensacola Stations | ||
| WEAR (Pensacola) | WKRG (Mobile) | WPMI (Mobile) |
| WALA (Mobile) | WBPG (Pensacola) | WJTC (Mobile) |
WKRG has been the CBS station in Mobile, Alabama since its inception in 1955. The station was brought to the city when a radio signal tower was erected, putting WKRG-TV as well as WKRG AM and FM radio on the air.
In 2002, the big focus of the television channel switched to weather and news, and the channel's slogan was edited to make light of it: WKRG-5 became WKRG News 5, and it was touted as Mobile's "weather authority".
The affiliate debuted a new slogan in July 2004: News 5: Coverage you can count on, in conjunction with WKRG's 50th year in broadcasting.
Currently, the evening news desk is helmed by Mel Showers and Rose Ann Haven , with Andrew Findley and Jennifer Mayerle taking over on weekends. The head meteorologist today is Alan Sealls , with Jere Hough and John Nodar contributing to weather reports on other newscasts.
External links
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details