WNEG-TV

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WNEG-TV
Athens / Gainesville, Georgia
City of license	Toccoa, Georgia
Branding	NewsChannel 32
Slogan	Serving Northeast Georgia
Channels	32 (UHF) analog, 24 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Media General
Founded	September 29, 1984
Call letters meaning	NorthEast Georgia
Former affiliations	Independent (1984-1995)
Website	www.wneg32.com

WNEG-TV is the CBS television affiliate in Toccoa, Georgia, serving several counties in the northeastern portion of that state. Besides that region, the station also serves as the secondary CBS affiliate for the Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, S.C./Asheville, N.C. television market. The signal can also be seen in the extreme eastern portions of the Atlanta market. The station broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 32, and its digital signal on UHF channel 24. It is owned by Media General.

WNEG-TV signed on air as an independent station on September 29, 1984. Its first owner was the Stephens County Broadcasting Company, who also owned WNEG-AM 630.

In 1991, it was acquired by the Spartan Radiocasting Company. It acquired the CBS affiliation in 1995 and started its news operation in the same year. It adopted the branding NewsChannel 32, and adopted a logo similar to the one that sister station WSPA-TV in Spartanburg used from 1994 to 2001. The station, along with the rest of the Spartan company, was acquired by Media General in 2000. WNEG kept the Spartan-era logo, while WSPA switched to a Media General-standard one.

The station broadcasts programs from CBS, as well as syndicated children's programming, courtroom shows, and talk shows.

WNEG-AM still exists in Toccoa today, but under different ownership from WNEG-TV.

WNEG-TV is one of a few stations in the USA that still sign off, usually on early Saturday morning from 2:05 am until 6:00 am and early Sunday morning from 12:30am until 5:00am.

[edit] Newscasts

• NewsChannel 32 Daybreak 6-7 AM
• NewsChannel 32 at 6:00 6-6:30 PM
• NewsChannel 32 Second Edition 7-7:30 PM
• NewsChannel 32 at 11:00 11-11:35 PM

• Weekends
  • No weekend newscasts

Anchors/Reporters

• Chuck Moore, Anchor, NewsChannel 32 @ 6, 7, and 11
• Megan Heidlberg, Anchor, NewsChannel 32 @ 6, 7, and 11
• Scott Myrick, Anchor, NewsChannel 32 Daybreak
• Keeli Davidson, Sports Director
• Amelia Hines, Reporter
• Alicia Searl, Reporter
• Jeff Sharon, Sports Reporter

[edit] See also

• WSPA-TV

[edit] External links

• WNEG NewsChannel 32 Homepage
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNEG-TV

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