WGCW-LD


WGCW-LD is a low-power television station in Albany, Georgia, United States, affiliated with CW Plus">The CW">CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Media alongside dual NBC/ABC affiliate WALB. The two stations share studios on Stuart Avenue in Albany, where WGCW-LD's transmitter is also located.
Due to WGCW-LD's low power status, its broadcast range only covers the immediate Albany area. Therefore, it can also be seen through a 16:9 widescreen standard definition simulcast on WALB's fourth digital subchannel from a transmitter east of Doerun, along the ColquittWorth county line.

History

WGCW-LD was founded on February 22, 2011, as a new low-power television station on UHF channel 36, W36EG-D. In 2019, the station became the market's CW affiliate, after owner Gray Television moved the network affiliation from the third digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WSWG, licensed to Valdosta, which was sold by Gray to Marquee Broadcasting in order to purchase WALB from Raycom Media.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:
ChannelRes.AspectShort nameProgramming
36.1720p16:9WGCW-LDThe CW Plus
36.2480i16:9THE365365BLK