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WTVM News Leader 9

WTVM News Leader 9 located in an under the radar and over the top location in Columbus Georgia a little over an hour south of Atlanta The Fountain City has a vibrant artsy energy with a unique local history and a killer food scene Its also a perfect place to enjoy the outdoors listen to local bands and taste some local finely brewed boutique beer In short weve got worldclass experiences without the worldclass ego you can thank us for that later The station has a unique history WTVM became the first television station on the air in Columbus Georgia on October 6 1953 Allen Woodall Sr owned WDAK Radio in Columbus He went into partnership with Martin Theatres to start WDAKTV on Channel 28 Martin Theatres became the sole owners in 1956 and changed the station call letters to WTVMTV which stands for TeleVision Martin They also changed the channel allocation to VHF Channel 9 to serve a larger portion of the West Georgia and East Alabama community In its 64 year history WTVM News Leader 9 has had 5 owners Western Broadcasting bought the station in 1980 SFN Publishing became the owner in 1984 A group of SFN managers formed Pegasus Broadcasting and purchased WTVMTV in 1986 AFLAC bought the station in 1989 their world headquarter are located across the street AFLAC sold WTVM to Raycom Media Inc of Montgomery Alabama on April 15 1997 and remains under the Raycom banner today WTVM News Leader 9 has a long history of being the 1 station in the market on all screens

WTVM News Leader 9
Industry:
Telecommunications
Website:
http://www.wtvm.com
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/wtvm-news-leader-9
Location:
Columbus, Georgia
Founded:
1953
Employee Count:
88