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Overview
In the Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA TV market, WGAL is the NBC station licensed to Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Station facts
- Call sign
- WGAL
- Network
- NBC (subchannels: MeTV, Story Television, Ion Plus, QVC, HSN)
- Virtual channel
- 8
- RF channel
- 8
- City of license
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- TV market
- Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA
- Licensee
- Hearst Properties Inc.
- Owner
- Hearst Television
- On the air since
- 1949
- Call sign since
- April 1991
- Studio address
- 1300 Columbia Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603
- FCC facility ID
- 53930
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.wgal.com
Viewers watch WGAL on channel 8, the same number as its broadcast channel. Its subchannels carry MeTV, Story Television, Ion Plus, QVC and HSN.
Subchannels
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 8.1 | NBC |
| 8.2 | MeTV |
| 8.4 | Story Television |
| 8.5 | Ion Plus |
| 8.6 | QVC |
| 8.7 | HSN |
According to FCC records, the licensee is Hearst Properties Inc. The station is part of Hearst Television. WGAL has been on the air since 1949. The current call sign has been in place since April 1991.
FCC records list the station's main studio at 1300 Columbia Avenue in Lancaster, PA. You can reach the station online at www.wgal.com.
For young viewers, WGAL reported educational and informational shows such as Saved by the Bell, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and Earth Odyssey in its 2025 filing with the FCC.
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WGAL at a glance
- Network
- NBC
- Channel
- 8
- Licensed to
- Lancaster, PA
- Subchannels
- MeTV, Story Television, Ion Plus, QVC, HSN
- TV market
- Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA
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