WKRG TV 5 is a TV station in Mobile, Alabama, USA airing CBS network programs, local news and weather.
The station is an affiliate of the CBS Television Network.
WKRG TV has been the CBS television station for Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida along with southeastern Mississippi (Pascagoula) since it was launched on August 29, 1955. The station and the rest of Media General, Inc. were bought by Nexstar Media Group in 2017.
WKRG was founded by the architect and movie theater owner Kenneth R. Giddens, who also put the WKRG AM and FM radio stations on the air. After the death of Giddens in 1993, the radio stations were sold. In 2007, WKRG developed a partnership with Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) in which the station shares studio space with WMXC Lite Mix 99.9 (formerly WKRG FM) and WNTM News Radio 710 (formerly WKRG AM).
This TV station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
For WKRG TV 5 contact information, see the Alabama news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
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