WSAV-TV

WSAV-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Southeastern Georgia's Coastal Empire and Southern South Carolina's Lowcountry. Licensed to Savannah, Georgia, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 (or virtual channel 3.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Little Neck Road in unincorporated northwestern Chatham County, Georgia. The station can also be seen on various cable systems including Hargray, Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Charter. Owned by Media General, WSAV has studios on East Victory Drive/U.S. 80/SR 26 in Savannah's Live Oak section.

History

The station began broadcasting on VHF channel 3 on February 1, 1956 and was co-owned with WSAV-AM 630 (now WBMQ) after a long legal battle over the frequency with the owners of WJIV-AM 900. It initially aired an analog signal from a transmitter on top of a bank building on Broughton Street in Downtown Savannah. The flashing WSAV sign was a landmark on the street for many years. WSAV-AM had long carried NBC Radio programming, so WSAV-TV took the NBC television affiliation.