channels analog 50 uhf digital 50 flash cut permit affiliations silent owner register communications radio peach inc. first air date july 14 2004 ; 12 years ago 2004 07 14 call letters meaning w perry georgia after co owned stations wpga tv and wpga fm sister station s wpga tv wpga wnex fm wnex former callsigns w50da 2004 2009 former affiliations tbn 2004 2009 rtv 2009 2011 this tv 2011 2015 transmitter power 13.3 kw analog 0.2 kw digital height 247.4 m class lptv facility id 67972 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.macon.thistv.com wpga lp uhf analog channel 50 is a low powered television station located in macon georgia united states . the station is locally owned by register communications owners of independent station wpga tv channel 58 and perry licensed radio stations wpga 980 am and wnex fm 100.9 fm . the television and radio stations share studio facilities located on forsyth street in downtown macon ; wpga lp maintains transmitter facilities located on ga 87 u.s. 23 u.s. 129 alternate golden isles highway along the twiggs bibb county line . history edit the station first signed on the air on july 14 2004 as w50da ; it originally operated as an owned and operated translator station of the trinity broadcasting network . in 2009 register communications owner of then abc affiliate wpga tv channel 58 purchased the station from tbn for 6 000 . 1 in early september 2009 w50da dropped tbn programming and announced that it would change its network affiliation to the retro television network on october 12 . the day after the switch the station s callsign was changed to wpga lp . wpga lp has a construction permit that was first issued to the station by the federal communications commission in 2006 to flash cut its digital signal into operation which would significantly increase its signal coverage ; this permit expired in march 2009 . in mid august 2011 wpga lp changed its primary affiliation to this tv which was previously carried on the second digital subchannel of wpga tv which is now affiliated with me tv . in addition to this tv programming wpga lp for a time once used to simulcast the wpga fm radio program mix in the morning which also airs on wpga tv sister radio station wpga 980 am and wnex 1400 am each weekday from 6 00 to 9 00 a.m. on july 2 2015 this tv network moved back to wpga tv on dt3 subsequently wpga lp goes dark for an undetermined amount of time ; currently there is no word on when the station will return to the air or what network it will air since losing this tv network references edit deals broadcasting & cable august 1 2009 . external links edit wpga lp this tv macon official website query the fcc s tv station database for wpga lp v t e television stations in central georgia including macon perry and warner robins reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wmaz tv 13.1 cbs 13.2 the cw 13.3 justice wgxa 24.1 fox 24.2 abc 24.3 comet tv wmum tv 29.1 pbs gpb 29.2 gpb create 29.3 gpb know wdma cd 31.1 ds wmub ld 38.1 f24 wmgt tv 41.1 nbc 41.2 mynetworktv 41.3 bounce tv 41.4 escape wgnm 45.1 ctn 45.2 ctn international wpga lp 50 silent wsst tv 51.1 ind youtoo america wpga tv 58.1 ind 58.2 metv 58.3 this tv georgia broadcast television areas by city albany atlanta augusta chattanooga tn columbus greenville sc jacksonville fl macon savannah tallahassee fl v t e other television stations in the state of georgia atlanta stations religious stations wksy ld 21.3 3abn wdta ld 35 daystar watc dt 57 wskc ca 22 wksy ld 21.1 familynet whsg tv 63 tbn spanish stations wuvm lp 4 azteca wtbs ld 26 wann cd 32 various ; 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