WSPA was picked up in 1995 after Atlanta's longtime CBS affiliate, WAGA-TV, became a Fox owned-and-operated station. This is a promo for WSPA TV Channel 7 in Spartenburg, SC from the 1980's. "[3] The deal was approved by the FCC on January 11, 2017, and it was completed on January 17.[4]. Wspa News Reporters. 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WSPA's digital signal was restored using a digital subchannel of sister station WYCW (channel 62); while the station received a replacement antenna on March 4, it was without its analog signal for one week after the accident. Facebook. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WSPA previously carried a 24-hour local weather channel on its second digital subchannel, which was branded as "Storm Team 24/7". WSPA's over-the-air signal can be received as far north as Blowing Rock, North Carolina (in the Charlotte market), which has line-of-sight to Hogback Mountain despite being approximately 75 miles (121 km) away. WSPA used to be carried in the western Union County town of Weddington. On September 16, 2007, WSPA became the first television station in the Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville market to begin broadcasting its newscasts to high-definition. Join to Connect WSPA-TV News Channel 7. Former Staff. Atlanta's current CBS affiliate, WGCL-TV (formerly WGNX-TV), does not have nearly as strong a signal in the more mountainous areas of the Atlanta market. Nicole is a Western Pennsylvania native … [1][2] That sale was canceled on January 27, 2016, in favor of a sale of Media General to the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, and WSPA and WYCW became part of "Nexstar Media Group. A new tower was activated in September 2009. The station first signed on the air on April 29, 1956. Bios for Anchors, Reporters, Meteorologists, Sports and Entertainment on WSPA-TV. Before the tower collapse, it provided grade B coverage as far east as Charlotte itself. Notice they were still using typewriters back then. In addition to the main studios in Spartanburg, in January 2017, WSPA/WYCW opened a street front studio in downtown Greenville. Some translators have applications and/or construction permits to flash-cut from analog to digital, in which they would remain on their existing VHF channel. 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