WPGA-LP, channel 50, is an LPTV station located in Macon, Georgia

Macon, Georgia

Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia...

. It is an affiliate of the This TV

This TV

This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....

 network. Its transmitter is located southeast of the city with its antenna on the same broadcast tower with WMAZ-TV

WMAZ-TV

WMAZ-TV, channel 13, is the CBS affiliate television station in Macon, Georgia, United States. It is owned by Gannett.-History:The station signed on for the first time on September 27, 1953, owned by Southeastern Broadcasting Company along with WMAZ radio...

, at the county line and just west of Interstate 16

Interstate 16

Interstate 16 , also known as Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway or State Route 404 , is an intrastate Interstate Highway located entirely within the state of Georgia, United States...

. It has a construction permit

Construction permit

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 (issued in 2006) to flash-cut

Flash-cut

A flash-cut, also called flash-cutover, is an immediate change in a complex system, with no phase-in period.Some telephone area codes were split immediately, rather than being phased in with a permissive dialing period. An example is telephone area code 213, which was split into 213 and 714 all at...

 to digital TV, which will increase its broadcast range significantly. This permit expired in March 2009.

Previously, the station was W50DA, an owned-and-operated

Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...

 translator of the Trinity Broadcasting Network

Trinity Broadcasting Network

The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...

. In 2009, Register Communications (which also owns WPGA-TV

WPGA-TV

WPGA-TV is an Independent, Me-TV and Bounce TV affiliated television station serving Macon, Georgia and the Middle Georgia region. It broadcasts digitally on UHF channel 32...

) bought the station from TBN for $6,000. In early September 2009, W50DA dropped TBN and announced an affiliation change to RTV, which took effect on October 12. The callsign was changed to WPGA-LP the next day.

In addition to RTV programming, WPGA-LP simulcasts Mix in the Morning from WPGA-FM

WPGA-FM

WPGA-FM is a radio station serving the middle Georgia area with a hot adult contemporary format, focusing on the late 1970s through today. Licensed to Perry, Georgia, USA, the station serves the Macon, Georgia area, broadcasting on FM frequency 100.9 MHz and is owned by Register Communications...

, which also airs on WPGA-TV and WPGA/WNEX

WNEX

WNEX is a radio station in Macon, Georgia, owned by Register Communications. WNEX operates on an assigned frequency of 1400 kHz. It is currently a talk radio station.-History:...

, on weekdays from 6 to 9 a.m.

In Mid-August 2011, WPGA-LP has taken This TV

This TV

This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....

 as a primary affiliation, which previously the network was originally on WPGA-DT2 (which is now home to Me-TV).