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WAFF is northern Alabama's oldest television station. The station first began broadcasting from studios and transmitters in Decatur (30 miles (48 km) west of Huntsville) on July 4, 1954, as WMSL-TV, channel 23.
The station started in 1935 as WMSL and was owned by Mutual Savings Life.Later owners included Frank Whisenant and Clete Quick. Under Whisenant, it acquired a sister television station, WMSL-TV (channel 23, now WAFF on channel 48 in Huntsville) and an FM sister (on 92.5 and 102.1, now WVNN-FM).
WMSL-TV: 48 NBC (primary) ABC (secondary) NBC (exclusive) WMSL lost ABC affiliate upon the sign on of WAAY-TV, but would swap affiliations with WAAY-TV in 1968. Channel 48 as WYUR-TV (now WAFF-TV) would return to NBC on a fulltime basis in 1977. August 22 Green Bay, Wisconsin: WFRV-TV: 5 ABC NBC Switch was reversed in 1983 WLUK-TV: 11 NBC ABC ...
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WMSL-TV 23 (now WAFF 48) 1954-1963 (secondary) NBC WHNT-TV 19 Secondary affiliation, with NBC as its primary affiliation. Shared in later years with ABC affiliate WAFG-TV. Lost CBS affiliation upon the sign-on of WHNT-TV. (Note: WMSL-TV moved its city of license to Huntsville in 1969 and, as a condition, moved to its present channel 48 allocation.)
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The station's first broadcast was on August 1, 1959, as WAFG-TV. It was the second television outlet in the Huntsville region, signing on five years after NBC affiliate WMSL-TV (now WAFF). In addition, WAFG-TV is the longest serving station licensed to Huntsville, as WMSL was still licensed to Decatur at the time.