following the game as a viral video, and while the station did not provide exact numbers, a WTGS spokesperson stated that the ad was its most expensive advertising sale in history. Sinclair Broadcast Group ownership (2014present) On March 21, 2014, LIN Media entered into an agreement to merge with Media General in a $1.6 billion deal. Because Media General already owned NBC affiliate WSAV-TV (channel 3), the companies were required to sell either WSAV or WJCL to another station owner in order to comply with FCC ownership rules as well as planned changes to those rules regarding same-market television stations which would prohibit sharing agreements. On August 20, Media General announced that it would keep WSAV and sell WJCL to Hearst Television. It also would swap WTGS and television stations in Providence, Rhode Island, and Green Bay, Wisconsin, in exchange for properties that Sinclair owned or was acquiring in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Tampa. Sinclair also acquired the right to purchase other WTGS assets from WTGS Television LLC. The sale was completed on December 19. Newscasts Through a news share agreement established in 1996, WJCL produced a nightly prime time newscast on WTGS for the station from 1996 to 2016. On June 1, 2016, WJCL ceased producing the newscast for WTGS, and Sinclair took production in-house. The news program is produced and presented from WPDE-TV in Myrtle Beach, using a local staff of seven. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion WTGS discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 28, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 27 to channel 28. It was then repacked to channel 26 in 2020. References External links Television channels and stations established in 1985 1985 establishments in South Carolina TGS Fox network affiliates Comet (TV network) affiliates Antenna TV affiliates TBD (TV network) affiliates Charge! (TV network) affiliates Sinclair Broadcast Group Jasper County, South Carolina Beaufort County, South Carolina