▁on ▁June ▁ 1 1 . ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁change , ▁ABC ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁seen ▁locally ▁in ▁the ▁H att ies burg – La ure l ▁market ▁since ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁after ▁the ▁main ▁W D AM ▁channel ▁dropped ▁its ▁secondary ▁arrangement ▁with ▁the ▁network . ▁After ▁that , ▁W LO X ▁in ▁Bil ox i ▁began ▁serving ▁as ▁the ▁P ine ▁B elt ' s ▁default ▁affili ate ▁and ▁would ▁subsequently ▁become ▁a ▁sister ▁out let ▁to ▁W D AM ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁By ▁March ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁the ▁over - the - air ▁feed ▁of ▁W D AM - DT 2 ▁was ▁upgrad ed ▁into ▁ 7 2 0 p ▁HD ; ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁air ing ▁in ▁the ▁ 4 : 3 ▁standard ▁definition ▁picture ▁format , ▁before ▁then . ▁ ▁S ale ▁to ▁Gray ▁Television ▁On ▁June ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Atlanta - based ▁Gray ▁Television ▁announced ▁it ▁had ▁reached ▁an ▁agreement ▁with ▁Ray com ▁to ▁merge ▁their ▁respective ▁broadcast ing ▁assets ▁( cons isting ▁of ▁Ray com ' s ▁ 6 3 ▁existing ▁owned - and / or - oper ated ▁television ▁stations , ▁including ▁W D AM - TV ), ▁and ▁Gray ' s ▁ 9 3 ▁television ▁stations ) ▁under ▁the ▁former ' s ▁corpor ate ▁um bre lla . ▁The ▁c ash - and - stock ▁mer ger ▁transaction ▁val ued ▁at ▁$ 3 . 6 ▁billion ▁–