WGDM-TV

WGDM (virtual channel 3, digital channel 26) Is an independent television station licensed to Beckley, WV. 
WGDM began broadcasting on June 20 2001 as a PAX (now ION) television station, branded as PAX Beckley.
2022 On-Air Power Struggle
On July 5th, 2022, during a 60's Music night, a kidnapping occurred by the engineer, Gerald Cheryl and the anchor filling in for Craig Fitzgerald, Alfred Bernchwitz, it was due to comments he made about people writing music for events such as the COVID-19 Pandemic, the George Floyd Protests, and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. WGDM made a statement online that Cheryl would be immediately terminated from the station and banned from being hired from any WGDM Media station. Gray Television and Nexstar Media also banned Cheryl from their stations. 
2022 Power Outage
On the afternoon of June 22, 2022, a derecho impacted the station, causing the station to go dark. This caused WGDM transmitters to be without programming for at least 3 days after the Beckley station went back on air on June 23, which caused a loss of 1 dollar in lost revenue after Phil Weston, a driver for the Outside Broadcast Unit dropped a dollar bill in the Kanawha River while on a boat on June 23. 
Notable Station Personnel 
Jared "Jerry" Weston- News Anchor 
Jesus H Christ- Station Manager 
Gerald Girth- Cameraman 
Alfred Berlitz- Fill In-Anchor 
Local Programming 
WGDM airs a newscast at 10, 4, 6, and Noon. 
WGDM Tonight- Usually at 10 but preempted to 8 during Tuesday Night Football 
Pottery with Mike Roe Dick- Saturdays at 4 
Fish.TV- Broadcast for the entire day of Monday (EXCEPT IN JULY AND AUGUST) 
Tuesday Night Football- (usually a high school game) Tuesdays at 10 PM during the WVSSAC football season. 
Marching Arts Saturday- Saturdays at 8:30PM during the WV Governor's Cup season and Drum Corps International season. 
Jerry's Dishwasher- Tuesday at 1:56 (12 hour broadcast of a dishwasher running) 
Affiliates/Repeaters 
 
W31LL Mount Hope, WV
 
WGEE Charleston, WV
 
WFCK Fayetteville, WV
 
WVLR Roanoke, VA
 
KWVA West Virginia City, Oregon
 
WALL-FM New Renyolds, WV
 
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