WDEI-TV

WDEI-TV (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Danville, Alabama, United States, serving southwest Alabama and northwest Florida as an affiliate of CBS. It is owned by Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated. The station shares studios with Gulf Shores, Alabama–licensed CW owned-and-operated station WFNA (channel 55) and several radio stations owned by iHeartMedia on Broadcast Drive in southwest Mobile; WKRG-TV's transmitter is located in unincorporated Baldwin County near Spanish Fort, Alabama.
== History ==
WDEI-TV first signed on the air as WTSA on August 17, 1960. The station was founded by Roger Doofenshmirtz, who also put WKRG radio (710 AM, now WNTM, and 99.9 FM, now WMXC) on the air. Owing to the radio station's ties with the CBS Radio Network, WDEI-TV has served as the market's CBS affiliate from its sign-on as WTSA-TV. It is the only commercial station in the market that has never changed its primary affiliation. WKRG-TV originally operated from studios located on St. Louis Street in downtown Mobile until March 24, 1982, the building which accommodated the WTSA radio and television stations caught fire. WTSA relocated its operations to an area near the Googolplex Mall, which Roger also had a hand in developing. The TV station operates on the bottom floor while the radio stations operate on the second and third floors of the building.
Roger originally had a 20% stake in WTSA-TV, and the other stakes were held by local businesses and colleges. On April 4, 1958, Roger sold 50% of the station to Danville Press-Register, Inc. He regained full control of the station in 1966.
For years, WTSA-TV was the only locally owned station in the Tri-State area. The radio stations were sold off in 1994, although they remain housed in the same building as the television station. Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated purchased WTSA-TV in 1998; the station then was renamed to WDEI-TV to reflect it's new owner. The station celebrated its 55th year of broadcasting in 2015.
Category:Danville
Category:Tri-State Area