WOWL

WOWL is an NBC affiliate serving Florence, Tuscumbia, Sheffield, Muscle Shoals and all of Northwest Alabama. Owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, it broadcasts on channel 15. Since 2000, syndicated programming on WOWL includes Entertainment Tonight, Dr. Phil, Ellen, The Queen Latifah Show, Wheel Of Fortune, Jeopardy! and Family Feud.
==History==
The station began on October 28, 1957 as WOWL-TV, based in Florence. The station was owned by Richard "Dick" Biddle. Up until late 1999, that station broadcast NBC programs to northwestern Alabama and portions of southern middle Tennessee and northeastern Mississippi; it carried also some popular CBS shows like the soap opera As the World Turns.
WOWL-TV always faced competing NBC affiliates in Huntsville or Decatur, whose signals reached much of its broadcast area. However, it retained viewership in the Shoals region (Florence, Sheffield, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia and areas known as "The Shoals" recently and referred to as "The Quad Cities" years ago) by offering local newscasts, which for most of the station's 40-plus years were the only TV newscasts concerned specifically with northwestern Alabama. Over time, though, with the Huntsville stations expanding news bureaus of their own into the Shoals, WOWL lost much of its traditional advantage in that regard. However, WOWL managed to retain popularity in the Shoals and become one of the South's longest-standing NBC affiliates.
In May 2008, current owner Hubbard Broadcasting purchased the station from local ownership.
==Logos==
Wowl67.jpg|1960-1968
Copy_of_old15.jpg|1960-1965 (B&W)
Wowl77power.jpg|1978-1980
Wowl78.jpg|1978-1996
Wowl89.jpg|1989-1996
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WOWL Logo.jpg|1996-2000
wowl00.png|2000-2004
wowl04.png|2004-2008
Nbc15logo2016.png|2008–present
== News Title History ==
* Channel 15 Reports (1960-1968)
* Channel 15 News (1968-1978)
* WOWL 15 News (1978-1986)
* 15 News (1986-1990)
* Newscene 15 (1990-1996)
* NBC 15 News (1996-2000, 2008–present)
* WOWL Action News (2000-2004)
* NBC 15 Action News (2004-2008)
== Branding History ==
* Channel 15 (1957-1978)
* WOWL 15 (1978-1996)
* NBC 15 (1996-2000, 2004–present)
* WOWL (2000-2004)
Category:Channel 15
Category:Florence, AL
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1957
Category:Tuscumbia
Category:Sheffield
Category:Muscle Shoals, AL
Category:Alabama
Category:Hubbard Broadcasting