Article: Small market, long reach. (Market Focus).(WALB-TV continues to thrive beyond just its own market)

WALB-TV Albany, Ga.'s popularity literally exceeds the bounds of its small DMA. It's the most-watched station in 44 of the surrounding counties, but only 17 of those counties are in the Albany DMA. More than half the overall viewing is assigned to the Columbus or Macon, Ga., or Tallahassee, Fla. markets.

But that doesn't stop WALB-TV General Manager Jim Wilcox from selling advertising to local businesses in those counties or telling national advertisers "that, if they buy us, they can hit four different markets."

It doesn't hurt that WALB-TV, one of the nation's and the NBC network's highest-rated stations, is the only VHF station in a ...






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