WSYX-TV launches new digital multicast station

The Columbus, OH, multicast DTV station will broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Author:: TVTechnology
Publish date:: Aug 3, 2006

On Sunday, WSYX-TV, the Sinclair Broadcast Group station in Columbus OH, launched WSYX-DT 6.2, a new local digital channel.

The new digital channel will broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It will air TV classics as well as FOX's "MyNetworkTV," "Columbus Worships" and a simulcast of WCOL's popular "Woody and the Wake Up Call."

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