FAREWELL WPLG Channel 10 Is NO LONGER ON THE AIR After 68 YEARS!!! WOW!!! Who Were Your Favorite News Personalities and Memories!???! RIP!!! WPLG Channel 10 had been on the air for 68 years. It first signed on as WPST-TV in 1957, and later became WLBW-TV in 1961, before finally adopting the WPLG call letters in 1970. The station recently celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2022. Here's a more detailed timeline: 1957: First signed on as WPST-TV. 1961: Became WLBW-TV. 1970: Became WPLG. 2025: Celeb

WPLG CEO & President E.R. Bert Medina announced the news Thursday during an all hands meeting at the station. After months of negotiations between the Berkshire Hathaway-owned television station and the network, the two parties could not reach an agreement to extend the affiliation agreement and, as a result, ABC will pull its programming effective Aug. 4. “We made a generous offer to ABC, but it became clear the two sides were not going to agree to a new deal,” said WPLG’s Medina. “Broadcast te