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The fun bit came when Captain Sandy opened Davey Jones’ locker to get the tide information out of Calamity Clam who’d always try to bite the captain. |
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By the end of the [[1970s]], new ownership found Captain Sandy embarrassing and the Captain took to wearing a suit and tie. The puppets were fired shortly after. |
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WSAV-TV, channel 3, is the NBC affiliate in Savannah, Georgia and covers southeastern Georgia and southern South Carolina. Its transmitter is located in Bloomingdale, Georgia.
History
WSAV-TV went on the air February 1, 1956, co-owned with WSAV-AM 630. It initially broadcast from a facility atop a bank building on Broughton Street in downtown Savannah. The flashing WSAV sign was a landmark on Broughton Street for many years. WSAV-AM had long been an NBC affiliate, so WSAV-TV naturally took the NBC television affiliation. However, it shared ABC with CBS affiliate WTOC-TV until WJCL signed on in 1972.
In 1960, WSAV-AM-TV moved into a brand new facility on Victory Drive, where WSAV-TV still is today. A new tower was built at the site boosting its signal to many of the surrounding counties in Georgia and South Carolina, giving thousands of viewers their first chance to see television. In 1976, another new tower was built and the WSAV television signal reached out even further. In the same year, WSAV-AM was sold off; it is now WBMQ.
Just a few months later, WSAV expanded the news department, moving into a former insurance office next door to the Victory Drive studio.
In 1982, WSAV swapped affiliations with WJCL and became an ABC affiliate, However, it returned to NBC in 1986.
In the mid 1990s, WSAV was sold several times. At one point, both WSAV and rival station WTOC-TV were both owned by the same company. In 1997, Media General Broadcast Group traded WTVR-TV in Richmond, Virginia for WSAV and two other stations.
Recently, the station accquired the local rights to the syndicated game shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (which was previously shown on rival WJCL-TV for almost two decades.)
On February 1st, 2006, WSAV officially celebrated its 50th anniversary. To commemorate the event, Savannah Mayor Otis Johnson officially announced February 1st, 2006 as "WSAV Day" and lauded the station for its many achievements over the decades and the station's continued service to its viewers, always "On Your Side" whenever a viewer needs to get a story out.
The station will carry My Network TV on a digital subchannel in September 2006.
Captain Sandy
In the 1950s and 1960s, WSAV was home to Captain Sandy. The character served as weatherman working with puppet sidekicks: Wilbur the Weather Bird and Arthur Mometer (our thermometer) and Calamity Clam.
Captain Sandy would come out wearing a vaguely nautical cap and blazer. His introduction was a sung by an off-screen group and went:
- "Yo ho, yo ho, what’s the weather going to be? Here's the man who knows, let's take a look and see. Here is Captain Sandy with the weather he has found, for Savannah and for Chatham and the counties all around."
Captain Sandy’s big thermometer was temperamental and would fidget before revealing tomorrow’s high.
The fun bit came when Captain Sandy opened Davey Jones’ locker to get the tide information out of Calamity Clam who’d always try to bite the captain.
By the end of the 1970s, new ownership found Captain Sandy embarrassing and the Captain took to wearing a suit and tie. The puppets were fired shortly after.
Newscasts
WSAV-TV's newscasts, known as "News 3 On Your Side ", are seen at the following times:
- Weekdays: Coastal Sunrise 5-7am, News 3 6-6:30pm, and 11-11:35pm
WSAV Coastal Sunrise host and Q105.3 radio personality Lyndy Brannen is well-known in Savannah as is his longtime TV partner Kim Gusby and WSAV 6 and 11 anchor Tina Tyus-Shaw.
In 2004 WSAV News 3 at 6 won the National Edward R. Murrow award for Best Newscast.