University of Georgia Sells Noncommercial TV License for $2.5 Million

Marquee Broadcasting, owner of ABC affiliate WMDT Salisbury (MD) is buying WUGA from the University of Georgia for $2.5 million. UGA bought the station (then WNEG) from Media General in 2008 for $1.5 million, figuring on operating it as a commercial station. But after three years, it converted to a noncommercial in 2011 under an affiliation with Georgia Public Broadcasting.