Rescan Day for WFSG-TV, serving the Panama City region is Coming.
Here’s What You Need to Know.

What’s Happening
WFSG-TV is moving frequencies, FROM Channel 38 TO Channel 28 on or about December 22nd. This is our rescan day. If you watch television for free with an antenna, you will need to rescan your TV set on this date to continue watching WFSG.

What’s Happened
WFSG-TV has installed a NEW transmitter and antenna. If you watch television over the air with an antenna, you will need to rescan your TV set to continue watching WFSG.

You will not need to purchase new equipment or services. After you rescan your set, you’ll find our station on the same channel number as before – likely channel 56. If you subscribe to cable or satellite television, you do not need to rescan. Your service provider will do it for you.

Rescan to Keep Your Channels
To keep watching WFSG, you will need to rescan your TV or converter box on or about December 18th. Select "scan" or "autotune" from your TV or converter box control menu to start the scanning process.

Rescan to Keep Your Channels
To keep watching WFSG, you will need to rescan your TV or converter box. Select "scan" or "autotune" from your TV or converter box control menu to start the scanning process.

You can usually find instructions by pressing the "set-up" or "menu" buttons on your television or digital antenna remote control. If you have difficulty, consult the owner's manual for more detailed instructions on how to run a channel scan, or contact customer service for your TV or converter box manufacturer.

As a reminder, the actual channel number that you see will not change.

Why is WFSG moving?Why did WFSG move?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which regulates the public airwaves, held an auction to reallocate TV broadcast airwaves for wireless internet broadband services. Now, nearly 1,000 TV stations are required to move frequencies to make room for wireless internet carriers.

As directed by the FCC, TV stations will be moving frequencies at different times starting in 2018 through at least the spring of 2020. This may require viewers who use an antenna to watch TV to rescan more than once – each time a local station changes frequencies.

Rescanning is straightforward and requires no new equipment or services. If you watch TV through a cable or satellite service, your service provider will do it for you.

Alternatively, you can watch this video provided by the FCC explaining how to rescan.