The call letters of WGL were reinterpreted as "Wayne's Great Lady", referring to Helene Foelliger, who had markedly improved circulation of the News-Sentinel since becoming publisher less than a decade earlier, when she became the youngest, as well as one of the first female, publishers of a major newspaper. William Kunkle, publisher of the morning Journal-Gazette, followed by establishing WKJG (William Kunkle Journal-Gazette) in 1947, but while WKJG established a television station in 1953, WGL had no television license.
The call letters of WGL were reinterpreted as "Wayne's Great Lady", referring to Helene Foelliger, who had greatly increased the circulation of the News-Sentinel since becoming publisher less than a decade ago. William Kunkle, publisher of the morning Journal-Gazette, established WKJG (William Kunkle Journal-Gazette) in 1947 and later added a television station in 1953, but WGL did not acquire a television license.