UGA to sell TV station to Maryland company

The University of Georgia plans to sell its television station to Maryland-based Marquee Broadcasting. The company will pay $2.5 million for WUGA-TV and plans to convert the station back to what it originally was, a commercial station, Athens Banner-Herald reports. “We are excited about the opportunity to serve the Greenville (S.C.)-to-Atlanta community, building on the legacy of WUGA,” Patricia Lane, president of Marquee Broadcasting, said in a press release. “We plan to provide quality…