Blab TV is a local television channel in Pensacola, Florida, United States.
Blab TV programming airs on local cable systems and on WPAN (channel 53), a broadcast station serving the Mobile–Pensacola region.
Blab TV (originally stylized BLAB-TV, a backronym for Basic Local Area Broadcasting or Basic Local Audience Broadcasting) was started by Fred Vigodsky and debuted on February 1, 1984, with a 90-minute program aired through local cable systems;[1] Vigodsky owned the network until its 2016 sale to a consortium of Doug Bunze, John Tolan, and Eric Ober.
[6] Joe Scarborough used Blab TV in his 1994 campaign to run for Florida's 1st congressional district.
[7][8] In 2011, Blab TV leased a subchannel on WFBD, a regional television station, expanding its reach.