WDGA-CD
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | North Georgia Television |
| WDNN-CD | |
| History | |
| Founded | March 7, 1988 |
First air date | May 31, 1989 |
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Call sign meaning | Dalton, Georgia |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 49235 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 2.28 kW |
| HAAT | 288 m (945 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°43′59.9″N 85°1′2.9″W / 34.733306°N 85.017472°W |
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WDGA-CD (channel 43) is a low-power, Class A television station in Dalton, Georgia, United States. It is owned by North Georgia Television alongside WDNN-CD (channel 49). The two stations share studios on South Spencer Street in Dalton.
History
WDGA-CD was affiliated with the Spanish-language Azteca América network until December 1, 2012, when it became an affiliate of Heartland, just a month after the network relaunched after almost a ten-year absence.
Programming
Some Heartland programs are pre-empted in favor of locally produced public affairs programming in certain timeslots.[2]
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 43.1 | 720p | 16:9 | WDGA-HD | Heartland |
| 43.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Antenna TV |
Spectrum auction results
WDGA-CD was expected to move its allocation to UHF digital channel 30 due to its participation of the FCC incentive auction of 2016–17. The station was licensed to operate on channel 30 on January 24, 2020.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WDGA-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Station info". WDNNTV.com. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WDGA". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved June 17, 2024.