WAGT (TV)
Television station in Augusta, Georgia (1968–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the current low-power television station that holds the call sign WAGT since 2017, see WAGT-CD.
WAGT (channel 26) was an NBC-affiliated television station in Augusta, Georgia, United States, which operated from December 1968 until May 2017.
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First air date | December 24, 1968 (1968-12-24) |
Last air date | May 31, 2017 (2017-05-31) (48 years, 158 days) |
Former call signs | WATU-TV (1968–1981) |
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Call sign meaning | Augusta's Great Television |
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Facility ID | 70699[1] |
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WAGT ceased operations as a result of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s 2017 spectrum incentive auction. Its intellectual property, programming and NBC affiliation moved to WAGT-CD, a low-power station which was purchased by Gray Television.