branding fox 45 general fox 45 news newscasts my tv dayton on dt2 this tv dayton on dt2 slogan it s where you live channels digital 30 uhf virtual 45 psip subchannels 45.1 fox 45.2 mynetworktv this tv 45.3 comet affiliations fox 1986 present owner cunningham broadcasting wrgt licensee llc operator sinclair broadcast group first air date september 23 1984 ; 32 years ago 1984 09 23 call letters meaning the wright brothers who were from dayton sister station s wkef former channel number s analog 45 uhf 1984 2009 former affiliations independent 1984 1986 transmitter power 425 kw height 351 m facility id 411 transmitter coordinates 39 43 28.2 n 84 15 17 w 39.724500 n 84.25472 w 39.724500 ; 84.25472 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website fox 45 wrgt tv virtual channel 45 is the fox affiliated television station for the miami valley area of ohio which is licensed to dayton . it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on uhf channel 30 from a transmitter at its broadcast plaza business offices off south gettysburg avenue near the new chicago section of the city . it can also be seen on time warner cable channel 8 and in high definition on digital channel 1008 . owned by cunningham broadcasting wrgt tv is operated though a local marketing agreement lma by the sinclair broadcast group . however that company effectively owns the station due to cunningham s ownership structure . it shares studios with and is sister to abc affiliate wkef . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 digital television 3.1 digital channels 3.2 analog to digital conversion 4 newscasts 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit wrgt tv s logo from 1986 . the fonts are very similar to the ones used by stations owned by the meredith corporation . however that company never owned this station . wrgt tv signed on as an independent station on september 23 1984 owned by meridian communications based in pittsburgh . wrgt tv was meridian s second station following wvah tv in charleston west virginia two years earlier . meridian founded wrgt tv following a high stakes in contest competition among four potential owners in the late 1970s . the station ran a general entertainment format consisting of cartoons classic sitcoms recent off network sitcoms old movies drama shows and sports . on its sign on date wrgt tv broadcast 2001 a space odyssey with a stereo simulcast of the audio over wtue fm 104.7 . it originally used the slogan off to a flying start featuring an animated wright b flyer used in its first promos the wrgt calls are a reference to the wright brothers . prior to its sign on the only source of non network programming in dayton was wtjc now wbdt a mostly religious station . however wxix tv and wiii tv now wstr tv both in cincinnati and wtte in columbus all reached portions of the dayton market and wttv in indianapolis was available on cable . meridian persuaded wtjc s owner miami valley christian television to sell most of that station s non religious programming to wrgt tv . for all intents and purposes it was now the only general entertainment station in dayton and the first independent since the demise of wktr tv in 1970 now public station wptd and wswo tv in springfield in 1972 now wbdt after being wtjc from 1980 to 1988 following eight years of being silent . despite the competition from larger market stations and with wxix wstr and wttv being available on cable wrgt tv prospered . it would not have any real competition in dayton until 1999 when wbdt became a wb affiliate it was briefly a pax affiliate before then . after fox launched on october 6 1986 wrgt tv became a charter affiliate of the fledgling network . on october 30 1987 meridian sold the station to act iii broadcasting . 1 act iii merged with abry in 1994 . a few months later abry merged with sinclair . however sinclair then sold wrgt tv to sullivan broadcasting which outsourced channel 45 s operations to sinclair . by 1999 more reality and talk shows would be in the station s mix . in 1998 sullivan s managing partner sinclair bought wkef then an nbc affiliate . in 2001 sinclair purchased most of sullivan s other stations but could not buy wrgt tv for two reasons . the dayton market has only seven full power stations not enough to legally permit a duopoly . also the federal communications commission fcc does not allow common ownership of two of the four highest rated stations in a single market . with this in mind wrgt tv was sold to glencairn ltd. however nearly all of glencairn s stock was controlled by trusts in the name of the smith family who were founding owners of sinclair . this effectively gave sinclair a duopoly in dayton . glencairn later changed its name to cunningham broadcasting . there is undeniable evidence that glencairn cunningham are merely shell corporations used to circumvent fcc ownership rules . citation needed wrgt tv is also considered an alternate abc affiliate airing that network s programs when wkef is unable to do so such as during a breaking news emergency or local special . wrgt tv along with cbs affiliate whio tv are the only two stations in the area who have not changed their network affiliations even through the swaps of 2004 . in august 2006 it was confirmed that fox s new sister network mynetworktv would air on a new second digital subchannel of wrgt tv . on september 16 2006 time warner cable added my tv dayton to its digital cable lineup . in november 2008 the subchannel additionally became a launch day affiliate of this tv . my tv dayton this tv dayton currently appears on time warner digital channel 995 . around november 11 2010 sinclair announced that when carriage agreements expired at the end of the year it planned to pull all of its owned and or operated tv stations in the united states including wrgt tv and wkef from time warner cable in a dispute over retransmission fees . 2 3 4 negotiations began between the two parties . around december 6 time warner announced that it would continue to provide fox network programming on its systems presumably via video on demand services under a deal reached with fox earlier in 2010 ; syndicated and local programs on sinclair s fox affiliates would not be seen . 5 6 on december 31 time warner reached an agreement with an out of market station presumably cincinnati s wxix tv to provide fox network programming at least through the end of february . 7 later that same day sinclair and time warner extended talks for another two weeks with continued cable carriage of sinclair s stations through january 14 2011 . 8 on january 15 2011 after a 24 hour extension of the previous deadline 9 time warner and sinclair reached a tentative settlement . 10 after further negotiations a final agreement was reached on february 2 2011 keeping wrgt tv and wkef on time warner . 11 12 13 on february 21 2012 miamisburg city council approved a 150 000 loan to sinclair which planned to move the wrgt tv wkef studios from soldiers home west carrollton road in dayton and to move their business and sales offices from broadcast plaza the former wrgt tv studios 14 consolidating all within the former studios of cw affiliate wbdt on corporate place off byers road in miamisburg . sinclair expected to spend 5 million on renovations to its new facility making it fully digital and high definition . 15 16 the stations had anticipated moving into their new studios in november 2012 ; citation needed the move was finalized on january 27 2013 with high definition newscasts updated graphics and new logos on both stations . 17 18 on may 15 2012 sinclair broadcast group and fox agreed to a five year extension to the network s affiliation agreement with sinclair s 19 fox stations including wrgt tv allowing them to continue carrying fox programming through 2017 . 19 on october 31 2015 the network s launch wrgt tv added the sinclair owned comet on its third digital subchannel 45.3 . programming edit syndicated programming on wrgt tv includes judge joe brown judge alex and divorce court among others . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 20 45.1 720p 16 9 wrgt dt main wrgt tv programming fox 45.2 480i 4 3 mytv da mynetworktv this tv 45.3 comet comet analog to digital conversion edit wrgt tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 45 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 30 . 21 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 45 . newscasts edit wrgt presently broadcasts 17 hours of locally produced newscasts each week 3 hours on weekdays and hours on weekends . in 1998 wrgt tv started its nightly 10 o clock newscast now known as fox 45 news at 10 using sister station wkef s existing news team . in the february 2006 sweeps period the station s 10 o clock news was the fastest growing local broadcast in the dayton market on certain nights sometimes winning the time slot . until 2007 there was direct 10 o clock news competition from whio tv s time warner cable only miami valley channel . there was no over the air competition until august 18 2007 when nbc affiliate wdtn began to produce a nightly 10 o clock newscast on cw affiliate wbdt ; this beat wrgt tv s show in dayton s metered market household ratings on the 26th day of its broadcast . on june 12 2006 wkef began airing a weekday morning program from 5 to 7 called abc 22 good morning . on the same day wrgt tv began airing fox 45 in the morning from 7 to 9 a.m. weekdays . 22 in august 2008 wkef began producing a 6 30 p.m. newscast for wrgt tv airing on weeknights against the national news broadcasts on the big three stations . see also edit channel 30 digital tv stations in the united states channel 45 virtual tv stations in the united states list of comet affiliates ohio list of fox television affiliates by u.s. state ohio list of mynetworktv affiliates list of stations owned or operated by sinclair broadcast group list of television stations in ohio list of television stations in ohio by channel number list of television stations in the united states by call sign initial letter w list of this tv affiliates ohio references edit for the record pdf . broadcasting 157 . november 16 1987 . retrieved november 8 2014 . http stopthecap.com 2010 11 11 here we go again sinclair threatens time warner cable subs with loss of 33 stations in 21 cities access to fox 45 abc 22 in doubt daytondailynews.com services archive november 12 2010 . sinclair time warner cable frequently asked questions . sinclair broadcast group . retrieved december 13 2010 . time warner will keep some fox tv shows daytondailynews.com december 6 2010 . radio and television business report time warner cable may be able to outfox sinclair december 7 2010 . archived december 8 2011 at the wayback machine . national abc fox shows to stay on time warner daytondailynews.com december 31 2010 . contract talks extended no cable tv interruption daytondailynews.com december 31 2010 . time warner extends