channels digital 16 uhf virtual 16 psip affiliations youtoo america owner gray television gray television licensee llc founded march 28 1985 ; 31 years ago 1985 03 28 call letters meaning taken from wagt sister station s wrdw tv wagt former callsigns w67be 1985 1995 wbek lp 1995 2001 wbek ca 2001 2015 wbek cd may october 2015 wrdw cd october 2015 february 2016 former channel number s 67 uhf analog 1987 2001 16 uhf analog 2001 2015 former affiliations independent 1985 1986 1991 1995 fox 1986 1991 the wb 1995 1999 upn 1999 2004 america one 2004 2015 website www.wbek.com wagt cd is a low power television station in augusta georgia united states broadcasting locally on uhf channel 16 as an affiliate of youtoo america . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the license for w67be the call letters reflected its original location on uhf channel 67 was first granted on march 28 1985 airing at first a collection of grainy black and white cowboy movies infomercials syndicated and not well known shows and series such as sewing with nancy . it later became augusta s first fox affiliate before the emergence of wfxg channel 54 in 1991 . the station would eventually re make itself and on january 2 1995 the station became wbek lp an affiliate of the wb . during this period the station was known locally as the wb on wbek 67 . in 1999 wbau a local affiliate of the wb 100 signed on appearing on cable systems in the august area ; as a result wbek lost its wb affiliation . the station then became an affiliate of upn and for a few years sold advertising on wbau before these rights went to wrdw tv channel 12 ; this changed hands once more before the wb 100 was replaced with the cw plus . in 2001 wbek moved to its present channel location channel 16 and obtained class a status modifying its call sign to wbek ca . the station s logo as wbek cd after the affiliation switch the station attempted to maintain its status as a top local affiliate . the station s move to channel 16 had come with a loss in power and viewership began to decline . the station picked up a secondary affiliation with america one during this period . in 2004 the station lost the upn affiliation to wrdw s digital subchannel 31.2 upn augusta . in 2015 the station converted to digital broadcasting and became wbek cd . that same year america one and cable network youtoo tv merged to become youtoo america . on august 27 2015 longtime owner avn agreed to sell wbek cd to gray television owner of wrdw tv for 550 000 . the sale did not include the station s existing cable carriage on comcast or the wbek call letters ; 1 gray thus applied to change the station s call letters to wrdw cd . 2 the sale was completed on october 27 2015 3 at which time the call sign change to wrdw cd took effect . 4 in september 2015 gray announced its purchase of schurz communications and its nbc affiliate wagt . gray proposed to consolidate the station into wrdw s facilities replacing a previous shared services agreement with media general and offer its wireless spectrum during the fcc s upcoming spectrum reallocation auction . however as gray could not own both wrdw and wagt because they are within the top 4 stations of the market gray had proposed a waiver in which it would shut down wagt upon closure of the deal . 5 in january 2016 gray requested special temporary authority for wrdw cd to immediately move to the same operating facilities and uhf channel 30 as wagt . as it would cause interference gray stated that wagt would simultaneously discontinue its full power signal effectively replacing it with wrdw cd . 6 this request implied that gray intended to transfer wagt s nbc programming to the low power signal upon the completion of its purchase 7 as they are not subject to fcc duopoly rules . on february 1 2016 the station s call letters changed to wagt cd . the fcc approved the sale of schurz to gray on february 12 2016 and approved gray s waiver for the duopoly restrictions but ruled that gray had to continue operating wagt through the auction . gray went on with its plans to end the ssa and jsa with media general ; the company was granted an injunction restricting removal of the jsa or sale of the station after accusing gray of violating the agreement but it was struck down by the supreme court on march 23 2016 . 8 7 9 see also edit television portal state of georgia portal media in augusta georgia references edit application for consent to assignment of broadcast station construction permit or license . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . august 28 2015 . retrieved october 7 2015 . media bureau call sign actions pdf . federal communications commission . october 7 2015 . retrieved october 7 2015 . consummation notice . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . october 28 2015 . retrieved november 4 2015 . call sign history . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved november 4 2015 . gray buying schurz for 442.5 million . tvnewscheck . retrieved 14 september 2015 . engineering statement request for special temporary authority . chesapeake rf consultants llc federal communications commission . retrieved 20 january 2016 . a b what to make of the strange case of wagt . tvnewscheck . retrieved 11 march 2016 . georgia supreme court strikes down superior court injunction over wagt . augusta chronicle . retrieved 24 march 2016 . fcc approves gray schurz tv station deal . broadcasting & cable february 12 2016 retrieved february 13 2016 . external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for wagt cd v t e television in the central savannah river area including augusta georgia and aiken south carolina reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wjbf 6.1 abc 6.2 metv 6.3 ion wrdw 12.1 cbs 12.2 mntv 12.3 antenna tv weba 14.1 pbs 14.2 create 14.3 world wagt cd 16.1 youtoo america wces 20.1 pbs 20.2 kids 20.3 knowledge wagt 26.1 nbc 26.2 cw wbpi 49.1 ind wfxg 54.1 fox 54.2 this tv 54.3 bounce tv adjacent locals savannah wtoc 11.1 cbs wjcl 22.1 abc defunct channels wbau wb cable georgia broadcast television areas by city albany atlanta augusta chattanooga tn columbus greenville sc jacksonville fl macon savannah tallahassee fl south carolina broadcast television areas by city augusta ga aiken charleston charlotte nc columbia greenville sc myrtle beach savannah ga hilton head v t e other television stations in the state of georgia atlanta stations religious stations wksy ld 21.3 3abn wdta ld 35 daystar watc dt 57 wskc ca 22 wksy ld 21.1 familynet whsg tv 63 tbn spanish stations wuvm lp 4 azteca wtbs ld 26 wann cd 32 various ; see articles wuvg dt 34 univision 34.2 unim s wktb cd 47.1 telemundo ; korean 47.2 ktn kbs 47.3 4 arirang other stations wpxa 14 ion wyga ld 16 16.1 mexicanal 16.2 amgtv 16.4 infomercials wpch tv 17 ind. wksy ld 21.1 ind. 21.2 rtv wgta 32.1 h & i 32.2 decades 32.3 movies wire cd 40 mtv2 wthc ld 42 tourist w45dx d 45 hsn other markets religious stations wybu cd 16 ctn columbus welf 23 tbn dalton wdma cd 31 daystar macon wgnm 64 ctn macon spanish stations wdga cd 43 azteca dalton other stations wagt cd 16 a1 augusta wpxc tv 21 ion brunswick wgsa 35 ind savannah wmub ld 38 the family channel tuff tv macon wxsx ca 46 mtv2 savannah wdnn cd 49 independent dalton wtlh 49 metv bainbridge wpga lp 50 this tv macon wsst tv 51 independent youtoo america cordele wpga tv 58 ind. metv bounce macon defunct wxid lp 49 juce tv see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in georgia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wagt cd & oldid 728207929 categories television stations in augusta georgiaamerica one network affiliatestelevision channels and stations established in 19871987 establishments in georgia u.s. state hidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 july 2016 at 23 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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