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WAGT-DT2 is the CW-affiliated television station for the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) of East-Central Georgia and West-Central South Carolina. The station is part of The CW Plus. It is a second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WAGT owned by Schurz Communications but operated through joint sales and shared services agreements by Media General. Over-the-air, WAGT-DT2 broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 30.2 (or virtual channel 26.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter in Beech Island, South Carolina's Spiderweb section. It can also be seen on Knology channel 12 and Comcast channel 23. Known on-air as ''CW Augusta'', WAGT-DT2's parent station has studios on Broad Street/US 1/US 25/SR 28/SR 104 in Downtown Augusta. ==History== The station signed-on in September 1998 alongside the launch of The WB 100+ national service. It was a cable-exclusive WB affiliate with the faux call sign "WBAU" (standing for The WB AUgusta). At some point in the early-2000s after operating as a separate entity (with advertising sold by WBEK-CA, now WRDW-CD), WBAU began to be managed by and have advertising services provided through WAGT. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced the two networks would end broadcasting and merge, creating a new combined network would be called The CW. Due to WAGT's association with WBAU, it received rights to carry The CW. Schurz decided to do away with the fictional call sign upon launching a simulcast of the station on a new second digital subchannel of WAGT. As a result, WAGT-DT2 was adopted as its first official callsign. In October 2009, the parent companies of WAGT and WJBF announced the two stations would enter into joint sales and shared services agreements in January 2010. This resulted in the two outlets combining news operations, sales, and other operational services.〔http://www2.wjbf.com/jbf/news/special_reports/article/wjbf_wagt_enter_into_partnership/28655/〕 It was later announced WJBF would control all of WAGT's news and advertising operations while that station handles programming and the maintaining of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations. Most of WAGT's managerial staff were dismissed and other employees were reassigned to different positions. Media General had initially intended to move WAGT and this CW subchannel into an expanded wing of WJBF's studios on Reynolds Street. However, that 1956-built facility is unable to sustain the expansion needed to house both stations and a total of four services. The company chose instead to construct new combined studios at the Augusta West Shopping Center in a renovated former Barnes & Noble bookstore. Right now, the facility is scheduled to be completed in October 2011 after lengthy delays. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WAGT-DT2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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