WDGA-CD

WDGA-CD

Dalton, Georgia/Chattanooga, Tennessee United States
City	Dalton, Georgia
Channels	Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 43 (PSIP)
Programming
Subchannels	43.1: Heartland 43.2: Antenna TV
Affiliations	Heartland (2015–present)
Ownership
Owner	North Georgia Television
Sister stations	WDNN-CD
History
First air date	March 7, 1988 (33 years ago) (1988-03-07)
Former call signs	W43AT (1988-1995) WDNN-LP (1995-2003) WDNN-CA (2003) WDGA-CA (2003-2015)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 43 (UHF, 1989-2015) Digital: 47 (UHF, 2015-2020)
Former affiliations	Azteca America (until 2012)
Call sign meaning	W Dalton GeorgiA
Technical information
Facility ID	49235
ERP	3.17 kW
HAAT	914 ft (279 m)
Transmitter coordinates	34°44′0.2″N 85°1′2.8″W / 34.733389°N 85.017444°W / 34.733389; -85.017444
Links
Website	www.wdgatv.com

WDGA-CD, virtual channel 43 (UHF digital channel 30), is a low-powered, Class A Heartland-affiliated television station licensed to Dalton, Georgia, United States and primarily serving Chattanooga, Tennessee, and its northwest Georgia suburbs. The station is owned by North Georgia Television, which also owns WDNN-CD (channel 49), also licensed in Dalton.^[1]

History[]

WDGA-CD was affiliated with the Spanish-language Azteca America 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]

Digital television[]

Digital channels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Spectrum auction results[]

WDGA-CD was expected to move its allocation to UHF digital channel 30 due to its participation of the FCC Spectrum auction of 2016-17. The station was licensed to operate on channel 30 on January 24, 2020.

References[]

External links[]

• WDGA in the FCC TV station database
• BIAfn's Media Web Database — Information on WDGA-TV
• Station website