WAGT-CD
NBC/CW television affiliate in Augusta, Georgia, United States
WAGT-CD (channel 26) is a low-power, Class A television station in Augusta, Georgia, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate WGAT-LD (channel 17) and dual CBS/MyNetworkTV affiliate WRDW-TV (channel 12). The three stations share studios at The Village at Riverwatch development in Augusta; WAGT-CD's transmitter is located in Beech Island, South Carolina.
Due to its low-power status, WAGT-CD's footprint is smaller than those of the other stations in the market. It relies heavily on cable and satellite for its viewership.
History
WAGT intellectual unit
Until 2017, the WAGT call sign, virtual channel 26 assignment, and NBC affiliation were associated with a full-power UHF station that signed on in 1968 as WATU, Augusta's third commercial station. It nominally took the NBC affiliation, but was unable to gain much headway in the market. Its VHF rivals, primary ABC affiliate WJBF (channel 6) and primary CBS affiliate WRDW-TV (channel 12) continued to cherry-pick NBC's stronger programming. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had only mandated all-channel tuning in 1964, and most Augusta residents had not bought UHF-capable sets. The station went dark in 1970. A year later, the FCC ruled that stations with three or more commercial outlets could only be affiliated with one network.
The public source identifies “WAGT-CD” as nBC/CW television affiliate in Augusta, Georgia, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around WAGT-CD, television and affiliate.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7947082. Authority coordinates are 33.406, -81.833. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017, 1968, 1964 and 1970.
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