WBAU (WB 100+)
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Augusta, Georgia United States |
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| Branding | NBC 26 (general) NBC 26 News (WAGT newscasts) News 12 (WRDW simulcasts) CW Augusta (on CD2) |
| Slogan |
On Your Side Dare to Defy (on CD2) |
| Channels |
Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 26 () |
| Subchannels | 26.1 NBC 26.2 CW+ |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| Founded | March 28, 1985 |
| Call letters' meaning | taken from WAGT |
| Sister station(s) | WRDW-TV |
| Former callsigns | W67BE (1985–1995) WBEK-LP (1995–2001) WBEK-CA (2001–2015) WBEK-CD (May–October 2015) WRDW-CD (2015–2016) |
| Former channel number(s) | 67 (UHF analog, 1987–2001) 16 (UHF analog, 2001–2015) 16 (PSIP virtual, 2015–2017) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1985–1986, 1991–1995) Fox (1986–1991) The WB (1995–1998) UPN (1998–2004) America One (2004–2015) Youtoo America (2015–2017) |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Height | 483 m (1,585 ft) |
| Facility ID | 73931 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°24′20.7″N 81°50′0.5″W / 33.405750°N 81.833472°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WAGT-CD, virtual channel 26 (UHF digital channel 30), is a low-power, Class A NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Augusta, Georgia, United States. The station is owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television, and is sister to CBS affiliate WRDW-TV (channel 12). While the two stations are licensed to Augusta, their combined studio/office facility and transmitters are located across the Savannah River in South Carolina, respectively in North Augusta and Beech Island.
The license for W67BE (the call letters reflected its original location on UHF channel 67) was first granted on March 28, 1985. It was Augusta's first independent station, airing a collection of public domain black-and-white western movies, infomercials and programming such as Sewing with Nancy (unusual as that program was mainly offered for public television). 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".
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