WGNT
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Hampton Roads, Virginia United States |
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| City | Portsmouth, Virginia |
| Branding | WGNT 27 (general) News 3 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Watch. Laugh. Love. |
| Channels |
Digital: 50 (UHF) Virtual: 27 () |
| Subchannels | 27.1 The CW 27.2 Antenna TV |
| Affiliations | The CW (2006–present) |
| Owner | Dreamcatcher Broadcasting, LLC (Local TV Virginia Licensee, LLC) |
| Operator | Tribune Broadcasting |
| First air date | December 6, 1953 (previous incarnation) October 1, 1961 (current incarnation) |
| Call letters' meaning | Greater Norfolk Television |
| Sister station(s) | WTKR |
| Former callsigns | WTOV-TV (1953–1956) WYAH-TV (1961–1989) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 27 (UHF, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DuMont (1953–1956) Independent (1953–1956, 1961–1995) Dark (1956–1961) UPN (1995–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 306 m |
| Facility ID | 9762 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°48′43″N 76°27′45″W / 36.81194°N 76.46250°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | wtkr |
WGNT, channel 27, is a television station licensed to Portsmouth, Virginia, USA, serving as the CW affiliate for the Hampton Roads area of Virginia (comprising the cities of Portsmouth, Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, Virginia Beach and environs), and the Outer Banks region of North Carolina. WGNT is owned by Dreamcatcher Broadcasting, LLC, and is part of a duopoly with CBS affiliate WTKR (channel 3); Tribune Broadcasting operates WTKR and WGNT under a shared services agreement. The two stations share a studio/office facility on Boush Street in downtown Norfolk; WGNT's transmission tower is located in Suffolk, Virginia.
WGNT is one of the oldest surviving UHF licenses in the country. It first signed on December 6, 1953 as WTOV-TV, a commercial independent station owned by Commonwealth Broadcasting. It was the third television station in the Hampton Roads area, and the second on the UHF band (WVEC-TV, which later moved to VHF channel 13, signed on over channel 15 three months earlier). WTOV later became an affiliate of the DuMont Television Network. Channel 27 was on the air for limited hours, and had very limited viewership because it was impossible at the time to watch UHF stations without buying a converter; television set makers were not required to include UHF tuners until 1964. Even with a converter, WTOV's picture was not very clear. As such, it was never a factor in the Hampton Roads market.
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