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WGTU: Traverse City/Cadillac, Michigan WGTQ: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan United States |
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| Branding | ABC 29 & 8 TV 7 & 4 (on DT2) |
| Slogan |
Get Connected Fair. Accurate. Honest. (on DT2) |
| Channels |
Digital: WGTU: 29 (UHF) WPBN-DT2: 47 (UHF) WGTQ: 8 (VHF) WTOM-DT2: 35 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 29.1/8.1 ABC-HD 29.2/8.2 NBC-SD 7.2/4.2 ABC-SD |
| Owner |
Cunningham Broadcasting (Traverse City (WGTU-TV) Licensee, Inc.) |
| Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| First air date |
WGTU: August 23, 1971 WGTQ: October 29, 1976 |
| Call letters' meaning |
WGTU: Grand Traverse Quality |
| Sister station(s) |
WPBN-TV / WTOM-TV, "WBVC", WEYI-TV, WBSF, WSMH, WWMT, WSBT-TV |
| Former channel number(s) |
WGTU: 29 (UHF analog, 1971–2009) 31 (UHF digital, –2009) WGTQ: 8 (VHF analog, 1976–2009) 9 (VHF digital, –2009) |
| Transmitter power |
WGTU: 68.4 kW WPBN-DT2: 500 kW WGTQ: 15 kW WTOM-DT2: 78 kW |
| Height |
WGTU & WPBN-DT2: 393 m WGTQ: 288 m WTOM-DT2: 168 m |
| Facility ID |
WGTU: 59280 WPBN-DT2: 21253 WGTQ: 59279 WTOM-DT2: 21254 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
WGTU & WPBN-DT2: 44°44′53.3″N 85°4′8.6″W / 44.748139°N 85.069056°W WGTQ: 46°3′8.2″N 84°6′38.8″W / 46.052278°N 84.110778°W WTOM-DT2: 45°39′0.6″N 84°20′36.9″W / 45.650167°N 84.343583°W |
| Website | upnorthlive.com/ |
WGTU: Grand
Traverse UHF
WGTU is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Northern Lower and Eastern Upper Peninsulas of Michigan that is licensed to Traverse City. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 29 from a transmitter east of Kalkaska. Like other network affiliates in this vast rural area, it operates a full-time satellite, WGTQ. Licensed to Sault Ste. Marie, this station airs a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter approximately thirty miles SSE of Sault Ste. Marie near Goetzville in Southeastern Chippewa County.
Together, the two are known on-air as ABC 29&8 and serve 23 counties in the Northern Lower Peninsula, three counties in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, and portions of Northern Ontario including Sault Ste. Marie's Canadian sister city. Owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, WGTU is operated through a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of NBC affiliate WPBN-TV and full-time satellite WTOM-TV. However, Sinclair effectively owns WGTU due to Cunningham's ownership structure. Both stations share studios on M-72 west of Traverse City.
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