WRDW-TV
 
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Augusta, Georgia United States |
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| Branding | News 12 |
| Slogan | On Your Side |
| Channels |
Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 12 () |
| Subchannels | 12.1 CBS 12.2 MyNetworkTV 12.3 Antenna TV |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | February 8, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | derived from former sister station WRDW radio (now WCHZ) |
| Sister station(s) | WAGT, WAGT-CD |
| Former channel number(s) | 12 (VHF analog, 1954–2009) 31 (UHF digital, –2009) |
| Former affiliations |
ABC (1954–1967) NBC (1967–1974) both secondary |
| Transmitter power | 20.2 kW |
| Height | 485 m (1,591 ft) |
| Facility ID | 73931 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°24′36″N 81°50′36″W / 33.41000°N 81.84333°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WRDW-TV, channel 12, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Augusta, Georgia, USA. WRDW-TV is owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television, and is a sister station of NBC affiliate WAGT (channel 26). 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.
WRDW-TV shares call letters with radio station WRDW (AM) in Augusta, owned by Beasley Broadcast Group and unrelated to the television station.
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
WRDW-TV commenced operations in February 1954; it is the second-oldest television station in Augusta. The station was originally owned by Radio Augusta, the parent company of the original WRDW radio (1480 AM). WRDW-TV has been Augusta's CBS affiliate for its entire history, owing to its radio sister's long affiliation with the CBS Radio Network. However, it shared ABC with then-primary NBC affiliate WJBF (channel 6).
In 1956 Radio Augusta was sold to the Morris family and their company, Southeastern Newspapers, publishers of the Augusta Chronicle.
On September 1, 1967, WJBF switched its primary affiliation to ABC, and began splitting NBC with WRDW-TV. This was very unusual for a two-station market, especially one as small as Augusta. However, WJBF's namesake owner, J.B. Fuqua, wanted to get that station in line with two ABC affiliates he had just purchased, WTVW in Evansville, Indiana and KTHI-TV (now KVLY-TV) in Fargo, North Dakota.
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