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WRGT-TV

WRGT-TV
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Dayton, Ohio
United States
Branding Fox 45 (general)
Fox 45 News (newscasts)
My TV Dayton (on DT2)
This TV Dayton (on DT2)
Slogan It's Where You Live!
Channels Digital: 30 (UHF)
Virtual: 45 ()
Subchannels 45.1 Fox
45.2 MyNetworkTV/This TV
45.3 Comet
45.4 Charge!
Affiliations Fox (1986–present)
Owner Cunningham Broadcasting
(WRGT Licensee, LLC)
Operator Sinclair Broadcast Group
First air date September 23, 1984; 32 years ago (1984-09-23)
Call letters' meaning The WRiGhT brothers
(who were from Dayton)
Sister station(s) WKEF
Former channel number(s) Analog:
45 (UHF, 1984–2009)
Former affiliations Independent (1984–1986)
Transmitter power 425 kW
Height 351 m
Facility ID 411
Transmitter coordinates 39°43′28.2″N 84°15′17″W / 39.724500°N 84.25472°W / 39.724500; -84.25472
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website Fox 45

WRGT-TV, virtual channel 45, is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Miami Valley area of Ohio, which is licensed to Dayton. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 30 from a transmitter at its Broadcast Plaza business offices, off South Gettysburg Avenue, near the New Chicago section of the city. It can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channel 8 and in high definition on digital channel 1008. Owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, WRGT-TV is operated though a local marketing agreement (LMA) by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. However, that company effectively owns the station due to Cunningham's ownership structure. It shares studios with and is sister to ABC affiliate WKEF.

WRGT-TV signed on as an independent station on September 23, 1984, owned by Meridian Communications, based in Pittsburgh. WRGT-TV was Meridian's second station following WVAH-TV in Charleston, West Virginia two years earlier. Meridian founded WRGT-TV following a high-stakes "in-contest" competition among four potential owners in the late 1970s. The station ran a general-entertainment format consisting of cartoons, classic sitcoms, recent off network sitcoms, old movies, drama shows, and sports. On its sign on date, WRGT-TV broadcast 2001: A Space Odyssey, with a stereo simulcast of the audio over WTUE-FM 104.7. It originally used the slogan "Off To a Flying Start", featuring an animated Wright "B" Flyer used in its first promos (the "WRGT" calls are a reference to the Wright brothers).


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