WRGT-TV
  
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Dayton, Ohio United States |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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