WGTQ TV Channel 8 Sault Ste Marie

Slogan: ABC 29&8

Analog Power/Height/Offset: 316,000 watts / 945 feet / 0
directional antenna
- Analog Service Area

Digital Channel: 9

Digital Power/Height: 24,000 watts / 945 feet (CP)
directional antenna
- Digital Service Area (CP)

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More Technical Information:

Call Sign History: WGTQ, assigned 6/7/1976

Call Sign Origin: Similar to WGTU (Grand Traverse)

Network Affiliation History: ABC

On Air Date: January 12, 1976

Owner: Max Media, being acquired by Tucker Broadcasting

Telephone: (231) 946-2900

Notes/History:

9/2007: Barrington Broadcasting is acquiring WGTU-TV 29 Traverse City/WGTQ-TV 8 Sault Ste. Marie from Max Media in a deal worth $10 million. The licenses for the stations will then be spun off to Tucker Broadcasting to keep Barrington, owner of NBC affiliate WPBN-TV 7 Traverse City/WTOM-TV 4 Cheboygan, under federal ownership caps. Barrington will then enter into a joint sales agreement with Tucker, providing up to 15 percent of TV 29&8's weekly programming and sell local advertising for the station on a commission basis.

5/2003: Announced that station, along with sister station WGTU-TV 29 Traverse City, has been sold to Max Media for $8 million

Transmitter location:

Chippewa County

Old logo gallery:

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