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.

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  • 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. WGTU is owned by Tucker Broadcasting of Traverse City but operated through a shared services agreement (SSA) by Barrington Broadcasting (owner of NBC affiliate WPBN-TV and full-time satellite WTOM-TV). WGTU and WPBN share studios on M-72 west of Traverse City. This station operates Traverse City's cable-only CW affiliate "WBVC" on Charter channel 61.
dbpedia-owl:alias
  • ABC 29&8
  • TV 7&4 (on DT2)
dbpedia-owl:callSign
  • WGTU/WGTQ
dbpedia-owl:callsignMeaning
  • Traverse Quality
  • WGTQ: Grand
  • WGTU: Grand
  • Traverse UHF
dbpedia-owl:digitalChannel
  • WTOM-DT2: 35.2 (UHF)
  • WGTU: 29 (UHF)
  • WGTQ: 8 (VHF)
  • WPBN-DT2: 47.2 (UHF)
dbpedia-owl:digitalSubChannel
  • 29.1/8.1 ABC
  • 29.2/8.2 NBC
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  • 15000.000000 (xsd:double)
  • 68400.000000 (xsd:double)
dbpedia-owl:firstAirDate
  • 1971-08-23 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:formerChannel
  • WGTQ:
  • WGTU:
  • 31 (UHF digital)
  • 8 (VHF analog, 1976-2009)
  • 9 (VHF digital)
  • 29 (UHF analog, 1971-2009)
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  • 288.000000 (xsd:double)
  • 393.000000 (xsd:double)
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dbpedia-owl:slogan
  • Inspiring. Informative. Entertaining.
  • Fair. Accurate. Honest.
  • (on DT2)
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dbpprop:airdate
  • --08-23
  • WGTQ: 1976
dbpprop:callLetters
  • WGTU/WGTQ
dbpprop:callsignMeaning
  • Traverse Quality
  • WGTQ: Grand
  • WGTU: Grand
  • Traverse UHF
dbpprop:coordinates
  • WGTQ:
  • WTOM-DT2:
  • WGTU & WPBN-DT2:
dbpprop:digital
  • WGTU: 29
  • WTOM-DT2: 35.2
  • WPBN-DT2: 47.2
  • WGTQ: 8
dbpprop:effectiveRadiatedPower
  • WTOM-DT2: 78 kW
  • WGTU: 68.4 kW
  • WGTQ: 15 kW
  • WPBN-DT2: 500 kW
dbpprop:facilityId
  • WTOM-DT2: 21254
  • WGTQ: 59279
  • WPBN-DT2: 21253
  • WGTU: 59280
dbpprop:formerChannelNumbers
  • 8 (xsd:integer)
  • 9 (xsd:integer)
  • 29 (xsd:integer)
  • 31 (xsd:integer)
  • WGTQ:
  • WGTU:
dbpprop:haat
  • 10080.0
  • 17280.0
  • 393 m
  • WGTU & WPBN-DT2:
dbpprop:location
  • WGTQ: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
  • WGTU: Traverse City/Cadillac, Michigan
dbpprop:owner
  • Tucker Broadcasting of Traverse City, Inc.
dbpprop:sisterStations
  • WPBN-TV/WTOM-TV, "WBVC"
dbpprop:stationBranding
  • TV 7&4
  • ABC 29&8
dbpprop:stationLogo
  • 150 (xsd:integer)
dbpprop:stationSlogan
  • Inspiring. Informative. Entertaining.
  • Fair. Accurate. Honest.
dbpprop:subchannels
  • 29 (xsd:integer)
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  • 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.
rdfs:label
  • WGTU
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  • POINT(-85.0691 44.7481)
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  • -85.069054 (xsd:float)
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  • WGTU/WGTQ
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