WGTA-TV On Air

The former WNEG-TV is back on the air, but with new owners and new call letters.

Recently, WGTA-TV returned to the airwaves, over the air on Channel 32.

Currently, the station is airing three networks associated with Weigel Broadcasting, Heroes and Icons, Decades, and Movies!.

Its operations are based out of Toccoa.

Earlier this year, the University of Georgia announced it had entered into an agreement to sell WUGA-TV, formerly known as WNEG-TV, to Marquee Broadcasting of Brookeville, Maryland for $2.5 million.

Marquee Broadcasting also owns TV stations in Salisbury, Maryland and Dover, Delaware.

At the time of the sale, Marquee Broadcasting said it planned to change the call letters to WGTA, which it said stands for “Greenville to Atlanta.”

The University of Georgia acquired WNEG-TV in 2008 through its Research Foundation from Media General, Inc., and moved the station operations from Toccoa to Athens.

After three years of commercial operation, the license was transferred to the university and management was transferred to the UGA Public Affairs Division in 2011.

At that time, the call letters were changed to WUGA-TV and it began providing non-commercial programming under an affiliation with Georgia Public Broadcasting prior to UGA selling the station.