DWGA-TV
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| Relay of DZBB-TV | |
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| Channels | |
| Branding | GMA TV-2 Sorsogon |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | GMA Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | GMA Network Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | April 2013 |
Call sign meaning | From "GMA" |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | NTC |
| Power | 2 kW |
| ERP | 10.627 kW[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 12°47′44.4″N 123°56′18.2″E / 12.795667°N 123.938389°E |
| Links | |
| Website | gmanetwork |
DWGA-TV (VHF Ch. 2)[2] is a television station in Juban, Sorsogon, Philippines,[3] airing programming from GMA Network. Owned and operated by the network's namesake corporate parent, the station maintains transmitter facilities atop Mt. Bintacan in Brgy. Maalo.
Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, DWGA-TV was considered a relay of DWAI-TV (channel 7) in Naga, Camarines Sur.
Prior to the station's startup by GMA, a channel 2 station, DWIB-TV, operated at Sorsogon from 1995 to 1999 as part of the government-owned Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13).
- April 2013 - After 16 years of disuse, channel 2 is restored to use as DWGA-TV under GMA Network Inc., where the company spent ₱28 million, carrying Bicol regional programs, which include Baretang Bikol (later 24 Oras Bikol) via off-air pick-up of DWLA-TV (GMA TV-12 Legazpi).[4]
- April 24, 2015 - After GMA Network decided to cancel airing 24 Oras Bikol due to strategic streamlining undertaken by the network, the station downgraded as a relay of GMA Manila (DZBB-TV).
- February 1, 2021 - GMA Bicol re-upgraded as an originating station with the relaunching of their regional newscast Balitang Bicolandia simulcasting all GMA's Bicol stations including GMA Sorsogon.[5] Later, due to the cancellation in 2024, it became a relay again through GMA Manila.