DWGA-TV

GMA TV-2 Sorsogon (DWGA-TV)

Relay of DZBB-TV
Sorsogon City Philippines
Channels	Analog: 2 (VHF) Digital: TBA (UHF)
Branding	GMA TV-2 Sorsogon
Programming
Affiliations	GMA
Ownership
Owner	GMA Network Inc.
History
Founded	1995;30 years ago (1995)
First air date	1995 (1995)(under IBC) 2014 (under GMA Network)
Former call signs	DWIB-TV (1995-1999)
Former affiliations	IBC (1995-1999)
Call sign meaning	Global Arts
Technical information
Licensing authority	NTC
Power	5 kW
ERP	10 kW
Links
Website	GMANetwork.com

DWGA-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Sorsogon City, Philippines, airing programming from GMA Manila and GMA Naga. Owned and operated by the network's namesake corporate parent, the station maintains transmitter facilities atop Mt. Bintacan, Brgy. Maalo, Juban, Sorsogon. ^{[1] [2]}

Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, DWGA-TV is considered a straight simulcast of DWAI-TV (channel 7) in Naga City.

Prior to the acquisition by GMA in 2014, the station was originally owned by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation from 1995 to 1999. ^[3]

History

• 1995 - DWIB channel 2, signed on the airwaves for the first time under the government-owned Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, and was the first TV station to sign on in the Sorsogon area/province (before DWAW-TV by ABS-CBN).
• 1999 - IBC 2 ceased operations due to lack of transmitting and advertising financial operations of programs.
• 2014 - After 15 years of silence, Channel 2 signed-on again and a new callsign called DWGA-TV was used by GMA Network Inc., which now owns and operates the station.
• November 10, 2014 - GMA Bicol launched its new flagship local newcast 24 Oras Bikol after it launched GMA Sorsogon.
• April 24, 2015 - GMA Network decided to cancel airing 24 Oras Bikol as part of the strategic streamlining undertaken by the network. The station is now downgraded as a relay (satellite-selling) station.
• February 1, 2021 - GMA Bicol is re-upgraded as an originating station with the relaunching of their regional newscast Balitang Bicolandia covering the following areas: Camarines Sur, Albay, Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Masbate and Camarines Norte. Later, due to cancellation of Balitang Bicolandia in 2024, it became a relay of DZBB-TV.

GMA TV-2 Sorsogon former programs

• Balitang Bicolandia

References

1. "MEGA bus firm harasses journalist on accident coverage in Sorsogon | BICOL TODAY". Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
2. "SORSOGON RESIDENTS FIND SHELTER IN a CHURCH – GMA News - THE SPLENDOR OF THE CHURCH". Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
3. IBC-13: Nationwide Satellite Broadcast SID + VTV on IBC block (TheSandiessss) , retrieved March 4, 2023

See also

• DWAI-TV
• List of GMA Network stations