DWGA-TV

GMA TV-2 Sorsogon (DWGA-TV)

Relay of DZBB-TV
Sorsogon City Philippines
Channels	Analog: 2 (VHF)
Branding	GMA TV-2 Sorsogon
Programming
Affiliations	GMA
Ownership
Owner	GMA Network Inc.
History
First air date	2014 (2014)
Call sign meaning	From "GMA"
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 station's startup by GMA in 2014, a channel 2 station, DWIB-TV, operated at Sorsogon from 1995 to 1999 as part of the government-owned Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation.

History

• 2014 - After 15 years of disuse, channel 2 is restored to use as DWGA-TV under 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.

See also

• DWAI-TV
• List of GMA Network stations