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Overview
WGNT brings Antenna TV to Portsmouth, Virginia, and is one of the full-power stations serving the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA market.
Channel and license details
- Call sign
- WGNT
- Network
- Antenna TV (subchannels: Grit, Dabl)
- Virtual channel
- 27
- RF channel
- 20
- City of license
- Portsmouth, Virginia
- TV market
- Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA
- Licensee
- Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC
- On the air since
- 1961
- Call sign since
- September 1989
- Studio address
- 720 Boush Street, Norfolk, VA 23510
- FCC facility ID
- 9762
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.wgnt.com
Viewers find it on channel 27. That is the virtual channel your TV displays; the signal itself goes out on RF channel 20, which is why a rescan sometimes matters. Beyond the main channel, WGNT also airs Grit and Dabl on its subchannels.
The FCC license is held by Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC. WGNT has been on the air since 1961. It has used the WGNT call letters since September 1989.
The studio address on file with the FCC is 720 Boush Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. Its website is www.wgnt.com.
In its 2025 children's television report to the FCC, WGNT listed educational programs including Animal Rescue, Dragonfly TV and Battle Of The Brains.
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Location
WGNT at a glance
- Network
- Antenna TV
- Channel
- 27 (RF 20)
- Licensed to
- Portsmouth, VA
- TV market
- Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA
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