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| City | Hardeeville, South Carolina |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Fox 28 |
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| History | |
First air date | September 1, 1985 |
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| Independent (1985–1986) | |
Call sign meaning | Thomas G. Sonsini, vice president of founding owner American Communications & Television[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 27245 |
| ERP | 957 kW |
| HAAT | 452.1 m (1,483 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°2′46″N 81°20′26″W / 32.04611°N 81.34056°W |
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| Website | fox28savannah |
WTGS (channel 28) is a television station licensed to Hardeeville, South Carolina, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Savannah, Georgia, area. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, WTGS maintains transmitter facilities on Fort Argyle Road/SR 204 in western unincorporated Chatham County, Georgia, while its studios are located in the Savannah Morning News building on Chatham Parkway in Savannah.
WTGS went on the air in 1985 as the first independent television station for Savannah and the southern Lowcountry and the lone commercial television station in southeastern South Carolina. Originally built by a Florida company, a change in federal regulations on cable carriage that took effect weeks before starting up nearly carried the station to the brink of bankruptcy. Between 1996 and 2014, operations of WTGS were related to those of WJCL (channel 22), Savannah's ABC affiliate, by a series of operating agreements. During much of this period, WJCL produced local newscasts for air on WTGS. However, the two stations were split in 2014 when owner LIN Media and its affiliates opted to divest WJCL and WTGS to separate entities in order to complete a merger. The two stations continue to share office space, though Sinclair later brought news production in-house in 2016. From 2016 until its cancellation in 2024, WTGS's 10 p.m. newscast was produced from WPDE-TV in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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