{{Use Philippine English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Short description|Television station in Juban, Sorsogon, Philippines}} {{Infobox television station | name = GMA TV-2 Sorsogon | callsign = DWGA-TV | above = Relay of DZBB-TV | logo = <!-- Do not use File:GMA Network 2011 Logo.png or File:GMA Network Logo Vector.svg here, per WP:NFC#UUI #17 --> | branding = GMA TV-2 Sorsogon | analog = 2 (VHF) | affiliations = GMA Network | airdate = {{start date|2013|04}} | owner = GMA Network Inc. | country = Philippines | callsign_meaning = From "'''G'''M'''A'''" | licensing_authority = NTC | power = 2 kW TPO | erp = 10.627 kW<ref>{{Cite web |title=2015-Annual-Performance-Report |url=https://ntc5.ntc.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2015-Annual-Performance-Report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025131109/https://ntc5.ntc.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2015-Annual-Performance-Report.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-25 |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=National Telecommunications Commission (Region 5)}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|12|47|44.4|N|123|56|18.2|E|type:landmark|name=DWGA-TV}} | website = {{URL|gmanetwork.com}} }}
'''DWGA-TV''' '''(VHF Ch. 2)'''<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=TV BROADCAST STATION - as of July 2024 |url=https://ntc.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/LIST%20OF%20AUTHORIZED%20BROADCAST%20STATIONS/TV/TV-List-July-2024.pdf |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=National Telecommunications Commission}}</ref> is a television station in Juban, Sorsogon, Philippines,<ref>{{Cite web |title=TV_122025.pdf |url=https://ntc.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/BSD/TV_122025.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G48LIamPL0ooYjln9JaSiZkYj_38uRBh/view |archive-date=2026-03-16 |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=National Telecommunications Commission}}</ref> airing programming from GMA Network. Owned and operated by the network's namesake corporate parent, the station maintains transmitter facilities atop Mount Bintacan in Barangay 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).<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jBATi-kt3c |title=IBC-13: Nationwide Satellite Broadcast SID + VTV on IBC block (TheSandiessss) |date=2021-12-15 |last=𝙅𝘼𝘾𝙊𝘽𝙎𝙃𝙇𝙏𝙍 Media Archives and Collections |access-date=2026-05-27 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
==History== * '''April 2013''' - After 16 years of disuse, channel 2 is restored to use as DWGA-TV under GMA Network Inc., where the company spent {{Philippine peso|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).<ref>{{Cite web |title=2013_full_1397614357 |url=https://aphrodite.gmanetwork.com/corporate/quarterlyreports/2013_full_1397614357.pdf |website=GMA Network}}</ref> * '''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.<ref>{{cite news |date=2021-01-31 |title=Expanding access to local news throughout the Philippines: GMA Regional TV launches pioneering "Balitang Bicolandia" this February 1 |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/regionaltv/specials/34407/expanding-access-to-local-news-throughout-the-philippines-gma-regional-tv-launches-pioneering-balitang-bicolandia-this-february-1/story/ |access-date=2026-04-01 |work=GMA Regional TV |quote=Catch “GMA Regional TV Balitang Bicolandia” weekdays at 5 p.m. via GMA TV-7 Naga, GMA TV-12 Legazpi, GMA TV-2 Sorsogon, GMA TV-8 Daet, GMA TV-13 Catanduanes, and GMA TV-7 Masbate.}}</ref> Later, due to the cancellation in 2024, it became a relay again through GMA Manila.
==GMA TV-2 Sorsogon former programs==
=== Simulcast from GMA TV-7 Naga === * ''24 Oras Bikol'' * ''Balitang Bicolandia'' * ''Baretang Bikol''
==See also== * DWAI-TV * List of GMA Network stations
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{GMA Luzon}}
Category:GMA Network stations Category:Television stations in Sorsogon
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2013