mid-1990s until September 2007 when Laurie Ott left to pursue other career opportunities. For much of the last 25 years, WRDW did not offer a newscast weeknights at 5:30, opting instead to carry Inside Edition. Starting in September 2017, WRDW launched a nationally-focused 5:30 p.m. newscast; while Inside Edition moved to WAGT weeknights at 6. From March 2016 to September 2017, all of WRDW's newscasts with the exception of the midday newscast were simulcast by WAGT; the station also produced exclusive 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. newscasts for WAGT, broadcast from a separate news set with different anchors. WAGT's 5:30 p.m. newscast was scrapped in September 2017 for a 30-minute 4 p.m. newscast. In addition, the 6 p.m. is no longer simulcasted on WAGT and all newscasts outside the 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. are branded News 12. While WAGT's 7 p.m. newscast continues to maintain different anchors and set, the 4 p.m. utilizes a virtual set and is anchored by WRDW's Richard Rogers. Periodically, WRDW will use the main set and main anchors for the WAGT newscasts in the event that WAGT's 7 p.m. anchor Kelly Wiley is out. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: In 2004, WRDW-DT2 signed on as a UPN affiliate, replacing WBEK-CA (now sister station WAGT-CD) as the market's affiliate. WRDW-DT2 later became a MyNetworkTV affiliate when that network launched on September 5, 2006. WRDW-TV previously carried weather information on 12.3. In January 2011, it was replaced with The Country Network, which in turn was replaced with Antenna TV in late May 2013. By spring 2017, WRDW-DT2 upgraded its over-the-air digital signal into 1080i high definition; thus offering over-the-air access to the high definition feed for MyNetworkTV for the first time in the Augusta, Georgia market. On May 1, 2019, WRDW added a simulcast of WAGT on DT2, thus moving MyNetworkTV to DT3 and dropping Antenna TV. Analog-to-digital conversion WRDW-TV turned off its analog signal, 12, on June 12, 2009. The station then changed its pre-transition UHF channel 31 to VHF channel 12. References External links Gray Television RDW-TV CBS network affiliates MyNetworkTV affiliates Circle (TV network) affiliates Antenna TV affiliates True Crime Network affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1954 1954 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Masters Tournament