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We now get to the MyNetworkTV affiliate of the Wuhu archipelago and first station licensed to Wedge Island, WDGI. Affiliation History: Independent (1985-1995) UPN (1995-2006) MyNetworkTV (2006-present) Ownership History: Family Group Broadcasting (1985-1991) Pegasus Inc. (1991-2001) Sinclair Broadcast Group (2001-present) History: WDGI would launch on October 14, 1985 under Family Group Broadcasting. Using its owner's standardized red diamond-chrome text logo. It was licensed to New Madrid, Wedge Island, one of the few stations licensed to Wedge Island (as opposed to Wuhu Island like other stations in the Wuhu Archipelago. The station positioned as oriented towards families, unlike the broadly oriented rivals WUWI and WSLN. FGB would declare bankruptcy in 1991, selling WDGI to Pegasus, Inc., a company led the station's staff. WDGI would continue its family-oriented lean until 1993, when it transitioned into a more traditional independent station. WDGI became a UPN affiliate on January 16, 1995 and that same year, later signed an LMA deal with WSLN. In the deal, WSLN would manage select programming and ad sales for the station. Sinclair Broadcasting Group, the owner of WSLN, would buy WDGI in 2001, forming a duopoly between the two stations. On September 5, 2006, WDGI became an affiliate of the newly launched MyNetworkTV, as part of Sinclair's deal with the network to affiliate most of its WB and UPN affiliates. Sinclair has been the current owner of the station since 2001.
