Waga District, Iwate

Waga (和賀郡, Waga-gun) is a district located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Since 2006, it has included just the town of Nishiwaga.

History

Higashiwaga District

Nishiwaga District

Mergers

Waga

Waga is an isolated small town in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. Administrated by Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha (Divisional Council), it is part of the Padukka Divisional Secretary's Division. The town can be reached on road from Colombo via A4 (Colombo - Rathnapura) road, turning off at either Meepe near Padukka or at Kaluaggala near Hanwella. The Waga station of the Kelani Valley Railway Line is also situated in Kahahena junction of the town. The Labugama and Kalatuwawa reservoirs, which supply water to the Colombo city and the forest reserves of Labugama and Udagama are also situated nearby.

Coordinates: 6°53′23″N 80°07′40″E / 6.88972°N 80.12778°E / 6.88972; 80.12778

Waga (disambiguation)

Waga or WAGA may refer to:

Places

Broadcasting

Other uses

WAGA-TV

WAGA-TV "FOX 5" virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 27) is a FOX owned-and-operated television station located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The station is owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. WAGA-TV maintains studio and transmitter facilities located on Briarcliff Road in unincoporated DeKalb County, just east of Atlanta proper. WAGA is available on Comcast channel 4 and on DirecTV and Dish Network in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

History

As a CBS affiliate

WAGA-TV first began operations on March 8, 1949. It was originally owned by Storer Broadcasting along with WAGA radio (AM 590, now WDWD; and WAGA-FM 102.9, now WVEE at 103.3), all colloquially called "Wagga". It is Atlanta's second-oldest television station, signing on seven months after WSB-TV (channel 2). Originally a CBS affiliate, channel 5 also carried a secondary affiliation with the DuMont Television Network from 1949 to 1956. It also shared the ABC affiliation with WSB-TV until WLWA-TV (Channel 11, now WXIA-TV) signed on in September 1951. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.