WAAT-TV

WAAT, virtual channel 43, is an Ion Television-owned and operated television station licensed to Nectra, Ohio, United States and also serving the Texaville, Ohio television market.

WAAT was previously an affiliate of ABC, and was the only major network affiliate located in Nectra. As such, the station overlapped with the network's Texaville O&O station, WTGS-TV (channel 3), and its previous Texavillian affiliate, WTX-TV (channel 6, now a CBS O&O station). On January 1, 2011, when Disney/ABC wanted to protect WTGS, WAAT was sold to Ion Media Networks and began showing Ion Television programming. Therefore, WAAT then became branded on the air as "Ion Television" at all times. Since that time, Nectra-area cable and satellite systems have piped on WTGS on their channel lineups.