Like other network affiliates in this vast and mainly rural area, WGTU operates a full-time, full-power satellite in Sault Ste. Marie, WGTQ (virtual and VHF digital channel 8), whose transmitter is located approximately south-southeast of the city near Goetzville in southeastern Chippewa County. WGTQ is a straight simulcast of WGTU; on-air references to WGTQ are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during newscasts and other programming. Aside from the transmitter, WGTQ does not maintain any physical presence locally in Sault Ste. Marie.