WTNB-CD (channel 27) is a low-power, Class A religious television station licensed to Cleveland, Tennessee, United States, serving the Chattanooga area as an owned-and-operated station of the Christian Television Network (CTN). The station's transmitter is located on Sawyer Cemetery Road in unincorporated Mile Straight.
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| Affiliations | 27.1: CTN |
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| Founded | December 8, 1994 |
First air date | October 1997 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 49240 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 1.67 kW |
| HAAT | 245.4 m (805 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°12′26″N 85°16′52″W / 35.20722°N 85.28111°W |
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| Website | ctnonline |
History edit
A construction permit for a low-power television station on UHF channel 27 in Cleveland was issued on December 8, 1994[3] under the call sign W27BQ[4] to North Georgia Television.[5] On October 27, 1997, the station filed for a license to cover, which was granted on November 17.[6] The call letters were changed to WTNB-LP on July 1, 1998; on June 12, 2003, the call sign was modified to WTNB-CA,[4] after having been granted class A status on September 10, 2001.[7] Under North Georgia Television, WTNB was a sister station to WDNN-CA and WDGA-CA in Dalton, Georgia; by 2005, WTNB and WDNN programmed similar lineups featuring FamilyNet and local programming, though WTNB's local programming was separate from that on WDNN.[8]
North Georgia Television sold WTNB-CA to PTP Holdings for $350,000 in 2009.[9] After a period off the air, WTNB resumed broadcasting under the new ownership in January 2010 as a My Family TV affiliate.[10] On April 13, 2015, the call sign was modified to WTNB-CD,[4] after converting to digital television in October 2014.[11] In the FCC's incentive auction, WTNB-CD sold its spectrum for $370,099 and elected to move to a low VHF channel;[12] the station was assigned channel 5.[13]
References edit
- ^ "WTNB-CD Asset Purchase Agreement".
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTNB-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Application Search Details (1)". CDBS Public Access. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Call Sign History (WTNB-CD)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ Television & Cable Factbook 1997 Edition (PDF). 1997. p. B-266. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ "Application Search Details (2)". CDBS Public Access. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ "Application Search Details (3)". CDBS Public Access. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ Smith, Doug (February 2005). "TV News" (PDF). VHF-UHF Digest. p. 9. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ BIA Financial Networks (June 13, 2009). "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ Higgins, Randall (January 31, 2010). "Local TV returns to Cleveland". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Chattanooga, Tennessee. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "Application Search Details (4)". CDBS Public Access. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ "FCC Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction Auction 1001 Winning Bids" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. April 4, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ "Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau Announce Regional Coordinators to Facilitate Post-Auction Transition for Broadcast Stations" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. April 20, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2019.