WCTZ-LD

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WCTZ-LD
City Bowling Green, Kentucky
Channels
Programming
Subchannels (see below)
Affiliations (see below)
Ownership
Owner
Bowling Green: WCZU-LD
Nashville: WKUW-LD
History
FoundedDecember 8, 2009(14 years ago) (2009-12-08)
First air date
May 1, 2019(4 years ago) (2019-05-01)
Former call signs
W35CT-D (2008-2013)
(see article)
Call sign meaning
WCentral Time Zone
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 182481
ERP 15 kW
HAAT 899 m (2,949 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 36°16′4.9″N86°47′44.7″W / 36.268028°N 86.795750°W / 36.268028; -86.795750
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WCTZ-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 35, is a low-powered Buzzr-affiliated [2] television station. While nominally licensed to Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States, this station serves the Nashville, Tennessee, viewing area. [3] The station is owned by Innovate Corporation. WCTZ-LD's transmitter is located in Whites Creek, Tennessee. [4]

Contents

History

The station’s construction permit was initially issued on December 8, 2009, under the calls of W35CT-D, when it was under the original ownership of Madison Avenue Ventures. [5] The current WCTZ-LD calls were assigned on May 29, 2013. [6] The station was sold to DTV America on August 20, 2013. [7]

WCTZ was one of several dozen DTV America stations that were purchased by HC2 Holdings (now Innovate Corp.) in October 2017. [8] [9]

It was not until May 1, 2019, when WCTZ officially signed on. The station simulcast sister station WKUW-LD's seven digital subchannels until September 20, 2019, when WKUW became a sister translator station to WJFB, broadcasting its five subchannels. [10]

On February 21, 2020, WCTZ replaced Soul of the South Television with Three Angels Broadcasting Network on DT3, while they also replaced Jewelry Television with Infomercials on DT7. Three months later on May 18, 2020, DT3 and DT7 changed again, with WCTZ replacing 3ABN with a mixture of localized classic TV Shows (Which are mainly in Public Domain) and Infomercials on DT3; and the Infomercials which ran on DT7 were replaced with NBCUniversal-owned LX.

On July 21, 2020, WCTZ replaced the infomercials on DT5, with Cheddar, a financial news channel, as part of a groupwide station agreement with WCTZ's parent owner (HC2 Holdings), and the network itself. [11] [12] The carriage agreement with WCTZ and Cheddar expired as of May 2020. At that point, Cheddar was replaced with the Spanish feed of beIN Sports. (beIN Sports Xtra en Español) [13]

It was announced on February 24, 2021, that Tegna Inc. would launch Twist, a network that specializes in factual lifestyle and reality television content aimed at females between the ages of 25 and 54. WCTZ would become one of the new affiliate stations to launch the network on April 5, replacing the localized programming on its third subchannel. [14] [15] [16] [17]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming [2]
35.1 480i 16:9 WCTZ-LD Buzzr
35.2 4:3 Shop LC
35.3 Infomercials
35.4 16:9 Law & Crime Network
35.5 Silent
35.6 CBN News Channel
35.7 LX
35.8 TeleXitos

Former affiliations

Channel Programming [2]
35.3 Soul of the South Network (2019-February 2020)
Three Angels Broadcasting Network (February–May 2020)
Independent (Classic TV Shows & Informercials) (May 2020-April 2021)
Twist (April 2021-2023)
35.4 Quest (2019–2023)
Infomercials (2023)
35.5 Infomercials (2019-July 2020)
Cheddar (July 2020-May 2021)
beIN Sports Xtra en Español (May 2021-2023)
35.7 Jewelry Television (2019-February 2020)
Infomercials (February–May 2020)

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WCTZ-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. 1 2 3 Digital TV Market Listing for WCTZ-LD
  3. ↑ WCTZ-LD REC Broadcast Query http://cdbs.recnet.net/fmq.php?facid=182481 WCTZ-LD REC Broadcast Query
  4. ↑ "RabbitEars.Info".
  5. ↑ "Application Search Details".
  6. ↑ "FCCInfo Results".
  7. ↑ "Application Search Details".
  8. ↑ "HC2 to Acquire Majority Interest in DTV America" (Press release). 27 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Application Search Details".
  10. ↑ nashvilledtvnews.info/archives.php
  11. ↑ Where to watch Cheddar
  12. ↑ HC2 Broadcasting announces carriage agreement with cheddar news in over 40 us states
  13. ↑ "BeIN SPORTS XTRA EN ESPAÑOL".
  14. ↑ "Tegna Launches Twist Channel for Women". Cord Cutters News. 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  15. ↑ "Tegna Launching Twist Diginet For Women". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. February 24, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Twist, Digital Multicast Network For Women, Launched by Tegna," from Broadcasting & Cable, 4/5/2021
  17. ↑ watchtwist.com/find-twist
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