WWTW
WWTW, virtual channel 34 (UHF digital channel 23), is an independent television station serving Memphis, Tennessee, United States that is licensed to Senatobia, Mississippi. Owned by Flinn Broadcasting Corporation, it is a sister station to Memphis-licensed religious independent WTWV (channel 23).[2] The two stations share studios on Kirby Whitten Road in the northeast section of Memphis and transmitter facilities in Ellendale, Tennessee.
Senatobia, Mississippi/ Memphis, Tennessee United States | |
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City | Senatobia, Mississippi |
Channels | Digital: 23 (UHF) (shared with WTWV) Virtual: 34 (PSIP) |
Branding | ACME Classics TV |
Programming | |
Affiliations | Independent |
Ownership | |
Owner | Flinn Broadcasting (sale to Tri-State Christian Television pending[1]) (Broadcasting for the Challenged, Inc.) |
WTWV, WPGF-LD, WFBI-LD | |
History | |
First air date | December 7, 2010 |
Former channel number(s) | Digital: 34 (UHF, until 2018) |
Call sign meaning | Disambiguation of sister station WTWV |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 84214 |
ERP | 1,000 kW |
HAAT | 276 m (906 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°12′34.3″N 89°49′1.4″W |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | www |
Until 2018, WWTW's transmitter was located near Arkabutla Lake in northwestern Tate County, Mississippi. To expand its coverage area, the station was simulcast on WTWV's second digital subchannel.[3]
History
WWTW signed on the air as an independent station on December 7, 2010. Its main channel is branded as ACME Classics TV. The station mainly airs classic television shows, mostly public domain content.[4]
On May 28, 2020, Flinn Broadcasting Corporation announced that it would sell WWTW and WTWV, along with sister stations KCWV in Duluth, Minnesota, WWJX in Jackson, Mississippi, WBIH in Selma, Alabama, and WFBD in Destin, Florida, to Marion, Illinois-based Tri-State Christian Television for an undisclosed price pending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval; once the sale closes (which is expected to happen in late summer or early fall of 2020), the stations would become owned-and-operated stations of the TCT network and the second and third full-power religious stations in the Memphis area.[1]
References
- "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- FCC TV database, see external link
- Digital TV Market Listing for WTWV RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ACMEClassics - TV Schedule
External links
- Official website
- WWTW in the FCC's TV station database
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WWTW-TV