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WTNB-CD

Cleveland–Chattanooga, Tennessee United States
Channels	Digital: 5 (VHF) Virtual: 27
Programming
Affiliations	27.1: CTN
Ownership
Owner	Christian Television Network (Volunteer Christian Television, Inc.)
History
Founded	December 8, 1994
First air date	October 1997 (27 years ago) (1997-10)
Former call signs	W27BQ (1994–1998) WTNB-LP (1998–2003) WTNB-CA (2003–2015)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 27 (UHF, 1997–2015) Digital: 27 (UHF, 2015–2019)
Former affiliations	FamilyNet My Family TV Heartland (until 2022)
Technical information
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 / 35.20722; -85.28111
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	ctnonline.com/affiliate/wtnb/

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.

History

A construction permit for a low-power television station on UHF channel 27 in Cleveland was issued on December 8, 1994 under the call sign W27BQ to North Georgia Television. On October 27, 1997, the station filed for a license to cover, which was granted on November 17. The call letters were changed to WTNB-LP on July 1, 1998; on June 12, 2003, the call sign was modified to WTNB-CA, after having been granted class A status on September 10, 2001. 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.

North Georgia Television sold WTNB-CA to PTP Holdings for $350,000 in 2009. After a period off the air, WTNB resumed broadcasting under the new ownership in January 2010 as a My Family TV affiliate. On April 13, 2015, the call sign was modified to WTNB-CD, after converting to digital television in October 2014. In the FCC's incentive auction, WTNB-CD sold its spectrum for $370,099 and elected to move to a low VHF channel; the station was assigned channel 5.

References

1. "WTNB-CD Asset Purchase Agreement".
2. "Facility Technical Data for WTNB-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. "Application Search Details (1)". CDBS Public Access. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
4. ^ "Call Sign History (WTNB-CD)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
5. Television & Cable Factbook 1997 Edition (PDF). 1997. p. B-266. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
6. "Application Search Details (2)". CDBS Public Access. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
7. "Application Search Details (3)". CDBS Public Access. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
8. Smith, Doug (February 2005). "TV News" (PDF). VHF-UHF Digest. p. 9. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
9. BIA Financial Networks (June 13, 2009). "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
10. Higgins, Randall (January 31, 2010). "Local TV returns to Cleveland". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Chattanooga, Tennessee. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
11. "Application Search Details (4)". CDBS Public Access. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
12. "FCC Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction Auction 1001 Winning Bids" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. April 4, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
13. "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.

• Television stations in Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Mass media in Bradley County, Tennessee
• Television channels and stations established in 1997
• Christian Television Network stations
• 1997 establishments in Tennessee
• Low-power television stations in Tennessee