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Television station in Indiana, United States
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| Owner | Three Sisters Broadcasting, LLC |
| Sister stations | WTSN-CD |
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| Last air date | Former license: June 1, 2009 (15 years, 205 days) |
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| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 17742 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 160.8 m (528 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°59′13″N 87°16′11″W / 37.98694°N 87.26972°W / 37.98694; -87.26972 |
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| Website | www |
WYYW-CD (channel 15) is a low-power, Class A television station in Evansville, Indiana, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Telemundo. The station is owned by Three Sisters Broadcasting alongside Antenna TV affiliate WTSN-CD (channel 20).
History
Until 2009, WYYW-CD was co-owned by the Evansville Low Power Partnership and Comcorp, as a sister station to Evansville CBS affiliate WEVV-TV.
On May 19, 2009, the then-WTSN-LP ceased broadcasting My44 and MyNetworkTV programming, and on June 1, the station flash cut to digital as WTSN-LD and changed its affiliation to America One. WEVV now carries MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation on digital channel 44.2.
In August 2010, both WTSN-LD and WYYW-LP were granted Class A status by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Class A designation protects them from being relocated to another channel by a full-power station.
In November 2011, WTSN-CD and WYYW-LP became affiliates of the classic programming network MeTV.
On December 12, 2012, WTSN-CD and WYYW-CD swapped call signs. The original WTSN-CD became WYYW-CD, while the original WYYW-CD became WTSN-CD.
On February 25, 2014, WYYW-CD dropped MeTV and took on the Heartland affiliation. The station also added a second digital subchannel to carry The Family Channel on 15.2 on that same date. MeTV was still seen on WTSN-CD until October 23. Then on January 17, 2015, WTSN-CD aired repeats of Heartland's E/I programming on Saturday mornings, replacing its Heroes & Icons affiliation at that time during the weekend with these programs because of its religious programming on Sunday mornings until the affiliation with WYYW-CD ended. Then, in July of that year, WYYW-CD started to affiliate with the Spanish–language network Telemundo with Retro TV airing on 15.3.
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 15.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WYYW-1 | Telemundo |
| 15.2 | 480i | WYYW-2 | The Family Channel | |
| 15.3 | WYYW-3 | Retro TV |
References
- "Facility Technical Data for WYYW-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- WTSN to deliver classic TV programming in November
- "Digital TV Market Listings". RabbitEars.info.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WYYW-CD". RabbitEars.info.
External links
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