WYYW-CD
Channels
BrandingTelemundo 15 Evansville
The Family Channel Evansville (on DT2)
Retro TV (on DT3)
Programming
Subchannels15.1: Telemundo
15.2: The Family Channel
15.3: Retro TV
AffiliationsTelemundo (2015–present)
Ownership
Owner
  • Three Sisters Broadcasting
  • (Evansville Low Power Partnership)
WTSN-CD
History
FoundedNovember 29, 1991
(former license)
August 22, 1995
(current license)
First air date
November 8, 1993
(former license)
September 15, 1997 (1997-09-15)
(current license)
Last air date
June 1, 2009
(15 years, 205 days)
(former license)
Former call signs
Former license:
W63BT (1991–1996)
WTSN-LP (1996–February 2009)
WYYW-LP (February–June 1, 2009)
Current license:
W56DN (1995–2007)
W36DF (2007–January 2009)
WYYW-LP (January–February 2009)
WTSN-LP (February–July 15, 2009)
WTSN-LD (July 15, 2009)
WTSN-CD (July 15, 2009–2012)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
Former license:
63 (UHF 1993–2000)
58 (UHF 2000–2004)
41 (UHF, 2004–2009)
Current license:
56 (UHF, 1997–2007)
36 (UHF, 2007–2009)
Digital:
Current license only:
36 (UHF, 2009–2012)
Independent (1993−1998)
Pax TV (1998−2003)
UPN (2003−2006)
MyNetworkTV (2006−2009)
America One (2009−2011)
MeTV (2011−2014)
Heartland (2014−2015)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID17742
ERP3.0 kW
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wtsn-tristate.com

WYYW-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 15, is a low-power, Class A Telemundo-affiliated television station licensed to Evansville, Indiana, United States.

Until 2009, WYYW-CD was co-owned by the Evansville Low Power Partnership and Comcorp, which owns Evansville CBS affiliate WEVV-TV.

History

Logo used 2009-2012 under the WTSN callsign and when the station was branded as The Total Sports Network.

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 affiliate on its digital signal, on digital channel 44.2.

In August 2010, both WTSN-LD and WYYW-LP were granted Class A status by the Federal Communications Commission. 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.[2] This lasted until February 25, 2014, when WYYW 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 sister station WTSN-CD until October 23. Then on January 17, 2015, WTSN-CD did 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. [3]

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WYYW-CD[3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
15.1 1080i16:9WYYW-1Telemundo
15.2 480iWYYW-2The Family Channel
15.3 WYYW-3Retro TV

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WYYW-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ WTSN to deliver classic TV programming in November
  3. 1 2 RabbitEars TV Query for WYYW-CD
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