WNHO-LD should not be confused with WHNO.
| Callsign: | WNHO-LD |
| Above: | Defunct; served as translator of WLMA, Lima, Ohio |
| Branding: | see WLMA |
| Digital: | 35 (UHF) |
| Virtual: | 44 |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | Defiance, Ohio |
| Callsign Meaning: | Northwest Ohio's Hometown Television |
| Owner: | American Christian Television Services, Inc. |
| Former Affiliations: | Secular independent (1992–2019) |
| Sister Stations: | WLMA |
| Erp: | 15 kW |
| Haat: | 87.70NaN0 |
| Coordinates: | 41.2924°N -84.5338°W |
| Class: | LD |
| Facility Id: | 73389 |
WNHO-LD (channel 44) was a low-power television station in Defiance, Ohio, United States., It was a translator of Lima-based religious/secular independent station WLMA (channel 44) which is owned by American Christian Television Services. WNHO-LD's transmitter was located in Sherwood, Ohio; its parent station maintains studios near Elida, northwest of Lima. WNHO-LD's broadcast area includes most of Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding and Williams counties.
Until 2018, the station was operated by iHeartMedia's WDFM radio at 98.1 FM. Its schedule consisted primarily of syndicated programming with a variety of topics including gardening, motorsports, agriculture, home improvement, and personal health.
Lankenau Small Media Network, which owned WDFM radio, established WNHO-LD on March 2, 1992, on channel 19 as W19BN. In March 1997, its calls changed to WDFM-LP.
In December 1998, Jacor Broadcasting, which would later merge with Clear Channel, acquired WDFM and WDFM-LP from Lankenau.
WDFM-LP later moved its frequency from channel 19 to channel 26 to make way for the digital signal of Fort Wayne's WISE-TV, which broadcasts its digital signal on channel 18.
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television.[1] However, WDFM-LP was not included in the sale, as it was operated directly by the radio station, instead of the television group.
In July 2018, what was now iHeartMedia filed to donate WDFM-LP to American Christian Television Services (the owners of WTLW, now WLMA in Lima, Ohio), with a requirement that ACTS switch the call letters.[2] [3] The transfer was complete on October 5, 2018, at which point the station's call sign was changed to WNHO-LP.[4] ACTS acquired the station to provide a UHF repeater of WTLW, which broadcast on physical channel 4 and struggled with full-market over-the-air penetration due to being on a low-VHF frequency.
In early 2019, WTLW announced plans to upgrade WNHO-LP to a digital station and move its broadcast channel to 35. WNHO-LD signed on the air on October 4, 2019.[5]
On August 1, 2024, WNHO ended operations, as WLMB prepares to re-locate onto UHF physical channel 35, effectively making WNHO-LD superfluous.
The station's signal was multiplexed:
| Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 720p | 16:9 | WLMA | WLMA (religious/secular) | |
| WOSN_DT | West Ohio Sports Network (simulcast of WLMA-DT2) |