WYYW-CD explained

Callsign:WYYW-CD
Digital:15 (UHF)
Virtual:15
Enddate:Former license: June 1, 2009
Location:Evansville, Indiana
Country:United States
Owner:Three Sisters Broadcasting, LLC
Sister Stations:WTSN-CD
Erp:15 kW
Haat:160.80NaN0
Facility Id:17742
Class:CD
Coordinates:37.9869°N -87.2697°W

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.[1]

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.[2]

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:

Subchannels of WYYW-CD[3] ! Channel! Res.! Aspect! Short name! Programming
15.1 WYYW-1 Telemundo
15.2 WYYW-2 The Family Channel
15.3 WYYW-3 Retro TV

Notes and References

  1. http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/oct/19/wtsn-to-deliver-classic-tv-programming-in/ WTSN to deliver classic TV programming in November
  2. Web site: Digital TV Market Listings. RabbitEars.info.
  3. Web site: RabbitEars TV Query for WYYW-CD. RabbitEars.info.