WTAS-LD

WTAS-LD (channel 23) is a low-power independent television station licensed to Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, serving the Milwaukee area. The station is owned by Waukesha Tower Associates, and maintains transmitter facilities on Beeheim Road southeast of Waukesha.

WTAS-LD
CityWaukesha, Wisconsin
Channels
Programming
Affiliations23.1: Independent
for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
OwnerWaukesha Tower Associates LP
History
FoundedJanuary 4, 1989
First air date
1990 (1990)
Former call signs
W43AV (1989–1996)
WTAS-LP (1996–2021)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 43 (UHF, 1989–2004), 47 (UHF, 2004–2021)
Home Shopping Network & America's Store/Home Shopping Spree
Call sign meaning
The owner, Waukesha Tower Associates
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID71112
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT192.5 m (632 ft)
Transmitter coordinates42°58′5″N 88°11′20.1″W
Links
Public license information
LMS

History

The station signed on the air in 1990 as W43AV on analog channel 43. It changed its call sign to WTAS-LP in 1996, and moved to channel 47 in 2004. In the analog age, it had a small coverage area consisting of Waukesha itself, and because of overall intermittent operation, was only available over the air.

The station was issued a construction permit for a digital signal in September 2018, and began to transmit only in digital in July 2021 on channel 23, just before the complete end of analog television in the United States. The digital signal covers Milwaukee County and most of the population centers of Waukesha County.[2] WTAS-LP was the final analog television station to go off the air in eastern Wisconsin.

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WTAS-LD[3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
23.1 480i16:9WTASMain WTAS-LD programming
23.2 4:3ACE TVAce TV
23.3 RAVReal America's Voice
23.4 FamilyThe Family Channel
23.5 HeartHeartland
23.6 Retro TVRetro TV
23.7 CRTVThe Nostalgia Network

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for WTAS-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.
  3. "RabbitEars TV Query for WTAS". rabbitears.info. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
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