WTSN-CD

WTSN-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 20, is a low-power, Class A Antenna TV-affiliated television station licensed to Evansville, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Three Sisters Broadcasting, as part of a duopoly with WYYW-CD (channel 15).

Not to be confused with The Sports Network, a Canadian specialty channel.

WTSN-CD
Channels
Programming
Subchannels
AffiliationsAntenna TV
Ownership
OwnerThree Sisters Broadcasting, LLC
WYYW-CD
History
FoundedSeptember 22, 2011
First air date
November 2011 (2011-11)
Former call signs
  • WYYW-LD (September 2011−April 2012)
  • WYYW-CD (April−December 2012)
  • MeTV (November 2011–2014)
  • H&I (2014−2019)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID189735
ERP15 kW
HAAT541 feet (165 m)
Transmitter coordinates37°59′13″N 87°16′11″W
Links
Public license information
Websitehttp://wtsn-tristate.com

WAZE-TV originally occupied its digital signal on UHF channel 20 just before that station shut down permanently in 2011.

History

The low-power channel 20 was founded on September 22, 2011, as WYYW-CD, and became a MeTV affiliate two months later. This happened three weeks after CBS affiliate WEVV-TV began broadcasting Fox network programming on its second digital subchannel.

On December 12, 2012, WYYW-CD and sister station WTSN-CD swapped call signs. The original WTSN-CD became WYYW-CD, while the original WYYW-CD became WTSN-CD.[2]

The station became a Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate on October 23, 2014, while MeTV relocated to WFIE-DT3; five days later, MeTV moved to WFIE-DT2. Then on January 17, 2015, WTSN replaced its Heroes and Icons affiliation with Heartland's E/I programming repeats from its sister station on Saturday mornings because of its Sunday religious and local programming up until the Heartland affiliation with WYYW-CD ended.

On October 25, 2019, WTSN dropped the H&I affiliation, replacing it with Antenna TV.[3]

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[4]
20.1480i4:3ANT-TV1Antenna TV
20.2FAMILYThe Family Channel

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for WTSN-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "RabbitEars.Info". rabbitears.info.
  3. "Evansville Courier Press - WTSN Rebrand - Oct. 2019" (PDF).
  4. "RabbitEars.Info". rabbitears.info.
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