WYYW-CD

WYYW-CD

Evansville, Indiana United States
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 15
Branding	Telemundo 15 Evansville The Family Channel Evansville (on DT2) Retro TV (on DT3)
Programming
Affiliations	15.1: Telemundo 15.2: The Family Channel 15.3: Retro TV
Ownership
Owner	Three Sisters Broadcasting, LLC
Sister stations	WTSN-CD
History
Founded	Former license: November 29, 1991 Current license: August 22, 1995
First air date	Former license: November 8, 1993 Current license: September 15, 1997 (1997-09-15)
Last air date	Former license: June 1, 2009 (15 years, 205 days)
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: 36 (UHF, 2009–2012)
Former affiliations	Independent (1993−1998) Pax TV (1998−2003) UPN (secondary 1998−2003; primary 2003–2006) MyNetworkTV (2006−2009) America One (2009−2011) MeTV (2011−2014) Heartland (2014−2015)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	17742
Class	CD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	160.8 m (528 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°59′13″N 87°16′11″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wtsn-tristate.com/wyyw-cd/

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

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

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.

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.

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

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
15.1	1080i	16:9	WYYW-1	Telemundo
15.2	480i		WYYW-2	The Family Channel
15.3			WYYW-3	Retro TV

External links

• Official website