WTSN-CD

WTSN-CD
Evansville, Indiana; United States;
Channels	Digital: 20 (UHF); Virtual: 20;
Programming
Affiliations	20.1: Antenna TV; 20.2: Heartland;
Ownership
Owner	Three Sisters Broadcasting, LLC
Sister stations	WYYW-CD
History
Founded	September 22, 2011
First air date	November 2011; 13 years ago
Former call signs	WYYW-LD (September 2011−April 2012); WYYW-CD (April−December 2012);
Former affiliations	MeTV (November 2011–2014); H&I (2014−2019);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	189735
Class	CD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	160.8 m (528 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°59′13″N 87°16′11″W / 37.98694°N 87.26972°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.wtsn-tristate.com/wtsn-cd/

WTSN-CD (channel 20) is a low-power, Class A television station in Evansville, Indiana, United States, affiliated with Antenna TV. The station is owned by Three Sisters Broadcasting alongside Telemundo affiliate WYYW-CD (channel 15).

History

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

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 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 H&I 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]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WTSN-CD^[4]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
20.1	480i	4:3	ANT-TV1	Antenna TV
20.2	480i	4:3	WTSN-2	Heartland

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WTSN-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "Digital TV Market Listings". RabbitEars.info.
^ "Evansville Courier Press - WTSN Rebrand - Oct. 2019" (PDF).
^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WTSN". RabbitEars.info.

External links

Official website

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WTSN-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] "Digital TV Market Listings". RabbitEars.info.

[3] "Evansville Courier Press - WTSN Rebrand - Oct. 2019" (PDF).

[4] "RabbitEars TV Query for WTSN". RabbitEars.info.

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