12 Facts About WTTE

WTTE is a television station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, airing programming from the digital multicast network TBD.

The stations share studios on Dublin Road in Grandview Heights, while WTTE's transmitter is located in the Franklinton section of Columbus.

Charter Fox affiliate from the network's sign-on from 1986 to 2021, WTTE served as the Fox station of record for the nearby Zanesville, Ohio market.

WTTE began operations on June 1,1984, as the first general-entertainment independent station in central Ohio.

Much like its sister stations signed on by Sinclair, WTTE's callsign alluded to its location and channel number, in this case "Television Twenty Eight" .

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WTTE quickly became the dominant independent station in the area largely because its programming policy was far less conservative than that of the other independent in the area, Christian-oriented, WSFJ-TV .

WTTE thus remained under the banner of Glencairn, which was then renamed Cunningham Broadcasting.

In 2006, all Sinclair-controlled Fox affiliates including WTTE extended their affiliation contracts until at least March 2012.

WTTE-DT2 was formerly an affiliate of The Tube, a 24-hour digital music channel.

WTTE was considered an alternate ABC affiliate airing that network's programs when WSYX is unable to do so such as during a breaking news emergency or local special.

On May 15,2012, Sinclair and Fox agreed to a five-year extension to the network's affiliation agreement with the 19 Fox stations owned or controlled by Sinclair, including WTTE, allowing them to continue carrying the network's programming through 2017.

WTTE was one of only two full-power television stations in the Columbus market that honored the original DTV transition date of February 17,2009.