10 Facts About WTVC

1.

WTVC is a television station in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with ABC and Fox.

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2.

WTVC is the only station in Chattanooga to have never had a secondary affiliation with another network.

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3.

WTVC developed a strong reputation for local programming in its early years.

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4.

When WTVC moved its operations to Chattanooga in 1958, it opened a studio at its transmitter on Signal Mountain.

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5.

The programming on This TV which had been on WTVC-DT2 moved to WDSI's main signal, with Comet launching on WDSI-DT2; the MyNetworkTV subchannel was moved to WFLI-DT2, with the MeTV signal which had been carried on that slot moved to WFLI-DT3.

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6.

Cable, satellite, and EPB viewers saw no change, as WTVC-DT2 took over the former channel slots for WDSI's main signal.

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7.

WTVC is one of the few ABC affiliates that do not air America This Morning at all.

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8.

Since the mid-1980s, WTVC had waged a spirited battle with WRCB for first place in the local news ratings weekdays, while WDEF has usually trailed both stations.

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9.

On March 1,2014, WTVC launched the area's second-only weekend morning newscast.

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10.

WTVC shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 9, on June 12,2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.

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