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WYYW-CD
Channels
BrandingTelemundo 15 Evansville
The Family Channel Evansville (On DT1)
Retro TV (DT2)
Programming
Subchannels15.0 Telemundo
15.1 Retro TV
15.2 The Family Channel
AffiliationsTelemundo (2015–present)
Ownership
Owner
  • Three Sisters Broadcasting
  • (Evansville Low Power Partnership)
WTSN-CD
History
FoundedAugust 22, 1995
First air date
September 15, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-09-15)
Former call signs
W56DN (1995–2007)
W36DF (2007–2009)
WYYW-LP (2009)
WTSN-LP (2009)
WTSN-LD (2009-2010)
WTSN-CD (2010–2012)
inTV (1997-1998)
Pax TV (1998-2003)
UPN (2003-2006)
MyNetworkTV (2006-2009)
America One (2009-2011)
MeTV (2011-2014)
Heartland (2014-2015)
Technical information
ERP3.0 kW
Links
Websitewww.wtsn-tristate.com

WYYW-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 15, is a low-powered, Class A Telemundo-affiliated television station licensed to Evansville, Indiana, United States.

Until 2009, WYYW-CD was co-owned by the Evansville Low Power Partnership and Comcorp, which owns Evansville CBS affiliate WEVV-TV.

History

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 affiliate on its digital signal, on digital channel 44.2.

In August 2010, both WTSN-LD and WYYW-LP were granted Class A status by the Federal Communications Commission. 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.[1] This lasted until February 25, 2014, when WYYW 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 sister station WTSN-CD until October 23, 2014. Then on January 17, 2015, WTSN-CD did 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 2015, WYYW-CD started to affiliate with the Spanish language network Telemundo moving Retro TV to sub-channel 15.3.[2]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[3]
15.0 480i 16:9 WYYW-0 Telemundo
15.1 WYYW-1 Retro TV
15.2 WYYW-3 The Family Channel

Logos

References