WTCT

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WTCT
Marion, Illinois
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF)
Affiliations	TCT
Owner	Tri-State Christian Television, Inc.
First air date	August 1981^[1]
Call letters' meaning	Tri-State Christian Television
Former callsigns	WDDD-TV (1981-1984)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 27 (1981-2009)
Former affiliations	TBN (until 2007)
Transmitter power	800 kW (digital)
Height	213 m (digital)
Facility ID	67786
Transmitter coordinates	37°33′27.3″N 89°1′27.6″W / 37.557583°N 89.024333°W / 37.557583; -89.024333
Website	www.tct.tv

WTCT is a religious television station in Marion, Illinois, broadcasting locally on channel 27. It is a Tri-State Christian Television owned-and-operated station, and is the flagship station of the TCT network. WTCT also broadcasts locally on digital channel 17. The national feed of TCT via WTCT is available nationwide on DirecTV channel 377.

WTCT previously broadcasted on repeaters in Paducah, Kentucky on W54AE, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on channel 45, KCGI-CA, and in Sikeston, Missouri on K54CA; these repeaters would cease operation around 2010.

Subchannel lineup [edit]

Channel	Name	Programming
27.1	WTCT-SD	TCT SD
27.2	WTCT-HD	TCT HD
27.3	WTCT-SD2	TCT Family / TCT Kids
27.4	WTCT-SD3	La Fuente (Spanish language programming)

^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says August 16, while the Television and Cable Factbook says August 24.

v t e Television stations in the Jackson Purchase, the Bootheel, and Southern Illinois, including Paducah, Kentucky and Cape Girardeau, Missouri

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Local stations	WSIL/KPOB/K10KM-D (3.1/15.1/10.1 ABC) WPSD (6.1 NBC, 6.2 RTV, 6.3 Antenna TV) WSIU (8.1 PBS, 8.2 PBS World, 8.3 Create) WQWQ 9/WQTV 24 (The CW/Me-TV) KFVS (12.1 CBS, 12.2 The CW/Me-TV) WPXS (13.1 Daystar, 13.2 RTV) W15BU-D 15 (3ABN) WKMU/WKPD (21.1/29.1 PBS/KET) KBSI (23.1 Fox, 23.2 MNTV) WUWT-CA 26 (A1) WTCT (27.1 TCT) K39CP WDKA (49.1 MNTV, 49.3 TCN)

Adjacent locals	Evansville WTVW (7.1 The CW) WNIN (9.1 PBS) WFIE (14.1 NBC, 14.2 WX, 14.3 This TV) WEHT (25.1 ABC) WEVV (44.1 CBS, 44.2 Fox/MNTV) St Louis KMOV 4 (CBS) KSDK 5 (NBC) KETC 9 (PBS) KDNL 30 (ABC) Jonesboro KAIT 8 (ABC) KTEJ 19 (PBS/AETN) Memphis WMC 5 (NBC) WPTY 24 (ABC) Jackson, Tennessee WBBJ 7 (ABC) WLJT 11 (PBS) WJKT 16 (Fox) Nashville WTVF 5 (CBS)

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v t e Other Television Stations in the state of Illinois

Chicago market Spanish stations: WOCK-CD 13 (Mega TV) - WESV-LD 40 (Estrella TV) - WSNS 44 (Telemundo) - WXFT 60 (UniMás) - WCHU-LD 61 (Azteca America) - WGBO 66 (Univision) Independent stations: WWME-CA 23 (Chicago) - WCIU 26 (Chicago / Rockford) - WOCH-CA 41 (Chicago) - WMEU-CD 48 (Chicago) Other stations: WPXS 13 (Daystar, Mt. Vernon) - W15BU-D 15 (3ABN, Johnston City) - WTJR 16 (CTN, Quincy) - WTCT 27 (TCT, Marion) - W29CI-D 29 (3ABN, Salem) - WSPY-LP 30 (A1, Plano) - WFBN-LD 33 (TMD via WTYU Milwaukee, Rockford) - WEDE-CA 34 (Religious Ind., Arlington Hts. / Chicago) - WWTO 35 (TBN, La Salle) - WCPX 38 (Ion, Chicago) - W40CN-D 40 (Edu. Ind., Sugar Grove / Aurora) - WLCF-LD 45 (CTN, Decatur) - WBXC 46 (A1, Champaign) - W50CH 50 (Religious Ind., Alton) - WDCI-LD 57 (Daystar, Chicago) / WJYS 62 (Religious Ind., Tinley Park / Chicago)

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