WTLH
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| WTLH | |
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| Bainbridge - Thomasville - Valdosta, Georgia / Tallahassee, Florida |
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| City of license | Bainbridge |
| Branding | FOX 49 FOX 49 News |
| Channels | |
| Subchannels | 49.1 FOX 49.2 The CW |
| Translators | WBVJ-LP 35 (UHF) Valdosta |
| Owner | New Age Media, LLC (New Age Media of Tallahassee License, LLC) |
| First air date | January 31, 1989 |
| Call letters’ meaning | TaLlaHassee (also IATA airport code for Tallahassee Regional Airport) |
| Sister station(s) | WFXU / WTLF |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 49 (UHF, 1989-2009) |
| Transmitter Power | 665 kW |
| Height | 597 m |
| Facility ID | 23486 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 30°40′51″N 83°58′21″W / 30.68083°N 83.9725°W |
| Website | myfoxtallahassee.com |
WTLH is the FOX-affiliated television station for southwest Georgia and Tallahassee, Florida that is licensed to Bainbridge, Georgia. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter in Metcalf near the Florida / Georgia state line. Owned by New Age Media, the station is sister to the area's CW affiliates, WFXU / WTLF. WTLH has studios on Commerce Boulevard in Midway. Syndicated programming on the station includes: Family Guy, Two and a Half Men, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Simpsons. WTLH can also be seen on a low-powered analog repeater, WBVJ-LP, that is licensed to Valdosta, Georgia. Broadcasting a signal on UHF channel 35, its transmitter is located north of the city in Lowndes County. Even though WFXU / WTLF operate digital signals of their own, there is a simulcast of those stations offered on WTLH's second digital subchannel.
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[edit] Digital television
The station's digital signal is multiplexed.
| Channel | Programming |
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| 49.1 / 50.1 | main WTLH programming / FOX HD |
| 49.2 / 50.2 | WFXU / WTLF (The CW via The CW Plus) |
[edit] History
WTLH began operations on November 25, 1989 as the area's first FOX affiliate owned by Pegasus Broadcasting. On June 15, 1998, WFXU signed on in Live Oak as a full-time satellite. It became a separate station in April 2002 when the station gained UPN affiliation. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents, CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. On April 24, it was revealed that WTLH would create a new second digital subchannel to become Tallahassee's CW affiliate. Around August 2006, a graphic with the text "Coming This September" and a CW logo was seen on the bottom right of the screen indicating WFXU as a CW affiliate.
When the network premiered on September 18, WFXU became the official affiliate with a simulcast offered on WTLH-DT2. Pegasus declared bankruptcy back in June 2004 over a dispute with DirecTV, which is co-owned with FOX by News Corporation, over marketing of the direct broadcast satellite service in rural areas. The Pegasus station group was sold in August 2006 to private investment firm CP Media, LLC of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for $55.5 million dollars. Eventually, CP Media formed a new company, New Age Media. It purchased WTLH and WFXU at the end of March 2007. On February 17, 2009, the station became digital exclusive. At some point in time, the station will add the Retro Television Network.
[edit] Newscast
CBS affiliate WCTV produces a weeknight 10 o'clock newscast on this station. WTLH promotes the broadcast as local news airing one hour earlier. It is the first and only 10 P.M. newscast in the market. WCTV broadcasts the news from a secondary set at its Halstead Boulevard studios in Tallahassee along I-10.
FOX 49 News at 10
(Weeknights 10 to 10:30)
- Anchor:
- Julie Montanaro
- Weather:
- Mike McCall
- Sports:
- Elton Gumbel
WTLH features additional news personnel from WCTV. See that article for a complete listing.
[edit] External links
- WTLH "FOX 49"
- WCTV channel 6
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WTLH
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WBVJ-LP
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