WFLI-TV

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WFLI-TV
Image:Wfli_cw.jpg
Cleveland / Chattanooga, Tennessee
Branding "The CW Chattanooga"
Slogan Free To Be
Channels 53 (UHF) analog,
42 (UHF) digital
Affiliations The CW
Owner Meredith Corporation
Founded November 12, 1985
Call letters meaning (named after the radio station in Chattanooga)
Former affiliations Independent (1985-1995)
UPN (1995-1999)
The WB (2001-2006)
Website www.wflitv.com

WFLI-TV (The CW Chattanooga) is The CW affiliate for Chattanooga, Tennessee and the Tennessee River Valley. WFLI is licensed in Cleveland, Tennessee and is owned by Meredith Corporation. The station's digital transmitter is located in Signal Mountain, Tennessee, while the Analog transmitter is located in Cohutta, Georgia.

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WFLI's former logo.
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WFLI's former logo.

The station which operates on UHF channel 53 signed on the air on November 12, 1985 as an independent station until 1995, when it joined UPN. It later switched networks to The WB in 2001. When the station first went on the air, it was co-owned with WFLI radio, a radio station licensed to Lookout Mountain, TN. On March 7, 2006, The CW announced that WFLI would be the network's Chattanooga affiliate when the network launched

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Broadcast television in the Chattanooga market  (Nielsen DMA #86)

WRCB 3 (NBC) - WTVC 9 (ABC) - WDEF 12 (CBS) - WCLP 18 (PBS/GPB) - WELF 23 (TBN) - W26BE 26 (3ABN) - WYHB-CA 39 (A1)- WLFW-LP 41 (FamilyNet) - WTCI 45 (PBS) - WDNN-CA 49/WCNT-LP 36 (IND) - WFLI 53 (CW) - WDSI 61 (Fox/MNTV on DT2)

Currently off the air:
WOOT-LP 6

WB Network Affiliates in the state of Tennessee
Note: Networks in parenthesis indicate affiliations starting September 2006. Also, stations in bold are cable-only stations.

"WBJK" 2 / 21 (Jackson, ND) - WBXX 20 (Crossville/Knoxville, The CW) - WCYB-DT 28.2 (Bristol, The CW) - WLMT 30 (Memphis, The CW) - WFLI 53 (Cleveland, The CW) - WNAB 58 (Nashville, The CW)

See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, UPN and Other stations in Tennessee