WTLW
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| WTLW | |
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| Lima, Ohio | |
| Branding | WTLW 44 |
| Slogan | Your Local Family Station |
| Channels | 44 (UHF) analog, 47 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | ION Television |
| Owner | American Christian Television Services, Inc. |
| Founded | February 25, 1981 |
| Call letters meaning | Witnessing The Living Word |
| Transmitter Power | 912 kW (analog) 100 kW (digital) |
| Website | http://www.wtlw.com |
WTLW is the Lima, Ohio affiliate of the ION television network (formerly known as Pax TV and i). The station is owned by American Christian Television Services, and broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 44. It runs infomercials and religious programming before 5 p.m.; and family dramas, first-run talk shows, family movies, and reality shows after 5 p.m.
[edit] History
WTLW has its roots in Christian radio station WTGN-FM, also in Lima. In 1976, WTGN solicited its listeners for seed money for a new television station. Before the station received FCC approval, however, WTGN opted not to own nor operate the new station, and the people behind the drive to get WTLW on the air decided to incorporate as American Christian Television Services, Inc.
The station chose the hangar at the former Allen County Airport to build a studio. The new studios, measuring 80 feet by 80 feet, was believed by the station founders to be the largest television studio in Northwest Ohio. The hangar was converted into a television studio in 1980, through the efforts of volunteers.
On June 13, 1982, WTLW signed on the air.
The station's owner, American Christian Television Services, should not be confused with Associated Christian Television System, owners of WACX in Orlando, Florida.
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| Broadcast television in the Lima, Ohio market (Nielsen DMA #196) | ||
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WLQP-LP 18 (ABC/A1) - WOHL-CA 25 (FOX/MNTV) - WBGU 27 (PBS) - WLIO 35 (NBC/The CW on DT2) - WLMO-LP 38 (CBS/A1) - WTLW 44 (i) |
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WHIO 7 (CBS, The AccuWeather Channel on DT2, Dayton) - WBNS 10 (CBS, Columbus) - WTVG 13 (ABC, Toledo) |
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| See also: Broadcast television stations in the Toledo, Dayton, Cleveland, Columbus, and Fort Wayne Markets | ||
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WTLW stands for Witnessing the Living Word.
