WTLW

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WTLW
Lima, Ohio
Branding	WTLW 44
Slogan	Your Local Family Station
Channels	Analog: 44 (UHF) Digital: 47 (UHF)
Affiliations	independent
Owner	American Christian Television Services, Inc.
First air date	June 13, 1982
Call letters’ meaning	Witnessing The Living Word
Transmitter Power	912 kW (analog) 100 kW (digital)
Height	207 m (analog) 113 m (digital)
Facility ID	1222
Transmitter Coordinates	40°45′47.1″N, 84°11′1.2″W
Website	www.wtlw.com

WTLW is a religious and family-entertainment television station in Lima, Ohio. 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 (24 m by 24 m), 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.

[edit] External links

• Station website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WTLW
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WTLW-TV

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