| Angola, Indiana | |
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| Channels | Digital: 12 (VHF) |
| Translators | W38EA Fort Wayne |
| Affiliations | TCT |
| Owner | Tri-State Christian Television, Inc. |
| First air date | April 22, 1983 |
| Former callsigns | WXJC-TV (1983-1984) WBKZ (1984-1986) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 63 (1983-2009) |
| Former affiliations | TBN (only, until 1991; with TCT, 1991-2007) |
| Transmitter power | 16.5 kW |
| Height | 132 m |
| Facility ID | 67787 |
| Website | http://www.tct.tv |
WINM is a religious television station in Angola, Indiana, broadcasting locally on digital channel 12. It is a Tri-State Christian Television owned-and-operated station. WINM also broadcasts in Fort Wayne, Indiana on digital repeater station W38EA.
Although it is licensed to Angola, the studios and transmitter for WINM are located in Ohio, 125 yards (114 meters) east of the Indiana-Ohio border, midway between Butler, Indiana and Edgerton, Ohio. This gives WINM greater coverage of the Fort Wayne market area. The Fort Wayne repeaters broadcast from the transmitter site of WFWA. WINM is managed by Leo Vogt.
On April 22, 1983, WXJC-TV signed on as a TBN affiliate. In 1984, the call sign was changed to WBKZ, and was changed again in 1986 to WINM, when the license was purchased by Manna for Modern Man Ministries. Quad M productions, as it was called was fully owned by Calvary Temple Worship Center and solely run by the Paul Paino family. The studio facilities were located in the old Calvary Temple location on Clinton St in Fort Wayne. After encountering financial problems, the station filed for bankruptcy and closed. The license was purchased in 1991 by Tri-State Christian Television (TCT), who began producing their own part-time network feed of religious programming, and began airing it on their O&O stations. TCT fully disassociated with TBN in April 2007.
On February 27, 2004, the call sign of WINM's Fort Wayne translator, previously W66BD, was changed to W43CF and moved to channel 43. TCT can now be seen on digital channel 38 in Fort Wayne on W38EA.
WINM can be seen on Comcast Cable on channel 10, and on DISH Network on channel 63 and on Verizon FIOS channel 12. Outside of the Fort Wayne area WINM is on channel 11 for MediaCom Cable and in Ohio it can be seen on various channels (mostly channel 22) for Time Warner Cable. On Direct TV, the TCT Network can be seen on channel 377.
WINM current broadcast facilities are located in the old PBS broadcast facilities at 3632 Butler Rd (corner of Hildagas & Butler Rd) In Fort Wayne, IN.
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