UHF
Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter (on ...
digital
Digital usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits.
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*Digital electronics, electronic circuits which operate using digital signals
**Digital camera, which captures and stores digital i ...
The station’s construction permit was initially issued on December 8, 2009, under the calls of W35CT-D, when it was under the original ownership of Madison Avenue Ventures. The current WCTZ-LD calls were assigned on May 29, 2013. The station was sold to DTV America on August 20, 2013.
WCTZ was one of several dozen DTV America stations that were purchased by HC2 Holdings in October 2017.
It was not until May 1, 2019, when WCTZ officially signed on. The station simulcast
sister station
In broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels are radio or television stations operated by the same company, either by direct ownership or through a management agreement.
Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a method of transmitting more than one independent program stream simultaneously from the same digital radio or television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compress ...
s until September 20, 2019, when WKUW became a sister translator station to
WJFB
WJFB (channel 44) is a television station licensed to Lebanon, Tennessee, United States, broadcasting the classic television network MeTV to the Nashville area. Owned and operated by Weigel Broadcasting, the station maintains transmitter facil ...
Infomercial
An infomercial is a form of television commercial that resembles regular TV programming yet is intended to promote or sell a product, service or idea. It generally includes a toll-free telephone number or website. Most often used as a form of dire ...
s on DT7. Three months later on May 18, 2020, DT3 and DT7 changed again, with WCTZ replacing 3ABN with a mixture of localized classic TV Shows (Which are mainly in Public Domain) and Infomercials on DT3; and the Infomercials which ran on DT7 were replaced with NBCUniversal-owned LX.
On July 21, 2020, WCTZ replaced the infomercials on DT5, with the Financial News Network, Cheddar, as part of a groupwide station agreement & affiliation agreement with WCTZ's parent owner (HC2 Holdings), and the network itself. The carriage agreement with WCTZ and Cheddar expired as of May 2020 & Cheddar was replaced with the Spanish feed of beIN Sports. (beIN Sports Xtra en Español)
It was announced on February 24, 2021, that
Tegna Inc.
Tegna Inc. (stylized in all caps as TEGNA) is an American publicly traded broadcast, digital media and marketing services company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia. It was created on June 29, 2015, when the Gannett Company split into tw ...
would launch
Twist
Twist may refer to:
In arts and entertainment Film, television, and stage
* ''Twist'' (2003 film), a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel ''Oliver Twist''
* ''Twist'' (2021 film), a 2021 modern rendition of ''Olive ...
, a network that specializes in factual lifestyle and reality television content aimed at females between the ages of 25 and 54. WCTZ would become one of the new affiliate stations to launch the network on April 5, replacing the localized programming on its third subchannel.watchtwist.com/find-twist /ref>