WTXX-LD, virtual channel 34 ( UHF

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- owned-and-operated

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, United States. The station is owned by

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. The station's

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is located in

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. WTXX is the former call sign of

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affiliate

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History

In June 2013, former owner R and S Broadcasting reached a deal to sell WTXX-LP, along with sister station WRNT-LP in

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, to Landover 5 LLC. However, the deal eventually fell through, and both stations were instead sold to Tyche Broadcasting, later renamed Tyche Media. In 2016, WTXX-LP was moved from Springfield, Massachusetts to West Hartford, Connecticut and went on the air before moving again in April 2017, to New Haven on Channel 34. However, top-of-the-hour bumpers still mention it as a Springfield station to this day. WTXX-LD was an affiliate of IntrigueTV. In January 2018, Tyche Media reached a deal to sell WTXX-LD and

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for $2.325 million. After

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signed off the air on January 1, 2023, today WTXX-LD became a

affiliate which it is still owned and operated by HC2 Holdings.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

* {{HC2 Holdings HC2 Holdings TXX-LD Television channels and stations established in 1992 1992 establishments in Massachusetts Low-power television stations in the United States