WWTW (channel 34) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, serving the

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area as an owned-and-operated station of

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(TCT). It has common ownership with religious

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WTWV WTWV (channel 23) is a religious independent television station in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It is owned by Tri-State Christian Television alongside Senatobia, Mississippi–licensed TCT owned-and-operated station WWTW (channel 34).FCC ...

(channel 23). WWTW and WTWV share studios on Kirby Whitten Road in the northeast section of Memphis; through a

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agreement, the two stations transmit using WTWV's spectrum from a tower in Ellendale, Tennessee. Until 2018, WWTW's transmitter was located near

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in northwestern

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. To expand its coverage area, the station was

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on WTWV's second digital subchannel.Digital TV Market Listing for WWTW
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History

WWTW signed on the air as an independent station on December 7, 2010. Branded as ACME Classics TV, the station mainly aired classic television shows, mostly

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/ref> On May 28, 2020, Flinn Broadcasting Corporation announced that it would sell WWTW and WTWV, along with sister stations

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WWJX WWJX (channel 23) is a religious television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, owned and operated by Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's transmitter is located in Hinds County, Mississippi, between Crystal Springs an ...

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WBIH WBIH (channel 29) is a religious television station licensed to Selma, Alabama, United States, serving the Montgomery area as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's transmitter is located in unin ...

in Selma, Alabama, and

WFBD WFBD (channel 48) is a religious television station licensed to Destin, Florida, United States, serving the Pensacola area as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's transmitter is located near Wing, ...

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, to

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–based Tri-State Christian Television for an undisclosed price pending

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(FCC) approval. The stations would become owned-and-operated stations of the TCT network and the second and third full-power religious stations in the Memphis area.

Subchannel

References

External links

Official website
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