WIIW-LP

WIIW-LP is a low-powered television station that is licensed to Nashville, Tennessee.

WIIW-LP
Nashville, Tennessee
CityNashville, Tennessee
ChannelsAnalog: 14 (UHF)
Digital: 29 (UHF) (CP)
Programming
AffiliationsSilent
Ownership
OwnerU.S. Television LLC.
History
Former affiliationsUnivision (1999-2003)
Daystar (2003-2012)
MTV 2 (2012-2015)
Technical information
Facility ID26908
ClassTX
ERP16.4 kW
Transmitter coordinates36°09′48.0″N 86°46′56.0″W

History

The station first signed on in the late 1990s under the ownership of Equity Broadcasting, and broadcast programming from Univision 24 hours a day.[1][2] On December 18, 2003, Equity Broadcasting sold WIIW to U.S. Television.[3] Soon after the sale, programming from Univision was replaced with programming from Daystar. Univision's programming moved to Equity's newly acquired station, WNTU-LP, in 2006. Daystar's programming was discontinued in 2012 and replaced with programming from MTV 2. On December 1, 2015, WIIW was taken silent and will return to the air as an independent station when the conversion to digital operations are completed.[4]

WIIW maintained a construction permit to broadcast on digital UHF channel 25,[5] however since digital channel 25 is already occupied with full-powered CBS affiliate WTVF, & soon to be occupied by WJFB as part of the FCC Spectrum Auction & Repacking, that construction permit was canceled. Also as a result, WIIW will have to relocate to another channel & it has been determined that WIIW-LP will convert to digital operations on Channel 29, as it does maintain a construction permit to convert to digital operations on that channel.[6]

The deadline for the digital television transition for low-powered stations was supposed to be in September 2015, However, the cutoff date for standard LPTVs and translators still broadcasting in analog was suspended until further notice. Therefore, WIIW-LP maintains its analog signal on Channel 14. The analog signal on Channel 14 remains silent until WIIW-LP converts to digital operations. It has now been decided, because of the FCC Spectrum Auction & Digital Repacking, all low-powered stations still broadcasting in analog must now convert to digital operations by July 13, 2021.[7]

References
  1. Staff, FCC Internet Services. "Application Search Details".
  2. Staff, FCC Internet Services. "Application Search Details".
  3. Staff, FCC Internet Services. "Application Search Details".
  4. http://streema.com/tv/WIIW_LP_Channel
  5. Staff, FCC Internet Services. "Application Search Details".
  6. Staff, FCC Internet Services. "Application Search Details".
  7. "Post Auction Rules and Procedures for LPTV and TV Translator Stations".
  • WIIW in the FCC's TV station database


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