WATN-TV
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Memphis, Tennessee United States |
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| Branding | Local 24 (general) Local 24 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Your Story is Our Story |
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Digital: 25 (UHF) Virtual: 24 () |
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Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 10, 1978 |
| Call letters' meaning | ABC for TeNnessee |
| Sister station(s) | WLMT, WJKT |
| Former callsigns | WPTY-TV (1978–2013) |
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| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 340 m |
| Facility ID | 11907 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°16′33″N 89°46′38″W / 35.27583°N 89.77722°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.localmemphis.com |
WATN-TV, virtual channel 24 (UHF digital channel 25), is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by the Nexstar Media Group, as part of a duopoly with CW affiliate WLMT (channel 30). The two stations share studios at the Shelby Oaks Corporate Park on Shelby Oaks Drive in the northeast section of Memphis, WATN's transmitter is located in the Brunswick section of Arlington. The station also handles master control and some internal operations for Jackson-licensed Fox affiliate WJKT (channel 16). Syndicated programming on WATN includes The Doctors, Dr. Phil and Maury.
The station first signed on the air on September 10, 1978 as WPTY-TV, and was the first station on the UHF band and first independent station in the market, as well as the first new commercial station to sign on in Memphis since WREG-TV (channel 3) debuted 23 years earlier. Memphis had a longer wait for an independent station than other cities its size. However, the Memphis market has always been a medium-sized market because the surrounding suburban and rural areas aren't much larger than Memphis itself. The station originally operated from studios located at 2225 Union Avenue in Memphis.
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