WCCT-TV
 
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Waterbury/Hartford/New Haven, Connecticut United States |
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| Branding | WCCT-TV (general) Fox 61 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | It's On! (general) |
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Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 20 () |
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Tribune Broadcasting (Tribune Broadcasting Hartford, LLC) |
| First air date | September 10, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning |
C CT = postal abbreviation of Connecticut, tie-in to Tribune's Hartford operations being branded as "CTNow" |
| Sister station(s) | WTIC-TV |
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| Transmitter power | 52 kW |
| Height | 516 m |
| Facility ID | 14050 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°42′13.1″N 72°49′54″W / 41.703639°N 72.83167°WCoordinates: 41°42′13.1″N 72°49′54″W / 41.703639°N 72.83167°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | ct |
WCCT-TV, virtual channel 20, is a television station licensed to Waterbury, Connecticut and serving as the CW-affiliate for the Hartford-New Haven television market. WCCT is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting division of the Tribune Media Company, as part of a duopoly with the Fox-affiliate WTIC-TV (channel 61). The two stations share facilities with the co-owned Hartford Courant newspaper in Downtown Hartford and WCCT's transmitter is located on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington, Connecticut.
The station commenced operations on September 10, 1953 as WATR-TV on channel 53, the second UHF station in Connecticut. It was owned by the Thomas and Gilmore families, along with WATR radio (1320 AM). The station's studios and transmitter were located on West Peak in Meriden. At the time, the station's signal only covered Waterbury, New Haven and the southern portion of the state.
WATR-TV was originally a dual secondary affiliate of both DuMont and ABC, sharing them with New Haven-based WNHC-TV (channel 8, now WTNH). DuMont ceased operations in 1956, and shortly afterward, WNHC-TV became an exclusive ABC affiliate. WATR-TV then became an independent station on paper, but picked up ABC shows turned down by WNHC-TV.
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