WDEF-TV
 
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Chattanooga, Tennessee United States |
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| Branding | News 12 Now |
| Slogan | Local, Quick and to the Point |
| Channels |
Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 12 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 12.1 CBS 12.2 Bounce TV 12.3 Escape |
| Affiliations | CBS (Secondary through 1958) |
| Owner |
Morris Multimedia (WDEF-TV, Inc.) |
| First air date | April 25, 1954 |
| Sister station(s) | WDEF-FM |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 12 (VHF, 1954–2009) Digital: 47 (UHF, 2004–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
All secondary: DuMont (1954–1955) NBC (1954–1956) ABC (1954–1958) UPN (2004–2006) DT2: Tuff TV (2009–2011) |
| Transmitter power | 26 kW |
| Height | 384 m |
| Facility ID | 54385 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°8′6″N 85°19′25″W / 35.13500°N 85.32361°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.wdef.com |
WDEF-TV, channel 12, is the CBS affiliate television station for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley. The station, whose call letters came from its former AM and FM sister stations, is owned by Morris Multimedia. Its studios are located on Broad Street in Chattanooga, while its transmitter is located in nearby Signal Mountain. On cable, WDEF-TV is carried on Comcast channel 13, and on EPB Fiber Optics channels 12 and 312 in the Chattanooga area. Syndicated programming on WDEF includes: Judge Judy, Dr. Phil, The Insider, and The Andy Griffith Show.
The station signed on the air on April 25, 1954, carrying programming from all four networks, though it has always been a primary CBS affiliate. It was owned by Joe Engel, who owned the Chattanooga Lookouts baseball team as well as WDEF radio (AM 1370 and FM 92.3). It took the CBS affiliation from WROM-TV (now WTVC, (channel 9). It lost NBC to WRGP-TV (now WRCB-TV) in 1956, and lost ABC to WTVC (the former WROM) in 1958. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.
For many years, WDEF was owned by Park Communications, which was bought by Media General in 1997. In 2006, Media General sold the station to Morris Multimedia.
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