WLTX
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Columbia, South Carolina United States |
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| Branding | News 19 WLTX |
| Slogan | On Your Side |
| Channels |
Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 19 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner |
Tegna Media (Pacific and Southern, LLC) |
| First air date | September 1, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Lewis Televation (former owner, used same callsign format for other stations, such as WLTZ) |
| Former callsigns | WNOK-TV (1953–1977) |
| Former channel number(s) | 67 (UHF analog, 1953–1961) 19 (UHF analog, 1961–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DuMont (1953–1955) UPN (1995–1997) both secondary |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 499.8 m |
| Facility ID | 37176 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°5′49″N 80°45′51″W / 34.09694°N 80.76417°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WLTX, virtual channel 19 (UHF digital channel 17), is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Owned by Tegna, WLTX maintains studio facilities at 6027 Garners Ferry Road (U.S. 76 and 378) in southeastern Columbia, and its transmitter is located on Screaming Eagle Road (southeast of I-20) in rural northeast Richland County. On cable, the station is available on Time Warner Cable channel 9 and in high definition on digital channel 1209. Sub Channel 19.2 is on Time Warner Channel 1255 and Channel 19.3 is on Time Warner Channel 1256.
WLTX carries The Justice Network on 19.2 and carries a 24/7 weather channel, which used to be called News 19 Weather NOW, under its affiliation with The Local AccuWeather Channel from 2005 until 2013, when it changed affiliations to WeatherNation TV and was renamed to News 19 WeatherNation. It has been able to take advantage of multi-casting and High Definition broadcasting technology to air various special events, including the Super Bowl and the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. In fact, WLTX was one of the only station in the United States to use digital technology to broadcast all games of March Madness using all digital channels.
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