WROM-TV
 
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Chattanooga, Tennessee United States |
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| Branding | NewsChannel 9 Fox Chattanooga (on DT2) |
| Slogan |
Depend On Us (general/DT1) The Right News at the Right Time (general/DT2) |
| Channels |
Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 9 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 9.1 ABC 9.2 Fox 9.3 WeatherNation TV |
| Translators | 25 WPDP-CD Cleveland |
| Affiliations | ABC (secondary 1953–1957; primary 1958–present) Fox (2015–present) (on DT2) |
| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (WTVC Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | March 13, 1953 (Rome, Georgia) February 11, 1958 (Chattanooga) |
| Last air date | 1957 (Rome, Georgia) |
| Call letters' meaning | We're TeleVision Chattanooga |
| Sister station(s) | WDSI-TV, WFLI-TV |
| Former callsigns | WROM-TV (1953–1957) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 9 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 35 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: NBC (1953–1956) Independent (1957–1958) Secondary: CBS (1953–1954) DuMont (1953–1956) |
| Transmitter power | 45 kW |
| Height | 332 m |
| Facility ID | 22590 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°9.0′38.0″N 85°19′6.0″W / 35.160556°N 85.318333°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | newschannel9.com |
WTVC is the ABC-affiliated television station (and Fox-affiliated television station on WTVC-DT2 or Fox Chattanooga) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 9 from a transmitter on Signal Mountain in the town of Walden. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station has studios on Benton Drive in Chattanooga. Sinclair also operates This TV/Comet affiliate WDSI-TV (owned by New Age Media) and CW/MyNetworkTV affiliate WFLI-TV (owned by MPS Media).
In addition to its main digital signal, WTVC can be seen off-air on a low-powered Class A repeater, WPDP-CD on UHF channel 25 (remapped to virtual channel 9 via ). Licensed to Cleveland, this station has a transmitter on Oswald Dome in unincorporated Polk County (south of Benton Springs) in the Cherokee National Forest.
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