WSTR-TV
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Cincinnati, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | Star 64 Local 12 News (newscasts produced by WKRC-TV) |
| Slogan | Always Entertaining |
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Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 64 () |
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| Owner |
Deerfield Media (Deerfield Media (Cincinnati) Licensee, LLC) |
| Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| First air date | January 28, 1980 |
| Call letters' meaning | STaR 64 |
| Sister station(s) | WKRC-TV |
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Translator: 66 W66AQ Dayton |
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| Transmitter power | 360 kW |
| Height | 337 m |
| Facility ID | 11204 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°12′0″N 84°31′21.5″W / 39.20000°N 84.522639°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | star64.tv |
WSTR-TV, virtual channel 64 (UHF digital channel 33), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station located in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The station is owned by Deerfield Media but operated under a local marketing agreement by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also owns CBS affiliate WKRC-TV (channel 12). Both stations share studios on Highland Avenue in the Mount Auburn section of Cincinnati. WSTR's transmitter, Star Tower, is located in the city's College Hill neighborhood.
On June 29, 1979, permission was granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a new television station to be constructed and operated in Cincinnati, Ohio. WBTI-TV signed on the air on January 28, 1980, under the ownership of Buford Television of Ohio, Inc. It transmitted at one million watts of power, and operated from studios on Fishwick Drive. The station's original transmitter was located on Chickasaw Street in Cincinnati.
During the early days of WBTI, it signed on at 10:00 a.m. and operated as a general entertainment independent station until 7 p.m. each day. At that time, the station's signal was scrambled as it carried programming from the ONTV service, which provided movies, sports, and live events to viewers through a paid subscription and required a decoder to receive ONTV programs. Eventually, WBTI expanded its broadcast day by signing on earlier; the station began carrying movies and cartoons until 10 a.m., when the Christian Broadcasting Network program The 700 Club aired until 11:30.
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