WTHC-LD
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| Atlanta, Georgia | |
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| Branding | The Atlanta Channel |
| Channels | Digital: 42 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 42.1 - Atlanta Channel (720p) |
| Affiliations | independent |
| Owner |
Beach TV Properties, Inc. (The Atlanta Channel, Inc.) |
| First air date | 1993 |
| Call letters' meaning | The Atlanta Channel |
| Former callsigns | W63BB (1987, CP only), W42BQ (1992), WTHC-LP (2000–09) |
| Former channel number(s) | 42 analog |
| Transmitter power | 7 kW |
| Height | 269 m (883 ft) |
| Class |
LD Low-power digital TV station |
| Facility ID | 65409 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°45′34″N 84°23′19″W / 33.75944°N 84.38861°WCoordinates: 33°45′34″N 84°23′19″W / 33.75944°N 84.38861°W |
WTHC-LD is a low-power independent television station located on channel 42 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. From 1994 to 2007, it was owned and operated by The Atlanta Channel, Inc., which also broadcast the channel into many local hotels. Programming consists almost entirely of recorded information for tourists staying in downtown hotels, although the signal can usually be picked up as far away as Sandy Springs, about ten miles or 15 km away. The station is itself atop Atlanta's most well-known hotel, the Westin Peachtree Plaza, on a mast constructed for WVEU (now WUPA) TV 69, along with other stations.
Due to multipath interference as an analog television station, it is now a digital-only station, which also allows a much greater broadcast range on its 7-kilowatt signal (although ATSC is also extremely prone to multipath). It received a digital flash-cut permit in March 2006 and quickly made the switch by very early April, making it one of the first low-powered digital television stations in the country. The station's only active channel (virtual 42.1) uses an SDTV screen resolution of 480i.
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