WTTE
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Columbus, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | Fox 28 (general) Fox 28 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Your local news, one hour earlier |
| Channels |
Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 28 () |
| Subchannels | 28.1 Fox 28.2 GetTV 28.3 ASN Channel |
| Affiliations | Fox (1986–present) |
| Owner |
Cunningham Broadcasting (Columbus (WTTE-TV) Licensee, Inc.) |
| Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| First air date | June 1, 1984 |
| Call letters' meaning | Television Twenty-Eight |
| Sister station(s) | WSYX, WWHO |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 28 (UHF, 1984–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: Independent (1984–1986) Secondary: UPN (1995–1997) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 271 m (889 ft) |
| Facility ID | 74137 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°56′14″N 83°1′16″W / 39.93722°N 83.02111°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | myfox28columbus |
WTTE, channel 28, is a Fox-affiliated television station located in Columbus, Ohio, USA. WTTE's broadcast license is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, while the station's operations are controlled via local marketing agreement (LMA) by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, WTTE's original owners and present proprietors of ABC affiliate WSYX (channel 6). Sinclar Broadcast Group also operates Chillicothe-licensed, CW-affiliated WWHO (channel 53), through a shared services agreement with Manhan Media. The three stations share studios on Dublin Road in Grandview Heights, a suburb of Columbus; WTTE and WSYX also share a transmitter on Columbus' west side.
WTTE began operations on June 1, 1984 as the first general-entertainment independent station in central Ohio. The station was founded by the Commercial Radio Institute, a subsidiary of the Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcast Group. WTTE quickly became the dominant independent station in the area largely because its programming policy was far less conservative than that of the other independent in the area, Christian-oriented, Newark-licensed WSFJ-TV (channel 51). Channel 28 is a charter affiliate of Fox, having joined the network at its launch on October 9, 1986. From 1995 until 1997, it carried a secondary affiliation with UPN which was then picked up by WWHO.
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