WTVF-DT2
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Nashville, Tennessee United States |
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| Branding | NewsChannel 5 Plus |
| Channels |
Digital: WTVF-DT 25.2 (UHF) Virtual: 5.2 (PSIP) Webcast: Watch 5+ Live |
| Translators | 5.2 (VHF) Nashville |
| Affiliations |
Independent (2002–present) CBS (alternate) |
| Owner |
E.W. Scripps Company (NewsChannel 5 Network, LLC) |
| First air date | September 1996 (as a cable-only channel) June 21, 2009 (over-the-air relaunch) |
| Call letters' meaning | see WTVF |
| Former affiliations | All News Channel (partial, 1996–2002) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 425 metres (1,394 ft) |
| Facility ID | 36504 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°16′5″N 86°47′16″W / 36.26806°N 86.78778°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | NewsChannel 5+ Website |
WTVF-DT2 is an Independent television station that is licensed to and located in Nashville, Tennessee. The station is a second digital sub-channel of CBS affiliate WTVF owned by the E.W. Scripps Company. Over-the-air, it broadcasts a standard definition signal on digital UHF channel 25.2 (or 5.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter located near Whites Creek just off Interstate 24 in northern Davidson County. WTVF-DT2’s parent station has studios located at 474 James Robertson Parkway in downtown Nashville.
WTVF-DT2 can also be seen worldwide via its internet web stream during its broadcasts of its local programming.
It began as a local-oriented cable-only channel, with an on-air identity, “News Channel 5+,” or as pronounced, “News Channel 5 Plus.” It was introduced and launched in September 1996 as an all-news and information cable channel for the Nashville area. In addition to locally produced shows and newscast repeats, News Channel 5+ also carried programming from All News Channel until that service folded in September 2002. After that point, the channel’s programming schedule relies mostly on original content.
NewsChannel 5+ was relaunched as an over-the-air digital sub-channel on June 21, 2009, nine days after the Digital TV transition of 2009, when WTVF began utilizing digital multi-casting on its digital signal. Since then, News Channel 5+ is being broadcast on digital channel 5.2. In mid-2014, WTVF-DT2’s standard definition picture was upgraded to 16:9 SD widescreen to accommodate widescreen TVs.
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