WHCT-LD

Television station in Connecticut, United States
41°42′13″N 72°49′55″W / 41.70361°N 72.83194°W / 41.70361; -72.83194Links
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WHCT-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station licensed to both Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut, United States, affiliated with MeTV. The station is owned and operated by Weigel Broadcasting, and maintains a transmitter on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington.

History

The WHCT call letters, which were once used on channel 18 (now Univision affiliate WUVN), were adopted by the station in August 2001. Ten years after the station signed on, from 1991 to 2001, its call letters were W69CL, with a brief change to W32BV during a failed attempt to move it to channel 32 from 1997 to 1998.

In December 2019, Weigel Broadcasting agreed to purchase WHCT-LD from Venture Technologies Group for $1.5 million.[2] The sale was completed on September 30, 2020, and Weigel placed five of their networks on WHCT-LD immediately, replacing the Jewelry Television affiliation.[3]

Weigel had not had an affiliate in the area for any of their networks since WZME (channel 43, mainly serving the New York market from Bridgeport) ended their affiliation with MeTV in 2015. WZME would eventually be affiliated with MeTV Plus on September 27, 2021, and Story Television upon its launch on March 28, 2022.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WHCT-LD[4]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
35.1 720p 16:9 MeTV MeTV
35.2 480i Heroes Heroes & Icons
35.3 Start Start TV
35.4 Movies Movies!
35.5 Catchy Catchy Comedy
35.6 MeTV+ MeTV Plus
35.7 Story Story Television
35.8 4:3 MeTV Toons (soon)
35.12 16:9 EMLW OnTV4U (Infomercials)

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHCT-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Application for Transfer of Control of A Corporate Licensee or Permittee, or for Assignment of License or Permit of TV or FM Translator Stations or Low Power Television Station. CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, January 13, 2020, Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Consummation Notice", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, October 1, 2020, Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  4. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WHCT-LD

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  • 1 Carried on a digital subchannel of WMLW & WMYS.
  • 2 Carried on a digital subchannel of WDJT.
  • 3 Carried on a digital subchannel of WCIU.
  • 4 Owned by Venture Technologies Group; operated by Weigel under an LMA as a radio station.
  • 5 Joint venture with Fox Television Stations.
  • 6 Joint venture with CBS News and Stations.
  • 7 Shares spectrum with WBME-CD.
  • 8 Carried on a digital subchannel of KAZD
  • 9 Carried on a digital subchannel of KVOS


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