WATC-DT
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WATC-DT (channel 57) is a
Cobb County, near the Cherokee County
line.
WATC broadcasts programming from various Christian organizations and local and national churches over its two main channels, including
Golden Eagle and The Shepherd's Chapel. Its third subchannel carries The Loop, a network made up of classic sitcoms, dramas, Westerns and films, all in the public domain
.
History
WATC launched on September 10, 1996.[citation needed]
WATC granted permission to
broadcast tower as WATC, and could continue broadcasting in analog even after WATC went digital-only in February 2009. However, it was off-air as of March 2009, and remained so for most of the year. Since then, the station has moved to transmit digitally from a location near Norcross as WSKC-CD, and now airs Korean
programming as it had previously done on analog before its affiliation with WATC.
Despite the
terrain shielding of the Chattahoochee River
valley and the hills around it.
The station formerly had a translator station, W42AO, licensed to Athens, Georgia. That station became WAGC-LD. Owner Carolina Christian Broadcasting, Inc. also owns WGGS-TV, its sister station in Greenville, South Carolina.
In early May 2011, the station added other religious programming called "WATC Too" on new channel 57.2.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
multiplexed
:
| Channel | Res.
|
Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
WATC-DT | Main WATC programming |
| 57.2 | POINT | Additional religious programming | ||
| 57.3 | 480i | THELOOP | Lovers Of Old Programming | |
| 57.4 | GR8RLOV | Greater Love TV |
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WATC-DT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- RabbitEars.info. Retrieved July 7, 2024.