WHNO
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FCC | |
Facility ID | 37106 |
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ERP | 300 kW |
HAAT | 254 m (833 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°55′13.1″N 90°1′28.6″W / 29.920306°N 90.024611°W |
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Public license information | |
Website | WHNO page on CTN website |
WHNO (channel 20) is a
Prior history of UHF channel 20 in New Orleans
The UHF channel 20 allocation in the New Orleans
History
The
The station first signed on the air on October 20, 1994; the station carried a mix of Christian-targeted programs, family-oriented syndicated programs and movies. As in other markets where LeSEA owned stations, WHNO opted against taking an affiliation with the United Paramount Network (UPN) prior to the network's January 16, 1995, launch as the programming planned for the network conflicted with the company's core programming values; the affiliation instead went to upstart station WUPL (channel 54), which launched in June 1995.
In September 1995,
When Hurricane Katrina struck the New Orleans area on August 29, 2005, the storm's flooding and damaging winds caused extensive damage to WHNO's Behrman Highway studios. The station ceased over-the-air broadcasts due to transmitter problems related to the storm. LeSEA provided a direct feed of its national World Harvest Television service to New Orleans area cable and satellite providers (including the market's largest, Cox Communications). Channel 20 returned to the air that November, carrying WHT programming. This lasted until December 3, 2005, when WHNO resumed its regular locally based program schedule and began providing local advertising once again.
LeSEA president Peter Sumrall (the son of late founder Dr. Lester Sumrall) appointed veteran television and cable manager Dean Powery to become WHNO's general manager in May 2007. Under Powery, the station increased its staff and upgraded its programming from its post-Katrina low to turn it into a more competitive station in the New Orleans market; Powery also reconnected with local ministries, added newer syndicated programming and local college football games to WHNO's schedule and expanded the station's production capabilities. In 2011, LeSEA Broadcasting acquired the locally based independent sports website SportsNOLA.com from NewOrleans.com.
On February 5, 2018, it was announced that LeSEA would sell WHNO and two low-power stations in Las Vegas and Colorado Springs, Colorado to Clearwater, Florida-based Christian Television Network for $5.7 million.[6] The sale was completed on April 23, 2018.[7]
Programming
As a CTN station, WHNO offers a mix of local and national Christian ministry programs.
Sports programming
WHNO carried the only televised game of the short-lived springtime Regional Football League: the New Orleans Thunder–Mobile Admirals contest in Mobile, Alabama, on May 8, 1999. The league lasted only one season.[citation needed]
In 2010, WHNO hired veteran sports journalist and personality Ken Berthelot to expand the station's sports programming. With over 40 years of experience in sports, Berthelot quickly put together a five-hour sports programming block that aired on Monday through Friday nights, which covered college and local high school sports. In September 2012, Berthelot expanded WHNO's sports block to ten hours a week (running weeknights from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.) to counterprogram and compete against the local news programming on WWL-TV, WVUE, NBC affiliate WDSU (channel 6) and ABC affiliate WGNO (channel 26).
On August 24, 2011, general manager Dean Powery oversaw the acquisition of SportsNOLA.com, an acquisition that added veteran sports journalist Ken Trahan and more than 20 local sports contributors. In 2012, WHNO began airing high school football, baseball and basketball games again for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. WHNO became an affiliate of the Southland Conference Television Network in September 2012, carrying sporting events from the conference's universities including games from nearby Southeastern Louisiana University and Nicholls State University. The Southland Conference Television Network dissolved on July 1, 2015.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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20.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
WHNO-D1 | Main WHNO programming / CTN |
20.2 | 480i | 4:3 |
WHNO-D2 | CTN Lifestyle |
20.3 | WHNO-D3 | CTNi |
After the digital transition, WHNO began to multiplex its digital signal. In 2009, WHNO began carrying the LeSEA-owned World Harvest Television service on digital subchannel 20.2. In 2013, the station added WeatherNation TV on its second digital subchannel, followed by the addition of Cozi TV and a third digital subchannel, LeSEA's World Harvest Television, in August 2014. In September 2015, WHNO-D1 began broadcasting in 1080i high-definition on 20.1. Soon after, WHNO dropped one of the three subchannels, World Harvest Television, from channel 20.3. WeatherNation TV subsequently moved from channel 20.4 to 20.3. WHNO carried Light TV until the station was sold to CTN.
When CTN took over the station, all of the secular and outside digital subchannels were dropped in favor of CTN's in-house subchannel offerings, CTN Lifestyle (a mix of secular lifestyle and religious programs) on 20.2 and CTNi (CTN's Spanish service) on 20.3.
Analog-to-digital conversion
WHNO shut down its analog signal, over
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHNO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - The Times-Picayune, June 10, 1970.
- ^ Morrison, Benjamin (May 28, 1990). "N.O. Gets Channel 20". New Orleans Times-Picayune. p. C7.
- ^ Lorando, Mark (September 5, 1995). "CBS News About to Air Over Christian Station". New Orleans Times-Picayune. p. D1.
- ^ "LeSea Sells NOLA Indie, 2 LPTVs for $5.7M". TVNewsCheck. February 5, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. April 23, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.