WOTH-CD
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| HAAT | 252 m (827 ft) |
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| Transmitter coordinates | 39°7′30.4″N 84°29′56″W / 39.125111°N 84.49889°W |
WOTH-CD (channel 20) was a
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Owned by Elliott B. Block's Block Broadcasting,[1] it was a sister station to WBQC-LD (channel 25). WOTH's transmitter was located along Symmes Street, just south of East McMillan Street in Cincinnati (shared with ABC affiliate WCPO-TV
, channel 9).
History
WOTH was previously branded as "The Other Channel". It began on June 7, 1994, as W35BA (channel 35), broadcasting programming from America's Store[2] that had previously aired on WBQC. It soon moved to channel 39, becoming W39CG.[3] In 2001, the station became WOTH-LP and moved to channel 38. WOTH adopted a simplified version of WBQC's old "25 TV" logo.[4]
In the
incentive auction, WOTH-CD sold its spectrum for $13,266,948; at the time, the station indicated that it would enter into a post-auction channel sharing agreement.[5] On-screen messages later announced that WOTH would go off the air permanently on January 23, 2018.[6]
Shutdown
WOTH went off the air permanently on January 23, 2018, at 5:03 p.m. The station posted a photo on
The station's license was cancelled by the FCC on February 19, 2018.
Programming
WBQC aired network programming except for four hours per week of locally produced programs:[9]
- Heart of Compassion
- Inform Cincinnati
References
- ^ "Ownership Reports, WOTH-CD". January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ Smith, Doug (March 10, 2005). "Ohio". W9WI.com TV Database Online. Archived from the original on March 10, 2005. Retrieved July 13, 2006.
- ^ Federal Communications Commission. "Call Sign History". TV Query Results. Retrieved July 13, 2006.
- ^ "Old WBQC van". Block Broadcasting. Archived from the original (JPEG) on September 27, 2007.
- ^ "FCC Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction Auction 1001 Winning Bids" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. April 4, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ "WOTH-TV Goes Dark Tuesday Jan. 23". WVXU. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ "A picture is worth a thousand words". January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ "Goodbye". January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ Block, Elliott (July 3, 2015). "Certification of Continuing Eligibility for Class A Status" (PDF). Retrieved August 26, 2015.
External links
- The Other Channel at the Wayback Machine (archived December 3, 2008) – former WOTH-LP website