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| Branding | MeTV Hartford |
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Former channel numbers | Analog: 38 (UHF, 2001–2020) |
| Jewelry Television (until 2020) | |
Call sign meaning | Hartford, Connecticut (heritage calls of WUVN) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 375.8 m (1,233 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°42′13″N 72°49′55″W / 41.70361°N 72.83194°W |
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Public license information | LMS |
| Website | metv |
WHCT-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station licensed to both Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut, United States, airing programming from the classic television network MeTV. The station is owned by Weigel Broadcasting, and maintains a transmitter on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington.
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+ on September 27, 2021, and Story Television upon its launch on March 28, 2022.
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Subchannel | Res. | Short name | Programming |
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| 35.1 | 720p | 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+ | |
| 35.7 | STORY | Story Television | |
| 35.8 | TOONS | MeTV Toons | |
| 35.9 | DABL | Dabl | |
| 35.10 | WEST | WEST |
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WHCT-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station licensed to both Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut, United States, airing programming from the classic television network MeTV. The station is owned by Weigel Broadcasting, and maintains a transmitter on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington.
WHCT may refer to: WHCT-LD, a low-power television station (channel 35) licensed to serve Hartford/New Haven, Connecticut, United States WUVN, a television station (digital 22, virtual 18) licensed to serve Hartford, Connecticut, which held the call sign WHCT from 1955 to 2000
The following television stations operate on virtual channel 35 in the United States: K20JL-D in Ellensburg, etc., Washington K25JO-D in Altus, Oklahoma K34NB-D in Lubbock, Texas K35JN-D in Duluth, Minnesota K35KC-D in Great Falls, Montana K35KH-D in Walker, Minnesota K35KX-D in Topeka, Kansas K35LA-D in Palm Springs, California K35MF-D in Big Spring, Texas K35NR-D in Willmar, Minnesota K35OY-D in Columbia, Missouri K35PJ-D in Santa Barbara, California K35PO-D in Bismarck, North Dakota KAPP in Yakima, Washington KAXW-LD in Mullin, Texas KCBA in Salinas, California KCFT-CD in Anchorage, Alaska KESE-LD in Yuma, Arizona KEUV-LD in Eureka, California KFGX-LD in Fargo, North Dakota KFKZ-LD in Cedar Falls, Iowa KFPH-CD in Phoenix, Arizona KGLR-LD in Sparks, Nevada KHBA-LD in Spokane, Washington KHFW-LD in Dallas, Texas KJBO-LD in Wichita Falls, Texas KJBW-LD in Paragould, Arkansas KJNM-LD in Fayetteville, Arkansas KMYS in Kerrville, Texas KORK-CD in Portland, Oregon KRAH-CD in Paris, Arkansas KRSU-TV in Claremore, Oklahoma KRZG-CD in McAllen, Texas KTAV-LD in Los Angeles, California KTSB-CD in Santa Maria, California KTXC-LD in Amarillo, Texas KVTE-LD in Las Vegas, Nevada KXSH-LD in Rochester, Minnesota KXTF in Twin Falls, Idaho KYUU-LD in Boise, Idaho W35BB-D in Dublin, Georgia W35CS-D in Ocean City, Maryland W35DH-D in Greenville, Florida W35DI-D in Roanoke, West Virginia W35DZ-D in Algood, Tennessee W35EC-D in Lake City, Florida W35EE-D in Demopolis, Alabama WAMS-LD in Minster-New Bremen, Ohio WCTZ-LD in Bowling Green, Kentucky WCZS-LD in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania WFBN-LD in Rockford, Illinois WFCU-LD in Augusta, Georgia WFGX in Fort Walton Beach, Florida WGCB-LD in Hinesville-Richmond, Georgia WGVU-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan WHCT-LD in Hartford, New Haven, Connecticut WIPL in Lewiston, Maine WJDW-LD in Tazewell, Virginia WKHA in Hazard, Kentucky WKMA-TV in Madisonville, Kentucky WLOO in Vicksburg, Mississippi WNKY-LD in Bowling Green, Kentucky WOCV-CD in Cleveland, Ohio WOFL in Orlando, Florida WOHL-CD in Lima, Ohio WPBY-LD in Lafayette, Indiana WPNM-LD in Liepsic, Ohio WPPT in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WPXM-TV in Miami, Florida WPXU-TV in Jacksonville, North Carolina WRCZ-LD in Ocala, Florida WRLH-TV in Richmond, Virginia WRLK-TV in Columbia, South Carolina WSEE-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania WSLF-LD in Port St. Lucie, Florida WSPF-CD in St. Petersburg, Florida WWKH-CD in Uniontown, Pennsylvania WWLF-LD in Syracuse, New York WWTO-TV in La Salle, Illinois WYLN-LP in Hazleton, Pennsylvania WZCH-LD in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina The following stations formerly operated on virtual channel 35, but are no longer licensed: K35DG-D in La Jolla, California K41JF-D in Hagerman, Idaho KIDB-LD in Sweetwater, Texas KZMB-LD in Enid, Oklahoma WCTX-CD in Virginia Beach, Virginia WSWH-LD in Decatur, Alabama WUCV-LD in Florence, South Carolina
WUVN (channel 18) is a television station in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside low-power UniMás affiliate WUTH-CD (channel 47). The two stations share studios at Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford and transmitter facilities on Birch Mountain Road in Glastonbury, Connecticut. WUVN's Univision programming is also broadcast on WHTX-LD (channel 43) in Springfield, Massachusetts, from a transmitter on Provin Mountain in Agawam. Channel 18 is Hartford's oldest television station. It began broadcasting on September 25, 1954, as WGTH-TV, a joint venture of The Hartford Times newspaper and General Tele-Radio. The station was an affiliate of ABC and the DuMont Television Network and operated from studios on Asylum Street. As with many ultra high frequency (UHF) stations of its day, it was at an economic disadvantage to very high frequency (VHF) stations; however, Hartford's VHF channel 3 was tied up in hearings. In 1955, CBS announced its intention to purchase channel 18; the station became a CBS affiliate later that year, and the deal closed in September 1956, at which time the call letters were changed to WHCT. Two years later, CBS—citing potential injury to the network if it did not do so—opted to close down WHCT and affiliate with the VHF station, WTIC-TV (channel 3). The station was off the air for two months before returning as an independent station in 1959. In 1960, RKO General acquired WHCT, primarily for use as a test bed for subscription television technology, then hotly debated nationally. From June 1962 to January 1969, WHCT was the nation's first subscription TV station. It offered commercial programming receivable on all sets during the day; at night, it presented scrambled programs, including movies and sporting events, only receivable with decoders in the homes of paying customers. RKO General used the Phonevision system by Zenith Radio Corporation; when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized pay TV nationally, it stipulated that the programs offered were in color, which Phonevision could not do. RKO General ceased the subscription programming and ran channel 18 as a full-time commercial independent. It investigated a power increase but ran into the issue that a high-power WHCT would overlap impermissibly with the stations it owned in New York and Boston. RKO General attempted to sell the station but found no takers. As a result, RKO donated the station to Faith Center, a California Christian church and television ministry. Faith Center investigated changes but ran into opposition from neighbors to new tower construction as well as its own financial difficulties. After Gene Scott became the pastor of Faith Center, the church took a hardline stance that it should not have to pay taxes, even though it was not tax-exempt; its refusal to pay taxes led to the temporary seizure of its transmitter site on two occasions. Under Scott's administration, the station's equipment and capabilities broke down, and by the early 1980s, its programming consisted of a still shot of Scott with audio of his speeches. An FCC investigation of Faith Center's practices led to years of attempts to sell the station under a distress sale policy that permitted below-market-value sales of legally troubled stations to minority-controlled groups. On the third try, Faith Center was successful in proposing Astroline Communications, a Hispanic-controlled partnership, as the buyer. The station was off the air from January to September 1985 and returned as the market's third independent. WTXX and WTIC-TV (channel 61) were already established, and channel 18 was stuck in third place with less attractive programming outside of sports broadcasts. Alan Shurberg, a computer consultant who wanted to run channel 18 himself, protested Astroline's qualifications and the distress sale policy in a case that reached the Supreme Court as Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC in 1990; the justices upheld the distress sale policy. The legal battles sapped an already drained station; it filed for bankruptcy reorganization in 1988, and the case was converted to a liquidation in 1991, forcing channel 18 off the air. The trustee identified a buyer, but Shurberg challenged the minority qualifications of Astroline itself, resulting in the FCC calling an evidentiary hearing on the matter in 1997. In order to meet new federal regulations, the station returned to the air that year and broadcast infomercial and home shopping programming. Entravision brought the long-running proceeding to an end in 2000 by settling the case for a total of $18 million and becoming the new buyer. On April 1, 2001, WHCT became WUVN, an affiliate of Univision; two years later, Entravision began producing a regional newscast for its Boston and Hartford stations. Entravision sold the station's spectrum for $125 million in 2017; as a result, WUVN is broadcast by the low-power WUTH-CD with a signal largely confined to the Hartford area.
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