WTNB-CD (channel 27) is a low-power, Class A religious television station licensed to

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, United States, serving the

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area as an

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of the

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(CTN). The station's transmitter is located on Sawyer Cemetery Road in unincorporated Mile Straight.

History

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for a low-power television station on

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channel 27 in Cleveland was issued on December 8, 1994 under the call sign W27BQ to North Georgia Television. On October 27, 1997, the station filed for a license to cover, which was granted on November 17. The call letters were changed to WTNB-LP on July 1, 1998; on June 12, 2003, the call sign was modified to WTNB-CA, after having been granted class A status on September 10, 2001. Under North Georgia Television, WTNB was a sister station to WDNN-CA and WDGA-CA in

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; by 2005, WTNB and WDNN programmed similar lineups featuring FamilyNet and local programming, though WTNB's local programming was separate from that on WDNN. North Georgia Television sold WTNB-CA to PTP Holdings for $350,000 in 2009. After a period

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, WTNB resumed broadcasting under the new ownership in January 2010 as a

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affiliate. On April 13, 2015, the call sign was modified to WTNB-CD, after converting to digital television in October 2014. In the FCC's

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, WTNB-CD sold its spectrum for $370,099 and elected to move to a low VHF channel; the station was assigned channel 5.

Subchannels

The station's signal is

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References

{{Christian Television Network 1997 establishments in Tennessee Christian Television Network stations TNB Mass media in Bradley County, Tennessee Television channels and stations established in 1997 TNB-CD