WOTH-CD

WOTH-CD
Cincinnati, Ohio United States

Branding	WOTH
Channels	Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 20 (PSIP)
Subchannels	See Below
Affiliations	Independent
Owner	Block Broadcasting (Elliott B. Block)
Founded	1988
First air date	1990
Sister station(s)	WBQC-LD
Former callsigns	W35BA (1998–?) W39CG (?–2001) WOTH-LP (2001–8/2007) WBQC-LD (8/2007–4/2010) WOTH-LD (4/2010–2/2011) WBQC-LD (2/2011–7/2013) WOTH-CD (7/2013-Present)
Former channel number(s)	39 (1998–2001) 38 (2001–2005) 25 (2005–2009) 38 (2009) 20 (2009-Present)
Former affiliations	America's Store (1998–2006) UATV (1998–2006) Jewelry Television (2006-2009) America One (2009-2014) AMG TV (2009-2010) Retro TV COZI TV
Transmitter power	15 kW
Height	254 m (833 ft)
Class	A
Facility ID	168414
Transmitter coordinates	39°7′30″N 84°29′56″W / 39.12500°N 84.49889°W / 39.12500; -84.49889Coordinates: 39°7′30″N 84°29′56″W / 39.12500°N 84.49889°W / 39.12500; -84.49889
Website	www.wothtv.com

WOTH-CD is a digital, Class A low-power television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, broadcasting locally on UHF channel 20 (virtual channel 20). WOTH transmits from WCPO-TV's (channel 9) tower located along Symmes Street, just south of East McMillan Street in Cincinnati. Elliott B. Block's Block Broadcasting has owned WOTH since its inception in 1990, along with sister station WBQC-LD.

Digital television

Digital channels

WOTH-CD broadcasts its digital signal on UHF digital channel 20. Its digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
20.1	480i	4:3	WOTH-CD	Movies!
20.2			WOTH-CD2	Decades
20.3			WOTH-CD3	BUZZR
20.4			WOTH-CD4	Heroes & Icons
20.5			WOTH-CD5	AMG TV
20.6			WOTH-CD6	Tuff TV

History

Former station logo

WOTH was previously branded as "The Other Channel". It began in 1998 as W35BA, channel 35, broadcasting programming from America's Store^[1] and Urban America Television that had previously aired on WBQC. It soon moved to channel 39, becoming W39CG.^[2] In 2001, the station became WOTH-LP and moved to channel 38. WOTH adopted a simplified version of WBQC's old "25 TV" logo.^[3]

WOTH-CD now operates on Channel 20 with plans to launch five new channels in the Cincinnati market.

Programming

WBQC airs network programming except for four hours per week of locally-produced programs:^[4]

Heart of Compassion
Inform Cincinnati

References

↑ Smith, Doug (2005-03-10). "Ohio". W9WI.com TV Database Online. Archived from the original on 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2006-07-13.
↑ Federal Communications Commission. "Call Sign History". TV Query Results. Retrieved 2006-07-13.
↑ "Old WBQC van". Block Broadcasting. Archived from the original (JPEG) on September 27, 2007.
↑ Block, Elliott (July 3, 2015). "Certification of Continuing Eligibility for Class A Status" (PDF). Retrieved August 26, 2015.

External links

WOTH-CD official website
- The Other Channel at the Wayback Machine (archived December 3, 2008) – former WOTH-LP website
Query the FCC's TV station database for WOTH
Query the FCC's TV station database for WBQC

Television stations in the SW Ohio/NE Kentucky area, including Cincinnati

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Commercial stations

WLWT (5.1 NBC, 5.2 Me-TV)
WCPO (9.1 ABC, 9.2 Escape, 9.3 Laff)
WKRC (12.1 CBS, 12.2 CW, 12.3 ASN)
WXIX (19.1 Fox, 19.2 Bounce, 19.3 Grit)
WOTH-CD (20.1 Movies!, 20.2 Decades, 20.3 Buzzr, 20.4 Tuff TV, 20.5 AMGTV)
WBQC-LD (25.1 COZI, 25.2 This, 25.3 RTV, 25.4 JTV, 25.5 Heartland, 25.6 SonLife)
WSTR (64.1 MNTV, 64.2 Antenna TV, 64.3 Comet, 64.4 GetTV)

Non-profit stations

Public television	WPTO (14.1 PBS HD, 14.2 Prime, 14.3 Learn/PBS Kids, 14.4 World/Ohio Channel, 14.5 PBS SD) WCET (48.1 PBS, 48.2 Create, 48.3 ind.) WCVN 54 (54.1 PBS/KET, 54.2 KET2, 54.3 KY Channel/KET ED)

Religious	WDYC-LD (36.1 DS) WKOI (43.1 TBN, 43.2 Church, 43.3 JUCE TV/Smile, 43.4 Enlace, 43.5 TBN Salsa)

Local cable channels

Outlying areas

W23DM-D (23.1 KET/PBS, 23.2 KET2, 23.3 KY Channel, Augusta (KY))
W20CT-D (20.1 KET/PBS, 20.2 KET2, 20.3 KY Channel, Falmouth(KY))
WKON-TV (52.1 PBS/KET, 52.2 KET2, 52.3 KY Channel, Owenton (KY))

Defunct channels

Ohio broadcast television: Charleston/Huntington, West Virginia; Cincinnati; Cleveland/Akron; Columbus; Dayton; Ft. Wayne, Indiana; Lima; Marietta/Parkersburg, West Virginia; Steubenville/Wheeling, West Virginia; Toledo; Youngstown; Zanesville

Kentucky broadcast television areas by city: Bowling Green; Charleston, WV; Cincinnati, OH; Evansville, IN; Knoxville, TN; Lexington; Louisville; Paducah

See also: Indianapolis TV

Other television stations in the state of Ohio

Independent	WGCT-CD 8 (Columbus) WMFD-TV 12 (Mansfield) WDEM-CD 17 (Columbus) W23BZ-D 23.1 (Columbus) WOTH-CD 25 (Cincinnati) WDFM-LP 26 (Defiance) WVTX-CD 28 (Bridgeport) WTLW 44 (Lima)

Home shopping	WRAP-LP 32 (Infomercials, Cleveland) W38DH 38 (HSN, Toledo)

America One	WMNO-CD 22 (Marion) WFND-LD 22 (Findlay, also Daystar)

Religious	W09CG (TBN, Findlay) W17AY (TBN, Seaman) WDLI-TV 17 (TBN, Canton/Akron/Cleveland) WDTJ-LP 22 (Daystar, Toledo) WWRD-LP 32 (RTV, Centerville) WOCB-CD 39/WXCB-CA 42 (independent, Marion-Delaware) WLMB 40 (FamilyNet/Worship, Toledo) WJOS-LD 45 (FamilyNet, Pomeroy) WRLM 47 (TCT, Canton) WSFJ-TV 51 (TBN, Newark/Columbus) WGGN-TV 52 (Sandusky) WCDN-LD 53 (Daystar, Cleveland)

Foreign-language	W23BZ-D 23.2 (Azteca, Columbus) WCSN-LD 32 (32.1 Mexicanal, 32.3 Dalmar TV, Columbus) WCPX-LP 48 (Mexicanal, Columbus) WQHS-DT 61 (Univision, Cleveland)

Misc.	W16OD-D 16/ WAOH-CD 29 (Retro TV) WSSS-LP 25 (MTV2, Steubenville) WIVN-LP 29 / WIVM-LD 39 (Retro TV, Canton/Newcomerstown)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Ohio

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