WTCT

WTCT
Marion, Illinois United States
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 27 (PSIP)
Subchannels	27.1/.2 TCT 27.3 TCT Family/TCT Kids 27.4 3ABN
Affiliations	TCT (2007–present)
Owner	Tri-State Christian Television, Inc.
First air date	August 1981 (1981-08)^[1]
Call letters' meaning	Tri-State Christian Television
Former callsigns	WDDD-TV (1981–1984)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 27 (UHF, 1981–2009)
Former affiliations	Independent (1981–1986) TBN (1986–2007)
Transmitter power	800 kW (digital)
Height	213 m (digital)
Facility ID	67786
Transmitter coordinates	37°33′27.3″N 89°1′27.6″W / 37.557583°N 89.024333°W / 37.557583; -89.024333
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.tct.tv

WTCT is the flagship station of the Tri-State Christian Television religious television network, broadcasting locally on channel 27 in Marion, Illinois. WTCT also broadcasts locally on digital channel 17. The national feed of TCT via WTCT is available nationwide on DirecTV channel 377.

WTCT previously broadcast on repeaters in Paducah, Kentucky on W54AE, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on channel 45, KCGI-CA, and in Sikeston, Missouri on K54CA; these repeaters ceased operation around 2010.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[2]
27.1	480i	4:3	WTCT-SD1	Main WTCT programming / TCT
27.2	1080i	16:9	WTCT-HD	Main WTCT programming / TCT
27.3	480i	4:3	WTCT-SD2	TCT Family / TCT Kids

Analog-to-digital conversion

WTCT shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 27, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 17.^[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 27.

External links

References

↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says August 16, while the Television and Cable Factbook says August 24.
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WTCT
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

Television stations in the Jackson Purchase, the Bootheel, and Southern Illinois, including Paducah, Kentucky and Cape Girardeau, Missouri

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

Local stations

WSIL/KPOB/K10KM-D (3.1/15.1/10.1 ABC)
WPSD (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Heartland, 6.3 Antenna TV)
WSIU (8.1 PBS, 8.2 World, 8.3 Create)
WQWQ/KFVS-DT2/WQTV (9/24The CW/MeTV, Analog)
KFVS (12.1 CBS, 12.2 WQTV-LP/The CW/MeTV 12.3 Grit TV)
WPXS (13.1 Daystar, 13.2 RTV)
W15BU-D 15 (3ABN)
WKMU/WKPD (21.1/29.1 PBS/KET)
KBSI (23.1 Fox, 23.2 MNTV)
WTCT (27.1 TCT)
WDKA (49.1 MNTV, 49.2 GetTV, 49.3 TCN)

Outlying areas

KDKZ-LD (18.1 RTV, Farmington, MO)

WUWT-CD 26 (26.1 RTV, 26.2 The Family Ch. - Union City, TN)

K39CP 39 (Ind., Poplar Bluff, MO)

Cable-only channels

CG993 (Cape Girardeau, MO)

WK&T Local Channel 1 (Ind., Mayfield, KY)

WK&T Sports (Ind., Murray/Mayfield, KY)

MSU-TV 11 (Murray, KY)

Adjacent locals

Evansville	WTVW (7.1 The CW) WNIN (9.1 PBS) WFIE (14.1 NBC, 14.2 WX, 14.3 Movies!) WEHT (25.1 ABC) WEVV (44.1 CBS, 44.2 Fox/MNTV)

St Louis	KTVI 2 (Fox) KMOV 4 4.1 (CBS) 4.2 (MeTV) 4.3 (MyNetworkTV) KSDK 5 (NBC) KETC 9 (PBS) KPLR 11 (The CW) KDNL 30 (ABC) WRBU 46 (Ion)

Jonesboro	KAIT 8 (8.1 ABC, 8.2 NBC) KTEJ 19 (PBS/AETN) KVTJ 48 (48.1 VTN)

Memphis	WREG 3 (CBS) WMC 5 (NBC) WKNO 10 (PBS) WHBQ 13 (Fox) WATN 24 (ABC) WLMT 30 30.1 (The CW) 30.2 (MyNetworkTV/MeTV) WPXX 50 (Ion)

Jackson, Tenn.	WBBJ 7 (7.1/7.2ABC, 7.3 CBS/MeTV) WLJT 11 (PBS) WJKT 16 (16.1 Fox)

Nashville	WKRN 2 (2.1 ABC) WSMV 4 (4.1 NBC) WTVF 5 (5.1 CBS, 5.2 NC5+, 5.3 This TV) WNPT 8 (8.1 PBS) WZTV 17 (17.1 Fox) WNPX 28 (28.1 Ion)

Defunct stations

W09BM 9 (Net1, Union City)
K45CA 45
W54AE 54 (Ind./TBN)

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

Tennessee broadcast television areas by city: Chattanooga; Jackson; Knoxville; Memphis; Nashville; Paducah, KY; Tri-Cities

See also: Jonesboro TV; Little Rock TV; St. Louis TV; Springfield, MO TV; Springfield, IL TV; Terre Haute TV

Other television stations in the state of Illinois

Chicago market Spanish stations	WOCK-CD 13 (Mega TV) WESV-LD 40 (Estrella TV) WSNS 44 (Telemundo) WXFT 60 (UniMás) WCHU-LD 61 (Azteca) WGBO 66 (Univision)

Independent stations	WWME-CD 23 (Chicago) WCIU 26 (Chicago / Rockford) WOCH-CD 41 (Chicago) WMEU-CD 48 (Chicago)

Other stations:	WPXS 13 (Daystar, Mt. Vernon) W15BU-D 15 (3ABN, Johnston City) - WTJR 16 (CTN, Quincy) WTCT 27 (TCT, Marion) W29CI-D 29 (3ABN, Salem) WLPD-LP 30 (A1, Plano) WFBN-LD 33 (TMD via WTYU Milwaukee, Rockford) WEDE-CD 34 (Religious Ind., Arlington Hts. / Chicago) WWTO 35 (TBN, La Salle) WCPX 38 (Ion, Chicago) W40CN-D 40 (Edu. Ind., Sugar Grove / Aurora) – WLCF-LD 45 (CTN, Decatur) WBXC-CD 46 (A1, Champaign) W50CH 50 (Religious Ind., Alton) WDCI-LD 57 (Daystar, Chicago) / WJYS 62 (Religious Ind., Tinley Park / Chicago)

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

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