WDEF-TV

WDEF-TV
Channels
BrandingNews 12
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
April 25, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-04-25)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 12 (VHF, 1954–2009)
  • Digital: 47 (UHF, 2001–2009), 12 (VHF, 2009–2020)
  • All secondary:
  • DuMont (1954–1955)
  • NBC (1954–1956)
  • ABC (1954–1958)
  • UPN (2004–2006)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID54385
ERP
HAAT384 m (1,260 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°8′6″N 85°19′25″W / 35.13500°N 85.32361°W / 35.13500; -85.32361
Links
Public license information
Websitewdef.com

WDEF-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with CBS. Owned by Morris Multimedia, the station maintains studios on Broad Street in Chattanooga. Its transmitter is on Hampton Road in nearby Signal Mountain, along Walden Ridge.

The signal covers sections of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Although parts of the Chattanooga market are in the Central Time Zone, all schedules on WDEF-TV are listed in Eastern Time.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WDEF-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.