WGTW-TV

WGTW-TV
CityMillville, New Jersey
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Trinity Broadcasting Network
  • (Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc.)
History
First air date
August 13, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-08-13) (in Burlington, New Jersey; license moved to Millville in 2017[1])
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 48 (UHF, 1992–2009)
  • Digital: 27 (UHF, 2001–2017)
Independent (1992–2004)
Call sign meaning
"Good Television to Watch"[2]
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID7623
ERP205 kW
HAAT126.5 m (415 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°7′28.3″N 74°45′54.5″W / 39.124528°N 74.765139°W / 39.124528; -74.765139
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.tbn.org

WGTW-TV (channel 48) is a television station licensed to Millville, New Jersey, United States, owned and operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). It previously served the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, television market, but can now only be received over-the-air in Southern New Jersey. The station's transmitter is shared with True Crime Network affiliate WMGM-TV (channel 40) and is located along Avalon Boulevard in the Swainton section of Middle Township, New Jersey.

Channel 48 was originally allocated to Burlington, New Jersey, and was used by WKBS-TV from 1965 to 1983. That independent station folded in 1983 as a result of the dissolution of its owner, Field Communications. Nearly immediately, applicants filed to the Federal Communications Commission to build a new station on the channel; in 1986, the FCC selected Black radio station owner Dorothy Brunson. Appeals and delays in securing financing delayed the station's start until August 1992. It broadcast primarily older movies and sitcoms as well as some local programs; it ran on a limited budget compared to similar stations in the market.

TBN acquired WGTW-TV from Brunson in 2004. It continued to maintain a physical presence in the Philadelphia area for another 15 years, most of that time from a studio in Folcroft, Pennsylvania. In the 2017 incentive auction, TBN sold the station's spectrum; it began sharing the channel of WMGM-TV, requiring a city of license change and removing its signal from most of the Philadelphia metro area.

  1. ^ "Community of License Change". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Phil921215 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGTW-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.