WTCL-LD

"WLFM-LP" redirects here. For the Chicago area television station which identified as WLFM-LP from 2006 to 2012, see WRME-LD.
WTCL-LD
Channels
BrandingTelemundo Cleveland
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
November 30, 1989 (34 years ago) (1989-11-30)
Former call signs
  • W47BE (1989–1998)
  • W65DL (1998–2000)
  • WXOX-LP (2000–2012)
  • WLFM-LP (2012–2020)
  • WLFM-LD (2020–2021)
  • WTCL-LP (2021–2022)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 47 (UHF, 1989–1998), 65 (UHF, 1998–2012), 6 (VHF, 2012–2020)
Call sign meaning
"Telemundo Cleveland"
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID6699
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT306.8 m (1,007 ft)
Transmitter coordinates41°22′45″N 81°43′11″W / 41.37917°N 81.71972°W / 41.37917; -81.71972
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitetelemundocleveland.com
Translator
WOHZ-CD
Channels
History
FoundedOctober 31, 1989 (1989-10-31)
First air date
May 7, 1990 (34 years ago) (1990-05-07)[4]
Former call signs
  • W50BE (1989–1995)
  • WOHZ-LP (1995–2005)
  • WOHZ-CA (2005–2015)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 50 (UHF, 1989–2015)
  • Digital: 41 (UHF, 2015–2019)
Independent (1989–2021)
Call sign meaning
Ohio's "Z-50" (former branding)[5]
Technical information[6]
Facility ID41892
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
HAAT252.9 m (830 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°53′24″N 81°16′11″W / 40.89000°N 81.26972°W / 40.89000; -81.26972
Links
Public license information

WTCL-LD (channel 6) is a low-power television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with Telemundo. It is owned by Gray Television alongside two full-power sister stations: Shaker Heights–licensed CBS affiliate WOIO (channel 19) and Lorain–licensed CW affiliate WUAB (channel 43); WTCL-LD also functions as an ultra high frequency (UHF) repeater for WOIO. The stations share studios at Reserve Square in downtown Cleveland; WTCL-LD's transmitter is located in suburban Parma. WTCL-LD's visibility is extended to the southern part of the Cleveland market via Canton–licensed WOHZ-CD, which has a transmitter located northeast of Canton.

Founded as a mostly obscure low-power station in the Cleveland area on UHF channels 47 and 65, this station moved to channel 6 in 2012 after several failed attempts to convert the station for digital broadcasting, enabling it to operate as WLFM-LP, a de facto radio station on 87.7 FM. After briefly carrying a hybrid modern rock/talk format, a lease to TSJ Media resulted in the installation of a Spanish language radio format as "La Mega 87.7", the first such format to operate on a full-time basis in the market. Increasing technical complications and limitations forced WLFM-LP to convert to digital in July 2020. A sale to Gray Television the following year saw the station relaunched as the market's first Telemundo affiliate.

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  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTCL-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
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  6. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WOHZ-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.