WTTV

WTTV

Bloomington–Indianapolis, Indiana United States
City	Bloomington, Indiana
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 4
Branding	CBS 4; Your News Now The Dot (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	4.1: CBS for others, see § WTTV subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Tribune Media Company[1])
Sister stations	WXIN
History
First air date	November 11, 1949 (75 years ago) (1949-11-11)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 10 (VHF, 1949–1954), 4 (VHF, 1954–2009) Digital: 48 (UHF, 2001–2019)
Former affiliations	NBC (1949–1956) ABC (secondary, 1949–1954) DuMont (secondary, 1949–1956) ABC (1956–1957) Independent (1957–1995, January–April 1998) UPN (1995–January 1998) The WB (April 1998–2006) The CW (2006–2014)
Call sign meaning	Tarzian Television (after founding owner, Sarkes Tarzian)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	56523
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	360 m (1,181 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°24′27″N 86°8′52″W / 39.40750°N 86.14778°W / 39.40750; -86.14778
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	cbs4indy.com
Satellite station
WTTK
Kokomo–Indianapolis, Indiana
City	Kokomo, Indiana
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 29
Programming
Affiliations	29.1: CBS for others, see § WTTK subchannels
Ownership
Sister stations	WXIN
History
First air date	May 1, 1988 (36 years ago) (1988-05-01)
Former call signs	WWKI-TV (1985–1987)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 29 (UHF, 1988–2009) Digital: 54 (UHF, 2003–2009), 29 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Former affiliations	Independent (1988–1995, January–April 1998) UPN (1995–January 1998) The WB (April 1998–2006) The CW (2006–2014)
Call sign meaning	"WTTV Kokomo"
Technical information[3]
Facility ID	56526
ERP	450 kW
HAAT	304 m (997 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°53′20″N 86°12′7″W / 39.88889°N 86.20194°W / 39.88889; -86.20194 (WXIN/WTTK)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WTTV (channel 4) and WTTK (channel 29) are television stations licensed respectively to Bloomington and Kokomo, Indiana, United States, serving as the CBS affiliates for the Indianapolis area. They are owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Fox affiliate WXIN (channel 59). The stations share studios on Network Place (near 71st Street and I-465) in northwestern Indianapolis. WTTV's transmitter is located on State Road 252 in Trafalgar, while WTTK's transmitter sits on West 73rd Street on the northern outskirts of Indianapolis.

WTTK operates as a full-time satellite of WTTV; it was originally used to bring WTTV's programming to areas of central Indiana that had marginal to non-existent reception of the main WTTV signal (including Kokomo, Muncie and Lafayette). However, post-digital transition with the transmitter's relocation into Marion County, it nearly duplicates the signal contours of ABC affiliate WRTV (channel 6), CW affiliate WISH-TV (channel 8), NBC affiliate WTHR (channel 13), MyNetworkTV affiliate WNDY-TV (channel 23), and WXIN; there is significant overlap between the coverage areas of both WTTV and WTTK's signals otherwise. WTTK is a straight simulcast of WTTV; on-air references to WTTK are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during newscasts and other programming, along with tuning recommendations for over-the-air viewers to the north of Indianapolis. Despite Kokomo being WTTK's city of license, there has never been any physical office or employees located in that area.