WLWC

This article is about the Court TV affiliate in the Providence–New Bedford broadcast area. For the television station in Columbus, Ohio, that formerly used the WLWC callsign, see WCMH-TV.

WLWC
CityNew Bedford, Massachusetts
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsCourt TV[1]
Ownership
Owner
  • Inyo Broadcast Holdings
  • (Inyo Broadcast Licenses LLC)
History
FoundedMay 15, 1991 (33 years ago) (1991-05-15)
First air date
April 14, 1997 (27 years ago) (1997-04-14)[2]
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 28 (UHF, 1997–2008)
  • Digital: 22 (UHF, 2005–2017)
  • The WB (1997–2006; secondary from 2000)
  • UPN (1997–2006; secondary until 2000)
  • The CW (2006–2017)
  • Ion Plus (2017–2021)
Call sign meaning
Named after what is now WCMH-TV in Columbus, which stood for "WLW Columbus"[3][4]
Technical information[5]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID3978
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT228 m (748 ft)
Transmitter coordinates41°29′41.7″N 71°47′4.7″W / 41.494917°N 71.784639°W / 41.494917; -71.784639
Links
Public license information

WLWC (channel 28) is a television station licensed to New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, serving the Providence, Rhode Island, area as an affiliate of Court TV. Owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings, the station shares transmitter facilities with former sister WPXQ-TV (channel 69) on Champlin Hill in Ashaway, Rhode Island.

WLWC is one of two major stations (along with ABC affiliate WLNE-TV, channel 6) that serve Providence despite being licensed to the Massachusetts side of the market.

  1. ^ "ION Plus and Qubo Ceased Operations on February 26, 2021". October 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Zipursky, Diane. "Re: Request for Information Regarding Television LMAs" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  3. ^ "Television transmission; Crosley plans interconnection facilities." Broadcasting - Telecasting, March 14, 1949, pg. 35.
  4. ^ Crosley Broadcasting Corp. advertisement Broadcasting - Telecasting, April 11, 1949, pg. 193.
  5. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLWC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.