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| City | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Fox 61 |
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| WCCT-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | September 17, 1984 |
Former call signs | WETG (never used on air) |
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| Independent (1984–1986) | |
Call sign meaning | Travelers Insurance Company, original owner of WTIC radio |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 147 |
| ERP | 526 kW |
| HAAT | 507 m (1,663 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°42′13″N 72°49′55″W / 41.70361°N 72.83194°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WTIC-TV (channel 61) is a television station in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, serving the Hartford–New Haven market as an affiliate of the Fox network. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Waterbury-licensed CW affiliate WCCT-TV (channel 20). The two stations share studios on Broad Street in downtown Hartford; WTIC-TV's transmitter is located on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington.
The station was established in 1984 as an independent station, securing the Fox affiliation at the network's launch in 1986. The affiliation gave the station ratings success and the backing to launch a local newscast. From 2000 to 2013, the station was co-owned with the Hartford Courant, which led to newsroom collaboration and a significant expansion of local news programming as well as legal cases and criticism of the cross-ownership of the newspaper and the TV station. Tegna acquired WTIC-TV in 2019 as the result of divestitures related to the merger of Tribune Media with Nexstar Media Group.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTIC-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.