WTTG

WTTG
Channels
BrandingFox 5
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerFox Television Stations, LLC
WDCA
History
FoundedMay 19, 1945; 79 years ago (1945-05-19) (as experimental station W3XWT)[1][2]
First air date
December 10, 1946 (77 years ago) (1946-12-10)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 5 (VHF, 1946–2009)
Call sign meaning
Thomas Toliver Goldsmith (chief engineer of founding company DuMont)
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID22207
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT235 m (771 ft)
Transmitter coordinates38°57′49.9″N 77°6′17.2″W / 38.963861°N 77.104778°W / 38.963861; -77.104778
Translator(s)W24ES-D (24 UHF) Moorefield, WV
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.fox5dc.com

WTTG (channel 5) is a television station in Washington, D.C., serving as the market's Fox network outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNetworkTV station WDCA (channel 20). WTTG and WDCA share studios on Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, Maryland. Through a channel sharing agreement, the stations transmit using WTTG's spectrum from a tower also located in Bethesda on River Road at the site of WDCA's former studio facilities.

WTTG's signal is rebroadcast on a low-power digital translator station, W24ES-D, in Moorefield, West Virginia[4] (which is owned by Valley TV Cooperative, Inc.).

  1. ^ "Fox 5 / My 20". DCJobs.com. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  2. ^ Brennan, Patricia (May 14, 1995). "WTTG Marks 50 Years". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTTG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ "RabbitEars.Info". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved March 24, 2012.