WTCT

WTCT
Marion, Illinois United States
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 27 (PSIP)
Subchannels	27.1/.2 TCT 27.3 TCT Family/TCT Kids 27.4 3ABN
Affiliations	TCT (2007–present)
Owner	Tri-State Christian Television, Inc.
First air date	August 1981 (1981-08)^[1]
Call letters' meaning	Tri-State Christian Television
Former callsigns	WDDD-TV (1981–1984)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 27 (UHF, 1981–2009)
Former affiliations	Independent (1981–1986) TBN (1986–2007)
Transmitter power	800 kW (digital)
Height	213 m (digital)
Facility ID	67786
Transmitter coordinates	37°33′27.3″N 89°1′27.6″W / 37.557583°N 89.024333°W / 37.557583; -89.024333
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.tct.tv

WTCT is the flagship station of the Tri-State Christian Television religious television network, broadcasting locally on channel 27 in Marion, Illinois. WTCT also broadcasts locally on digital channel 17. The national feed of TCT via WTCT is available nationwide on DirecTV channel 377.

WTCT previously broadcast on repeaters in Paducah, Kentucky on W54AE, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on channel 45, KCGI-CA, and in Sikeston, Missouri on K54CA; these repeaters ceased operation around 2010.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[2]
27.1	480i	4:3	WTCT-SD1	Main WTCT programming / TCT
27.2	1080i	16:9	WTCT-HD	Main WTCT programming / TCT
27.3	480i	4:3	WTCT-SD2	TCT Family / TCT Kids

Analog-to-digital conversion

WTCT shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 27, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 17.^[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 27.

Newscast titles

27 Newsroom (1981-1984; news updates)
Marion News Tonight (1984-1986)

External links

References

↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says August 16, while the Television and Cable Factbook says August 24.
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WTCT
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

Television stations in Southeast Missouri, Western Kentucky, and Southern Illinois

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable or satellite television

Paducah, KY

WPSD-TV (6.1 NBC, 6.2 This TV, 6.3 Antenna TV)
WQTV-LP/WQWQ-LP (9/24 The CW/Me-TV)
WKMU 21/WKPD 29 (xx.1 KET/PBS, xx.2 PBS Encore/KET2, xx.3 KY Channel, xx.4 Test pattern → PBS Kids)
WDKA (49.1 MyNetworkTV, 49.2 GetTV, 49.3 The Country Network)

Cape Girardeau, MO

K10KM-D (10.1 ABC, 10.2 Local WX)
KFVS-TV (12.1 CBS, 12.2 The CW/Me-TV, 12.3 Grit)
KBSI (23.1 Fox, 23.2 MNTV, 23.3 Comet)

Harrisburg-Carbondale

WSIL-TV (3.1 ABC, 3.2 Local WX)
WSIU-TV (9.1 PBS, 9.2 World, 9.3 Create
W15BU-D (15.1 3ABN)
WTCT (27.1/27.2 TCT, 27.3 TCT Family/TCT Kids, 27.4 ABN)

Outlying areas

Illinois	WPXS (13.1 Daystar, 13.2 Retro TV - Mount Vernon)

Missouri	KPOB (15.1 ABC, 15.2 Local WX - Poplar Bluff) KDKZ-LD (18.1 Retro TV - Farmington) K39CP 39 (Independent - Poplar Bluff)

Northwest Tennessee	WUWT-CD (26.1 Retro TV, 26.2 Family Channel - Union City)

Cable-only

Southeast Missouri	CG993 (Cape Girardeau) Poplar Bluff City Cable 2 (Poplar Bluff)

Western Kentucky	MSU-TV11 (Murray) Paducah2TV (Paducah) WK&T Local Channel 1 (Mayfield/Murray) WK&T Sports (Mayfield/Murray)

Defunct stations

W09BM 9 (Network One, Union City)
W10AH 10 (NBC via WPSD-TV, Carbondale, IL)
K45CA 45
W54AE 54 (Ind./TBN)

Adjacent locals

Jackson, TN	WBBJ-TV (7.1/7.2 ABC, 7.3 CBS/MeTV)

Nashville	WSMV-TV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Heartland, 4.3 Cozi TV) WTVF (5.1 CBS, 5.2 NewsChannel 5+, 5.3 Laff)

St. Louis	KTVI (2.1 Fox, 2.2 Antenna TV, 2.3 Escape) KMOV (4.1 CBS, 4.2 Me-TV, 4.3 MNTV) KSDK (5.1 NBC), 5.2 Bounce TV, 5.3 Justice Network)

Kentucky broadcast television areas by city: Bowling Green; Charleston, WV; Cincinnati, OH; Evansville, IN; Knoxville, TN; Lexington; Louisville; Paducah

Tennessee broadcast television areas by city: Chattanooga; Jackson; Knoxville; Memphis; Nashville; Paducah, KY; Tri-Cities

See also: Jonesboro TV; Little Rock TV; St. Louis TV; Springfield, MO TV; Springfield, IL TV; Terre Haute TV

Other television stations in the state of Illinois

Chicago market Spanish stations	WOCK-CD 13 (Mega TV) WESV-LD 40 (Estrella TV) WSNS 44 (Telemundo) WXFT 60 (UniMás) WCHU-LD 61 (Azteca) WGBO 66 (Univision)

Chicago market Independent stations	WGN 9 WWME-CD 23 WCIU 26 WOCH-CD 41 WMEU-CD 48

Other stations:	WPXS 13 (Daystar, Mt. Vernon) W15BU-D 15 (3ABN, Johnston City) - WTJR 16 (CTN, Quincy) WHOI 19 (Comet, Peoria) WTCT 27 (TCT, Marion) W29CI-D 29 (3ABN, Salem) WLPD-LP 30 (A1, Plano) WFBN-LD 33 (H&I DT1, TMD DT2 via WTYU Milwaukee, Rockford) WEDE-CD 34 (Religious Ind., Arlington Hts. / Chicago) WWTO 35 (TBN, La Salle) WCPX 38 (Ion, Chicago) W40CN-D 40 (Edu. Ind., Sugar Grove / Aurora) – WLCF-LD 45 (CTN, Decatur) WBXC-CD 46 (A1, Champaign) W50CH 50 (Religious Ind., Alton) WDCI-LD 57 (Daystar, Chicago) / WJYS 62 (Religious Ind., Tinley Park / Chicago)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Illinois

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