WTLW

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WTLW
Lima, Ohio
Branding WTLW 44
Slogan Your Local Family Station
Channels 44 (UHF) analog,
47 (UHF) digital
Affiliations i
Owner American Christian Television Services, Inc.
Founded February 25, 1981
Call letters meaning Witnessing The Living Word
Transmitter Power 912 kW (analog)
100 kW (digital)
Website http://www.wtlw.com

WTLW is the Lima, Ohio affiliate of the i television network (formerly known as Pax TV). The station is owned by American Christian Television Services, and broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 44. It runs infomercials and religious programming before 5 p.m.; and family dramas, first-run talk shows, family movies, and reality shows after 5 p.m.

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WTLW has its roots in Christian radio station WTGN-FM, also in Lima. In 1976, WTGN solicited its listeners for seed money for a new television station. Before the station received FCC approval, however, WTGN opted not to own nor operate the new station, and the people behind the drive to get WTLW on the air decided to incorporate as American Christian Television Services, Inc.

The station chose the hangar at the former Allen County Airport to build a studio. The new studios, measuring 80 feet by 80 feet, was believed by the station founders to be the largest television studio in Northwest Ohio. The hangar was converted into a television studio in 1980, through the efforts of volunteers.

On June 13, 1982, WTLW signed on the air.

The station's owner, American Christian Television Services, should not be confused with Associated Christian Television System, owners of WACX in Orlando, Florida.

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Broadcast television in the Lima, Ohio market (Nielsen DMA #185)

WLQP-LP 18 (ABC) - WOHL-CA 25 (FOX/MNTV) - WBGU 27 (PBS) - WLIO 35 (NBC/The CW on DT2) - WLMO-LP 38 (CBS) - WTLW 44 (i)
Local cable television stations:

"WBOH" 3 (The CW)
Out-of-market Broadcast television available on cable only:

WHIO 7 (CBS, Dayton) - WBNS 10 (CBS, Columbus) - WTVG 13 (ABC, Toledo)
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Toledo, Dayton, Cleveland, Columbus, and Fort Wayne Markets
Other Television Stations in the state of Ohio

Independent Stations: WGCT 8 (Columbus) - W21BF 21 (Fremont) - WDFM 26 (Defiance) - W57BH 57 (Steubenville) - WMFD 68 (Mansfield)

Home Shopping Stations: WRAP-CA 32 (infomercials, Cleveland) - WBTL 34 (AS, Toledo) - WWRD 55 (HSN, Centerville) - WXOX 65 (HSN/America's Store, Cleveland) - WOAC 67 (S@H/JTV, Canton)

i Network Affiliates: WVPX 23 (Akron) - WTLW 44 (Lima) - WSFJ 51 (Newark)

America One Affiliates: WBKA-CA 22 (Bucyrus) - WFND 22 (Findlay, also Daystar) - WOTH 25 (Cincinnati) - WAOH 29 / W35AX 35 (Akron / Cleveland) - WIVN-LP 29 / WIVM-LP 52 (Canton / Newcomerstown)

Religious Stations: W09CG (TBN, Findlay) - W17AY (TBN, Seaman) - WDLI 17 (TBN, Canton) - W22CO (TBN, Toledo) - WFND 22 (Findlay, also America One) - W23BZ (TBN, Columbus) - W26AL (TBN, Marietta) - W32AR (TBN, Lexington) - WLMB 40 (FamilyNet, Toledo) - WGGN 52 (TBN, Sandusky) - WCDN 53 (Daystar, Cleveland)

Other Stations: WSSS-LP 25 (MTV2, Steubenville) - W38DH 38 (MTV2, Toledo) - WQHS 61 (Univision, Cleveland)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, PBS, MyNetworkTV and CW
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