WNHO-LD

WNHO-LD (channel 44) is a low-power independent television station in Defiance, Ohio, United States. Owned by American Christian Television Services, it is sister to Lima-licensed religious/secular independent station WLMA (channel 44). The two stations share studios near Elida, northwest of Lima; WNHO-LD's transmitter is located in Sherwood, Ohio. WNHO-LD's broadcast area includes most of Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding and Williams counties.

WNHO-LD
Channels
Brandingsee WLMA
Programming
Affiliations44.1: Independent
44.2: Religious Ind.
44.3: WOSN
Ownership
OwnerAmerican Christian Television Services, Inc.
WLMA
History
First air date
March 2, 1992 (1992-03-02)
Former call signs
W19BN (1992–1997)
WDFM-LP (1997–2018)
Independent (1992–2019)
Call sign meaning
Northwest Ohio's Hometown Television
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID73389
ClassLD
ERP15 kW
HAAT87.7 m (288 ft)
Transmitter coordinates41°17′32.7″N 84°32′1.7″W
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitewnho.tv

Until 2018, the station was operated by iHeartMedia's WDFM radio at 98.1 FM. Its schedule consisted primarily of syndicated programming with a variety of topics including gardening, motorsports, agriculture, home improvement, and personal health.

Despite its low-power status, WNHO-LD has been determined to be a "must-carry" station by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), making it available on all local cable systems in addition to its over-the-air coverage.

History

Lankenau Small Media Network, which owned WDFM radio, established WNHO-LD on March 2, 1992, on channel 19 as W19BN. In March 1997, its calls changed to WDFM-LP.

In December 1998, Jacor Broadcasting, which would later merge with Clear Channel, acquired WDFM and WDFM-LP from Lankenau.

WDFM-LP later moved its frequency from channel 19 to channel 26 to make way for the digital signal of Fort Wayne's WISE-TV, which broadcasts its digital signal on channel 18.

On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television.[2] However, WDFM-LP was not included in the sale, as it was operated directly by the radio station, instead of the television group.

In July 2018, iHeartMedia filed to donate WDFM-LP to American Christian Television Services (the owners of WTLW in Lima, Ohio) under the condition that the WDFM call letters be changed to something "mutually agreeable" to both parties.[3][4] The transfer was complete on October 5, 2018, at which point the station's call sign was changed to WNHO-LP.[5]

In early 2019, WTLW announced plans to upgrade WNHO-LP to a digital station and move its broadcast channel to 35. WNHO-LD signed on the air on October 4, 2019.[6]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WNHO-LD[7]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
44.1 720p16:9WNHOSyndicated and community programming
44.2 720p16:9WLMAWLMA (religious/secular)
44.3 WOSN_DTWOSN (WLMA-DT2)
  Simulcast of subchannels of another station

References

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