WFLI-TV

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WFLI-TV
Cleveland/Chattanooga, Tennessee
Branding	The CW Chattanooga
Slogan	Free To Be
Channels	Analog: 53 (UHF) Digital: 42 (UHF)
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	MPS Media (managed by CP Media, LLC) (MPS Media of Tennessee License, LLC)
First air date	May 25, 1987
Call letters’ meaning	named after the radio station in Chattanooga
Sister station(s)	WDSI-TV
Former affiliations	independent (1987-1995) UPN (1995-2000) The WB (2001-2006)
Transmitter Power	1150 kW (analog) 500 kW (digital)
Height	336 m (analog) 333 m (digital)
Facility ID	72060
Transmitter Coordinates	34°55′56″N, 84°58′32.4″W (analog) 35°12′36″N, 85°16′42.3″W (digital)
Website	www.wflitv.com

WFLI-TV (The CW Chattanooga) is The CW affiliate for Chattanooga, Tennessee and the Tennessee River Valley. WFLI is licensed in Cleveland, Tennessee and is owned by MPS Media. The station's digital transmitter is located in Signal Mountain, Tennessee, while the Analog transmitter is located in Cohutta, Georgia.

[edit] History

The station which operates on UHF channel 53 signed on the air on May 25, 1987 as an independent station until 1995, when it joined UPN. When the station first went on the air, it was co-owned with WFLI radio, a radio station licensed to Lookout Mountain, TN. It was later sold by Ying Hua Benns to Lambert Broadcasting in 1997, and further switched networks to The WB in 2001. In 2004, WFLI again changed hands and was sold to Meredith Broadcasting (www.meredith.com), owner of television stations and publications nationally. On March 7, 2006, The CW announced that WFLI would be the network's Chattanooga affiliate when the network launched.

On November 26, 2007, Meredith Broadcasting announced the sale of WFLI to MPS Media, the owner of several CW affiliates in the eastern part of the country, including WSWB in Scranton, Pennsylvania and WTLF in Tallahassee, Florida. [1] The sale closed on April 1, 2008. WFLI will be expected to enter into a shared services agreement (SSA) with New Age Media, LLC, the owner of the local Fox affiliate WDSI-TV.

[edit] External links

• WFLI-TV website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WFLI
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WFLI-TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Chattanooga market  (Nielsen DMA #86) WRCB 3 (NBC) - WTVC 9 (ABC) - WDEF 12 (CBS) - WNGH 18 (PBS/GPB) - WELF 23 (TBN) - W26BE 26 (3ABN) - WCNT-LP 36 (FN/IND) - WYHB-CA 39 (A1) - WLFW-LP 41 (FamilyNet/IND) - WDGA-CA 43 (Azteca America) - WTCI 45 (PBS) - WDNN-CA 49/WTNB-CA 27/WRNG-LP 63/WSUT-LP 21 (FamilyNet/IND) - WFLI 53 (CW) - WDSI 61 (Fox/MNTV on DT2) Outlying Areas WDDA-LP 6 (Daystar) Defunct Television Channels WOOT-LP 6 (Ind)

v • d • e CW Network Affiliates in the state of Tennessee WCYB-DT 5.2 (Bristol) - WBXX 20 (Crossville) - WLMT 30 (Memphis) - WFLI 53 (Cleveland) - WNAB 58 (Nashville) See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, ION, My Network TV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Tennessee

v • d • e New Age Media, LLC CBS Network Affiliate: WGFL1 Fox Network Affiliates: WDSI-TV1 · WOLF-TV1 2 · WTLH2 The CW Network Affiliates: WFXU · WPXT · WSWB3  · WFLI-TV3 MyNetworkTV Affiliates: WMYG-LP · WPME · WQMY 1Also a subaffiliate of MyNetworkTV. 2Also a subaffiliate of The CW. 3Owned by MPS Media; operated by New Age Media under a local marketing agreement.