WTCL-LD

WTCL-LD
Cleveland, Ohio; United States;
Channels	Digital: 20 (UHF); Virtual: 6, 19, 43;
Branding	Telemundo Cleveland
Programming
Affiliations	6.1: Telemundo; 6.2: MeTV and MyTV; 19.10: CBS; 43.10: The CW;
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television; (Gray Television Licensee, LLC);
Sister stations	WOIO; WUAB;
History
First air date	November 30, 1989
Former call signs	W47BE (1989–1998); W65DL (1998–2000); WXOX-LP (2000–2012); WLFM-LP (2012–2020); WLFM-LD (2020–2021); WTCL-LP (2021–2022);
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 47 (UHF, 1989–1998), 65 (UHF, 1998–2012), 6 (VHF, 2012–2020);
Former affiliations	HSN (2002–2009); Dark (2009–2012); Audio-only independent (2012–2020); JTV (2020–2021);
Call sign meaning	"Telemundo Cleveland"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6699
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	306.8 m (1,007 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°22′45″N 81°43′11″W
Translator(s)	WOHZ-CD 6.1 Canton
Links
Public license information	LMS
Website	www.telemundocleveland.com

WTCL-LD (channel 6) is a low-power television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with Telemundo. It is owned by Gray Television alongside two full-power sister stations: Shaker Heights–licensed CBS affiliate WOIO (channel 19) and Lorain–licensed CW affiliate WUAB (channel 43); WTCL-LD also functions as an ultra high frequency (UHF) repeater for WOIO and WUAB. All three stations share studios at Reserve Square in downtown Cleveland; WTCL-LD's transmitter is located in suburban Parma.

Founded as a mostly obscure low-power station in the Cleveland area on UHF channels 47 and 65, this station moved to channel 6 in 2012 after several failed attempts to convert the station for digital broadcasting, enabling it to operate as WLFM-LP, a de facto radio station on 87.7 FM. After briefly carrying a hybrid modern rock/talk format, a lease to TSJ Media resulted in the installation of a Spanish language radio format as "La Mega 87.7", the first such format to operate on a full-time basis in the market. Increasing technical complications and limitations forced WLFM-LP to convert to digital in July 2020. A sale to Gray Television the following year saw the station relaunched as the market's first Telemundo affiliate.

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