WWTO-TV

WWTO-TV (channel 35) is a religious television station licensed to Naperville, Illinois, United States, serving as the Chicago area outlet for the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). It is sister to Plano-licensed TBN Inspire station WLPD-CD (channel 30). Through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WLPD-CD's spectrum from an antenna atop the John Hancock Center.

WWTO-TV
CityNaperville, Illinois
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Trinity Broadcasting Network
  • (Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc.)
WLPD-CD
History
First air date
December 12, 1986 (1986-12-12) (in LaSalle, Illinois; license moved to Naperville in 2017)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 35 (UHF, 1986–2009)
  • Digital: 10 (VHF, until 2017), 35 (UHF, 2017–2019)
Call sign meaning
"Wide World of Tomorrow"
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID998
ERP15 kW
HAAT373.1 m (1,224 ft)
Transmitter coordinates41°53′56.1″N 87°37′23.2″W
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.tbn.org

Although WWTO-TV is licensed as a full-power station, it shares spectrum with WLPD-CD, whose low-power signal only covers the immediate Chicago area. Therefore, WWTO-TV relies on cable and satellite carriage to reach the entire market.

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