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| Branding | MeTV Hartford |
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Former channel numbers | Analog: 38 (UHF, 2001–2020) |
| Jewelry Television (until 2020) | |
Call sign meaning | Hartford, Connecticut (heritage calls ofWUVN) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 189254 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 375.8 m (1,233 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°42′13″N72°49′55″W / 41.70361°N 72.83194°W /41.70361; -72.83194 |
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Public license information | LMS |
| Website | metv |
WHCT-LD (channel 35) is alow-power television station licensed to bothHartford andNew Haven, Connecticut, United States, airing programming from the classic television networkMeTV. The station isowned and operated byWeigel Broadcasting, and maintains a transmitter onRattlesnake Mountain inFarmington.
The WHCTcall letters, which were once used on channel 18 (nowUnivision affiliateWUVN), were adopted by the station in August 2001. Ten years after the station signed on, from 1991 to 2001, its call letters were W69CL, with a brief change to W32BV during a failed attempt to move it to channel 32 from 1997 to 1998.
In December 2019, Weigel Broadcasting agreed to purchase WHCT-LD from Venture Technologies Group for $1.5 million.[2] The sale was completed on September 30, 2020, and Weigel placed five of their networks on WHCT-LD immediately, replacing the Jewelry Television affiliation.[3]
Weigel had not had an affiliate in the area for any of their networks sinceWZME (channel 43, mainly serving the New York market fromBridgeport) ended their affiliation with MeTV in 2015. WZME would eventually be affiliated withMeTV+ on September 27, 2021, andStory Television upon its launch on March 28, 2022.
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 35.1 | 720p | 16:9 | MeTV | MeTV |
| 35.2 | 480i | HEROES | Heroes & Icons | |
| 35.3 | START | Start TV | ||
| 35.4 | MOVIES | Movies! | ||
| 35.5 | CATCHY | Catchy Comedy | ||
| 35.6 | MeTV+ | MeTV+ | ||
| 35.7 | STORY | Story Television | ||
| 35.8 | TOONS | MeTV Toons | ||
| 35.9 | DABL | Dabl | ||
| 35.10 | WEST | WEST |
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