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| Branding | WOTH |
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| History | |
| Founded | September 28, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-09-28) |
First air date | June 7, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-06-07) |
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| Facility ID | 168414 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 252 m (827 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°7′30.4″N84°29′56″W / 39.125111°N 84.49889°W /39.125111; -84.49889 |
WOTH-CD (channel 20) was alow-power,Class A television station inCincinnati, Ohio, United States. Owned by Elliott B. Block's Block Broadcasting,[1] it was asister station toWBQC-LD (channel 25). WOTH's transmitter was located along Symmes Street, just south of East McMillan Street in Cincinnati (shared withABC affiliateWCPO-TV, channel 9).
WOTH was previously branded as "The Other Channel". It began on June 7, 1994, as W35BA (channel 35), broadcasting programming fromAmerica's Store[2] that had previously aired on WBQC. It soon moved to channel 39, becoming W39CG.[3] In 2001, the station became WOTH-LP and moved to channel 38. WOTH adopted a simplified version of WBQC's old "25 TV" logo.[4]
In theFederal Communications Commission (FCC)'sincentive auction, WOTH-CD sold its spectrum for $13,266,948; at the time, the station indicated that it would enter into a post-auction channel sharing agreement.[5] On-screen messages later announced that WOTH would go off the air permanently on January 23, 2018.[6]
WOTH went off the air permanently on January 23, 2018, at 5:03 p.m. The station posted a photo onFacebook depicting its transmitter being turned off.[7] According to WOTH's Facebook page, WOTH would move some, but not all, of its subchannels to its sister stationWBQC-LD (branded as WKRP-TV). Subchannels already moved at the time WOTH was shut down wereHSN andEvine. Elliot Block, the station owner, stated that within two weeks of WOTH's closing,Decades,Movies! andHeroes & Icons would also be moved to WBQC-LD.[8]
The station's license was cancelled by the FCC on February 19, 2018.
WOTH aired network programming except for four hours per week of locally produced programs:[9]
