slogan come watch channels digital 23 uhf virtual 58 psip subchannels 58.1 the cw 58.2 asn channel 58.3 grit affiliations the cw since 2006 asn channel dt2 ; since 2016 grit dt3 ; since 2015 owner tennessee broadcasting nashville license holdings llc operator sinclair broadcast group first air date november 29 1995 ; 20 years ago 1995 11 29 call letters meaning n a for nashville surrounded by w b for its former network sister station s wuxp tv wztv former channel number s analog 58 uhf 1995 2009 former affiliations dt1 the wb 1995 2006 dt2 zuus country 2010 2016 transmitter power 350 kw height 367 metres 1 204 ft facility id 73310 transmitter coordinates 36 15 50 n 86 47 39 w 36.26389 n 86.79417 w 36.26389 ; 86.79417 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website cw58.tv wnab virtual channel 58 uhf digital channel 23 is a cw affiliated television station located in nashville tennessee united states . the station is owned by tennessee broadcasting and is operated by the sinclair broadcast group under an outsourcing agreement . this makes wnab a sister station to fox affiliate wztv channel 17 and mynetworktv affiliate wuxp tv channel 30 . all three share studios on mainstream drive along the cumberland river wnab s transmitter is located in whites creek tennessee . contents 1 history 1.1 as a wb affiliate 1.2 as a cw affiliate 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 references 5 external links history edit as a wb affiliate edit the station first signed on the air on november 29 1995 as the wb affiliate for the nashville market . prior to wnab s debut wb programming was only available on nashville area cable and satellite providers either through chicago based national superstation wgn or by cookeville outlet wkzx now wnpx tv which served the eastern part of the market . by mere coincidence the call letters were chosen in 1987 as a construction permit as wnab ; something that would be exploited when the station became affiliated with the wb . original owner speer communications a company founded by home shopping network co founder roy speer launched the station from studios on dickerson road in nashville in a former sam s club building . offering five hours of live locally produced programming each weekday wnab was quickly a hit among nashville viewers although the station lacked cable carriage in many of the suburbs . controversial former nashville mayor and u.s. congressman bill boner hosted an hour long interview call in show prime talk each weeknight . its follow up sports talk featured nashville banner sportswriter greg pogue and popular radio personality george plaster showing highlights and taking calls about the day s sports action . on friday nights in the fall sports talk was extended by an hour and became nashville s first television show entirely devoted to high school football scores . since the 1996 season at least one of nashville s television stations has continued this tradition . within two years all live programming except sports talk had been cancelled partly due to budget constraints and also due to the wb expanding its primetime lineup to additional nights outside of the initial sunday and wednesday slots . plaster left sports talk and it was rebranded as sports plus and featured news and weather segments in addition to its sports content ; it was also cancelled in 1998 . wnab also aired several nashville predators games when the team made its debut during the 1998 1999 nhl season and split time as the television flagship alongside regional cable sports network fox sports south until the end of the 1999 2000 nhl season . speer communications had planned to use wnab as a base of operations for a small network of television stations in each of tennessee s six television markets . a statewide newscast was planned as part of the network . however the company went bankrupt before any of the plans could come to fruition . the station was later sold to lambert broadcasting now tennessee broadcasting who operated the station for a short while and later outsourced its advertising sales and operations to the sinclair broadcast group via an outsourcing agreement . on august 3 2002 wnab s transmitting facilities were relocated from its original nolensville tower to its present transmitter near whites creek near the interstate 24 interchange with old hickory boulevard state highway 45 . 1 as a cw affiliate edit on january 24 2006 time warner and cbs corporation announced that they would partner to launch the cw television network as a replacement for the wb and upn initially featuring a mix of programs carried over from those two networks and newer series . 2 3 sinclair later signed wnab as the market s affiliate of the network as part of a wider deal to affiliate its wb affiliates and independent stations with the cw . the cw launched with wnab as its nashville station on september 18 2006 . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 4 58.1 720p 16 9 wnab cw main wnab programming the cw 58.2 480i 4 3 wnab tc asn channel 58.3 wnab gr grit as a part of a deal involving several sinclair broadcast group owned stations similar to the earlier deal between sinclair and thecooltv wnab added a subchannel for the country network on dt2 on september 18 2010 . the country network changed its name and was rebranded to zuus country on june 1 2013 . zuus country was replaced with a full time feed of american sports network on january 11 2016 . wnab added grit to a third subchannel on january 1 2015 . analog to digital conversion edit wnab shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 58 on february 17 2009 which was intended to be the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the deadline was moved to june 12 2009 but the station decided to convert on the original deadline . 5 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 23 . 6 7 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 58 which was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition . programming edit syndicated programs featured on wnab include tmz on tv the real family guy 30 rock everybody loves raymond and tyler perry s meet the browns . it also broadcasts the horror movie showcase dr. gangrene s creature feature . wnab in some occasions broadcasts some conference usa men s basketball games from the american sports network in the event that wuxp is scheduled to air either raycom sports acc network or any special local sports programming at any time as any given situation may warrant . this changed in january 2016 when the asn s 24 7 subchannel version launched on wnab dt2 . references edit wnab wb 58 transmitter location wnab wb 58 nashville tn . wnab tv . archived from the original archived october 14 2002 at the wayback machine . october 14 2002 . retrieved july 22 2015 . gilmore girls meet smackdown ; cw network to combine wb upn in cbs warner venture beginning in september cnnmoney.com january 24 2006 . upn and wb to combine forming new tv network the new york times january 24 2006 . rabbitears tv query for wnab associated press february 17 2009 . tv stations ending analog service on feb. 17 . nbc news . retrieved march 19 2015 . dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . cdbs print external links edit cw58.tv official website query the fcc s tv station database for wnab biafn s media web database information on wnab tv v t e broadcast television in middle tennessee including nashville and clarksville reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television stations wkrn 2.1 abc 2.2 metv 2.3 justice network wsmv 4.1 nbc 4.2 heartland 4.3 cozi tv wtvf 5.1 cbs 5.2 newschannel 5 5.3 laff wnpt 8.1 pbs 8.2 npt2 wztv 17.1 fox 17.2 wxn 17.3 antenna tv wnpx tv 28.1 ion 28.2 qubo 28.3 ion life 28.4 ion shop 28.5 qvc over air 28.6 hsn wuxp 30.1 mntv 30.2 gettv 30.3 comet whtn 39.1 ctn 39.2 ctni wjfb 44.1 tct family 44.2 tct kids wpgd 50.1 tbn 50.2 hillsong 50.3 juce tv smile 50.4 enlace 50.5 salsa wnab 58.1 cw 58.2 asn channel 58.3 grit low power stations wrtn ld 6.1 daystar 6.2 rev n 6.3 this tv 6.4 classic shows 6.5 retro tv 6.6 tuff tv 6.7 ebru tv wetv lp 11.1 ind wiiw lp 14.1 silent ind wjfb lp 18.1 silent tct family 18.2 silent tct kids wnpx lp 20.1 silent daystar wntu ld 26.1 daystar wjde ld 31.1 h & i 31.2 ssn 31.3 decades 31.4 hsn 31.5 sonlife 31.6 movies wjnk ld 34.1 3abn 34.2 3abn proclaim 34.3 dare to dream 34.4 3abn latino 34.5 3abn radio 34.6 3abn radio latino 34.7 radio 74 wctz ld 35.1 silent future station wkuw ld 40.1 buzzr 40.2 liquidation channel 40.3 escape 40.4 tcn 40.5 qvc plus 40.6 qvc over air wllc lp 42.1 univision 42.2 unim s 42.3 bounce tv 42.4 biz television outlying areas clarksville wckv ld 21.1 the walk tv 21.2 doctor tv 21.3 ind 21.4 nrb network cookeville wcte 22.1 pbs 22.2 world 22.3 create other areas w29dm d 29.1 silent lewisburg tn wpbm cd 31.1 religious ind. walktv geb scottsville ky atsc m h mobile dtv wsmv 4.10 nbc nash tv internet tv cable television stations nashville cmt familynet fox sports tennessee metro nashville network nash tv necat network nrb network vtv worship clarksville apsu tv clarksville tv 3 community channel 10 murfreesboro city tv mt10 rctv 19 other areas dtc 3 smithville woodbury carthage franklin tv franklin tn nctv 15 nctv 6 lafayette tn scottsville ky sctv 6 tompkinsville ky smyrna tv smyrna wbbm 9 mt. juliet wbhs 9 brentwood wc tv franklin tn adjacent locals bowling green . kentucky wbko 13.1 abc 13.2 fox 13.3 the cw cw wkgb tv 53.1 pbs ket 53.2 pbs encore ket2 53.3 ky channel madisonville . kentucky wkma tv 35.1 pbs ket 35.2 pbs encore ket2 35.3 ky channel defunct stations nashville area wrmx lp 12 hsn w36ak 36 tbn via wpgd tv w48bk 48 tbn w52ct 52 w59aw 59 america one via wllc lp w61ar 61 ind. familynet via wjnk ld the church channel national cable and digital ota the nashville network national cable only clarksville w26cj 26 tbn cookeville w46aj 46 tbn hopkinsville . kentucky w22ch 22 tbn wkag ca 43 ind. a1 wnkj tv 51 ind. 1983 85 w62bh 62 tbn w64br 64 pbs ket via wkma tv other areas wllp ca ind. amgtv tln lawrenceburg tn w55al 55 pbs ket via wkso tv tompkinsville . ky tennessee broadcast television areas by city chattanooga jackson knoxville memphis nashville paducah ky tri cities see also huntsville tv bowling green tv v t e the cw affiliates in the state of tennessee wbxx 20 crossville wlmt 30 memphis wfli 53 cleveland wnab 58 nashville see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in tennessee v t e sinclair broadcast group sorted by primary channel network affiliations abc katu katv kdnl tv khgi tv kwnb tv khgi cd komo tv ktul ktvo kvii tv kvih tv wbma ld wchs tv wear tv wgtu wgtq1 wham tv1 wicd wics wkef wjla tv wlos wpde tv wset tv wsyx wtvc wxlv tv cbs kbak tv kboi tv kdbc