verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message watc dt atlanta georgia united states branding watc tv 57 slogan atlanta s 57 channels digital 41 uhf virtual 57 psip translators wksy ld 21.4 uhf summerville 36 uhf union city construction permit affiliations .1 independent christian educational .2 watc too owner carolina christian broadcasting inc. community television inc. first air date april 14 1996 ; 20 years ago 1996 04 14 call letters meaning atlanta christian sister station s wggs tv former callsigns watc 1988 2009 former channel number s analog 57 uhf 1996 2009 transmitter power 165 kw height 319 m 1 047 ft facility id 13206 transmitter coordinates 34 3 58.9 n 84 27 16.8 w 34.066361 n 84.454667 w 34.066361 ; 84.454667 watc dt coordinates 34 3 58.9 n 84 27 16.8 w 34.066361 n 84.454667 w 34.066361 ; 84.454667 watc dt website www.watc.tv watc dt is a television station located in metro atlanta . it transmits its digital signal on physical tv channel 41 appearing on virtual channel 57.1 its former analog tv channel . the station s transmitter is located on sweat mountain in north northwestern metro atlanta and its city of license is atlanta . its tv studios are located in norcross near interstate 85 . in 1996 it was the last of the atlanta media market s 13 full power tv stations to sign on . it is an independent non commercial educational christian religious broadcasting station with programing from various christian tv networks including familynet world harvest television the inspiration network the worship network golden eagle and shepherd s chapel . all are transmitted in standard definition at 480i resolution . watc produces more local non news programming than any other tv station in atlanta . its nightly prime time flagship program atlanta live is aired 7 9 pm on weeknights and re aired the following morning at 7 00 am . watc granted permission to simulcast its signal on wskc ca channel 22 also licensed to atlanta so that station could maintain its class a television service status . wskc ca was located on the same broadcast tower as watc and could continue broadcasting in analog even after watc went digital only in february 2009 . however it was off air as of march 2009 and remained so for most of the year . since then the station has moved to transmit digitally from a location near norcross as wskc cd and now airs korean programming as it had previously done on analog before its affiliation with watc . despite the dtv delay act extending the deadline from february 17 to june 12 the station ended analog service on the original date . on june 18 it changed its broadcast callsign from the unsuffixed watc it has since the beginning a few days after the federal communications commission fcc announced that tv stations were free to add or drop dt as easily as tv . its 165 kw digital is significantly less than the 540 kw 20 % of its previously licensed 2698 kw analog required to replicate its analog tv broadcast range by fcc regulations at the same height . it has a construction permit for 750 kw and requested special temporary authority for 330 kw . it has also received a construction permit for a fill in broadcast translator in union city georgia southwestern metro atlanta on channel 36 which was vacated by analog watl tv . it will have the same callsign as its parent station with no extra numerals or other differentiation despite not being a same channel booster and could not be sold separately as it is within a program the fcc created in 2009 in order to address the shortcomings of the atsc digital broadcast television system . since atsc is very prone to multipath interference this may be due to reflected signals from the skyscrapers of downtown atlanta and midtown atlanta as well as terrain shielding of the chattahoochee river valley and the hills around it . watc is seen in rural parts of northwestern georgia on wksy ld subchannel 21.4 from summerville . the station formerly had another translator station w42ao licensed to athens georgia . that station is now wagc ld . owner carolina christian broadcasting inc. also owns wggs tv its sister station in greenville south carolina . in early may 2011 the station added other religious programming called watc too on new channel 57.2 . on comcast systems the station is carried on cable channel 2 in the atlanta area the actual location for the tv station wsb tv is found on cable channel 3 . contents 1 digital television 1.1 digital channels 1.2 analog to digital conversion 2 references 3 external links digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 57.1 1080i 16 9 watc dt main watc programming 57.2 480i 4 3 watc 2 watc too analog to digital conversion edit watc shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 57 on february 17 2009 as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television which congress had moved the previous month to june 12 . 2 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 41 using psip to display watc s virtual channel as 57 on digital television receivers which was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition . references edit rabbitears tv query for watc list of digital full power stations permanent dead link external links edit official site query the fcc s tv station database for watc biafn s media web database information on watc dt v t e broadcast television in north georgia including atlanta and athens reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television metro atlanta wsb tv 2.1 abc 2.2 metv 2.3 laff waga tv 5.1 fox 5.2 movies 5.3 buzzr wxia tv 11.1 nbc 11.2 wn 11.3 justice network wpxa tv 14.1 ion 14.2 qubo 14.3 ion life 47.1 simulcast of wktb cd1 tmd wpch tv 17.1 ind. wuvg dt 34.3 gettv 34.4 escape watl 36.1 mntv 36.2 bounce 36.3 ant . wire cd 40.3 video mix tv wgcl tv 46.1 cbs 46.2 cozi 46.3 grit watc dt 57.2 ind. family wupa 69.1 cw 69.2 decades spanish language stations wuvg dt 34.1 univision 34.2 unim s wuvm lp 4 aza wyga cd 16.1 6 mex . 16.2 sbn wtbs ld lp 26 26.1 mmax 26.2 lwn 26.5 tuff 26.6 lmm wann cd 32.1 zap2it biz 32.2 this tv 32.4 moxie 32.5 oldie 32.6 myfam . 32.7 la mega 32.8 latv 32.9 retro 32.10 estrella tv wthc ld 42.1 tourist wktb cd 47.1 telemundo 47.3 telexitos wagc ld 50.1 ind. bnn religious stations wdta ld 53.1 ds watc dt 57.1 ind. relg . wire cd 40.4 3abn wktb cd 47.4 mc tv whsg tv 63.1 tbn 63.2 church 63.3 juce 63.4 enlace 63.5 smile wggd ld 15 ds public television wciq 7.1 pbs apt 7.2 apt world 7.3 create wgtv 8 wngh 18 wjsp 28 .1 pbs gpb .2 create .3 knowledge wpba 30.1 pbs home shopping stations w45dx d 45.1 hsn wann cd 32.3 ads wtbs ld 26.3 jtv wire cd 40.1 2 ads wpxa tv 14.4 shop 14.5 qvc ethnic stations wktb cd 47.2 ktn kbs 47.3 mbc d wskc cd 22.1 mbc wtbs ld 26.4 france 24 outlying areas wksy ld 21.1 ind. 21.2 rtv 21.3 3abn 21.4 watc dt 21.5 news wdww lp 28 unknown wgta 32.1 h & i 32.2 decades 32.3 movies wjcn ld 33.1 ind. local cable channels aib cobbtv cobb edtv people tv fox sports south fox sports southeast audio only stations wann cd 32.11 wgst am 640 32.12 wubl fm 94.9 32.13 wrda fm 105.7 32.14 wwpw 96.1 32.15 wwpw 96.1 2 32.16 wbzy fm 105.3 32.17 la mega 32.18 wpbc am 1310 defunct wrom tv 9 ind. nbc cbs abc dumont wqxi watl old 36 ind. wxid lp 49 jctv ds comcast charter sports southeast atsc m h mobile dtv encrypted channels are italicized wsb 2.1 abc waga 5.1 fox wxia 11.1 nbc wpxa 14.2 qubo 14.82 gran cine 14.85 nfl net 14.87 gol tv 14.88 nfl redzone 14.90 starz 14.96 airbox 14.97 mtv classic wpch 17.1 ind. watl 36.1 mntv wgcl 46.1 cbs wqjy980 56.1 unknown wupa 69.1 cw georgia broadcast television areas by city albany atlanta augusta chattanooga tn columbus greenville sc jacksonville fl macon savannah tallahassee fl see also huntsville birmingham tv v t e other television stations in the state of georgia atlanta stations religious stations wksy ld 21.3 3abn wdta ld 35 daystar watc dt 57 wskc ca 22 wksy ld 21.1 familynet whsg tv 63 tbn spanish stations wuvm lp 4 azteca wtbs ld 26 wann cd 32 various ; see articles wuvg dt 34 univision 34.2 unim s wktb cd 47.1 telemundo ; korean 47.2 ktn kbs 47.3 4 arirang other stations wpxa 14 ion wyga ld 16 16.1 mexicanal 16.2 amgtv 16.4 infomercials wpch tv 17 ind. wksy ld 21.1 ind. 21.2 rtv wgta 32.1 h & i 32.2 decades 32.3 movies wire cd 40 mtv2 wthc ld 42 tourist w45dx d 45 hsn other markets religious stations wybu cd 16 ctn columbus welf 23 tbn dalton wdma cd 31 daystar macon wgnm 64 ctn macon spanish stations wdga cd 43 azteca dalton other stations wagt cd 16 a1 augusta wpxc tv 21 ion brunswick wgsa 35 ind savannah wmub ld 38 the family channel tuff tv macon wxsx ca 46 mtv2 savannah wdnn cd 49 independent dalton wtlh 49 metv bainbridge wpga lp 50 this tv macon wsst tv 51 independent youtoo america cordele wpga tv 58 ind. metv bounce macon defunct wxid lp 49 juce tv see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in georgia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title watc dt & oldid 742605049 categories television stations in georgia u.s. state independent television stations in the united statestelevision channels and stations established in 1996hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2016articles with permanently dead external linksarticles needing additional references from september 2014all articles needing additional referencescoordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom 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