general fox 43 morning news fox 43 10 o clock news newscasts slogan something for everyone channels digital 34 uhf virtual 43 psip subchannels 43.1 fox 43.2 bounce tv 43.3 grit affiliations fox since 1986 owner raycom media wtnz license subsidiary llc first air date december 31 1983 ; 32 years ago 1983 12 31 call letters meaning tennez tennessee former callsigns wkch tv 1983 1994 former channel number s analog 43 1983 2009 former affiliations primary independent 1983 1986 secondary pten 1993 1995 dt2 this tv 2009 2014 transmitter power 930 kw height 527 m facility id 19200 transmitter coordinates 36 0 13 n 83 56 34 w 36.00361 n 83.94278 w 36.00361 ; 83.94278 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.wtnzfox43.com wtnz is the fox affiliated television station for the central portion of east tennessee licensed to knoxville . it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on uhf channel 34 virtual channel 43.1 via psip from a transmitter on sharp s ridge in the city s arlington section . owned by raycom media wtnz has studios on executive park drive along i 75 i 40 in knoxville s green valley section . syndicated programming on the station includes two and a half men everybody loves raymond paternity court and the middle among others . on most cable systems wtnz is carried on channel 11 . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 2.3 mobile dtv channel 3 news operation 4 references 5 external links history edit the station signed on december 31 1983 with the calls wkch tv . it was known on air as catch 43 and aired an analog signal on uhf channel 43 . it was locally owned by knoxville television lp . there had been another independent in the area wint tv but it went dark about a month after wkch signed on . on october 6 1986 wkch became a charter fox affiliate and became known on air as catch fox 43 . knoxville television lp declared bankruptcy in the late 1980s and wkch was sold to fcvs communications the owner of wach in columbia south carolina in 1990 . fcvs sold all three of its stations wkch and wach plus wevu tv now wzvn tv in naples florida to ellis communications in 1993 . in 1994 it changed call letters to the current wtnz . ellis communications was folded into current owner raycom media in late 1996 . in late 2013 wtnz tv debuted a new logo and changed their on air branding to foxville 43 before reverting to fox 43 three years later . despite the network musical chairs which have occurred in knoxville over the years the station has been the area s only fox affiliate during the network s history . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 43.1 720p 16 9 wtnz dt main wtnz programming fox 43.2 480i 4 3 this tv bounce tv 43.3 grittv analog to digital conversion edit wtnz shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 43 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 34 . 2 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 43 . mobile dtv channel edit channel 3 psip short name programming 43.32 wtnz hd mobile dtv simulcast of 43.1 news operation edit in the mid 1980s it produced a news break each day called wkch news . the brief news and weather update was anchored by one of the station s staff announcers phil rainey . in 1998 a news share agreement was established with abc affiliate wate tv . this resulted in a nightly prime time newscast debuting on wtnz known as fox 43 ten o clock news . the show originated from wate s studios in camp house on north broadway northeast sr 33 sr 71 us 441 in the city s old north knoxville section . it competed with another nightly broadcast seen in the time slot on cw affiliate wbxx tv . in march 2011 wtnz terminated its agreement with wate and entered into a new arrangement with nbc affiliate wbir owned by the gannett company . at the same time that station stopped producing the wbxx update . on march 28 wbir took over production of the nightly half hour newscast which is still known as fox 43 ten o clock news . starting june 2 a two hour weekday morning show airing from 7 until 9 was added to wtnz and is known as fox 43 morning news . in addition the weeknight prime time news at 10 was expanded to an hour . all shows now originate in high definition from wbir s facilities on hutchinson avenue in knoxville s lincoln park section official address is bill williams avenue . although existing personnel from that station is featured on wtnz wbir s on air staff will eventually increase by less than a dozen . 4 5 6 7 8 references edit rabbitears tv query for wtnz dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . http www.mdtvsignalmap.com listing print listing.php metroarea knoxville % 20tn http www.tvnewscheck.com article 2011 02 28 49442 wbir to produce hd newscasts for wtnz http www.wtnzfox43.com global story.asp s 14162350 http www.wbir.com news local story.aspx storyid 159150 http www.knoxnews.com news 2011 mar 10 wbir wtnz forge team https www.facebook.com wbirchannel10 sk wall external links edit wtnzfox43.com official wtnz tv website query the fcc s tv station database for wtnz v t e broadcast television in east tennessee including knoxville reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wate tv 6.1 abc 6.2 gettv 6.3 laff wknx tv 7.1 ind 7.2 daystar wvlt tv 8.1 cbs 8.2 mntv ant wbir tv 10.1 nbc 10.2 metv 10.3 justice w14cx d 14.1 3abn rel . 14.2 3abn proclaim 14.3 3abn dare to dream 14.4 3abn latino 14.5 3abn radio 14.6 3abn radio latino 14.7 radio 74 wkop tv 15.1 pbs etpbs 15.2 world tn chan 15.3 create wbxx tv 20.1 cw 20.2 escape wdtt ld 24.1 daystar wtnz 43.1 fox 43.2 bounce tv 43.3 grittv wagv 44.1 rel . w45df d 45.1 hsn wvlr 48.1 ctn wpxk tv 54.1 ion 54.2 qubo 54.3 life 54.4 ion shop 54.5 qvc over air 54.6 hsn wkxt ld 61.1 pbj cable television ctv the volunteer channel outlying areas wjdp ld 11.1 the walk tv pigeon forge atsc m h mobile dtv wbir tv 10.10 nbc wtnz 43.34 fox defunct stations wkxe lp 4 independent wfem lp 14 ind. heiskell weee lp 32 uatv upn familynet w40cm 40 hsn w50bk 50 3abn wcpt tv 55 wint tv 20 ind. w60cf 60 tbn w61dg 61 tbn morristown adjacent locals tri cities tn va wcyb tv 5.1 nbc 5.2 the cw 5.3 decades wemt 39.1 fox 39.2 movies western carolinas wlos 13.1 abc hd 13.2 mynetworktv 13.3 grit wunw 27.1 unc ex . 27.2 pbs unc tv 27.3 pbs kids wunf tv 33.1 pbs unc tv 27.2 pbs kids 27.3 unc ex wmya tv 40.1 mynetworktv 40.2 gettv 40.3 bounce tv southeast ky wkso tv wkha 29.1 35.1 pbs ket 29.2 35.2 pbs encore ket2 29.1 35.1 kentucky channel ket ed wymt tv 57.1 cbs 57.2 this tv tennessee broadcast television areas by city chattanooga jackson knoxville memphis nashville paducah ky tri cities kentucky broadcast television areas by city bowling green charleston wv cincinnati oh evansville in knoxville tn lexington louisville paducah see also asheville tv v t e fox network affiliates in the state of tennessee wtvc 9.2 chattanooga whbq 13 memphis wjkt 16 jackson wztv 17 nashville wemt 39 greeneville wtnz 43 knoxville see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in tennessee v t e raycom media abc network affiliates kaitnbc kltv kswo kxxv krhd cd ktre wloxcbs wtvm cbs network affiliates kauz1 kfda kfvs kgmb kold ksla wafb wbtv wcsc woio wtoc wtol the cw affiliates kauz dt21 kvhp dt21 kwes dt2 kwab dt2 wqwq kfvs dt2 wqtv wupv1 fox network affiliates kmsb1 knin1 kvhp1 kyou1 wbrc wdbd1 wdfx wflx1 wfxg wpgx wsfx1 wtnz wupw1 wvue1 wxix wxtx1 mynetworktv affiliates kfve kgmd kgmv1 sp kttu1 wbxh wloo1 wuab nbc network affiliates kcbd 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