WOTH-LD is a low-power digital television station

Television station

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 in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

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, broadcasting locally on channel 25 as an affiliate of the America One

America One

America One is an over-the-air television network in the United States. The network serves over 170 LPTV, Class A, Full Power, Cable and Satellite affiliate stations...

 network. Along with sister station WBQC-CA

WBQC-CA

WBQC-LD is an independent television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. WBQC's studios are located in a complex in the Roselawn neighborhood of Cincinnati, while the station broadcasts from WCPO's tower. According to its website, WBQC was the first television station to be fully automated...

, WOTH is currently owned by Elliott Block.

Digital programming

WOTH-LD broadcasts its digital signal on UHF digital channel 47.

WBQC shares sister station WOTH-LD's multiplexed digital channels:
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:>

Virtual channel	Video	Format	Programming
25.1	480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...	4:3	WKRP-TV programming
25.2			Universal Sports Universal Sports Universal Sports is an American television network that airs various sports, primarily those contested in the Olympic Games, including swimming, gymnastics, cycling, track and field, figure skating, skiing, bobsledding and triathlon.-Programming:...
25.3			RTV Retro Television Network The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...  programming
25.4			Jewelry Television Jewelry Television Jewelry Television is an American television network, similar to the Home Shopping Network. It was formerly called "America's Collectibles Network" . The privately-held company was founded in 1993 and broadcasts high definition programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to over 80 million unique...
25.5			WOTH-LP programming (America One America One America One is an over-the-air television network in the United States. The network serves over 170 LPTV, Class A, Full Power, Cable and Satellite affiliate stations... ; AMGTV AMGTV AMGTV is an American family-oriented television network, featuring programming including sitcoms, lifestyle programs, sports, films and more... )

Owner Elliot Block stated that the station will add more subchannels in the future, but has not indicated what may be broadcast on these channels.

History

The current channel slot was the original home of WBQC. In 2005, WBQC moved to Class A channel 38 from LP channel 25, leaving WOTH at 25. Prior to the move, WOTH aired home shopping programs from America's Store

America's Store

America's Store was a US shopping television network. It was the spin-off channel to the Home Shopping Network . On April 3, 2007, America's Store ceased broadcasting permanently....

 under the callsigns W35BA and W39CG. The WOTH logo is a simplification of WBQC's old "25 TV" logo.

In early March 2009 WOTH planned to add Retro Television Network

Retro Television Network

The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...

to its digital subchannel 25.2. It was added in April 2009 to 25.3.

Programming

In addition to network programming, the station airs local entertainment programs such as New Xtreme Sounds (music), Lincoln Ware Live! (community public affairs) and "Friday Night Fu" (campy kunng fu movies hosted by Cap'n Dave and Fu Crew).

External links

• Official site