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Tallahassee, Florida-Thomasville-Valdosta, Georgia United States |
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City | Tallahassee, Florida |
Branding | NBC 40 Fox 49 (DT2) |
Slogan | Your Entertainment Station |
Channels |
Digital: 40 (UHF) Virtual: 40 (PSIP) |
Subchannels | 40.1 NBC 40.2 Fox 40.3 Charge! |
Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (WTWC Licensee, LLC) |
Founded | April 8, 1982 (Pre-Sign on) |
First air date | April 21, 1983 |
Call letters' meaning |
Watching TV With Celine (girlfriend of first co-owner, Charlie Holt) |
Sister station(s) |
Tallahassee: WTLH & WTLF Albany, GA: WFXL Gainesville: WNBW-DT, WGFL-TV, WMYG-LP & WYME-CD Pensacola, FL-Mobile, AL: WEAR-TV, WFGX, WPMI & WJTC |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 40 (UHF, 1983–2009) Digital: 2 (VHF, until 2009) |
Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
Height | 600 m |
Class | DT |
Facility ID | 66908 |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°40′51″N 83°58′21″W / 30.68083°N 83.97250°W |
Website | WTWC40.com |
WTWC-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for South Georgia and Florida's Big Bend. Licensed to Tallahassee, Florida, it broadcasts a 720p high definition digital signal on UHF channel 40 from a transmitter in unincorporated Thomas County, Georgia, southeast of Metcalf, along the Florida state line. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station operates CW affiliate WTLF and Me-TV outlet WTLH (owned by MPS Media and New Age Media, respectively) through a master service agreement.
WTWC has studios on Deerlake South in unincorporated Leon County, Florida northwest of Bradfordville (with a Tallahassee postal address) while WTLF and WTLH maintain a separate facility together on Commerce Boulevard in Midway. Syndicated programming on WTWC includes The Insider, Family Feud, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Dr. Phil among others.