WDSI-TV

61.1: True Crime Network
61.2: Comet

WDSI-TV
	Chattanooga, Tennessee; United States;
Channels	Digital: 14 (UHF); Virtual: 61;
Branding	True Crime Network; Comet (61.2);
Programming
Affiliations	61.1: True Crime Network; 61.2: Comet;
Ownership
Owner	New Age Media, LLC; (New Age Media of Tennessee License, LLC);
Operator	Sinclair Broadcast Group (select engineering functions via LMA)
Sister stations	WFLI-TV, WTVC
History
First air date	January 24, 1972
Former call signs	WRIP-TV (1972–1983)
Former channel numbers	Analog: 61 (UHF, 1972–2009); Digital: 40 (UHF, 1999–2018);
Former affiliations	Independent (1972–1986); Fox (1986–2015); UPN (secondary, 2001–2002); This TV (2015–2022);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	71353
ERP	120 kW
HAAT	306 m (1,004 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°9′38.7″N 85°19′5.8″W / 35.160750°N 85.318278°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;

WDSI-TV (channel 61) is a television station in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with True Crime Network and Comet. The station is owned by New Age Media; Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of dual ABC/Fox affiliate WTVC (channel 9) and CW/MyNetworkTV affiliate WFLI-TV (channel 53), provides some engineering functions for WDSI-TV under a master service agreement.

Master control and some internal operations for WDSI-TV are based at WTVC/WFLI-TV's facilities on Benton Drive in Chattanooga. WDSI-TV's transmitter is located on Signal Mountain in the town of Walden.

Established in 1972 as independent station WRIP-TV, channel 61 later became WDSI-TV in 1983. The station was a Fox affiliate from 1986 to 2015, when Sinclair purchased the programming assets of New Age Media's Chattanooga stations but did not assume program control of WDSI-TV.