WFLI-TV

WFLI-TV
CityCleveland, Tennessee
Channels
Branding
  • The CW Chattanooga
  • MyNetworkTV Chattanooga (53.2)
  • MeTV Chattanooga (53.3)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WDSI-TV, WTVC
History
FoundedNovember 12, 1985 (1985-11-12)
First air date
May 25, 1987 (1987-05-25)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 53 (UHF, 1987–2009)
  • Digital: 42 (UHF, until 2020)
Call sign meaning
taken from former sister radio station
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID72060
ERP550 kW
HAAT306 m (1,004 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°9′38.7″N 85°19′5.8″W / 35.160750°N 85.318278°W / 35.160750; -85.318278
Links
Public license information
Websitechattanoogacw.com

WFLI-TV (channel 53) is a television station licensed to Cleveland, Tennessee, United States, serving the Chattanooga area as an affiliate of The CW and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside dual ABC/Fox affiliate WTVC (channel 9); Sinclair also provides certain services to WDSI-TV (channel 61) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with New Age Media.

WFLI-TV and WDSI-TV share studios on East Main Street (SR 8/US 41/US 76) in Chattanooga's Highland Park section; master control and some internal operations for the two stations are based at WTVC's facilities on Benton Drive in Chattanooga. WFLI-TV's transmitter is located on Signal Mountain in the town of Walden.

Although parts of the Chattanooga market are in the Central Time Zone, all schedules are listed in Eastern Time.