WSTR-TV

WSTR-TV
ATSC 3.0 station
	Cincinnati, Ohio; United States;
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF); Virtual: 64;
Branding	Star 64
Programming
Affiliations	64.1: MyNetworkTV; for others, see § Technical information and subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group; (WSTR Acquisition, LLC);
Sister stations	WKRC-TV
History
First air date	January 28, 1980
Former call signs	WBTI (1980–1985); WIII (1985–1990);
Former channel numbers	Analog: 64 (UHF, 1980–2009); Digital: 33 (UHF, 2002–2019);
Former affiliations	Independent (1980–1995); UPN (1995–1998); The WB (1998–2006);
Call sign meaning	Star
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11204
ERP	325 kW
HAAT	337 m (1,106 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°12′1″N 84°31′22″W / 39.20028°N 84.52278°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	star64.tv

WSTR-TV (channel 64), branded Star 64 (stylized as STAR64), is a television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside dual CBS/CW affiliate WKRC-TV (channel 12). The two stations share studios on Highland Avenue in the Mount Auburn section of Cincinnati; WSTR's transmitter, Star Tower, is located in the city's College Hill neighborhood.

WSTR-TV began broadcasting in 1980 as WBTI, which broadcast a mix of commercial advertising-supported and subscription television (STV) programs. The STV programming was relegated into overnight hours (before being dropped altogether) at the start of 1985, making way for the station to become an independent station under the callsign WIII. After financial trouble, channel 64 stabilized under ABRY Communications before being purchased by Sinclair in 1996. It was briefly an affiliate of UPN before switching to The WB in 1998 and becoming part of MyNetworkTV in 2006. WKRC-TV produces dedicated morning and late evening newscasts for air on WSTR-TV. The station is one of Cincinnati's two ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) transmitters, serving the market's major commercial stations, which each broadcast some of WSTR-TV's subchannels on its behalf.