WWTV TV Channel 9 Cadillac-Traverse City 
Simulcast on WWUP-TV Ch. 10 Sault Ste Marie
Slogan: 9 & 10 News
Web site: www.9and10news.com
E-mail: visit web site
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Programming: WWTV and WWTV-DT on TitanTV.com
Analog Power/Height/Offset: 316,000 watts / 1631 feet / 0
- Analog Service Area
Digital Channel: 40
Digital Power/Height: 191,000 watts / 1401 feet (CP)
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- Digital Service Area (CP)
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More Technical Information:
Call Sign History: WWTV, assigned 5/20/1953
Network Affiliation History:
- 1971: CBS
- 1953-1971: CBS (primary), ABC (secondary)
On Air Date:
- January 1, 1954 on Channel 13
- Moved to channel 9 on May 15, 1962
Owner: Heritage Broadcasting Group
Telephone: (231) 775-3478
Notes/History:
- WWTV's broadcast tower south of Cadillac is Michigan's tallest broadcast structure at 1631 feet.
- 1988: Heritage Broadcasing, headed by Mario Iacobelli, purchases 9&10.
- 1978: WWTV and WWUP-TV purchased by Ralph Wilson, owner of the Buffalo Bills.
- 1967: First broadcasts in color are aired.
- 1962: WWUP-TV Channel 10 Sault Ste Marie signs on.
- 1962: WWTV moves to Channel 9 and increases power, greatly improving the station's coverage of northern Michigan. The move also allows for the creation of WZZM TV 13 which serves Grand Rapids from Newaygo County.
- 1961: A transmitter fire quickly spread to the adjacent studio and destroyed the entire station, which was quickly rebuilt.
- 1958: Purchased by John E. Fetzer, who also owned the Detroit Tigers and WKZO-TV Kalamazoo. Channel 13 adds broadcasts of Tigers games.
- 1954-1956: Carried some DuMont Network programs as a secondary affiliate until DuMont shut down.
- 1954: On-air on Channel 13 as CBS affiliate for northern Michigan, also carrying some ABC programming until 1971 when WGTU signed on. Original owner was Jackson, MI based Spartan Corporation. WWTV Channel 13 was Northern Michigan's first television station, signing on before WPBN-TV Channel 4 by several months.
Transmitter location:
Osceola County
Approximate signal contour plot:
Wexford County
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