WOTH-CD


WOTH-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 20, is a defunct low-powered, Class A television station with multiple affiliations that was licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The station had been owned by Elliott B. Block's Block Broadcasting since its inception and was sister to WBQC-LD. WOTH's transmitter was located along Symmes Street, just south of East McMillan Street in Cincinnati.

History

WOTH was previously branded as "The Other Channel." It began in 1998 as W35BA, channel 35, broadcasting programming from America's Store and Urban America Television that had previously aired on WBQC. It soon moved to channel 39, becoming W39CG. In 2001, the station became WOTH-LP and moved to channel 38. WOTH adopted a simplified version of WBQC's old "25 TV" logo.
In the Federal Communications Commission 's incentive auction, WOTH-CD sold its spectrum for $13,266,948; at the time, the station indicated that it would enter into a post-auction channel sharing agreement. On-screen messages later announced that WOTH would go off the air permanently on January 23, 2018.

Shutdown

WOTH went off the air permanently on January 23, 2018, at 5:03 p.m. The station posted a photo on Facebook depicting its transmitter being turned off. According to WOTH's Facebook page, WOTH would move some, but not all, of its subchannels to its sister station WBQC-LD. Subchannels already moved at the time WOTH was shut down were HSN and Evine. Elliot Block, the station owner, stated that within two weeks of WOTH's closing, Decades, Movies! and Heroes & Icons would also be moved to WBQC-LD.
The station's license was cancelled by the FCC on February 19, 2018.

Digital television

The station's digital signal was multiplexed on Channel 20.

Programming

WBQC aired network programming except for four hours per week of locally produced programs: