WTAS-LD

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WTAS-LD

Waukesha/Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States
City	Waukesha, Wisconsin
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 47
Programming
Affiliations	Independent
Ownership
Owner	Waukesha Tower Associates LP
History
Founded	January 4, 1989
First air date	1990 (32 years ago) (1990)[when?]
Former call signs	W43AV (1989–1996) WTAS-LP (1996–2021)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 43 (UHF, 1989–2004) 47 (UHF, 2004–2021)
Former affiliations	Home Shopping Network & America's Store/Home Shopping Spree
Call sign meaning	Waukesha Tower ASsociates (owner)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	71112
Class	LD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	192.5 m (632 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°58′5″N 88°11′20.1″W / 42.96806°N 88.188917°W / 42.96806; -88.188917 (WTAS)Coordinates: 42°58′5″N 88°11′20.1″W / 42.96806°N 88.188917°W / 42.96806; -88.188917 (WTAS)
Links
Public license information	Profile LMS

WTAS-LD, virtual channel 47 (UHF digital channel 23), is a low-powered independent television station serving Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States that is licensed to Waukesha. The station is owned by Waukesha Tower Associates. WTAS-LD's transmitter is located on Beeheim Road southeast of Waukesha.

History[]

The station signed on the air in 1990 as W43AV on analog channel 43. It changed its call sign to WTAS-LP in 1996, and moved to channel 47 in 2004. In the analog age, it had a small coverage area consisting of Waukesha itself, and because of overall intermittent operation, was only available over the air.

The station was issued a construction permit for a digital signal in September 2018, and began to transmit only in digital in July 2021, just before the complete end of analog television in the United States. The digital signal covers Milwaukee County and most of the population centers of Waukesha County. WTAS-LP was the final analog television station to go off the air in eastern Wisconsin.

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