WBTL-LP
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WBTL-LP is a low-power commercial television station
in Toledo, Ohio
, broadcasting locally on channel 34. Founded September 18, 1990, the station is owned by Venture Technologies Group. The station was formerly an affiliate of The Box, broadcasting locally on channel 5.
It was also an affiliate of America's Store
until the network's shutdown on April 3, 2007. Currently WBTL airs paid programing.
WBTL-LP has an application to increase power to 150 kW to better serve Toledo's suburbs as well as Bedford Township, Michigan
. This has since been dismissed, however a new application has been filed. If approved, the tower would move to Monroe County and serve Monroe and the Downriver Detroit suburbs. However, since there is no request to change the city of license of Toledo, this would be in violation, since the proposed signal does not reach the city. This application was also recently dismissed.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
, broadcasting locally on channel 34. Founded September 18, 1990, the station is owned by Venture Technologies Group. The station was formerly an affiliate of The Box, broadcasting locally on channel 5.
It was also an affiliate of America's Store
America's Store
America's Store was a US shopping television network. It was the spin-off channel to the Home Shopping Network . On April 3, 2007, America's Store ceased broadcasting permanently....
until the network's shutdown on April 3, 2007. Currently WBTL airs paid programing.
WBTL-LP has an application to increase power to 150 kW to better serve Toledo's suburbs as well as Bedford Township, Michigan
Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan
Bedford Township is a civil township of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 28,606 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Temperance, Lambertville, and Samaria are located within the township. The township is directly north of Toledo, Ohio, sharing its...
. This has since been dismissed, however a new application has been filed. If approved, the tower would move to Monroe County and serve Monroe and the Downriver Detroit suburbs. However, since there is no request to change the city of license of Toledo, this would be in violation, since the proposed signal does not reach the city. This application was also recently dismissed.