WTRF-DT2
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| Wheeling, West Virginia/ Steubenville, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | My TV Ohio Valley |
| Channels | Digital: WTRF-DT 7.2 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV (2014-present) |
| Owner | West Virginia Media Holdings (sale to Nexstar Broadcasting Group pending) |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Call letters' meaning | see WTRF |
| Former affiliations | Fox (2007-2014) |
| Transmitter power | 25.4 kW (digital) |
| Height | 293 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 6869 (digital) |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (digital) |
| Website | wtrf.com |
WTRF-DT2 is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and the Allegheny Plateau of Eastern Ohio, branded as My TV Ohio Valley. It is a second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WTRF-TV which is owned by West Virginia Media Holdings'. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a digital signal on VHF channel 7.2 from a transmitter in Bridgeport, Ohio. On cable, WTRF-DT2 is carried on Comcast channel 12. WTRF-DT2's parent station has studios on 16th Street in Downtown Wheeling. Syndicated programming on the subchannel includes Everybody Loves Raymond, Two and a Half Men, Family Guy, and Maury.
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History
WTRF-DT2 signed-on in 2007 as a Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate. Previously, WPGH-TV out of nearby Pittsburgh served the market as the de facto affiliate. However, it is still widely available over-the-air and on cable in the area. The following year, the subchannel was joined by WTRF-DT3 as an ABC affiliate, thus providing the tiny Wheeling/Steubenville market with affiliates of all four major networks.
WTRF-DT2 lost the Fox affiliation to a subchannel of NBC affiliate WTOV-TV on September 1, 2014; in a statement, Fox said that it switched stations because WTOV has a stronger over-the-air signal than WTRF.[1] WTRF-DT2's secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV then became its primary affiliation.
Newscasts
WTRF-DT2 airs a hour-long newscast at 10 p.m. that competes with a similar newscast seen on WTOV-DT2. During its time as a Fox affiliate, WTRF-DT2's newscast was known as Fox Ohio Valley News; when WTRF-DT2 lost the Fox affiliation to WTOV-DT2, the newscasts were rebranded to 7 News at 10. WTRF-DT2 also rebroadcasts the second hour of its parent station's morning newscast at 7 a.m.
References
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