WTLH

WTLH is the Me-TV-affiliated television station for the Big Bend of Florida and Southwest Georgia. Licensed to Bainbridge, Georgia, it broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 50 (or virtual channel 49.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in unincorporated Thomas County, Georgia, southeast of Metcalf, along the Florida state line. Owned by New Age Media, WTLH operates CW affiliate WTLF (owned by MPS Media, LLC) through a local marketing agreement (LMA).

Both of the stations, in turn, are operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of NBC affiliate WTWC-TV, under a master service agreement. WTLH and WTLF share studios on Commerce Boulevard in Midway, Florida while WTWC maintains separate facilities on Deerlake South in unincorporated Leon County, Florida northwest of Bradfordville (with a Tallahassee postal address).

Digital channels

History

WTLH signed-on February 12, 1989, airing an analog signal on UHF channel 49, the station immediately became Tallahassee's Fox affiliate. Originally owned by New South Television, it was put into receivership due to owner Timothy Brumlik's arrest on money-laundering charges. In 1990(?) it was sold to Paul Lansat of Singer Island, FL. In 1994 station was sold to Pegasus Broadcasting. On June 15, 1998, WFXU in Live Oak, Florida was established as a full-time satellite of WTLH in order to improve its coverage on the eastern side of the market. Since Tallahassee did not have enough stations to legally permit a duopoly, WFXU was technically owned by L.O. Telecast but operated by Pegasus through a local marketing agreement.