WTVF

WTVF
Channels
BrandingNewsChannel 5
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WNPX-TV
History
First air date
August 6, 1954 (1954-08-06)
Former call signs
WLAC-TV (1954–1975)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 5 (VHF, 1954–2009)
  • Digital: 56 (UHF, 2001–2009), 5 (VHF, 2009–2012), 25 (UHF, 2012–2019)
Call sign meaning
Television Five
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
36504
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT431 m (1,414 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
36°16′5″N 86°47′16″W / 36.26806°N 86.78778°W / 36.26806; -86.78778
Translator(s)5 (VHF) Nashville
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.newschannel5.com

WTVF (channel 5) is a television station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with CBS. Its secondary digital subchannel serves as an owned-and-operated station of Ion Television. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside independent station WNPX-TV (channel 28), the two stations share studios on James Robertson Parkway in downtown Nashville; WTVF's transmitter is located north of downtown along I-24 near Whites Creek.