City Clarksville, Tennessee Affiliations The Walk TV
DrTV (DT2) | Branding WCKV-TV Owner TN Media Group, Inc. | |
Channels Digital: 30 (UHF)
Virtual: 21 (PSIP) Subchannels 21.1 The Walk TV
21.2 DrTV
21.3 Independent / Classic Programs & Movies
21.4 NRB Network | ||
WCKV-LD is a low-powered television station licensed to and serving Clarksville, Tennessee. It broadcasts on UHF digital channel 30, but through the use of PSIP, over-the-air receivers display it as virtual channel 21. It is carried on local cable system CDE Lightband on channel 12, and Clarksville-area Charter Cable systems on channel 6. The station is an affiliate of The Walk TV network.
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History
The station began broadcasting on May 28, 1998 on UHF analog channel 69 under the callsign W69EC. In 2000, the call letters were changed to WCKV-LP, and the station moved to UHF channel 49. WCKV-LP launched their digital signal on W30DE-D, which started broadcasting on UHF digital channel 30 in 2010, with their analog signal being closed down in a flash-cut procedure days later. The station changed their call letters to the current WCKV-LD in 2013.
Programming
Aside from programming from The Walk TV, WCKV offers an array of local programming, like Clarksville’s Top Spots, Tennessee’s Wild Side, and many more. The Walk TV’s programming includes a mixture of family, healthy-lifestyle, and religious programming, similar to those of CTN and Doctor TV. One hour of children’s programming is broadcast Monday through Saturday from 3 to 4 p.m. CT, making a total of six hours of children’s educational programming. Some public domain movies and episodes of Bonanza are also aired.
In March 2015, WCKV-LD began carrying Doctor TV programming on a second digital subchannel, and classic programming on the third subchannel, with the fourth one carrying the NRB Network.
Coverage area
Until early 2015, WCKV’s transmitter is located in central Montgomery County in Clarksville, TN just off Wilma Rudolph Blvd and Dunbar Cave Rd. The station now broadcasts from a tower mast at the corner of Franklin and Second Streets in downtown Clarksville. With its 10,000 watts of power, its over-the-air signal can cover all of Montgomery County, reach into parts of Dickson, Cheatham, Houston, Robertson, and Stewart counties of northwestern Middle Tennessee. Thanks to the city’s proximity to the Kentucky state line, the signal can also penetrate some parts of Christian, Todd, and Trigg counties of western Kentucky. At least Grade B coverage of WCKV is available as far north as Hopkinsville and Elkton.