City Canton, Ohio | Affiliations See below | |
Branding WIVM-TV 39
WIVD-LD 22
WIVN-TV 29
WIVX-LD 51 Channels Digital: WIVM-LD: 39 (UHF) Translators WIVD-LD: 22 (UHF) Newcomerstown
WIVN-LD: 29 (UHF) Newcomerstown
WIVX-LD: 51 (UHF) Loudonville
W27DG-D 27(UHF) Millersburg, Ohio Owner (Image Video Teleproductions, Inc.) | ||
WIVM-LD (channel 39) in Canton, Ohio, WIVN-LD (channel 29) and WIVD-LD (channel 22) in Newcomerstown, and WIVX-LD (channel 51) in Loudonville, Ohio are low power television stations serving Stark and Tuscarawas counties in Ohio, and nearby counties and communities.
WIVM, WIVN, WIVD, and WIVX are owned by Image Video Teleproductions, Inc., and simulcast all programming on all channels.
WIVX-LD signed on October 6, 2008. The station is located in the Loudonville, Ohio area and can be seen on digital UHF TV channel 51. WIVX-LD, originally W65AH, was purchased from Ohio University, and simulcasts WIVM programming to portions of Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland & Wayne counties. Image Video purchased another Ohio University station, W69AO (channel 69 in Millersburg, Ohio), at the same time.[1][2]
The stations are Independent Stations; prior to joining RTV in May 2009, they aired America One programming. All three stations are locally owned and operated. Every weekday morning, the stations carry a television simulcast of the morning drive radio show of Canton station WHBC-AM 1480.
WIVM-LD is carried by Time Warner Cable on channel 989 in Stark County and on Massillon Cable, channel 21 and 128. WIVN-LD is carried by Time Warner Cable on channel 4 & channel 989 in Tuscarawas, Holmes & Carroll Counties. In the Newcomerstown area, WIVN-LD is now channel 96 on Time Warner Cable.
Digital television
WIVX-LD digital channel 51 is up and running in Loudonville. WIVM has recently converted to digital on channel 39 in Canton/Akron. WIVN-LD 29 flash cut to digital broadcasting on December 21, 2010. W69AO has converted to digital on channel 27, as W27DG-D.