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Channels Digital: WSMV-DT 10.2 (VHF)
Virtual: 4.2 (PSIP) | ||
WSMV-DT2 is a digital television station that is licensed to and located in Nashville, Tennessee. The station is the second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WSMV-TV, which is owned by the Meredith Corporation. WSMV-DT2’s parent station’s studios and its transmitter are both located on Knob Road in west Nashville.
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As Telemundo Nashville
The subchannel launched in the summer of 2006 as an affiliate of NBC-owned Spanish-language television network Telemundo since the Nashville market lacked a standalone Telemundo affiliate of its own. The second subchannel was branded as Telemundo Nashville. The subchannel went defunct on December 31, 2010, leaving Nashville with only one Spanish-language television station, WLLC-LP (Channel 42), the area’s Telefutura (now UniMás) outlet. (WLLC-LP has since added Univision as their primary affiliation on 42.1, with UniMás moving to 42.2.) The subchannel's spectrum would be used for purposes other than over-the-air broadcasting once the subchannel went dark.
As The Nashville Network/Heartland
WSMV-DT2 relaunched on November 1, 2012 when it became the flagship station of the new re-incarnation of The Nashville Network. This move reflected the history of WSM radio, the former radio sister of WSMV, as it was one of the original founders of the original pay-TV-exclusive TNN when it launched in 1983. The network was renamed Heartland in October 2013. WSMV-DT2 continued to serve as the flagship station of Heartland, with some of the operations of the network still based in Nashville, while the rest of the operations were based in Chattanooga, Tennessee (where Heartland's owner, Luken Communications, has their headquarters).
As Escape
On November 1, 2016, WSMV's contract with Luken Communications to carry Heartland expired, and Heartland was replaced by Escape, a television channel aimed towards a female audience; the channel also shows crime drama programs & movies aimed towards women. WSMV-DT2 has cleared all of Escape's programming since the switch occurred.
News operation
As an affiliate of TNN & Heartland, WSMV-DT2 aired a replay of its parent station's 6pm newscast at 9pm. This competed against WZTV's 9pm newscast and a replay of WTVF's 6pm newscast which also aired at 9pm on NewsChannel 5+. The newscast replay was discontinued on November 1, 2016 in favor of programming from Escape.
Availability
In addition to the over-the-air broadcast on WSMV-DT2, it can also be seen on Comcast (Xfinity) channel 230, and Charter Communications cable channel 91. it is also carried on several cable systems throughout the Nashville media market, including on CDE Lightband channel 30 in Clarksville. In Kentucky, WSMV-TV and WSMV-DT2 are also carried on the Electric Plant Board cable system of Glasgow, Kentucky. However, it is not carried on any of Mediacom’s systems in the Bowling Green market.