Originally signed on the air on June 1, 1984 as an independent television station on UHF channel 28. It was first owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group and it was the company's third television after WPTT-TV (now WPNT) in Pittsburgh and flagship station WBFF in Baltimore.
1986–1993[]
1986–1987[]
This logo's design is influenced by sister station WBFF in Baltimore, WPTT-TV in Pittsburgh, and WIIB (now WIPX-TV) in Bloomington/Indianapolis.
1987–1990[]
1990–1993[]
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1993–1994[]
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1994–1995[]
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On January 13, 1995, WTTE began to carry programming in the postmidnight hours from the upstart United Paramount Network. This arrangement ended in 1997, when UPN programming was moved to WB affiliate WWHO on a secondary basis until 2000, when the station gave a primary affiliation after its purchase by UPN's parent Viacom through the Paramount Stations Group.
1995–1996[]
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1996–1997[]
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1997-1998[]
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1998–2006[]
2006–2021[]
2021–2025[]
On January 7, 2021, Sinclair Broadcast Group (owner of WSYX and operator of WTTE & WWHO) moved the "Fox 28" intellectual property to WSYX 6.3 and converted WTTE's main signal into a primary affiliate of Sinclair-owned TBD (moving up from WTTE 28.2), as part of Columbus's upgrade to ATSC 3.0. As Sinclair effectively owns Cunningham Broadcasting (the owner of WTTE's licensed assets), this makes WTTE a de-facto TBD O&O station.
1Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an outsourcing agreement. 2Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of Sinclair's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock. 3Operated by Nexstar Media Group under an LMA. 5Owned by Manhan Media and managed by Sinclair. 6Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings, operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 7Owned by Mercury Broadcasting Company and operated by Sinclair. 8Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 9Owned by Roberts Media, but operated by Sinclair. 10Owned by Mitts Telecasting and operated by Sinclair. 11Owned by Granite Broadcasting Corporation and operated by Sinclair through a JSA and SSA. 12Owned by New Age Media and operated by Sinclair under an MSA. 13Owned by MPS Media, but operated by New Age Media under an LMA. 14Owned by Main Street Sports Group 15Co-owned with Yankee Global Enterprises, The Blackstone Group, Amazon, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company. 16Co-owned with Chicago Cubs. 17Owned by Palm Television, L.P. and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting under an LMA. 18Operated by Marquee Broadcasting under an SSA. 19Owned by Standard Media, but operated by Sinclair under an SSA.
