WDSI

WDSI
Brand	This TV Chattanooga
City of License	Chattanooga, Tennessee
Market	Chattanooga, Tennessee
Channel	40 digital 61 virtual Previously: 61 analog (1972-2009)
Network Affiliation	Current: This TV Formerly: Independent (1972-86) FOX {1986-2015)
Founded	Jaunary 24, 1972
Company	New Age Media (Programming assets controlled by Sinclair)
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Current Popular Non-Network Shows

WDSI is the callsign for the This TV affiliate for the Chattanooga, Tennessee market, broadcasting on digital channel 40. It is displayed on tuners as virtual channel 61. When it was a Fox affiliate, it had been recently simulcast on the subcarrier of Sinclair's ABC affiliate WTVC/channel 9. WDSI is also the headquarters of CW affiliate WFLI/channel 53 (Cleveland TN city of license).

Channel 61 signed on in 1972 as WRIP as a standard independent with an abbreviated broadcast schedule. Most of its programming early on consisted of religious fare along with mainstream programs. In 1986, they became a Fox affiliate. They changed calls to WDSI in 1983. They took on My Network TV on its subcarrier in 2006. On September 1, 2015, WDSI started being simulcast on WTVC-DT2 as WTVC's parent company, Sinclair, bought WDSI's programming assets. This TV, which was on WTVC-DT2, moved to WDSI-DT3. In November 2015, This TV moved to WDSI's main channel while Fox now airs exclusively on WTVC's DT2 channel. My Network TV had moved to the subchannel of CW WFLI.

Digital Television

Virtual	Physical	Name	Programming
61.1	40.1	WDSI-DT	Main WDSI (This TV)
61.2	40.2	WDSI-DT2	Comet TV