W55BM
W55BM is a low-power TV station on channel 55 in metro Atlanta. Affiliated with JCTV and licensed to Marietta, Georgia, the station's transmitter is based atop Sweat Mountain, northwest of Atlanta. It has had no other callsigns since being permitted in 1988. The station is owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network, the parent company of JCTV, and is one of very few TBN-owned analog repeaters to carry programming other than TBN.
Originally airing The Box music video jukebox, it later became a translator station for TBN-owned WHSG-TV 63. The station is now an affiliate of JCTV, airing Christian rock music videos. This programming is also seen on one of WHSG's digital subchannels (virtual channel 63.3, via RF channel 44).
The station is currently on analog TV channel 55 with 11.6kW ERP and uses an omnidirectional antenna. It has a construction permit to move to channel 49 with an extremely directional antenna, aimed southeast toward Sandy Springs and North Atlanta. The maximum ERP in that direction will be 48.3kW, and the nearly-circular coverage area will center on Sandy Springs, and ironically cover much less of Marietta. It also has an application to modify this permit to be its digital TV channel, as all channels above 51 are being revoked from the TV bandplan.
External links
- JCTV (requires Macromedia Flash to view)