WATE TV is a virtual channel 6 and UHF digital channel 26. It is an ABC-affiliated station, which got the license to Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. The First release date of the channel was October 1, 1953. FCC provides the licensing authority to WATE TV and its Facility ID is 71082. The ERP of WBIR TV is 930 kW. Its theme is “On Your Side”. The website of WATE TV is www.wate.com.
The holder of the station is Nexstar Media Group and its studios are placed in the Greystone mansion on North Broadway and its transmitter is located on Sharp Ridge in North Knoxville. The affiliation of WATE TV with a cluster of channels including 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4. These are connected with ABC, Antenna TV, Laff, and Cozi TV respectively. WKRN, WJHL, WJKT and WREG TV are the sister stations of WATE ABC. The formal affiliation of ABC 6 WATE was with NBC from 1953-1979.
How to Live Stream WATE ABC 6:
ABC 6 WATE is an ABC local network connected to Knoxville TN. It provides a variety of live events and entertainment to its viewers. People of the Knoxville sector can watch this channel by subscribing to its YouTube channel and live streaming service and if the cable is not accessible then they can watch with the antenna on channel 6.
WATE ABC 6 News and Weather App:
The apps of WATE TV are working for providing accurate latest local news, which provides regional coverage on a variety of topics. This TV has a weather app that informs the public of Knoxville about weather forecasting for a long time. By using the service of these apps, citizens get alerts of all news and updated related to their favorite shows and reports.
News operation by WATE TV:
ABC WATE TV 40 hours broadcast of the locally produced newscast each week. In Knoxville, it was the first station that uses a helicopter for on-air coverage. WATE TV gathered the popular on-air team of a news anchor in the late 1960s that resulted in a slowdown in the prominent ratings of WBIR, which was the market leader at that time as well as WATE TV continuously became the most well known on-air personality team in Knoxville in the early 1970s. When Mark Mancuso joined the team in 1979, WATE hired the first certified meteorologist in the market of Knoxville and Eastern Tennessee.
ABC 6 WATE became the final station in the market of Knoxville when they started broadcast of 5 pm newscast in high definition on 17 October 2011. WATE TV aired its final news broadcast on WBXX TV on 31 December 2016 on the next day WVLT TV start to operate a newscast on WBXX TV.
Programs on WATE TV:
Judge Judy, Family Feud, Live with Kelly and Ryan, The Rachael Ray Show, and The Wendy Williams Show among others are the syndicated programs, which telecast by WATE ABC. Elsewhere WATE TV telecast the sports segments such as football games, which are syndicated by the sister station of WKRN station.
Analog to Digital conversation:
12 June 2009 was the official date on which the station of the United States discontinued its analog signals over VHF channel 6 transition from analog to digital television. The digital signals of this station replaced on its pre-transition UHF channel 26. Using PSIP, digital TV receiver exhibit on VHF virtual channel 6.