Television station in Alabama, United States
WTZT-CD
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City
| Athens, Alabama
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Channels
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Branding
| ZTV11
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Affiliations
| Cozi TV
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Owner
| Kim and Larry Lewis
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Founded
| November 2, 1988
; 35 years ago
(
1988-11-02
)
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Former call signs
| W28AP (1988-1995)
WTZT-LP (1995-2005)
WTZT-CA (2005-2012)
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Facility ID
| 3086
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ERP
| 1,11
kW
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Website
| [1]
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WTZT-CD
,
virtual
and
VHF
digital
channel 11, branded on-air as
ZTV11
, is a
low-powered
,
Class A
Cozi TV
-
affiliated
television station
licensed
to
Athens, Alabama
, United States. Founded on November 2, 1988, the station is owned by Jamie Cooper and wife Gloria, both of whom also host a
morning show
on the station. Despite its status as a Class A broadcaster, the station can be seen on numerous cable systems in northern Alabama.
Cooper began his broadcasting career with the
Huntsville
City Schools ETV unit in 1974. Some years later, he began doing human interest features on the newscasts of
Huntsville
ABC
affiliate
WAAY-TV
(channel 31) under the name "The Country Rover". This led to another show on the station in the early 1990s,
WAAY Too Early
, a comedy-variety program, which he co-hosted with then-weather anchor Gary Dobbs. Cooper later left to be on his own, first brokering the show, now titled
Cooper and Company,
to Huntsville's
WAFF-TV
(channel 48) and later
Florence's
WOWL-TV (channel 15; now
WHDF
). The current version on his station features a variety of music, comedy, sports reports, and cooking segments.
WTZT-CD carries a mix of programming consisting of
sports
,
movies
,
children's shows
,
religious programs
, classic television reruns,
home improvement
programs, and a few other variety programs. The station also airs Cooper's
Country Rover
reports from the 1980s, repackaged into an hour of episodes; sometimes other locally produced programs air on ZTV-11 also.
Before Cooper purchased the station, it was owned by Athens Broadcasting, along with
WVNN
and
WZYP
radio stations, both longtime properties of the Bill and Mary Dunnavant family.
External links
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edit
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
cable television
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Full power
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- WHDF
(15.1
CW
, 15.2
Court
, 15.3
REW
, 15.4
Charge!
)
- WHNT-TV
(19.1
CBS
,
19.2
CW
, 19.3
ANT
)
- WHIQ/WFIQ
(25.1/36.1
PBS
/
APT
, 25.2/36.2
PBS Kids
, 25.3/36.3
Create
, 25.4/36.4
World
)
- WAAY-TV
(31.1
ABC
, 31.2
Ion
, 31.3
Dabl
, 31.4
QVC
, 31.5
H&I
, 31.6
This
, 31.7
Catchy
, 31.8
Grio
)
- WAFF
(48.1
NBC
, 48.2
Bounce
, 48.3
The365
, 48.4
Laff
, 48.5
Grit
, 48.6
Defy
)
- WZDX
(54.1
Fox
, 54.2
MNT
, 54.3
MeTV
, 54.4
Mystery
, 54.5
Crime
, 54.6
Quest
, 54.7
Nest
, 54.8
Grio
, 54.9
Comet
)
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Low-power
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Adjacent locals
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Defunct stations
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