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Overview
In the Knoxville, TN TV market, WATE-TV is the ABC station licensed to Knoxville, Tennessee.
Station facts
- Call sign
- WATE-TV
- Network
- ABC
- Virtual channel
- 6
- RF channel
- 26
- City of license
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- TV market
- Knoxville, TN
- Licensee
- Nexstar Media Inc.
- Owner
- Nexstar Media Group
- On the air since
- 1953
- Call sign since
- May 1979
- FCC facility ID
- 71082
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.wate.com
Tune to channel 6 to watch WATE-TV. Its over-the-air signal uses RF channel 26; the virtual number 6 is what appears on the TV guide.
Nexstar Media Inc. holds the station's FCC license. The station is part of Nexstar Media Group. WATE-TV has been on the air since 1953. The current call sign has been in place since May 1979.
Its website is www.wate.com.
Among the core children's programs WATE-TV reported to the FCC for 2025: Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward, Wildlife Nation and Oh Baby.
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WATE-TV at a glance
- Network
- ABC
- Channel
- 6 (RF 26)
- Licensed to
- Knoxville, TN
- TV market
- Knoxville, TN
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