WTTV

WTTV and WTTK

WTTV: Bloomington–Indianapolis, Indiana WTTK: Kokomo–Indianapolis, Indiana United States
Channels for WTTV	Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 4
Channels for WTTK	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 29
Branding	CBS 4; CBS 4 News The Dot (4.2/29.2)
Programming
Affiliations	4.1/29.1: CBS for others, see § Technical information
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Tribune Media Company[1])
Sister stations	WXIN
History
First air date	WTTV: November 11, 1949 (75 years ago) (1949-11-11) WTTK: May 1, 1988 (36 years ago) (1988-05-01)
Former call signs	WTTK: WWKI-TV (1985–1987)
Former channel numbers	WTTV: Analog: 10 (VHF, 1949–1954), 4 (VHF, 1954–2009) Digital: 48 (UHF, 2001–2019) WTTK: Analog: 29 (UHF, 1988–2009) Digital: 54 (UHF, 2003–2009), 29 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Former affiliations	WTTV: NBC (1949–1956) ABC (secondary, 1949–1954) DuMont (secondary, 1949–1956) ABC (1956–1957) Independent (1957–1995, January–April 1998) UPN (1995–January 1998) The WB (April 1998–2006) The CW (2006–2014) WTTK: Independent (1988–1995, January–April 1998) UPN (1995–January 1998) The WB (April 1998–2006) The CW (2006–2014)
Call sign meaning	WTTV: Tarzian Television (after founding owner, Sarkes Tarzian) WTTK: WTTV Kokomo
Technical information[2][3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	WTTV: 56523 WTTK: 56526
ERP	WTTV: 1,000 kW WTTK: 450 kW
HAAT	WTTV: 360 m (1,181 ft) WTTK: 304 m (997 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	WTTV: 39°24′27″N 86°8′52″W / 39.40750°N 86.14778°W / 39.40750; -86.14778 WTTK: 39°53′20″N 86°12′7″W / 39.88889°N 86.20194°W / 39.88889; -86.20194 (WXIN/WTTK)
Links
Public license information	WTTV: Public file LMS WTTK: Public file LMS
Website	cbs4indy.com

WTTV (channel 4) and WTTK (channel 29) are television stations licensed respectively to Bloomington and Kokomo, Indiana, United States, serving as the CBS affiliates for the Indianapolis area. They are owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Fox affiliate WXIN (channel 59). The stations share studios on Network Place (near 71st Street and I-465) in northwestern Indianapolis. WTTV's transmitter is located on State Road 252 in Trafalgar, while WTTK's transmitter sits on West 73rd Street on the northern outskirts of Indianapolis.

WTTK operates as a full-time satellite of WTTV; it was originally used to bring WTTV's programming to areas of central Indiana that had marginal to non-existent reception of the main WTTV signal (including Kokomo, Muncie and Lafayette). However, post-digital transition with the transmitter's relocation into Marion County, it nearly duplicates the signal contours of ABC affiliate WRTV (channel 6), CW affiliate WISH-TV (channel 8), NBC affiliate WTHR (channel 13), MyNetworkTV affiliate WNDY-TV (channel 23), and WXIN; there is significant overlap between the coverage areas of both WTTV and WTTK's signals otherwise. WTTK is a straight simulcast of WTTV; on-air references to WTTK are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during newscasts and other programming, along with tuning recommendations for over-the-air viewers to the north of Indianapolis. Despite Kokomo being WTTK's city of license, there has never been any physical office or employees located in that area.