WFLI-TV

WFLI-TV
Cleveland–Chattanooga, Tennessee; United States;
City	Cleveland, Tennessee
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF); Virtual: 53;
Branding	The CW Chattanooga; MyNetworkTV Chattanooga (on DT2); MeTV Chattanooga (on DT3);
Programming
Affiliations	53.1: The CW; 53.2: MyNetworkTV; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	MPS Media, LLC; (MPS Media of Tennessee License, LLC);
Operator	New Age Media, LLC via LMA (certain services provided by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
Sister stations	WDSI-TV, WTVC
History
Founded	November 12, 1985
First air date	May 25, 1987
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 53 (UHF, 1987–2009); Digital: 42 (UHF, until 2020);
Former affiliations	Independent (1987–1995); UPN (1995–2001); The WB (secondary 1999–2001, primary 2001–2006);
Call sign meaning	taken from former sister radio station
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	72060
ERP	550 kW
HAAT	306 m (1,004 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°9′38.7″N 85°19′5.8″W / 35.160750°N 85.318278°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	chattanoogacw.com

WFLI-TV (channel 53) is a television station licensed to Cleveland, Tennessee, United States, serving the Chattanooga area as a dual affiliate of The CW and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by MPS Media, which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with New Age Media, owner of True Crime Network/Comet affiliate WDSI-TV (channel 61), for the provision of certain services. Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of dual ABC/Fox affiliate WTVC (channel 9), provides some engineering functions for both stations under a master service agreement and also programs WFLI-TV.

WFLI-TV and WDSI-TV share studios on East Main Street (SR 8/US 41/US 76) in Chattanooga's Highland Park section; master control and some internal operations for the two stations are based at WTVC's facilities on Benton Drive in Chattanooga. WFLI-TV's transmitter is located on Signal Mountain in the town of Walden.

Although parts of the Chattanooga market are in the Central Time Zone, all schedules are listed in Eastern Time.