WHCT-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station licensed to both Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut, United States, airing programming from the classic television network MeTV. The station is owned by Weigel Broadcasting, and maintains a transmitter on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington.
History The WHCT call letters, which were once used on channel 18 (now Univision affiliate WUVN), were adopted by the station in August 2001. Ten years after the station signed on, from 1991 to 2001, its call letters were W69CL, with a brief change to W32BV during a failed attempt to move it to channel 32 from 1997 to 1998.
In December 2019, Weigel Broadcasting agreed to purchase WHCT-LD from Venture Technologies Group for $1.5 million.Application for Transfer of Control of A Corporate Licensee or Permittee, or for Assignment of License or Permit of TV or FM Translator Stations or Low Power Television Station. CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, January 13, 2020, Retrieved January 14, 2020. The sale was completed on September 30, 2020, and Weigel placed five of their networks on WHCT-LD immediately, replacing the Jewelry Television affiliation."Consummation Notice", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, October 1, 2020, Retrieved October 1, 2020.
Weigel had not had an affiliate in the area for any of their networks since WZME (channel 43, mainly serving the New York market from Bridgeport) ended their affiliation with MeTV in 2015. WZME would eventually be affiliated with MeTV+ on September 27, 2021, and Story Television upon its launch on March 28, 2022.
Subchannels The station's signal is multiplexed: +Subchannels of WHCT-LD Subchannel Short name Programming 35.1 720p MeTV MeTV 35.2 480i HEROES Heroes & Icons 35.3 START Start TV 35.4 MOVIES Movies! 35.5 CATCHY Catchy Comedy 35.6 MeTV+ MeTV+ 35.7 STORY Story Television 35.8 TOONS MeTV Toons 35.9 DABL Dabl 35.10 WEST WEST
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