WRLM (channel 47) is a religious television station licensed to Canton, Ohio, United States, serving the Cleveland–Akron television market as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). Through a channel sharing agreement with PBS member station WEAO (channel 49), the two stations transmit using WEAO's spectrum from an antenna in Copley, Ohio.
History
The station first signed on the air on March 1, 1982,[1] as WOAC, broadcasting on UHF channel 67; it was founded by businessman Morton Kent. Initially, it operated as an independent station, serving mainly the Canton area. It originally maintained a programming format featuring syndicated reruns, movies, and local news updates. In 1995, Canton 67 Ltd. sold WOAC to Whitehead Media,[1] which entered into a local marketing agreement with Paxson Communications (now Ion Media Networks). Paxson dropped WOAC's entertainment programming in late 1995, and the station adopted an