WNAT-TV

Not to be confused with WNXT-TV, an NBC affiliate.
WNAT-TV, UHF digital channel 25, is an Ion-affiliated television station licensed to Nextonville, Tennessee, United States. The station airs Ion Television programming as with all other Ion stations and it is branded on air as "Ion Television" at all times. Its call letters stand for Nextonville's Amazing Television, which was the station's original 1966 slogan.
==History==
The station went on the air on August 3, 1966, under the ownership of Field Communications, years after Field's premier station, WFLD (now a Fox owned-and-operated station), went on the air.
In April 1973, Field sold WNAT-TV to Kaiser Broadcasting of Oakland, California.
In 1998, WNAT became an affiliate of the PAX network. PAX then subsequently changed into i: Independent Television in 2005 and later became Ion in 2007.
==Sign-off announcement history==
===1974-1978===
This is WNAT-TV, channel 25, in Nextonville, Tennessee, the premier superstation for news and cartoons. WNAT-TV, an equal opportunity employer, is owned and operated by Field Communications in Chicago, Illinois, with studios and offices located in North Kingston Road in Nextonville, and transmitter located on top of the Pointy Dome Tower. WNAT-TV operates on channel 25, as authorized by the Federal Communications Commission. Some of our programs broadcast during today were pre-recorded. WNAT-TV's entire broadcast schedule, all programs included therin, is an original work of copyright; as such, no re-transmission, re-distribution, or re-recording may be made without the prior written conscent of Field Communications. We welcome your comments or criticism regarding our programming. Address your correspondence to:
Lionel K. Williams
Vice President and General Manager
WNAT-TV
800 North Kingston Road
Nextonville, Tennessee 26674
=== 1978-1983 ===
=== 1983-19?? ===
=== 19??-200? ===
== Shows ==
As of 2019, WNAT clears the entire Ion Television schedule.
==Logo and ident history==
Ion logo.svg
WNAT 78 logo.png|Field-era logo used from 1978 until 1983.
== Branding ==
=== Website history ===
*www.wnat.com (1995-2003)
*www.wnat25.com (2003-present)
=== Newscast history ===
*WNAT Eyewitness (1983-1990)
*WNAT Newscast (1990-present)
=== Slogan history ===
*Nextonville's Amazing Television. (1966-1974)
*In Nextonville, the choice is yours on Channel 25. (1978-83)
=== Campaign lyrics ===
Read more: WNAT-TV/Campaign lyrics
=== Promo scripts ===
Read more: WNAT-TV/Promo scripts
=== Promo bumpers ===
Read more: WNAT-TV/Promo bumpers
Category:Nextonville, Tennessee
Category:Channel 25
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1966
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Former Pax TV affiliates
Category:Former i affiliates
Category:Ion Television affiliates