MFTA-TV

MFTA-TV (channel 14) is a television station in Toad Town, Mushroom Kingdom, affiliated with Central. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside independent station MTTG (channel 23).
==History==
The station signed on January 2, 1967, as MFOU on channel 14. It was the first full-fledged Central affiliate in the area. The station was originally owned by Castle Broadcasting Corporation.
In 1979, the Central Networks Corporation acquired MFTA-TV from Castle, becoming the network's second owned-and-operated outlet in the Kingdom, after MCEN.
In 1984, Capitol States announced its acquisition of Central. In order to comply with the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) ownership limits of the time, the new Capitol States/Central would have to sell a number of its stations in both sides. Upon gaining FCC approval of the merger in February 1985, the new company sold WHTT and Detroit sister WDRQ to the Gannett Company. Under Gannett, the station adopted the "Alive" brand used and popularized by sister in 1987. With the introduction of the "Alive" brand MFOU became MFTA-TV in October 1987.
In August 1994, Gannett dropped the "14 Alive" moniker as part of the introduction of new on-air graphics for its newscasts and promos; however, the brand was so well established in Toad Town that viewer outcry forced Gannett to restore it after only a month; even so, the "11 Alive" brand was not fully restored until 1996, when the 14 Alive News title was restored for its newscasts (which were retitled 14 News with the removal of the "14 Alive" brand).
Around the first week of October 2012, Gannett entered a dispute against Dish Network regarding compensation fees and Dish's AutoHop commercial-skip feature on its Hopper digital video recorders. Gannett ordered that Dish discontinue AutoHop on the account that it is affecting advertising revenues for MFTA-TV. Gannett threatened to pull both stations should the skirmish continue beyond October 7 and Dish and Gannett fail to reach an agreement. The two parties eventually reached an agreement after extending the deadline for a few hours.
On June 29, 2015, the Gannett Company split in two, with one side specializing in print media and the other side specializing in broadcast and digital media. MFTA-TV was retained by the latter company, named Tegna.
On June 5, 2016, Tegna entered into an agreement to purchase WTTG from Corus Entertainment for $180 million; the sale was finalized on August 7, 2016. MTTG occasionally airs Central programs when MFTA-TV is not able due to extended breaking news and severe weather coverage, or special programming. Subsequently its Global affiliation was dropped in early 2019 when it became an independent station, which, not long before it dropped the Global affiliation, had rebranded to "The TTG".
On January 24, 2019, MFTA-TV debuted a new station logo for the first time in 26 years.
==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Channel	Video	Aspect Ratio	Short name	Programming
14.1 	1080p	16:9 	MFTA-TV 	Main MFTA-TV programming / Central
14.2 	1080p	16:9 	NWLD-TT 	NWLD
14.3 	1080p	4:3 	Crime 	True Crime Network
14.4 	1080p	4:3 	AVG 	Avant Garde Network
14.5 	1080p	4:3 	Twist 	Twist (TV Network)
==Gallery==
WHTT 1987 Gannett ID.png|Gannett station ID (1987-1990)
WHTT 14Alive logo (1993).svg|The "14 Alive" logo used from 1993 to 2019.
WHTT 2006 open.png|14 Alive News open (2006-2009)
WHTT Open (2013).png|14 Alive News open (2013-2018)
WHTT 2016 screengrab.png|Graphics (2013-2018)
WHTT 14 Alive open 2018.png|14 Alive News 5pm open (2018-2019)
14Alive open (2020).png|14 Alive News 5pm open (2019-2021)
MFTA 14 Alive Morning News open 2021.png|14 Alive Morning News open (2021-present)
WHTT Live at Four open 2021.png|14 Alive: Live at Four open (2021–present)
Category:Channel 14
Category:Toad Town
Category:Mushroom Kingdom
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1967
Category:Central Television Network
Category:Central affiliates
Category:Tegna Inc.
Category:NewsWorld network affiliates
Category:Avant Garde Network affiliates
Category:Former owned-and-operated stations