WLTH-LD

WLTH-LD is a low powered Telemundo affiliate in Rockford, Illinois. It is owned by Lake Hill Broadcasting, who owns WLHB. The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities on Marion Avenue in Rockford. It, along with WLHB, are considered to be flagship stations of Chicago based Lake Hill Broadcasting, as the company does not own a station in the Chicago area.
== History ==
WLTH-LD signed on the air in 1999 as a Telemundo affiliate. Owned by Chicago based Weigel Broadcasting, it was simulcasting WCIU's feed, where it was then a Telemundo affiliate. 
In 2003, WCIU became an independent station. As such, all the translators continued to simulcast the station. 
In 2015, Weigel sold the station to Lake Hill Broadcasting, owners of WLHB. As such, Lake Hill hired people to manage the station. It also shut down its analog transmitter, which was located near downtown Rockford, and signed on its digital operations. 
On August 25, 2021, as a result of WLHB becoming The CW affiliate for Rockford. WLTH dropped the simulcast of WLHB's main subchannel and became an affiliate of The Chance Network. Lake Hill management thought the simulcast is no longer necessary, since WLHB can be seen across the market, with no need for a simulcast on a low powered station. Due to WLTH being a low power station, 45.2 can also be seen on WLHB 8.5, as well as in Beloit on WZOP-LD 11.3. WLTH 45.2 simulcasts most newscasts from WLHB, as well as an hour the local cable news channel Stateline NOW. 
== Newscasts ==
WLTH-LD never had newscasts until 2017, when the station launched a newscast. Called Noticias Telemundo Rockford, the newscasts are produced by WLHB. With eight out of 24 reporters from WLHB being bilingual, those reporters filed reports on both stations. The station also maintains separate anchors, meteorologists, and sports anchors. The newscasts, airing from a separate studio, airs at 5pm and 10pm on weekdays, and 10pm on weekends.
The newscasts were rebranded on January 2, 2023, as Stateline AHORA after Lake Hill launched a Spanish language version of Stateline NOW. With the change, the newscasts on WLTH-LD became simulcasts of Stateline AHORA, keeping newscasts at their usual times, while adding new simulcasts at 5am, 11am, and 4pm on weekdays. 
Category:Lake Hill Broadcasting
Category:Rockford, IL
Category:Telemundo network affiliates
Category:Low-power stations
Category:Channel 45