WTZZ-CD

WTZZ-CD, known under the branding ZTV11, is a Class D television station in Athens, Alabama, broadcasting locally on channel 11. Founded on November 2, 1988, the station is owned by Jamie Conner and wife Gloria, both of whom also host a morning show on the station. Despite its status as a Class D broadcaster, the station can be seen
on numerous cable systems in northern Alabama.
Conner
began his broadcasting career with the Huntsville City Schools ETV unit in 1974. Some years later, he began doing human interest
features on the newscasts of Huntsville ABC affiliate WERC-TV (under the name "The Country Rover"). This led to another show on the station in the early 1990s, Up Too Early, a comedy-variety program, which he co-hosted with then-weather anchor Gary Dobbs (who has since returned to WERC). Conner later left to be on his own, first brokering the show, now titled Conner and Company, to Huntsville's WIDB-TV and later Florence's WQCA. The current version on his station features a variety of music, comedy, sports reports, and cooking segments.
WTZZ-CD carries a mix of programming consisting of sports, movies, children's shows, religious programs, classic television reruns, home improvement programs, and a few other variety programs. The station also airs Conner's Country Rover reports from the 1980s, repackaged into an hour of episodes; sometimes other locally produced programs air on 
ZTV-11 also.
Before Conner purchased the station, it was owned by Athens Broadcasting, along with WAAY and WZYP radio stations, both longtime
properties of the Bill and Mary Dunnavant family.
After owning the station for several years now, Gloria Conner has branched off into the print industry. Her company, Image Marketing, Inc., publishes magazines such as Who's Who In Athens, Limestone County, Who's Who In Marshall County, Who's Who In The Shoals and Who's Who On The Tennessee River.
Category:Athens, Alabama
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Category:Cozi TV affiliated stations
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1988
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Locally-owned stations
Category:Former FamilyNet affiliate
Category:Former America One affiliates
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