WCNW-TV

WCNW-TV, digital channel 39 and virtual channel 40, is an independent and a LUCASRIO station licensed to Nextonville, Tennessee. This station is owned by E-Media. WCNW's callsign means We Cover Nextonvillians NationWide.
== History ==
=== First years ===
The station signed-on on the air on January 6, 1977, with Hikoula Industries who owned WCNW that time. It originally planned to be a translator of WNXT-TV, but Hikoula said that it will be not a translator, it will be an indie station for the rest of the station's life.
Ratings were not good during the first years of WCNW. On March 1982, WCNW started broadcasting movies, as Hikoula said that it will be a movie channel IF it will be high in ratings. However, the gimmick did not worked. Saturday morning cartoons started broadcasting on 1984, however this gimmick worked. It became high on ratings, surpassing other Nextonville stations.
On March 27, 2002, Hikoula sold WCNW to Trinome Media (subsidiary of the Philippine Trinome Media, which later renamed Trinomerica, LLC). This was the first TV station of TM outside Philippines.
=== Analog shutdown ===
WCNW 
=== Sold to E-Media ===
Trinome sold WCNW to E-Media for about 100 billion dollars in July 14, 2019. They also rebranded their newscast to NewsChannel 39
On December 1, 2019, they rebranded their graphics.
On January 1, 2020, WCNW became a secondary LUCASRIO affiliate.
== Branding ==
=== Ownership history ===
* 1977-2002 - Hikoula Industries
* 2002-2019 - Trinomerica, LLC
* 2019–present - E-Media
== News Operation ==
==== News branding(s) ====
* 1977-1985 - Nextonville 39 Action News
* 1985-1999 - 39News
* 2000-2019 - 39 News Now
* July 14, 2019 – present - NewsChannel 39
==== News theme(s) ====
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== Gallery ==
newschannel39.png|Newscasts since July 14, 2019
newschannel39graphics.png|WCNW-TV's news graphics since 2019.
Category:Nextonville, Tennessee
Category:Tennessee
Category:Trinome Media
Category:E-Media
Category:Independent television stations
Category:LUCASRIO Television Network