WNLNW

WNLNW, virtual and UHF digital channel 50, is a New Line Network owned-and-operated television station located in Washington, District of Columbia. The station is owned by the New Line Stations subsidiary of . The station operates out of studios at the New Line Washington Broadcast Center on Wisconsin Avenue Northwest in the Glover Park section of Washington, D.C., and its transmitter is located atop the Hughes Memorial Tower in the city's Brightwood neighborhood.
==History==
WNLNW went on the air for the first time on December 16, 1968, becoming the sixth of New Line's seven charter owned-and-operated stations.
During the late 1970s into the early 1980s, WNLNW was known as "New Line 50 Washington", and its newscasts were known as New Line 50 News. In 1980, WNLNW's 6 p.m. newscast was anchored by Victor Mills, and by Douglas Colon at 10 p.m. During the mid-1980s, the station was known as "WNLNW 50", then as "New Line Washington" and then finally back to "New Line 50" following a 1997 logo update.
===Website history===
*wnlnw.newline.com (1996-2000)
*newline50dc.com (2000-2006)
*news.newlinenetwork.com/washington (2006–present)
==Gallery==
WNLNW Logo 1982.png|WNLNW's famous classic stylized "50" logo that was used from 1982 to 1987, portions borrowed from KTLA.
WNLNW Logo 1987.jpg|WNLNW station identification from 1987
NLN Bug 2002.jpg|Screencap from December 31, 2002 with New Line's screen bug of the period.
==News operation==
WNLNW currently broadcasts 29½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with five hours and 30 minutes on weekdays and an hour each on Saturdays and Sundays).
===News theme history===
*November 1, 1998 – present: Magnum (V.1, V.2, V.3) (615 Music)
==Notable current on–air staff==
*Marvin Peters - meteorologist; weeknights
===Notable former on–air staff===
*Vera Reynolds - former New Line News 50 at 5/5:30/6/6:30/10/11 anchor
*Louis Simmons (later anchor of New Line Sunrise; now retired)
==Digital television==
===Digital channels===
Channel	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
50.1 	720p 	WNLNW-HD 	WNLNW programming / New Line
50.2 	480i 	TNT Classic 	TNT Classic
50.3 	480i 	Cartoon 	Cartoon Cartoons
50.4 	480i 	Theatre 	Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre
50.5 	480i 	Turner South 	Turner South
50.6 	480i 	CNNfn 	CNNfn
50.7 	480i 	Cable Music 	Cable Music Channel
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
On June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate, the station's digital signal moved from UHF channel 51 (which was later removed from broadcasting in 2011) to the former analog UHF channel 50.
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