History
The station's callsign was originally assigned to a television station in Bangor, Maine, which changed its call letters to WLBZ-TV in 1958.
WTWO first signed on the air on September 1, 1965 at 7 a.m., a fairly late date for a fully affiliated VHF outlet. The first program WTWO aired was The Today Show. A primary NBC affiliate, the station also carried ABC network programs either on tape delay or by occasionally preempting NBC programs (the most famous being a preemption of Star Trek). Local primary CBS affiliate WTHI-TV (channel 10) also carried some ABC programs in the same way.
This practice ended by 1973, when Terre Haute finally obtained a full-time ABC affiliate, WIIL-TV, channel 38 (before Fox affiliate WFXW now returned-to-ABC affiliate WAWV-TV). Beginning in 1995, ABC became available to Terre Haute-area viewers only on stations from adjoining markets.
In the spring 2006, the station dropped reference to its analog channel number, using the call letters only. WTWO brought back reference to (PSIP virtual) channel 2 with "NBC 2" branding, starting on October 18, 2010.
WTWO switched to using digital camera gear in May 2007, with every field reporter and photographer equipped with digital gear.
On July 9, 2012, WTWO replaced WLWT Cincinnati on Time Warner Cable systems in that station's region, when WLWT's owners, Hearst Television, pulled its stations off Time Warner Cable's systems in a retransmission dispute. However, Nexstar complained that Time Warner Cable has used their signals outside their markets without permission, while Time Warner Cable was within its rights to use their signals as replacements until a deal with Hearst is reached. The substitution of WTWO in place of WLWT lasted until July 19, 2012, when a deal was reached between Hearst and Time Warner.
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