WFTO-DT3

WFTO-DT3 is the independent/all weather channel that serves as a subchannel to WFTO-TV. The station serves the Liberty City/Alderney City Broadcast DMA. It broadcasts over the air on 24.3 as well as on various cable providers across Liberty and Alderney.

History
WFTO-DT3 signed on the air back July 1st, 2008 to commemorate WFTO's 12th anniversary and signed on originally on subchannel 24.2. Originally, WFTO-DT2 simply aired live footage of WFTO's ADC DopRad 32 Radar with live audio from the NOAA Weather Radio station in Liberty City 24 hours a day. This practice was done until 2010 when WFTO-DT2 had a makeover design to the channel. A newly added L-Bar format was implemented, similar to that of the former NBC Weather Plus, as well as the still-existing AccuWeather Channel along with live weather information rotated around the clock, with pre-recorded weather segments from WFTO's Weather Staff. WFTO-DT2 remained on digital subchannel 24.2 until January 2011 when Liberty City's DMA picked up Antenna TV and WFTO-TV picked it up on digital subchannel 24.2, thus moving the already existing weather channel to 24.3, where they have remained there up until this day. One thing unique about the weather channel is that during severe weather coverage or breaking news that interferes with programming on the main channel, excluding live newscasts, WFTO will "flip" the programming being interrupted to this channel, causing less frustration with viewers. To fulfill the FCC requirements on E/I programming, WFTO-DT3 airs children programs on Sunday Mornings from 7-11 am. These programs can also be seen on WFTO Saturday Mornings and Afternoons from 10 am to 2 pm.