{{Infobox television station | name = | callsign = WTVE | city = Willow Grove, Pennsylvania | logo = WTVE51.png | logo_size = 200px | branding = TV 51 | digital = 22 (UHF)(shared with WPHY-CD) | virtual = 51 | subchannels = | translators = | affiliations = {{ubl|51.1: Infomercials|51.2: Timeless TV/Infomercials}} | owner = WRNN-TV Associates | licensee = RNN National, LLC | location = Willow Grove/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | country = United States | airdate = (in Reading, Pennsylvania; license moved to Willow Grove in 2018) | last_airdate = | callsign_meaning = | sister_stations = WPHY-CD, WMCN-TV | former_callsigns = | former_channel_numbers = Analog:51 (UHF, 1980–2009)Digital:25 (UHF, until 2018) | former_affiliations = Analog/DT1:Independent (1980–1998, 2000–2016, 2020–2021)Telemundo (1998–2000)SonLife (2016–2020)DT2:Plum TV (2004–2013)Estrella TV (2013–2020) | erp = 15 kW | haat = | class = DT | facility_id = 55305 | coordinates = | licensing_authority = FCC | website = }} WTVE (channel 51) is a television station licensed to Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Philadelphia area and primarily airing paid programming. It is owned by WRNN-TV Associates alongside Princeton, New Jersey–licensed ShopHQ affiliate WMCN-TV (channel 44) and Trenton, New Jersey–licensed Class A station WPHY-CD (channel 25). WTVE and WPHY-CD share studios on East State Street in Trenton; through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WPHY-CD's spectrum from an antenna in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia. History The station first signed on the air on May 4, 1980, as an independent station, originally licensed to Reading, Pennsylvania. When it launched, WTVE initially maintained a general entertainment format with a mix of off-network sitcoms from the 1960s and early 1970s, movies, drama series and talk shows, as well as a local newscast. However, the station did not carry many cartoons. While the station received sizeable viewership, it was not profitable. Beginning in September 1981, WTVE began running the subscription television service SelecTV, which aired feature films just finished with their theatrical runs, each evening from 8 to 10 p.m. By January 1982, SelecTV programming expanded to 8 p.m. to midnight. That spring, the station began running SelecTV from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. on weekdays and from 3 p.m. to 5 a.m. on weekends. In the fall of 1982, WTVE added Financial News Network programming each weekday from noon to 5 p.m., and began carrying religious programs on Saturday and Sunday mornings. WTVE switched to SelecTV