WLFG
Religious independent TV station in Grundy, Virginia
36°49′47.3″N 82°4′44.4″W / 36.829806°N 82.079000°W / 36.829806; -82.079000
Public license information
- Public file
- LMS
WLFG (channel 68) is a religious independent station licensed to Grundy, Virginia, United States, serving the Tri-Cities area of southwestern Virginia and northeastern Tennessee. The station is owned by Abingdon, Virginia–based Living Faith Television. WLFG's transmitters are located near Hansonville, Virginia, and Harlan, Kentucky.
The station's programming is relayed on two satellite stations: WAGV (channel 68) in Harlan (which shares transmitter facilities with WLFG) and WLFB (channel 40) in Bluefield, West Virginia (with transmitter atop East River Mountain, south of Bluefield, Virginia). WAGV was the first to broadcast exclusively in digital following a malfunction at its analog transmitter.[2]
History
Living Faith Television was founded by The Reverend Buford Smith who stated that God had given him a vision to build a TV station in Virginia.[citation needed] The station grew from the original station in Grundy to include the other two transmitters.
Rev. Smith was pastor of Tookland Pentecostal Church in Grundy until his death in May 2003. His son, Michael Smith, was president of the station until Buford Smith's death, when he became president and CEO of Living Faith Television.
Tookland Pentecostal Church was a major financier when the station was founded; it broke most of its ties with the station after it declared its independence in 2006.
Living Faith Television is now under the control the board of Living Faith Television, with Mike Smith as president and CEO and wife Lisa Smith as CFO. Other personalities are Mary Smith (wife of the late Buford Smith), Laverne Tripp and Fred Schmidt, among others.
Programming
The station's programming consists mostly of content by other ministries that purchase air time, along with some infomercials. Original programming is spread throughout the broadcast day by the flagship program Living Faith Now! (formerly From These Hills), along with Sing Time, Fred Schmidt, and Life Begins at Calvary, a program produced by Calvary Church of the Tri-Cities, and other programs.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68.1 | 480i | 4:3 | WLFG-DT | Main WLFG programming |
| 68.2 | 16:9 | Defy | Defy TV | |
| 68.3 | 4:3 | ION | Ion Television | |
| 68.4 | TruReal | [Blank] | ||
| 68.5 | 16:9 | GEB | GEB Network | |
| 68.6 | 4:3 | Buzzr | Buzzr | |
| 68.7 | 16:9 | QVC | QVC | |
| 68.8 | Quest | Quest | ||
| 68.9 | 4:3 | Twist | Twist | |
| 68.10 | 16:9 | Decades | Catchy Comedy | |
| 68.11 | 4:3 | GetTv | getTV | |
| 68.12 | Scripps News | |||
| 68.13 | 16:9 | TheGrio | TheGrio |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WLFG shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 68, in May 2007.[4] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49,[5] using virtual channel 68.
Satellite stations
| Station | City of license | Channels (RF / VC) | First air date | ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter coordinates | Public license information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAGV | Harlan, Kentucky | 14 (UHF) (shared with WLFG) 68 | August 1999 (24 years ago) (1999-08) (on analog channel 44) | DTS1: 479 kW DTS2: 0.1 kW | DTS1: 662 m (2,172 ft) DTS2: 482 m (1,581 ft) | 37809 | DTS1: 36°49′47.3″N 82°4′44.4″W / 36.829806°N 82.079000°W / 36.829806; -82.079000 DTS2: 36°48′0.3″N 83°22′35.6″W / 36.800083°N 83.376556°W / 36.800083; -83.376556 | Public file LMS |
| WLFB | Bluefield, West Virginia | 25 (UHF) 40 | November 2, 2000 (23 years ago) (2000-11-02) | 300 kW (STA) 734 kW (CP) | 411.8 m (1,351 ft) (STA) 399 m (1,309 ft) (CP) | 37806 | 37°13′12.3″N 81°15′19″W / 37.220083°N 81.25528°W / 37.220083; -81.25528 (WLFB) | Public file LMS |
Out-of-market cable carriage
In recent years, WLFG has been carried on cable in a number of areas outside the Tri-Cities media market, including cable systems within the Charleston, Lexington, Charlotte and Greensboro markets.[6][7][8][9] According to Zap2it, WLFG has been carried on cable in College Grove, Tennessee, which is within the Nashville market.[10]
Much of the southeastern portion of the Lexington media market can pick up WAGV's signal. WLFG/WAGV is also available on TVS cable in the Hazard, Kentucky, area, and much of Knott and Perry counties, along with the Floyd County community of Wayland.[11][12]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLFG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "FCC Form 387, Exhibit 3: Updated DTV Status Report". FCC Database. February 9, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
- ^ "RabbitEars.Info". rabbitears.info. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "Public Attachmatch" (PDF).
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ "Suddenlink Channel lineup for Pikeville, Kentucky".
- ^ "not found" (PDF).
- ^ "SVTV Stations - the things you care that others won't". Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ "SkyLine Membership Corp".
- ^ "TV Listings- Find Local TV Listings and Watch Full Episodes". Zap2It. September 1, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "not found".
- ^ "Coverage Area".
External links
- Official website
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Broadcast television in the Tri-Cities region, including Johnson City/Kingsport/Bristol, TN and Bristol, VA
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
- WETP-TV 2
- WCYB-TV 5
- WJHL-TV 11
- WKPT-TV 19
- WEMT 39
- WLFG 68
- See also
- Bluefield TV
- Charleston/Huntington TV
- Charlotte TV
- Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville TV
- Knoxville TV
- Lexington TV
- Roanoke TV
