WLFG

WLFG
Grundy–Bristol, Virginia; Bristol–Johnson City–; Kingsport, Tennessee; ; United States;
City	Grundy, Virginia
Channels	Digital: 14 (UHF), shared with WAGV; Virtual: 68;
Branding	LFTV: Living Faith Television
Programming
Affiliations	68.1: Religious Independent; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Living Faith Ministries, Inc.
History
First air date	January 2, 1995 (29 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 68 (UHF, 1995–2007); Digital: 49 (UHF, 2003–2019);
Call sign meaning	Living Faith Grundy
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	37808
ERP	DTS1: 479 kW; DTS2: 0.1 kW;
HAAT	DTS1: 662 m (2,172 ft); DTS2: 482 m (1,581 ft);
Transmitter coordinates	DTS1: 36°49′47.3″N 82°4′44.4″W / 36.829806°N 82.079000°W; DTS2: 36°48′0.3″N 83°22′35.6″W / 36.800083°N 83.376556°W;
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	livingfaithtv.com

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 broadcasts from a two-site distributed transmission system, with transmitters 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 of its board of directors, 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:

Subchannels of WLFG^[3]
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		4:3	TruReal	[Blank]
68.5		16:9	GEB	GEB Network
68.6		4:3	Buzzr	Buzzr
68.7		16:9	QVC	QVC
68.8		16:9	Quest	Quest
68.9		4:3	Twist	Twist
68.10		16:9	Decades	Catchy Comedy
68.11		4:3	GetTv	getTV
68.12		4:3		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 (25 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 (24 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

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 TV Query for WLFG". 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.

External links

Official website

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WLFG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[Form_387-2] "FCC Form 387, Exhibit 3: Updated DTV Status Report". FCC Database. February 9, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2009.

[3] "RabbitEars TV Query for WLFG". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved January 26, 2024.

[4] "Public Attachmatch" (PDF).

[5] "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.

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