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{{short description|Religious independent TV station in Grundy, Virginia}} {{short description|Religious independent TV station in Grundy, Virginia}}
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{{Infobox television station {{Infobox television station
| callsign = WLFG | callsign = WLFG
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| branding = LFTV: Living Faith Television | branding = LFTV: Living Faith Television
| analog = | analog =
| digital = 14 (])<br />''(shared with WAGV)'' | digital = 14 (]), shared with WAGV
| virtual = 68 | virtual = 68
| translators = | translators =
| affiliations = '''68.1:''' ] ]<br>''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}'' | affiliations = {{ubl|'''68.1:''' ] ]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| network = | network =
| country = United States | country = United States
| founded = | founded =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1995|1|2|p=y}} | airdate = {{start date and age|1995|1|2|p=y}}
| last_airdate = | last_airdate =
| location = ]/]–<br />]/]/<br />] | location = {{ubl|]–]|]–]–|]}}
| callsign_meaning = Living Faith Grundy | callsign_meaning = Living Faith Grundy
| former_callsigns = | former_callsigns =
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br />68 (UHF, 1995–2007)<br />'''Digital:'''<br />49 (UHF, 2003–2019) | former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 68 (UHF, 1995–2007)|'''Digital:''' 49 (UHF, 2003–2019)}}
| owner = Living Faith Ministries, Inc. | owner = Living Faith Ministries, Inc.
| licensee = | licensee =
| sister_stations = | sister_stations =
| former_affiliations = | former_affiliations =
| erp = ''']1:''' 479 ]<br />'''DTS2:''' 0.1 kW | erp = {{ubl|''']1:''' 479 kW|'''DTS2:''' 0.1&nbsp;kW}}
| haat = '''DTS1:''' {{convert|662|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />'''DTS2:''' {{convert|482|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | haat = {{ubl|'''DTS1:''' {{convert|662|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}|'''DTS2:''' {{convert|482|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}}}
| class = | class =
| facility_id = 37808 | facility_id = 37808
| coordinates = '''DTS1:'''<br />{{nowrap|{{coord|36|49|47.3|N|82|4|44.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}<br />'''DTS2:'''<br />{{nowrap|{{coord|36|48|0.3|N|83|22|35.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}} | coordinates = {{ubl|'''DTS1:''' {{coord|36|49|47.3|N|82|4|44.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}|'''DTS2:''' {{coord|36|48|0.3|N|83|22|35.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| licensing_authority = ] | licensing_authority = ]
| website = {{URL|http://livingfaithtv.com/}} | website = {{URL|http://livingfaithtv.com/}}
}} }}


'''WLFG''' (channel 68) is a ] ] ] licensed to ], United States, serving the ] area of ] and northeastern ]. The station is owned by ]–based Living Faith Television. WLFG's transmitters are located near ], and ]. '''WLFG''' (channel 68) is a ] ] licensed to ], United States, serving the ] area of ] and northeastern ]. The station is owned by ]–based Living Faith Television. WLFG broadcasts from a two-site ], with transmitters near ], and ].


The station's programming is relayed on two ]: WAGV (channel 68) in Harlan (which shares transmitter facilities with WLFG) and WLFB (channel 40) in ] (with transmitter atop East River Mountain, south of ]). WAGV was the first to broadcast exclusively in digital following a malfunction at its analog transmitter.<ref name="Form 387">{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=730296&formid=387&q_num=5020|title=FCC Form 387, Exhibit 3: Updated DTV Status Report|date=2009-02-09|publisher=FCC Database|access-date=2009-03-12}}</ref> The station's programming is relayed on two ]: WAGV (channel 68) in Harlan (which shares transmitter facilities with WLFG) and WLFB (channel 40) in ] (with transmitter atop East River Mountain, south of ]). WAGV was the first to broadcast exclusively in digital following a malfunction at its analog transmitter.<ref name="Form 387">{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=730296&formid=387&q_num=5020|title=FCC Form 387, Exhibit 3: Updated DTV Status Report|date=February 9, 2009|publisher=FCC Database|access-date=March 12, 2009}}</ref>


==History== ==History==
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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. 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. Living Faith Television is now under the control of its ], 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== ==Programming==
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==Technical information== ==Technical information==
===Subchannels=== ===Subchannels===
The station's digital signal is ]: The station's signal is ]:
{| class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WLFG<ref></ref> |+Subchannels of WLFG<ref>{{Cite web |title=RabbitEars TV Query for WLFG |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WLFG |access-date=January 26, 2024 |website=]}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | ] ! scope = "col" | ]
! scope = "col" | ] ! scope = "col" | ]
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! scope = "col" | Programming ! scope = "col" | Programming
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.1 ! scope = "row" | 68.1
| rowspan=13|] || ] || WLFG-DT || Main WLFG programming | rowspan=13|] || ] || WLFG-DT || Main WLFG programming
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.2 ! scope = "row" | 68.2
| ] || Defy || ] | ] || Defy || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.3 ! scope = "row" | 68.3
| rowspan=2|4:3 || ION || ] | rowspan=2|4:3 || ION || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.4 ! scope = "row" | 68.4
| TruReal || | TruReal ||
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.5 ! scope = "row" | 68.5
| 16:9 || GEB || ] | 16:9 || GEB || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.6 ! scope = "row" | 68.6
| 4:3 || Buzzr || ] | 4:3 || Buzzr || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.7 ! scope = "row" | 68.7
| rowspan=2|16:9 || QVC || ] | rowspan=2|16:9 || QVC || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.8 ! scope = "row" | 68.8
| Quest || ] | Quest || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.9 ! scope = "row" | 68.9
| 4:3 || Twist || ] | 4:3 || Twist || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.10 ! scope = "row" | 68.10
| 16:9 || Decades || ] | 16:9 || Decades || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.11 ! scope = "row" | 68.11
| rowspan=2|4:3 || GetTv || ] | rowspan=2|4:3 || GetTv || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.12 ! scope = "row" | 68.12
| || ] | || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 68.13 ! scope = "row" | 68.13
| 16:9 || TheGrio || ] | 16:9 || TheGrio || ]
|} |}


===Analog-to-digital conversion=== ===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WLFG shut down its analog signal, over ] channel 68, in May 2007.<ref>http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-2236A1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=2012-03-24}}</ref> Through the use of ], digital television receivers display the station's ] as its former UHF analog channel 68, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition. WLFG shut down its analog signal, over ] channel 68, in May 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public Attachmatch |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-2236A1.pdf}}</ref> The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> using ] 68.


==Satellite stations== ==Satellite stations==
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! First air date ! First air date
! ] ! ]
! ] ! ]
! ] ! ]
! Transmitter coordinates ! Transmitter coordinates
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| '''WAGV''' | '''WAGV'''
| ] | ]
| 14 (])<br />{{small|(shared with WLFG)}}<br />68 | 14 (])<br />{{small|(shared with WLFG)}}<br />68
| {{start date and age|1999|8|p=y}}<br />{{small|(on ] channel 44)}} | {{start date and age|1999|8|p=y}}<br />{{small|(on ] channel 44)}}
| '''DTS1:''' 479&nbsp;kW<br />'''DTS2:''' 0.1&nbsp;kW | '''DTS1:''' 479&nbsp;kW<br />'''DTS2:''' 0.1&nbsp;kW
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|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|} |}

==Out-of-market cable carriage==
In recent years, WLFG has been carried on ] in a number of areas outside the ] ], including cable systems within the ], ], ] and ] markets.<ref>. ]. Retrieved July 9, 2015.</ref><ref></ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://svtvstations.webs.com/svtvstations.htm |title=SVTV Stations - the things you care that others won't |access-date=2012-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502223103/http://svtvstations.webs.com/svtvstations.htm |archive-date=2012-05-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skybesttv.com/clp_digital_basic.php|title = SkyLine Membership Corp}}</ref> According to ], WLFG has been carried on cable in ], which is within the ] market.<ref>http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?method=decideFwdForLineup&zipcode=37046&setMyPreference=false&lineupId=TN68058:- {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}</ref>

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 ] area, and much of ] and ] counties, along with the ] community of ].<ref></ref><ref></ref>


==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
*{{official website|http://livingfaithtv.com/}} * {{official website|http://livingfaithtv.com/}}


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WLFG
CityGrundy, Virginia
Channels
BrandingLFTV: Living Faith Television
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerLiving Faith Ministries, Inc.
History
First air dateJanuary 2, 1995 (29 years ago) (1995-01-02)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 68 (UHF, 1995–2007)
  • Digital: 49 (UHF, 2003–2019)
Call sign meaningLiving Faith Grundy
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID37808
ERP
  • DTS1: 479 kW
  • DTS2: 0.1 kW
HAAT
  • DTS1: 662 m (2,172 ft)
  • DTS2: 482 m (1,581 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
Links
Public license information
Websitelivingfaithtv.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.

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. 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
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
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. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49, 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

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