WDLI-TV
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| WDLI-TV | |
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| Canton / Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Channels | 17 (UHF) analog, 39 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | TBN |
| Owner | Trinity Broadcasting Network |
| Founded | January 1, 1967 |
| Call letters meaning | W David Livingstone International(?) (previous owner, 1982-1986) |
| Former callsigns | WJAN-TV (1967-1983) |
| Transmitter Power | 437 kW(analog) 200 kW(digital) |
| Website | www.tbn.org |
WDLI-TV is a religious television station in Canton, Ohio, serving the Cleveland market on channel 17. WDLI-TV is an owned-and-operated station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
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[edit] History
WDLI signed on in 1967 as WJAN-TV, a local independent owned by Janson Industries, offering a typical slate of local and syndicated programming. In its early years, they broadcasted in black and white only, as they couldn't afford color equipment.
In August 1977, Janson sold WJAN to televangelist Jim Bakker, notorious founder of the PTL Club. Under Bakker, WJAN became a religious station, with its mostly-Christian schedule.
Bakker sold WJAN to the David Livingstone Missionary Foundation in December 1982; shortly afterward, its calls were changed to its current call letters, WDLI-TV.
Four years later, in March 1986, Livingstone sold WDLI to its presnt owners, the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
[edit] Digital services
This station's digital signal, like most other TBN-owned stations, carries five different TBN-run networks: the local TBN channel (simulcasting the analog station) on 17.1, The Church Channel on 17.2, JCTV on 17.3, Enlace USA on 17.4, and Smile of a Child on 17.5.
The WDLI-DT digital signal is actually located in the western part of the Akron area, in order to better serve the entire Cleveland TV market. WDLI has applied to move its analog signal to the same location, though the application may not see approval due to the upcoming digital TV transition in 2009. At the transition, WDLI will retain its digital channel position of 39.
[edit] Affiliated Translator Stations
WDLI's analog signal is retransmitted on W52DS in Youngstown, as well as W51BI serving Geauga, Lake, and eastern Cuyahoga counties from a site in Kirtland.
[edit] External links
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WKYC 3 (NBC) - WEWS 5 (ABC) - WJW 8 (Fox) - WAKN 11 (JTV) - WDLI 17 (TBN) - WOIO 19 (CBS) - WVPX 23 (i) - WVIZ 25 (PBS) - WAOH 29 / W35AX 35 (A1) - WIVN 29 / WIVM 52 (A1) - W32AR 32 (TBN) - WRAP 32 (Corner Store TV/infomercials) - WUAB 43 (MNTV) (The Tube on DT2) - WEAO 49 (PBS) - WGGN 52 (TBN) - WCDN 53 (Daystar) - WBNX 55 (The CW) - WQHS 61 (UNI) - WXOX 65 (HSN/AS) - WOAC 67 (S@H/JTV) - WMFD 68 (Ind) |
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| Defunct television stations | ||
| See also: Broadcast television stations in the Detroit/Windsor, Toledo, Columbus, Ohio, Youngstown, Wheeling/Steubenville, Erie and London markets | ||
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