WHLV-TV
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| WHLV-TV | |
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| Orlando, Florida | |
| City of license | Cocoa, Florida |
| Channels | Analog: 52 (UHF) Digital: 51 (construction permit) |
| Affiliations | TBN |
| Owner | Trinity Broadcasting Network, Inc. (Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, Inc.) |
| First air date | August 16, 1982 |
| Former callsigns | WTGL-TV (1982-2007) |
| Former affiliations | CTN (1980s-1990s) TLN (until 2006) Faith TV (until 2006) |
| Transmitter Power | 3000 kW (analog) 13 kW (digital) |
| Height | 472 m (analog) 514 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 24582 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.tbn.org |
WHLV-TV is a Christian television station serving Orlando, Florida, licensed to nearby Cocoa. The station is an owned-and-operated station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and broadcasts on UHF channel 52, with a digital signal on channel 53. The station originates from the facilities of its former sister station, WTGL.
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[edit] Digital services
This station's digital signal, like most other TBN-owned stations, carries five different TBN-run networks:
| Channel | Programming |
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| 52.1 | The local TBN channel (simulcasting the analog station) |
| 52.2 | The Church Channel |
| 52.3 | JCTV |
| 52.4 | Enlace USA |
| 52.5 | Smile of a Child |
[edit] History
The station was originally founded August 16, 1982 as WTGL-TV by Good Life Broadcasting (WTGL stands for The Good Life). The station was initially a blend of mostly Christian shows with some general entertainment programming but evolved to an all Christian format by 1985. By then they affiliated with the Christian Television Network, which owned and still owns Tampa Bay's WCLF-TV Channel 22. WTGL was the second station to be part of the Christian Television Network. The station would end affiliations with CTN in the late 1990s, but it continued to operate as a predominantly religious station, changing its affiliations to the Total Living Network and Faith TV.
On December 12, 2000, after the FCC began to permit duopolies, Good Life Broadcasting signed on a second station, WLCB-TV Channel 45.
On September 28, 2006, it was announced that WTGL-TV had been sold to the Trinity Broadcasting Network.[1] As part of the deal, TBN established a shared services agreement (SSA) with Good Life Broadcasting, allowing Good Life's WLCB-TV to retain control of the original WTGL's operations. The two stations shared a studio at the corner of Michigan Street and I-4 in Orlando until June 2007, when both stations moved to the former studios of WKCF in Lake Mary.[2]
In July 2007, WTGL's calls were changed to its current calls, WHLV-TV. This made the WTGL callsign available to the former WLCB, which officially took the WTGL calls in mid-September 2007.
[edit] External links
- TBN website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WHLV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WHLV-TV
[edit] References
- ^ "TBN Reaching Over Four Million Viewers with Full-Power Station in Orlando, Florida", WDC Media News, 2006-09-28. Retrieved on 2006-10-08. (English)
- ^ <$BlogPageTitle$> Orlando TV News Archives
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