| Live Well Network | |
|---|---|
| Launched | April 27, 2009 |
| Owned by | Disney-ABC Television Group |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| Country | United States |
| Sister channel(s) | ABC |
| Website | http://www.livewellnetwork.com |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Available on some DTV subchannels | See below |
| Cable | |
| Available on some cable systems | Check local listings for channels |
Live Well Network is a home, health and lifestyle high definition digital subchannel network owned by Disney-ABC Television Group. The network launched as Live Well HD Network on April 27, 2009, and is currently available on digital subchannels of all ABC owned and operated stations and Belo stations, with additional stations adding the channel in the near future. The channel airs home, health and lifestyle programming and is similar to ION Life, which launched in 2007.
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List of programs broadcast by Live Well Network
Live Well Network airs programming dedicated to home decorating, fashion and beauty, food, health, travel and finance. Programming includes Mirror/Mirror, On The Money, Mary Talks Money, Steven and Chris, Let's Dish, and Mexico: One Plate at a Time, among others. The schedule is not on a strict 24/7 basis; as Live Well programming is shown in five 3-hour daily loops interwoven with infomercials. Some stations preempt paid programming with their own local programming, which usually include replays of local news broadcasts, local sporting events (such as Philadelphia Union soccer on WPVI-TV), and/or local programming from affiliates such as KGO-TV's View from the Bay KTNV-TV's Morning Blend, and WCNC-TV's Charlotte Today.
The network broadcasts in a lower-bandwidth form of 720p HD format in order to preserve bandwidth for the main HD station signal and additional 480i digital subchannels; for instance, WABC-TV's main channel (7.1) broadcasts in HD at 10 Mbit/s, while Live Well on Channel 7.2 has a 5 Mbit/s HD signal, leaving 3 Mbit/s for their local version of the Live Well channel in 480i on Channel 7.3.[1][2] Cable carriage is also featured in the ABC markets (e.g., Comcast in Houston, Texas and Cablevision in the New York/Tri-State Region), either through the full HD feed or a 480i standard definition version.[3][4]
Live Well Network airs in high definition on ABC's owned-and-operated stations as part of the stations' Plus-branded subchannels (e.g. WABC-DT2 in New York). and on non-ABC affiliate groups, mainly those outside of the Top 10 Nielsen markets.[5][6] In September 2010, Belo became the first non-ABC group to sign on with the network, adding it to their stations on November 8, 2010. The stations include WFAA, KMOV, WCNC-TV, WVEC, & WWL-TV. Not all of the Belo-owned stations will air the network in HD (unlike the ABC group), which led the network to drop the "HD" from its branding to become simply Live Well Network.[7] Currently, three of the five Belo stations (WFAA, WCNC and WVEC) transmit their LiveWell subchannels in 16:9 standard-definition widescreen while the company's two CBS-affiliated stations transmit their LiveWell subchannels in 4:3 standard definition (with 16:9 letterboxes) for the time being. SJL Broadcasting became the second outside broadcast group to offer Live Well on its stations, following its purchase of WTVG and WJRT from ABC in 2011; both broadcast the network in standard definition format only.
On May 26, 2011, it was announced that a deal has been reached to air the network on nine Scripps-owned stations. No word on when those stations will air the network, though WXYZ-TV in Detroit added the service at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2011, replacing its former RTV affiliation[8] Currently, the WXYZ and KMCI-TV subchannels are transmitted in widescreen SD while the WEWS-TV subchannel uses letterboxing in its 4:3 transmissions.
| DMA Name | Station | Channel | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta, GA | WTBS-LD |
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Prism Broadcasting |
| Boise, ID | KNIN-TV |
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Journal Communications |
| Boston, MA-Manchester, NH | WBIN-TV[9] (Derry, NH) |
|
Carlisle One Media |
| Charlotte, NC | WCNC-TV |
|
Belo Corporation |
| Chicago, IL | WLS-TV[10] |
|
Disney/ABC |
| Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH | WEWS-TV[11] |
|
E.W. Scripps |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX | WFAA |
|
Belo Corporation |
| Detroit, MI/Windsor, ON | WXYZ-TV[10] |
|
E.W. Scripps |
| Durham-Raleigh-Fayetteville, NC | WTVD[10] |
|
Disney/ABC |
| Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI | WJRT-TV[10] |
|
SJL Broadcasting |
| Fresno-Visalia, CA | KFSN-TV[10] |
|
Disney/ABC |
| Hampton-Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA | WVEC |
|
Belo Corporation |
| Houston, TX | KTRK-TV[10] |
|
Disney/ABC |
| Indianapolis, IN | WRTV-TV[10] |
|
E.W. Scripps |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | KMCI-TV[10] |
|
E.W. Scripps |
| Los Angeles, CA | KABC-TV[10] |
|
Disney/ABC |
| Milwaukee, WI | WTMJ-TV |
|
Journal Communications |
| New Orleans, LA | WWL-TV |
|
Belo Corporation |
| New York, NY | WABC-TV[10] |
|
Disney/ABC |
| Omaha, NE | KMTV-TV |
|
Journal Communications |
| Philadelphia, PA | WPVI-TV[10] |
|
Disney/ABC |
| Phoenix, AZ | KNXV-TV[10] |
|
E.W. Scripps |
| Pittsburgh, PA | WBGN-CD[9] |
|
Bruno-Goodworth Network |
| Puerto Rico | W26DK-D (San Juan) W51DJ-D (Mayaguez) |
51.3 |
LKK Group |
| St. Louis, MO | KMOV |
|
Belo Corporation |
| Salt Lake City, UT | KSL-TV[9] |
|
Bonneville International |
| San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA | KGO-TV[10] |
|
Disney/ABC |
| Seattle, WA | KING-TV[9] |
|
Belo Corporation |
| South Bend, IN | WSJV-TV[12][13] |
|
Quincy Newspapers |
| Spokane, WA-Coeur d'Alene, ID | KSKN[9] |
|
Belo Corporation |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | WFTS-TV |
|
E.W. Scripps |
| Toledo, OH | WTVG[10] |
|
SJL Broadcasting |
| Tulsa, OK | KJRH-TV |
|
E.W. Scripps |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | WVXF (Saint Thomas) |
|
LKK Group |
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