WGGN-TV

Not to be confused with WGN-TV.
WGGN-TV
Sandusky, Ohio
United States
Slogan The Better Choice
Channels Digital: 42 (UHF)
Virtual: 52 (PSIP)
Subchannels 52.1 Main programming
52.2 Audio simulcast of WGGN-FM
Translators W33BW 33 Ashland, Ohio
Affiliations Religious independent
Owner Christian Faith Broadcast, Inc.
Founded 1980
First air date December 5, 1982
Call letters' meaning Witnessing
God's
Good
News
Sister station(s) WGGN (FM), WLRD
Former channel number(s) Analog:
52 (UHF, 1982–2009)
Former affiliations TBN (1982–200?)
Transmitter power 450 kW
Height 283 m
Facility ID 11027
Transmitter coordinates 41°4′30″N 82°27′5″W / 41.07500°N 82.45139°W
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.wggn.tv

WGGN-TV, virtual channel 52 (UHF digital channel 42), is a religious independent television station located in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. The station is owned by Christian Faith Broadcast, Inc., which also owns Castalia-licensed WGGN (97.7 FM) and Willard-based WLRD (96.9 FM). WGGN maintains office facilities located in Castalia, and its transmitter is located in New London. WGGN-TV's programming is relayed on low-powered translator station W33BW (channel 33) in Ashland.

The station was founded in 1980 and first signed on the air on December 5, 1982 as a partner station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Operating on a commercial license, the station presently broadcasts religious programming from local churches.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[1]
52.1 1080i 4:3 WGGN-DT Main WGGN-TV programming
52.2 480i 4:3 Weather (audio simulcast of WGGN-FM)

Analog-to-digital conversion

WGGN-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 52, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 42.[2] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 52.

References

  1. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WGGN
  2. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

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