WTSF

WTSF
Ashland, Kentucky United States
Channels	Digital: 44 (UHF) Virtual: 61 (PSIP)
Subchannels	61.1 Daystar
Affiliations	Daystar (O&O; 2003-present)
Owner	Word of God Fellowship, Inc. (Tri-State Family Broadcasting, Inc)
First air date	April 30, 1983 (1983-04-30)
Call letters' meaning	Tri-State Family Broadcasting
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 61 (1983-2009)
Former affiliations	commercial independent (1982-1983) religious independent (1983-2003)
Transmitter power	50 kW
Height	174.1 m
Facility ID	67798
Transmitter coordinates	38°25′11″N 82°24′6″W / 38.41972°N 82.40167°W / 38.41972; -82.40167
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.daystar.com

WTSF is a charismatic Christian television station in the Huntington-Charleston, West Virginia market, which covers parts of that state, eastern Kentucky and southeastern Ohio. It operates on digital channel 44. While the station is licensed to Ashland, Kentucky and its offices and studio are located in Ashland, its transmitter is located on a very short tower in Huntington's city park.

History

The station signed on as a commercial venture in September 1982, however it was not successful and was soon donated to a local religious group. It continued as such until 2003 when the station was sold to the Daystar national charismatic Christian network and, with a few exceptions, ended local programming.

While it was locally produced, the bulk of the channel's programming consisted of fund raising to continue broadcasting.

Digital television

Digital channel

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[1]
61.1	480i	4:3	WTSF-DT	Main WTSF programming / Daystar

Analog-to-digital conversion

WTSF shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 61, 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 44.^[2]^[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 61, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

References

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

External links

Broadcast television in Southeast Ohio, Western West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including Huntington and Charleston

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WSAZ (3.1 NBC, 3.2 MNTV/Me-TV) WCHS (8.1 ABC, 8.2 ANT, 8.3 Grit TV, 8.4 GetTV) WVAH (11.1 Fox, 11.2 ASN Channel, 11.3 Comet) WOWK (13.1 CBS, 13.2 WX) WOCW-LP (21.1 Silent/Future station) WKAS (25.1 PBS/KET) WLPX (29.1 ION, 29.2 Qubo, 29.3 Ion Life, 29.4 Ion Shop, 29.5 QVC) W30DG-D 30 (HSN) WQCW (30.1 CW) WVPB (33.1 PBS/WVPB) WPBO (42.1 PBS) WJOS-LD 45 (TFC) WTSF (61.1 DS)

Outlying areas	WOUB (20.1 PBS Athens, OH) WKPI (22.1 PBS/KET, 22.2 KET2, 22.3 KY Channel, 22.4 KET ED) W28DD-D 25.1 PBS/KET, 25.2 KET2, 25.3 KY Channel- Louisa, KY) WHJC-LD (27.1 RTV, 27.2 Tuff TV - Williamson, WVA) WTZP-LD (50.1 Cozi TV - Portsmouth, OH) WYMT (57.1 CBS, 57.2 This TV - Hazard, KY)

Local cable channels	Network West Virginia Southern 17

Adjacent locals	Columbus WCMH (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Me-TV, 4.3 ION) WSYX (6.1 ABC, 6.2 MyNetworkTV/This TV, 6.3 ANT) WBNS (10.1 CBS, 10.2 Decades) Parkersburg / Marietta WTAP (15.1 NBC, 15.4 weather radar)

Defunct stations	WKNA 49 (ABC/DuMont)

West Virginia Broadcast television Bluefield Clarksburg/Weston Huntington/Charleston Parkersburg Washington, DC Wheeling Ohio broadcast television Charleston/Huntington, West Virginia Cincinnati Cleveland/Akron Columbus Dayton Ft. Wayne, Indiana Lima Marietta/Parkersburg, West Virginia Steubenville/Wheeling, West Virginia Toledo Youngstown Zanesville Kentucky broadcast television areas by city Bowling Green Charleston, WV Cincinnati, OH Evansville, IN Knoxville, TN Lexington Louisville Paducah

Other Television Stations in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Louisville market stations	WLCU-CA 4 (Religous independent/The Walk TV, Campbellsville) WBXV-CA 13 (MTV2, Louisville) WBNA 21 (ION, Louisville) WKYI-CD 24 (This TV/JTV, Louisville)

Lexington market stations	WOBZ-LD 9 RTV/JTV East Bernstadt/London W10BM 10 AMGTV/WHTV Morehead WLJC 65 TBN Beattyville WUPX 67 ION Morehead

Bowling Green market stations	W14DG-D 14 Laff Bowling Green WCZU-LD 39 Antenna TV/MNTV Bowling Green

Other markets	WAGV 44 (Religious independent, Harlan) WPBM-CD 46 (FN, Scottsville) WTSF 61 Daystar Ashland

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Kentucky

Daystar stations

KDTN 2.1 (Denton, TX)
KINV-LD 14.1 (Billings, MT)
KTLJ 22.1 (Galveston, TX)
KOCE-TV 48.3 (Huntingdon Beach, CA)
KQUP 24.1 (Pullman, WA)
KQVE-LP 46 (San Antonio, TX)
KSXC-LP 5 (Sioux City, IA)
KUTF 12.1 (Logan, UT)
KWBM 31.1 (Springfield, MO)
KWBN 44.1 (Honolulu, HI)
WBBZ-TV 67.4 (Buffalo, NY)
WBIF 51.1 (Panama City, FL)
WCDN-LP 53 (Cleveland, OH)
WDCI-LD 57.1 (Chicago, IL)
WDMI-LD 62.1 (Minneapolis, MN)
WDPM-DT 4.1/31.1 (Pensacola, FL/Mobile, AL)
WELL-LP 8 (Willow Grove, PA)
WKNX-TV 7.2 (Knoxville, TN)
WKOB-LP 8 (New York City)
WNYI 52.1 (Ithaca, NY/Syracuse, NY/Elmira, NY)
WRID-LD 48.1 (Richmond, VA)
WSVT-LD 18.1 (Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL)
WTSF 44.1/61.1 (Ashland KY/Huntington, WV)
WUDT-LD 23.1 (Detroit, MI/Windsor, ON)
WUSP-LD 25.1 (Ponce, PR)
WYDN 48.1 (Worcester/Boston, MA)

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