WHLV-TV
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HAAT | 494 m (1,621 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 28°35′12.6″N 81°4′57.5″W / 28.586833°N 81.082639°W |
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Website | www |
WHLV-TV (channel 52) is a
History
The station was founded August 16, 1982, as WTGL-TV by Good Life Broadcasting (WTGL stands for "The Good Life"). The station was initially a blend of family-type general entertainment programming such as classic
, as well as Christian programming.WTGL was at a severe disadvantage, since it was licensed in
On December 12, 2000, after the FCC began to permit duopolies, Good Life Broadcasting signed on a second station, WLCB-TV (channel 45). WLCB aired a mix of Christian shows, public domain movies, public domain episodes of some shows, as well as low budget classic sitcoms, sports shows, and lifestyle programming. WTGL continued on with a mostly Christian format.
On September 28, 2006, it was announced that WTGL-TV had been sold to the Trinity Broadcasting Network.[2] Good Life Broadcasting continued to control the original WTGL's master control operations. The two stations shared a studio at the corner of Michigan Street and I-4 in Orlando until June 2007, when then-WLCB and the master control for what was then WTGL moved to the former studios of WKCF in Lake Mary.[3]
In August 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.
Under the previous ownership of Good Life Broadcasting, then-WTGL-TV applied for a digital signal on channel 53, but the request was dismissed on account of the station's license being put up for sale (Good Life Broadcasting effectively moved the intellectual unit of the original WTGL-TV to what was then WLCB-TV, which today bears the WTGL call sign).
On January 22, 2009, WHLV's analog transmitter experienced a tube failure—the same problem which reduced the analog signal of WKCF to 60 percent of its authorized power. Unlike most other TBN owned-and-operated stations (which went digital exclusive on April 16, 2009), WHLV continued operating its analog transmitter at half of its licensed power under special temporary authority until the June 12 changeover date. On that day, WHLV activated its post-transition channel 51 digital transmitter after WOGX in nearby Ocala, Florida, ceased analog transmissions on that channel.
In June 2009, channels 52.2–52.5 were initially added to the digital lineup, but for unknown reasons the channels remained dark and carried no actual programming until August 15, 2010, when they finally began to pass TBN multiplex programming. At that point, master control was turned over to TBN. Since then, the station, like most other TBN O&Os, has essentially been a pass-through for automated TBN programming.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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52.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
TBN HD | Main TBN programming |
52.2 | Merit | Merit Street Media
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52.3 | 480i | 4:3 |
Inspire | TBN Inspire |
52.4 | 16:9 | SMILE | Smile | |
52.5 | POSITIV | Positiv |
TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[4]
Analog-to-digital conversion
WHLV-TV shut down its analog signal, over
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHLV-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "TBN Reaching Over Four Million Viewers with Full-Power Station in Orlando, Florida". WDC Media News. September 28, 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2006.
- ^ Orlando TV News Archives
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WHLV
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ^ CDBS Print