WPGD-TV
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HAAT | 412 m (1,352 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°16′3″N 86°47′44″W / 36.26750°N 86.79556°W |
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Website | www |
WPGD-TV (channel 50) is a religious television station licensed to Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States, serving the Nashville area as an owned-and-operated station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The station's transmitter is located in Whites Creek, Tennessee, just off I-24 and Old Hickory Boulevard. Its studios are located at Trinity Music City on Music Village Boulevard in Hendersonville, which also acts as a host studio for several TBN programs and serves as a religious tourist attraction, in addition to its former role as the estate of the late country artist Conway Twitty.
History
Although it was granted a
In 1997, WPGD was sold, along with the rest of Sonlight's stations, to All American TV (not to be confused with an unrelated television syndication company of a similar name), a minority-owned firm with close ties to TBN;[2] the sale to All American made the station a full-fledged affiliate of the network. WPGD became a TBN owned-and-operated station in 2000, when TBN purchased all of All American's stations.[3]
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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50.1 | 720p | 16:9 |
TBN HD | Main TBN programming |
50.2 | Merit | Merit Street Media
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50.3 | 480i | 4:3 |
Inspire | TBN Inspire |
50.4 | 16:9 | SMILE | Smile | |
50.5 | POSITIV | Positiv |
TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[4]
Former translator
At one point during the 1990s, WPGD also operated a low-power translator, W36AK, serving Nashville proper due to the main transmitter's location, until it was discontinued at an unknown date.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPGD-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. April 14, 1997. p. 47. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. March 27, 2000. p. 74. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WPGD
- ^ "1037". Archived from the original on 2011-11-20.
- ^ Jeff Kadet. K1MOD’s TV DX Photos: All Analog Photos by Channel-Callsign