WFET-LD
WFET-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 29,[2] is a low-powered FETV-affiliated television station licensed to Lewisburg, Tennessee, United States and also serving Columbia.[3] The station is owned by Maurice Bailey. The station's transmitter is located along West 6th Street and Reservoir Hill Road in downtown Columbia.[4]
Lewisburg/Columbia, Tennessee United States | |
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City | Lewisburg, Tennessee |
Channels | Digital: 29 (UHF) Virtual: 29 (PSIP) |
Branding | Family Entertainment Television WFET |
Slogan | real. family. entertainment. |
Programming | |
Affiliations | FETV[1] |
Ownership | |
Owner | Maurice Bailey |
History | |
Founded | 2003 |
First air date | 2005 |
Former call signs | W34DB (2003-2012) W29DM-D (2012-2019) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 34 (UHF, 2003-2012) |
Analog/DT1: Independent (2005-2016 and 2019-2020) America One (2005-2014) GBN (2005-2015) Silent (2016-2019) | |
Call sign meaning | We're Family Entertainment Television (Current Affiliation) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 168849 |
ERP | 5 kW 5.2 kW (CP) |
HAAT | 220 ft (67 m) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°26′55″N 86°47′23″W |
History
Background
From 2003 until 2016, the station was a sister station to the former Country-formatted station WAXO-AM-FM (now WJJM-AM-FM).
As a hybrid independent/religious network station
The station signed on the air at some time in 2005 as W34DB.[5][6] It served the Lewisburg, Tennessee area as an independent station. The station also served as a secondary affiliate of America One in the mid-morning hours (until that network was discontinued in September 2014 and merged with Youtoo TV), and as a secondary Gospel Broadcasting Network (GBN) affiliate until 2015. Local programming and replays of the local high school sports were also seen on the station; at other times, the station aired a slideshow of local events with audio from then sister radio station WAXO playing in the background.[7] The station was also streamed online via WAXO's website, until it was removed sometime in 2013.
In 2012, W34DB was shut down and replaced with W29DM-D, which taken over the former television duties as the former analog station. This was done in a form of a flash-cut transition from analog UHF channel 34 to digital UHF channel 29.
Silence and return to the air
The television station was taken off the air along with the former sister radio station in March 2016 due to the owners, Marshall County Radio Corporation, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, However, an application was filed on November 2, 2018, to return the station to the air, and the station would be sold to the new owner, Maurice Bailey, the next year on July 8, 2019, and at the same time, the callsign changed to the current WFET-LD.[8][9][10]
On November 29, 2019, WFET-LD returned to air with three subchannels, with 29.1 becoming Family Entertainment Television, 29.2 airing the Movies! network, and 29.3 Reel Country Music, which features country music videos.[1][11]
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
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29.1[1][2] | 480i | WFET | Family Entertainment Television | |
29.2 | Movies![11] | |||
29.3 | REEL | Reel Country Music (videos) |
References
- fetv.tv/channels/
- Digital TV Market Listing for W29DM-D/WFET-LD
- https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&appid=25076f916e9045a4016eb84bad566208&facid=168849
- https://www.rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=25076f916e9045a4016eb84bad566208&site=1
- https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=131196&Callsign=W34DB131196
- "W29DM-D/WAXO-TV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission.
- http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1625458
- http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1803645
- Callsign Change to WFET-LD
- moviestvnetwork.com/wheretowatch/
External links
- W29DM-D in the FCC's TV station database
- WFET-LD in the FCC's TV station database
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on W29DM-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WFET-TV