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{{Short description|Over-the-air television station in Findlay, Ohio}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = WFND-LD
| logo                   = 
| analog                 =
| digital                = 19 ([[UHF]])
| virtual                = 19
| branding               = Buckeye Cable Sports Network
| affiliations           = [[Buckeye Cable Sports Network]]
| founded                = January 24, 1990
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1992|2|20|p=y}}
| location               = [[Findlay, Ohio|Findlay]]−[[Toledo, Ohio]]
| country                = United States
| callsign_meaning       = Findlay
| former_callsigns       = {{ubl|W47BD (1990-1997)|WFND-LP (1997-2013)}}
| owner                  = [[Block Communications]]
| licensee               = West Central Ohio Broadcasting, Inc.
| former_affiliations    = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1990−1995)|[[UPN]] (1995−1999)|[[America One]] (1999−2015)|[[Youtoo America]] (2015−2018)|[[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]] (2003−2018)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''|47 (UHF, 1992-2003)|22 (UHF, 2003-2013)|'''Digital:'''|22 (UHF, 2013-2018)}}
| erp                    = 15 [[Kilowatt|kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|102|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates            = {{coord|41|06|40.0|N|83|38|54.0|W|type:landmark}}
| class                  = [[low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| facility_id            = 21475
| licensing_authority    = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website                = http://www.wfnd-findlay.com/
}}

'''WFND-LD''' (channel 19) is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] [[television station]] licensed to [[Findlay, Ohio]], United States, serving the [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]] area as a [[Buckeye Cable Sports Network]] [[network affiliate|affiliate]] owned by [[Block Communications]]. Its licensee is West Central Ohio Broadcasting, Inc., a Block subsidiary.<ref name="tvbr-mvptowcob">{{cite news|url=http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/11550.html|title=Phipps flips Lima low-power cluster|date=November 29, 2008|work=Television Business Report|access-date=December 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601041600/http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/11550.html|archive-date=June 1, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>  Block also owns several other assets in Northwestern Ohio, including ''[[The Blade (Toledo)|The Blade]]'', [[Buckeye Broadband]] and [[WLIO]]. Engineering operations and monitoring are performed from West Central Ohio Broadcasting's operation center at 1424 Rice Avenue in [[Lima, Ohio|Lima]]. The engineering supervisor is Frederick Vobbe.

The station transmitter is a Gates Air model ULXTE-4 with an Alive Telecomm ATC-BCE48C1R-U Elliptical polarized antenna, (transmitter output power of 1,740 watts), electrical beam tilt of 1 degree (R/C AGL: 86 m R/C AMSL: 331.3 m). The pattern is the same as WFND when on Channel 22.

==History==

In 2004, the station was acquired from low-power broadcasting giant [[Equity Broadcasting]] by Metro Video Productions of Lima. Five years later, the station was purchased by [[Block Communications]] of Toledo.

On January 8, 2013, the station made a flash cut to digital channel 22, and is operating with 15 [[kilowatt]]s of power from a site located at 3800 North County Road 220 in [[Allen Township, Hancock County, Ohio|Allen Township]], north of the [[Whirlpool Corporation|Whirlpool]] plant.

On June 11, 2018, the station completed its [[construction permit]] to move from channel 22 to channel 19. The programming for WFND is now the [https://bcsnnation.com/ Buckeye Cable Sports Network] in HD.

==References==
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{{Block Communications}}
{{Toledo TV}}
{{Lima TV}}
{{Other Ohio Stations}}

[[Category:Television stations in Ohio|FND-LD]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1990]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in Ohio|FND-LD]]


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