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{{Short description|Television station in Grundy, Virginia}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = WLFG
| city                   = Grundy, Virginia
| logo                   = Lftv.jpg
| logo_size              = 175px
| branding               = LFTV: Living Faith Television
| analog                 =
| digital                = 14 ([[UHF]]), shared with WAGV
| virtual                = 68
| translators            =
| affiliations           = {{ubl|'''68.1:''' [[Religious broadcasting|Religious]] [[independent station|Independent]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| network                =
| country                = United States
| founded                =
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1995|1|2|p=y}}
| last_airdate           =
| location               = {{ubl|[[Grundy, Virginia|Grundy]]–[[Bristol, Virginia]]|[[Bristol, Tennessee|Bristol]]–[[Johnson City, Tennessee|Johnson City]]–|[[Kingsport, Tennessee]]}}
| callsign_meaning       = Living Faith Grundy
| former_callsigns       =
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 68 (UHF, 1995–2007)|'''Digital:''' 49 (UHF, 2003–2019)}}
| owner                  = Living Faith Ministries, Inc.
| licensee               =
| sister_stations        =
| former_affiliations    =
| erp                    = {{ubl|'''[[distributed transmission system|DTS]]1:''' 479 kW|'''DTS2:''' 0.1&nbsp;kW}}
| haat                   = {{ubl|'''DTS1:''' {{convert|662|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}|'''DTS2:''' {{convert|482|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}}}
| class                  =
| facility_id            = 37808
| coordinates            = {{ubl|'''DTS1:''' {{coord|36|49|47.3|N|82|4|44.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}|'''DTS2:''' {{coord|36|48|0.3|N|83|22|35.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| licensing_authority    = [[FCC]]
| website                = {{URL|http://livingfaithtv.com/}}
}}

'''WLFG''' (channel 68) is a [[Religious broadcasting|religious]] [[independent station]] licensed to [[Grundy, Virginia]], United States, serving the [[Tri-Cities, Tennessee|Tri-Cities]] area of [[Southwest Virginia|southwestern Virginia]] and northeastern [[Tennessee]]. The station is owned by [[Abingdon, Virginia]]–based Living Faith Television. WLFG broadcasts from a two-site [[distributed transmission system]], with transmitters near [[Hansonville, Virginia]], and [[Harlan, Kentucky]].

The station's programming is relayed on two [[broadcast relay station#Satellite stations|satellite stations]]: WAGV (channel 68) in Harlan (which shares transmitter facilities with WLFG) and WLFB (channel 40) in [[Bluefield, West Virginia]] (with transmitter atop East River Mountain, south of [[Bluefield, Virginia]]). WAGV was the first to broadcast exclusively in digital following a malfunction at its analog transmitter.<ref name="Form 387">{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=730296&formid=387&q_num=5020|title=FCC Form 387, Exhibit 3: Updated DTV Status Report|date=February 9, 2009|publisher=FCC Database|access-date=March 12, 2009}}</ref>

==History==
Living Faith Television was founded by The Reverend Buford Smith who stated that God had given him a vision to build a TV station in Virginia.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} The station grew from the original station in Grundy to include the other two transmitters.

Rev. Smith was pastor of Tookland Pentecostal Church in Grundy until his death in May 2003. His son, Michael Smith, was president of the station until Buford Smith's death, when he became president and CEO of Living Faith Television.

Tookland Pentecostal Church was a major financier when the station was founded; it broke most of its ties with the station after it declared its independence in 2006.

Living Faith Television is now under the control of its [[board of directors]], with Mike Smith as president and CEO and wife Lisa Smith as CFO. Other personalities are Mary Smith (wife of the late Buford Smith), Laverne Tripp and Fred Schmidt, among others.

==Programming==
The station's programming consists mostly of content by other ministries that purchase air time, along with some [[infomercial]]s. Original programming is spread throughout the broadcast day by the flagship program ''Living Faith Now!'' (formerly ''From These Hills''), along with ''Sing Time'', Fred Schmidt, and ''Life Begins at Calvary,'' a program produced by Calvary Church of the Tri-Cities, and other programs.

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WLFG<ref>{{Cite web |title=RabbitEars TV Query for WLFG |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WLFG |access-date=January 26, 2024 |website=[[RabbitEars.info]]}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.1
| rowspan=13|[[480i]] || [[4:3]] || WLFG-DT || Main WLFG programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.2
| [[16:9]] || Defy || [[Defy TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.3
| rowspan=2|4:3 || ION || [[Ion Television]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.4
| TruReal || [Blank]
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.5
| 16:9 || GEB || [[GEB Network]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.6
| 4:3 || Buzzr || [[Buzzr]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.7
| rowspan=2|16:9 || QVC || [[QVC]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.8
| Quest || [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.9
| 4:3 || Twist || [[Twist (TV network)|Twist]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.10
| 16:9 || Decades || [[Catchy Comedy]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.11
| rowspan=2|4:3 || GetTv || [[getTV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.12
|  || [[Scripps News]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.13
| 16:9 || TheGrio || [[TheGrio]]
|}

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WLFG shut down its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 68, in May 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public Attachmatch |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-2236A1.pdf}}</ref> The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 68.

==Satellite stations==
{| class="wikitable"
! Station
! [[City of license]]
! [[channel (broadcasting)|Channels]]<br />''([[digital terrestrial television|RF]] / [[virtual channel|VC]])''
! First air date
! [[effective radiated power|ERP]]
! [[HAAT]]
! [[Facility ID]]
! Transmitter coordinates
! Public license information
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''WAGV'''
| [[Harlan, Kentucky]]
| 14 ([[UHF]])<br />{{small|(shared with WLFG)}}<br />68
| {{start date and age|1999|8|p=y}}<br />{{small|(on [[analog television|analog]] channel 44)}}
| '''DTS1:''' 479&nbsp;kW<br />'''DTS2:''' 0.1&nbsp;kW
| '''DTS1:''' {{convert|662|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />'''DTS2:''' {{convert|482|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| 37809
| '''DTS1:'''<br />{{nowrap|{{coord|36|49|47.3|N|82|4|44.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}<br />'''DTS2:'''<br />{{nowrap|{{coord|36|48|0.3|N|83|22|35.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|WAGV|Public file}}<br />{{FCC-LMS-Facility|37809|3=LMS}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
| '''WLFB'''
| [[Bluefield, West Virginia]]
| 25 (UHF)<br />40
| {{start date and age|2000|11|2|p=y}}
| {{nowrap|300 kW ([[special temporary authority|STA]])}}<br />{{nowrap|734 kW (CP)}}
| {{convert|411.8|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (STA)<br />{{convert|399|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (CP)
| 37806
| {{coord|37|13|12.3|N|81|15|19|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WLFB}}
| {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|WLFB|Public file}}<br />{{FCC-LMS-Facility|37806|3=LMS}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://livingfaithtv.com/}}

{{Tri-Cities TV}}
{{Bluefield TV}}
{{Knoxville TV}}
{{Virginia TV}}
{{Kentucky TV}}
{{West Virginia TV}}
{{Tennessee TV}}

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