WLFG (channel 68) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, serving the

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area of southwestern Virginia and northeastern

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. The station is owned by

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–base
Living Faith Television
WLFG's transmitters are located near

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and

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. The station's programming is relayed on two satellite stations: WAGV (channel 68) in Harlan (which shares transmitter facilities with WLFG) and WLFB (channel 40) in

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(with transmitter atop East River Mountain, south of

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). WAGV was the first to broadcast exclusively in digital following a malfunction at its analog transmitter.

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. 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 the board of Living Faith Television, 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

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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 digital signal is

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Analog-to-digital conversion

WLFG shut down its analog signal, over

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channel 68, in May 2007. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49. Through the use of

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, digital television receivers display the station's

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as its former UHF analog channel 68, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

Satellite stations

Out-of-market cable carriage

In recent years, WLFG has been carried on

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in a number of areas outside the

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, including cable systems within the

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, Lexington,

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and

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markets. According to Zap2it, WLFG has been carried on cable in

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, which is within the

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market. Much of the southeastern portion of the Lexington media market can pick up WAGV's signal. WLFG/WAGV is also available on TVS cable in the

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area, and much of Knott and

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counties, along with the Floyd County community of Wayland.TVS Cable - Coverage Area
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References

External links

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