WFGC
WFGC (channel 61) is a religious television station licensed to Palm Beach, Florida, United States, serving the West Palm Beach area as an owned-and-operated station of the Christian Television Network (CTN). The station's studios are located on West Blue Heron Boulevard in Riviera Beach (in the former studio of Fox affiliate WFLX, channel 29), and its transmitter is located near Royal Palm Beach, Florida.
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| City | Palm Beach, Florida |
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First air date | May 21, 1993 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 11123 |
| ERP | 17.9 kW |
| HAAT | 123 m (404 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 26°45′48″N 80°12′17.9″W |
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| Website | ctnonline |
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 61.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WFGC-DT | CTN |
| 61.2 | 480i | 4:3 | CTNi | |
| 61.3 | Standard-definition simulcast of 61.1 | |||
| 61.4 | CTN Lifestyle | |||
Analog-to-digital conversion
WFGC discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 61, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49,[3] using virtual channel 61.
References
- "Facility Technical Data for WFGC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- RabbitEars TV Query for WFGC
- "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.