WJFB
| Lebanon-Nashville, Tennessee United States |
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|---|---|
| City of license | Lebanon, Tennessee |
| Channels | Digital: 44 (UHF) Virtual: 44 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 44.1 TCT Family 44.2 TCT Kids |
| Translators | W11BD |
| Owner | Dove Broadcasting, Inc. |
| First air date | January 11, 1988 |
| Call letters' meaning | Dr. Joe F. Bryant (Founder and former owner) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 66 (UHF, 1988–2009) |
| Former affiliations | Pursuit Channel Youtoo TV America One Jewelry Television ShopNBC Shop at Home Network Military Channel American Independent Network The Weather Channel |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 161 m |
| Facility ID | 7651 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
WJFB, UHF digital channel 44, is a television station serving Nashville, United States, that is licensed to Lebanon, Tennessee. The station's studios are located on Music City Circle, Nashville, TN, and its transmitter is located on Franklin Road, southwest of Lebanon.
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History
The station signed on the air on January 11, 1988, broadcasting on UHF channel 66. Prior to the digital television transition, WJFB aired programming from several different networks over the years including The Weather Channel, American Independent Network, America One (before adding the subchannel for that service, and then adding it again on its main channel, America One has since merged with Youtoo TV[1]), The Military Channel, Shop at Home Network, ShopNBC, Jewelry Television, Youtoo TV & Pursuit Channel. The station also broadcast several local sports events and regional sports through America One. Former local sports events included local auto racing, local high school football, UT Martin football and basketball, Cincinnati Reds baseball (by way of SportsChannel Ohio) and Showtime All-Star Wrestling. The station also broadcast the Lebanon Christmas Parade for several years, before moving to local public access channels. The station once aired a morning news program, TV 66 Morning Report Live, hosted by the station's then-owner Joe F. Bryant, which aired weekday mornings from 7 to 7:30 a.m., and featured news headlines as well as weather forecasts, traffic reports, some local sports, and some telephone calls from viewers. Bryant's terminal illness led to the cancellation of the Morning Report. Bryant died on October 10, 2011. WJFB was still operated by his surviving family members. Local church services was also aired on Sunday mornings on the main channel and was the main locally originated programming, Until August 31, 2014, when those shows also moved to the cable only access channels.
On February 4, 2013, WJFB reduced Jewelry Television programming on its main subchannel, to only one hour a day from 10 to 11 a.m., since that network is now available 24 hours a day on Nashville/Lebanon area cable providers and was considered a secondary affiliation. The station relied on America One for all of its programming; Jewelry Television was still listed in the Internet and electronic programming guides as broadcasting 24 hours a day, until about mid-April 2013, when the information was updated to feature only America One programming on WJFB.[2]
On September 1, 2014, WJFB became an affiliate of The Pursuit Channel. WJFB broadcast The Pursuit Channel's Programming around the clock except on Saturday mornings, when WJFB broadcast E/I Programming through Youtoo TV to help meet U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requirements. The America One affiliation was still carried full-time on WJFB's second digital sub-channel, until America One merged with Youtoo TV in September 2014. Programming from Youtoo TV was also seen on WJFB's second digital sub-channel, until April 1, 2015 when the Youtoo affiliation was discontinued on that channel and replaced with an SD simulcast of the main channel. [3] On April 3, 2015, WJFB moved the programming from the Pursuit Channel to its second subchannel entirely and replaced the Pursuit Channel's programming on its main subchannel with programming from TCT Network, which broadcast religious programming 24 hours a day.[4] Though only E/I programming was still broadcast from Youtoo TV on both channels, WJFB discontinued all programming from Youtoo TV including its E/I programming, thus putting an end to the affiliation between Youtoo TV and WJFB. WJFB now broadcast E/I programming from TCT Kids on its main and second digital subchannel to help meet FCC requirements. However, on April 13, 2015, the Pursuit Channel affiliation was discontinued from the second subchannel & replaced with a HD feed of TCT Network, branded as TCT HD.
On Thursday May 21, 2015, Bryant Broadcasting announced that they would sell WJFB along with Sister Translator W11BD to Dove Broadcasting, Inc.. The sale of both stations was finalized on August 17, 2015.[5]
On Thursday, September 3, 2015, TCT HD was replaced with TCT Family on WJFB's main digital subchannel of 44.1 and TCT Kids was placed on digital subchannel 44.2.
W11BD
Prior to the digital transition, WJFB relayed its signal on low-power translator station W11BD in Lebanon. That station signed on in 1987, carrying the same programming from WJFB, and signed off sometime in 2009 during the digital television transition. Three construction permits are active for the translator, the first one is to convert the translator station to digital broadcasting, the second one is to return the station translator to the air, and the third is to relocate the translator station to digital channel 18 when the conversion to digital for the translator station is completed.[6][7] On Thursday May 21, 2015, Bryant Broadcasting announced that they would sell W11BD along with Sister Station WJFB to Dove Broadcasting. The sale of both stations was finalized on August 17, 2015.[8]
Digital television
Digital channel
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WJFB-DT | TCT Family |
| 44.2 | 480i | 4:3 | WJFB-2 | TCT Kids |
Analog-to-digital conversion
WJFB shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 66, on June 12, 2009, the date in 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 44.[10] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its current UHF digital channel 44 rather than its former UHF analog channel 66, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.
References
- ↑ Youtoo TV listings for WJFB
- ↑ http://www.titantv.com/programming/channel.aspx/callsign/WJFBDT/channel/44/major/44/minor/1/cid/12459/sid/1421/network/AMER-1/pt/2/hd/1/lid/fdf1d511-a608-4ddd-99d8-f1ad6239df27/date/20130425/
- ↑ http://pursuitchannel.com/affiliates/
- ↑ TCT in your area
- ↑ "APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF A CORPORATE LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE, OR FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE OR PERMIT OF TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION (WJFB)"
- ↑ FCC Applications for W11BD
- ↑ W11BD FCC Applications for W11BD
- ↑ "APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF A CORPORATE LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE, OR FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE OR PERMIT OF TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION (W11BD)"
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WJFB
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
