WFBD
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Destin/Pensacola, Florida United States | |
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City | Destin, Florida |
Channels | Digital: 29 (UHF) Virtual: 48 |
Branding | TCT |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 48.1: TCT 48.2: Sonlife 48.5: TrueReal 48.6: Defy TV 48.7: Newsy 48.10: Digi TV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Tri-State Christian Television (Radiant Life Ministries, Inc.) |
History | |
Founded | April 5, 1996 |
First air date | November 7, 2005 |
Former channel number(s) | Digital: 48 (UHF, 2005–2020) |
America One (2005–2014) Independent (2014–2020) | |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 81669 |
ERP | 704 kW |
HAAT | 312 m (1,024 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°59′52″N 86°43′13″W / 30.99778°N 86.72028°W |
Translator(s) | WPAN-DT 53.2 (21.2 UHF) Fort Walton Beach |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | www |
WFBD, virtual channel 48 (UHF digital channel 29), is a Tri-State Christian Television (TCT) owned-and-operated station serving Pensacola, Florida, United States, that is licensed to Destin. The station's transmitter is located near Wing, Alabama, north of the Alabama–Florida state line.
Due to its transmitter location, WFBD's signal covers the eastern half of the Pensacola–Mobile area and not Mobile proper. Therefore, in order to serve the western part of the market, the station is simulcast in high definition on the second digital subchannel of Fort Walton Beach-licensed WPAN (virtual channel 53.2, UHF channel 21.2) from its transmitter near Molino, Florida.[1]
History[]
The channel 48 frequency was previously used by former TV station WKAB-TV (1952–1954).
WFBD was formerly an affiliate of the America One television network, and a subscriber to the Independent News Network. It later switched to a format of local programming and infomercials.
On May 28, 2020, Flinn Broadcasting Corporation announced that it would sell WFBD, along with sister stations KCWV in Duluth, Minnesota, WBIH in Selma, Alabama, and WWJX in Jackson, Mississippi, to Marion, Illinois-based Tri-State Christian Television for an undisclosed price.[2] The sale was completed on September 15; the stations became owned-and-operated stations of the TCT network two days later, with WFBD becoming the fourth full-power religious station in the Pensacola–Mobile area.
Subchannels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[3] | Notes |
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48.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WFBD-DT | TCT | Simulcasts on WPAN 53.2 |
48.2 | 480i | SBN | Sonlife | ||
48.5 | TrueReal | ||||
48.6 | Defy TV | ||||
48.7 | Newsy | ||||
48.10 | Digi TV |
References[]
- ^ RabbitEars Contour Map for WFBD
- ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WFBD
External links[]
- Tri-State Christian Television affiliates
- TrueReal affiliates
- Defy TV affiliates
- Newsy affiliates
- Television stations in the Mobile–Pensacola market
- Television channels and stations established in 2005
- 2005 establishments in Florida