WLLA

WLLA
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek/; Grand Rapids, Michigan; United States
City	Kalamazoo, Michigan
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF); Virtual: 64
Branding	WLLA
Programming
Affiliations	64.1: Religious Independent; 64.2: MeTV; 64.3: Heroes & Icons; 64.4: Decades ; 64.5: Retro TV; 64.6: Dabl
Ownership
Owner	Christian Broadcasting Ministries ; (Christian Faith Broadcast, Inc.)
Sister stations	WGGN-TV
History
First air date	June 30, 1987 (34 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 64 (UHF, 1987–2008); Digital:; 45 (UHF, until 2020)
Call sign meaning	We Love KaLAmazoo
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11033
ERP	350 kW
HAAT	330.8 m (1,085 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°33′52.1″N 85°27′31″W / 42.564472°N 85.45861°W
Links
Public license information	Profile; LMS
Website	www.wlla.tv

WLLA, virtual channel 64 (UHF digital channel 22), is a religious independent television station serving Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States that is licensed to Kalamazoo. Owned by Christian Faith Broadcast, Inc., it is a sister station to WGGN-TV in Sandusky, Ohio. WLLA's studios are located on East N Avenue in Kalamazoo, and its transmitter is located near Stewart Lake in Orangeville Township.

History[]

The station signed on the air on June 30, 1987. In 2007, the station entered a revenue sharing agreement with long distance telephone carrier .^{[citation needed]}

Digital television[]

Digital channels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[1]
64.1	1080i	16:9	WLLA-DT	Main WLLA programming
64.2	720p		WLLA-D2	MeTV
64.3	480i		WLLA-D3	Heroes & Icons
64.4			WLLA-D4	Decades
64.5		4:3	WLLA-D5	Retro TV
64.6		4:3	WLLA-D6	Dabl

The station began carrying programming from MeTV on digital subchannel 64.2 on July 4, 2013.^[2]

Analog-to-digital conversion[]

WLLA shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 64, on November 1, 2008.^[3] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45, using PSIP to display the WLLA's virtual channel as 64 on digital television receivers, which was among the high band UHF channels (52–69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

References[]

^ RabbitEars TV Query for WLLA
^ Me-TV Adds Seven New Affiliates, TVNewsCheck, April 5, 2013.
^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations

External links[]

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[1] RabbitEars TV Query for WLLA

[2] Me-TV Adds Seven New Affiliates, TVNewsCheck, April 5, 2013.

[Analog_to_Digital-3] List of Digital Full-Power Stations

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Grand Rapids–Kalamazoo– Battle Creek market	WUHQ-LD 29 (Daystar, Grand Rapids) WMKG-CD (38.1/.2 Ads, Muskegon) WTLJ (54.1/.2 TCT, 54.3 Light; Muskegon) WLLA (64.1 Rel. Ind., 64.2 MeTV, 64.3 H&I, 64.4 Decades. 64.5 Retro TV, 64.6 Dabl; Kalamazoo)
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