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.

WFGC
CityPalm Beach, Florida
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
May 21, 1993 (31 years ago) (1993-05-21)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 61 (UHF, 1993–2009)
  • Digital: 49 (UHF, 2003–2020)
Call sign meaning
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID11123
ERP17.9 kW
HAAT123 m (404 ft)
Transmitter coordinates26°45′48″N 80°12′17.9″W / 26.76333°N 80.204972°W / 26.76333; -80.204972
Links
Public license information
Websitectnonline.com/affiliate/wfgc/

Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WFGC[2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
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

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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

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFGC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WFGC
  3. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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