WVLR

WVLR, virtual channel 48 and UHF digital channel 36, is a CTN owned-and-operated television station serving Knoxville, Tennessee, United States that is licensed to Tazewell. The station is owned by the Christian Television Network. WVLR's studios are located on Kyker Ferry Road in Kodak, and its transmitter is located on Clinch Mountain near Powder Springs in unincorporated Grainger County.

WVLR
Tazewell/Knoxville, Tennessee
United States
CityTazewell, Tennessee
ChannelsDigital: 36 (UHF)
Virtual: 48
Programming
Affiliations48.1: CTN
48.2: CTN Lifestyle
48.3: CTNi
48.4: CTN SD
Ownership
OwnerChristian Television Network
(Volunteer Christian Television, Inc.)
History
First air date
October 6, 2002 (2002-10-06)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
48 (UHF, 2002–2009)
Digital:
48 (UHF, 2009–2020)
Call sign meaning
VoLunteeR Christian Television
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID81750
ERP798 kW
HAAT430 m (1,411 ft)
Transmitter coordinates36°15′30.3″N 83°37′42.6″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewvlr-tv.weebly.com

History

The station signed on October 6, 2002.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[1]
48.11080i16:9WVLR-HDCTN
48.2480i4:3LIFESTYCTN Lifestyle
48.3CTNICTNi (Spanish)
48.4CTNCTN SD

Analog-to-digital conversion

WVLR shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 48, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 48.[2] Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,[3] WVLR did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.

References
  1. RabbitEars TV Query for WVLR
  2. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  3. "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115".


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