WELF-TV

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WELF-TV
Chattanooga, Tennessee
City of license	Dalton, Georgia
Channels	Digital: 16 (UHF)
Subchannels	23.1 - TBN 23.2 - Church Channel 23.3 - JCTV 23.4 - Enlace USA 23.5 - Smile of a Child
Affiliations	TBN
Owner	Trinity Broadcasting Network (TCCSA, Inc., d/b/a Trinity Broadcasting Network)
First air date	May 10, 1994
Former callsigns	WELF (1994-2003)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 23 (1994-2009)
Transmitter Power	300 kW
Height	425 m
Facility ID	60825
Transmitter Coordinates	34°57′8.8″N 85°22′56.8″W / 34.952444°N 85.382444°W / 34.952444; -85.382444
Website	www.tbn.org

WELF-TV is a religious television station licensed to Dalton, Georgia and serving the Chattanooga, Tennessee media market, spanning southeast Tennessee, northwest Georgia, and northeast Alabama. Its office and transmitter are in Lookout Mountain, Georgia (a suburb of Chattanooga), broadcasting digitally on channel 16, and formerly analog on 23. The station is owned and operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and signed-on for the first time on May 10, 1994.

[edit] Digital services

This station's digital signal, like most other TBN-owned stations, carries five different TBN-run networks:

Channel	Label	Format	Programming
23.1	TBN	480i	TBN
23.2	Church	480i	The Church Channel
23.3	JCTV	480i	JCTV - Christian music videos
23.4	Enlace	480i	Enlace USA - Spanish-language
23.5	Smile	480i	Smile of a Child - E/I children's programming

TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WELF
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WELF-TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in Chattanooga, Tennessee Stations WRCB 3 (NBC, 3.2 RTN) • WOOT-LP 6 (IND, silent) • WTVC 9 (ABC, 9.2 This TV) • WDEF 12 (CBS) • WNGH 18 (PBS/GPB) • WELF 23 (TBN, 23.2 Church, 23.3 JCTV, 23.4 Enlace, 23.5 Smile) • W26BE (3ABN) • WYHB-CA 39 (A1) • WTCI 45 (PBS) • WDNN-CA 49/ WTNB-CA 27 (FN) • WFLI 53 (CW) • WDSI 61 (FOX, 61.2 MNTV) Tennessee Broadcast television: Chattanooga • Huntsville, AL • Jackson • Knoxville • Memphis • Nashville • Paducah, KY • Tri-Cities Georgia Broadcast television areas by city: Albany • Atlanta • Augusta • Chattanooga, TN • Columbus • GSP/AVL, SC/NC • Jacksonville, FL • Macon • Savannah • Tallahassee, FL See also Huntsville TV

v • d • e Other television stations in the state of Georgia Atlanta stations Religious stations: W49DE (JCTV) • WDTA-LP 53 (Daystar) • WATC 57 / WSKC-CA 22 (FamilyNet) • WHSG 63 (TBN) Spanish stations: WUVM-LP 4 (Azteca América) • WTBS-LP 26 / WANN-LD 32.1 (MTV Tr3s) • WUVG 34 (Univision, 34.2 Telefutura) • WKTB-LD 47.1 (Telemundo; Korean: 47.2 KTN/KBS, 47.3 MBN/D, 47.4 Arirang) Other stations: WPXA 14 (ION) • WPCH 17 (Ind.) • W23DN 23 (HSN) • WANN-CA 32 (S@H / Jewelry TV) • WIRE-CA 40 (MTV2) • WTHC-LP 42 (tourist) • WYGA 45 (Retro Jams) Other markets WBEK 16 (A1, Augusta) - WYBU 16 (CTN, Columbus) • WPXC 21 (ION, Brunswick) • WELF 23 (TBN, Dalton) • W25CP 25 (TBN, Valdosta) • WDMA-CA 31 (Daystar, Macon) • WNEG 32 (This TV/A1, Toccoa) • W38CM 38 (TBN, Thomasville) • WDGA-CA 43 (Azteca America, Dalton) • WXSX 46 (MTV2, Savannah) • WDNN 49 (Independent, Dalton) • W50DA 50 (TBN, Macon) • WSST 55 (Independent, Cordele) • WGNM 64 (CTN, Macon) See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Georgia