WHFT-TV

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WHFT-TV
Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida
City of license Miami, Florida
Channels Digital: 46 (UHF)
Affiliations TBN
Owner Trinity Broadcasting Network, Inc.
(Trinity Broadcasting of Florida, Inc.)
First air date 1975[1]
Call letters' meaning World
Harvest
Florida
Television
(after the broadcast ministry of the previous owner)
Former callsigns WFCB-TV (1975-1976)
WHFT (1976-1982)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
45 (1975-2009)
Former affiliations independent (1975-1980)
Transmitter power 1000 kW
Height 308 m
Facility ID 67971
Transmitter coordinates 25°59′34″N 80°10′27″W / 25.99278°N 80.17417°W / 25.99278; -80.17417
Website www.tbn.org

WHFT-TV is a Christian television station serving the greater Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area. Broadcasting on digital channel 46, the station is owned and operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. The station's studios and transmitter is located at the Lake Trinity Estates complex[2] on Pembroke Road in Hollywood, west of I-95.

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[edit] History

WHFT-TV signed on in 1975 as WFCB-TV as a religious station owned by Florida Baptist Television. The station was on the air about 8 hours a day, but they were unable to keep the station solvent, so they put the station up for sale in early 1976 , with a request to sell it to a Christian ministry.

World Harvest Television, a.k.a. LeSEA Broadcasting purchased the station and took over in June 1976. The call letters were changed to the current WHFT-TV (standing for World Harvest Florida Television). LeSEA added their own religious programming, along with televangelist programming like The 700 Club. The station expanded their broadcast day to 24 hours a day. In addition, the station aired a general entertainment format for families during the 7-9 a.m. and 2-7 p.m. timeslots on weekdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Sundays were reserved for religion). However, the station's conservative programming policy kept it from making much headway against the market's dominant independent, WCIX (channel 6, now CBS O&O WFOR-TV on channel 4). Their secular shows included Leave It To Beaver, Little Rascals, Bugs Bunny, Popeye, Rocky and his Friends, Dennis The Menace (sitcom), The Brady Bunch, and others.

The station was profitable, but in 1980, Trinity Broadcasting gave LeSEA a high offer for that time, so the station was sold. In the summer of 1980, all the secular shows were dropped (some eventually moved to WDZL or WBFS, while others never reappeared on Miami television stations) and the station switched to TBN programming. The WHFT-TV callsign, however, remained on the station.

Some of the religious shows that had aired on WHFT-TV during the LeSEA era remained on the station because TBN was also airing these programs, but shows like The 700 Club were removed (however, TBN would begin running The 700 Club a few years later).

This station's digital signal, like most other full-service TBN owned-and-operated stations, carries five different TBN-run networks.

Channel Video Label Programming
45.1 480i TBN Main TBN programming
45.2 TCC The Church Channel
45.3 JCTV
45.4 Enlace Enlace USA
45.5 SOAC Smile of a Child TV

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

[edit] RV park

Adjacent to WHFT's studios on the grounds of Lake Trinity Estates is an 11-acre (45,000 m2) RV park. Full hook-ups are available with 30 AMP sites and propane sales. Swimming, fishing, Shuffleboard, Patanque, Basketball, and nearby golfing are available for guests.[3]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says March 17, while the Television and Cable Factbook says February 1.
  2. ^ Verified by Google Maps: 3300 Pembroke Road, Hollywood, FL 33021.
  3. ^ Florida - About Us. Tbn.org. Retrieved on 2010-11-11.
Television in South Florida and the Keys
English stations
WPBT (2.1 PBS, 2.2 Create) • WFOR (4.1 CBS) • WTVJ (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Weather) • WSVN (7.1 Fox) • WHDT (9.1 WeatherNation) • WPLG (10.1 ABC) • WLRN (17.1 PBS, 17.2 Learn/MHz) • WBFS (33.1 MNTV) • WPXM (35.1 ion, 35.2 qubo, 35.3 ion Life) • WSFL (39.1 The CW, 39.3 Ant., 39.4 this) • WHFT (45.1 TBN, 45.2 Church, 45.3 JCTV, 45.5 Smile) • WBEC (63.1 ind./educ.)
Spanish stations
WPBT (2.3 V-me) • WEYS-LP 6 (Alma.) • WSVN (7.2 Estrella TV) • WGEN-LD (8.1 GenTV) • WPLG (10.2 LATV) • WSBS-CD (22.1 Mega) • WLTV (23.1 Uni.) • WIMP-CD (25.1 Elementos, 25.2~.4 unknown) • WVFW-LD (34.1~.4 unknown) • WPMF-LP 38 (Azteca) • WSFL (39.2 Azteca) • WJAN-CA 41 (ind.) • W43CB-D (43.1 relg.) • WHFT (45.4 Enlace) • WFUN-LD (48.1 CV) • WSCV (51.1 Telemundo) • WGEN-LP 55 (Mega TV) • WAMI (69.1 TeleFutura)
Ethnic stations
Key West stations
WGEN (8.1 ind.) • WEYW-LP 19 (RTV) • WSBS (22.1 Mega) • WCAY-CA (36.1 tourist) • W39AC 39 (Mega) • WMDF-LP 41 (silent) • WKWT-LP 42 (silent)
Adjacent locals
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

West Palm Beach: WPTV (5.1 NBC, 5.2 Weather) • WPEC (12.1 CBS, 12.2 Mi Pueblo) • WFLX (29.1 Fox) • WXEL (42.1 PBS, 42.2 Create, 42.3 V-me, 42.4 FL Channel)
Local cable channels
Religious Television Stations in the state of Florida

Miami - Fort Lauderdale: WEYS-LP 6 (ALMA (Spanish), Miami) - WHFT 45 (TBN, Miami)
West Palm Beach: WTCE 21 (TBN, Fort Pierce) - WFGC 61 (CTN, Palm Beach) - WFGC 61.2 (CTNi, Palm Beach)
Fort Myers - Naples: W17CK 17 (TBN, Port Charlotte) - W22CL 22 (Daystar, Fort Myers) - W38CO 38 (TBN, Fort Myers) - WRXY 49 (CTN, Tice) - W56DW 56 (TBN, Naples)
Tampa - St. Petersburg: WSVT-CA 18 (Daystar, Tampa) - WCLF 22 (CTN, Clearwater) - W31CZ-D 31 (TBN, Tampa) - WYKE-CD 47 (FamilyNet, Inglis-Yankeetown) - WGPS-LP 51 (TBN, Sebring)
Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne: WTGL 45 (TLN / Faith TV, Leesburg) - WHLV 52 (TBN, Cocoa) - WACX 55 (Independent, Leesburg)
Ocala - Gainesville: W40CQ-D 40 (Independent, Alachua)
Jacksonville: WWRJ 27 (Ind. Rel., Jacksonville) - W50CO 50 (3ABN, Jacksonville) - WJEB 59 (TBN, Jacksonville) - WUBF 69 (COR, Jacksonville)
Tallahassee - Thomasville: W03AO 3 (Independent, Madison) - WACX-LP 9 (Independent, Tallahassee) - WVUP-CA 45 (CTN, Tallahassee)
Panama City: WWEO-CA 24 (FamilyNet, DeFuniak Springs) - W34DH 34 (TBN, Panama City) - WBIF 51 (Daystar, Marianna)
Pensacola - Mobile: WHBR 33 (CTN, Pensacola) - W39BP 39 (FamilyNet, Pensacola)
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