Light TV
| Type | Digital broadcast television network |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Availability | Nationwide (available on OTA digital television and LPTV) |
| Headquarters | Beverly Hills, California |
| Owner | MGM Television (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) |
Key people | Mark Burnett (MGM Television CEO) Roma Downey (Lightworkers Media president) |
Launch date | December 2016 |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Affiliates | List of affiliates |
Light TV is an American digital broadcast television network owned by MGM Television and scheduled to launch in December 2016. The network will feature family-friendly and faith-based entertainment programming. Light TV is headed by the husband-and-wife team of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey; Burnett is the CEO of MGM TV, while Downey is best known as an actress and star of Touched by an Angel. Both Burnett and Downey consider themselves deeply religious, and have teamed in the past on producing several religious- or family-oriented projects (most notably the 2013 History miniseries The Bible) through the MGM subsidiary Downey leads, Lightworkers Media.[1][2]
Programming
Light TV will feature several series and movies meant to fit the network's family-oriented approach, including content from the MGM film and TV library or acquired through outside sources.[1][2] The following television programs have been mentioned as being part of the network's initial schedule:
- Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
- Heartland
- Highway to Heaven
- Little House on the Prairie
- Touched by an Angel
Affiliates
Light TV will initially launch on subchannels of fourteen Fox and MyNetworkTV stations owned by Fox Television Stations, with most of the initial affiliates being owned-and-operated stations of the Fox Broadcasting Company.[3] MGM will offer the network to stations outside the initial markets.[4]
| City | Station[5] | Physical channel |
Virtual channel |
Owner (Management Company) | Date of affiliation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arizona | ||||||
| Phoenix | KSAZ-TV | 10.4 | Fox Television Stations | |||
California | ||||||
| Los Angeles | KTTV | 11.3 | Fox Television Stations | |||
| San Francisco | KTVU | 2.2 | Fox Television Stations | |||
District of Columbia | ||||||
| Washington, D.C. | WTTG | 5.3 | Fox Television Stations | |||
Florida | ||||||
| Ocala/Gainesville | WOGX | 51.3 | Fox Television Stations | |||
| Orlando | WOFL | 35.2 | Fox Television Stations | |||
Georgia | ||||||
| Atlanta | WAGA-TV | 5.4 | Fox Television Stations | |||
Illinois | ||||||
| Chicago | WPWR-TV[2] | 50.3 | Fox Television Stations | |||
Minnesota | ||||||
| Minneapolis | KMSP-TV | 9.5 | Fox Television Stations | |||
New York | ||||||
| New York City | WNYW | 5.4 | Fox Television Stations | |||
North Carolina | ||||||
| Charlotte | WMYT-TV | 55.4 | Fox Television Stations | |||
Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Philadelphia | WTXF-TV | 29.3 | Fox Television Stations | |||
Texas | ||||||
| Dallas | KDFW | 4.2 | Fox Television Stations | |||
| Houston | KRIV | 26.2 | Fox Television Stations | |||
References
- ^ a b "MGM Launches Light TV on Fox Owned Stations and Affiliates". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Faith-Based LIGHT TV Coming To FOX 32.2 In December". Chicagoland Radio & Media. November 16, 2016.
- ^ "Fox Stations Sign on For Roma Downey and Mark Burnett Network". TVSpy. Prometheus Global Media. November 16, 2016.
- ^ Kate Stanhope (November 16, 2016). "Roma Downey, Mark Burnett and MGM to Launch Faith Digital Network on Fox Stations". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ List of Light TV affiliates on RabbitEars.info