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WLMB is a religious independent television station licensed to Toledo, Ohio, United States serving northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 5 (or virtual channel 40 via PSIP) from a transmitter located in Jasper, Michigan. Owned by Dominion Broadcasting, WLMB maintains studios on Capital Commons Drive in Toledo.

History

The station's first call sign was issued as WXAE-TV on July 17, 1992. It adopted its current call-sign on May 17, 1994. However, the station did not commence broadcasting until October 19, 1998.[1]

WLMB was an affiliate of Pax from 2000 to 2002, but the station only carried selected original and religious programming.

Programming

WLMB's lineup features religious programming in the mornings and early afternoons, classic TV series in the late afternoons and early evenings, more religious shows during primetime, overnights and all day on Sunday, children's shows on Saturday mornings and infomercials on Saturday afternoons.[2]

Awards and honors

  • Four-time National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Television Station of the Year Award winner (2003, 2004, 2007, 2010)
  • Seven-time NRB People's Choice Award winner (for various programs)
  • 2010 Bronze Telly Award for Commercial Production (for an ad for a NW Ohio furniture store)[3]
File:Wlmb.jpg
WLMB logo prior to 2013

References

  1. ^ "WLMB history". WLMB. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  2. ^ "Monthly Schedule". WLMB.com. Dominion Broadcasting. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "WLMB awards". WLMB. Retrieved 2014-04-30.