WLLA

WLLA
Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids/ Battle Creek, Michigan United States

City	Kalamazoo, Michigan
Branding	Family Television
Slogan	West Michigan's Home for Family Television
Channels	Digital: 45 (UHF) Virtual: 64 (PSIP)
Subchannels	(see article)
Affiliations	Christian Independent
Owner	Christian Faith Broadcast, Inc.
First air date	June 30, 1987 (1987-06-30)
Call letters' meaning	We Love KaLAmazoo
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 64 (UHF, 1987-2008)
Transmitter power	440 kW (digital)
Height	330.8 m (digital)
Facility ID	11033
Transmitter coordinates	42°33′52″N 85°27′31″W / 42.56444°N 85.45861°W / 42.56444; -85.45861
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.wlla.tv

WLLA-DT, virtual channel 64 (UHF digital channel 45), is a religious independent television station serving the media market around Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States that is licensed to Kalamazoo. The station is owned by Christian Faith Broadcast, Inc., who also owns WGGN-TV in Sandusky, Ohio. The station's studios are located on East N Avenue in Kalamazoo, and its transmitter is located near Stewart Lake in Orangeville Township.

History

The station signed on the air on June 30, 1987. In 2007, the station entered a revenue sharing agreement with long distance telephone carrier Accxx Communications.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[1]
64.1	480i	4:3	WLLA-DT	Main WLLA programming
64.2			WLLA-D2	MeTV
64.3			WLLA-D3	Retro TV

The station began carrying programming from MeTV on digital subchannel 64.2 on July 4, 2013.^[2]

Analog-to-digital conversion

WLLA shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 64, on November 1, 2008.^[3] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45, using PSIP to display the WLLA's virtual channel as 64 on digital television receivers, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

References

↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WLLA
↑ Me-TV Adds Seven New Affiliates, TVNewsCheck, April 5, 2013.
↑ List of Digital Full-Power Stations

External links

Broadcast television in West Michigan, including Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Battle Creek

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations

Grand Rapids	WOOD 8 (.1 NBC, .2 Bounce TV, .3 Laff) WZZM 13 (.1 ABC, .2 AccuWX, .3 Justice Network) WXSP-CD 15 (.1 MNTV, .2 COZI, .3 Escape) WOLP-CD 15 (.3 MNTV, .4 COZI) WXMI 17 (.1 Fox, .2 Antenna, .3 This) WUHQ-LD 29 (.1 Daystar) WGVU 35 (.1 PBS, .2 Create, .3 MHz, .4 schedules/WGVU-AM audio) W48CL 48 (3ABN)

Kalamazoo	WWMT 3 (.1 CBS, .2 The CW, .3 Comet) WUHO-LP 36 (Ind.) WOKZ-CD 50 (.1 MNTV, .2 COZI, .3 Escape) WGVK 52 (.1 PBS, .2 Create, .3 MHz, .4 schedules/WGVU-AM audio) WJGP-LD (54.1 TCT, 54.2 TCT HD, 54.3 TCT Kids) WLLA 64 (.1 The Family Channel, .2 MeTV, 6.3 RTV)

Battle Creek	WOBC-CD 14 (.1 MNTV, .2 COZI, .3 Escape) WOTV 41 (.1 ABC, .2 GetTV, .3 Grit, .4 WX radar) WZPX 43 (.1 ION, .2 qubo, .3 Ion Life, .4 Shop, .5 QVC, .6 HSN)

Muskegon	W17DF-D / W42CB-D 17 (.1 Fox, .2 Antenna TV, .3 This TV) WOMS-CD 29 (.1 MNTV, .2 COZI, .3 Escape) WMKG-CD 38 (.1 Launch TV) WTLJ 54 (.1 TCT, .2 TCT HD, .3 TCT Family)

Holland	WOGC-CD 25 (.1 NBC, .2 Bounce TV, .3 Laff) WOHO-CD 33 (.1 MNTV, .2 COZI, .3 Escape)

Cable Channels

Fox Sports Detroit

MGTV

Comcast Television

Michigan broadcast television areas by city: Alpena; Detroit; Duluth, MN; Flint–Saginaw–Bay City; Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo; Green Bay, WI; Lansing/Jackson; Marquette; Northern Michigan; South Bend, IN; Toledo, OH

See also: Milwaukee TV

Other television stations in the state of Michigan

Detroit	0 ¹WHNE-LD 14 (LATV (DT1) RTV (DT2) Infomercials (DT3) Tuff (DT4) SBN (DT5) Vibrant (DT6)) WDWO-CD 18 (TCT) WUDT-LD / W48AV 23 (Daystar) ¹ WPXD 31 (ION) W33BY-D 33 (IND/Launch TV) ¹ WADL 38 (Ind/Antenna TV/Word) WLPC-CD 40 (The Family Channel) WUDL-LD 47 (IND)

Grand Rapids Kalamazoo	WUHQ-LD 29 (Daystar) WUHO-LP 36 (IND) ¹ WMKG-CD 38 (The Family Channel) WZPX 43 (ION) ¹ WTLJ 54 (TCT) WLLA 64 (The Family Channel/RTV/FN)

Mid-Michigan	W09CK 9 (IND) W24DL-D 24 (3ABN) WAQP 49 (TCT)

South Bend–Elkhart, IN	¹WYGN-LD 10 (3ABN)

Lansing–Jackson	W27CN 27 (TCT)

Marquette–Escanaba	¹ WDHS 8 (intermittent service)

Alpena	W18BT 18 (unknown)

¹ These stations are licensed outside of the core cities.

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Michigan

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