WPGD-TV
| Hendersonville/Nashville, Tennessee United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Hendersonville, Tennessee |
| Channels |
Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 50 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels |
50.1 TBN 50.2 Hillsong Channel 50.3 JUCE TV/Smile of a Child 50.4 TBN Enlace USA 50.5 TBN Salsa |
| Affiliations | TBN (O&O) |
| Owner |
Trinity Broadcasting Network, Inc. (TCCSA, INC. d/b/a Trinity Broadcasting Network) |
| Founded | September 17, 1987 |
| First air date | September 24, 1992 [1] |
| Call letters' meaning | W Praise God Daily |
| Sister station(s) | WBUY-TV |
| Former callsigns | WPGD (1992-2003) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 50 (UHF, 1992-2009) Digital: 51 (UHF, 2003-2009) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 1,351 feet (412 m) |
| Facility ID | 60820 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°16′3″N 86°47′44″W / 36.26750°N 86.79556°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | TBN.org |
WPGD-TV is a religious television station licensed to Hendersonville, Tennessee and serving the entirety of the Nashville market, along with Bowling Green, Kentucky to the north. It is one of the flagship owned-and-operated stations for the Trinity Broadcasting Network. It broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 33 (shown as the station's former analog Channel 50 via PSIP). The station's transmitter is located in Whites Creek just off Interstate 24 and Old Hickory Boulevard. Studios and local broadcasting facilities are based out of Trinity Music City on Music City Boulevard in Hendersonville, which also acts as a host studio for several TBN programs and is marketed as a religious tourist attraction, in addition to its former role as the estate of the late Conway Twitty.
History
Although granted a construction permit in September 1987, the station did not sign on the air until September 1992 as Nashville’s over-the-air outlet of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, which it has exclusively broadcast since sign-on.[2] Its original analog TV transmitter was located along Tennessee State Route 109 in Sumner County between Portland and Gallatin.
At one point during the 1990s, WPGD also operated a low-power translator, W36AK serving central Nashville due to the analog translator's location, until it was discontinued at an unknown date.[3][4]
Digital television
This station's digital signal, like most other full-service TBN owned-and-operated stations, carries five different TBN-run networks.
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50.1 | 480i | 4:3 | TBN | Main TBN programming |
| 50.2 | TCC | Hillsong Channel | ||
| 50.3 | COMBO | JUCE TV/Smile of a Child TV | ||
| 50.4 | Enlace | Enlace | ||
| 50.5 | SALSA | TBN Salsa |
TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[5]
WPGD-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 50 on that date. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 51 to channel 33.[6] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 50.
References
- ↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says September 23, while the Television and Cable Factbook says September 24.
- ↑ Digital TV Market Listing for WPGD-TV RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ http://oldtvguides.com/all_thumbs/50-wpgd%20%20%20hendersonville,%20tn%20%20%20361%20mi.html
- ↑ Jeff Kadet. K1MOD’s TV DX Photos: All Analog Photos by Channel-Callsign
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WPGD-TV
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
External links
- TBN - Official Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WPGD
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WPGD-TV