WGGN-TV

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WGGN-TV
City Sandusky, Ohio
Channels
BrandingWGGN-TV 52
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Christian Broadcasting Ministries
  • (Christian Faith Broadcast, Inc.)
WGGN (FM), WLRD
History
Founded1980
First air date
December 5, 1982(42 years ago) (1982-12-05)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 52 (UHF, 1982–2009)
  • Digital: 42 (UHF, until 2019)
  • Translator: W33BW 33 Ashland
TBN (1982–2008)
Call sign meaning
"Witnessing God's Good News"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 11027
ERP 10 kW
HAAT 283 m (928 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 41°4′30.3″N82°27′4″W / 41.075083°N 82.45111°W / 41.075083; -82.45111
Links
Public license information
Website www.cbmtoday.org

WGGN-TV (channel 52) is a religious independent television station licensed to Sandusky, Ohio, United States, serving the Cleveland and Toledo television markets. It is owned by Christian Broadcasting Ministries alongside two religious radio stations: Castalia-licensed WGGN (97.7 FM) and Willard-based WLRD (96.9 FM). The three stations share studios in Castalia; WGGN-TV's transmitter is located in New London.

Contents

Operating on a commercial license, the station presently broadcasts religious programming from local churches and national ministries.

History

The station was founded in 1980 and first signed on the air on December 5, 1982, as an affiliate of the Trinity Broadcasting Network. As time went on, the station lost its TBN affiliation, but maintained a Christian based religious format.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WGGN-TV [2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
52.1 720p 16:9 WGGNDTVMain WGGN-TV programming
52.2 480i NEWSMAX Newsmax2
52.4OAN One America Plus
52.5RAV Real America's Voice

Analog-to-digital conversion

WGGN-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 52, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 42, using virtual channel 52. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WGGN-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "RabbitEars TV Query for WGGN". RabbitEars . Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  3. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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