WHFT-TV

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WHFT-TV
City Miami, Florida
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
March 17, 1975;48 years ago (March 17, 1975) [1]
Former call signs
WFCB-TV (1975–1976)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 45 (UHF, 1975–2009)
  • Digital: 46 (UHF, 2003–2019)
Independent (1975–1980)
Call sign meaning
World Harvest Florida Television (after the broadcast ministry of the previous owner)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 67971
ERP 701 kW
HAAT 308 m (1,010 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 25°59′35.3″N80°10′26″W / 25.993139°N 80.17389°W / 25.993139; -80.17389
Links
Public license information
Website www.tbn.org

WHFT-TV (channel 45) is a religious television station in Miami, Florida, United States, owned and operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The station's studios and transmitter are located at the Lakeside Park (formerly Lake Trinity Estates) complex on Pembroke Road in Pembroke Park (with a Hollywood mailing address). [3] [4]

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History

The station first signed on the air on March 17, 1975, as WFCB-TV; it originally operated as a religious independent station that was owned by Florida Christian Television. [1] The sign-on took place more than five years after the original construction permit was issued on August 29, 1969. [5] The station aired programming for five hours a day, running a few local church services, Bible instruction programs, children's Christian programming, and programs from nationally known television evangelists. [6] Florida Christian Television's owners were unable to keep the station solvent, so they put the station up for sale in early 1976, with a request to sell it to a Christian ministry.

The Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association (later known as LeSEA Broadcasting) acquired the station in July 1976, after Florida Christian Television opted to sell for lack of capital. [7] The station's call letters were changed to WHFT-TV (standing for "World Harvest Florida Television"), and the station switched from viewer- to advertiser-supported. [8] Initially, the station's schedule expanded to nine hours a day with the addition of more Christian programming, much of it added by LeSEA, along with televangelist programs such as The 700 Club ; a further expansion soon after added additional secular family entertainment shows. [7] [8]

In 1980, a month after Sumrall declared that the station was not for sale, it was announced that WHFT would be purchased by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. [9] While TBN promised to increase programming from local religious ministries, the station dropped all of its secular programs as part of the sale. [10] Productions from the studios included the national Monday-night broadcast of Praise the Lord and a significant portion of TBN's Spanish-language output. [11]

The Pembroke Park mobile home park—mostly home to seasonal French Canadian residents—where WHFT's tower and former studios are located—was purchased by TBN in 1983 to reduce conflicts with neighbors and was known as Trinity Towers. [12] The complex was renamed Lakeside Park Estates in 2017. [13] The tower has been climbed on several occasions—including twice by the same man, ten years apart. [14]

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WHFT-TV
Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming
45.1 720p 16:9 TBN HDMain TBN programming
45.2inspire TBN Inspire
45.3 480i 4:3 SMILE Smile
45.4Enlace Enlace
45.516:9PosiTiV Positiv

TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009. [15] The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 46. [16] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 45.

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References

  1. 1 2 "WFCB Begins Operation on Channel 45". The Miami Herald. March 20, 1975. p. 12-C. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WHFT-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ Verified by Google Maps: 3300 Pembroke Road, Hollywood, FL 33021.
  4. ↑ Florida - About Us. Tbn.org. Retrieved on November 11, 2010.
  5. ↑ FCC History Cards for WHFT-TV
  6. ↑ Davis, Jim (April 5, 1975). "Channel 45 Is Alive!". Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel. p. 8B. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  7. 1 2 Davis, Jim (July 3, 1976). "Channel 45 Expands Broadcast Time After Purchase By Indiana Evangelist". Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel. p. 4B. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  8. 1 2 Anderson, Jack (July 27, 1976). "Will Viewers Support Religious TV?". The Miami Herald. p. 8-D. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Religious Network Buying TV 45: 'Inspirational' Station To Add Local Shows". The Miami Herald. January 25, 1980. p. 2-B. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  10. ↑ Matsuda, Craig (July 16, 1980). "California Firm Buys Channel 45". The Miami Herald. p. 2BR. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  11. ↑ Moskovitz, Diana (May 3, 2005). "TBN to woo with virtual life-of-Jesus experience". Miami Herald. p. 4B.
  12. ↑ Mittermaier, Carolyn (April 11, 1988). "New technology, old-time religion: Channel 45 exists to fill needs". The Miami Herald. pp. 1BR, 3BR . Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Notice". Sun Sentinel. December 20, 2017. p. 2H. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  14. ↑ O'Boye, Shannon; Monnay, Thomas (February 24, 2001). "Man scales TV tower to protest state ballot". Sun Sentinel. p. 3B. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  15. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WHFT
  16. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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