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City | Plano, Illinois |
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Affiliations | 30.2 TBN Inspire for others, see WWTO-TV#Subchannels |
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History | |
Founded | June 30, 1988 |
Former call signs | WLPD-LP: W30AL (1988–1997) WSPY-LP (1997–2013) WLPD-CD: WSPY-LD (2011–2013) WSPY-CD (2013) |
AIN (secondary) America One/Youtoo TV | |
Call sign meaning | LocusPoint Digital (station's owner from 2013–2018) |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 189058 |
Class | CD |
ERP | 15 kW |
HAAT | 373.1 m (1,224 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°53′56.1″N87°37′23.2″W / 41.898917°N 87.623111°W |
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Public license information |
WLPD-CD (channel 30) is a low-power, Class A religious television station licensed to Plano, Illinois, United States. Owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network, the station carries its digital multicast channel TBN Inspire, along with a high-definition simulcast of Smile on its second subchannel. WLPD-CD is sister to Naperville-licensed TBN station WWTO-TV (channel 35); through a channel sharing agreement, the two stations transmit using WLPD-CD's spectrum from an antenna atop the John Hancock Center.
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