WLFG

WLFG
Location	Grundy/Bristol, VA Harlan, KY Bluefield, WV
Branding	LFTV: Living Faith Television
Slogan	Together we're making it happen
Channel Number	68/44/40
Subchannels	68.1/44.1/40.1: LFTV-SD 68.2/40.2: Light TV 68.3/40.3: Ion Television 68.4/40.4: Buzzr 68.5/40.5: Justice Network 68.6/40.5: Quest
Affiliation	Religious Independent/Ion Television
First Air Date	WLFG: January 2, 1995 WAGV: August 1999 WLFB: November 2, 2000
Call Letter Meaning(s)	Living Faith Grundy
Former Channel Number(s)	Analog: 68 (UHF, 1995–2007)
Owner	Living Faith Ministries, Inc.

WLFG, virtual channel 68 (UHF digital channel 49), is an independent religious station licensed to Grundy, Virginia, in the United States. It serves the Tri-Cities area of northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia. The station is owned by Abingdon, Virginia-based Living Faith Ministries. WLFG's transmitter is located near Hansonville, Virginia.

The station's programming is relayed on two satellite stations: WAGV (virtual channel 44) in Harlan, Kentucky (which shares transmitter facilities with WLFG) and WLFB (virtual and UHF digital channel 40) in Bluefield, West Virginia (with transmitter atop East River Mountain, south of Bluefield, Virginia). WAGV was the first to broadcast exclusively in digital following a malfunction at its analog transmitter.

History

Living Faith Television was founded by The Reverend Buford Smith who claimed that God had given him a vision to build a TV station in Virginia. The station grew from the original station in Grundy to include the other three transmitters.

Rev. Smith was pastor of Tookland Pentecostal Church in Grundy until his death in May 2003. His son, Michael Smith, was president of the station until Buford Smith's death, when he became president and CEO of Living Faith Television.

Tookland Pentecostal Church was a major financier when the station was founded broke most of its ties with the station after it declared its independence in 2006.

Living Faith Television is now under the control the board of Living Faith Television, with Mike Smith as president and CEO and wife Lisa Smith as CFO. Other personalities are Mary Smith (wife of the late Buford Smith), Laverne Tripp and Fred Schmidt, among others.

TV stations in Commonwealth of Virginia
WSKY, Manteo/Hampton Roads/Norfolk WGBS-LD, Hampton Roads/Norfolk WDCO-CD, Woodstock WFDC, Arlington WDDN-LD, Washington, DC WZDC-CD, Washington, DC WZTD-LD, Richmond WXOB-LP, Richmond WTPC, Hampton Roads/Norfolk WJGN-CD, Hampton Roads/Norfolk WYSJ-CA, Hampton Roads/Norfolk WVAD-LD, Hampton Roads/Norfolk WWBK-LP, Richmond WMDV-LD, Danville WRID-LD, Richmond WLFG, Grundy/Bristol

TV stations in Kentucky
Louisville market stations:	Lexington/E. KY market stations:	Bowling Green market stations:	Other Adjacent Urban areas:
WLCU-CD, Campbellsville	WOBZ-LD, East Bernstadt/London	WCZU-LD, Bowling Green	WAGV, Harlan
W06AY-D, Lebanon	W10BM, Morehead		WPBM-CD, Scottsville
W50CI-D, Louisville	WVTN-LP, Corbin		WTSF, Ashland
WBXV-LP, Louisville	WLJC, Beattyville
WDYL-LD, Louisville

TV stations in West Virginia
WWVW-LD, Wheeling W30DG-D, Huntington WZTS-LD, Summersville WHJC-LP, Williamson WLFB, Bluefield

TV stations in Commonwealth of Virginia
WPXV, Hampton Roads/Norfolk WPXR, Roanoke WRIC-DT2, Richmond WPXW, Manassas/Washington, DC WCAV-DT4, Charlottesville WHSV-DT3, Harrisonburg/Staunton WLFG-DT3, Grundy/Bristol

TV stations in the Tri-Cities, TN / VA region, including Johnson City - Kingsport - Bristol, TN and Bristol, VA
WETP 2 (PBS) WCYB 5 (NBC) WOPI-CD 9 (Laff) WJHL 11 (CBS) WKPT 19 (COZI) WAPK-CD 36 (MeTV) WEMT 39 (Fox) WLFG 68 (Ind)

TV stations in serving Bluefield - Beckley - Oak Hill, West Virginia and Bluefield, Virginia
WVVA 6 (NBC) WSWP 9 (PBS) WZTS-LD 16 (Cozi) WJDG-LD 23 (Ind) WJDW-LD 35 (Ind) WLFB 40 (Ind) WOAY 50 (ABC) WVNS 59 (CBS)

TV stations in East Tennessee, including Knoxville
WATE 6 (ABC) WKNX 7 (Ind) WVLT 8 (CBS) WBIR 10 (NBC) W14CX-D 14 (3ABN) WKOP 15 (PBS) WBXX 20 (CW) WDTT-LD 24 (Daystar) WTNZ 43 (Fox) WAGV 44 (Ind) W45DF-D 45 (HSN) WVLR 48 (CTN) WPXK 54 (Ion)