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.
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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 |
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WSKY, Manteo/Hampton Roads/Norfolk WGBS-LD, Hampton Roads/Norfolk |
TV stations in Kentucky | |||
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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 |
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WWVW-LD, Wheeling W30DG-D, Huntington |
TV stations in Commonwealth of Virginia |
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WPXV, Hampton Roads/Norfolk WPXR, Roanoke |
TV stations in the Tri-Cities, TN / VA region, including Johnson City - Kingsport - Bristol, TN and Bristol, VA |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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