The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 2008)
| Type | Broadcast television network |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide via OTA digital television (covering 21% of the U.S.)[1] |
| Headquarters | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ValCom Get After It Media |
| History | |
| Launched | December 15, 2008 (as My Family TV) December 2013 (as The Family Channel) |
| Replaced | Faith TV |
| Former names | My Family TV Faith TV |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
The Family Channel is an American general entertainment television network owned by Get After It Media (formerly Luken Communications and Reach High Media Group), and based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[2] [3]
History
[edit ]In September 2008, ValCom announced that they would purchase the assets of Faith TV, relaunching it as a more broadly-distributed family television network.[4] On December 15, 2008, ValCom deal to purchase Faith TV closed and they relaunched Faith TV as My Family TV.[5] On October 1, 2009, ValCom completed the purchase of the network after making its final 250,000ドル payment.[6] The network had no connections with the similarly-named MyNetworkTV programming service, owned by Fox Television Stations.
On March 22, 2011, ValCom announced that My Family TV would become a joint venture with Luken Communications.[2] [3] Many of the programs seen on My Family TV, such as Route 66 , Lassie , Highway to Heaven and Daniel Boone also aired on sister network RTV.
In December 2013, Luken Communications rebranded MyFamilyTV as The Family Channel.[7] "The Family Channel" name was formerly used by the cable channel owned by Christian Broadcasting Network that became Freeform (now owned by Disney 15 years later) in January 2016; outside of some shared public domain programming once aired in the CBN/Family Channel era of Freeform, the two networks have no relation to each other.
Affiliates
[edit ]| City | Station | Virtual channel |
Physical channel |
Owner | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama[edit ] | |||||
| Birmingham | WSWH-LD | 22.3 | 22 | Get After It Media | |
| Fayette | WSSF-LD | 51.5 | 15 | Ettie Clark | |
| Berry | WSFG-LD | 51.5 | 31 | ||
| Opelika, Alabama | WQMK-LP | 18.2 | 18 | Ben Jordan | |
| Scottsboro | WNAL-LD | 32.1 | 31 | Get After It Media | |
Arkansas[edit ] | |||||
| Bentonville | K28NT-D | 48.1 | 28 | Victory Communications | |
| Monroe-El Dorado | KCIB-LD | 5.1 | 5 | Immanuel Baptist Church | |
California[edit ] | |||||
| Fresno | KSDI-LP | 33.2 | 44 | Cocola Broadcasting | |
| Redding | KDRC-LD | 26.3 | 26 | Cooper Communications | |
Colorado[edit ] | |||||
| Cortez | K26CI-D | 27.3 | 26 | Southwest Colorado TV Translator Association | |
| Denver | KZDN-LD | 16.5 | 16 | Syncom Media Group | |
Florida[edit ] | |||||
| Inglis-Yankeetown | WYKE-CD | 47.1 | 47 | Citrus County Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. | |
| Orlando | WRCF-CD | 29.1 | 35.3 | LocusPoint Networks | |
| WSWF-LD | 10.1 | 45 | Mundial Media Productions | ||
| Miami/Ft. Lauderdale | WBEH-CD | 38.1 | 38 | Prime Time Partners, LLC | |
| St. Augustine/Jacksonville | WQXT-CD | 22.6 | 28 | A1A TV, Inc. | |
| Tampa/St. Petersburg | WDNP-LD | 36.1 | 34 | Get After It Media | |
Georgia[edit ] | |||||
| Atlanta | WANN-CD | 32.6 | 29 | Prism Broadcasting Network | |
| Augusta | WBPI-CD | 49.1 | 49 | Watchmen Broadcasting | |
| Dalton | WDNN-CD | 49 | 49 | North Georgia Television | |
| Rome | WKSY-LD | 21.2 | 24 | Audio Graphics, Inc. | |
Indiana[edit ] | |||||
| Evansville | WYYW-CD | 15.2 | 15 | Evansville Low Power Partnership | |
| Indianapolis | WSOT-LD | 27.1 | 27 | Sunnycrest Baptist Church | |
Kansas[edit ] | |||||
| Wichita | KSMI-LD | 30.5 | 30 | Great Plains Television Network | |
| Garden City/Sublette | KDGL-LD | 23.4 | 23 | High Plains Broadcasting | |
Kentucky[edit ] | |||||
| Harlan | WAGV | 44.4 | 51 | Living Faith Ministries | |
| Paducah-Cape Girardeau | WUWT-CD | 26.2 | 26 | Harpole Telecom, Inc. | |
Louisiana[edit ] | |||||
| Shreveport | KVPO-LD | 30.5 | 30 | Get After It Media | |
Michigan[edit ] | |||||
| Millington | WXON-LD | 9.5 | 29 | P & P Cable Holdings | |
Mississippi[edit ] | |||||
| Cleveland/Greenwood | WPYM-LD | 38.1 | 38 | Get After It Media | |
Montana[edit ] | |||||
| Glasgow | K20JS-D | 20.1 | 20 | Valley County TV District #1 | |
| Fort Peck | K47CY-D | 47.1 | 47 | ||
Nevada[edit ] | |||||
| Pahrump | KPVM-LP | 46.3 | 46 | Vernon Van Winkle | |
North Carolina[edit ] | |||||
| Raleigh | WAUG-LD | 8.2 | 4 | St. Augustine's University | |
Pennsylvania[edit ] | |||||
| Charleroi | WWAT-CD | 45.1 | 45 | Local Media TV | |
| Pittsburgh | WBPA-LD | 12.3 | 12 | Get After It Media | |
| Philadelphia | WACP | 4.6 | 4 | Western Pacific Broadcast LLC | |
Puerto Rico[edit ] | |||||
| Arecibo | WMEI | 14.2 | 14 | Max Media | |
| Ponce | WQQZ-CD | 33.2 | 30 | ||
South Carolina[edit ] | |||||
| Greenville | WGGS-TV | 16.2 | 16 | Carolina Christian Broadcasting | |
| Myrtle Beach | WTNG-CD | 14.3 | 14 | Dilicast Broadcast Services | |
Tennessee[edit ] | |||||
| Knoxville, Tennessee | WKXT-LD | 34.1 | 34 | Get After It Media | |
Texas[edit ] | |||||
| Beaumont | KAOB-LD | 27.3 | 27 | C. Dowen Johnson | |
| Crockett/Tyler | KIVY-LD | 16.2 | 16 | Leon Hunt | |
| Houston | KUGB-CD | 28.5 | 28 | Frequency Communications, Inc. | |
| Wichita Falls | K24HH-D | 24.3 | 24 | Christian Family Television Network, Inc. | |
Utah[edit ] | |||||
| Cedar City | KCSG | 14.2 | 14 | Southwest Media, LLC | |
| Kanab | K28IT-D | 6.1 | 28 | Western Kane County Service District | |
| Logan | KUTO-LD | 15.2 | 15 | Soule Video Productions | |
West Virginia[edit ] | |||||
| Bluefield | WLFB | 40.4 | 40 | Living Faith Ministries | |
References
[edit ]- ^ "The Top 25 Digital Broadcast Networks". TVNewsCheck.com. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ a b Frank, Judy (March 22, 2011). "Chattanooga's Luken Communications Enters Joint Venture With ValCom Entertainment Company". Chattanoogan. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
- ^ a b "ValCom, Inc. Announces Joint Venture With Luken Communications". Marketwire. March 22, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
- ^ "Valcom to Purchase Faith TV; Re-launch as Family Television Network". tvover.net. September 3, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "ValCom, Inc. Closes Deal With Faith TV; Ready to Launch "My Family TV" Network". MarketWire. December 15, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "MyFamilyTV now solely owned by Valcom". Tampa Bay Business Journal. October 1, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "Luken Communications launches The Family Channel". RBR-TVBR. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2014.