The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 2008)

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This article is about the American television network. For the history of Freeform (TV channel), see History of Freeform § The Family Channel. For other uses, see The Family Channel (disambiguation).
The Family Channel
television network
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide via OTA digital television
(covering 21% of the U.S.)[1]
HeadquartersChattanooga, Tennessee
Programming
Language(s)English
Ownership
OwnerValCom
Get After It Media
History
LaunchedDecember 15, 2008 (as My Family TV)
December 2013 (as The Family Channel)
ReplacedFaith TV
Former namesMy Family TV
Faith TV
Links
Websitewww.getafteritmedia.com/fam

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

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 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

City Station Virtual
channel 		Physical
channel 		Owner Comments

Alabama

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

Bentonville K28NT-D 48.1 28 Victory Communications
Monroe-El Dorado KCIB-LD 5.1 5 Immanuel Baptist Church

California

Fresno
KSDI-LP
 33.2 44 Cocola Broadcasting
Redding KDRC-LD 26.3 26 Cooper Communications

Colorado

Cortez
K26CI-D
 27.3 26 Southwest Colorado TV Translator Association
Denver KZDN-LD 16.5 16 Syncom Media Group

Florida

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

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

Evansville WYYW-CD 15.2 15 Evansville Low Power Partnership
Indianapolis WSOT-LD 27.1 27 Sunnycrest Baptist Church

Kansas

Wichita KSMI-LD 30.5 30 Great Plains Television Network
Garden City/Sublette KDGL-LD 23.4 23 High Plains Broadcasting

Kentucky

Harlan
WAGV
 44.4 51 Living Faith Ministries
Paducah-Cape Girardeau WUWT-CD 26.2 26 Harpole Telecom, Inc.

Louisiana

Shreveport KVPO-LD 30.5 30 Get After It Media

Michigan

Millington WXON-LD 9.5 29 P & P Cable Holdings

Mississippi

Cleveland/Greenwood
WPYM-LD
 38.1 38 Get After It Media

Montana

Glasgow
K20JS-D
 20.1 20 Valley County TV District #1
Fort Peck
K47CY-D
 47.1 47

Nevada

Pahrump
KPVM-LP
 46.3 46 Vernon Van Winkle

North Carolina

Raleigh WAUG-LD 8.2 4
St. Augustine's University

Pennsylvania

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

Arecibo WMEI 14.2 14 Max Media
Ponce
WQQZ-CD
 33.2 30

South Carolina

Greenville WGGS-TV 16.2 16 Carolina Christian Broadcasting
Myrtle Beach
WTNG-CD
 14.3 14 Dilicast Broadcast Services

Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee
WKXT-LD
 34.1 34 Get After It Media

Texas

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

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

Bluefield
WLFB
 40.4 40 Living Faith Ministries

References

  1. ^ "The Top 25 Digital Broadcast Networks". TVNewsCheck.com. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b Frank, Judy (March 22, 2011). "Chattanooga's Luken Communications Enters Joint Venture With ValCom Entertainment Company". Chattanoogan. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "ValCom, Inc. Announces Joint Venture With Luken Communications". Marketwire. March 22, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  4. ^ "Valcom to Purchase Faith TV; Re-launch as Family Television Network". tvover.net. September 3, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  5. ^ "ValCom, Inc. Closes Deal With Faith TV; Ready to Launch "My Family TV" Network". MarketWire. December 15, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  6. ^ "MyFamilyTV now solely owned by Valcom". Tampa Bay Business Journal. October 1, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  7. ^ "Luken Communications launches The Family Channel". RBR-TVBR. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

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