WFET-LD
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Independent (2005–2016, 2019–2022) FETV (2020–2021) | |
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Call sign meaning | "We're Family Entertainment Television" (From former affiliation) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 168849 |
Class | LD |
ERP | 15 kW |
HAAT | 198 m (650 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°37′45.2″N 86°55′30.1″W / 35.629222°N 86.925028°W |
Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
WFET-LD (channel 15) is a low-power television station licensed to Lewisburg, Tennessee, United States, and also serving Columbia.[2] Owned by Gray Television, it is a translator of Nashville-based Telemundo affiliate WTNX-LD (channel 15), and also functions as a repeater for its full-power sister station, NBC affiliate WSMV-TV (channel 4). WFET-LD's transmitter is located on Cranford Hollow Road east of Columbia;[3] its parent stations share studios on Knob Road in West Nashville.
History
As a hybrid independent/religious network station
The station signed on the air at some time in 2005 as W34DB.
In 2012, W34DB was shut down and replaced with W29DM-D. This was done in a form of a
An application was filed on November 2, 2018, to return the station to the air. The station would be sold to the new owner, Maurice Bailey, the next year on July 8, 2019, and at the same time, the callsign changed to the current WFET-LD.[7][8][9]
On November 29, 2019, WFET-LD returned to the air carrying three subchannels, with localized classic TV shows airing on 29.1, classic movies on 29.2, and Reel Country Music on 29.3, which features country music videos. WFET also streamed all three of its digital subchannels online, until they were taken down after the sale of the station in 2022.
Sale to Gray Television; relaunch as Telemundo
On January 8, 2022, the Bailey family signed a deal to sell WFET-LD to Atlanta-based Gray Television (owner of WSMV-TV) for $125,000.[10] The sale of the station was finalized on February 22, 2022.[11] Gray did not reveal future plans of WFET-LD before the sale of the station was finalized.
WFET-LD would return to the air on September 13, 2022, as a repeater of Telemundo affiliate WTNX-LD. It also relays WSMV-TV on a separate subchannel, as it is mapped as virtual channel 4.10.
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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29.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
WTNX-LD | Telemundo (via WTNX-LD) |
4.10 | WSMV-HD | NBC (WSMV-TV) |
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFET-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&appid=25076f916e9045a4016eb84bad566208&facid=168849
- ^ "RabbitEars.Info".
- ^ "Call Sign History".
- ^ "TV Query Results -- Video Division (FCC) USA".
- ^ "W29DM-D/WAXO-TV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Application Search Details".
- ^ "Application Search Details".
- ^ Callsign Change to WFET-LD
- ^ "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ "Draft Copy « License Modernization « FCC".
- ^ Digital TV Market Listing for WFET-LD