WFGC

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WFGC
CityPalm Beach, Florida
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
May 21, 1993 (32 years ago) (1993-05-21)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 61 (UHF, 1993–2009)
  • Digital: 49 (UHF, 2003–2020)
Call sign meaning
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID11123
ERP67.6 kW
HAAT354 m (1,161 ft)
Transmitter coordinates26°35′21.2″N 80°12′42.8″W / 26.589222°N 80.211889°W / 26.589222; -80.211889
Links
Public license information
Websitectnonline.com/affiliate/wfgc/

WFGC (channel 61) is a religious television station licensed to Palm Beach, Florida, United States, serving the West Palm Beach area as an owned-and-operated station of the Christian Television Network (CTN). The station's studios are located on West Blue Heron Boulevard in Riviera Beach (in the former studio of Fox affiliate WFLX, channel 29), and its transmitter is located near Royal Palm Beach, Florida.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WFGC[2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
61.1 1080i16:9WFGC-HDCTN
61.2 480i4:3LifestyCTN Lifestyle
61.3 CTNiCTN International
61.4 BUZZRBuzzr
61.5 BIZ-TVBiz TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

WFGC ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 61, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 49, using virtual channel 61.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WFGC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "RabbitEars TV Query for WFGC". RabbitEars. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  3. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.