Television station in Tennessee, United States
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
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edit
]
As a hybrid independent/religious network station
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edit
]
The station signed on the air at some time in 2005 as
W34DB
.
[4]
[5]
It served the Lewisburg area as an
independent station
, and was sister to former
country
radio stations
WAXO-AM-FM
(now
WJJM-AM
-
FM
). W34DB also served as a secondary affiliate of
America One
in the mid-morning hours (until that network was discontinued in September 2014 and merged with
Youtoo TV
), and as a secondary
Gospel Broadcasting Network
(GBN) affiliate until 2015. Local programming and replays of local high school sporting events were also seen on the station; at other times, the station aired a community bulletin board with audio from WAXO playing in the background.
[6]
The station was also streamed online via WAXO's website, until it was removed sometime in 2013.
In 2012, W34DB was shut down and replaced with
W29DM-D
. This was done in a form of a
flash-cut
transition from analog UHF channel 34 to digital UHF channel 29.
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
[
edit
]
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
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]
The station's digital signal is
multiplexed
:
Simulcast of subchannels of another station
References
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
cable television
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Full power
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- WKRN-TV
(2.1
ABC
, 2.2
Mystery
, 2.3
Crime
, 2.4
REW
)
- WSMV-TV
(4.1
NBC
, 4.2
The365
, 4.3
Cozi
, 4.4
Oxygen
, 4.5
Get
)
- WTVF
(5.1/5.11
CBS
, 5.2/5.12
NC5+
, 5.3/5.13
Bounce
)
- WNPT
(8.1
PBS
, 8.2 NPT2, 8.3
PBS Kids
, 8.4
Create
)
- WZTV
(17.1
Fox
, 17.2
CW
, 17.3
ANT
, 17.4
TBD
)
- WNPX-TV
(28.1
Ion
, 28.2
Court
, 28.3
Grit
, 28.4
Laff
, 28.5
Defy
, 28.6
JTV
, 28.7
Scripps
, 28.8
HSN
, 28.9
QVC
)
- WUXP-TV
(30.1
MNTV
, 30.2
Quest
, 30.3
Comet
)
- WHTN
(39.1
CTN
, 39.2 CTN LifeStyle, 39.3 CTNi, 39.4 CTN SD)
- WJFB
(44.1
MeTV
, 44.2
H&I
, 44.3
Start
, 44.4
Catchy
, 44.5
Movies!
, 44.6
MeTV+
, 44.7
Story
, 44.12
OnTV4U
)
- WPGD-TV
(50.1
TBN
, 50.2
Inspire
, 50.3
Smile
, 50.4
Enlace
, 50.5
Positiv
)
- WNAB
(58.1
Dabl
, 58.2
Nest
, 58.3
Charge!
)
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Low power
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- WRTN-LD
(6.1
Daystar
, 6.2
Silent
, 6.3
This
, 6.4
Ind.
, 6.5 Country Music Videos)
- WNSH-LD
(9.1
TCN
, 9.2
WxN
, 9.3 Fun Roads TV, 9.4
QVC
, 9.5
Rel.
Ind.
)
- WIIW-LD
(14.1
NewsNet
, 14.2 SNH, 14.3
ShopHQ
)
- WTNX-LD
/
W29FR-D
(4.10
NBC
/
WSMV-TV
, 15.1/29.1
TMD
, 15.2/29.2
The365
, 15.3/29.3
Outlaw
)
- WNPX-LD
/
WNTU-LD
(24.1/26.1
Daystar
, 24.2/26.2 Daystar Espanol, 24.3/26.3 Daystar SD Feed)
- WWHL-LD
(27.1
Heartland
, 27.2
Retro
, 27.3
Rev'n
, 27.4 The Action Channel, 27.5
FAM
, 27.6 Revival TV Network)
- WJDE-CD
(31.1
Ace
, 31.2
OANN
, 31.3
Rel.
Ind.
, 31.4
NTDTV
, 31.5
Sonlife
, 31.6
QVC
, 31.7 America's Voice, 31.8
GEB
, 31.9
Estrella
, 31.10
Rel.
Ind.
, 31.11
Rel.
Ind.
, 31.12
Rel.
Ind.
, 31.13
HSN
)
- WJNK-LD
(34.1
TBN
, 34.2
Inspire
, 34.3
Smile
)
- WCTZ-LD (35.1
Buzzr
, 35.2
LC
, 35.3
Outlaw
, 35.4
Law&Crime
, 35.5
beIN Sports Xtra en Espanol
, 35.6
CBN News
, 35.7
LX
, 35.8
TXO
)
- WKUW-LD
(40.1 Vision Latina, 40.2
beIN Sports Xtra
, 40.3
Ads
, 40.4 Novelisima, 40.5
Ads
)
- WLLC-LD
(42.1
UNI
, 42.2
UniMas
, 42.3
Grio
, 42.4
Silent
, 42.5
NV
)
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Outlying areas
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ATSC 3.0
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Cable
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Streaming
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Defunct
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NBC
network affiliates licensed to and serving the state of
Tennessee
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Primary*
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Secondary**
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(*) ? indicates station is in one of Tennessee's primary
TV markets
(**) ? indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Tennessee
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