WLFG
WLFG is a religious independent station licensed to Grundy, Virginia, United States, serving the Tri-Cities area of southwestern Virginia and northeastern Tennessee. The station is owned by Abingdon, Virginia–based Living Faith Television. WLFG broadcasts from a two-site distributed transmission system, with transmitters near Hansonville, Virginia, and Harlan, Kentucky.
The station's programming is relayed on two satellite stations: WAGV in Harlan and WLFB in Bluefield, West Virginia. WAGV was the first to broadcast exclusively in digital following a malfunction at its analog transmitter.
History
Living Faith Television was founded by The Reverend Buford Smith who stated that God had given him a vision to build a TV station in Virginia. The station grew from the original station in Grundy to include the other two transmitters.Rev. Smith was pastor of Tookland Pentecostal Church in Grundy until his death in May 2003. His son, Michael Smith, was president of the station until Buford Smith's death, when he became president and CEO of Living Faith Television.
Tookland Pentecostal Church was a major financier when the station was founded; it broke most of its ties with the station after it declared its independence in 2006.
Living Faith Television is now under the control of its board of directors, with Mike Smith as president and CEO and wife Lisa Smith as CFO. Other personalities are Mary Smith, Laverne Tripp and Fred Schmidt, among others.
Programming
The station's programming consists mostly of content by other ministries that purchase air time, along with some infomercials. Original programming is spread throughout the broadcast day by the flagship program Living Faith Now!, along with Sing Time, Fred Schmidt, and Life Begins at Calvary, a program produced by Calvary Church of the Tri-Cities, and other programs.Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
| 68.1 | 480i | 4:3 | WLFG-DT | Main WLFG programming |
| 68.2 | 480i | 16:9 | Defy | Defy TV |
| 68.3 | 480i | 4:3 | ION | Ion Television |
| 68.4 | 480i | 4:3 | TruReal | |
| 68.5 | 480i | 16:9 | GEB | GEB Network |
| 68.6 | 480i | 4:3 | Buzzr | Buzzr |
| 68.7 | 480i | 16:9 | QVC | QVC |
| 68.8 | 480i | 16:9 | Quest | Quest |
| 68.9 | 480i | 4:3 | Twist | Twist |
| 68.10 | 480i | 16:9 | Decades | Catchy Comedy |
| 68.11 | 480i | 4:3 | GetTv | getTV |
| 68.12 | 480i | 4:3 | Scripps News | |
| 68.13 | 480i | 16:9 | TheGrio | TheGrio |