W66BV
Encyclopedia
W47DL-D is a TBN satellite station for Detroit, Michigan
. All programming is delivered directly from TBN's national satellite feed.
The station broadcasts on digital channel 47 at 2.7 kW with a northerly-aimed directional antenna, from a tower located at the Renaissance Center
in Downtown Detroit. The signal can be seen throughout the city of Detroit
, its suburbs
and the nearby Windsor
area.
affiliate owned by Washington, DC-based Los Cerezos Television, first with the calls K66BV, later switched to W66BV. The station folded in the early-1990s. Shortly after its closedown, the transmitter and license was sold to TBN, in which, shortly afterward, returned to the air as a full-time repeater of TBN's national feed.
In February 2006, the station was granted a construction permit to begin converting operations to digital television. Upon completion, the station would become a digital repeater of TBN, broadcasting all five TBN services at 19.7 kW (though later signed-on at 2.7 kW). The station was also approved for relocation to channel 47 — this is due to channels 53 to 69 being phased out of television broadcasting.
At some point on the evening of November 9, 2009, the analog signal of W66BV had gone dark
entirely, showing only static. The station's analog feed was been on the air intermittently since that date. TBN has since notified the Federal Communications Commission
that W66BV had ceased operations March 25, 2010 due to declining support, which has been attributed to the digital transition. However, on May 12, 2010, the repeater has since resumed broadcasting for about a month, before going silent
again. During the analog era, the station had broadcast on UHF 66 with an effective radiated power of 19.7 kW, though it now broadcasts on UHF 47 with an effective radiated power of just 2.7 kW (with a construction permit to increase to 10 kW).
W66BV has since converted its signal to digital on channel 47, rebroadcasting five of TBN's subchannel networks on its signal; on January 7, 2011, it changed its callsign to W47DL-D. Currently, the TBN Enlace USA
service on subchannel 47.5 is the only aerial Spanish-language channel in the Detroit / Windsor area, following WUDT-LD's switch from Univision to Daystar Television Network
in 2009.
Neither Comcast
Detroit, Bright House
Livonia nor Cogeco
Windsor has W47DL-D in their line-ups; however, the national feed can be seen part-time on Comcast
channel 70 from 2PM to 2AM (shared with The Inspiration Network), and full-time on digital channel 290; and on Bright House
digital channel 116.
Some TBN repeaters, including W47DL-D, use Dish Network
equipment to pick up the signal off of Dish Network's satellites, instead of a free-to-air
source, which TBN has. This occasionally led to technical problems—for about 10 days since the early morning of June 12, 2009, W66BV has broadcast an error screen relating to needing a new smart card
to view the station, and to contact Dish Network, rendering the station off the air
until the problem was taken care of. At some point on Monday, June 22, the problem was taken care of, and the TBN feed returned to W66BV.
The digital signal, which went on the air in 2010, is broadcast on channel 47. W47DL-D offers all five TBN services, but in different orders than full-powered affiliates (such as KTBN-TV
and WJEB-TV
). Normally, upon converting to digital broadcasts, the station's PSIP would be shown as 66.x, but W47DL-D appears to have decided to list its physical channel instead.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
. All programming is delivered directly from TBN's national satellite feed.
The station broadcasts on digital channel 47 at 2.7 kW with a northerly-aimed directional antenna, from a tower located at the Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters...
in Downtown Detroit. The signal can be seen throughout the city of Detroit
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
, its suburbs
Metro Detroit
The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the metropolitan area located in Southeast Michigan centered on the city of Detroit which shares an international border with Windsor, Ontario. The Detroit metropolitan area is the second largest U.S. metropolitan area...
and the nearby Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...
area.
History
The station initially signed on sometime in the early 1980s as a SINUnivision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
affiliate owned by Washington, DC-based Los Cerezos Television, first with the calls K66BV, later switched to W66BV. The station folded in the early-1990s. Shortly after its closedown, the transmitter and license was sold to TBN, in which, shortly afterward, returned to the air as a full-time repeater of TBN's national feed.
In February 2006, the station was granted a construction permit to begin converting operations to digital television. Upon completion, the station would become a digital repeater of TBN, broadcasting all five TBN services at 19.7 kW (though later signed-on at 2.7 kW). The station was also approved for relocation to channel 47 — this is due to channels 53 to 69 being phased out of television broadcasting.
At some point on the evening of November 9, 2009, the analog signal of W66BV had gone dark
Dark (broadcasting)
In the broadcasting industry, dark is a term used to describe a radio station or television station that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , a "silent" station...
entirely, showing only static. The station's analog feed was been on the air intermittently since that date. TBN has since notified the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
that W66BV had ceased operations March 25, 2010 due to declining support, which has been attributed to the digital transition. However, on May 12, 2010, the repeater has since resumed broadcasting for about a month, before going silent
Dark (broadcasting)
In the broadcasting industry, dark is a term used to describe a radio station or television station that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , a "silent" station...
again. During the analog era, the station had broadcast on UHF 66 with an effective radiated power of 19.7 kW, though it now broadcasts on UHF 47 with an effective radiated power of just 2.7 kW (with a construction permit to increase to 10 kW).
W66BV has since converted its signal to digital on channel 47, rebroadcasting five of TBN's subchannel networks on its signal; on January 7, 2011, it changed its callsign to W47DL-D. Currently, the TBN Enlace USA
TBN Enlace USA
Enlace TBN USA, also known as TBN Enlace or Enlace USA, headquartered in Tustin, California, is the United States version of the Spanish-language cable television network Enlace providing Christian programming to the Hispanic community...
service on subchannel 47.5 is the only aerial Spanish-language channel in the Detroit / Windsor area, following WUDT-LD's switch from Univision to Daystar Television Network
Daystar Television Network
The Daystar Television Network is an American evangelical Christian television religious broadcasting network headquartered near Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Bedford, Texas...
in 2009.
Neither Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
Detroit, Bright House
Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks is a cable television company, the seventh largest cable operator and the sixth largest traditional multiple system operator in the United States owned by Advance/Newhouse, headquartered in Syracuse, New York...
Livonia nor Cogeco
Cogeco
Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian media and communications company. The name is an acronym for Compagnie Générale de Communication .-History:...
Windsor has W47DL-D in their line-ups; however, the national feed can be seen part-time on Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
channel 70 from 2PM to 2AM (shared with The Inspiration Network), and full-time on digital channel 290; and on Bright House
Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks is a cable television company, the seventh largest cable operator and the sixth largest traditional multiple system operator in the United States owned by Advance/Newhouse, headquartered in Syracuse, New York...
digital channel 116.
Some TBN repeaters, including W47DL-D, use Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
equipment to pick up the signal off of Dish Network's satellites, instead of a free-to-air
Free-to-air
Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
source, which TBN has. This occasionally led to technical problems—for about 10 days since the early morning of June 12, 2009, W66BV has broadcast an error screen relating to needing a new smart card
Smart card
A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card , is any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits. A smart card or microprocessor cards contain volatile memory and microprocessor components. The card is made of plastic, generally polyvinyl chloride, but sometimes acrylonitrile...
to view the station, and to contact Dish Network, rendering the station off the air
Dark (broadcasting)
In the broadcasting industry, dark is a term used to describe a radio station or television station that has gone off-the-air for an indefinite period of time, or as defined by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission , a "silent" station...
until the problem was taken care of. At some point on Monday, June 22, the problem was taken care of, and the TBN feed returned to W66BV.
Digital television
| Channel | Label | Format | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47.1 | TBN | 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC... |
TBN SD Main Trinity Broadcasting Network The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New... |
| 47.2 | JCTV | 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC... |
JCTV JCTV JCTV is a young adult television network devoted to music videos, owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. It is similar to MTV, but with a Christian focus.... - Christian music video Music video A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings... s |
| 47.3 | Smile | 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC... |
Smile of a Child TV - E/I E/I E/I, which stands for "educational and informative," refers to a type of children's television programming shown in the United States. The Federal Communications Commission requires that every full-service Terrestrial television station in the U.S. show at least three hours of these television... children's programming |
| 47.4 | Church | 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC... |
The Church Channel The Church Channel The Church Channel is a Christian television network owned by Trinity Broadcasting Network . It broadcasts church service programs 24 hours per day, seven days a week from several of America’s leading churches, representing several Christian denominations, as well as independent and... |
| 47.5 | Enlace | 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC... |
Enlace USA TBN Enlace USA Enlace TBN USA, also known as TBN Enlace or Enlace USA, headquartered in Tustin, California, is the United States version of the Spanish-language cable television network Enlace providing Christian programming to the Hispanic community... - Spanish-language |
The digital signal, which went on the air in 2010, is broadcast on channel 47. W47DL-D offers all five TBN services, but in different orders than full-powered affiliates (such as KTBN-TV
KTBN-TV
KTBN-TV, digital channel 33 , is the flagship television station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, a Christian religious broadcaster. The station is licensed to Santa Ana, California and based in the TBN network headquarters in nearby Tustin.-History:Channel 40 first aired on January 5, 1967 as...
and WJEB-TV
WJEB-TV
WJEB-TV is a religious television station in Jacksonville, Florida, broadcasting locally on digital channel 44 as an owned and operated affiliate of TBN, under the license name of Jacksonville Educators Broadcasting, Inc., part of the TBN-owned Community Educational Television group.In addition to...
). Normally, upon converting to digital broadcasts, the station's PSIP would be shown as 66.x, but W47DL-D appears to have decided to list its physical channel instead.