WFME-TV
Encyclopedia
WFME-TV is a religious
television station
in West Milford, New Jersey
, broadcasting ethnic and religious programming locally on digital channel 29 (virtual channel
66). The station is owned by Family Radio
, a Christian broadcast ministry based in Oakland, California
. WFME-TV's combined studio and transmitting facility is co-located with sister radio station WFME (94.7 FM) on Mount Pleasant Avenue in West Orange, New Jersey
west of Interstate 280
.
As WFME-TV carries the programming of noncommercial
independent station WYBE
from Philadelphia
on their 66.4 subchannel, since May 2011 WYBE has reciprocated by carrying WFME's main programming over subchannel 35.66 in Philadelphia, further expanding the station's coverage area.
(a video broadcast of Family Radio's flagship program), The Joy of Music
, and Alameda Bible Fellowship. In the evening they have a national newscast from ANC News at 6:00 p.m. At 6:30 the station carries a public affairs show aimed at Chinese Americans. Weekend programming is more varied, with Bible studies, educational children's programs, and public affairs, in addition to Open Forum and Joy of Music.
Initially, in 1996, WFME-TV carried the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
-produced drama series This is the Life
, local Baptist
and Christian Reformed
church services and a few national televangelists. In 2002, after Family Radio founder Harold Camping declared that "the church age is over", these outside ministries disappeared. This is the Life was dropped in 2007.
Digital channels>
Subchannel
Programming
66.1
main WFME-TV programming
66.2
audio simulcast of WFME-FM
66.3
audio simulcast of KEAR
66.4
simulcast of WYBE
Philadelphia (independent public broadcasting
)
66.5
audio simulcast of Family Radio foreign language programming
66.6
audio simulcast of Radio Taiwan International
66.7
audio simulcast of NOAA weather radio
from KWO35
WFME-TV had been one of the few stations that identified itself with its digital channel number (29.1, etc.) rather than its analog channel number (66.1, etc.). During the spring of 2009, the station returned to identifying as channel 66 via PSIP.
to display its virtual channel as 66.
Religious broadcasting
Religious broadcasting refers to broadcasting by religious organizations, usually with a religious message. Many religious organizations have long recorded content such as sermons and lectures, and have moved into distributing content on their Internet websites.While this article emphasises...
television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in West Milford, New Jersey
West Milford, New Jersey
West Milford is a township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 25,850.-History:...
, broadcasting ethnic and religious programming locally on digital channel 29 (virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
66). The station is owned by Family Radio
Family Radio
Family Radio, also known by its licensee name Family Stations Inc., is a Christian radio network based in Oakland, California, USA, founded by Lloyd Lindquist, Richard H. Palmquist and Harold Camping...
, a Christian broadcast ministry based in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. WFME-TV's combined studio and transmitting facility is co-located with sister radio station WFME (94.7 FM) on Mount Pleasant Avenue in West Orange, New Jersey
West Orange, New Jersey
West Orange is a township in central Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 46,207...
west of Interstate 280
Interstate 280 (New Jersey)
Interstate 280 is a Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It provides a spur from I-80 in Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris County to Newark, and I-95 Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It provides a spur from I-80 in...
.
As WFME-TV carries the programming of noncommercial
Non-commercial educational
The term non-commercial educational applies to a radio station or TV station that does not accept on air advertisements , as defined in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission . NCE stations do not pay broadcast license fees for their non-profit uses of the radio spectrum...
independent station WYBE
WYBE
WYBE, channel 35, is an independent, non-commercial educational public television station located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Owned and operated by Independence Public Media of Philadelphia , WYBE's transmitter and offices are located at 8200 Ridge Avenue in the Roxborough section of...
from Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
on their 66.4 subchannel, since May 2011 WYBE has reciprocated by carrying WFME's main programming over subchannel 35.66 in Philadelphia, further expanding the station's coverage area.
Overview
WFME-TV's weekday schedule consists of a repeating three-hour program block: Open Forum with Harold CampingHarold Camping
Harold Egbert Camping is an American Christian radio broadcaster. He served as president of Family Radio, a California-based radio station group that broadcasts to more than 150 markets in the United States, since 1958. In 2011 he retired from active broadcasting following a stroke, but still...
(a video broadcast of Family Radio's flagship program), The Joy of Music
The Joy of Music
The Joy of Music is Leonard Bernstein's first book, originally published in 1959 by Simon and Schuster. A highly acclaimed, bestselling work, it is still in print today....
, and Alameda Bible Fellowship. In the evening they have a national newscast from ANC News at 6:00 p.m. At 6:30 the station carries a public affairs show aimed at Chinese Americans. Weekend programming is more varied, with Bible studies, educational children's programs, and public affairs, in addition to Open Forum and Joy of Music.
Initially, in 1996, WFME-TV carried the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 2.3 million members, it is both the eighth largest Protestant denomination and the second-largest Lutheran body in the U.S. after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Synod...
-produced drama series This is the Life
This is the Life (TV series)
This Is the Life is an American Christian television dramatic series. This anthology series aired in syndication from the 1950s through 1980s. The series was originally produced by the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, and distributed by the International Lutheran Laymen's League.-Format:This Is...
, local Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
and Christian Reformed
Christian Reformed Church in North America
The Christian Reformed Church in North America is a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. Having roots in the Dutch Reformed churches of the Netherlands, the Christian Reformed Church was founded by Gijsbert Haan and Dutch immigrants who left the Reformed Church in...
church services and a few national televangelists. In 2002, after Family Radio founder Harold Camping declared that "the church age is over", these outside ministries disappeared. This is the Life was dropped in 2007.
Digital television
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:WYBE
WYBE, channel 35, is an independent, non-commercial educational public television station located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Owned and operated by Independence Public Media of Philadelphia , WYBE's transmitter and offices are located at 8200 Ridge Avenue in the Roxborough section of...
Philadelphia (independent public broadcasting
Public broadcasting
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)
Radio Taiwan International
Radio Taiwan International is the English name and call sign of the international radio service, the Central Broadcasting System of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan...
NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards
NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards is a network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information directly from a nearby National Weather Service office. It is operated by the NWS, an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the United States Department of...
from KWO35
KWO35
KWO35 is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves the New York metropolitan area and surrounding cities in the Tri-State Region and can be heard 40 miles off the coastline...
WFME-TV had been one of the few stations that identified itself with its digital channel number (29.1, etc.) rather than its analog channel number (66.1, etc.). During the spring of 2009, the station returned to identifying as channel 66 via PSIP.
Analog-to-digital conversion
WFME-TV shut down its analog signal on February 17, 2009. The station remained on its pre-transition channel 29, using PSIPProgram and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...
to display its virtual channel as 66.
See also
- WFME (FM)
- KFTL-CAKFTL-CAKFTL-CA is a low-power digital Class A television station serving the San Francisco Bay Area. It broadcasts in ATSC on UHF channel 28 and is owned by Family Radio....
(sister station in San Francisco, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
) - Family RadioFamily RadioFamily Radio, also known by its licensee name Family Stations Inc., is a Christian radio network based in Oakland, California, USA, founded by Lloyd Lindquist, Richard H. Palmquist and Harold Camping...