WXOB-LP
Encyclopedia
WXOB-LP is a low-power, religious independent television station
in Richmond, Virginia
, broadcasting locally on channel 17. The station is owned by KM Broadcasting of Annandale, Virginia
, which should not be confused with KM Communications Inc.
. WXOB is a Class-A operation, even though it is still listed as an "-LP", or low-power, operation.
signal, but still broadcasts on an analog television
signal despite the American digital television transition
in 2009. The transition process only affected large, far-reaching commercial stations and not small, independent ones like WXOB.
in 2000. Originally broadcast on local channel 14, the station switched to channel 17 in 2002, after it was acquired by KM Broadcasting and ended its affiliation with MTV2. Once KM's takeover was complete, the call signs were reversed from WBOX to WXOB. The station began to offer religious shows from around the Richmond area, as well as several surrounding cities. In 2004, the station carried the Trinity Broadcasting Network
for a short time.
such as Virginia Beach and Newport News. The television evangelists featured are exclusively Protestant, with some them preaching the controversial Word of Faith
theology. The vast majority of ministers seen on the channel are African-American. The station also offers three national religious programs: Enjoying Everyday Life with white female evangelist Joyce Meyer
, Amazing Facts
with Seventh-day Adventist Church
evangelist Doug Batchelor
, and the Shepherd's Chapel with controversial pastor Arnold Murray. In the early weekday mornings, the station airs a children's show called ImagineLand. The station's minuscule secular programming blocks includes programming from PBS
affiliate WHRO-TV
in Hampton Roads
.
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 Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
, broadcasting locally on channel 17. The station is owned by KM Broadcasting of Annandale, Virginia
Annandale, Virginia
Annandale is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 41,008 at the 2010 census, down from 54,994 in 2000 due to the splitting off of the western part of it to form Wakefield and Woodburn CDP's.-Geography:...
, which should not be confused with KM Communications Inc.
KM Communications Inc.
KM Communications, Inc. is the owner of several television and radio stations throughout the United States. The company, based in Skokie, Illinois, gets its name from the first names of its President, Myoung Hwa Bae and her husband, Kun Chae Bae...
. WXOB is a Class-A operation, even though it is still listed as an "-LP", or low-power, operation.
Digital television
WXOB does not offer a digital televisionDigital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
signal, but still broadcasts on an analog television
Analog television
Analog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal...
signal despite the American digital television transition
DTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
in 2009. The transition process only affected large, far-reaching commercial stations and not small, independent ones like WXOB.
History
Founded on August 30, 1990, the station was launched as W14BN, presumably an independent television station. In 1998, the call signs were changed to WBOX, the station serving as a repeater affiliate for The Box music channel, which was later replaced by MTV2MTV2
MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...
in 2000. Originally broadcast on local channel 14, the station switched to channel 17 in 2002, after it was acquired by KM Broadcasting and ended its affiliation with MTV2. Once KM's takeover was complete, the call signs were reversed from WBOX to WXOB. The station began to offer religious shows from around the Richmond area, as well as several surrounding cities. In 2004, the station carried the Trinity Broadcasting Network
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...
for a short time.
Programming
WXOB broadcasts religious shows originating from Richmond, as well as cities in the nearby Tidewater RegionTidewater region of Virginia
The Tidewater region of Virginia is the eastern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia formally known as Hampton Roads. The term tidewater may be correctly applied to all portions of any area, including Virginia, where the water level is affected by the tides...
such as Virginia Beach and Newport News. The television evangelists featured are exclusively Protestant, with some them preaching the controversial Word of Faith
Word of Faith
Word of Faith is a family of Christian churches as well as a label applied by some observers to a teaching movement kindred to many Pentecostal and charismatic churches and individuals worldwide. The basic doctrine preached is that of salvation through Jesus Christ and what that salvation entails...
theology. The vast majority of ministers seen on the channel are African-American. The station also offers three national religious programs: Enjoying Everyday Life with white female evangelist Joyce Meyer
Joyce Meyer
Joyce Meyer is a Charismatic Christian author and speaker. Meyer and her husband Dave have four grown children, and live outside St. Louis, Missouri. Her ministry is headquartered in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri.-Early life:Meyer was born Pauline Joyce Hutchison in south St. Louis in...
, Amazing Facts
Amazing Facts
Amazing Facts is an American Christian ministry. Beginning as a single radio program in 1966 it has expanded into television programming, training, health, prophecy seminars and online Bible study ministries. Its theology is largely that of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.-History:Amazing Facts...
with Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
evangelist Doug Batchelor
Doug Batchelor
Doug Batchelor is an evangelist of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and author of several books including The Richest Caveman. His primary ministry is Amazing Facts - a worldwide television and radio broadcast ministry based in Sacramento, California. He also pastors the Sacramento Central...
, and the Shepherd's Chapel with controversial pastor Arnold Murray. In the early weekday mornings, the station airs a children's show called ImagineLand. The station's minuscule secular programming blocks includes programming from PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
affiliate WHRO-TV
WHRO-TV
WHRO-TV digital channel 15 is the Public Broadcasting Service member Public television station for Hampton Roads, Virginia . The station is licensed to both Hampton and Norfolk with the studios at the Public Telecommunications Center for Hampton Roads next to the campus of Old Dominion University...
in Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads is the name for both a body of water and the Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan area which surrounds it in southeastern Virginia, United States...
.