White Springs Television
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White Springs Television (WSTV) is an American
internet television
channel which features mainly motion pictures, owned by White Springs Media, with studios in Portland, Oregon
and technical facilities in White Springs, Florida
(the network being a namesake
of the town). It was established in August 2005 by Victor Ives, a veteran Portland broadcaster who helped relaunch KEBN channel 32 (now KRCW-TV
) in 1994 with an all-movie schedule. This helped inspire Ives to create a movie channel featuring all movies around the clock -- mostly with films from the public domain
and made-for-TV movie
s, with TV commercials and short features seen only between films.
White Springs Television was previously available nationwide on selected cable TV systems and television station
s. It was previously available via FTA on Galaxy 27
, however the channel is now dark on that satellite as of October 2009. The network's parent company
, White Springs Media, also owns the TalkStar Radio Network, as well as satellite teleport
facilities.
White Springs Television was seen on outlets including WANN-LD 32.4 in Atlanta (formerly on WYGA-LD 16.2); WWCG-LP
in Columbus, Georgia
; KFLA-LD
Los Angeles
; KDEO-LD Denver; KHPK-LP
Denton, Texas
; and KITL-LP
Boise. Company publicity claimed over a hundred full- and part-time network affiliate
s, but did not publish a list.
In October 2009, White Springs TV announced on their website that they would be changing their name to The Golden Age of Movies Channel. The website also stated there would be new satellite coordinates and web streaming. While the websites remain active, the streaming link continues to operate as "WSTV", while a schedule page on White Springs TV's site goes to a domain parker.
United States
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internet television
Internet television
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channel which features mainly motion pictures, owned by White Springs Media, with studios in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
and technical facilities in White Springs, Florida
White Springs, Florida
White Springs is a town in Hamilton County, Florida, on the Suwannee River. The population was 819 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 estimates, the town had a population of 828...
(the network being a namesake
Namesake
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of the town). It was established in August 2005 by Victor Ives, a veteran Portland broadcaster who helped relaunch KEBN channel 32 (now KRCW-TV
KRCW-TV
KRCW-TV is the CW-affiliated television station for Portland, Oregon that is licensed to Salem. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 33 from a transmitter in the Sylvan-Highlands section of Portland. Owned by the Tribune Company, KRCW has studios on Southwest Arctic Drive...
) in 1994 with an all-movie schedule. This helped inspire Ives to create a movie channel featuring all movies around the clock -- mostly with films from the public domain
Public domain
Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
and made-for-TV movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
s, with TV commercials and short features seen only between films.
White Springs Television was previously available nationwide on selected cable TV systems and 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...
s. It was previously available via FTA on Galaxy 27
Galaxy 27
Galaxy 27 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 129° W longitude, serving most of the North American market. It was built by Space Systems/Loral, as part of its FS-1300 line...
, however the channel is now dark on that satellite as of October 2009. The network's parent company
Parent company
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, White Springs Media, also owns the TalkStar Radio Network, as well as satellite teleport
Earth station
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facilities.
White Springs Television was seen on outlets including WANN-LD 32.4 in Atlanta (formerly on WYGA-LD 16.2); WWCG-LP
WWCG-LP
WWCG-LP was a low power television station in Columbus, Georgia, known as Columbus 11. WWCG-LP was owned by MD Broadcasting.The station was previously affiliated with White Springs Television , which aired primarily public domain and made for TV movies from the '60s, '70s and '80s...
in Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...
; KFLA-LD
KFLA-LD
KFLA-LD is a digital low-power television station licensed to Los Angeles, California. It currently broadcasts RTV on its main channel , Corner Store TV on 8.2 as well as programming from Tuff TV on 8.3...
Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
; KDEO-LD Denver; KHPK-LP
KHPK-LP
KHPK-LP is a television station serving the Dallas / Fort Worth area. It is owned and operated by Mako Communications, LLC. It is not available on either Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, or Verizon FiOS at this time....
Denton, Texas
Denton, Texas
The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
; and KITL-LP
KITL-LP
KITL-LP is a low power television station licensed to Boise, Idaho, owned by Family Radio.In 2010, the former station's owners, Lopes Broadcasting of Boise, LLC, sold the station to Family Radio for $25,000 for the station, putting down a $5000 deposit and paying the remaining $20,000 in cash at...
Boise. Company publicity claimed over a hundred full- and part-time network affiliate
Network affiliate
In the broadcasting industry , a network affiliate is a local broadcaster which carries some or all of the television program or radio program line-up of a television or radio network, but is owned by a company other than the owner of the network...
s, but did not publish a list.
In October 2009, White Springs TV announced on their website that they would be changing their name to The Golden Age of Movies Channel. The website also stated there would be new satellite coordinates and web streaming. While the websites remain active, the streaming link continues to operate as "WSTV", while a schedule page on White Springs TV's site goes to a domain parker.