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| City | Tazewell, Tennessee |
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First air date | October 6, 2002 (22 years ago) (2002-10-06) |
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Call sign meaning | Volunteer Christian Television |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 81750 |
| ERP | 798 kW |
| HAAT | 430 m (1,411 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°15′30.3″N83°37′42.6″W / 36.258417°N 83.628500°W /36.258417; -83.628500 |
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| Website | ctnonline |
WVLR (channel 48) is areligioustelevision station licensed toTazewell, Tennessee, United States, serving theKnoxville area as anowned-and-operated station of theChristian Television Network (CTN). The station's studios are located on Kyker Ferry Road inKodak, and its transmitter is located onClinch Mountain nearPowder Springs inunincorporatedGrainger County.
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The station signed on October 6, 2002; it was added to East Tennessee cable systems in early 2003.[2]
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 48.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WVLR-HD | CTN |
| 48.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Lifesty | CTN Lifestyle |
| 48.3 | CTNi | CTNi (Spanish) | ||
| 48.4 | CTN | CTNSD |
WVLR shut down its analog signal, overUHF channel 48, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United Statestransitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 48.[4] Because it was granted an originalconstruction permit after theFCC finalized theDTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,[5] WVLR did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.
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