WTSF

WTSF
Ashland, Kentucky; Huntington–Charleston, West Virginia; ; United States;
City	Ashland, Kentucky
Channels	Digital: 13 (VHF); Virtual: 61;
Programming
Affiliations	61.1: Daystar; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Daystar Television Network; (Word of God Fellowship, Inc.);
History
First air date	April 30, 1983 (41 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 61 (UHF, 1983–2009); Digital: 44 (UHF, until 2020); Virtual: 44 (2009–2019);
Former affiliations	Commercial Ind. (1982–1983); Religious Ind. (1983–2003);
Call sign meaning	Tri-State Family Broadcasting
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	67798
ERP	8 kW
HAAT	174.1 m (571 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°25′11″N 82°24′6″W / 38.41972°N 82.40167°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.daystar.com

WTSF (channel 61) is a religious television station licensed to Ashland, Kentucky, United States, serving the Huntington–Charleston, West Virginia market as an owned-and-operated station of the Daystar Television Network. The station's studios are located on Bath Avenue in Ashland, and its transmitter is located on a very short tower in Huntington's Rotary Park.

History

WTSF signed on as a commercial independent television station in September 1982. However, it was not successful and was soon donated to a local religious group. It continued as such until 2003 when the station was sold to the Daystar national charismatic Christian network and, with a few exceptions, ended local programming.

While it was locally produced, the bulk of the channel's programming consisted of fundraising to continue broadcasting.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WTSF^[2]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
61.1	1080i	16:9	WTSF-HD	Daystar
61.2	720p		WTSF-ES	Daystar Español
61.3	480i		WTSF-SD	Daystar Reflections

Analog-to-digital conversion

WTSF shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 61, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 44, using virtual channel 61.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WTSF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WTSF". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
^ CDBS Print

External links

Daystar website

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WTSF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] "RabbitEars TV Query for WTSF". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved November 29, 2024.

[3] "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.

[FCCForm387-4] CDBS Print

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