The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 2008)

The Family Channel is an American general entertainment television network owned by Get After It Media (formerly Luken Communications and Reach High Media Group), and based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[2][3]

This article is about the American television network. For the history of Freeform (TV channel), see History of Freeform § The Family Channel. For other uses, see The Family Channel (disambiguation).
The Family Channel
TypeBroadcast television network
Country
United States
AvailabilityNationwide via OTA digital television
(covering 21% of the U.S.)[1]
HeadquartersChattanooga, Tennessee
OwnerValCom
Get After It Media
Launch date
December 15, 2008 (as My Family TV)
December 2013 (as The Family Channel)
Former names
My Family TV
Faith TV
Official website
www.getafteritmedia.com/fam
ReplacedFaith TV

History

In September 2008, ValCom announced that they would purchase the assets of Faith TV, relaunching it as a more broadly-distributed family television network.[4] On December 15, 2008, ValCom deal to purchase Faith TV closed and they relaunched Faith TV as My Family TV.[5] On October 1, 2009, ValCom completed the purchase of the network after making its final $250,000 payment.[6] The network had no connections with the similarly-named MyNetworkTV programming service, owned by Fox Television Stations.

On March 22, 2011, ValCom announced that My Family TV would become a joint venture with Luken Communications.[2][3] Many of the programs seen on My Family TV, such as Route 66, Lassie, Highway to Heaven and Daniel Boone also aired on sister network RTV.

In December 2013, Luken Communications rebranded MyFamilyTV as The Family Channel.[7] "The Family Channel" name was formerly used by the cable channel owned by Christian Broadcasting Network that became Freeform in January 2016; outside of some shared public domain programming once aired in the CBN/Family Channel era of Freeform, the two networks have no relation to each other.

Affiliates
City Station Virtual
channel		 Physical
channel		 Owner Comments

Alabama

BirminghamWSWH-LD22.322Get After It Media
FayetteWSSF-LD51.515Ettie Clark
BerryWSFG-LD51.531
Opelika, AlabamaWQMK-LP18.218Ben Jordan
ScottsboroWNAL-LD32.131Get After It Media

Arkansas

BentonvilleK28NT-D48.128Victory Communications
Monroe-El DoradoKCIB-LD5.15Immanuel Baptist Church

California

FresnoKSDI-LP33.244Cocola Broadcasting
ReddingKDRC-LD26.326Cooper Communications

Colorado

CortezK26CI-D27.326Southwest Colorado TV Translator Association
DenverKZDN-LD16.516Syncom Media Group

Florida

Inglis-YankeetownWYKE-CD47.147Citrus County Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc.
OrlandoWRCF-CD29.135.3LocusPoint Networks
WSWF-LD10.145Mundial Media Productions
Miami/Ft. LauderdaleWBEH-CD38.138Prime Time Partners, LLC
St. Augustine/JacksonvilleWQXT-CD22.628A1A TV, Inc.
Tampa/St. PetersburgWDNP-LD36.134Get After It Media

Georgia

AtlantaWANN-CD32.629Prism Broadcasting Network
AugustaWBPI-CD49.149Watchmen Broadcasting
DaltonWDNN-CD4949North Georgia Television
RomeWKSY-LD21.224Audio Graphics, Inc.

Indiana

EvansvilleWYYW-CD15.215Evansville Low Power Partnership
IndianapolisWSOT-LD27.127Sunnycrest Baptist Church

Kansas

WichitaKSMI-LD30.530Great Plains Television Network
Garden City/SubletteKDGL-LD23.423High Plains Broadcasting

Kentucky

HarlanWAGV44.451Living Faith Ministries
Paducah-Cape GirardeauWUWT-CD26.226Harpole Telecom, Inc.

Louisiana

ShreveportKVPO-LD30.530Get After It Media

Michigan

MillingtonWXON-LD9.529P & P Cable Holdings
West BranchWUWB-LD20.420M33 Media, LLC

Mississippi

Cleveland/GreenwoodWPYM-LD38.138Get After It Media

Montana

GlasgowK20JS-D20.120Valley County TV District #1
Fort PeckK47CY-D47.147

Nevada

PahrumpKPVM-LP46.346Vernon Van Winkle

North Carolina

RaleighWAUG-LD8.24St. Augustine's University

Pennsylvania

CharleroiWWAT-CD45.145Local Media TV
PittsburghWBPA-LD12.312Get After It Media
PhiladelphiaWACP4.64Western Pacific Broadcast LLC

Puerto Rico

AreciboWMEI14.214Max Media
PonceWQQZ-CD33.230

South Carolina

GreenvilleWGGS-TV16.216Carolina Christian Broadcasting
Myrtle BeachWTNG-CD14.314Dilicast Broadcast Services

Tennessee

Knoxville, TennesseeWKXT-LD34.134Get After It Media

Texas

BeaumontKAOB-LD27.327C. Dowen Johnson
Crockett/TylerKIVY-LD16.216Leon Hunt
HoustonKUGB-CD28.528Frequency Communications, Inc.
Wichita FallsK24HH-D24.324Christian Family Television Network, Inc.

Utah

Cedar CityKCSG14.214Southwest Media, LLC
KanabK28IT-D6.128Western Kane County Service District
LoganKUTO-LD15.215Soule Video Productions

West Virginia

BluefieldWLFB40.440Living Faith Ministries

References
  1. "The Top 25 Digital Broadcast Networks". TVNewsCheck.com. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. Frank, Judy (March 22, 2011). "Chattanooga's Luken Communications Enters Joint Venture With ValCom Entertainment Company". Chattanoogan. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  3. "ValCom, Inc. Announces Joint Venture With Luken Communications". Marketwire. March 22, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  4. "Valcom to Purchase Faith TV; Re-launch as Family Television Network". tvover.net. September 3, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  5. "ValCom, Inc. Closes Deal With Faith TV; Ready to Launch "My Family TV" Network". MarketWire. December 15, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  6. "MyFamilyTV now solely owned by Valcom". Tampa Bay Business Journal. October 1, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  7. "Luken Communications launches The Family Channel". RBR-TVBR. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
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