WLMB
Toledo, Ohio United States | |
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Slogan | Toledo's Christian Station |
Channels |
Digital: 5 (VHF) Virtual: 40 (PSIP) |
Affiliations | religious independent, FamilyNet, Worship |
Owner | Dominion Broadcasting, Inc. |
Founded | October 19, 1998 |
Call letters' meaning | W LaMB (of God) |
Former channel number(s) | 40 (UHF analog, 1998-2009) |
Former affiliations | PAX (select programs only) |
Transmitter power | 10 kW (digital) |
Height | 155 m (digital) |
Facility ID | 17076 |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°44′41″N 84°1′6″W / 41.74472°N 84.01833°W |
Website | www.wlmb.com |
WLMB channel 40 (digital 5) is an independent, Christian/family oriented TV station licensed to Toledo, Ohio, and serving the NW Ohio/SE Michigan area. The station's first call sign was issued as WXAE-TV on July 17, 1992. It adopted its current call-sign on May 17, 1994. However, the station did not commence broadcasting until October 19, 1998.[1]
WLMB's lineup features religious and children's shows in the mornings, classic TV series[2] afternoons and early evenings, and more religious programming during primetime and overnights. Some of these programs are provided to WLMB from FamilyNet and The Worship Network.[3]
WLMB was an affiliate of Pax from 2000 to 2002, but they only carried selected original and religious programming, plus weather reports.
WLMB is owned and operated by Dominion Broadcasting, which is not related to Dominion Media, owners of WWJS-CD in the Louisville, Kentucky area.
Awards and honors
- Four-time National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Television Station of the Year Award winner (2003, 2004, 2007, 2010)
- Seven-time NRB People's Choice Award winner (for various programs)
- 2010 Bronze Telly Award for Commercial Production (for an ad for a NW Ohio furniture store)[4]
References
- ↑ "WLMB history". WLMB. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ "WLMB schedule". WLMB. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ "WLMB affiliations". WLMB. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ↑ "WLMB awards". WLMB. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
External links
- WLMB's web site
- Michiguide's entry for WLMB
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WLMB
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WLMB-TV