The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 2008)

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 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]

The Family Channel

Type	Broadcast television network
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide via OTA digital television (covering 21% of the U.S.)[1]
Headquarters	Chattanooga, Tennessee
Programming
Language(s)	English
Ownership
Owner	ValCom Get After It Media
History
Launched	December 15, 2008 (as My Family TV) December 2013 (as The Family Channel)
Replaced	Faith TV
Former names	My Family TV Faith TV
Links
Website	www.getafteritmedia.com/fam

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 (now owned by Disney 15 years later) 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
Birmingham	WSWH-LD	22.3	22	Get After It Media
Fayette	WSSF-LD	51.5	15	Ettie Clark
Berry	WSFG-LD	51.5	31
Opelika, Alabama	WQMK-LP	18.2	18	Ben Jordan
Scottsboro	WNAL-LD	32.1	31	Get After It Media
Arkansas
Bentonville	K28NT-D	48.1	28	Victory Communications
Monroe-El Dorado	KCIB-LD	5.1	5	Immanuel Baptist Church
California
Fresno	KSDI-LP	33.2	44	Cocola Broadcasting
Redding	KDRC-LD	26.3	26	Cooper Communications
Colorado
Cortez	K26CI-D	27.3	26	Southwest Colorado TV Translator Association
Denver	KZDN-LD	16.5	16	Syncom Media Group
Florida
Inglis-Yankeetown	WYKE-CD	47.1	47	Citrus County Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc.
Orlando	WRCF-CD	29.1	35.3	LocusPoint Networks
	WSWF-LD	10.1	45	Mundial Media Productions
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale	WBEH-CD	38.1	38	Prime Time Partners, LLC
St. Augustine/Jacksonville	WQXT-CD	22.6	28	A1A TV, Inc.
Tampa/St. Petersburg	WDNP-LD	36.1	34	Get After It Media
Georgia
Atlanta	WANN-CD	32.6	29	Prism Broadcasting Network
Augusta	WBPI-CD	49.1	49	Watchmen Broadcasting
Dalton	WDNN-CD	49	49	North Georgia Television
Rome	WKSY-LD	21.2	24	Audio Graphics, Inc.
Indiana
Evansville	WYYW-CD	15.2	15	Evansville Low Power Partnership
Indianapolis	WSOT-LD	27.1	27	Sunnycrest Baptist Church
Kansas
Wichita	KSMI-LD	30.5	30	Great Plains Television Network
Garden City/Sublette	KDGL-LD	23.4	23	High Plains Broadcasting
Kentucky
Harlan	WAGV	44.4	51	Living Faith Ministries
Paducah-Cape Girardeau	WUWT-CD	26.2	26	Harpole Telecom, Inc.
Louisiana
Shreveport	KVPO-LD	30.5	30	Get After It Media
Michigan
Millington	WXON-LD	9.5	29	P & P Cable Holdings
Mississippi
Cleveland/Greenwood	WPYM-LD	38.1	38	Get After It Media
Montana
Glasgow	K20JS-D	20.1	20	Valley County TV District #1
Fort Peck	K47CY-D	47.1	47
Nevada
Pahrump	KPVM-LP	46.3	46	Vernon Van Winkle
North Carolina
Raleigh	WAUG-LD	8.2	4	St. Augustine's University
Pennsylvania
Charleroi	WWAT-CD	45.1	45	Local Media TV
Pittsburgh	WBPA-LD	12.3	12	Get After It Media
Philadelphia	WACP	4.6	4	Western Pacific Broadcast LLC
Puerto Rico
Arecibo	WMEI	14.2	14	Max Media
Ponce	WQQZ-CD	33.2	30
South Carolina
Greenville	WGGS-TV	16.2	16	Carolina Christian Broadcasting
Myrtle Beach	WTNG-CD	14.3	14	Dilicast Broadcast Services
Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee	WKXT-LD	34.1	34	Get After It Media
Texas
Beaumont	KAOB-LD	27.3	27	C. Dowen Johnson
Crockett/Tyler	KIVY-LD	16.2	16	Leon Hunt
Houston	KUGB-CD	28.5	28	Frequency Communications, Inc.
Wichita Falls	K24HH-D	24.3	24	Christian Family Television Network, Inc.
Utah
Cedar City	KCSG	14.2	14	Southwest Media, LLC
Kanab	K28IT-D	6.1	28	Western Kane County Service District
Logan	KUTO-LD	15.2	15	Soule Video Productions
West Virginia
Bluefield	WLFB	40.4	40	Living 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. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

External links

• Official website