WFGC
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| City | Palm Beach, Florida |
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First air date | May 21, 1993[1] |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| ERP | 67.6 kW |
| HAAT | 354 m (1,161 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 26°35′21.2″N 80°12′42.8″W / 26.589222°N 80.211889°W |
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| Website | ctnonline |
WFGC (channel 61) is a religious television station licensed to Palm Beach, Florida, United States, serving the West Palm Beach area. The station is owned by the Christian Television Network (CTN). WFGC's studios are located on West Blue Heron Boulevard in Riviera Beach (in the former studio of Fox affiliate WFLX, channel 29), and its transmitter is located near Royal Palm Beach, Florida.
Technical information
[edit]Subchannels
[edit]The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Short name | Programming |
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| 61.1 | 1080i | WFGC-HD | CTN |
| 61.2 | 480i | N2 | Newsmax2 (4:3) |
| 61.3 | CTNi | CTN International (4:3) | |
| 61.4 | BUZZR | Buzzr (4:3) | |
| 61.5 | BIZ-TV | Biz TV (4:3) |
Analog-to-digital conversion
[edit]WFGC ended regular programming on 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 49, using virtual channel 61.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1995" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. p. C-18. Retrieved July 15, 2026 – via World Radio History.
- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WFGC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ "RabbitEars TV Query for WFGC". RabbitEars. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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