WFET-LD

WFET-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 29, is a low-power independent television station licensed to Lewisburg, Tennessee, United States, and also serving Columbia.[1] The station is owned by Gray Television. WFET-LD's transmitter is located along West 6th Street and Reservoir Hill Road in downtown Columbia.[2]

WFET-LD
Lewisburg/Columbia, Tennessee
United States
CityLewisburg, Tennessee
ChannelsDigital: 29 (UHF)
Virtual: 29
Programming
AffiliationsSilent
Ownership
OwnerGray Television
(Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
History
Founded2003
First air date
2005 (2005)
Former call signs
W34DB (2003–2012)
W29DM-D (2012–2019)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
34 (UHF, 2003–2012)
Analog/LD1:
America One (2005–2014)
GBN (2005–2015)
Independent (2005–2016 and 2019–2022)
FETV (2020–2021)
LD2:
Movies! (2019–2021)
Independent (2021–2022)
LD3:
Independent/Music videos (2019–2022)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID168849
ClassLD
ERP5.2 kW
HAAT67.1 m (220 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°37′1″N 87°2′40″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewww.wfet29.com

History

Background

From 2003 until 2016, it was sister to the former country-formatted station WAXO-AM-FM (now WJJM-AM-FM).

As a hybrid independent/religious network station

The station signed on the air at some time in 2005 as W34DB.[3][4] It served the Lewisburg area as an independent station. The station also served as a secondary affiliate of America One in the mid-morning hours (until that network was discontinued in September 2014 and merged with Youtoo TV), and as a secondary Gospel Broadcasting Network (GBN) affiliate until 2015. Local programming and replays of local high school sporting events were also seen on the station; at other times, the station aired a community bulletin board with audio from WAXO playing in the background.[5] The station was also streamed online via WAXO's website, until it was removed sometime in 2013.

In 2012, W34DB was shut down and replaced with W29DM-D. This was done in a form of a flash-cut transition from analog UHF channel 34 to digital UHF channel 29.

A application was filed on November 2, 2018, to return the station to the air. The station would be sold to the new owner, Maurice Bailey, the next year on July 8, 2019, and at the same time, the callsign changed to the current WFET-LD.[6][7][8]

On November 29, 2019, WFET-LD returned to the air carrying three subchannels, with localized classic TV shows airing on 29.1, classic movies on 29.2, and Reel Country Music on 29.3, which features country music videos. WFET also streamed all three of its digital subchannels online, until they were taken down after the sale of the station in 2022.

On January 8, 2022, the Bailey family signed a deal to sell WFET-LD to Atlanta-based Gray Television (owner of Nashville NBC affiliate WSMV-TV) for $125,000.[9] The sale of the station was finalized on February 22, 2022.[10] Gray did not reveal its future plans for WFET-LD.

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[11]
29.1480i4:3WFETCurrently silent
29.2
29.3REEL

References
  1. https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&appid=25076f916e9045a4016eb84bad566208&facid=168849
  2. "RabbitEars.Info".
  3. "Call Sign History".
  4. https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=W34DB&arn=&state=&city=&chan=0.0&cha2=69&serv=&type=&facid=&asrn=&list=0&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9&ThisTab=Results+to+This+Page%2FTab
  5. "W29DM-D/WAXO-TV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission.
  6. "Application Search Details".
  7. "Application Search Details".
  8. Callsign Change to WFET-LD
  9. "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  10. https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/assignmentDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff37e3a9914017e3bb4bbe00127&id=25076ff37e3a9914017e3bb4bbe00127&goBack=N
  11. Digital TV Market Listing for WFET-LD
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