Clearwater-St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida United States |
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City | Clearwater, Florida |
Channels |
Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 22 () |
Affiliations | CTN |
Owner | Christian Television Network, Inc. |
First air date | October 24, 1979 |
Call letters' meaning |
Where Christ's Love Flows -or- CLearwater, Florida |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 22 (UHF, 1979–2009) |
Transmitter power | 1 megawatt |
Height | 409 m |
Facility ID | 11125 |
Transmitter coordinates | 27°49′10.9″N 82°15′38″W / 27.819694°N 82.26056°WCoordinates: 27°49′10.9″N 82°15′38″W / 27.819694°N 82.26056°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | www.ctnonline.com/ |
WCLF, virtual channel 22 (UHF digital channel 21), is a CTN owned-and-operated television station serving Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, United States that is licensed to Clearwater. The station is owned by the Christian Television Network. WCLF maintains studio facilities located on 142nd Avenue in nearby Largo, and its transmitter is located near Riverview.
WCLF operates as the flagship station of the nationwide Christian Television Network, which has owned-and-operated and affiliated stations throughout the Southeastern and the Midwestern United States. WCLF and CTN present programs produced in-house, such as the long-running children's show Joy Junction (which, in the early-1980s, had their version of Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" as its theme) and the late-night discussion and call-in show, You and Me. In the late 1980s, the station used outdated equipment to produce these shows but nonetheless some of WCLF's programming are also seen on other networks such as TBN and Daystar, while WCLF and CTN presents programs from other religious broadcasters such as The 700 Club.