WLFI-TV
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Lafayette, Indiana United States |
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| Branding | WLFI 18 (general) News 18 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | News From Where You Live |
| Channels |
Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 18 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner |
Heartland Media (Lafayette TV License Company, LLC) |
| First air date | June 15, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | LaFayette, Indiana |
| Former callsigns | WFAM-TV (1953–1967) |
| Former channel number(s) | 59 (UHF analog, 1953–1957) 18 (UHF analog, 1957–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DuMont (secondary, 1953–1956) TheCoolTV (DT2, 2011–2013) |
| Transmitter power | 30 kW |
| Height | 214 m (702 feet) |
| Facility ID | 73204 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°23′20″N 86°36′46″W / 40.38889°N 86.61278°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | wlfi |
WLFI-TV, virtual channel 18 (VHF digital channel 11), is a CBS affiliated television station located in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Heartland Media. WLFI maintains studio facilities located on Yeager Road in West Lafayette, and its transmitter is located on County Road 700 in rural northwestern Clinton County (southwest of Rossville); master control and some internal operations are housed at the studio facilities of sister station WISH-TV on North Meridian Street in northwestern Indianapolis. On cable, WLFI-TV is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 8 and Metronet channel 18 in standard definition and in high definition on Xfinity digital channel 1018 and Metronet channel 818.
WLFI formerly carried TheCoolTV on digital subchannel 18.2 from 2011 to 2013, when LIN Media terminated its affiliation agreement with the music video network. The live feed of "Storm Team 18 Live Doppler Radar" moved from digital subchannel 18.3 to 18.2 in the fall of 2013. Sony Pictures Television's GetTV network, which features classic movies, replaced the weather radar channel on WLFI-DT2 in early 2015. In Fall 2015, WLFI-DT3 was launched to serve as an Ion Television affiliate.
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