WLCF-LD

WLCF-LD is a low-power television station serving Decatur, Illinois, in the United States. The station broadcasts on channel 45 and is owned by the Christian Television Network, a religious television organization headquartered in Clearwater, Florida. Its transmitter is located north of Oreana, Illinois, allowing the station to serve Decatur and nearby parts of Central Illinois. The station’s programming is religious in character and is available around the clock. Its schedule combines programming produced locally in the Decatur area with material created at CTN’s main production and operating base in Clearwater. This structure gives WLCF-LD a local broadcast presence while also connecting it to CTN’s broader religious television network and program supply. WLCF-LD became part of CTN in February 2008, when CTN acquired the station from Believers Broadcasting Corporation, another religious broadcaster. The transaction placed the Decatur outlet within CTN’s national or multistation operating framework and established its current ownership identity. Public reference material does not provide a detailed account of the station’s original launch, founding personnel, financial performance, staffing, or subsequent corporate transactions. As a broadcast station rather than a conventional consumer product brand, WLCF-LD’s principal offering is its television service and schedule. Its positioning is based on religious programming, continuous availability, and local terrestrial coverage. The station’s identity is therefore tied both to its FCC-style call sign and channel allocation and to CTN’s wider religious-media mission. The station’s official website serves as its principal public-facing digital outlet, while its over-the-air signal remains the core service.

WLCF-LD is a low-power religious television station associated with Decatur, Illinois. It broadcasts on channel 45, with its transmitter situated north of Oreana, Illinois. The available reference material identifies the station as a local outlet whose programming is distributed through a combination of local production and content supplied by the Christian Television Network’s home base in Clearwater, Florida. The station’s programming model is centered on religious television and operates continuously, with a 24-hour schedule. Local production provides a connection to the Decatur market, while CTN-produced programming supplies material from the network’s broader religious-media operation. This arrangement reflects the role of many low-power affiliated stations: maintaining a geographically specific broadcast service while drawing on a larger organization for programming, technical support, and network identity. A significant ownership change occurred in February 2008, when the Christian Television Network acquired WLCF from Believers Broadcasting Corporation. Both organizations are identified in the available reference material as religious broadcasters. The acquisition brought WLCF under CTN ownership and explains the station’s current relationship with CTN programming and operations. No reliable reference material supplied for this dossier establishes the station’s original launch date, original owner before Believers Broadcasting Corporation, founding leadership, detailed technical history, audience measurements, revenue, or later ownership changes. The available information instead supports a concise account of WLCF-LD as an active Decatur-area low-power station whose core identity is religious broadcasting under CTN ownership. Its principal public service remains the continuous delivery of religious television programming to its local coverage area.

• 2008

  Acquisition by Christian Television Network

  [1]WLCF-LDen.wikipedia.org

  Christian Television Network acquired WLCF from Believers Broadcasting Corporation in February 2008, bringing the station into CTN’s religious television network.

A local low-power religious television service affiliated with the Christian Television Network, combining Decatur-area programming with content produced by CTN in Clearwater, Florida.

• Low-power television broadcasting

  WLCF-LD channel 45 service

  WLCF-LD’s primary offering is its over-the-air low-power television service on channel 45. The station serves Decatur and surrounding Central Illinois communities from a transmitter north of Oreana, Illinois. Its schedule is religious and operates continuously, combining locally produced material with programming created or supplied by the Christian Television Network.

• 2008

  Change of ownership to Christian Television NetworkM&A

  Background

  WLCF was owned by Believers Broadcasting Corporation before its acquisition by another religious broadcaster.

  Action taken

  Christian Television Network purchased WLCF in February 2008 and incorporated the station into its broadcast operations.

  Aftermath

  The station became a CTN-owned outlet, with programming supplied both locally and from CTN’s Clearwater, Florida, base.

  Source

1. 1WLCF-LDen.wikipedia.org
2. 2WLCF-LD official websitewlcftv.net