| Ashland, Kentucky/ Huntington–Charleston, West Virginia United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Ashland, Kentucky |
| Channels | Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 61 |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 61.1: Daystar 61.2: Blank |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Word of God Fellowship, Inc. (Tri State Family Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| History | |
First air date | April 30, 1983 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 61 (UHF, 1983–2009) Digital: 44 (UHF, until 2020) Virtual: 44 (PSIP, 2009–2019) |
| Analog/DT1: Commercial Ind. (1982–1983) Religious Ind. (1983–2003) DT2: SD simulcast of DT1 (until 2020) | |
Call sign meaning | Tri-State Family Broadcasting |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 67798 |
| ERP | 8 kW |
| HAAT | 174.1 m (571 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°25′11″N 82°24′6″W / 38.41972°N 82.40167°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | www |
WTSF (channel 61) is a religious television station licensed to Ashland, Kentucky, United States, serving the Huntington–Charleston, West Virginia market as an owned-and-operated station of the Daystar Television Network. The station's studios are located on Bath Avenue in Ashland, and its transmitter is located on a very short tower in Huntington's Rotary Park.
WTSF signed on as a commercial independent television station in September 1982. However, it was not successful and was soon donated to a local religious group. It continued as such until 2003 when the station was sold to the Daystar national charismatic Christian network and, with a few exceptions, ended local programming.
While it was locally produced, the bulk of the channel's programming consisted of fundraising to continue broadcasting.
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61.1 | 720p | 16:9 | WTSF | Main WTSF programming / Daystar |
| 61.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Blank |
WTSF shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 61, on June 12, 2009, the official date in 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 44.[2][3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 61, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.