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| City | Ashland, Kentucky |
| Channels | |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 61.1: Daystar 61.2: Blank |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| 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[1] | |
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 | |
| 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[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 on 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.[3][4] 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.