WTSF (channel 61) is a religious television station licensed to Ashland, Kentucky, United States, serving the Huntington–Charleston, West Virginia market. The station is owned by the Daystar Television Network. WTSF's studios are located in the former Coles Junior High School building on Bath Avenue in Ashland, and its transmitter is located on a very short tower in Huntington's Rotary Park.
History 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, later broadcasting out of the former Coles Junior High School building, which has housed the station ever since. 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.
Technical information Subchannels The station's signal is multiplexed: +Subchannels of WTSF Channel Res. Short name Programming 61.1 1080i WTSF-HD Daystar 61.2 720p WTSF-ES Daystar Español 61.3 480i WTSF-SD Daystar Reflections
Analog-to-digital conversion 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, using virtual channel 61.CDBS Print
References
External links Daystar website