Light TV
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| Type | Digital broadcast television network |
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| Country | |
| Availability | Nationwide (available on OTA digital television and LPTV) |
| Headquarters | Beverly Hills, California |
| Owner | MGM Television Mark Burnett Roma Downey Hearst Communications |
Launch date | December 22, 2016 |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Affiliates | List of affiliates |
Official website | www |
Light TV is an American digital broadcast television network owned by MGM Television that launched on December 22, 2016. The network features family-friendly and faith-based entertainment programming. Light TV is headed by the husband-and-wife team of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey; Burnett is the CEO of MGM TV, while Downey is best known as an actress and star of Touched by an Angel. Both Burnett and Downey consider themselves deeply religious, and have teamed in the past on producing several religious- or family-oriented projects (most notably the 2013 History miniseries The Bible) through the MGM subsidiary Downey leads, Lightworkers Media.[1][2]
History
The then Over-The-Top (OTT) faith-based channel was under development as early as September 2014 when MGM purchased 55% of One Three Media and LightWorkers Media, owned by Hearst Entertainment, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, consolidated them into United Artists Media Group.[3] With MGM purchasing out of Hearst and Burnett and Downey's share of United Artists, the channel was still a planned streaming service. However, Hearst and Burnett and Downey retained their stakes in the channel.[4]
Film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced the formation of Light TV on November 16, 2016, with a launch planned for December on 13 Fox TV Stations.[5] Light TV launched on December 22, 2016[6] on only two stations.[7]
Programming
Light TV features several series and movies meant to fit the network's family-oriented approach, including content from the MGM film and TV library or acquired through outside sources.[1][2]
Current programming
Below is a current list of programing broadcast on Light TV:[8]
- Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?[5] (December 22, 2016–present)
- Flipper
- Flipper – The New Adventures
- Green Acres
- Heartland[5] (December 22, 2016–present)
- Highway to Heaven[5] (December 22, 2016–present)
- Sea Hunt
Children's programming
- The Adventures of Paddington Bear
- All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series
- The Busy World of Richard Scarry
- The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures
- Franny's Feet
- Inspector Gadget
- Madeline
- The Pink Panther Show (December 24, 2016–present)
- Wimzie's House
Former Programming
Affiliates
Light TV initially launched on subchannels of fourteen Fox and MyNetworkTV stations owned by Fox Television Stations, with most of the initial affiliates being owned-and-operated stations of the Fox Broadcasting Company.[9] MGM will offer the network to stations outside the initial markets.[10]
| City | Station[11][12] | Physical channel |
Virtual channel |
Owner (Management Company) | Date of affiliation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | ||||||
| Tuscaloosa/Birmingham | WVUA | 23.2 | University of Alabama | June 1, 2017 | ||
Arizona | ||||||
| Phoenix | KSAZ-TV | 10.4 | Fox Television Stations | July 20, 2017 | ||
Arkansas | ||||||
| Harrison | K26GS-D | 26.4 | Reynolds Media, Inc. | 2017 | ||
California | ||||||
| Los Angeles | KTTV | 11.3 | Fox Television Stations | December 22, 2016 | ||
| San Francisco | KICU-TV | 36.5 | 2017 | |||
| Fresno | KAIL | 7.2 | Aperio Communications | |||
Colorado | ||||||
| Sterling | KCDO-TV | 10.1 | Newsweb Corporation | 2017 | ||
| Colorado Springs | KWHS-LD | 51.2 | 51.2 | LeSEA Broadcasting | July 1, 2017 | |
District of Columbia | ||||||
| Washington, DC | WDCA | 20.4 | Fox Television Stations | July 2017 | ||
Florida | ||||||
| Orlando | WOFL | 35.2 | Fox Television Stations | July 14, 2017 | ||
Georgia | ||||||
| Atlanta | WAGA-TV | 5.4 | Fox Television Stations | 2017 | ||
Hawaii | ||||||
| Honolulu | KWHE-TV | 14.2 | LeSEA Broadcasting | 2017 | ||
Idaho | ||||||
| Boise | KRID-LD | 22.7 | Karlo Maalouf | July 2017 | ||
Illinois | ||||||
| Chicago | WPWR-TV | 50.3 | Fox Television Stations | August 2017 | ||
Indiana | ||||||
| Gary | WPWR-TV | 50.3 | Fox Television Stations | June 2017 | ||
| Indianapolis | WHMB-TV | 40.2 | LeSEA Broadcasting | |||
| South Bend | WHME-TV | 46.3 | ||||
Iowa | ||||||
| Iowa City | KWKB | 20.2 | KM Communications Inc. | 2017 | ||
Michigan | ||||||
| Detroit | WHNE-LD | 20 | 14.1 | Tait Broadcasting | Since late August 2017 | |
Minnesota | ||||||
| Minneapolis | KMSP-TV | 9.5 | Fox Television Stations | July 26, 2017 | ||
Nevada | ||||||
| Las Vegas | KGNG-LD | 47.5 | King Kong Broadcasting | 2017 | ||
New York | ||||||
| New York City | WNYW | 5.4 | Fox Television Stations | December 22, 2016 | ||
North Carolina | ||||||
| Charlotte | WMYT-TV | 55.4 | Fox Television Stations | 2017 | ||
Oklahoma | ||||||
| Tulsa | KWHB-TV | 47.2 | LeSEA Broadcasting | July 2017 | ||
Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Philadelphia | WTXF-TV | 29.3 | Fox Television Stations | 2017 | ||
South Carolina | ||||||
| Greenville | WGGS-TV | 16.4 | Carolina Christian Broadcasting | 2017 | ||
Texas | ||||||
| Dallas | KDFI | 27.5 | Fox Television Stations | July 14, 2017 | ||
| Houston | KRIV | 26.2 | ||||
References
- ^ a b "MGM Launches Light TV on Fox Owned Stations and Affiliates". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ a b "Faith-Based LIGHT TV Coming To FOX 32.2 In December". Chicagoland Radio & Media. November 16, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- ^ Busch, Mike Fleming Jr,Anita (September 22, 2014). "MGM Buys 55% Of Roma Downey And Mark Burnett's Empire; Relaunches United Artists". Deadline. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Lieberman, David (December 14, 2015). "MGM Taps Mark Burnett To Run TV Operation After Buying Out JV Partners". Deadline. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Busch, Anita (November 16, 2016). "Roma Downey, Mark Burnett And MGM Launch Light TV With Fox Stations On Board". Deadline. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ Bouma, Luke (March 3, 2017). "Three New Over-the-Air TV Networks Recently Launched - Cord Cutters News". Cord Cutters News. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ "Light TV". Light TV.com. LightWorker Media OTT, LLC. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
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- ^ "Fox Stations Sign on For Roma Downey and Mark Burnett Network". TVSpy. Prometheus Global Media. November 16, 2016.
- ^ Kate Stanhope (November 16, 2016). "Roma Downey, Mark Burnett and MGM to Launch Faith Digital Network on Fox Stations". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ "Stations for Network - Light TV". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ [ List of Light TV affiliates on RabbitEars.info]