Light TV

Light TV (styled LIGHTtv) 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

Type	Digital broadcast television network
Country	United States
Availability	Nationwide (available on OTA digital television and LPTV)
Slogan	There is something good on
Headquarters	Beverly Hills, California
Owner	MGM Television Mark Burnett Roma Downey Hearst Communications
Launch date	December 22, 2016 (2016-12-22)
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Affiliates	List of affiliates
Official website	www.lighttv.com

Light TV is headed by MGM TV CEO Mark Burnett and his wife, actress Roma Downey. The pair have teamed in the past to produce several religious and family-oriented projects through the MGM subsidiary Downey leads, Lightworkers Media.[1][2]

History

The then-new 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, and consolidated them into United Artists Media Group.[3] With MGM purchasing Hearst and Burnett and Downey's shares in UAMG, the channel was still a planned streaming service. However, Hearst and Burnett and Downey retained their stakes in the channel.[4]

MGM announced the formation of Light TV on November 16, 2016, with a launch planned for December on thirteen major market stations owned by Fox Television Stations.[5] The network launched on December 22, 2016[6] with two stations, and the rest of the group's stations launching the subchannel throughout early 2017.[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] Infomercials were added to the Light TV lineup in 2019, occupying all of the overnight hours and into the early morning.

Current programming

Below is a current list of programming broadcast on Light TV:[8]

• Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?[5] (2016–2019, 2020-present)
• Flipper
• Flipper – The New Adventures
• Green Acres (2016-2018; October 1, 2019)
• Highway to Heaven[5] (December 22, 2016–present)
• Heartland
• The Patty Duke Show (September 3, 2018 – present)
• Sea Hunt
• It's About Time (October 5, 2019 - present)
• My Mother the Car (October 5, 2019 - present)
• Mister Ed

Children's programming

Note: Only 2 Children’s programs currently air On Friday Evenings.

• The Busy World of Richard Scarry (December 22, 2016 - present)
• The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (December 22, 2016 - present)

Former children's programming

• The Adventures of Paddington Bear (2016-2019) (aired in rotation with Franny's Feet, now aired on Qubo)
• All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (December 22, 2016 – September 29, 2019)
• Franny's Feet (2017–September 30, 2019) (aired in rotation with The Adventures of Paddington Bear)
• Heathcliff (October 6, 2018 – September 30, 2019)
• Madeline (December 22, 2016 – September 30, 2019, now on Qubo)
• The Pink Panther Show (December 24, 2016 – September 29, 2019)
• Wimzie's House (December 22, 2016 – September 30, 2019)
• Inspector Gadget (December 22, 2016 – October 5, 2018; October 1, 2019 - April 2020; now aired on Qubo)
• Naturally Sadie (October 1, 2019 - April 2020)

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]	Physical channel	Virtual channel	Owner (management company)	Date of affiliation	Notes
Alabama
Greensboro	WDVZ-CD	3	3.2	University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa/Birmingham	WVUA	6	23.2		June 1, 2017
Arizona
Phoenix	KSAZ-TV	10	10.4	Fox Television Stations	July 20, 2017
Arkansas
Harrison	K26GS-D	26	26.4	Reynolds Media, Inc.	2017
Little Rock	KTVV-LD	18	18.2	Larry Morton
California
Los Angeles	KCOP	13.8 [12]	11.3	Fox Television Stations	December 22, 2016
San Jose	KICU-TV	36	36.5		October 19, 2017
Fresno	KAIL	7	7.2	Aperio Communications
Sacramento	KCSO-LD	3	33.4	NBCUniversal	2018
Santa Barbara	KZDF-LD		8.3		December 2017
Colorado
Colorado Springs	KWHS-LD	51.1[13]	51.1	Christian Television Network		KWHS-TV No longer carries Light TV[13]
Sterling	KCDO-TV 3	23.6, 34.6[14]	10.1	Newsweb Corporation	2017	KCDO-TV 3's display channel for Light TV is 10.1[14]
Florida
Miami	WSVN	7.2[15]	7.2	Sunbeam Television	July 14, 2017[16]
Orlando	WOFL	22.4[17]	35.2	Fox Television Stations
Tampa Bay	WTOG	44.3[18]	44.3	CBS Corporation
Georgia
Atlanta	WAGA-TV	27	5.4	Fox Television Stations	2017
Hawaii
Honolulu	KWHE-TV	31	14.2	Family Broadcasting Corporation	2017
Idaho
Boise	KRID-LD	22	22.7	Karlo Maalouf[19]	July 2017
Idaho Falls	KVUI	31	31.3	Ventura Broadcasting
Twins Falls	KXTF	34	35.3	Tri-State Christian Television
Illinois
Chicago	WFLD	32.6[20]	32.4	Fox Television Stations	June 11, 2018	Relocated from WPWR-TV 50.3
Marion	WTCT	17.5[21]	27.3	Tri-State Christian Television
Peoria	WAOE	39.3[22]	59.3	Venture Technologies Group	2017
Indiana
Angola	WINM	12	12.3	Tri-State Christian Television	September 2017
Fort Wayne	WEIJ-LD	38.5[23]	38.3
Iowa
Des Moines	KDMI	19.3[24]	19.3	Tri-State Christian Television
Iowa City	KWKB	25	20.2	KM Communications Inc.	2017
Kansas
Wichita	KGPT-CD	24	26.7	Great Plains Television
Kentucky
Lexington	WLJC-TV	7	65.2	Hour of Harvest
Louisville	WBNA	8	21.3	Word Broadcasting Network	March 2017[25]
Louisiana
Baton Rouge	KPBN		14.4	Pelican Broadcasting Network	January 1, 2018
Michigan
Detroit	WHNE-LD	20.1[26]	14.1	Tait Broadcasting, LLC[26]	Since late August 2017
Traverse City-Cadillac	WMNN-LD	14.6[27]	26.6	Freelancer Television Broadcasting, Inc.[27]	Since August 2017
Flint/Saginaw/Bay City	WAQP	48.5[28]	49.3	Tri-State Christian Television	Since September 2017
Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo	WTLJ	24	54.3		2018
Minnesota
Minneapolis	KMSP-TV	9	9.5	Fox Television Stations	July 26, 2017
Missouri
Kansas City	KSMO-TV	32.4[29]	62.2	Meredith Corporation	May 6, 2018
Springfield, Missouri	KRFT-LD	21	8.2	Craft Broadcasting	November 9, 2017[30]
Nevada
Las Vegas	KGNG-LD	26	47.5	King Kong Broadcasting, Inc.[31]	October 23, 2017	Century Link Cable Channel 22
Reno	KTVN	11	2.2	Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.	2018
New Mexico
Albuquerque	KTVS-LD	36.1[32]	36.1	Alpha Omega Broadcasting[32]	October 2017[33]	(physical and virtual) channel 36.3 is a simulcast of 36.1[32]
New York
Albany	WNYA	13.4[34]	51.2	Hubbard Broadcasting	November 1, 2017	Replaced Antenna TV
Jamestown	WNYB	26.5[35]	26.3	Tri-State Christian Television	?
New York City	WNYW	27.6[36]	5.4	Fox Television Stations	December 22, 2016
Rochester	DWNIB-LD	42.3[37]	42.3	Tri-State Christian Television
North Carolina
Charlotte	WJZY	47.10[38]	46.8	Nexstar Media Group	2017
Ohio
Cincinnati	WBQC-LD ("WKRP-TV")	47.7[39]	25.5	Elliot Block	2018
Mansfield	WMFD-TV	12	68.3	Mid-State Television, Inc.	2017
Marion	WOCB-CD	22.5[40]	39.5	Central Ohio Assoc. of Chr. Broadcasters
Oklahoma
Tulsa	KGEB	53.2[41]	53.2	Golden Eagle Broadcasting	August 26 2019
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia	WTXF-TV	42.5 to 38.5[42]	29.3	Fox Television Stations	2017
Pittsburgh	WPCW	11.4, 27.4[43]	19.4	CBS Corporation	July 2018
South Carolina
Greenville	WGGS-TV	16.6[44]	16.4	Carolina Christian Broadcasting	2017
Tennessee
Chattanooga	WRCB	3	3.2	Sarkes Tarzian, Inc.	2018
Nashville	WJFB	44.3[45]	44.3	Tri-State Christian Television	November 20, 2017
Texas
Austin	KGBS	19	19.5	CNZ Communications	October 9, 2017	Operated by HC2 Holdings
Dallas	KDFI	27[46]	27.5	Fox Television Stations	July 14, 2017
Houston	KRIV	26	26.2
San Antonio	KGMM-CD	24.4[47]	24.2	CNZ Communications
Utah
Ogden	KULX-CD	14	10.5	NBCUniversal
Salt Lake City	KTMW	20	20.5
Virginia
Grundy	WLFG	49.4[48]	68.2	Living Faith Ministries, Inc.	February 3, 2018
Washington
Seattle	KYMU-LD		6.2[49]	Seattle 6 Broadcasting LLC	2019
Wisconsin
Milwaukee	WIWN		68.2	CNZ Communications	September 1, 2017

Former affiliates

Market	Station	Channel	Current owner	Years of affiliation	Notes
Gary (Indiana)	WPWR-TV	50.4	Fox Television Stations	2017-2018
Oklahoma City (Oklahoma)	KBZC-LD	42.2	HC2 Holdings		Replaced by CBN News Channel
Washington, D.C.	WDCA	20.4	Fox Television Stations		Was dropped due to channel share with sister station WTTG

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External links

• Official website