WHFT-TV

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WHFT-TV
Miami / Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Channels	45 (UHF) analog, 46 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	TBN
Owner	TBN
Founded	March 29, 1975
Call letters meaning	"World Harvest Florida Television" (after the previous owner)
Former callsigns	WFCB (1975-1976)
Former affiliations	Independent (1975-1980)
Website	www.tbn.org/

WHFT-TV is a Christian television station serving the greater Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area. They are owned and operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. The station broadcasts on channel 45.

[edit] History

WHFT-TV signed on March 29, 1975 as WFCB as a religious station owned by Florida Baptist Television. They were unable to keep the station solvent, so they put the station up for sale in early 1976, with a request to sell it to a Christian ministry.

World Harvest Television, a.k.a. LeSEA Broadcasting purchased the station and took over in June 1976. The call letters were changed to the current WHFT-TV (standing for World Harvest Florida Television). LeSEA added their own religious programming, along with televangelist programming like The 700 Club. In addition, the station aired a general entertainment format for families during the 7-9 a.m. and 2-7 p.m. timeslots on weekdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Sundays were reserved for religion).

In 1980, Trinity Broadcasting gave LeSEA a high offer for that time, so the station was sold. In the summer of 1980, all the secular shows were dropped (some eventually moved to WDZL or WBFS, while others never reappeared on Miami television stations) and the station switched to TBN programming. The WHFT-TV callsign, however, remained on the station.

Some of the religious shows that had aired on WHFT-TV during the LeSEA era remained on the station because TBN was also airing these programs, but shows like The 700 Club were removed (however, TBN would begin running The 700 Club a few years later).

[edit] Digital services

This station's digital signal, like most other TBN-owned stations, carries five different TBN-run networks:

Channel	Programming
45.1	The local TBN channel (simulcasting the analog station)
45.2	The Church Channel
45.3	JCTV
45.4	Enlace USA
45.5	Smile of a Child

[edit] External links

• TBN
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WHFT

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