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WLFL: History & Measurement

WLFL (channel 22) is a television station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, serving the Research Triangle area as an affiliate of The CW. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside WRDC (channel 28), an independent station with MyNetworkTV. The two stations share studios in the Highwoods Office Park, just outside downtown…

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WLFL topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around WLFL.

Related topics
65
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
68
Extracted relationships
141
Concept neighborhoods
22
Bridge connections
68

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 41 topics
Overview · 18 topics
Technical information · 6 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Owner
Sinclair Broadcast Group · (WLFL Licensee, LLC)
Affiliations
22.1: The CW · for others, see § Subchannels
Branding
CW 22
Call sign meaning
"Light for Living"; station was built as a Christian TV station
Channels
Digital: 18 (UHF) · Virtual: 22
City
Raleigh, North Carolina

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Technical information

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How WLFL connects Entity context

The extracted context around WLFL shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, WLFL → America, CCA, Communications Corporation, Even, Fox, Front Street, Highwoods, In, NBC, Nearly, Norfolk, November, Paramount, Raleigh, September, Sinclair, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Sinclair-owned WTVZ, The, The WB Another extracted example is WLFL → Amid, Durham, Fox, However, In, It, June, March, May, MyNetworkTV, News, News Central, News Corporation, Sinclair, Sinclair-owned WB, The, The CW, The WB, UPN, WB. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

WLFL

Top relations

related to Sinclair ownership and loss of Fox affiliation · 29
WLFL → America, CCA, Communications Corporation, Even, Fox, Front Street, Highwoods, In, NBC, Nearly, Norfolk, November, Paramount, Raleigh, September, Sinclair, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Sinclair-owned WTVZ, The, The WB
related to CW affiliation · 23
WLFL → Amid, Durham, Fox, However, In, It, June, March, May, MyNetworkTV, News, News Central, News Corporation, Sinclair, Sinclair-owned WB, The, The CW, The WB, UPN, WB
related to TVX and Paramount ownership · 22
WLFL → By, By November, During, FCC, February, Fox, Front Street, June, NBC, Norfolk, October, Raleigh, The FCC, The Seymour, TVX, TVX Broadcast Group, Virginia, Winston-Salem, WLFL's, WNRW
related to "Light for Living" · 20
WLFL → Broad Street, Buddy, Carolina Christian, Carolina Christian Communications, Christmas, Durham, Durham Life Broadcasting, Durham TV, FCC, However, Interest, It, Leathers, Light, Living, May, Raleigh, Shortly, WRDU, WTVD
related to Analog-to-digital conversion · 12
WLFL → Although, February, In June, It, June, RF, The, Triangle, UHF, United States, WRAY-TV, WRDC
related to Subchannels · 10
WLFL → ATSC, Auburn, Durham, NextGen TV, North Carolina, Raleigh, The, WLFL's, WRDC, WRDC's
Former affiliations · 3
WLFL → Fox (1986–1998), Independent (1981–1986), The WB (1998–2006)
Affiliations · 2
WLFL → 22.1: The CW, for others, see § Subchannels
Channels · 2
WLFL → Digital: 18 (UHF), Virtual: 22
Former channel numbers · 2
WLFL → Analog: 22 (UHF, 1981–2009), Digital: 57 (UHF, until 2009), 27 (UHF, 2009–2019)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

channel sinclair fox station stations 22 raleigh durham group affiliate tvx wb news cw newscast wrdc carolina television broadcasting uhf

WLFL relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 141 structured relationships around WLFL. Examples in this analysis include WLFL → Affiliations → 22.1: The CW and WLFL → Affiliations → for others, see § Subchannels. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WLFLAffiliations22.1: The CW1.00infobox
WLFLAffiliationsfor others, see § Subchannels1.00infobox
WLFLBrandingCW 221.00infobox
WLFLCall sign meaning"Light for Living"; station was built as a Christian TV station1.00infobox
WLFLChannelsDigital: 18 (UHF)1.00infobox
WLFLChannelsVirtual: 221.00infobox
WLFLCityRaleigh, North Carolina1.00infobox
WLFLERP775 kW1.00infobox
WLFLFacility ID732051.00infobox
WLFLFirst air dateDecember 18, 1981 (1981-12-18)1.00infobox
WLFLFormer affiliationsIndependent (1981–1986)1.00infobox
WLFLFormer affiliationsFox (1986–1998)1.00infobox
WLFLFormer affiliationsThe WB (1998–2006)1.00infobox
WLFLFormer call signsWLFL-TV (1981–1993)1.00infobox
WLFLFormer channel numbersAnalog: 22 (UHF, 1981–2009)1.00infobox
WLFLFormer channel numbersDigital: 57 (UHF, until 2009), 27 (UHF, 2009–2019)1.00infobox
WLFLHAAT605.3 m (1,986 ft)1.00infobox
WLFLLicensing authorityFCC1.00infobox
WLFLOwnerSinclair Broadcast Group1.00infobox
WLFLOwner(WLFL Licensee, LLC)1.00infobox
WLFLPublic license informationPublic file1.00infobox
WLFLPublic license informationLMS1.00infobox
WLFLSister stationsWRDC1.00infobox
WLFLTransmitter coordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
WLFLWebsiteraleighcw.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around WLFL bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Wb, News and Wraz. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • television station
    • Independent
    • Durham
    • Raleigh
    • Carolina
    • Group
    • Christian
    • First
    • Began
    • Uhf
    • Newscast
    • Wrdc
    • Would
  • raleigh, north carolina
    • Christian
    • Durham
    • Carolina
    • Raleigh
    • Station
    • Television
    • Group
    • Wrdc
    • Wlfl
    • Cw
    • Fox
    • Stations
  • sinclair broadcast group
    • Fox
    • Group
    • Stations
    • Network
    • Wrdc
    • Wb
    • Wlfl
    • Durham
    • Tvx
    • Station
    • Christian
    • Independent
  • wrdc
    • Independent
    • Sinclair
    • Broadcast
    • Durham
    • Raleigh
    • News
    • Fox
    • Stations
    • Two
    • Cw
    • Station
    • Would
  • independent station
    • Wrdc
    • First
    • Independent
    • Station
    • Durham
    • Raleigh
    • Group
    • Carolina
    • Stations
    • Christian
    • Began
    • Tvx
  • auburn, north carolina
    • Christian
    • Durham
    • Raleigh
    • Television
    • Station
    • Group
    • Cw
    • Channel
    • Stations
    • Independent
    • Wtvd
    • First
  • tvx broadcast group
    • Group
    • Paramount
    • Wrdc
    • Wlfl
    • Durham
    • Tvx
    • Station
    • Christian
    • Fcc
    • Independent
    • First
    • Uhf
  • springfield television broadcasting company
    • Carolina
    • Channel
    • Christian
    • June
    • Uhf
    • Would
    • Durham
    • Raleigh
    • Group
    • Stations
    • Wlfl
    • Discontinued

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For WLFL, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects WLFL with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
WLFL — History · splits 27 ⟂ 42
WLFL — Overview · splits 50 ⟂ 19
WLFL — Technical information · splits 62 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

WLFL

Nodes69
Edges68
Triples141
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around WLFL to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — WLFL · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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