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WLFL

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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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

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WLFL

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

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WLFL

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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)

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

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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

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