47 channels digital 48 uhf virtual 47 psip subchannels 47.1 lesea 47.2 cozi tv affiliations lesea owner lesea broadcasting corporation lesea broadcasting of tulsa inc. first air date 1985 1985 when call letters meaning world harvest broadcasting former callsigns ktct 1985 1986 former channel number s analog 47 uhf 1985 2009 former affiliations independent 1985 1995 the wb 1995 1999 transmitter power 29 kw height 460 m facility id 37099 transmitter coordinates 36 1 14.9 n 95 40 31.7 w 36.020806 n 95.675472 w 36.020806 ; 95.675472 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.kwhb.com kwhb virtual channel 47 uhf digital channel 48 is a lesea owned and operated television station located in tulsa oklahoma united states . the station is owned by the lesea broadcasting corporation . kwhb maintains studio facilities located on south memorial drive just east of the chimney hills addition in southeastern tulsa and its transmitter is located near south 273rd avenue east and the muskogee turnpike near broken arrow in southeastern tulsa county . on cable the station is available on cox communications channel 7 . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 references 5 external links history edit the station first signed on the air in 1985 as ktct the callsign is believed to stand for tulsa christian television ; originally operating as a religious independent station it was founded by coit drapery and cleaners inc. channel 47 s initial schedule consisted of christian programming from the ptl satellite network including shows such as the ptl club heritage village usa and 100 huntley street as well as programs from televangelists such as kenneth copeland jerry falwell jimmy swaggart and richard roberts . ktct suffered from financial problems early on and reduced its programming schedule to approximately six hours a day by that winter ; the station was put up for sale thereafter . coit drapery and cleaners wanted to sell the station to a christian religious broadcast ministry . soon after south bend indiana based lesea evangelistic ministries also known as world harvest ministries headed by the late lester sumrall and his sons announced that it would purchase the station . after the lesea acquisition was finalized in 1986 the station changed its callsign to kwhb ; it initially retained some ptl programming and added shows such as the 700 club lesea alive lester sumerall teaches and televangelism programs from pastors such as dwight thompson . by 1987 kwhb also added secular family oriented entertainment programming on weekday afternoons between 2 00 and 7 00 p.m. and from 9 00 a.m. to 6 00 p.m. on saturdays and began accepting traditional commercial advertising during secular programming hours . after kgct channel 41 now kmyt tv went dark in 1987 after an ice storm caused the collapse of its transmission tower its owners were unable to construct a new tower due to a lack of funds kwhb acquired select cartoons that were previously aired on that station . over the years kwhb has carried various syndicated reruns from the 1950s to the 2000s such as the adventures of ozzie & harriet mister ed the little rascals dennis the menace both the live action sitcom and the animated series the brady bunch i love lucy the andy griffith show bonanza the cosby show the jetsons yogi s gang ducktales and everybody loves raymond . although the station ran a decent amount of general entertainment programming the tulsa edition of tv guide never included kwhb in its listings for undisclosed reasons an unusual situation given that the magazine had provided listings for full time christian television stations in its other regional editions . when that network launched on january 11 1995 kwhb became an charter affiliate of the wb ; that september it began carrying the network s newly launched children s program lineup kids wb . the wb affiliation on kwhb was rather informal as it only carried the network s family oriented primetime shows such as the parent hood sister sister and 7th heaven ; because of kwhb s ownership by a religious broadcaster the station declined to clear network programs whose content that the station deemed inappropriate for it to broadcast under lesea s strict content standards . as a result the wb did not have a full time affiliate in the tulsa market during the first four years of the network s existence ; wb programs that were preempted by kwhb during this timeframe were available in the market on cable and satellite through chicago based superstation wgn which carried wb programming nationally from the network s january 1995 launch until october 1999 . 1 2 in september 1999 the cascade broadcasting group launched kwbt channel 19 now cw affiliate kqcw dt ; that station chose to carry the wb s entire programming schedule ; at that point the kids wb blocks and the few wb primetime shows that kwhb carried moved to channel 19 . kwhb has since reduced its secular programming slightly consisting of sitcoms drama series and lifestyle programs to 3 00 to 7 00 p.m. each weekday and a scattered amount for a few hours a day on saturdays and an hour on sundays along with carrying children s programs complying with the federal communications commission s educational programming guidelines for three hours on saturday mornings . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 3 47.1 480i 4 3 kwhb d1 main kwhb tv programming lesea 47.3 kwhb d3 47.2 480i 4 3 kwhb d2 cozi tv analog to digital conversion edit kwhb shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 47 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal relocated from its pre transition uhf channel 48 to channel 47 . 4 programming edit syndicated religious programs broadcast by kwhb include the believer s voice of victory life today the gospel truth with andrew wommack jack van impe presents and in touch with dr. charles stanley . syndicated secular programs seen on the station include the andy griffith show little house on the prairie agday america now and everybody loves raymond . references edit time warner takes crucial step toward new network television a pact with superstation wgn tv gives it access to 73 % of homes . analysts say that will still leave gaps . los angeles times december 4 1993 . retrieved 12 10 2010 . last night dawson s last wgn ceases to air wb programming the charleston gazette october 7 1999 . retrieved june 22 2013 from highbeam research . rabbitears tv query for kwhb dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit www.kwhb.com kwhb official website query the fcc s tv station database for kwhb biafn s media web database information on kwhb tv v t e broadcast television in east central oklahoma including tulsa reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations english kjrh tv 2.1 nbc 2.2 bounce 2.3 laff kotv 6.1 cbs 6.2 cw 6.3 news on 6 now ktul 8.1 abc 8.2 comet 8.3 retro tv koed koet 11.1 3.1 pbs oeta 11.2 3.2 okla 11.3 3.3 create 11.4 3.4 pbs kids k15da mynetworktv kqcw tv 19.1 the cw 19.2 this tv koki tv 23.1 fox 23.2 metv 23.3 escape kmyt tv 41.1 mynetworktv 41.2 gettv 41.3 grit 41.4 h & i ktpx 44.1 ion 44.2 qubo 44.3 ion life 44.4 ion shop 44.5 qvc over air 44.6 hsn kwhb 47.2 cozi tv spanish kutu cd 25.1 uni 25.2 telemundo kxap ld 51.1 estrella religious kdor 17.1 tbn 17.2 hillsong 17.3 smile juce tv 17.4 enlace 17.5 salsa ktzt cd 29 daystar kwhb 47.1 47.3 lesea kgeb 53.1 geb america outlying areas k16kr d 16 a1 mcalester krsu tv 35.1 35.2 edu . ind. claremore k50jg 50 dark independence ks adjacent locals fort smith kfsm 5.1 cbs 5.2 mynetworktv antenna tv kaft 13.1 pbs 13.2 create 13.3 aetn plus pbs kids aetn scholar world kfta 24.1 fox 24.2 nbc khbs 40.1 khog 29.1 abc 40.2 29.2 cw knwa tv 51.1 nbc 51.2 fox joplin koam tv 7.1 cbs 7.2 fox kode 12.1 abc kfjx 14.1 fox ksnf 16.1 nbc oklahoma city kfor 4.1 nbc 4.2 antenna tv koco 5.1 abc 5.2 metv kwtv 9.1 cbs 9.2 news 9 now keta 13.1 pbs 13.2 okla 13.3 create 13.4 pbs kids kokh 25.1 fox 25.2 zuus country springfield kytv 3.1 nbc 3.2 wn ktko 8.1 metv kolr 10.1 cbs kozk 21.1 pbs 21.2 opt ed 21.3 create kozl tv 27.1 ind. kspr 33.1 abc 33.2 cw wichita ksnw 3.1 nbc kpts 8.1 pbs 8.2 explore 8.3 create kake 10.1 abc 10.2 metv kwch dt 12.1 cbs 12.2 weather ksas 24.1 fox 24.2 antenna tv cable channels the cox channel defunct kceb 23 nbc abc dumont kelf lp 49 a1 miami news now 53 cable 1 1 this channel currently exists as news on 6 now available on kotv dt 6.3 and on area cable systems . oklahoma broadcast television areas by city ada sherman tx amarillo tx fort smith ar eastern ok joplin mo northeast ok lawton wichita falls tx oklahoma city metro texarkana tx ar shreveport la tulsa east central ok see also topeka tv v t e other television stations in the state of oklahoma america one k16kr d 16 mcalester ktew ld 27 ponca city kxok ld 32 enid antenna tv kfor dt 4.3 oklahoma city zuus country kokh dt 25.2 oklahoma city kmyt dt 41.2 tulsa daystar kocm 46 norman geb kgeb 53 tulsa ion television ktpx 44 okmulgee kopx 62 oklahoma city ion life ktpx 44.2 okmulgee kopx 62.2 oklahoma city qubo ktpx 44.3 okmulgee kopx 62.3 oklahoma city lesea kwhb 47 tulsa live well kjrh dt 2.2 tulsa me tv koco dt 5.2 oklahoma city ; effective 10 1 2012 koki dt 23.2 tulsa rtv ktul dt 8.3 tulsa tbn ktbo 14 oklahoma city kdor 17 bartlesville this tv koco dt 5.22 oklahoma city kotv dt 6.3 tulsa ksbi dt 52.22 oklahoma city independent krsu 35 claremore kaut 431 oklahoma city first nations experience fnx 1 krsu dt 36 claremore tulsa kcat cat tv 47 cheyenne arapaho tribes concho oklahoma city defunct kxoc lp 41 oklahoma city kelf lp 49 miami k53be 53 guymon 1though nominally an independent station kaut simulcasts select programs from antenna tv on a secondary basis ; kfor dt 4.2 will retain its full time affiliation with antenna tv . 2as me tv s affiliation contract with koco does not take effect until october 1 2012 the second digital subchannels of koco and ksbi will share the oklahoma city market s this tv affiliation through september 30 . koco 5.2 will join me tv thereafter while ksbi 52.2 will become the market s exclusive this tv affiliate . see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in oklahoma see also religious and spanish tv stations https fnx.org channels retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kwhb & oldid 709414727 categories leseacozi tv affiliatestelevision channels and stations established in 1985world harvest television affiliatestelevision stations in tulsa oklahomahidden categories vague or ambiguous time from july 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 march 2016 at 19 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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