WFND-LD


WFND-LD is a low-power television station in Findlay, Ohio, serving the Toledo market as an BCSN affiliate on Channel 19.
In 2004, the station was acquired from low-power broadcasting giant Equity Broadcasting by Metro Video Productions of Lima. Five years later, the station was purchased by Block Communications of Toledo.
On June 11, 2018, the station completed its to move from Channel 22 to Channel 19. The programming for WFND is now the , in HD.
The station's licensee is West Central Ohio Broadcasting, Inc., a Block subsidiary. Block also owns several other assets in Northwestern Ohio, including The Blade, Buckeye CableSystem and WLIO.
On January 8, 2013, the station made a flash cut to , and is operating with 15,000 watts of power from a site located at 3800 North County Road 220 in Allen Township, north of the Whirlpool plant.
The station transmitter is a Gates Air model ULXTE-4 with an Alive Telecomm ATC-BCE48C1R-U Elliptical polarized antenna,, electrical beam tilt of 1 degree. The pattern is the same as WFND when on Channel 22.
Engineering operations and monitoring are performed from West Central Ohio Broadcasting's operation center at 1424 Rice Avenue, Lima, Ohio. Engineering supervisor is Frederick Vobbe.