WLLA


WLLA, virtual channel 64, is a religious independent television station serving Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States that is licensed to Kalamazoo. Owned by Christian Faith Broadcast, Inc., it is a sister station to WGGN-TV in Sandusky, Ohio. WLLA's studios are located on East N Avenue in Kalamazoo, and its transmitter is located near Stewart Lake in Orangeville Township.

History

The station signed on the air on June 30, 1987. In 2007, the station entered a revenue sharing agreement with long distance telephone carrier Accxx Communications.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelVideoAspectPSIP Short NameProgramming
64.11080iWLLA-DTMain WLLA programming
64.2720pWLLA-D2MeTV
64.3480iWLLA-D3Retro TV → Heroes & Icons
64.4480i16:9Decades
64.5480i4:3Retro TV

The station began carrying programming from MeTV on digital subchannel 64.2 on July 4, 2013.

Analog-to-digital conversion

WLLA shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 64, on November 1, 2008. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45, using PSIP to display the WLLA's virtual channel as 64 on digital television receivers, which was among the high band UHF channels that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.