WLLA

WLLA
Kalamazoo–Battle Creek–; Grand Rapids, Michigan; ; United States;
City	Kalamazoo, Michigan
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF); Virtual: 64;
Branding	WLLA
Programming
Affiliations	64.1: Religious Independent; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Christian Broadcasting Ministries; (Christian Faith Broadcast, Inc.);
Sister stations	WGGN-TV
History
First air date	June 30, 1987 (37 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 64 (UHF, 1987–2008); Digital: 45 (UHF, until 2020);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11033
ERP	350 kW
HAAT	330.8 m (1,085 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°33′52.1″N 85°27′31″W / 42.564472°N 85.45861°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	wlla.tv

WLLA (channel 64) is a religious independent television station licensed to Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, serving West Michigan. 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.^{[citation needed]}

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WLLA^[2]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
64.1	1080i	16:9	WLLADTV	Main WLLA programming
64.2	480i		MeTV	MeTV
64.3			HI	Heroes & Icons
64.4			CATCHYC	Catchy Comedy
64.5			Retro	Retro TV
64.6			Dabl	Dabl
64.7			MeTOONS	MeTV Toons
64.8			QVC	QVC
64.9			ShopLC	Shop LC

The station began carrying programming from MeTV on digital subchannel 64.2 on July 4, 2013.^[3]

Analog-to-digital conversion

WLLA shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 64, on November 1, 2008.^[4] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 45, using virtual channel 64.