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WVLR
Tazewell–Knoxville, Tennessee; United States;
City	Tazewell, Tennessee
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF); Virtual: 48;
Programming
Affiliations	48.1: CTN; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Christian Television Network; (Volunteer Christian Television, Inc.);
History
First air date	October 6, 2002 (22 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 48 (UHF, 2002–2009); Digital: 48 (UHF, 2009–2020);
Call sign meaning	Volunteer Christian Television
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	81750
ERP	798 kW
HAAT	430 m (1,411 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°15′30.3″N 83°37′42.6″W / 36.258417°N 83.628500°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	ctnonline.com/affiliate/wvlr-tv/

WVLR (channel 48) is a religious television station licensed to Tazewell, Tennessee, United States, serving the Knoxville area as an owned-and-operated station of the Christian Television Network (CTN). The station's studios are located on Kyker Ferry Road in Kodak, and its transmitter is located on Clinch Mountain near Powder Springs in unincorporated Grainger County.

History

The station signed on October 6, 2002; it was added to East Tennessee cable systems in early 2003.^[2]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WVLR^[3]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
48.1	1080i	16:9	WVLR-HD	CTN
48.2	480i	4:3	Lifesty	CTN Lifestyle
48.3			CTNi	CTNi (Spanish)
48.4			CTN	CTN SD

Analog-to-digital conversion

WVLR shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 48, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 48.^[4] Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,^[5] WVLR did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.