WTBY-TV

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WTBY-TV
Poughkeepsie / New York City / Albany, New York
Channels	54 (UHF) analog, 27 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	TBN
Owner	Trinity Broadcasting Network
Founded	May 30, 1980
Call letters meaning	Trinity Broadcasting Network (the station's owner) New York
Former callsigns	WFTI-TV (1980-1982)
Website	www.tbn.org/

WTBY-TV is the TBN owned and operated station in Poughkeepsie, New York, serving both the New York City and Albany television markets. It broadcasts on UHF channel 54, with a digital signal on channel 27. In addition, the station operates broadcast translator W52DF on channel 52 to reach Albany.

The station signed on May 30, 1980 as WFTI-TV, a local religious station in Poughkeepsie, and was headquartered in the Poughkeepsie Plaza Mall on Route 9. The station moved from Poughkeepsie to Fishkill, New York and adopted its current programming and callsign after TBN purchased the station in 1982.

This station elected to keep RF channel 27 permanently for digital operation during the first round of digital channel elections in February 2005.

[edit] Digital services

This station's digital signal, like most other TBN-owned stations, carries five different TBN-run networks: the local TBN channel (simulcasting the analog station) on 54.1, The Church Channel on 54.2, JCTV on 54.3, Enlace USA on 54.4, and Smile of a Child on 54.5.

[edit] External links

• TBN website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WTBY
• Query the FCC's TV station database for W52DF