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{{distinguish|WFLI-TV}}▼
{{short description|CBS affiliate in Lafayette, Indiana}}
▲{{distinguish|WFLI-TV}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WLFI-TV
| city =
| logo =
| logo_size = 150px
| image_size = 150px
|
| digital = 11 ([[
| virtual = 18
| translators =
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''18.1:''' [[CBS]]
| owner = [[Entertainment Studios|Allen Media Broadcasting]]<ref name="allenmedia">{{cite web|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/239568/byron-allen-buying-11-stations-for-290m/|title=Byron Allen Buying 11 Stations For $290M|last=Miller|first=Mark K.|work=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheckMedia|date=October 1, 2019|access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref>
| licensee = Lafayette TV License Company, [[
| location = [[Lafayette, Indiana]]
| country = United States
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1953|06|15|p=y}}
| last_airdate =
| callsign_meaning =
| sister_stations = {{ubl|[[WFFT-TV]], [[WTHI-TV]], [[WEVV-TV|WEVV-TV, WEEV-LD]]|'''Cable:''' [[Bally Sports Indiana]], [[Bally Sports Ohio]]}}
| former_callsigns = WFAM-TV (1953–1967)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|'''Secondary:'''
| erp = 30
| haat = {{convert|214|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 73204
| coordinates =
| licensing_authority = [[
| website = {{ubl|{{URL|https://www.wlfi.com/}}
}}
'''WLFI-TV'''
==History==
The station first signed on the air at 6
WFAM-TV's transmitter had originally broadcast at low power, making it unreceivable in parts of west-central Indiana outside of the immediate Lafayette area. Out of its original 20-person staff, only one person had any experience in television; the rest were radio personalities who pulled double duty.
[[File:WLFI Logo.png|150px|thumb
In 1957, both the television station
WLFI's broadcasts became digital-only, effective June 12, 2009.<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 26, 2014 |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On March 21, 2014, [[Media General]] announced that it would merge with LIN Media in a $1.6
WLFI was one of the Lafayette area's two commercial network television broadcasters between its launch in 1953 and the 2016 launch of [[WPBI-LD]], a Fox and NBC affiliate; the other station was WTTK (channel 29), a satellite station of WTTV that began broadcasting in 1988.<ref>
==Programming==▼
WLFI-TV carries the entire CBS network schedule; however, it airs the [[CBS Dream Team]] lineup in two blocks—with the first two hours airing on Saturday mornings (leading into the [[CBS
The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:▼
===News operation===▼
WLFI-TV presently broadcasts {{frac|22
Even after cable systems began piping in Indianapolis stations in the 1970s, the station's newscasts have performed well in the [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]]; its success was largely attributed to the longevity of most of its news staff, some of whom had been at the station for over 20 years, including former anchors Jeff Smith and Chris Morisse, sports anchor Larry Clisby and meteorologist Steve Scherer
In September 2012, WLFI became the third television station in [[Central Indiana]] to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in [[high-definition television|high definition]]; as part of the upgrade, the station unveiled a new graphics package (a modified version of the package used by CBS [[owned-and-operated station]] [[WBBM-TV]] in
====Notable former on-air staff====▼
* [[Jane King (journalist)|Jane King]] (now New York correspondent for [[CNN]])<ref>
==Subchannels==
{| class="wikitable"
|-▼
! Channel
! [[
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
!
! Programming
▲! Programming <ref>http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WLFI#station</ref>
|-
! scope = "row" | 18.1
|-
! scope = "row" | 18.2
|-
! scope = "row" | 18.3
| rowspan=" ▲|-
! scope = "row" | 18.4
|-
! scope = "row" | 18.5
| START || [[Start TV]]
|-
▲| 18.4 || GETTV || [[GetTV]]
|}
WLFI formerly carried [[TheCoolTV]] on digital subchannel 18.2 from 2011 to 2013, when LIN Media terminated its affiliation agreement with the [[music video]] network.<ref>http://m.thecooltv.com/stations.php?id=31</ref> The live feed of "Storm Team 18 Live Doppler Radar" moved from digital subchannel 18.3 to 18.2 in the fall of 2013. [[Sony Pictures Television]]'s [[GetTV]] network, which features classic movies, replaced the weather radar channel on WLFI-DT2 in early 2015. In Fall 2015, WLFI-DT3 was launched to serve as an [[Ion Television]] affiliate. [[The CW Plus]] began to be broadcast over WLFI-DT2 in [[720p]] HD in August 2017, moving [[GetTV]] to a new DT4 subchannel and leading to the CBS feed on their main channel being downscaled into 720p for the time being (presumably due to bandwidth limitations resulting from their current encoding equipment, which are only capable of utilizing a "Constant" Bitrate Allocation, versus "Variable").<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=73204 RabbitEars TV Query for WLFI-TV]</ref> WLFI-DT2 is being identified on-air as "'''Lafayette's CW18'''".<ref>[https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/16918428724833032503 A Promotional Logo Of WLFI-DT2]</ref>▼
▲WLFI formerly carried [[TheCoolTV]] on digital subchannel 18.2 from 2011 to 2013, when LIN Media terminated its affiliation agreement with the
▲==Programming==
▲WLFI-TV carries the entire CBS network schedule; however, it airs the [[CBS Dream Team]] lineup in two blocks—with the first two hours airing on Saturday mornings (leading into the [[CBS This Morning#Saturday edition|Saturday edition]] of ''[[CBS This Morning]]'', which itself airs two hours later than most CBS stations that carry the broadcast) and the final hour airing on Sunday mornings. [[Broadcast syndication|Syndicated]] programs broadcast by WLFI-TV include ''[[Dr. Phil (talk show)|Dr. Phil]]'', ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' and ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]''.
▲==News operation==
▲WLFI-TV presently broadcasts 22½ hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with four hours each weekday, 1½ hours on Saturdays and one hour on Sundays); unlike most CBS affiliates in the [[Eastern Time Zone]], the station's early evening newscast at 5:00 p.m. runs only for a half-hour, with the station opting to run syndicated programs during the 5:30 p.m. half-hour.
▲Even after cable systems began piping in Indianapolis stations in the 1970s, the station's newscasts have performed well in the [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]]; its success was largely attributed to the longevity of most of its news staff, some of whom had been at the station for over 20 years, including former anchors Jeff Smith and Chris Morisse, sports anchor Larry Clisby and meteorologist Steve Scherer [http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~scherer/].
▲In September 2012, WLFI became the third television station in [[Central Indiana]] to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in [[high-definition television|high definition]]; as part of the upgrade, the station unveiled a new graphics package (a modified version of the package used by CBS [[owned-and-operated station]] [[WBBM-TV]] in [[Chicago]] from when it upgraded its newscasts to high definition in 2008 until 2010) and a new set for its newscasts.
▲===Notable former on-air staff===
▲* [[Jane King (journalist)|Jane King]] (now New York correspondent for [[CNN]])<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/king.jane.html Jane King]</ref>
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.wlfi.com/}}
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