WLMB
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WLMB channel 40 is a Christian/family oriented TV station in Toledo, Ohio. The station's first call sign was issued as WXAE-TV on July 17, 1992. It adopted its current call-sign on May 17, 1994. However, the station did not commence broadcasting until October 19, 1998.
WLMB's line up is mostly religious shows and infomercials in the mornings and classic TV shows (The Andy Griffith Show
, I Love Lucy
, The Brady Bunch
, etc.) afternoons and evenings. Some of these programs are provided to WLMB from FamilyNet
and The Worship Network
. WLMB also airs new episodes of recent syndicated programs, including The Gossip Queens, Last Shot with Judge Gunn
, Excused, and Tyler Perry's House of Payne
(until January 2012), For Better or Worse
(starting January 2012), and Meet the Browns.
WLMB was an affiliate of Pax
from 2000 to 2002, but they only carried selected original and religious programming, plus weather reports.
Its call letters stand for LaMB (ie. "Lamb of God
"), to further illustrate itself as a Christian/family station.
WLMB is owned and operated by Dominion Broadcasting, which is not related to Dominion Media, owners of WWJS-CA in the Louisville, Kentucky
area.
WLMB's line up is mostly religious shows and infomercials in the mornings and classic TV shows (The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays a widowed sheriff in the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina...
, I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on the Columbia Broadcasting System...
, The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz and starring Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, and Ann B. Davis. The series revolved around a large blended family...
, etc.) afternoons and evenings. Some of these programs are provided to WLMB from FamilyNet
FamilyNet
FamilyNet is a broadcast television network owned by ComStar Media Fund and based in Atlanta, Georgia. The network was founded in 1979 as the National Christian Network, and took the name FamilyNet in 1988 under the ownership of Jerry Falwell. The channel was acquired by InTouch Ministries in...
and The Worship Network
The Worship Network
The Worship Network, or Worship, is a broadcast television service that provides alternative Christian worship-themed programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week...
. WLMB also airs new episodes of recent syndicated programs, including The Gossip Queens, Last Shot with Judge Gunn
Last Shot with Judge Gunn
Last Shot with Judge Gunn is an American reality-based courtroom television series that debuted in syndication on September 26, 2011. The series is presented by Mary Ann Gunn and distributed by Trifecta Entertainment, with Peter Brennan, Matt Battaglia, and George Jones serving as executive...
, Excused, and Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Tyler Perry's House of Payne is an American comedy-drama television series created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolves around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta, Georgia led by patriarch Curtis Payne and his wife Ella...
(until January 2012), For Better or Worse
Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse
Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse is an American comedy-drama series created and produced by playwright/director/producer Tyler Perry. The series is based on Perry's 2007 film Why Did I Get Married? and its 2010 sequel Why Did I Get Married Too?...
(starting January 2012), and Meet the Browns.
WLMB was an affiliate of Pax
I (TV network)
Ion Television is a United States broadcast television network. Owned by ION Media Networks, the networked commenced broadcasting on August 31, 1998 as PAX TV, a named it used until July 1, 2005, when it became i: Independent Television; the network was rechristened Ion on January 29, 2007...
from 2000 to 2002, but they only carried selected original and religious programming, plus weather reports.
Its call letters stand for LaMB (ie. "Lamb of God
God
God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
"), to further illustrate itself as a Christian/family station.
WLMB is owned and operated by Dominion Broadcasting, which is not related to Dominion Media, owners of WWJS-CA in the Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
area.