Live Well Network is a home, health and lifestyle high definition digital subchannel network owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company and is operated by the ABC Owned Television Stations. The network launched as Live Well HD Network on April 27, 2009, and is currently available on digital subchannels of all ABC owned and operated stations and Belo stations, with additional stations adding the channel in the near future. The channel airs home, health and lifestyle programming and is similar to ION Life, which launched in 2007.

Programming[link]

Live Well Network airs programming dedicated to home decorating, fashion and beauty, food, health, travel and finance, either contributed by the ABC-owned stations (mainly KGO-TV), or syndicated acquisitions. Programming includes Mirror/Mirror, On the Money, Mary Talks Money, Steven and Chris, Let's Dish, and Mexico: One Plate at a Time, among others.

Live Well Network also allows affiliates to air local programming from their schedules, which usually include replays of local news broadcasts, local sporting events (such as Philadelphia Union soccer on WPVI-TV), and/or local programming from affiliates such as KGO-TV's View from the Bay KTNV-TV's Morning Blend, and WCNC-TV's Charlotte Today.

Video Quality[link]

The network broadcasts in a lower-bandwidth form of 720p HD format in order to preserve bandwidth for the main HD station signal and additional 480i digital subchannels; for instance, WABC-TV's main channel (7.1) broadcasts in HD at 10 Mbit/s, while Live Well on Channel 7.2 has a 5 Mbit/s HD signal, leaving 3 Mbit/s for their local version of the Live Well channel in 480i on Channel 7.3.^[1][2] Cable carriage is also featured in the ABC markets (e.g., Comcast in Houston, Texas and Cablevision in the New York/Tri-State Region), either through the full HD feed or a 480i standard definition version.^[3][4]

Affiliates[link]

Live Well Network airs in high definition on ABC's owned-and-operated stations as part of the stations' Plus-branded subchannels (e.g. WABC-DT2 in New York). and on non-ABC affiliate groups, mainly those outside of the Top 10 Nielsen markets.^[5][6] In September 2010, Belo became the first non-ABC group to sign on with the network, adding it to their stations on November 8, 2010. The stations include WFAA, KMOV, WCNC-TV, WVEC, & WWL-TV (WFAA and WVEC are ABC affiliates). Not all of the Belo-owned stations originally aired the network in widescreen (unlike the ABC group), which led the network to drop the "HD" from its branding to become simply Live Well Network.^[7] Currently, four of the five Belo stations (WFAA, WCNC, WVEC, and WWL) transmit their LiveWell subchannels in 16:9 standard-definition widescreen while KMOV transmits its LiveWell subchannel in 4:3 standard definition (with 16:9 letterboxes). SJL Broadcasting became the second outside broadcast group to offer Live Well on its stations, following its purchase of WTVG and WJRT from ABC in 2011; both broadcast the network in standard definition format only.

On May 26, 2011, it was announced that a deal has been reached to air the network on nine Scripps-owned stations (several, but not all of them, are ABC affiliates). No word on when those stations will air the network, though WXYZ-TV in Detroit added the service at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2011, replacing its former RTV affiliation^[8] Currently, the WXYZ and KMCI-TV subchannels are transmitted in widescreen SD while the WEWS-TV subchannel uses letterboxing in its 4:3 transmissions. On January 9, 2012, Citadel Communications announced that it will be adding Live Well to all 5 of its major network-affiliated stations (four of them ABC affiliates), bringing the network's reach to around 55% U.S. television households.^[9] Young Broadcasting announced the addition of most of their stations to the network as of the end of January 2012 ^[10].

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• [1]

For the television network, see Live Well Network.

A livewell is a tank found on many fishing boats that is used to keep bait and caught fish alive. They work by pumping fresh water from the surrounding body into the tank, as well as keeping the water aerated. A rule of thumb for determining the necessitated size of a livewell is that every one inch of fish needs a gallon of water, if it is desired to keep the fish alive for a prolonged period of time.^[1]

Besides size and water circulation, two other key factors of the functionality of a livewell are maintaining proper temperature and removing metabolic waste. Water temperatures should be below 75 °F (24 °C); ice can be used as a coolant.^[2]

Oxygen levels[link]

It is very important to maintain adequate oxygen levels in the livewell. It should be above 5 parts per million. Electric aeration systems are often used to do this. These often work by creating a spray that increases the surface area of the water, or by passing it through a Venturi.

References[link]

Lisa Pickens Quinn is an American TV host and author.

Biography[link]

Quinn was born in Memphis, Tennessee, where she attended Briarcrest High School. After graduating from the Art Institute of Ft Lauderdale in 1997, Quinn launched an interior consultation business from her home in WPB. One year later, Lisa Quinn, Inc. relocated to the west coast and evolved into a design entertainment firm, specializing in commercial staging, set dressing for television and film, and television production.

Lisa Quinn is an Emmy award-winning TV host, best-selling author. She is a contributor to Better Homes and Gardens, Redbook, Life, and PARADE magazines; has appeared on Good Morning America, The CBS Early Show, HGTV, and Oprah; designed sets for the National Geographic Society and the Discovery Channel; and starred in her own one-hour special for the Fine Living Network.

Lisa currently serves as spokesperson for IKEA and Kelly Moore Paints. Home with Lisa Quinn is syndicated nationally on the Live Well HD network.

Look for her latest book, Life's Too Short to Fold Fitted Sheets (Chronicle Books).

A Memphis native, Lisa resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children.

Television[link]

• Home with Lisa Quinn Syndicated nationally on the Live Well HD Network--current
• The View from the Bay, lifestyle contributor-ABC-7 San Francisco--2006-2010
• Good Morning America, "Holiday Decorating for Free", December 2009
• The CBS Early Show, contributor, 2006-present
• "The Tattoo Show", The History Channel--2009
• "Dream Home with Lisa Quinn", ABC-7 San Francisco Producer/Host--2007-2009
• "Evening Magazine’s IKEA $500 Challenge": CBS-5 San Francisco, Producer/Host--2002-2007
• "Bay Area Living featuring Sunset Magazine": CBS-5 San Francisco, Host--2003
• "World Market Room Rescue": CBS-5 San Francisco, Producer/Host--2004-2005
• "Eye on the Bay": CBS-5 San Francisco, Home Dec/Lifestyle Contributor--2002-2006
• "Home Retreat with Lisa Quinn" aired as a one-hour special on The Fine Living Network. Quinn served as Executive Producer, Host, and Designer. 2004
• HGTV’s "Sensible Chic": Design Director and Segment Host--2000-2002
• Oprah Guest Designer--2002

Awards[link]

• 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement -- Program Host
• 2010 Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Achievement -- Program Host

Blog[link]

• "The Quinntessentials" Rants from a Disillusioned Domestic Diva.

Writer[link]

• Life's Too Short to Fold Fitted Sheets: full-length book Chronicle Books Spring '10
• Better Homes and Gardens: contributor
• NY Daily News: contributor
• San Francisco Chronicle: contributor
• The Seattle Post Intelligencer: columnist-Seattle@home section
• "$500 Room Makeovers", full-length book Random House Spring '06
• PARADE Magazine: contributor
• Life Magazine: contributor
• Redbook Magazine: contributor
• Cargo Magazine: contributor
• Budget Living: contributor
• Shop Etc. Magazine: contributor
• ModernMom.com : contributor

Set design[link]

• HGTV
• The Fine Living Network
• The National Geographic Society
• CBS
• ABC
• The Discovery Channel
• Live Well HD Network

Other[link]

• President of Lisa Quinn, Inc
• Currently serves as regional spokesperson for Kelly-Moore Paints and IKEA.
• Served as a National Spokesperson for Kenmore Appliances, DuPont, PŪR Water Filters, World Market
• Served as local spokesperson for Mercedes Benz of San Francisco and Oakland.
• Guest designer for the Spiegel catalog of Spring 2006.

External links[link]

• Biographical Article
• Lisa Quinn Inc. official website
• Lisa Quinn Interview