KNLJ
| Jefferson City–Columbia, Missouri United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Channels |
Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 25 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | CTN (since 2007) |
| Owner | Christian Television Network, Inc. |
| First air date | March 30, 1986 |
| Call letters' meaning | New Life in Jesus or Jefferson City |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 25 (UHF, 1986–2009) |
| Former affiliations | Religious Ind. (1986–2007) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 316 m (1,037 ft) |
| Facility ID | 48521 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°42′15″N 92°5′22″W / 38.70417°N 92.08944°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.knlj.tv |
KNLJ, virtual channel 25 (UHF digital channel 20), is a CTN owned-and-operated television station licensed to Jefferson City, Missouri, United States and serving the Columbia–Jefferson City television market. The station is owned by the Christian Television Network. KNLJ's studios are located on Dunklin Street in Jefferson City, and its transmitter is located near New Bloomfield.
History
The station first signed an agreement on Easter Sunday in 1986 at 3 p.m. to be a sister station and simulcast to KNLC in St. Louis; at that time, both stations were owned by Reverend Larry Rice's ministry, the New Life Evangelistic Center. In September 1986, KNLJ broke away from KNLC while it was still running most of the same Christian programs (such as The 700 Club, Richard Roberts, Jerry Falwell, among others) as well as locally produced programs from the ministry. Also, they ran secular shows (such as syndicated cartoons, some classic sitcoms, westerns, and outdoor sporting programs) about 12 hours a day. In 1990, KNLJ affiliated with Fox Kids and also ran The Disney Afternoon. When Mid-Missouri got its own Fox affiliate a few years later, the Fox Kids block moved there. As the 1990s progressed, the secular shows were becoming much cheaper. This happened because of the availability of the product, increasing number of stations in the market, and changes in the needs of the station itself.
In mid-2007, the station was sold to the Christian Television Network with the New Life Evangelistic Center retaining KNLC. After the sale, the intellectual unit of KNLJ was shut down. Both secular and Christian programming was dropped in favor of simulcasting the Christian Television Network full-time. Some shows on CTN had previously aired on KNLJ, but that was purely coincidental. The religious groups had previously bought time on both CTN and KNLJ.
Digital television
Digital channel
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.1 | 480i | 4:3 | CTN | Christian Television Network |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KNLJ shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 25, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 20.[2] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 25.
References
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KNLJ
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.