KAJL-LD
KAJL-LD is a low-powered television station licensed to Fayetteville, Arkansas, serving mainly the northern half of the Fort Smith-Fayetteville-Rogers market of western Arkansas. The station is owned and operated by DTV America Corporation, a southern Florida-based group of television stations that is launching stations in 70 markets throughout the mid-2010s. Its transmitter is located on Robinson Mountain in eastern Washington County along Ed Edwards Road.
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| Fayetteville, Arkansas United States | |
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| Branding | Telemundo Northwest Arkansas |
| Channels | Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 16 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | Telemundo [1] |
| Owner | DTV America Corporation |
| Founded | 2011 |
| First air date | January 2014 |
| Sister station(s) | KFLU-LD |
| Former call signs | K18JL-D (2011–2013) KAJL-LD (2013–2014) |
| Transmitter power | 4 kW |
| Facility ID | 184686 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°0′57″N 94°5′0″W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information | Profile CDBS |
| Website | KAJL Profile at DTVAmerica.com |
History
The station's application history dates back to around February 2011 under the call letters K18JL-D. The callsigns were changed to the current KAJL-LD in 2013.[2][3]
DTV America Corporation announced in December 2014 that KAJL will go on the air as a Telemundo affiliate. The station took to the air by early 2014 as an affiliate of Spanish-language television network, Telemundo, broadcasting in 1080i HD. The station is the newest competitor to two other Spanish television stations in the market, Univision affiliates KXUN-LD and KWNL-CD and Telemundo affiliate KEGW-CD.
Doctor TV, a new healthy-lifestyle oriented network was run on channel 16.2 until December 2015, when it was replaced by the Grit TV network. On that same day, KAJL-LD3 began broadcasting Sony Pictures Television's GetTV, and KAJL-LD4 was launched to serve as a Laff network affiliate.