KNLJ
| Columbia/Jefferson City, Missouri United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Channels |
Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 25 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 25.1 CTN |
| 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 Independent (1986–2007) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 293 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 48521 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°42′15.5″N 92°5′22″W / 38.704306°N 92.08944°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.knlj.tv |
KNLJ, channel 20, is a full-powered Christian television station, licensed to Jefferson City, Missouri with studios near New Bloomfield. Owned by the Christian Television Network, it broadcasts only Christian programming from CTN 24 hours a day.
History
The station first signed on on Easter Sunday in 1986 at 3 p.m. as a sister station and simulcast to KNLC in St. Louis, Missouri; 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 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 Disney Afternoon. When Mid-Missouri got its own Fox affiliate a few years later, a low-powered Fox Kids station moved there. As the 1990s progressed, the secular shows were becoming more and more low in budget. Much of this was because of the availability of product, amount of stations in the market increasing, 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 totally 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 fully 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 | KNLJ-DT | Main KNLJ programming / CTN |
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). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
External links
- KNLJ Official site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KNLJ
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KNLJ-TV