KJTL
Wichita Falls, Texas/Lawton, Oklahoma United States | |
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Branding |
Texoma's Fox (general) Fox: Texoma's News at 9 (newscasts) |
Slogan | Texoma's Only Primetime News |
Channels |
Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 18 (PSIP) |
Subchannels | 18.1 Fox |
Affiliations | Fox (1986–present) |
Owner |
Mission Broadcasting (Mission Broadcasting, Inc.) |
Operator | Nexstar Broadcasting Group |
First air date | May 14, 1985[1] |
Call letters' meaning | named for "Janet T. Lee" early majority shareholder (not as supposed as a variable of Lubbock Fox affiliate KJTV-TV) |
Sister station(s) | KFDX-TV |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 18 (UHF, 1985–2009) |
Former affiliations | independent (1985–1986) |
Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
Height | 263 m |
Facility ID | 7675 |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°12′5″N 98°43′45″W / 34.20139°N 98.72917°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | www.texomashomepage.com |
KJTL, virtual channel 18, is the Fox affiliate located in Wichita Falls, Texas also serving Lawton, Oklahoma owned by Mission Broadcasting, and its operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, in a virtual duopoly with NBC affiliate KFDX channel 3. KJTL's transmitter is located near Grandfield, Oklahoma.
History
The station originally signed on the air on May 14, 1985 as an Independent station owned by Wichita Falls Television airing movies, sitcoms, cartoons, dramas, and westerns. It originally operated from studios located on Call Field Road in Wichita Falls. In 1986, KJTL became one of the early affiliates of the then-new Fox television network. Wichita Falls Television then sold the station to BSP Broadcasting in 1989. BSP sold both KJTL and KCIT in Amarillo to Epic Broadcasting Corporation in 1991. Epic then sold KJTL and KCIT to Wicks Broadcast Group in 1995. Wicks Broadcast Group sold the station to current owner Mission Broadcasting in 1999.
Digital television
Digital channel
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[2] |
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18.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KJTL-DT | Main KJTL programming / Fox |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KJTL shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 18, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15.[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 18.
Programming
Syndicated programming on the station includes: The Martha Stewart Show, Rachael Ray, Judge Joe Brown, Judge Alex, Divorce Court, America's Funniest Home Videos, The Dr. Oz Show, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Deal or No Deal, Everybody Loves Raymond, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Two and a Half Men, Family Guy and King of the Hill, with weekend telecasts of Cold Case, House M.D., Bones and Boston Legal.
References
- ↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says May 18, while the Television and Cable Factbook says May 14.
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KJTL
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
External links
- KJTL Homepage
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KJTL
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KJTL-TV
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