KTAJ-TV

KTAJ-TV, virtual channel 16 (UHF digital channel 21), is a TBN owned-and-operated television station licensed to St. Joseph, Missouri, United States and also serving the Kansas City metropolitan area. The station is owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. KTAJ-TV's studios are located in the Tiffany Springs area of Kansas City, Missouri, and its transmitter is located at the intersection of East 23rd Street and Topping Avenue in the city's Blue Valley section.

KTAJ-TV
St. Joseph/Kansas City, Missouri
United States
CitySt. Joseph, Missouri
ChannelsDigital: 21 (UHF)
Virtual: 16 (PSIP)
BrandingTrinity Broadcasting Network
Programming
Affiliations16.1: TBN (O&O)
16.2: Hillsong Channel
16.3: Smile
16.4: Enlace
16.5: Positiv
Ownership
OwnerTrinity Broadcasting Network
(Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc.)
History
First air dateOctober 1986 (1986-10)[1]
Former call signsKTAJ (1986–2003)
Former channel number(s)Analog:
16 (UHF, 1986–2009)
Call sign meaningKeep
Teaching
About
Jesus
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID999
ERP1000 kW
HAAT315.8 m (1,036 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°1′19.9″N 94°30′49.7″W
Links
Public license informationProfile
LMS
Websitewww.tbn.org

Although the station mainly serves the Kansas City area, it is officially assigned by Nielsen to the St. Joseph Designated Market Area (DMA) due to its city of license residing in the St. Joseph market.[2] The station has been available on cable television providers in both the St. Joseph and Kansas City markets since its sign-on, although Charter Spectrum (in the immediate Kansas City area),[3] Comcast Xfinity,[4][5] Consolidated Communications,[6] AT&T U-verse[7] and Google Fiber[8] do not carry KTAJ but do carry TBN's national feed.

Overview

The station first signed on the air in October 1986, and was built and signed on by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. KTAJ is the only full-powered TBN station in the state of Missouri, and was one of only two stations licensed to St. Joseph—alongside ABC affiliate KQTV (channel 2)—until the June 2012 sign-on of Fox affiliate KNPN-LD (channel 26)[9] – although KTAJ and KQTV remain the only full-power television stations licensed to the city (two other stations owned by KNPN parent News-Press & Gazette Company have signed on since that point – low-powered KBJO-LD (now KNPG-LD; channel 21) and KNPG-LD (now KCJO-LD; channel 30)).

As KTAJ-TV's virtual digital channel is mapped as "16" (its former analog channel assignment) through PSIP, NBC affiliate KNPG-LD instead maps its PSIP channel as virtual channel 21[10] to avoid co-channel mapping issues with KTAJ.

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
16.1720p16:9TBN HDMain TBN programming
16.2HillsngHillsong Channel
16.3480i4:3SMILESmile
16.4EnlaceEnlace
16.516:9PositivPositiv

TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.

KTAJ-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 16, on that date. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 21.[11] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 16.

Local programming

Locally produced programs that are taped in the station's St. Joseph studios include local versions of TBN's flagship program Praise the Lord and Joy in Our Town, a public affairs program format that is produced by TBN partner stations on a local basis.

References
  1. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says October 6, while the Television and Cable Factbook says October 7.
  2. https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=KTAJ
  3. "Spectrum TV Packages: Kansas City". Charter Communications. July 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  4. http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?method=decideFwdForLineup&zipcode=64055&setMyPreference=false&lineupId=MO24605:X
  5. http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?method=decideFwdForLineup&zipcode=66062&setMyPreference=false&lineupId=KS57402:X
  6. "Channel Lineup - Kansas" (PDF). Consolidated Communications. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  7. http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?method=decideFwdForLineup&zipcode=64111&setMyPreference=false&lineupId=KS66467:X&isDescriptionOn=true&aid=tvschedule
  8. "Channel Listings for Kansas City" (PDF). Google LLC. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  9. News-Press & Gazette to Launch Fox Affiliate in St. Joseph This Spring, TVSpy, March 20, 2012.
  10. KNPN to upgrade transmission to all HD, St. Joseph News-Press, March 5, 2013.
  11. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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