KTBO-TV
KTBO-TV, virtual channel 14 (UHF digital channel 15), is a TBN owned-and-operated television station licensed to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. The station is owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. KTBO's studios are located on Northeast 108th Street and East Hefner Road, and its transmitter is located near the John Kilpatrick Turnpike/Interstate 44, both on Oklahoma City's northeast side.
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma United States | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 14 (PSIP) |
| Branding | Trinity Broadcasting Network |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 14.1: TBN (O&O) 14.2: Hillsong Channel 14.3: Smile 14.4: Enlace 14.5: Positiv |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Trinity Broadcasting Network (Trinity Broadcasting of Oklahoma City, Inc.) |
| History | |
| First air date | March 6, 1981 |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 14 (UHF, 1981–2009) |
| Call sign meaning | Trinity Broadcasting Oklahoma |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 67999 |
| ERP | 700 kW |
| HAAT | 358 m (1,175 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°34′35″N 97°29′9″W |
| Links | |
| Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | www |
History
The channel 14 allocation in Oklahoma City was first assigned to KLPR-TV, which operated from May 31, 1966 to December 1967 as an independent station.
KTBO-TV first signed on the air on March 6, 1981, and was one of several partner stations that were built and signed on by TBN, instead of being acquired from another company. It was also the fourth TBN partner station to sign on (after flagship station KTBN-TV in Santa Ana, California, KPAZ-TV in Phoenix, Arizona and WHFT-TV in Miami, Florida). The current channel 14 (as KTBO) operates under a different license and has never claimed KLPR-TV as part of its history.
KTBO was noted for a 1989 instance where it encouraged viewers to call up the cable companies Cox Communications (which served Oklahoma City proper) and Multimedia (which served most of the suburbs before merging with Cox in 2000) and tell them to protest Cinemax's clearance of Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ, which had garnered controversy among the religious community a year before. Although Multimedia responded by blacking out all of Cinemax's broadcasts of the film, Cox refused to preempt the broadcasts and briefly dropped KTBO from its lineup.[1]
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.1 | 720p | 16:9 | TBN HD | Main TBN programming |
| 14.2 | Hillsng | Hillsong Channel | ||
| 14.3 | 480i | 4:3 | SMILE | Smile |
| 14.4 | Enlace | Enlace | ||
| 14.5 | 16:9 | Positiv | Positiv |
TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.
KTBO-TV began transmitting a digital television signal on UHF channel 15 on December 1, 2002. TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15, using PSIP to display KTBO-TV's virtual channel as 14 on digital television receivers.
External links
- Official website
- KTBO in the FCC's TV station database
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTBO-TV