KAJL-LD
KAJL-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 16, is a low-powered Telemundo-affiliated television station licensed to Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States, 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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| Channels | Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 16 (PSIP) |
| Branding | Telemundo Fayetteville |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Telemundo [1] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | DTV America Corporation |
| KFLU-LD | |
| History | |
| Founded | 2011 |
First air date | January 2014 |
Former call signs | K18JL-D (2011–2013) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 184686 |
| ERP | 4 kW |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°0′57″N 94°5′0″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| 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 2013 that KAJL will go on the air as a Telemundo affiliate, doing so by early 2014. 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.