WTJP-TV

WTJP-TV, virtual channel 60 (UHF digital channel 26), is a TBN owned-and-operated television station serving Birmingham, Alabama, United States that is licensed to Gadsden. The station is owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. WTJP's studios are located on Rosedale Avenue in Gadsden, and its transmitter is located on Blount Mountain near Springville, Alabama. On cable, the station is available on Charter Spectrum channel 10 (Alabama Public Television outlet WBIQ-TV, which broadcasts over-the-air on virtual channel 10, is instead carried on cable channel 11) (in outlying areas, it is carried on channel 13; NBC affiliate WVTM-TV, which broadcasts on virtual channel 13, is carried on channel 5) and is also carried on most other cable providers in the Birmingham market.

WTJP-TV
Gadsden/Birmingham, Alabama
United States
CityGadsden, Alabama
ChannelsDigital: 26 (UHF)
Virtual: 60 (PSIP)
BrandingTrinity Broadcasting Network
Programming
Subchannels60.1: TBN (O&O)
60.2: Hillsong Channel
60.3: Smile
60.4: Enlace
60.5: Positiv
Ownership
OwnerTrinity Broadcasting Network
(Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc.)
History
First air date
July 22, 1986 (1986-07-22)
Former call signs
WTJP (1986–2003)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
60 (UHF, 1986–2009)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID1002
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT329 m (1,079 ft)
Transmitter coordinates33°48′53″N 86°26′55″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewww.tbn.org

The station's signal was formerly relayed on low-powered translator stations W51BY (channel 51) in Jasper and W46BU (channel 46) in Tuscaloosa; the latter station went silent on April 13, 2010 due to declining support, which was attributed to the digital transition.[1]

History

The station first signed on the air on July 22, 1986, and was built and signed on by the Trinity Broadcasting Network.

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
60.1720p16:9TBN HDMain TBN programming
60.2HillsngHillsong Channel
60.3480i4:3SMILESmile
60.4EnlaceEnlace
60.516:9PositivPositiv

TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[2]

References
  1. "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  2. RabbitEars TV Query for WTJP
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