KTAJ-TV

KTAJ-TV

St. Joseph–Kansas City, Missouri United States
City	St. Joseph, Missouri
Channels	Digital:21 (UHF) Virtual:16
Branding	Trinity Broadcasting Network
Programming
Affiliations	16.1:TBN for others, see§ Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Trinity Broadcasting Network (Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc.)
History
First air date	October 15, 1986(1986-10-15)
Former call signs	KTAJ (1986–2003)
Former channel number(s)	Analog:16 (UHF, 1986–2009)
Call signmeaning	"Keep Teaching About Jesus"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	999
ERP	1,000kW
HAAT	315.8 m (1,036 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°1′19.9″N94°30′49.7″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.tbn.org

KTAJ-TV(channel 16) is areligioustelevision stationlicensed toSt. Joseph, Missouri,United States, serving the St. Joseph andKansas Citymarketsas anowned-and-operated stationof theTrinity Broadcasting Network(TBN). The station's studios are located in theTiffany Springsarea of Kansas City, and its transmitter is located at the intersection of East 23rd Street and Topping Avenue in the city'sBlue Valleysection.

Although KTAJ-TV mainly serves the Kansas City area, it is officially assigned byNielsento the St. Joseph market due to the location of itscity of license.The station has been available oncable televisionproviders in both the St. Joseph and Kansas City markets since its sign-on, althoughCharter Spectrum(in the immediate Kansas City area),Comcast Xfinity,Consolidated Communications,AT&T U-verseandGoogle Fiberdo not carry KTAJ but do carry TBN's national feed. Despite St. Joseph being KTAJ-TV's city of license, the station maintains no physical presence there.

Overview

The station first signed on the air on October 15, 1986, and was built and signed on by All American Television, as an affiliate of the Trinity Broadcasting Network. In 2000, KTAJ was purchased by TBN, along with the other All American Television stations. KTAJ is the only full-power TBN station in the state of Missouri, and was one of only two stations licensed to St. Joseph—alongsideABCaffiliateKQTV(channel 2)—until the June 2012 sign-on ofFoxaffiliateKNPN-LD(channel 26)—although KQTV remains the only local full-power commercial television station licensed to the city (two other low-power stations owned by KNPN parentNews-Press & Gazette Companyhave signed on since that point—KBJO-LD (nowKNPG-LD;channel 21) and KNPG-LD (nowKCJO-LD;channel 30)).

As KTAJ-TV'svirtual digital channelis mapped as "16" (its former analog channel assignment),NBCaffiliate KNPG-LD instead maps its virtual channel as 21to avoid co-channel mapping issues with KTAJ.

Local programming

Locally produced programs that are taped in the station's Kansas City studios include local versions of TBN's flagship programPraise the LordandJoy in Our Town,apublic affairsprogram format that is produced by TBN partner stations on a local basis.

Subchannels

The station's signal ismultiplexed:

Subchannels of KTAJ-TV

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
16.1	720p	16:9	TBN HD	Main TBN programming
16.2			Merit	Merit Street Media
16.3	480i	4:3	Inspire	TBN Inspire
16.4		16:9	SMILE	Smile
16.5			POSITIV	Positiv

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

External links

• Official website