KJTL

KJTL
Wichita Falls, Texas/Lawton, Oklahoma United States

Branding	Texoma's Fox (general) Fox: Texoma's News at 9 (newscasts)
Slogan	Texoma's Only Primetime News
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 18 (PSIP)
Subchannels	18.1 Fox 18.2 Grit 18.3 Bounce TV 18.4 Escape
Affiliations	Fox (1986–present)
Owner	Mission Broadcasting (Mission Broadcasting, Inc.)
Operator	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
First air date	May 14, 1985 (1985-05-14)^[1]
Call letters' meaning	named for "Janet T. Lee" early majority shareholder (not as supposed as a variable of Lubbock Fox affiliate KJTV-TV)
Sister station(s)	KFDX-TV
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 18 (UHF, 1985–2009)
Former affiliations	Independent (1985–1986)
Transmitter power	1000 kW
Height	263 m
Facility ID	7675
Transmitter coordinates	34°12′5″N 98°43′45″W / 34.20139°N 98.72917°W / 34.20139; -98.72917
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.texomashomepage.com

KJTL, virtual channel 18, is the Fox affiliate located in Wichita Falls, Texas also serving Lawton, Oklahoma owned by Mission Broadcasting, and its operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, in a virtual duopoly with NBC affiliate KFDX channel 3. KJTL's transmitter is located near Grandfield, Oklahoma.

History

The station originally signed on the air on May 14, 1985 as an Independent station owned by Wichita Falls Television airing movies, sitcoms, cartoons, dramas, and westerns. It originally operated from studios located on Call Field Road in Wichita Falls. In 1986, KJTL became one of the early affiliates of the then-new Fox television network. Wichita Falls Television then sold the station to BSP Broadcasting in 1989. BSP sold both KJTL and KCIT in Amarillo to Epic Broadcasting Corporation in 1991. Epic then sold KJTL and KCIT to Wicks Broadcast Group in 1995. Wicks Broadcast Group sold the station to current owner Mission Broadcasting in 1999.

Digital television

Digital channel

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[2]
18.1	720p	16:9	KJTL-DT	Main KJTL programming / Fox
18.2	480i	4:3	BOUNCE	Grit
18.3				Bounce TV
18.4				Escape

On June 15, 2016, Nexstar announced that it has entered into an affiliation agreement with Katz Broadcasting for the Escape, Laff, Grit, and Bounce TV networks (the last one of which is owned by Bounce Media LLC, whose COO Jonathan Katz is president/CEO of Katz Broadcasting), bringing one or more of the four networks to 81 stations owned and/or operated by Nexstar, including KJTL and KFDX-TV.^[3]

Analog-to-digital conversion

KJTL shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 18, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15.^[4] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 18.

References

↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says May 18, while the Television and Cable Factbook says May 14.
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KJTL
↑ "Bounce TV, Grit, Escape, Laff Multicast Deal Covers 81 Stations, 54 Markets". Broadcasting & Cable. June 15, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

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Broadcast television in central Texoma, including Wichita Falls, Texas and Lawton, Oklahoma

Stations	KFDX (3.1 NBC, 3.2 MNTV, 3.3 Laff) KAUZ (6.1 CBS, 6.2 CW) KSWO (7.1 ABC, 7.2 TMD, 7.3 This TV) K36AB-D (13.1 PBS/OETA, 13.2 Okla) KJTL (18.1 Fox, 18.2 Escape, 18.3 Bounce TV, 18.4 Grit) K24HH-D (24.1 FN/Worship) KJBO-LP 35 (MNTV) K44GS-D (44.1 PBS, 44.2 World)

Defunct	KIDZ 24 (PBS) KUWF-LP 36 (UNI) KAWF-LP 51 (UniMás)

Texas broadcast television areas by city Abilene/Sweetwater Amarillo (Texas Panhandle) Austin (Hill Country) Beaumont/Port Arthur Corpus Christi Dallas–Fort Worth (North Texas) Ciudad Acuña – Del Rio Eagle Pass El Paso (West Texas) Houston Laredo Lubbock (South Plains) Midland–Odessa (Permian Basin) Rio Grande Valley San Angelo San Antonio Sherman/Ada, OK Texarkana/Shreveport, LA Tyler/Longview (East Texas) Victoria Waco/Bryan (Brazos Valley) Wichita Falls/Lawton, OK Oklahoma broadcast television areas by city Ada/Sherman, TX Amarillo, TX Fort Smith, AR (Eastern OK) Joplin, MO (Northeast OK) Lawton/Wichita Falls, TX Oklahoma City Metro Texarkana, TX–AR/Shreveport, LA Tulsa (East Central OK)

Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

XHRIO 2.2 (McAllen) KBTV 4 (Beaumont) KDFW 4 (DFW) KIDY 6 (San Angelo) KTBC 7 (Austin) KXII-DT 12.3 (Sherman) KCIT 14 (Amarillo) KFOX 14 (El Paso/Las Cruces, New Mexico) KXVA 15 (Abilene) KJTL 18 (Wichita Falls) KVCT 19 (Victoria) KPEJ-TV 24 (Odessa) KRIV 26 (Houston) KABB 29 (San Antonio) KJTV 34 / 32 (Lubbock) KUQI 38 (Corpus Christi) KXOF-CD 39 (Laredo) KWKT 44 (Waco / Bryan) KFXK 51 (Tyler / Longview) KFXV-LD 67 (McAllen)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Texas

Nexstar Broadcasting Group

ABC	KAMC² KCAU KMID KODE² KQTV KSVI KTVX WATN WAWV² WDHN WEHT WIVT WJET WMBB WOI WSYR WTVO² WUTR² WVNY² WWTI

CBS	KGPE KLAS KLBK KLST KOLR² KREX / KREG / KREY KTAB KXMB / KXMC / KXMD / KXMA WCIA WFRV WHBF WJMN WMBD WROC WTAJ WYOU²

The CW	KASN² KASW KCWI KGCW KGET¹ KUCW KXMB / KXMC / KXMD / KXMA WBRL WCWJ WLMT WTVW² WWCW WWTI¹

Fox	KADN KARD KCIT² KHMT² KFQX KFTA³ KFXK⁶ KJTL² KLJB⁵ KLRT² KMSS⁵ KPEJ⁵ KWKT WFFF WFFT WFXP² WFXR WFXV WGMB WJKT WLAX / WEUX WNTZ WQRF WYZZ⁴ WZDX

MyNetworkTV	KARZ KCPN² KGJT KJBO² KADN¹ KOZL KSHV⁶ KTPN / KLPN⁶ KYLE WZDX¹ WCIX WLMT¹ WNTZ WPNY WTVO¹ ²

NBC	KADN¹ KAMR KARK KETK KFDX KGET KLAF KNWA KRBC² KSAN² KSEE KSNF KTAL KTSM KTVE² KVEO WBGH WBRE WETM WTWO WVLA⁶

Other	Telemundo KKEY - KTAB¹ Independent station KZUP Independent station/Heroes & Icons WHAG TV CMS company Lakana Online ad company Yashi

Acquisitions	Communications Corporation of America Grant Broadcasting Newport Television West Virginia Media Holdings

¹ These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. ² Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. ³ Sale of the station to Mission Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval. Nexstar will continue to operate the station. ⁴ Nexstar operates WYZZ owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. ⁵ Nexstar operates this station owned by Marshall Broadcasting. ⁶ Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting.

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