WCLJ-TV
| Bloomington/Indianapolis, Indiana United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Bloomington, Indiana |
| Branding | Trinity Broadcasting Network |
| Channels |
Digital: 42 (UHF) Virtual: 42 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels |
42.1 - TBN 42.2 - Hillsong Channel 42.3 - JUCE TV/Smile of a Child TV 42.4 - Enlace 42.5 - TBN Salsa |
| Affiliations | TBN |
| Owner |
Trinity Broadcasting Network, Inc. (Trinity Broadcasting of Indiana, Inc.) |
| First air date | August 27, 1987 |
| Former callsigns | WCLJ (1987–2008) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 42 (UHF, 1987–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 850 kW |
| Height | 314 m |
| Facility ID | 68007 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°24′12″N 86°8′50″W / 39.40333°N 86.14722°WCoordinates: 39°24′12″N 86°8′50″W / 39.40333°N 86.14722°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.tbn.org |
WCLJ-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 42, is a TBN owned-and-operated television station located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States that is licensed to Bloomington. The station is owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. WCLJ-TV maintains studio facilities on U.S. 31 South in Greenwood, and its transmitter is located on County Road 50 in rural southwestern Johnson County (due southeast of Trafalgar). On cable, WCLJ is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 2, Bright House Networks channel 15 and AT&T U-verse channel 42.
The station first signed on the air on August 27, 1987 and was built and signed on by the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
Digital television
This station's digital signal, like most other full-service TBN owned-and-operated stations, carries five different TBN-run networks.
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42.1 | 480i | 4:3 | TBN | Main TBN programming |
| 42.2 | Hillsng | Hillsong Channel | ||
| 42.3 | JUC/SOC | JUCE TV/Smile of a Child TV | ||
| 42.4 | Enlace | Enlace | ||
| 42.5 | SALSA | TBN Salsa |
TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[1]
On June 1, 2015, JUCE and Smile of a Child were consolidated into a single network on the third subchannel to accommodate the addition of a new network, TBN Salsa, on the fifth subchannel where Smile of a Child used to reside.[2] As a result of the change, children's programming that previously aired on Smile of a Child airs on 42.3 from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm.[3]
Analog-to-digital conversion
WCLJ-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 42, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 56, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era frequency, UHF channel 42.[4]
References
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WCLJ
- ↑ Kent Gibbons (2015-05-29). "TBN Salsa Targets English-Speaking Hispanics". Multichannel News. NewBay Media. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
- ↑ "Seventh slideshow image: 'new soac.png'". 2015-06-10. Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
TBN Salsa is on the air - Available on TBN's 'over the air' broadcast stations in the United States on sub channel 5. ... Smile of a Child airs 7am-7pm & JUCE airs 7pm-7am on subchannel 3.
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
External links
- www.tbn.org - Trinity Broadcasting Network official website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WCLJ-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WCLJ-TV