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| City | Gadsden, Alabama |
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First air date | July 22, 1986 (39 years ago) (1986-07-22) |
Former channel numbers | Analog: 60 (UHF, 1986–2009) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 1002 |
| ERP | 1,000kW |
| HAAT | 329 m (1,079 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°48′53″N86°26′55″W / 33.81472°N 86.44861°W /33.81472; -86.44861 |
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| Website | www |
WTJP-TV (channel 60) is atelevision station licensed toGadsden, Alabama, United States, serving theBirmingham area as anowned-and-operated station of theTrinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The station's transmitter is located on Blount Mountain nearSpringville, Alabama.
The station formerly operated from a studio located on Rosedale Avenue in Gadsden. That facility was one of several closed by TBN in 2019 following theFederal Communications Commission (FCC)'s repeal of the "Main Studio Rule", which required full-service television stations like WTJP-TV to maintain facilities in or near their communities of license.[2]
The station first signed on the air on July 22, 1986, and was built and signed on by All American TV (not to be confused withan unrelated television syndication company of a similar name), a minority-owned firm with close ties to the Trinity Broadcasting Network; all of All American's stations were TBN affiliates. TBN acquired the All American group outright, including WTJP, in 2000.[3]
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 60.1 | 720p | 16:9 | TBN HD | TBN |
| 60.2 | Merit | Merit TV | ||
| 60.3 | 480i | Inspire | TBN Inspire | |
| 60.4 | 4:3 | ONTV4U | OnTV4U (infomercials) | |
| 60.5 | 16:9 | POSITIV | Positiv |
TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[4]
WTJP-TV shut down its analog signal, overUHF channel 60, on April 16, 2009, ahead of the official June 12 date on which full-power television stations in the United Statestransitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 26,[5] usingvirtual channel 60.
WTJP-TV's signal was formerly relayed onlow-powertranslator stations W51BY (channel 51) inJasper andW46BU (channel 46) inTuscaloosa; the latter station went silent on April 13, 2010, due to declining support, which was attributed to the digital transition.[6]
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