WJYL-CD (channel 16) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States, serving the Louisville, Kentucky area as an owned-and-operated outlet of the 24/7 news network NewsNet. The station is currently owned by Bridge Media Networks.
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| City | Jeffersonville, Indiana |
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| Branding | WJYL 16 Louisville |
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| Founded | 1986 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 6837 |
| Class | Class A |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 205 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°22′10″N 85°49′46″W / 38.36944°N 85.82944°W |
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History edit
The station was founded in 1986 as W05BA, originally broadcasting on VHF channel 5. The calls were modified to W05BE in 1987; in 2002, it received a lettered callsign as WVHF-LP and moved to UHF channel 45. The station obtained Class A license status in 2004, becoming WVHF-CA. In 2008, its calls were changed to WNDA-CA, before switching again to WJYL-CA in 2009 (what is now WWJS-CD formerly used the WJYL-CA call letters from 2002 to 2009, and the WNDA-CA calls from 2009 to 2010). The station flash-cut its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 16 in February 2009. The station changed its call sign to WWWJ-CD on August 10, 2017, and back to WJYL-CD on September 27, 2017.
At one time, WJYL-CD operated a translator, W65CX, broadcasting near Elizabethtown, Kentucky.[2]
As W05BE, the station was featured in the April 1994 edition of Popular Communications magazine, in a feature about low-power broadcasting. At that time, the station called itself "WCTV".[3]
In November 2023, it was announced that Bridge Media Networks would buy the station for $1.2 million.[4]
Digital television edit
Digital channels edit
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[5] |
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| 16.1 | 720p | 16:9 | WJYL-CD | NewsNet |
| 16.2 | SNHtv | Sports News Highlights | ||
| 16.3 | ShopHQ | ShopHQ |
Previous logo edit
References edit
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJYL-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "1263". oldtvguides.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-20.
- ^ Popular Communications, April 1994 edition; retrieved February 5, 2019.
- ^ Staff, TVNewsCheck (November 22, 2023). "Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $1,200,000". TV News Check. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WJYL
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