WLJC-TV

Beattyville ? Lexington, Kentucky United States
City	Beattyville, Kentucky
Channels	Digital : 7 ( VHF ) Virtual : 65
Branding	WLJC
Programming
Affiliations	65.1: Cozi TV for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Margaret Drake (Hour of Harvest, Inc.)
Sister stations	WLJC (FM) , WEBF
History
First air date	October 16, 1982 (41 years ago)  ( 1982-10-16 ) [1]
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 65 ( UHF , 1982?2007)
Former affiliations	Independent (1982?1986, 2017?2018) TBN (1986?2017)
Call sign meaning	Wonderful Lord Jesus Christ [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	27696
ERP	185 kW
HAAT	321.5 m (1,055 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°36′47.3″N 83°40′17.6″W  /  37.613139°N 83.671556°W  / 37.613139; -83.671556
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	wljc .com

WLJC-TV (channel 65) is a television station licensed to Beattyville, Kentucky , United States, serving the Lexington area as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Cozi TV . The station is owned by local minister Margaret Drake and her ministry, The Hour of Harvest, Inc. WLJC-TV's studios are located on Radio Station Loop north of Beattyville, and its transmitter is located on Tip Top Road.

History [ edit ]

The station first signed on the air on October 16, 1982, and claims to be the oldest Christian television station in Kentucky. ^[1] The Hour of Harvest, Inc. also owns two Christian radio stations, Air 1 outlet WLJC-FM and K-LOVE outlet WEBF .

From 2017 through 2022, WLJC carried a half-hour local newscast produced by Lexington ABC affiliate WTVQ at 9 p.m. titled ABC 36 News at Nine on WLJC .

In November 2018, WLJC's main channel began airing Cozi TV programming (which moved from 65.6; that subchannel now airs Start TV ).

The station also simulcast the 6:30 p.m. newscast from Fox affiliate WDKY-TV from 2022 through late 2023.

Technical information [ edit ]

Subchannels [ edit ]

The station's signal is multiplexed :

Analog-to-digital conversion [ edit ]

WLJC-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 65, in July 2007. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 7, ^[4] using virtual channel 65.

The station was granted a construction permit to increase its effective radiated power from 70  kW to 185 kW. ^[5]

Coverage area [ edit ]

WLJC-TV's digital signal covers much of eastern and central Kentucky as a result of its relatively high antenna position at 322 meters HAAT and a power level of 185,000 watts on the VHF band. Its primary coverage area includes the Lexington metropolitan area, London , and Hazard . Its fringe contour even reaches areas as far north as Maysville , as far east as Pikeville , as far west as Frankfort , and as far south as the Tennessee state line around Middlesboro . ^[6]

External links [ edit ]

• Official website

References [ edit ]