WJEB-TV
Channels
BrandingTrinity Broadcasting Network
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WTCE-TV, WHLV-TV, WHFT-TV
History
FoundedMay 29, 1991 (32 years ago) (1991-05-29)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 59 (UHF, 1991–2009)
  • Digital: 44 (UHF, until 2020)
Call sign meaning
Jacksonville Educators Broadcasting
(licensee)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID29719
ERP622 kW
HAAT288 m (945 ft)
Transmitter coordinates30°16′35″N 81°33′50.7″W / 30.27639°N 81.564083°W / 30.27639; -81.564083
Links
Public license information
WebsiteWJEB page on TBN's website

WJEB-TV (channel 59) is a religious television station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, serving as the market's local outlet for the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). It is owned and operated by TBN's Community Educational Television subsidiary, which manages stations in Florida and Texas on channels allocated for non-commercial educational broadcasting. WJEB-TV's studios are located on Emerson Expressway/US 1 in southeastern Jacksonville, and its transmitter is located on Newton Road in the city's Brackridge neighborhood.

Background

The station first signed on the air on May 29, 1991, and was built and signed on by the Trinity Broadcasting Network, under the licensee Jacksonville Educators Broadcasting, Inc., operated by the TBN subsidiary Community Educational Television. In addition to programming from TBN, the station airs educational programming to prepare local students for the General Educational Development (GED) test to fulfill the requirements under their license service.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WJEB-TV
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
59.1 720p 16:9 TBN HD Main TBN programming
59.2 inspire TBN Inspire
59.3 480i 4:3 SMILE Smile
59.4 Enlace Enlace
59.5 16:9 PosiTiV Positiv

TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJEB-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WJEB

External links

Broadcast television in the First Coast region, including Jacksonville, FL and Brunswick, GA
Religious television stations in the state of Florida
Other television stations licensed to and serving the state of Georgia
Jacksonville
Trinity Broadcasting Network
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