KJTL

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KJTL
Wichita Falls, Texas/Lawton, Oklahoma

Branding	Texoma's Fox (general) Fox: Texoma's News at 9 (newscasts)
Slogan	Texoma's Only Primetime News
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 18 (PSIP)
Affiliations	Fox
Owner	Mission Broadcasting (operated under a SSA by Nexstar Broadcasting Group) (Mission Broadcasting, Inc.)
First air date	May 14, 1985^[1]
Call letters' meaning	named for "Janet T. Lee" early majority shareholder (not as supposed as a variable of Lubbock Fox affiliate KJTV-TV)
Sister station(s)	KFDX-TV
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 18 (UHF, 1985-2009)
Former affiliations	independent (1985-1986)
Transmitter power	1000 kW
Height	263 m
Facility ID	7675
Transmitter coordinates	34°12′5″N 98°43′45″W / 34.20139°N 98.72917°W / 34.20139; -98.72917
Website	www.texomashomepage.com

KJTL, virtual channel 18, is the Fox affiliate located in Wichita Falls, Texas also serving Lawton, Oklahoma owned by Mission Broadcasting, and its operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, in a virtual duopoly with NBC affiliate KFDX channel 3. KJTL's transmitter is located near Grandfield, Oklahoma.

Digital television

Digital channel

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[2]
18.1	720p	16:9	KJTL-DT	main KJTL / Fox HD programming
18.2	480i	4:3	Bounce TV	Music and movies programming

Analog-to-digital conversion

KJTL shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 18, on February 17, 2009, the original date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15.^[3] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 18.

History

The station originally signed on the air on May 14, 1985. It was originally an independent non-network station until 1987, when KJTL became one of the early affiliates of the then-new Fox television network. In 1988, the station was sold to The Liberty Corporation, 7 years later in 1995, it was sold to Wicks Broadcast Group.

Programming

Syndicated programming on the station includes: The Martha Stewart Show, Rachael Ray, Judge Joe Brown, Judge Alex, Divorce Court, America's Funniest Home Videos, The Dr. Oz Show, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Deal or No Deal, Everybody Loves Raymond, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Two and a Half Men, Family Guy and King of the Hill, with weekend telecasts of Cold Case, House M.D., Bones and Boston Legal.

News Operation

The station airs a 9:00 p.m. newscast produced by KFDX on weeknights. A similar newscast ran from the late 1990s until 2001; it was canceled due to low ratings. It uses KFDX's news team.

Fox: Texoma's News at 9
(Weeknights 9 to 9:30 P.M.)

Anchor:
- David Gonzalez
Weather:
- Skip McBride
Sports:
- Tobin McDuff

KJTL features additional news personnel from KFDX. See that article for a complete listing.

News/Station presentation

Newscast titles

Fox: Texoma's News at 9 (2007–2012)
Texoma's FOX News at 9 (2012–Present)

Station slogans

Texoma's Only Primetime News (late 2000's)
Texoma's Primetime News Leader(?-Present)

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References

↑ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says May 18, while the Television and Cable Factbook says May 14.
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KJTL
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links

v t e Broadcast television in central Texoma, including Wichita Falls, Texas and Lawton, Oklahoma

Stations	KFDX (3.1 NBC, 3.2 KJBO-LP) KAUZ (6.1 CBS, 6.2 CW) KSWO (7.1 ABC, 7.2 TMD, 7.3 LWN) K36AB-D (13.1 PBS/OETA, 13.2 Okla) KJTL (18.1 Fox, 18.2 Bounce TV) K24HH-D (24.1 FN/Worship) KJBO-LP 35 (MNTV) K44GS-D (44.1 PBS, 44.2 World) KAWF 51 (UniMás)

Defunct	KIDZ 24 (PBS) KUWF-LP 36 (UNI)

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v t e Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

XHRIO 2.2 (McAllen) KBTV 4 (Beaumont) KDFW 4 (DFW) KIDY 6 (San Angelo) KTBC 7 (Austin) KXII-DT 12.3 (Sherman) KCIT 14 (Amarillo) KFOX 14 (El Paso/Las Cruces, NM) KXVA 15 (Abilene) KJTL 18 (Wichita Falls) KVCT 19 (Victoria) KPEJ-TV 24 (Odessa) KRIV 26 (Houston) KABB 29 (San Antonio) KJTV 34 / 32 (Lubbock) KUQI 38 (Corpus Christi) KXOF-CD 39 (Laredo) KWKT-TV 44 / KYLE 28 (Waco / Bryan) KFXK 51 (Tyler / Longview) KFXV-LD 67 (McAllen)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Texas

v t e Nexstar Broadcasting Group

ABC network affiliates	KAMC¹ KCAU⁵ KMID KODE¹ KQTV KSVI KTVX WATN WAWV¹ WDHN WEHT WIVT WJET WOI⁵ WSYR WTVO¹ WUTR¹ WVNY¹ WWTI

CBS network affiliates	KGPE KLBK KLST KOLR¹ KTAB WCIA WFRV WHBF⁵ WJMN WMBD WROC WTAJ WYOU¹

The CW network affiliates	KASN¹ KGET KUCW WCWJ WLYH⁴ WLMT WTVW¹ WWTI

Fox network affiliates	KARD KCIT¹ KHMT¹ KFTA² KJTL¹ KLRT¹ WFFF WFFT WFXP¹ WFXV WJKT WQRF WYZZ³

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KARZ KCPN¹ KJBO¹ WCIX WPNY WTVO¹

NBC network affiliates	KAMR KARK KFDX KGET KNWA KRBC¹ KSAN¹ KSEE KSNF KTAL KTVE¹ WBGH WBRE WETM WHAG WTWO

Telemundo affiliate	KKEY

Independent stations	KOZL WETM

¹ Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. ² Sale of the station to Mission Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval. Nexstar will continue to operate the station. ³ Nexstar operates WYZZ owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. ⁴ Nexstar holds the license to this station, but management capabilities belong to Sinclair Broadcast Group. ⁵ Nexstar operates these stations owned by Citadel Communications; the outright purchase of these stations is awaiting FCC approval.

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