WKOI-TV
| Richmond, Indiana United States | |
|---|---|
| Channels |
Digital: 39 (UHF) Virtual: 43 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels |
43.1 TBN 43.2 Hillsong Channel 43.3 JUCE TV/Smile 43.4 Enlace 43.5 TBN Salsa |
| Affiliations | TBN (O&O; 1986–present) |
| Owner |
Trinity Broadcasting Network, Inc. (Trinity Broadcasting of Indiana, Inc.) |
| First air date | May 11, 1982 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Kentucky Ohio Indiana |
| Former callsigns | WKOI (1982–2003) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 43 (UHF, 1982–2009) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1982–1986) |
| Transmitter power | 500 kW |
| Height | 277 m |
| Facility ID | 67869 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°30′44″N 84°38′9″W / 39.51222°N 84.63583°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.tbn.org |
WKOI-TV, digital channel 39 and virtual channel 43, is a television station owned and operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network and is one of the network's original affiliates. It is licensed to Richmond, Indiana with a tower located on SR 73 in Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio near Collinsville. The transmitter is located approximately halfway between Richmond and Cincinnati, providing coverage to Northern Kentucky, Southwestern Ohio, and Eastern Indiana, hence its callsign WKOI. Even though the transmitter is located within the Cincinnati television market, its city of license, Richmond, is in the Dayton, Ohio market.
Overview
WKOI carries TBN programming for much of its broadcast day, but breaks away from the network once a week for local community public affairs programming.
WKOI's programming was previously relayed on W20CL channel 20 in Springfield, Ohio and W36DG in Cincinnati. A deal was reached to sell W20CL (now WLWD-LD Dayton)[1] to Word of God Fellowship, owner of the Daystar Television Network, on March 19, 2010;[2] W36DG would also be sold to Daystar, and is now WDYC-LD.[3]
On April 14, 2017, it was reported that WKOI-TV's over-the-air spectrum had been sold in the FCC's spectrum reallocation auction, fetching just over $20 million, with the station expected to go off the air.[4]
Digital television
This station's digital signal, like most other full-service TBN owned-and-operated stations, carries five different TBN-run networks.
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43.1 | 480i | 4:3 | TBN | Main TBN programming |
| 43.2 | TCC | Hillsong Channel | ||
| 43.3 | COMBO | JUCE TV/Smile | ||
| 43.4 | Enlace | Enlace | ||
| 43.5 | SALSA | TBN Salsa |
TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[5]
WKOI-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 43, on that date. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 39.[6] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 43.
See also
- Channel 39 digital TV stations in the United States
- Channel 43 virtual TV stations in the United States
- List of television stations in Ohio
- List of television stations in Ohio (by channel number)
- List of television stations in the United States by call sign (initial letter W)
References
- ↑ FCC Data for WLWD-LD
- ↑ "APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF A CORPORATE LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE, OR FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE OR PERMIT OF TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. March 24, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ↑ FCC Data for WDYC-LP
- ↑ Gnau, Tom (April 14, 2017). "2 Dayton-area TV stations sell spectrum to FCC for $47.3 million". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WKOI
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.