KLTJ (channel 22) is a religious television station licensed to Galveston, Texas, United States, serving as the Houston area outlet for the Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County.

KLTJ
CityGalveston, Texas
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
  • 22.1: Daystar
  • 22.2: Daystar Español
  • 22.3: Daystar Reflections
Ownership
Owner
  • Word of God Fellowship
  • (Community Television Educators of Texas, Inc.)
KDHU-LD
History
First air date
July 20, 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-07-20)[1]
Former call signs
KUYA (1987–1989)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 22 (UHF, 1989–2009)
Religious independent
Call sign meaning
Keep Looking to Jesus
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID24436
ERP350 kW
HAAT579 m (1,900 ft)
Transmitter coordinates29°34′16″N 95°30′38″W / 29.57111°N 95.51056°W / 29.57111; -95.51056
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.daystar.com

History

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The station was originally licensed to Galveston Educational TV, Inc. under the call sign KUYA; it is unknown whether the station ever went on the air under those call letters.

On July 20, 1989, Eldred Thomas moved the KLTJ religious programming inventory and call sign from channel 57 (frequency now occupied by KUBE-TV) to channel 22 to take advantage of an improved coverage area.[1]

Before moving the call letters to Houston, Thomas owned KLTJ (channel 49, now KSTR-DT) in Dallas from 1983 to 1987; it was a sister station to radio outlet KVTT-FM (now KKXT), which Thomas also owned.[3]

Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KLTJ[4]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
22.1 1080i 16:9 KLTJ-DT Daystar
22.2 720p KLTJ-ES Daystar Español
22.3 480i KLTJ-SD Daystar Reflections

Analog-to-digital conversion

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KLTJ discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 22, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 23,[5] using virtual channel 22.

References

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  1. ^ a b Duin, Julia (March 30, 1989), "KLTJ to move to Channel 22", Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas, archived from the original on October 22, 2012
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KLTJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "DFWRETROPLEX.COM - History of Television in Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas".
  4. ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for KLTJ". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  5. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.