WJYL-CD

Coordinates: 38°22′8.4″N 85°49′47.6″W / 38.369000°N 85.829889°W / 38.369000; -85.829889
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WJYL-CD
CityJeffersonville, Indiana
Channels
BrandingWJYL 16 Louisville
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
Founded1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Former call signs
  • W05BA (1985–1987)
  • W05BE (1987–2002)
  • WVHF-LP (2002–2004)
  • WVHF-CA (2004–2008)
  • WNDA-CA (2008–2009)
  • WJYL-CA (2009)
  • WJYL-CD (2009–2017)
  • WWWJ-CD (August–September 2017)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 5 (VHF, 1986–2002), 16 (UHF, 2002–2006), 9 (VHF, 2006-2009)
  • Digital: 16 (UHF, 2009–2019)
TBN (1986–2023)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID6837
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
HAAT326.3 m (1,071 ft)
Transmitter coordinates38°22′8.4″N 85°49′47.6″W / 38.369000°N 85.829889°W / 38.369000; -85.829889
Links
Public license information

WJYL-CD (channel 16) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States, serving the Louisville, Kentucky, area as an owned-and-operated outlet of the 24/7 news network NewsNet. The station is currently owned by Bridge Media Networks.

History[edit]

The station was founded in 1986 as W05BA, originally broadcasting on VHF channel 5. The calls were modified to W05BE in 1987; in 2002, it received a lettered callsign as WVHF-LP and moved to UHF channel 45. The station obtained Class A license status in 2004, becoming WVHF-CA. In 2008, its calls were changed to WNDA-CA, before switching again to WJYL-CA in 2009 (what is now WWJS-CD formerly used the WJYL-CA call letters from 2002 to 2009, and the WNDA-CA calls from 2009 to 2010). The station flash-cut its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 16 in February 2009. The station changed its call sign to WWWJ-CD on August 10, 2017, and back to WJYL-CD on September 27, 2017.

At one time, WJYL-CD operated a translator, W65CX, broadcasting near Elizabethtown, Kentucky.[2]

As W05BE, the station was featured in the April 1994 edition of Popular Communications magazine, in a feature about low-power broadcasting. At that time, the station called itself "WCTV".[3]

In November 2023, it was announced that Bridge Media Networks would buy the station for $1.2 million.[4]

Subchannels[edit]

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WJYL-CD[5]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
16.1 720p 16:9 WJYL-CD NewsNet
16.2 SNHtv Sports News Highlights
16.3 ShopHQ ShopHQ

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJYL-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "1263". oldtvguides.com. Archived from the original on November 20, 2011.
  3. ^ Kneitel, Tom (April 1994). "Low-Power Broadcasters: What's the Story?" (PDF). Popular Communications. pp. 8–11. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  4. ^ "Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $1,200,000". TVNewsCheck. November 22, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WJYL". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved May 31, 2024.