WTJR (channel 16) is a religious television station in Quincy, Illinois, United States, owned by the Christian Television Network (CTN). The station's studios are located on North Sixth Street in downtown Quincy, and its transmitter is located on Cannonball Road northeast of the city. WTJR offers 24-hour religious programming, much of which is produced either locally or at the CTN home base in Clearwater, Florida.

WTJR
CityQuincy, Illinois
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
January 1, 1986 (1986-01-01)
Former channel numbers
Analog: 16 (UHF, 1986–2009)
Call sign meaning
Working Till Jesus Returns
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
4593
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT308 m (1,010 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
39°58′19.3″N 91°19′40.4″W / 39.972028°N 91.327889°W / 39.972028; -91.327889
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.ctnonline.com/affiliate-stations/ctn-decatur-quincy/

CTN acquired WTJR from another religious broadcaster, locally based Believers Broadcasting Corporation, in May 2006.

Technical information

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Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WTJR[2]
Channel Res. Short name Programming
16.1 1080iWTJR-DTCTN
16.2 480iLifestyCTN Lifestyle (4:3)
16.3 CTNiCTN International (4:3)
16.4 N2Newsmax2 (4:3)
16.5 BIZ-TVBiz TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

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WTJR shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 16, on January 20, 2009. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 32, using virtual channel 16.[3]

References

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  1. "Facility Technical Data for WTJR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "RabbitEars TV Query for WTJR". RabbitEars. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  3. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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