KJNE-LP
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KJNE-LP channel 42 is a low-powered television station in Jonesboro, Arkansas
. Owned by New Moon Communications, KJNE-LP will become a new affiliate of NBC
for the Jonesboro area.
The station was previously K54ER channel 54 and later, K42GX; during both instances, the station served as a repeater of the Trinity Broadcasting Network
, with all programming retransmitted from a satellite feed. In 2010, TBN closed down many of its low-powered repeaters, due to ongoing economic problems. Many of these repeaters would be donated by TBN to the Minority Media and Television Council (MMTC), an organisation designed to preserve equal opportunity and civil rights in the media; MMTC would later sell this and three other translators to New Moon Communications, which intends to convert them to NBC affiliates. Following the transaction, the station was re-called KJNE-LP.
KJNE-LP would bring a local NBC presence to the small Jonesboro market. Currently, NBC is available locally on cable on KARK-TV
in Little Rock
and WMC-TV
in Memphis, Tennessee
; it is unknown if the two stations will still broadcast to them after KJNE-LP assumes the NBC affiliation.
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Jonesboro is a city in and one of the two county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city was 67,263. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state...
. Owned by New Moon Communications, KJNE-LP will become a new affiliate of NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
for the Jonesboro area.
The station was previously K54ER channel 54 and later, K42GX; during both instances, the station served as a repeater of the Trinity Broadcasting Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
, with all programming retransmitted from a satellite feed. In 2010, TBN closed down many of its low-powered repeaters, due to ongoing economic problems. Many of these repeaters would be donated by TBN to the Minority Media and Television Council (MMTC), an organisation designed to preserve equal opportunity and civil rights in the media; MMTC would later sell this and three other translators to New Moon Communications, which intends to convert them to NBC affiliates. Following the transaction, the station was re-called KJNE-LP.
KJNE-LP would bring a local NBC presence to the small Jonesboro market. Currently, NBC is available locally on cable on KARK-TV
KARK-TV
KARK, virtual channel 4, is the NBC-affiliated television station for Central Arkansas that is licensed to Little Rock. Owned by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, the station is sister to MyNetworkTV affiliate KARZ-TV and the two share studios on West Capitol Avenue in Downtown Little Rock one block...
in Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
and WMC-TV
WMC-TV
WMC-TV is the NBC affiliate television station for the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area. The station serves roughly the western third of Tennessee, northwestern Mississippi, northeastern Arkansas and the southeastern corner of Missouri over the air on satellite and on various cable systems. Its...
in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
; it is unknown if the two stations will still broadcast to them after KJNE-LP assumes the NBC affiliation.