NJTV
Encyclopedia
NJTV is a public television network serving the U.S.
state of New Jersey
. It is operated by WNET.org, the parent company of New York City
's flagship public television stations, WNET
and WLIW
. NJTV is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service
, broadcasting their programming as well as producing and broadcasting their own programming, mostly relating to issues in New Jersey.
NJTV is the successor to New Jersey Network
(NJN), the state-controlled public television and radio service. NJN ended operations on June 30, 2011, with Public Media NJ taking control of the former NJN television stations the following day. The first program to air on NJTV was a broadcast of The Charlie Rose Show, a WNET production, at midnight on July 1.
for permission to explore the possibility of making NJN a community licensee owned by the NJN Foundation, its fundraising arm. However, on June 6, 2011, New Jersey Governor
Chris Christie, who vowed to end state-funded public broadcasting upon taking office in 2010, announced an agreement to turn control of the NJN television network to WNET. As part of the deal, WNET.org created a separate New Jersey-based nonprofit group, Public Media NJ, to operate the stations.
Under the terms of the deal, Public Media NJ will operate the stations for a five-year period, with two additional five-year renewable options. The New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority will retain the licenses, while Public Media NJ will receive funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
and all revenues related to the former NJN technical operations. The measure was defeated by the state Assembly on June 23. The state Senate, however, passed the resolution on June 27, allowing Public Media NJ to take over NJN's television operations as scheduled on July 1, 2011. All members of NJN automatically became members of NJTV.
Caucus Educational Corporation, a nonprofit producer of New Jersey-focused public affairs programs, is under contract with Public Media NJ to provide original programming for NJTV. Caucus' current productions, Caucus: New Jersey, New Jersey Capitol Report and One-on-One with Steve Adubato
were inherited by NJTV from NJN. Caucus also co-produces NJ Today, a news program that airs weeknights in the time slots previously occupied by NJN News
. NJTV's technical operations are presumably located along with WNET in Midtown Manhattan
.
On July 26, 2011 NJTV announced a partnership with the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting (formerly the NJN Foundation) to jointly fund and create additional public affairs programming. These efforts will be led by Michael Aron, a 29-year veteran of New Jersey Network and the system's news director at its closure. Aron, who is a member of the Foundation's board, will revive his former NJN programs Reporters Roundtable and On the Record on NJTV, and will also appear on NJ Today as senior political correspondent.
, New York
, Connecticut
and Delaware
. While this gives NJTV one of the largest potential audiences in the country, it also must compete directly with sister stations WNET and WLIW, as well as WHYY-TV
in Philadelphia--three of the highest-rated PBS stations in the nation.
The NJTV television stations are:
Notes:
All translators directly repeat WNJN's signal.
and Dish Network
feeds. WNJS is available on many cable systems in the Philadelphia area, as well as the Philadelphia DirecTV and Dish Network feeds.
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United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
state of New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. It is operated by WNET.org, the parent company of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
's flagship public television stations, WNET
WNET
WNET, channel 13 is a non-commercial educational public television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey. With its signal covering the New York metropolitan area, WNET is a primary station of the Public Broadcasting Service and a primary provider of PBS programming...
and WLIW
WLIW
WLIW, channel 21, is a non-commercial educational public television station licensed to Garden City, New York; which serves as a secondary Public Broadcasting Service member station for the New York City television market...
. NJTV is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
, broadcasting their programming as well as producing and broadcasting their own programming, mostly relating to issues in New Jersey.
NJTV is the successor to New Jersey Network
New Jersey Network
The New Jersey Network, or NJN, was a network of public television and radio stations serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. NJN was a member of the Public Broadcasting Service for television and the National Public Radio for radio, broadcasting their programming as well as producing and...
(NJN), the state-controlled public television and radio service. NJN ended operations on June 30, 2011, with Public Media NJ taking control of the former NJN television stations the following day. The first program to air on NJTV was a broadcast of The Charlie Rose Show, a WNET production, at midnight on July 1.
Overview
The seeds which led to the eventual formation of NJTV were planted in 2008, when NJN officials asked the New Jersey LegislatureNew Jersey Legislature
The New Jersey Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, as defined by the New Jersey Constitution of 1947, the Legislature consists of two houses: the General Assembly and the Senate...
for permission to explore the possibility of making NJN a community licensee owned by the NJN Foundation, its fundraising arm. However, on June 6, 2011, New Jersey Governor
Governor of New Jersey
The Office of the Governor of New Jersey is the executive branch for the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be...
Chris Christie, who vowed to end state-funded public broadcasting upon taking office in 2010, announced an agreement to turn control of the NJN television network to WNET. As part of the deal, WNET.org created a separate New Jersey-based nonprofit group, Public Media NJ, to operate the stations.
Under the terms of the deal, Public Media NJ will operate the stations for a five-year period, with two additional five-year renewable options. The New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority will retain the licenses, while Public Media NJ will receive funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress, funded by the United States’ federal government to promote public broadcasting...
and all revenues related to the former NJN technical operations. The measure was defeated by the state Assembly on June 23. The state Senate, however, passed the resolution on June 27, allowing Public Media NJ to take over NJN's television operations as scheduled on July 1, 2011. All members of NJN automatically became members of NJTV.
Caucus Educational Corporation, a nonprofit producer of New Jersey-focused public affairs programs, is under contract with Public Media NJ to provide original programming for NJTV. Caucus' current productions, Caucus: New Jersey, New Jersey Capitol Report and One-on-One with Steve Adubato
Steve Adubato
Steve Adubato, Ph.D., has enjoyed a distinguished career as a broadcaster, author and motivational speaker. A university lecturer, Emmy Award-winning television anchor, and Star-Ledger columnist, Steve also served in the mid 1980s as New Jersey's youngest state legislator at age 26.Steve currently...
were inherited by NJTV from NJN. Caucus also co-produces NJ Today, a news program that airs weeknights in the time slots previously occupied by NJN News
NJN News
NJN News was a half-hour daily broadcast television news program by the New Jersey Network which also aired in New York City on WNET Monday through Friday. It was sometimes preempted on holidays by special programming....
. NJTV's technical operations are presumably located along with WNET in Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial zones such as Rockefeller Center, Broadway, and Times Square...
.
On July 26, 2011 NJTV announced a partnership with the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting (formerly the NJN Foundation) to jointly fund and create additional public affairs programming. These efforts will be led by Michael Aron, a 29-year veteran of New Jersey Network and the system's news director at its closure. Aron, who is a member of the Foundation's board, will revive his former NJN programs Reporters Roundtable and On the Record on NJTV, and will also appear on NJ Today as senior political correspondent.
Stations
NJTV's four full-power stations reach a potential audience of almost 28 million people in parts of five states -- all of New Jersey, plus parts of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
and Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
. While this gives NJTV one of the largest potential audiences in the country, it also must compete directly with sister stations WNET and WLIW, as well as WHYY-TV
WHYY-TV
For the former channel 12 in Wilmington, see WVUE .WHYY-TV, channel 12, is a non-commercial educational television station licensed to Wilmington, Delaware, USA...
in Philadelphia--three of the highest-rated PBS stations in the nation.
The NJTV television stations are:
| Station | City of license City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.... |
Channels Channel (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies assigned by a government for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel. In common usage, the term also may be used to refer to the station operating on a particular frequency.-See also:*Broadcast... TV Virtual channel In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels.... / RF Digital terrestrial television Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals... |
First air date | Fourth letter meaning Call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations... |
ERP Effective radiated power In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains... |
HAAT Height above average terrain Height above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts... |
Facility ID Facility ID The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international broadcast station in its Common Database System . Licensees are required to provide the relevant station's FIN when filing reports and... |
Transmitter Coordinates |
| WNJT | Trenton Trenton, New Jersey Trenton is the capital of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Trenton had a population of 84,913... |
52 (PSIP Program and System Information Protocol The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch... ) 43 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
April 5, 1971 | Trenton | 46 kW | 266 m (873 ft) | 48465 | 40°16′58"N 74°41′11"W |
| WNJS | Camden Camden, New Jersey The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344... |
23 (PSIP) 22 (UHF) |
October 23, 1972 | Southern New Jersey | 197 kW | 264 m (866 ft) | 48481 | 39°43′41"N 74°50′39"W |
| WNJN1 | Montclair Montclair, New Jersey -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,977 people, 15,020 households, and 9,687 families residing in the township. The population density was 6,183.6 people per square mile . There were 15,531 housing units at an average density of 2,464.0 per square mile... |
50 (PSIP) 51 (UHF) |
June 2, 1973 | Northern New Jersey | 200 kW | 233 m (764 ft) | 48477 | 40°51′53"N 74°12′3"W |
| WNJB | New Brunswick New Brunswick, New Jersey New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of... |
58 (PSIP) 8 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... ) |
June 2, 1973 | New Brunswick | 11.2 kW | 296 m (971 ft) | 48457 | 40°37′17"N 74°30′15"W |
Notes:
- 1 WNJN used the callsign WNJM (the M standing for Montclair) from its 1973 sign-on to 1994.
Translators
Areas in the northwestern part of New Jersey are served by the following low-powered translators:- W43CH BelvidereBelvidere, New JerseyBelvidere is a Town in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 2,681. It is the county seat of Warren County....
- W49BE HackettstownHackettstown, New JerseyHackettstown is a town in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 9,724. The town is located in the eastern most region of the Lehigh Valley....
- W25BB PittstownPittstown, New JerseyPittstown is an unincorporated area within portions of Alexandria Township and Franklin Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States, named after William Pitt. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08867...
- W36AZ SussexSussex, New JerseySussex is a borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 2,130.Sussex was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on October 14, 1891, as Deckertown, from portions of Wantage...
All translators directly repeat WNJN's signal.
Cable/satellite availability
NJTV is available on all New Jersey cable systems. In addition, WNJN is available on many cable systems in the New York City area, as well as the New York DirecTVDirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
and Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
feeds. WNJS is available on many cable systems in the Philadelphia area, as well as the Philadelphia DirecTV and Dish Network feeds.
Digital television
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| xx.1 | Main NJTV programming / PBS |
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