WTJP-TV
Encyclopedia
WTJP-TV is a television station
in licensed to Gadsden, Alabama
. It serves the Birmingham
area, primarily through its inclusion on most cable
line-ups.
WTJP broadcasts its digital signal on Channel 26. It is owned and operated by Trinity Broadcasting Network
. The station is largely a repeater for the national TBN schedule, with virtually no local programming. The station is aired on Bright House Networks
channel 10 not to be confused with WBIQ-TV which airs on channel 10 terrestrially but it is aired on cable channel 11 instead because of signal ingress issues.
The station also has one repeater, W51BY in Jasper
. It was formerly seen on W46BU in Tuscaloosa
; that station went silent April 13, 2010 due to declining support, which has been attributed to the digital transition.
Since the station signed on in 1986, the station has always been affiliated with TBN.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in licensed to Gadsden, Alabama
Gadsden, Alabama
The city of Gadsden is the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama, and it is located about 65 miles northeast of Birmingham, Alabama. It is the primary city of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 103,459. Gadsden is closely associated with the...
. It serves the Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
area, primarily through its inclusion on most cable
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
line-ups.
WTJP broadcasts its digital signal on Channel 26. It is owned and operated by 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...
. The station is largely a repeater for the national TBN schedule, with virtually no local programming. The station is aired on Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks is a cable television company, the seventh largest cable operator and the sixth largest traditional multiple system operator in the United States owned by Advance/Newhouse, headquartered in Syracuse, New York...
channel 10 not to be confused with WBIQ-TV which airs on channel 10 terrestrially but it is aired on cable channel 11 instead because of signal ingress issues.
The station also has one repeater, W51BY in Jasper
Jasper, Alabama
Jasper is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 14,659. As of 2011 the population had was 13,857. The city is the county seat of Walker County, and once ranked among the world's leading producers of coal....
. It was formerly seen on W46BU in Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama . Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the fifth-largest city in Alabama, with a population of 90,468 in 2010...
; that station went silent April 13, 2010 due to declining support, which has been attributed to the digital transition.
Since the station signed on in 1986, the station has always been affiliated with TBN.