see naval air station lemoore . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message knlc st. louis missouri united states branding knlc channel 24 slogan put something clean on your tv channels digital 14 uhf virtual 24 psip subchannels 24.1 knlc 24.2 res affiliations religious general entertainment independent here s help network owner new life evangelistic center inc. first air date september 12 1982 call letters meaning new life evangelistic center former channel number s analog 24 uhf 1982 2009 former affiliations secondary fox kids 1995 upn 1999 2000 transmitter power 900 kw height 396.2 m facility id 48525 transmitter coordinates 38 21 38.8 n 90 32 54.4 w 38.360778 n 90.548444 w 38.360778 ; 90.548444 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website knlc.tv knlc virtual channel 24 uhf digital channel 14 is a religious independent television station located in st. louis missouri united states . the station is owned by the locally based new life evangelistic center . knlc maintains studio facilities located at the church s facilities on locust street in the downtown west section of st. louis and its transmitter is located in house springs . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 references 5 external links history edit the station first signed on the air on september 12 1982 ; it was founded by new life evangelistic center founder reverend larry rice . at its launch knlc maintained an entirely religious programming format that included shows such as the 700 club and the ptl club programs by televangelists richard roberts and jimmy swaggart and locally produced religious shows . in 1984 knlc began mixing in secular classic television series including sitcoms and westerns from the 1950s and early 1960s most of which were not airing on television in many other u.s. markets . these programs ran in an unusual manner as while most religious stations that run secular programs air a single block of such shows for example weekdays from 3 7 p.m. knlc utilized a hodgepodge schedule for its religious and secular syndicated shows with secular programming airing from 7 7 30 and 9 10 30 a.m. 2 3 5 6 and 9 9 30 p.m. with religious shows filling the remaining timeslots between 5 a.m. and 1 a.m. when secular shows were not airing . however in the late 1980s the station began mixing the religious and secular shows in a more consistent pattern and acquired a lot of barter cartoons and relatively more recent sitcoms . while the daytime schedule may have featured a mixed format from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. the 7 9 a.m. and 3 5 p.m. time periods featured cartoons and the 5 7 p.m. slot featured classic sitcoms . in 1986 the new life evangelistic center launched a second religious independent knlj in new bloomfield ; it sold that station to the christian television network in 2007 . knlc logo used from 1982 to 2010 . as the united paramount network was preparing to make its january 1995 debut knlc turned down an offer to affiliate with the network . however that august the station began carrying fox kids which was turned down by ktvi channel 2 just prior to its switch from abc to fox that month knlc ran the block from 7 8 a.m. and 3 5 p.m. weekdays and on saturday mornings . the station also acquired more recent programming around this time . however its growth would not last . by the spring of 1996 knlc refused to sell local advertising during the fox kids blocks because it objected to the content featured within the programs and the national advertising included along with it . the time that would normally be allocated to local commercials was instead replaced with messages from rice s ministry regarding issues such as the death penalty same sex marriage and abortion . fox felt that its children s programming was not the appropriate place for such subjects to be discussed upon ; in addition the station s signal was virtually unviewable in some portions of the market even on cable ; and the fact the market had one of the largest fox kids clubs in the country second only to cleveland operated by wb station wbnx tv resulting in the station being unable to cope with the resulting flood of mail . ultimately regretting putting fox kids programs on a conservative religious station the network moved both the weekday afternoon and saturday morning fox kids blocks to ktvi that fall becoming then owner new world communications only fox affiliated station to run the network s children s programs the remainder of new world s fox affiliates chose to run local newscasts and or syndicated programs in place of the fox kids blocks . as children s programming on broadcast television went on the decline and the more popular classic television shows migrated to cable television knlc began to spend less of its revenue on secular shows . nonetheless knlc finally affiliated with upn in may 1999 but it refused to air several programs because management felt that the network s series and advertisements were offensive ; by september 2000 channel 24 had left the network . 1 upn subsequently moved to secondary affiliation status on then the wb affiliate kplr tv channel 11 ; the network did not have full time affiliate in st. louis until wrbu channel 46 which began carrying select upn programming in september 2002 added the remainder of its schedule in april 2003 . pax tv now ion television offered to affiliate with knlc after losing its st. louis area affiliate kumo lp channel 51 a repeater of mount vernon illinois station wpxs in 2004 but the station also turned it down . ion has since purchased wrbu . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 24.1 720p 16 9 knlc hd main knlc programming 24.2 480i 4 3 a.r.e. renewable energy satellite on february 4 2009 knlc added its first digital subchannel on 24.2 renewable energy satellite res which features programming focusing on various renewable energy methods . the subchannel is operated by missouri renewable energy more a non profit group associated with the new life evangelistic center . analog to digital conversion edit knlc shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 24 on january 19 2009 just over five months before the federally mandated june 12 transition to digital broadcasts for u.s. full power television stations in order for kmov channel 4 to be able to set up its permanent digital signal on uhf channel 24 since its original digital channel allocation on uhf 56 was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 to be removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition . the station s digital signal remained from its pre transition uhf channel 14 . 3 4 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 24 . because of these conversion arrangements knlc partnered with kmov to raise funds to purchase digital converter boxes for viewers living in low income households . programming edit today the programming on knlc consists of mostly locally produced and syndicated religious shows such as ed hindson along with a mix of public domain classic television shows and movies . secular syndicated programs seen on knlc include route 66 the beverly hillbillies highway to heaven lassie hometime and the bill cosby show . references edit pennington gail 13 september 2000 . upn is left homeless in st. louis after channel 24 cuts ties . st. louis post dispatch . retrieved 3 february 2013 . rabbitears tv query for knlc dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . digital television transition problematic for some webster kirkwood times january 23 2009 . external links edit official website american renewable energy renewable energy satellite missouri renewable energy query the fcc s tv station database for knlc biafn s media web database information on knlc tv v t e broadcast television in the greater st. louis and metro east illinois areas local stations ktvi 2.1 fox 2.2 antenna 2.3 escape kmov 4.1 cbs 4.2 metv 4.3 mynetworktv ksdk 5.1 nbc 5.2 bounce 5.3 justice network kptn ld 7.1 hsn 7.2 sbn 7.3 rev n 7.7 ontv4u ketc 9.1 pbs 9.2 pbs kids 9.3 world 9.4 create kplr tv 11.1 cw 11.2 this 11.3 comet kdtl ld 16.1 retro tv knlc 24.1 religious ind. 24.2 res kdnl tv 30.1 abc 30.2 gettv 30.3 grit kbgu lp 33.1 buzzr 33.2 estrella tv 33.3 video mix tv 33.4 laff k38hd d 38.1 hsn wrbu 46.1 ion 46.2 qubo 46.3 ion life 46.4 ion shop 46.5 qvc 46.6 hsn w50ch 50 religious ind. kefn cd 49.1 eternal word tv network kumo ld 51.1 daystar outlying stations illinois wsiu tv 8.1 pbs 8.2 world 8.3 create 8.4 wsiu fm ; carbondale wpxs 13.1 daystar 13.2 retro tv ; mt. vernon w29ci d 29.1 3abn ; salem missouri kdkz ld 18.1 retro tv k16fe 16 silent ; rolla lutv cable only ; st. charles defunct k22hg 22 st. charles see also quincy columbia jefferson city kansas city springfield mo springfield il peoria evansville memphis paducah terre haute v t e other television stations in the state of missouri daystar kdtl ld 16 wpxs 13 kumo lp 51 st. louis kcdn ld 35 kansas city here s help knlc 24 st. louis k39iu d 39 springfield k36ii d 36 joplin k17fu d 17 marshfield ctn knlj 25 jefferson city hsn k45io 45 kansas city kptn ld 7 st. louis ion kclg ld 32 neosho kpxe 50 kansas city wrbu 46 st. louis tbn ktaj 16 st. joseph kclj lp 30 joplin spanish language stations knpn ld 26.4 tmd st. joseph kukc lp 48 uni kansas city krft ld 8.1 mundomax springfield other stations kbns cd 36 ind. branson kjpx lp 47 rtv joplin see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in missouri retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title knlc & oldid 743640457 categories religious television stations in the united statesindependent television stations in the united statestelevision channels and stations established in 1982television stations in st. louishidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2013all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 14 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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