united states slogan public media that matters channels digital 47 uhf affiliations pbs 1970 present owner west tennessee public television council inc. first air date february 13 1968 ; 48 years ago 1968 02 13 call letters meaning lexington jackson tennessee former channel number s 11 vhf analog 1968 2009 former affiliations net 1968 1970 transmitter power 282 kw height 167 m facility id 71645 transmitter coordinates 35 42 11.9 n 88 36 10.4 w 35.703306 n 88.602889 w 35.703306 ; 88.602889 website www.wljt.org wljt dt is the public broadcasting service pbs member station serving western and northwestern tennessee on digital channel 47 virtual channel 11 . its studios are located in martin on rented space at the university of tennessee at martin ; its transmitter and tower are located in lexington its city of license . contents 1 digital channels 2 history 3 external links 4 references digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 11.1 1080i 16 9 wljt hd main wljt dt programming pbs 11.2 480i wljt dt pbs world 11.3 create history edit wljt began operations on february 13 1968 . it was originally operated by the tennessee department of education as a service to the schools of western tennessee . at the time this region was considered too small and too rural to support a full fledged traditional educational station . as such for its first 13 years of broadcasting it repeated the signal of memphis station wkno via contract since wkno was not unlike wljt operated by the state . in 1981 the station inaugurated a separate schedule including programs of local interest . a few years later the state education board relinquished the license to a local community board the west tennessee public television council . until 1993 administrative offices were located in martin while the technical staff worked in lexington some 60 miles 100 km away ; microwave links to the transmitter enabled wljt to consolidate its entire operation in martin afterward . wljt especially emphasizes programs of community interest in large part because commercial broadcasters in memphis and paducah kentucky devote little attention to rural western tennessee in newscasts and other local programming . the only commercial news operation in the market explicitly devoted to the area is jackson station wbbj . after the digital transition on february 17 2009 wljt stop transmitting on its analog signal continuing to operate on digital channel 47 . however digital tuners with psip display its virtual channel as 11 . external links edit official site query the fcc s tv station database for wljt biafn s media web database information on wljt dt references edit http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign wljt dt station v t e television stations serving central west tennessee including jackson lexington and martin reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wbbj 7.1 7.2 abc 7.3 cbs metv wljt 11.1 pbs 11.2 world 11.3 hd 11.4 create wjkt 16.1 fox 16.2 escape 16.3 laff 16.4 grit w18bl d 18.1 ubn whjk ld 20.1 escape 20.2 laff wyjj ld 27.1 atv mntv 27.2 bounce tv 27.3 drtv 27.4 sbn 27.5 grit wnbj ld 39.1 nbc cable only eplustv6 wbjk 2 21 the cw cw adjacent locals memphis wreg 3.1 cbs 3.2 nc3a 3.3 antenna tv wmc 5.1 nbc 5.2 bounce tv 5.3 grit tv wkno 10.1 pbs whbq 13.1 fox 13.2 movies watn 24.1 abc wlmt 30.1 cw 30.2 mynetworktv metv wpxx 50.1 ion nashville wkrn 2.1 abc 2.2 metv 2.3 justice network wsmv 4.1 nbc 4.2 heartland wtvf 5.1 cbs 5.2 newschannel 5 5.3 laff wnpt 8.1 pbs wztv 17.1 fox tv 17.2 weathernation tv 17.3 antenna tv wnpx 28.1 ion union city tn wuwt cd 26.1 retro tv 26.2 family ch . defunct wzmc lp 35 tbn tennessee broadcast television areas by city chattanooga jackson knoxville memphis nashville paducah ky tri cities see also tupelo tv v t e broadcast television in western tennessee including memphis northwestern mississippi and the eastern delta region of arkansas reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wreg tv 3.1 cbs 3.2 nc3a 3.3 antenna tv wmc tv 5.1 nbc 5.2 bounce tv 5.3 grit tv whbq tv 13.1 fox 13.2 escape 13.3 decades wpgf ld 17.1 tele rom ntica watn tv 24.1 abc 24.2 laff wlmt 30.1 the cw 30.2 mynetworktv metv wfbi ld 33.1 silent wbxp lp 44.1 sbn w46ef 46.1 silent wpxx tv 50.1 ion 50.2 qubo 50.3 ion life 50.4 ion shop 50.5 qvc over air 50.6 hsn wpym ld 56.1 pbj public television wkno 10.1 pbs 10.2 wkno2 wmav tv 18.1 pbs mpb 18.2 pbs hd 18.3 create religious wtwv 23.1 ind 23.2 simulcast of wwtw wbuy tv 40.1 tbn 40.2 church 40.3 juce tv smile 40.4 enlace 40.5 salsa w50ea d 42.1 3abn 42.2 3abn proclaim 42.3 dare to dream 42.4 3abn latino 42.5 3abn radio 42.6 3abn radio latino 42.7 radio 74 wdnm ld 59.1 daystar cable channels fox sports tennessee wypl tv ctae 19 swnow outlying areas west tennessee wdyr cd 18.1 silent northern mississippi wprq ld 12.1 this tv wbii cd 20.1 sbn 20.2 tuff tv 20.3 god tv 20.4 heartland wwtw 34.1 ind 34.2 simulcast of wtwv defunct stations w06aw 6 ubn selmer tn wdyr cd 18 ind. daystar dyersburg w42by 42 3abn w63bv 63 valuevision adjacent locals jonesboro ar kait 8.1 abc 8.2 nbc ktej 19.1 pbs aetn 19.2 aetn scholar world 19.3 create 19.4 airs audio kpmf ld 26.4 tcn kjnb ld 39.1 fox 39.2 cbs kvtj 48.1 vtn tennessee broadcast television areas by city chattanooga jackson knoxville memphis nashville paducah ky tri cities see also jonesboro tv little rock tv greenwood tv tupelo tv huntsville tv v t e pbs member stations in the state of tennessee wetp 2 wkop 15 sneedville knoxville wnpt 8 nashville wkno 10 memphis wljt dt 11 lexington wcte 22 cookeville wtci 45 chattanooga see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in tennessee retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wljt dt & oldid 735888645 categories pbs member stationstelevision stations in jackson tennesseetelevision channels and stations established in 1968 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 23 august 2016 at 19 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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