jefferson city missouri channels digital 20 uhf virtual 25 psip subchannels 25.1 ctn affiliations ctn since 2007 owner christian television network inc. first air date march 30 1986 ; 30 years ago 1986 03 30 call letters meaning new life in jesus or jefferson city former channel number s analog 25 uhf 1986 2009 former affiliations religious independent 1986 2007 transmitter power 1000 kw digital height 293 m digital facility id 48521 transmitter coordinates 38 42 15.5 n 92 5 22 w 38.704306 n 92.08944 w 38.704306 ; 92.08944 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.knlj.tv knlj channel 20 is a full powered christian television station licensed in jefferson city missouri with studios near new bloomfield . owned by the christian television network it broadcasts only christian programming from ctn 24 hours a day . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channel 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 references 4 external links history edit the station first signed on on easter sunday in 1986 at 3 p.m. as a sister station and simulcast to knlc in st. louis missouri ; at that time both stations were owned by reverend larry rice s ministry the new life evangelistic center . in september 1986 knlj broke away from knlc while it was still running most of the same christian programs such as 700 club richard roberts jerry falwell among others as well as locally produced programs from the ministry . also they ran secular shows such as syndicated cartoons some classic sitcoms westerns and outdoor sporting programs about 12 hours a day . in 1990 knlj affiliated with fox kids and also ran disney afternoon . when mid missouri got its own fox affiliate a few years later a low powered fox kids station moved there . as the 1990s progressed the secular shows were becoming more and more low in budget . much of this was because of the availability of product amount of stations in the market increasing and changes in the needs of the station itself . in mid 2007 the station was sold to the christian television network with the new life evangelistic center retaining knlc . after the sale the intellectual unit of knlj was totally shut down . both secular and christian programming was dropped in favor of simulcasting the christian television network full time . some shows on ctn had previously aired on knlj but that was fully coincidental . the religious groups had previously bought time on both ctn and knlj . digital television edit digital channel edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 25.1 480i 4 3 knlj dt main knlj programming ctn analog to digital conversion edit knlj shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 25 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 20 . 2 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 25 . references edit rabbitears tv query for knlj dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit knlj official site query the fcc s tv station database for knlj biafn s media web database information on knlj tv v t e christian television network kfxb knlj kqck kqdk w50en tbn wclf welu ctni weph wfgc wgnm whbr whtn wlcf wlcn wqsj ctni wrxy wsjn ctni wtjr wusp daystar wvlr wvqs ctni wvup wybu v t e television stations in central missouri including columbia and jefferson city local stations kmos 6.1 pbs 6.2 world 6.3 create komu 8.1 nbc 8.3 the cw krcg 13.1 cbs 13.2 comet tv 13.3 grit 13.4 gettv kmiz 17.1 abc 17.2 me tv 17.3 mynetworktv 17.4 fox kqfx ld 22.1 fox knlj 25.1 ctn fn local cable channel mutv 23 defunct k02nq 2 local weather kzou lp 38 fox mntv k41oi k56au tbn komu dt2 8.2 nbc wx see also st. louis quincy springfield ottumwa kirksville joplin tv 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 v t e other television stations in the state of arkansas fort smith fayetteville market kfdf cd 10 44.1 this tv me tv wn fort smith kwnl cd 31 kxun ld 43 uni winslow kfsm 5.2 kxnw 34.1 mntv ant eureka springs kwog 57 daystar springdale jonesboro market kvtj 48 religious ind. vtn tln jonesboro little rock market kvtn 25 kvth 26 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