KLTJ

KLTJ (channel 22) is a religious television station licensed to Galveston, Texas, United States, serving as the Houston area outlet for the Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County.

KLTJ

Galveston–Houston, Texas United States
City	Galveston, Texas
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 22
Programming
Affiliations	22.1: Daystar 22.2: Daystar Español 22.3: Daystar Reflections
Ownership
Owner	Word of God Fellowship (Community Television Educators of Texas, Inc.)
Sister stations	KDHU-LD
History
First air date	July 20, 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-07-20)[1]
Former call signs	KUYA (1987–1989)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 22 (UHF, 1989–2009)
Former affiliations	Religious independent
Call sign meaning	Keep Looking to Jesus
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	24436
ERP	350 kW
HAAT	579 m (1,900 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	29°34′16″N 95°30′38″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.daystar.com

History

The station was originally licensed to Galveston Educational TV, Inc. under the call sign KUYA; it is unknown whether the station ever went on the air under those call letters.

On July 20, 1989, Eldred Thomas moved the KLTJ religious programming inventory and call sign from channel 57 (frequency now occupied by KUBE-TV) to channel 22 to take advantage of an improved coverage area.^[1]

Before moving the call letters to Houston, Thomas owned KLTJ (channel 49, now KSTR-DT) in Dallas from 1983 to 1987; it was a sister station to radio outlet KVTT-FM (now KKXT), which Thomas also owned.^[3]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KLTJ^[4]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
22.1	1080i	16:9	KLTJ-DT	Daystar
22.2	720p		KLTJ-ES	Daystar Español
22.3	480i		KLTJ-SD	Daystar Reflections

Analog-to-digital conversion

KLTJ ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 22, on June 12, 2009, the official date on 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 23,^[5] using virtual channel 22.

References

1. Duin, Julia (March 30, 1989), "KLTJ to move to Channel 22", Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas, archived from the original on October 22, 2012
2. "Facility Technical Data for KLTJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. "DFWRETROPLEX.COM - History of Television in Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas".
4. "Digital TV Market Listing for KLTJ". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
5. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.