WTLJ

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WTLJ is a television station broadcasting in the Grand Rapids, Michigan metropolitan area on WTLJ channel 54 in Muskegon and Grand Rapids, and W26BX channel 26 (originally W24BO channel 24) in Kalamazoo. It is an affiliate of the Trinity Broadcasting Network and owned by Tri-State Christian Television.

The station identification shows that it is licensed to Muskegon and Grand Rapids, with the translator licensed to Kalamazoo.

Its offices and transmitter are located in Allendale Township, Michigan, of Ottawa County, just southwest of Grand Valley State University.

History

Before WTLJ went on the air, channel 54 in Michigan was assigned to Lansing. It was occupied by DuMont affiliate WILS, which later became WTOM-TV (calls now used on channel 4 in Cheboygan), and was on the air from 1953 until 1956. Channel 54 was then reassigned to Muskegon. [link] [link]

In the early-1980s, WTLJ originally had the call letters WMKT with the intention of focusing on the Muskegon and Holland areas. That station was never built. (Muskegon has its own station, WMKG-LP, which fulfills this purpose.)

In November 1986, Miami Valley Christian Television of Springfield, Ohio launched WTLJ, as a Christian channel, which remains to this day. The station would eventually be sold to its present-owners, Tri-State Christian Television.

History of its Kalamazoo repeater, W26BX, is unknown, other than the fact that the move from channel 24 to 26 was approved in December 1998, and the move was actually made in January 2002. The move was necessary, as WTLJ plans to have a digital signal on channel 24 in the future.

Programming

WTLJ broadcasts its own live programs in its studio in Allendale. The programs are called Ask The Pastor and Down Home.

Management

The director of WTLJ as of January 2005 is Victor VanDeVenter.

Interesting Information

WTLJ has collaborated with the Ottawa County Department of Corrections. This collaboration has led to the station taking in probationers to give them the opportunity to complete court ordered mandatory community service.

Previous Logos

image:WTLJ54.jpg|WTLJ ident from the late-1990s, prior to its repeater's move from 24 to 26.

References

• [WTLJ-TV Channel 54 Muskegon. Michigan's Radio & TV Broadcast Guide].

External links

• [TCT Network]
• [Trinity Broadcasting Network]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WTLJ]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for W26BX]

Terrestrial television>Broadcast television in the Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo-Battle Creek/Muskegon area  [(Nielsen DMA #39)]
WWMT 3 (CBS - The CW on DT2 September 2006) - WOOD 8 (NBC) - WZZM 13 (ABC) - WXSP 15 (UPN - to be MNTV 09/06) - WXMI 17 (Fox) - WUHQ 29 (A1/MMA) - WGVU 35 / WGVK 52 (PBS) - WUHO 36 (Ind.) - WMKG 38 (FamilyNet / UATV) - WOTV 41 (ABC) - WZPX 43 (i / The WB - to be i only September 2006) - W48CL 48 (3ABN) - WTLJ 54 (TBN) - WLLA 64 (FamilyNet)

 

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