KETH-TV

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KETH-TV
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KHCE-TV, KITU-TV, KLUJ-TV, KDTX-TV
History
FoundedOctober 12, 1983
First air date
July 16, 1987(37 years ago) (1987-07-16)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 14 (UHF, 1987–2009)
Call sign meaning
Educational Television Houston
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 12895
ERP 1,000 kW
HAAT 580 m (1,903 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 29°34′15″N95°30′37″W / 29.57083°N 95.51028°W / 29.57083; -95.51028
Links
Public license information
Website KETH page on TBN's website

KETH-TV (channel 14) is a religious television station in Houston, Texas, United States, airing programming from the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). It is owned and operated by TBN's Community Educational Television subsidiary, which manages stations in Texas and Florida on channels allocated for non-commercial educational broadcasting, and serves as the subsidiary's flagship station. KETH-TV's studios (and CET's general offices) are located on South Wilcrest Drive in the Alief section of Houston. The station's transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County.

Contents

History

The station was founded on October 12, 1983, and first signed on the air on July 16, 1987.

Programming

As with other CET stations, KETH carries almost all of the TBN network schedule (though with program promos and public service announcements replacing commercial advertising aired on its national feed and commercially-licensed stations[ citation needed ]), as well as some locally produced programs: a local version of Praise the Lord , Up with the Son and Joy in Our Town. In addition to programming from TBN, the station airs educational programming to prepare local students for the GED test to fulfill the requirements under their license service.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KETH-TV [2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
14.1 720p 16:9 TBN HD TBN
14.2inspire TBN Inspire
14.3 480i 4:3 Enlace TBN Enlace USA

Analog-to-digital conversion

TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KETH-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Digital TV Market Listing for KETH-TV". RabbitEars.info . Retrieved March 24, 2023.