KITU-TV

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KITU-TV
City Beaumont, Texas
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedNovember 21, 1984
First air date
June 17, 1986(37 years ago) (1986-06-17) [lower-alpha 1]
Former call signs
KITU (1986–2005)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 34 (UHF, 1986–2009)
  • Digital: 33 (UHF, until 2018)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 12896
ERP 920 kW
HAAT 312 m (1,024 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 30°10′42″N93°54′27″W / 30.17833°N 93.90750°W / 30.17833; -93.90750
Links
Public license information
Website KITU page on TBN website

KITU-TV (channel 34) is a religious television station in Beaumont, 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. KITU-TV's studios are located on Interstate 10 in Orange, and its transmitter is located in Mauriceville.

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Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KITU-TV [2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
34.1 720p 16:9 TBN HD TBN
34.2inspire TBN Inspire
34.3 480i 4:3 Enlace TBN Enlace USA
34.4SMILE Smile

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

Notes

  1. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says June 21, while the Television and Cable Factbook says June 20.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KITU-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. RabbitEars TV Query for KITU