Victory Television Network
Victory Television Network is a state network of religious independent television stations serving the U.S. state of Arkansas. Operating under the call signs KVTH-DT, KVTJ-DT and KVTN-DT, it is owned and operated by Victory Television Network, Inc., which holds the licenses for all of the VTN stations. The network's studio facilities are located on Napa Valley Drive in western Little Rock.
Background
The Victory Television Network was founded in 1988, by husband-and-wife Happy and Jeanne Caldwell. KVTN in Little Rock was the first station in the service to sign on the air, launching on December 1, 1988. VTN's programming is available on more than 225 cable systems across Arkansas, and KVTN is also carried on satellite within the Little Rock market through DirecTV and Dish Network.VTN is the only Christian-oriented television network headquartered in Arkansas—the over-the-air signals and cable and satellite distribution of KVTN, KVTJ and KVTH reach 1.2 million homes across the state of Arkansas, western Tennessee, the bootheel of Missouri and portions of northern Mississippi. It is also one of the few religious independent stations that is located outside of a major U.S. television market.
VTN carries a combination of the most popular nationally syndicated Christian programs, as well as locally produced religious shows. The network also produces original program features such as Community Connection, More Than Champions and Southern Gospel Notes.
Stations
The VTN network comprises three stations:| Station | City of license | Channels VC / RF | First air date | Fourth letter meaning | ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter coordinates | Public license information |
| Pine Bluff | 25 24 | Network | 725 kW | 607 | |||||
| Hot Springs | 26 16 | Hot Springs | 52.6 kW | 608 | |||||
| Jonesboro | 48 18 | 1 | Jonesboro | 420 kW | 2784 |
Notes:
- 1. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says KVTJ signed on June 6, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on June 26.
Digital television
Digital channel
All three VTN stations broadcast in high definition.Analog-to-digital conversion
KVTN, KVTH and KVTJ shut down their analog signals at 10 a.m. on February 9, 2009, eight days before the original target date for full-power television stations in the United States to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The post-transition channel allocations for the Victory Television Network stations are as follows:- KVTN's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 24; through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 25.
- KVTH's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 14 to channel 26 for post-transition operations.
- KVTJ's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 49 to channel 48 for post-transition operations.