WLJC-TV


WLJC-TV, virtual channel 65, is a Cozi TV-affiliated television station serving Lexington, Kentucky, United States that is licensed to Beattyville. The station is owned by local minister Margaret Drake and her ministry, The Hour of Harvest, Inc. WLJC's studios are located on Radio Station Loop north of Beattyville, and its transmitter is located on Tip Top Road.
On cable, the station is available on Charter Spectrum in the Lexington and Hazard areas. The main WLJC feed is also carried on channels 21 and 521 via Frankfort Plant Board in the state capital of Frankfort.

History

The station first signed on the air on October 18, 1982 and claims to be the oldest Christian television station in Kentucky. The Hour of Harvest, Inc. also owns two Christian radio stations, Air 1 outlet WLJC-FM and K-LOVE outlet WEBF.
On April 2, 2018, WLJC began carrying a half-hour local newscast produced by Lexington ABC affiliate WTVQ at 9 p.m. titled ABC 36 News at Nine on WLJC.
In November 2018, WLJC's main channel began airing Cozi TV programming.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
ChannelVideoAspectPSIP Short NameProgramming
65.1720pWLJC-HDCozi TV
65.2480iLightTVLight TV
65.3480iAnt-TVAntenna TV
65.4480iGet-TVgetTV
65.5480iThis-TVThis TV
65.6480iStart-TVStart TV
65.7480iH&IHeroes & Icons

Analog-to-digital conversion

WLJC-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 65, in July 2007. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 7. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 65, which was among the high band UHF channels that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.
The station was recently granted a construction permit to increase its wattage from 70 kW to 185 kW.

Coverage area

WLJC-TV's digital signal covers much of eastern Kentucky, thanks to its 185,000 watts of power. The signal coverage area includes the Metro Lexington area, Somerset, Hazard, and it goes as far east as Pikeville, as far north as Maysville, as far west as Danville, and as far south as the Tennessee state line in areas around Middlesboro and Williamsburg.