KZJL
| Houston, Texas United States | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 61 |
| Branding | Estrella TV Houston (general) Noticias 61 (newscast) |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 61.1: Estrella TV 61.2: Estrella News 61.3: Estrella Clásico 61.4: Shop LC 61.5: Positiv 61.6: QVC |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Estrella Media (Estrella Television License of Houston LLC) |
| Radio: KTJM, KJOJ-FM, KQQK, KEYH, KNTE | |
| History | |
First air date | June 2, 1995 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 61 (UHF, 1995–2009) Digital: 44 (UHF, 2003–2019) |
| Shop at Home (1995–2001) Spanish Independent (2001–2009) | |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 69531 |
| ERP | 880 kW |
| HAAT | 595 m (1,952 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°33′45.2″N 95°30′35.9″W / 29.562556°N 95.509972°WCoordinates: 29°33′45.2″N 95°30′35.9″W / 29.562556°N 95.509972°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | www |
KZJL, virtual channel 61 (UHF digital channel 21), is an Estrella TV owned-and-operated television station licensed to Houston, Texas, United States. Owned by Estrella Media, it is sister to five radio stations. KZJL's studios are located on Bering Drive on the city's southwest side, and its transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County.
History[]
The station first signed on the air on June 2, 1995, as an affiliate of home shopping network Shop at Home. In 2001, the station was purchased by Liberman Broadcasting (which was renamed Estrella Media in February 2020, following a corporate reorganization of the company under private equity firm HPS Investment Partners, LLC) and became a Spanish-language independent station; on September 14, 2009, KZJL became a charter owned-and-operated station of Liberman's Spanish-language broadcast network Estrella TV.
Technical information[]
Subchannels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KZJL | Main KZJL programming / Estrella TV |
| 61.2 | 480i | KZJL-2 | Estrella News | |
| 61.3 | KZJL-3 | Estrella Clásico | ||
| 61.4 | SHOP-LC | Shop LC | ||
| 61.5 | POSI-TV | Positiv[2] | ||
| 61.6 | KZJL-6 | QVC |
Analog-to-digital conversion[]
KZJL discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 61, on June 12, 2009, as part of federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[3] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 44, using PSIP to display KZJL's virtual channel as 61 on digital television receivers, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.
References[]
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KZJL
- ^ Positiv Channel Finder in Houston
- ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived 2013-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
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- Estrella TV affiliates
- Television channels and stations established in 1995
- 1995 establishments in Texas
- Spanish-language television stations in Texas
- Estrella Media stations
- Television stations in Houston
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