NJTV

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Coordinates: 40°13′13″N 74°45′34″W / 40.22028°N 74.75944°W / 40.22028; -74.75944

NJTV
NJTV logo
statewide New Jersey
Branding NJTV
Slogan New Jersey's Public Television Network
Channels Digital: see table below
Virtual: see table below
Affiliations PBS
Owner New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority (operated by Public Media NJ under outsourcing agreement)
Founded July 1, 2011; 22 months ago (2011-07-01)
Call letters' meaning all stations:
New Jersey
4th letter: see table below
Sister station(s) WNET, WLIW
Transmitter power see table below
Height see table below
Facility ID see table below
Transmitter coordinates see table below
Website NJTVonline.org

NJTV is the Public Broadcasting Service member network serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is operated by WNET.org, the parent company of New York City's flagship public television stations, WNET and WLIW, through a subsidiary nonprofit organization, Public Media NJ. NJTV airs PBS programming as well as producing and broadcasting its own programming, mostly relating to issues in New Jersey.

NJTV is the successor to New Jersey Network (NJN), the state-controlled public television and radio service. NJN ended operations on June 30, 2011, with Public Media NJ taking control of the former NJN television stations the following day. The first program to air on NJTV was a broadcast of The Charlie Rose Show, a WNET production, at midnight on July 1.

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Overview [edit]

For more details on this topic, see New Jersey Network.

The seeds which led to the eventual formation of NJTV were planted in 2008, when NJN officials asked the New Jersey Legislature for permission to explore the possibility of making NJN a community licensee owned by the NJN Foundation, its fundraising arm.[1] However, on June 6, 2011, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who vowed to end state-funded public broadcasting upon taking office in 2010, announced an agreement to turn control of the NJN television network to WNET. As part of the deal, WNET.org created Public Media NJ as a separate New Jersey-based nonprofit to operate the stations.[2][3]

Under the terms of the deal, Public Media NJ will operate the stations for a five-year period, with two additional five-year renewable options. The New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority will retain the licenses, while Public Media NJ will receive funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and all revenues related to the former NJN technical operations. The measure was defeated by the state Assembly on June 23.[4] The state Senate, however, passed the resolution on June 27, allowing Public Media NJ to take over NJN's television operations as scheduled on July 1, 2011.[5] All members of NJN automatically became members of NJTV.

Caucus Educational Corporation, a nonprofit producer of New Jersey-focused public affairs programs, is under contract with Public Media NJ to provide original programming for NJTV. Caucus productions, Caucus: New Jersey, New Jersey Capitol Report and One-on-One with Steve Adubato were inherited by NJTV from NJN.

NJTV produces NJ Today, a news program that airs weeknights in the time slots previously occupied by NJN News. Veteran journalist Mike Schneider is the program's managing editor and anchor. [6] NJ Today is produced at Montclair State University's DuMont Television Center in Montclair, NJ. [7]NJTV's broadcast operations center is located at WNET in Midtown Manhattan.

On July 26, 2011, NJTV announced a partnership with the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting (formerly the NJN Foundation) to jointly fund and create additional public affairs programming. NJTV and the Foundation merged in September 2012. [8]

Michael Aron, a 29-year veteran of New Jersey Network, the system's news director at its closure and a former member of the Foundation's board, revived his former NJN programs Reporters Roundtable and On the Record on NJTV, and also appears on NJ Today as chief political correspondent.[9][10]

Stations [edit]

NJTV's four full-power stations reach a potential audience of almost 28 million people in parts of five states – all of New Jersey, plus parts of Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and Delaware. While this gives NJTV one of the largest potential audiences in the country, it also must compete directly with three of the most-watched PBS stations in the country. It not only shares its coverage area with sister stations WNET and WLIW, but also with WHYY-TV in Philadelphia.

The NJTV television stations are:

Station City of license Channels
TV / RF		 First air date Fourth letter meaning ERP
 HAAT
 Transmitter coordinates Facility ID Public license
information
WNJT Trenton 52 (PSIP)
43 (UHF)		 April 5, 1971 Trenton 46 kW 266 m (873 ft) 40°16′58″N 74°41′11″W / 40.28278°N 74.68639°W / 40.28278; -74.68639 (WNJT) 48465 Profile
CDBS
WNJS Camden 23 (PSIP)
22 (UHF)		 October 23, 1972 Southern New Jersey 197 kW 264 m (866 ft) 39°43′41″N 74°50′39″W / 39.72806°N 74.84417°W / 39.72806; -74.84417 (WNJS) 48481 Profile
CDBS
WNJN1 Montclair 50 (PSIP)
51 (UHF)		 June 2, 1973 Northern New Jersey
or
Network (full name of predecessor)		 200 kW 233 m (764 ft) 40°51′53″N 74°12′3″W / 40.86472°N 74.20083°W / 40.86472; -74.20083 (WNJN) 48477 Profile
CDBS
WNJB New Brunswick 58 (PSIP)
8 (VHF)		 June 2, 1973 New Brunswick 11.2 kW 296 m (971 ft) 40°37′17″N 74°30′15″W / 40.62139°N 74.50417°W / 40.62139; -74.50417 (WNJB) 48457 Profile
CDBS
WNJN transmitter, at Montclair State College.
Notes
  • 1 WNJN used the callsign WNJM (the M standing for Montclair) from its 1973 sign-on to 1994.

Translators [edit]

Areas in the northwestern part of New Jersey are served by the following low-powered translators:

All translators directly repeat WNJN's signal.[citation needed]

Cable and satellite availability [edit]

NJTV is available on all New Jersey cable systems. In addition, WNJN is available on many cable systems in the New York City area, as well as the New York DirecTV and Dish Network feeds. WNJS is available on many cable systems in the Philadelphia area, as well as the Philadelphia DirecTV and Dish Network feeds.

Digital programming [edit]

Channel Video Aspect Programming
xx.1 1080i 16:9 Main NJTV programming / PBS

Headquarters [edit]

The station's mailing address is P.O. Box 5776, Englewood, New Jersey.[11]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Behrens, Steve (May 12, 2008). "With Its State Aid Shrinking, NJN Asks for Independence". Current.
  2. ^ Press release (June 6, 2011). "Gov. Christie Selects WNET for NJN Takeover". NJN (via WMGM-TV).
  3. ^ Jensen, Elizabeth (June 6, 2011). "WNET to Oversee New Jersey Public Television". The New York Times. 
  4. ^ "N.J. Assembly Rejects Plan to Transfer NJN Management to N.Y.-Based WNET". The Star-Ledger. June 23, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2011. 
  5. ^ "N.J. Senate Fails to Block WNET Plan, Ending NJN Network". The Star-Ledger. June 27, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2011. 
  6. ^ "TV veteran Mike Schneider to anchor NJTV news". Asbury Park Press. September 14, 2011. 
  7. ^ "Montclair and NJTV perfect together; state's public TV station bursts with township talent". Montclair Times. August 23, 2012. 
  8. ^ "NJTV board votes to merge with former NJN foundation that raised millions for network". Star-Ledger. June 14, 2012. 
  9. ^ "2 popular NJN shows to return to air on NJTV". Associated Press.  Text " date February 22, 2012 " ignored (help)
  10. ^ "Former NJN Staple Michael Aron to Join NJTV". The Star-Ledger. July 26, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011. 
  11. ^ Staff (undated) "Home page". NJTV. Retrieved November 8, 2012. "NJTV, PO Box 5776, Englewood, NJ 07631".

External links [edit]

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