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==History== |
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KJCT signed on the air on [[October 22]], [[1979]] as a satellite of [[KRDO-TV]], [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], Colorado. The station had full production facilities in Grand Junction; however, much of the programming was fed via hundreds of miles of microwave links from KRDO. In the late 1990s, KJCT chief engineer, Roger Hightower, modernized KJCT into one of the first true digital facilities in Colorado, and severed the electronic umbilical cord with KRDO. |
KJCT signed on the air on [[October 22]], [[1979]] as a satellite of [[KRDO-TV]], [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], Colorado. The station had full production facilities in Grand Junction; however, much of the programming was fed via hundreds of miles of microwave links from KRDO, KJCT's sister station in Colorado Springs. In the late 1990s, KJCT chief engineer, Roger Hightower, modernized KJCT into one of the first true digital facilities in Colorado, and severed the electronic umbilical cord with KRDO. |
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KJCT was the first Western Colorado television station with modern [[electronic news gathering]] technology. "8 Live," the stations' first live microwave newsvan, came into service in 1984. |
KJCT was the first Western Colorado television station with modern [[electronic news gathering]] technology. "8 Live," the stations' first live microwave newsvan, came into service in 1984. |
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KJCT is a television station in Grand Junction, Colorado that serves the Grand Junction-Montrose market. It is an affiliate of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) owned and operated by the News-Press & Gazette Company. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 8 and its digital signal on VHF channel 7 (virtual channel 8.1).
KJCT transmits its signal from the Mesa Point Electronics Site on the Grand Mesa, the world's tallest flat-top mountain. KJCT's primary translator, K28AD Montrose, has been on the air from Storm King Mountain since September, 1982. The KJCT signal is relayed by a licensed total of 14 analog and seven digital translators across central and northwestern Colorado.
History
KJCT signed on the air on October 22, 1979 as a satellite of KRDO-TV, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The station had full production facilities in Grand Junction; however, much of the programming was fed via hundreds of miles of microwave links from KRDO, KJCT's sister station in Colorado Springs. In the late 1990s, KJCT chief engineer, Roger Hightower, modernized KJCT into one of the first true digital facilities in Colorado, and severed the electronic umbilical cord with KRDO.
KJCT was the first Western Colorado television station with modern electronic news gathering technology. "8 Live," the stations' first live microwave newsvan, came into service in 1984.
In 2006, News-Press & Gazette Company announced the purchase of KJCT along with KRDO-TV and KRDO-AM from Pikes Peak Broadcasting Co.[1]
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(*) – indicates station is in one of Colorado's primary TV markets (**) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Colorado | ||
