KHCE-TV
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| Branding | Trinity Broadcasting Network |
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| KETH-TV, KITU-TV, KLUJ-TV, KDTX-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | July 9, 1989 |
Former call signs | KHCE (1989–2005) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 23 (UHF, 1989–2009) |
Call sign meaning | Hispanic Community Educational Television (original licensee) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 27300 |
| ERP | 850 kW |
| HAAT | 328 m (1,076 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°17′24″N 98°15′20″W / 29.29000°N 98.25556°W |
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Public license information | |
KHCE-TV, virtual channel 23 (UHF digital channel 16), is a TBN owned-and-operated television station licensed to San Antonio, Texas, United States. The station is owned by the Community Educational Television subsidiary of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, which manages TBN-owned stations in Texas and Florida on channels allocated for non-commercial educational broadcasting. KHCE-TV's studios are located on Capital Port Drive in northwest San Antonio, and its transmitter is located off Route 181 in northwest Wilson County (northeast of Elmendorf). On cable, the station is available on Charter Spectrum channels 22 and 1233, Grande Communications channel 22, and AT&T U-verse channel 23.
Background
The station first signed on the air on July 9, 1989; it was one of the first stations to be built and signed on the air by TBN subsidiary Community Educational Television. KHCE's programming was also previously simulcast on a low-power translator station, K20BW in San Antonio; this translator ceased operations in 2010, and has since been sold to Digital Networks - Southwest, LLC.
KHCE produces four local programs seen on the air: a local version of TBN's local public affairs franchise Joy in Our Town, the biblical studies program Up with the Son, the educational program We Speak Inglés y Español and a local edition of Praise the Lord. In addition to programming from TBN, the station airs educational programming to prepare local students for the General Educational Development (GED) test to fulfill the requirements under their license service.
Digital television
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 23.1 | 720p | 16:9 | TBN HD | Main TBN programming |
| 23.2 | Merit | Merit Street Media | ||
| 23.3 | 480i | 4:3 | Inspire | TBN Inspire |
| 23.4 | 16:9 | SMILE | Smile | |
| 23.5 | POSITIV | Positiv |
TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[2]
KHCE-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 23, on that date. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 16,[3] using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 23.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KHCE-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KHCE
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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