WRBJ-TV

Television station in Magee, Mississippi

WRBJ-TV

*     * Magee–Jackson–Hattiesburg–
* Meridian, Mississippi

* United States

City| Magee, Mississippi
Channels|

* Digital: 34 (UHF)
* Virtual: 34

Programming
Affiliations|

* 34.1: TBN
* for others, see § Subchannels

Ownership
Owner|

* Trinity Broadcasting Network
* (Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc.)

History
Founded| January 2006

First air date

* January 5, 2006; 19 years ago (2006-01-05) (on Time Warner Cable)
* February 8, 2006; 19 years ago (2006-02-08) (over the air)

Former channel number(s)

| Analog: 34 (UHF, 2006–2009)

Former affiliations

* UPN (January–September 2006)
* The CW (2006–2013)

Call sign meaning

| Roberts Broadcasting of Jackson (reference to former owner)
Technical information[1]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 136749
ERP| 968 kW
HAAT| 374.6 m (1,229 ft)
Transmitter coordinates| 32°7′19″N 89°32′52″W﻿ / ﻿32.12194°N 89.54778°W﻿ / 32.12194; -89.54778﻿ (WRBJ)
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Website| www.tbn.org

WRBJ-TV (channel 34) is a religious television station licensed to Magee, Mississippi, United States, serving the Jackson, Hattiesburg and Meridian television markets as an owned-and-operated station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The station's transmitter is located near Raleigh, Mississippi, in the Bienville National Forest.

## History

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WRBJ began broadcasting as a UPN affiliate via Time Warner Cable on January 5, 2006, and over-the-air broadcasting began on February 8. On March 21, 2006, it was announced that WRBJ would join the new CW Television Network, and on September 18, WRBJ became a CW affiliate. The station was founded by St. Louis–based Roberts Broadcasting.

Ironically, the call letters WRBJ were assigned briefly to WDBT radio (now WFOR) in Hattiesburg, the first radio station in Mississippi. Only since September 2006 when Roberts Broadcasting bought out Urban radio station WRJH did those call letters return to the market.

On March 31, 2011, WRBJ's license was initially canceled by the FCC for failure to file for either a license to cover or an extension of its digital construction permit (the license for sister station WZRB in Columbia, South Carolina, was initially cancelled for the same reasons two days earlier). However, Roberts Broadcasting filed an appeal, stating that the licenses to cover were improperly filed upon the digital transition. The FCC agreed, and reinstated the licenses of the two stations on April 19. Roberts had to file for new licenses to cover.

On October 22, 2012, Roberts announced that it had sold WRBJ to the Trinity Broadcasting Network.[2] The Christian broadcaster was previously available in the Jackson area on low-powered WJKO-LP, which was later sold to the Daystar Television Network. The sale was approved by a bankruptcy court on January 17, 2013; the FCC approved the sale six days later, and TBN officially took over operational control of WRBJ five months later, on May 24, 2013.[3][4] CW network programming would not be seen in the Jackson area until WJTV-DT2 picked up The CW in October 2013.

Despite having stopped broadcasting CW programming on May 24, 2013, WRBJ's website remained operational for a year afterward.

On July 17, 2013, the station's call sign was modified with the addition of a "-TV" suffix.

## Subchannels

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The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WRBJ-TV  Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name  | Programming

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34.1  | 720p | 16:9 | TBN HD | TBN
34.2  | Merit | Merit TV
34.3  | 480i | 4:3 | Inspire | TBN Inspire
34.4  | 16:9 | ONTV4U | OnTV4U (infomercials)
34.5  | POSITIV | Positiv

TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRBJ-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. ^ Ayres, Jeff (October 22, 2012). "Roberts brothers' TV station in new hands". The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi). Retrieved October 23, 2012.
3. ^ Brown, Lisa (January 18, 2013). "Roberts Cos.' Mississippi TV station sale approved". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
4. ^ "NEW TBN FULL-POWER STATION SIGN-ON". TBN. May 24, 2013. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013.
5. ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WRBJ

## External links

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* Official website

* v
* t
* e

Broadcast television in Central Mississippi

This region includes the following cities: Jackson
Vicksburg
McComb
Brookhaven
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations|

* WLBT 3 (NBC)
* WJMF-LD 6
* WJTV 12 (CBS)
* WAPT 16 (ABC)
* WWJX 23 (TCT)
* WMPN-TV 29 (PBS)
* WRBJ-TV 34 (TBN)
* WLOO 35 (MyNetworkTV)
* WDBD 40 (Fox)

Outlying areas|

| Bude|

* WMAU-TV 18 (PBS)

|

Natchez|

* KLAX-TV 31 (ABC)
* WNTZ-TV 48 (Fox/MyNetworkTV)

Defunct|

* WBXK-CA 8
* WBMS-CA 10
* W23BC 23 (America One)
* WXMS-LP 27 (MeTV)
* WJXF-LP 49
* WJKO-LP 64 (Daystar)

See also

Meridian TV
Hattiesburg TV
Alexandria TV
Greenwood TV
Tupelo TV
Baton Rouge TV
New Orleans TV

* v
* t
* e

Broadcast television in the Mississippi Pine Belt, including Hattiesburg and Laurel

Local stations|

* WDAM-TV 7
* .1 NBC
* .2 ABC
* WMAH-TV 16 / WMAW-TV 14
* PBS/MPB
* WLHA-LD 18
* .1 Telemundo
* .2 Gulf Coast Sports
* WHLT 22
* .1 CBS
* .2 The CW
* WHPM-LD 23
* Fox

See also

Jackson TV
Meridian TV
Biloxi/Gulfport TV
Pensacola/Mobile TV

* v
* t
* e

Broadcast television in East Mississippi and Western Alabama, including Meridian

Stations|

* WTOK-TV 11
* .1 ABC
* .2 MyNetworkTV
* .3 The CW
* WMAW-TV 14
* PBS/MPB
* WOOK-LD 15
* Telemundo
* WMDN 24
* CBS
* WGBC 30
* .1 Fox
* .2 NBC
* WIIQ 41
* PBS/APT

See also
Birmingham TV
Hattiesburg TV
Jackson TV
Mobile–Pensacola TV
Montgomery TV
Tupelo TV

* v
* t
* e

Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of Mississippi

Includes stations in out-of-state TV markets, but reaching a portion of Mississippi

ABC|

* WABG-TV
* WAPT
* WATN-TV
* WBRZ-TV
* WDAM-TV .2
* WEAR-TV
* WGNO
* WTOK-TV
* WLOX
* WTVA .2

* Mississippi portal

CBS|

* WAFB
* WCBI-TV
* WHLT
* WJTV
* WKRG-TV
* WLOX .2
* WMDN
* WREG-TV
* WWL-TV
* WXVT-LD

Fox|

* WABG-TV .2
* WALA-TV
* WCBI-TV .2
* WDBD
* WGBC
* WGMB-TV
* WHBQ-TV
* WHPM-LD
* WNTZ-TV
* WVUE-DT
* WXXV-TV

NBC|

* WDAM-TV
* WDSU
* WGBC .2
* WLBT
* WMC-TV
* WNBD-LD
* WPMI-TV
* WTVA
* WXXV-TV .2
* WVLA-TV

The CW|

* WBRL-CD
* WFNA
* WHLT .2
* WJTV .2
* WLMT
* WLOV-TV
* WNOL-TV
* WTOK-TV .3
* WXXV-TV .3

MyNetworkTV|

* WBXH-CD
* WCBI-TV .3
* WFGX
* WHPM-LD .3
* WLMT
* WLOO
* WNTZ-TV
* WTOK-TV .2
* WUPL

Ion Television|

* WCBI-LD .5
* WFXW .2
* WJTV .3
* WKRG-TV .2
* WLOX .5
* WPXL-TV
* WPXX-TV
* WTVA .3
* WTOK-TV .4
* WVLA .3

PBS|

MPB
WMAB-TV
WMAE-TV
WMAH-TV
WMAO-TV
WMAU-TV
WMAV-TV
WMAW-TV
WMPN-TV
W29EY-D

* WEIQ
* WKNO
* WLPB-TV
* WYES-TV

Religious|

CTN
WEPH
WHBR
WHNO
Daystar
WDPM-DT
Independent
WTWV
TBN
WBUY-TV
WMPV-TV
WRBJ-TV
TCT
WFXW
WWJX
WWTW

Other|

Antenna TV
WXVO-LD
Independent
KBTR-CD
WJTC
KZUP-CD
MeTV
WTBL-LD
Telemundo
KGLA-DT
WTME-LD

See also
Alabama TV
Arkansas TV
Louisiana TV
Tennessee TV

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* t
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Trinity Broadcasting Network

Founders|

* Paul Crouch
* Jan Crouch

Executives|

* Matt Crouch

Owned-and-operated stations|

* KAAH-TV
* KDOR-TV
* KDTX-TV
* KNAT-TV
* KNMT
* KPAZ-TV
* KPJR-TV
* KTAJ-TV
* KTBN-TV
* KTBO-TV
* KTBW-TV
* WBUY-TV
* WELF-TV
* WGTW-TV
* WHFT-TV
* WHLV-TV
* WHSG-TV
* WMCF-TV
* WMPV-TV
* WMWC-TV
* WPGD-TV
* WRBJ-TV
* WTBY-TV
* WTJP-TV
* WTPC-TV
* WWRS-TV
* WWTO-TV

Community Educational Television|

* KETH-TV
* KITU-TV
* KLUJ-TV
* KHCE-TV
* WJEB-TV
* WTCE-TV

Affiliates|

* KDHW-CD
* KEFB
* KJNK-LD
* KJNP-TV
* KZTN-LD
* WGGS-TV
* WSSF-LD
* WUDL-LD

Networks|

* TBN
* TBN Inspire
* POSITiV
* Yippee TV
* Salsa
* Miracle Channel (Canada)
* TCI (Italy)
* TBN UK (United Kingdom)
* TBN Nordic (Scandinavia)
* TBN Nejat TV (MENA)
* TBN Europe (Europe)
* TBN Asia (Asia)
* Life TV (Estonia)
* TBN España (Spain)
* EJTV (Latin America)
* TBN Africa (Africa)
* bibel TV (Germany)
* The Kingdom Sat (Saudi Arabia)
* The Healing Channel (MENA)
* Boas Novas (Brazil)
* Rede Gospel (Brazil)
* TBN Pacific (Australia and New Zealand)
* Kanal Hayat (Turkey)
* TBN Polska (Poland)
* TBN FR (France)
* TBN UA (Ukraine)
* JCTV (Pakistan)

Attractions|

* Trinity Music City

Subsidiaries|

* Merit Street Media
* Trilogy Animation
* Trilogy Publishing

Related articles|

* KTBN Shortwave
* Paul Crouch, Jr.
* Brandon Crouch
* Brittany Koper
* Jim Bakker
* Tammy Faye Messner
* Gener8Xion Entertainment
* Holy Land Experience

Defunct|

* JUCE TV
* Smile

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