KJTL

KJTL, virtual channel 18, is the Fox affiliate located in Wichita Falls, Texas also serving Lawton, Oklahoma owned by Mission Broadcasting, and its operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, in a virtual duopoly with NBC affiliate KFDX channel 3. KJTL's transmitter is located near Grandfield, Oklahoma.

History

The station originally signed on the air on May 14, 1985. It was originally an independent non-network station until 1987, when KJTL became one of the early affiliates of the then-new Fox television network. In 1988, the station was sold to Epic Broadcasting Corporation of Wichita Falls (which also owned KCIT in Amarillo), then in 1995, it was sold to Wicks Broadcast Group. In 2002, Wicks Broadcast Group sold the station to the current Mission Broadcasting.

Digital television

Digital channel

Analog-to-digital conversion

KJTL shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 18, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 18.