KTAJ-TV

KTAJ-TV, virtual channel 16 (UHF digital channel 21), is a TBN owned-and-operated television station serving Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas, United States that is licensed to St. Joseph, Missouri. The station is owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. KTAJ-TV maintains studio facilities located on West 31st Street in St. Joseph, and its transmitter is located at the intersection of East 23rd Street and Topping Avenue in the Blue Valley section of Kansas City, Missouri. The station has been available on cable television providers in both the St. Joseph and Kansas City areas since its sign-on.

Overview

The station first signed on the air in October 1986, and was built and signed on by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. KTAJ is the only full-powered TBN partner station in the state of Missouri, and was one of only two stations licensed to St. Joseph – alongside ABC affiliate KQTV (channel 2) – until the June 2012 sign-on of Fox affiliate KNPN-LD (channel 26) – although KTAJ and KQTV remain the only full-power television stations licensed to the city (two other stations owned by KNPN parent News-Press & Gazette Company have signed on since that point – low-powered KBJO-LD (channel 21) and KNPG-LD (channel 30)).