Subchannels 39.1 Fox
39.2 CBS Founded 2015 Former affiliation Dark (2011–2015) | Call letters' meaning JoNesBoro Class Low-power broadcasting Affiliations FOX, CBS | |
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Branding Fox 39 (on LD1)
CBS 39 (on LD2) Channels Digital: 39 (UHF)
Virtual: 39 (PSIP) Owner Waypoint Media
(Jonesboro TV, LLC) First air date June 1, 2015; 20 months ago (2015-06-01) | ||
KJNB-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 39, is a low-powered primary Fox affiliate located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States. The station is owned by Waypoint Media, LLC. KJNB maintains a small office in the Regions Bank Building in Jonesboro, and its transmitter is located on Highway 91/Southern Avenue in unincorporated Lawrence County, southeast of Walnut Ridge.
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History
The station first signed on the air on June 1, 2015 as the market's second commercial television station, after ABC/NBC affiliate KAIT (channel 8), which signed on the air in July 1963 as an independent station. Until this point, Fox programming was available in northeast Arkansas over-the-air and on cable through WHBQ-TV (channel 13) in Memphis, Tennessee (prior to former owner Fox Television Stations' purchase and subsequent affiliation switch of WHBQ in 1995, area cable systems previously piped in that station's predecessor affiliates: WMKW-TV (channel 30, now CW affiliate WLMT) from 1987 to 1990, and WPTY-TV (channel 24, now ABC affiliate WATN-TV) from 1990 until it lost the Fox affiliation to WHBQ). Despite being licensed as a low-powered television station, Waypoint Media secured the affiliation agreement with Fox by promising to provide coverage of at least 93% of the market through its over-the-air signal and through distribution on local cable and satellite providers.
On August 1, 2015, KJNB-LD signed on a second digital subchannel, carrying programming from CBS (as the Jonesboro area's first locally based CBS affiliate). Previously, the default CBS affiliates were KTHV in Little Rock and WREG-TV in Memphis over the air and on cable, as well as KFVS-TV in Cape Girardeau, Missouri via DirecTV. The station also announced plans to sign on KJNE-LD as a satellite station to expand the station's coverage. With CBS and Fox available on KJNB-LD, ABC and NBC coming from KAIT, and MyNetworkTV about to affiliate with K30MF-D, Jonesboro now offers all four major television networks and the MyNetworkTV programming service. WLMT remains the default over-the-air CW affiliate, while WLMT-DT2, along with Paducah, Kentucky's WDKA, will remain the default MyNetworkTV affiliate until K30MF-D signs on.
On September 1, 2015, KTHV/Little Rock was replaced with KJNB-LD2 on the Jonesboro area Suddenlink cable system, but WREG/Memphis remains on the lineup.
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Main channel
Outside of Fox network programming, syndicated programs on KJNB include The People's Court, Maury, TMZ, The Jerry Springer Show, and Hot in Cleveland.
Secondary channel
The station's second subchannel carries most of the CBS schedule, except for the CBS Overnight News, which it preempts in favor of some infomercials and the daily agricultural news program AgDay. Outside of that, syndicated programming includes Celebrity Name Game, The Dr. Oz Show, Family Feud, and Leverage.