KXLJ-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 24, was a low-power CBS-affiliated television station that was licensedtoJuneau, Alaska, United States. It was a full-time satelliteofSitka-licensed KTNL-TV (channel 13) which was owned by Denali Media Holdings (a subsidiary of local cable provider GCI). KXLJ-LD was a sister station to low-power NBC affiliate KATH-LD (channel 5), licensed to both Juneau and Douglas. KXLJ-LD shared transmitter facilities with KATH-LD in downtown Juneau.
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| Branding | CBS Southeast |
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| Affiliations | CBS (2005–2021) |
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| KATH-LD, KUBD, KTNL-TV | |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 24 (UHF, 2002–2008) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 184508 |
| ERP | 0.25 kW |
| HAAT | −377.9 m (−1,240 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 58°17′58.8″N 134°25′26″W / 58.299667°N 134.42389°W / 58.299667; -134.42389 |
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Public license information | LMS |
The station was not granted its original construction permit until October 4, 2005; however, it originally launched under a series of special temporary authority (STA) grants starting in 2001, the most recent one granted on April 4, 2008.[4] These special temporary authority grants were for analog operation; however, in 2008, the station filed for a flash-cut to digital television,[5] even though channel 24, as a low-power station, was exempt from the 2009 digital transition for full-service stations.
Channel 24 went on the air in March 2002 as an affiliate of Pax (now Ion Television); that August, it joined CBS, though some Pax programming remained on the schedule for some time thereafter. Before then, KUBDinKetchikan and KTNLinSitka served as the default over-the-air CBS affiliates for Southeast Alaska, while cable systems in Juneau imported KIRO-TV from Seattle for CBS programming instead.[6] In early 2003, the station added simulcasts of the newscasts from fellow CBS affiliate KTVAinAnchorage.[7] Though channel 24 referred to itself as "KTNL-LP" (matching the Sitka station),[6] it was originally issued the temporary call sign K24FM;[8] following the grant of the construction permit, the call sign K24HB was issued on October 12, 2005.[9] The call letters were changed to KXLJ-LP on July 5, 2007, and were modified to KXLJ-LD (reflecting its conversion to digital) on October 6, 2008.[9]
KXLJ-LD's construction permit was canceled on March 15, 2010 after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) determined, while processing the station's application for a digital license, that the permit had expired on October 12, 2008.[10][11][2] As a result, the station's owner, Ketchikan Television LLC, had to reapply for the channel 24 position in Juneau.[12] On February 24, 2010, KXLJ-LD received special temporary authority from the FCC to return to the air,[13] which was extended on August 18, 2010.[14] The station was given the temporary call sign K24JH-D upon receiving the special temporary authority grant;[13] after the new construction permit was granted on June 15, 2011, channel 24 was assigned the K24KH-D call sign, before regaining the KXLJ-LD call sign on July 6.[15][1] The low-power station was again licensed on July 19, 2011.[16] Since returning to the air, KXLJ-LD has transmitted a digital signal.
On December 9, 2013, Ketchikan Television filed to sell KXLJ-LD, along with KTNL and KUBD, to Denali Media Holdings, a subsidiary of local cable provider GCI. The deal made them sister stations to NBC affiliate KATH-LD in Juneau and its satellite KSCT-LP in Sitka, as well as KTVA.[17] The sale was completed on July 28, 2014.[18]
On September 28, 2021, Denali Media surrendered the license of KXLJ-LD back to the FCC. Juneau-based repeater station, KYEX-LD (relaying Gray-owned Anchorage-based KAUU) now serves the former viewing area of KXLJ-LD as a dual CBS/MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station.[19]
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 24.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KXLJ-LD | Main KXLJ-LD programming / CBS |