KZJL
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| KTJM, KQQK, KEYH, KNTE | |
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First air date | June 3, 1995 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 69531 | |
| ERP | 880 kW |
| HAAT | 595 m (1,952 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°33′45.2″N 95°30′35.9″W / 29.562556°N 95.509972°W |
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| Website | www |
KZJL (channel 61) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language network Estrella TV. It is owned by MediaCo and is sister to four radio stations. KZJL's studios are located on Bering Drive on the city's southwest side, and its transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County.
History
[edit]The station first signed on the air on June 3, 1995, as an affiliate of home shopping network Shop at Home.[3] In 2001, the station was purchased by Liberman Broadcasting (which was renamed Estrella Media on February 3, 2020, following a corporate reorganization of the company under private equity firm HPS Investment Partners, LLC) and became a Spanish-language independent station; on September 14, 2009, KZJL became a charter owned-and-operated station of Liberman's Spanish-language broadcast network Estrella TV. Estrella Media was in turn absorbed into MediaCo on November 10, 2025.
Technical information
[edit]Subchannels
[edit]The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Short name | Programming |
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| 61.1 | 720p | KZJL-HD | Estrella TV |
| 61.2 | KZJL-2 | Estrella News | |
| 61.3 | 480i | JTV | JTV Español |
| 61.4 | SHOP-LC | Shop LC | |
| 61.5 | 720p | POSI-TV | Positiv |
| 61.6 | 480p | Confess | Confess |
Analog-to-digital conversion
[edit]KZJL ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 61, on June 12, 2009, as part of federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[4] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 44, using virtual channel 61.
References
[edit]- ^ Venta, Lance (February 7, 2025). "Mediaco Exercises Option To Acquire Estrella Media Licenses". RadioInsight. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KZJL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ McDaniel, Mike (June 2, 1995). "Channel 51 cooks up a local morning show". Houston Chronicle. Houston, Texas. pp. 1D, 7D. Retrieved February 5, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ List of Digital Full-Power Stations Archived August 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
External links
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