KTBN-TV

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KTBN-TV

Santa Ana/Los Angeles, California
Channels	40 (UHF) analog, 23 (UHF)--soon to move to Ch. 33 digital
Affiliations	TBN
Owner	Trinity Broadcasting Network
Founded	January 5, 1967
Call letters meaning	Trinity Broadcasting Network (the station's owner)
Former callsigns	KLXA-TV (1967-77)
Former affiliations	Spanish (1967-74)
Transmitter Power	631 kW(analog) 50 kW(digital)
Website	www.tbn.org

KTBN-TV, channel 40, is the Santa Ana, California-licensed flagship television station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, a Christian religious broadcaster. The station is based out of the TBN network headquarters in near-by Tustin.

Channel 40 first signed-on the air on January 5, 1967 as KLXA-TV, licensed to Fontana, and one of the Los Angeles area's first Spanish-language stations. Paul Crouch, founder of TBN, took over operations of the station in 1973 and purchased the station outright in 1974. Trinity Broadcasting continued to use the KLXA call letters until November 1977, when the station officially became KTBN-TV. Its city of license changed to Santa Ana in 1983.

Today, it serves the entire Los Angeles metropolitan area with a full powered signal, with low-powered satellite stations carrying the signal to other areas in Southern California (such as Palm Springs, Bakersfield, and Santa Barbara). With the station being available on cable systems throughout Southern California, KTBN is not carried on either Dish Network nor DirecTV's Locals package at TBN's request; instead the national feed is carried, as both the network and KTBN carry the same identical programming schedule.

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This station's digital signal, like most other TBN-owned stations, carries five different TBN-run networks: the local TBN channel (simulcasting the analog station) on 40.1, The Church Channel on 40.2, JCTV on 40.3, Enlace USA on 40.4, and Smile of a Child on 40.5.

The digital signal, which went on the air in 2004, is broadcast on channel 23, making reception dificult in some areas, due to interference from the digital signals of both KVMD Twentynine Palms and XETV-TV Tijuana/San Diego. KTBN has a pending request with the FCC to change its digital allotment to channel 33 (which would displace KJLA's low-power analog translator KSMV-LP).

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Broadcast television in the Los Angeles market (Nielsen DMA #2)
KCBS 2 (CBS) - KNBC 4 (NBC) - KTLA 5 (The CW) (The Tube on DT5) - KSFV-LP 6 (Ind/Spanish/Religious) - KABC 7 (ABC) - KCAL 9 (Ind) - KTTV 11 (Fox) - KCOP 13 (MNTV) - KSCI 18 (Ind) - KWHY 22 (Ind/Spanish) - KVCR 24 (PBS) - KNET-LP 25 (Ind/Infomercials) - KNLA-LP 27 (Ind/Spanish) - KCET 28 (PBS) - KPXN 30 (i) - KMEX 34 (UNI) - KPAL-LP 38 (Ind) - KSKJ-CA 38 / KSKP-CA 25 (Ind) - KTBN 40 (TBN) - KXLA 44 (Ind) - KLAU-LP 45 (Ind/Infomercials) - KFTR 46 (TFU) - KOCE 50 (PBS) - KVEA 52 (TEL) - KAZA 54 (AZA) - K55KD 55 (Almavision) - KDOC 56 (Ind) - KJLA 57 / KSMV-LP 33 / KSGA-LP 64 (Ind) - KLCS 58 (PBS) - KRCA 62 (Ind) - KBEH 63 (Ind) - KHIZ 64 (A1) - KHTV-LP 67 (HSN)
Local digital television channels
KVMD 23 (Ind/A1)
Local cable television channels FSN West - FSN Prime Ticket
Past broadcast stations KKOG 16 (IND) - KVST / KEEF 68 (non-commercial)

Broadcast television in the Santa Barbara / Santa Maria / San Luis Obispo market (Nielsen DMA #122)
Santa Barbara: KEYT 3 (ABC) - KZDF-LP 8 (AZA) - K15DB 15 (TBN) - KSBB-LP 17 (FOX) - KWHY-LP 22 (Ind) - K26FT 26 / K28GY 28 (PBS) - KSBT-LP 32 (AZA) - KPMR 38 (UNI) - KVMM-CA 41 (MTV3) - KTSB-LP 43 (TFU) - K46GC 46 (CTVN) - K49EK 49 (Rel) - KBAB-LP 51 (Ind) - K59CD 59 (NBC)
Santa Maria: K07TA 7 (TEL) - KCOY 12 (CBS) - KQMM-CA 14 (MTV3) - KKFX-CA 24 (FOX) - KLFA-LP 25 (Ind) - K27EI 27 (TEL) - KDFS-CA 30 (AZA) - K35ER 35 (TFU) - KVSM-LP 40 (S@H) - K51GB 51 (TBN)
San Luis Obispo: KSBY 6 (NBC, The CW on DT2) - KAGP-LP 8 (S@H) - K15BD 16 (PBS) - KMMA-CA 18 (MTV3) - K17GD 17 (TFU) - K28FK 28 (TFU) - KTAS 33 / K09UF 9 (TEL) - KJCN-CA 36 / K22EE 22 (TBN) - KSBO-CA 42 (AZA) - KFUL-LP 44 (Ind) - K47GD 47 (TEL) - KCCE-LP 50 (Ind) - K57BC 57 (ABC) - KSSY-LP 66 (A1 / Bloomberg / CAS)
Lompoc: K10OG 10 (TFU) - KLDF-CA 17 (AZA) - K23CL 23 (TBN)
Local cable & satellite television channels
"KWCA" (The CW/The CW Plus)
Out-of market television stations available on cable
KCAL 9 (Ind) - KTTV 11 (FOX) - KCOP 13 (MNTV) - KBEH 63 (Ind)

Broadcast television in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs / Indio / Twentynine Palms) market (Nielsen DMA #149)
KCWQ-LP 2 (The CW) - KVER-CA 4 / KVES-LP 28 (UNI) - KEVC-CA 5 (TFU) - K06MB 6 (GALA) - KVPS-LP 8 (MTV3) - K09XW 9 (PBS) - KYAV-LP 12 (AZA) - KUNA-LP 15 (TEL) - KODG-LP 17 (Ind) - K19DH 19 (FN) - K21DO 21 (3ABN) - KDFX-CA 33 (Fox) - KMIR 36 (NBC) - KPSP-LP 38 (CBS) - K40ID 40 (TBN) - KESQ 42 (ABC) - KDPX-LP 45 (i) - KPSE-LP 50 (MNTV)
Local digital television channels
KVMD 23 (Ind/A1)

Broadcast television stations in the Bakersfield market (Nielsen DMA #126)
KTFB-CA 4 / KBTF-CA 31 (TFU) - K08MM 8 (3ABN) - KKEY-LP 11 (TEL) - KGET 17 (NBC/The CW on DT2) - K18HD 18 (Multimedios) - KBBV-CA 19 (Ind) - K21FP 21 (TBN) - KERO 23 (ABC) - KFRE-CA 27 (Ind) - KBAK 29 (CBS) - KVPT 34 (PBS) - KBFK-LP 36 (AS) - KABE-LP 39 (UNI) - KPMC-LP 42 (AZA) - KUVI 45 (MNTV) - KNXT-LP 57 (Ind) - KBFX 58 (Fox)
Local cable & satellite television channels
KWFB (The CW/The CW Plus)

Religious Network Affiliates in the state of California

Daystar Television Network: KRDN-LP 5 (Redding) - KRJR-CA 47 / KDTS-CA 52 / KACA-LP 61 (Sacramento / Modesto / Stockton)
Trinity Broadcasting Network: KJCN-CA 36 (Paso Robles) - KTBN 40 (Santa Ana)
Total Living Network: KTLN 68 (Novato)
FamilyNet: KGEC-LP 26 (Redding)
Independent: KNXT 49 / KNXT-LP 57 (Visalia/Bakersfield)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Independent, Other Spanish Network, Home Shopping and Other stations in California