WJOS-LD

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WJOS-LD
WJOS-LP 2008.PNG
Channels
BrandingWJOS Channel 58
Programming
Affiliations Defunct
Ownership
OwnerWilliam A. Barnhardt
History
Founded1993
First air date
1997
Last air date
2021 (license canceled on April 28, 2023)
Former call signs
  • W27BO (1993–1998)
  • WJOS-LP (1998–2012)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 27 (UHF, 1993–2003); 58 (UHF, 2003–2012)
  • FamilyNet (1993–2012)
  • The Walk TV (2012–2021)
Call sign meaning
Jesus, Our Son
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 72479
Class LD
ERP 15 kW
HAAT 32.5 m (107 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 39°2′9.2″N82°1′25.5″W / 39.035889°N 82.023750°W / 39.035889; -82.023750
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Public license information
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WJOS-LD (channel 45) was a low-power television station in Pomeroy, Ohio, United States. [2] The station broadcast local news, high school football and basketball, and religious programming from Meigs and Gallia counties in Ohio and Mason and Jackson counties in West Virginia. [3] [4]

Contents

History and programming

The station was established in 1997[ when? ] on channel 27 by William A. "Pete" Barnhart, pastor of the Restoration Fellowship Church at Pomeroy. [5] In 1998, the local cable system began airing WJOS on channel 19 on weekday evenings and channel 23 on weekends, later shifting to 24-hour programming on Channel 20. [3] [5] A new transmitter established in 2003 allowed WJOS to switch to UHF channel 58. [5] WJOS's first home was Commercial Building 3 at the Meigs County Fairgrounds. [6]

Most of WJOS's broadcasts were devoted to religious, family, and gospel music programming, [5] much of it produced by the Christian Broadcasting Network. [7]

Local programming

Barnhart's wife, Brenda, also a pastor of the Restoration Fellowship Church, hosted local news broadcasts on Thursday and Friday evenings. [5] [4] WJOS broadcast football and basketball games for Wahama High School in Mason, West Virginia, Gallia Academy, and Meigs County Schools. Religious programming included services and the program Joy for Your Journey, from the Syracuse Church of the Nazarene, [8] [9] services from Restoration Fellowship Church and Ripley Tabernacle Baptist Church on Sundays, along with gospel music on Monday evenings. [4]

WJOS was involved in local community affairs, promoting local tourism with the Meigs County Chamber of Commerce, [10] participating in a forum on local news coverage, [11] and working with community members and churches to organize a support group for the bereaved. [12]

WJOS also broadcast area Christmas concerts, including the Choirs of Angels concert in 1998 [13] and various performances on Christmas Along the River. [13] [14] [15]

Discontinuance

The station's owner, William Barnhart, died in 2017, [16] and ownership of WJOS passed to Brenda Barnhart as executrix of her husband's estate. [2] In 2020, Brenda Barnhart announced she was in talks to sell the station to an unspecified man from Texas and friend of the Barnharts whose programs had aired on WJOS; the buyer would eliminate local programming but continue to provide Christian programming. [17] The sale never closed, and the station went dark some time in 2021.[ when? ] Its license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission on April 28, 2023. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WJOS-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. 1 2 3 "DDWJOS-LD". Federal Communications Commission, Licensing and Management System. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Cablevision adds Pomeroy station". Sunday Times-Sentinel. February 15, 1998. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "WJOS Television Station". www.wjos.com. WJOS Television. March 4, 2016. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Reed, Brian J. (June 9, 2003). "Barnhart juggles TV, school and church work". The Daily Sentinel. Pomeroy, Ohio. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  6. ↑ Hoeflich, Bob (August 19, 1998). "Beat of the Bend..." The Daily Sentinel. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  7. ↑ "WJOS TV-58 Weekly Television Guide". www.wjos.com. WJOS Television. March 17, 2014. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Society Scrapbook". The Daily Sentinel. May 7, 1999. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Come Let Us Worship". The Daily Sentinel. May 7, 1999. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Regional Briefs". The Daily Sentinel. August 11, 1999. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  11. ↑ "To hold town meeting". The Daily Sentinel. October 15, 1999. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  12. ↑ Hoeflich, Charlene (March 15, 2004). "Support group for bereaved organizes". The Daily Sentinel. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  13. 1 2 "'Choirs of Angels' concert to be presented December 17". Sunday Times-Sentinel. December 13, 1998. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  14. ↑ Sergent, Beth (October 13, 2004). "Chamber Holds Meet the Candidates Luncheon". The Daily Sentinel. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  15. ↑ Sergent, Beth (November 29, 2004). "Christmas in Pomeroy". The Daily Sentinel. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  16. ↑ "William Allen 'Pete' Barnhart, 63". Meigs Independent Press. December 18, 2017.
  17. ↑ Hawley, Sarah (September 1, 2020). "The end of an era - WJOS to be sold". The Daily Sentinel.
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