KHCE-TV

KHCE-TV is a religious television station licensed to serve San Antonio, Texas, and operating on channel 23. The station is owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network through Community Educational Television, a TBN subsidiary associated with stations using non-commercial educational broadcast allocations in Texas and Florida. Its primary role is to distribute TBN programming to viewers in the San Antonio area while also meeting the educational and public-service obligations associated with its license. KHCE-TV first went on the air on July 4, 1989. It was among the early full-power stations established and launched by Community Educational Television, giving TBN a local over-the-air presence in the San Antonio market. The station's facilities include studios on Capital Port Drive in northwest San Antonio and a transmitter site off Route 181 in northwest Wilson County, northeast of Elmendorf. This arrangement enables the station to cover San Antonio and surrounding areas in south-central Texas. The station generally carries most of the Trinity Broadcasting Network schedule. Because KHCE-TV operates as a non-commercial educational station, its local feed replaces commercial advertising found on some commercially licensed stations and on portions of the national TBN distribution with program promotions, station announcements, and public-service messages. This makes the channel both a religious television outlet and a local broadcast service operating under educational-license requirements. In addition to network programming, KHCE-TV has carried locally oriented productions and adaptations, including a San Antonio-area version of Praise the Lord, Up with the Son, and Joy in Our Town. The station has also aired educational programming designed to help local students prepare for the General Educational Development examination. Such programming supports the educational dimension of its license and distinguishes the outlet from a purely national religious feed. KHCE-TV's programming was previously simulcast on K20BW, a low-power translator serving San Antonio. That translator stopped operating in 2010 and was later sold to Digital Networks - Southwest, LLC. Separately, TBN-owned full-power stations completed the transition away from analog broadcasting on April 16, 2009, placing KHCE-TV within the group's broader digital-transmission transition. The station's identity is therefore closely tied to TBN rather than to a standalone consumer brand. Its core offering is a combination of Christian religious programming, local announcements, public-service material, and educational content distributed through a San Antonio television signal. No separate public information indicates that KHCE-TV is publicly traded, operates outside the TBN structure, or maintains a broad commercial product portfolio.

KHCE-TV is a San Antonio-area religious television station associated with the Trinity Broadcasting Network. It broadcasts on channel 23 and is held by TBN through Community Educational Television, a subsidiary used to operate stations on channels designated for non-commercial educational broadcasting. The station's institutional identity has consequently been shaped by two related functions: carrying TBN's Christian television service and fulfilling the programming obligations of a local educational broadcaster. The station signed on July 4, 1989. Its launch made it one of the first stations built and placed into service by Community Educational Television. From the beginning, KHCE-TV served as a local over-the-air outlet for TBN programming in and around San Antonio, rather than as an independently programmed commercial station. Its facilities were established with studios on Capital Port Drive in northwest San Antonio and a transmitter site off Route 181 in northwest Wilson County, northeast of Elmendorf. KHCE-TV has generally carried almost the entire TBN schedule. Its non-commercial educational status affects how that schedule is presented locally: commercial advertising used on the national feed or on commercially licensed stations is replaced by station promotions and public-service announcements. This gives the local broadcast a distinct presentation while preserving the station's primary connection to TBN's national religious programming. The station has also carried locally produced or locally adapted programs. These have included a local version of Praise the Lord, together with Up with the Son and Joy in Our Town. The programming mix has therefore combined national Christian television with material intended for viewers in the San Antonio area. KHCE-TV has additionally broadcast educational programming aimed at helping local students prepare for the GED examination, supporting the educational purpose attached to its broadcast authorization. For a period, KHCE-TV programming was also simulcast on K20BW, a low-power translator in San Antonio. K20BW ceased operations in 2010 and was later sold to Digital Networks - Southwest, LLC. The change removed that translator from the station's distribution history, while KHCE-TV continued as the full-power outlet. Another significant technical transition occurred in 2009. TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ended analog transmissions on April 16 of that year. KHCE-TV thus became part of the network's digital-only full-power broadcasting operation. The transition changed the technical method of delivery but did not alter the station's basic role as a TBN-affiliated religious and educational broadcaster. KHCE-TV's history is consequently one of continuity within the TBN system rather than repeated changes in ownership or commercial repositioning. Publicly available reference material identifies its ownership structure, broadcast facilities, TBN schedule, local productions, educational material, and distribution changes, but does not provide a detailed record of individual station executives, financial results, ratings, or major corporate campaigns. Those fields remain limited to avoid asserting information not supported by the available sources.

• 2010

  K20BW translator leaves service

  [1]KHCE-TVen.wikipedia.org

  The low-power San Antonio translator that had simulcast KHCE-TV programming ceases operations and is later sold to Digital Networks - Southwest, LLC.

• 2009

  Analog broadcasting ends

  [1]KHCE-TVen.wikipedia.org

  TBN-owned full-power stations permanently cease analog transmissions, completing the group's transition to digital broadcasting.

• 1989

  Station signs on

  [1]KHCE-TVen.wikipedia.org

  KHCE-TV begins broadcasting on July 4 as a San Antonio religious television station and one of Community Educational Television's early station launches.

A non-commercial educational religious television station delivering Trinity Broadcasting Network programming and locally oriented Christian, educational, and public-service content to the San Antonio market.

• Religious television programming · 1989

  TBN network schedule

  KHCE-TV carries nearly the full Trinity Broadcasting Network schedule, giving San Antonio-area viewers access to TBN's Christian religious programming through a local full-power broadcast signal. The station's non-commercial educational operation replaces commercial advertising with station promotions and public-service announcements where applicable.

• Local television programming

  Locally oriented Christian programming

  The station has carried locally produced or locally adapted programs including a San Antonio version of Praise the Lord, as well as Up with the Son and Joy in Our Town. These programs supplement the national TBN schedule with content intended for the local viewing area.

• Educational television

  GED preparation programming

  KHCE-TV has aired educational material designed to help local students prepare for the General Educational Development examination. This programming supports the educational-service requirements associated with the station's broadcast license.

• 2010

  Discontinuation of K20BW translator serviceStrategy

  Background

  KHCE-TV programming had previously been simulcast on the low-power K20BW translator in San Antonio.

  Action taken

  K20BW ceased operations and was later sold to Digital Networks - Southwest, LLC.

  Aftermath

  The translator no longer formed part of KHCE-TV's distribution arrangement, leaving the full-power station as the relevant TBN broadcast outlet described in the available reference material.

  Source

• 2009

  Transition to digital broadcastingStrategy

  Background

  TBN-owned full-power stations were required to move away from analog transmission as part of the United States digital television transition.

  Action taken

  KHCE-TV permanently ended analog transmissions on April 16, 2009, and continued as a digital full-power station.

  Aftermath

  The station remained a TBN religious and educational outlet, but its full-power over-the-air distribution operated exclusively through digital transmission.

  Source

1. 1KHCE-TVen.wikipedia.org
2. 2KHCE official websitekhce.org