New Jersey Network

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NJN (New Jersey Network)
Statewide New Jersey
Branding	NJN
Channels	(various, see article) analog, (various, see FCC data in "External Links") digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority
Founded	1968
Former affiliations	NET (1968-1970)
Transmitter Power	(see FCC data in "External Links")
Website	njn.net

The New Jersey Network or NJN is a state-wide public television and radio network in New Jersey. It is operated by the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority.

NJN is a member of the PBS network for television and the NPR network for radio, broadcasting their programing as well as producing and broadcasting their own programing, mostly relating to issues in New Jersey. With studios in both Trenton and Newark it has stations across the state that it uses to rebroadcast its signal.

NJN's television network covers all of New Jersey, plus parts of Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and Delaware. The radio network serves several areas of New Jersey that aren't covered by the Philadelphia and New York City public radio stations.

The network was founded in 1968 by an act of the New Jersey state legislature establishing the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority . Although WNET was (and still is) licensed to Newark, for all practical purposes it was a New York station. This left New Jersey without a PBS member station of its own. WNET currently airs some NJN programs, such as NJN News and some public affairs programs. WNJT, channel 52 in Trenton took to the air on April 5, 1971; followed by WNJS, channel 23 in Camden in 1972. A year later, WNJM, channel 50 in Montclair and WNJB, channel 58 in New Brunswick completed the network, which was known as New Jersey Public Television (NJPTV). It adopted the NJN name in 1981 and expanded into radio in 1991. In 1994 WNJM changed its calls to WNJN. As of January 2001, WNJB New Brunswick old narration is removed leaving only WNJT Trenton and WNJS Camden, and replaced with the new narration for WNJB New Brunswick. As of November 2006, NJN Public Television identification appears with four stations on Television. (See box below)

NJN and its reporters have won many awards for their excellent reporting. In the 1980's, NJN was the first media outlet to break the "Taggart Affair" political patronage scandal.

Contents 1 NJN News 2 Stations 2.1 Television 2.1.1 Cable/satellite availability 2.1.2 Digital Television 2.2 Radio 3 NJN Produced Television programs 4 External links

[edit] NJN News

NJN offers the only state-wide newscast focused on New Jersey. During statewide election years, NJN News provides election coverage, including canidate debates.

[edit] Stations

[edit] Television

Station	Analog Channel	Digital Channel	City	Signal Reach	Callsign Meaning
WNJN	50	51	Montclair	almost all of northern NJ (including Newark, Jersey City and Paterson) as well as NYC, W Long Island and SW CT	New Jersey Network North
WNJB	58	8	New Brunswick	most of northeastern New Jersey, mostly overlapping the WNJN signal	New Jersey Network (New) Brunswick
WNJT (flagship station)	52	43	Trenton	entire central part of the state	New Jersey Network Trenton
WNJS	23	22	Camden	all of southern NJ (including Atlantic City), as well as Philadelphia and Wilmington, DE	New Jersey Network South

[edit] Cable/satellite availability

• WNJB - Manhattan and Staten Island Channel 750 in Time Warner (Digital) Cable
• WNJS - New York and Philadelphia local DirecTV feeds

[edit] Digital Television

Each local digital television broadcasting station includes the following ATSC sub-channel broadcasts:

NJN-1

Simulcast (24 hours a day) — Features a simulcast of the programming seen on NJN’s regular broadcast channel.

NJN-3

Annenberg Channel (12 am/midnight – 8 pm) — Features an extraordinary range of teacher professional development and instructional programs.

NJN-4

JerseyVision (24 hours a day) — Features all locally-produced programs including:

• NJN News and Public Affairs
• Due Process
• State of the Arts
• On the Record
• Reporters Roundtable
• Congress Watch
• Images/Imagenes
• Another View
• NJN Specials and Documentaries

NJN-5

High Definition (HD) programming (8 pm – 12 am/midnight) — Features a combination of NJN’s own HDTV productions and special wide-screen and HDTV presentations distributed by PBS and other program sources.

[edit] Radio

Unlike its television counterpart, NJN Radio covers mainly southern New Jersey, with only one northern New Jersey station, low-powered WNJP in Sussex.

Station	Frequency	City	Callsign Meaning
WNJP	88.5 FM	Sussex	New Jersey Public Radio
WNJT (flagship station)	88.1 FM	Trenton	New Jersey Trenton
WNJS	88.1 FM	Berlin	New Jersey Southern
WNJM	89.9 FM	Manahawkin	New Jersey Manahawkin
WNJB	89.3 FM	Bridgeton	New Jersey Bridgeton
WNJN	89.7 FM	Atlantic City	New Jersey Network
WNJZ	90.3 FM	Cape May	New Jer-Z

[edit] NJN Produced Television programs

• Another View
• Caucus: New Jersey
• Classroom Close-up, New Jersey
• Congress Watch
• Due Process
• Homeless Tails
• Images/Imagenes
• Inside Trenton
• New Jersey Works
• NJN Classics
• NJN News
• On the Record
• Reporters Roundtable
• State of the Arts
• The Uncle Floyd Show (aired in 1980s)

[edit] External links

• NJN homepage
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNJT
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNJS
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNJN
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNJB
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJP
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJT
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJS
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJM
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJB
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJN
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNJZ