АҚШ Виргин Аралдарының WTJX телеарнасы

PBS member station in Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Islands

WTJX TV (channel 12) is a PBS member television station serving the United States Virgin Islands that is licensed to Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas. Owned by the Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System, it is sister to NPR member WTJX FM (93.1 MHz). The two stations share studios on Haypiece Hill in Charlotte Amalie; WTJX TV's transmitter is located on Signal Hill. WTJX TV also operates a translator facility in Christiansted on Saint Croix: W05AW D on VHF channel 5. In July 2007, WTJX St. Croix moved to a larger facility, with a full studio, control room, and editing bays. The station has also created its own mascot, "Langford the Lizard", primarily displayed on their website.

WTJX TV launched on August 29, 1972. Before its launch, Sesame Street was carried by commercial outlet WSVI TV, a practice similar to certain markets in the U. S. mainland where PBS stations had not launched yet. In July 1972, WTJX TV had fixed its schedule in anticipation for the opening of its facilities. With the start of the fall season of programming in October 1972, the station started carrying public affairs programs from PBS during prime time hours. WTJX was building a low power relay on St. Croix in November 1978, facing stiff competition from ZBTV from Tortola, which broadcast on channel 5—the same frequency as the relay WTJX wanted to build. WTJX opposed a petition from ZBTV on the grounds that a foreign company did not have the superior right to serve U. S. citizens—those of the USVI.