   knlc, virtual channel 24 (uhf digital channel 14), is a religious independent television station located in st. louis, missouri, united states. the station is owned by the locally-based new life evangelistic center. knlc maintains studio facilities located at the church's facilities on locust street in the downtown west section of st. louis, and its transmitter is located in house springs. ==history== the station first signed on the air on september 12, 1982; it was founded by new life evangelistic center founder reverend larry rice. at its launch, knlc maintained an entirely religious programming format that included shows such as the 700 club and the ptl club, programs by televangelists richard roberts and jimmy swaggart, and locally produced religious shows. in 1984, knlc began mixing in secular classic television series including sitcoms and westerns from the 1950s and early 1960s, most of which were not airing on television in many other u.s. markets. these programs ran in an unusual manner, as while most religious stations that run secular programs air a single block of such shows (for example, weekdays from 3-7 p.m.), knlc utilized a hodgepodge schedule for its religious and secular syndicated shows (with secular programming airing from 7-7:30 and 9-10:30 a.m., 2-3, 5-6 and 9-9:30 p.m., with religious shows filling the remaining timeslots between 5 a.m. and 1 a.m. when secular shows wer
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