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{{Short description|TV station in Jackson, Mississippi}}
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| callsign = WJTV
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| station_slogan = ''Mississippi's leading source for news, sports, weather and answers. We are WJTV 12 - Getting you answers.''<br>''Dare to Defy'' {{small|(on DT2)}}
| logo = WJTV 12 NEWS 2018.png
| station_branding = WJTV 12 {{small|(general)}}<br>''WJTV 12 News '' {{small|(newscasts)}}<br>]'s CW<br>{{small|(on DT2)}}
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| airdate = {{start date and age|1953|1|20|p=y}} | translators =
| enddate = | country = United States
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| airdate = {{start date and age|1953|1|20|p=y}}
| callsign_meaning = '''W'''e're '''J'''ackson '''T'''ele'''V'''ision
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| former_callsigns = WSLI (shared operation; 1953–1955)
| location = ]
| former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>25 (], 1953–1955)<br>12 (VHF, 1955–2009)<br>'''Digital:'''<br>52 (UHF, until 2009)
| owner = ] | callsign_meaning = "Jackson Television"
| former_callsigns = WSLI-TV (on channel 12, 1954–1955)
| licensee = Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 25 (], 1953–1955), 12 (VHF, 1955–2009)|'''Digital:''' 52 (UHF, 1999–2009)}}
| sister_stations = ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
| owner = ]
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| licensee = Nexstar Media Inc.
| effective_radiated_power = 49.2 ]
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| facility_id = 48667
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| licensing_authority = ]
| website = {{URL|https://www.wjtv.com/}}
}} }}


'''WJTV''' is a ]-] ] ] to ], ], ]. It broadcasts a ] ] signal on ] and ] channel 12 from a transmitter in ]. Owned by ], WJTV has studios on TV Road in southwest Jackson. '''WJTV''' (channel 12) is a ] in ], United States, affiliated with ]. Its second ] serves as an ] of ]. Owned by ], the station has studios on TV Road in southwest Jackson, and its transmitter is located in ].


''']''' (channel 22) in ] operates as a ] of WJTV extending the CBS signal into the ] region of Mississippi. As such, it clears all network programming as provided through its parent and ]s most of WJTV's newscasts, but airs a separate offering of ] programming; there are also separate ]s and local commercial inserts. Although WHLT maintains its own studios on ] in Hattiesburg, ] and some internal operations are based at WJTV's facilities.
On ], the station can be seen on ] channel 13, ] channel 8 and Vicksburg Video channel 12 with an HD feed on Xfinity ] channel 433, Cable One digital channel 460 and Vicksburg Video digital channel 255.

] (channel 22) in ] operates as a ] of WJTV extending the CBS signal into the ] region of Mississippi. WHLT's ], as well as some internal operations, are housed at WJTV's studios. WHLT clears all network programming as provided by its parent, simulcasts most of WJTV's newscasts and airs most of its syndicated programming (though in some cases at different times). There are also some programs that only air on WHLT while some are only seen on WJTV. WHLT also airs separate ]s and commercials.<ref>http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=11589&channel=13&aid=tvschedule</ref><ref>http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=11512&channel=10&aid=tvschedule</ref>


==History== ==History==
WJTV signed-on ] as Mississippi's first television station. In September of that year, ] ] affiliate ] began broadcasting on VHF channel 11. Airing an ] signal on ] channel 25, it was founded by '']'', Jackson's morning newspaper. A few weeks later, the afternoon ''Jackson Daily News'' started WSLI on channel 12. WJTV was a primary ] affiliate, with a secondary affiliation with the ]; WSLI was a CBS affiliate. WJTV signed-on January 20, 1953, as Mississippi's first television station, airing an ] signal on ] channel 25. It was owned by the Hederman family, publishers of Jackson's morning and afternoon newspapers—'']'' and the ''Jackson Daily News'', respectively—and was a primary CBS affiliate and secondary ] affiliate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58653000/|title=Third TV Station in Jackson Favored|work=The Clarion-Ledger|date=August 18, 1953|page=4}}</ref>


One year later, on March 27, 1954, the Standard Life Insurance Company started WSLI-TV on VHF channel 12.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58652892/|work=The Clarion-Ledger|page=1|date=March 27, 1954|title=WSLI-TV Starts Its Operations Saturday}}</ref> That station was a primary ] affiliate, owing to WSLI-AM's affiliation with that network, and provided Jackson residents with network coverage from the three major broadcast networks, since NBC affiliate ] (channel 3) had begun operation three months earlier. WSLI shared tower space with WJTV.
The Hederman family, owners of ''The Clarion-Ledger'', bought the ''Daily News'' in 1954. Since the FCC did not allow one person to own two stations in the same market at the time, WJTV and WSLI merged in 1955. The merged station retained WJTV's license and call sign, but moved to the more-desirable channel 12 and became a CBS affiliate. This move was similar to the merger between ] and KLOR in ], ] which occurred two years later. The new channel 12 also shared ABC programming with WLBT until 1970 when ] started operations on channel 16. WJTV was also affiliated with NBC and broadcast '']'' for a number of years. (] had attended ] in Jackson.)


In 1955, the Hederman family and Standard Life Insurance Company opted to combine both stations' operations. On June 1, 1955, the two stations merged under WJTV's call letters, but using WSLI-TV's license on channel 12.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=86447 |title= History Cards for WJTV|publisher=]}} (])<!--Converted from {{FCC letter}}--></ref> WSLI radio remained on the air and became a sister to WJTV. The combined station was a primary CBS affiliate with secondary affiliations with ABC and DuMont.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7276191/|title=WJTV Asks FCC Permit for Move to Channel 12|work=The Clarion-Ledger|date=April 15, 1955|page=1}}</ref> The new channel 12 also shared ABC programming with WLBT until 1970, when ] started operations on channel 16. WJTV was also affiliated with NBC and broadcast '']'' until September 1966 when it was carried by NBC affiliate WLBT. (] had attended ] in Jackson.)
From 1977 until 1983, WJTV was owned by the Capitol Broadcasting Company (the same company which owned ] in ], ] but unrelated to the ] of ], ]). In 1983, it was sold to the ]. Four years later, the station launched a semi-satellite for the Hattiesburg/] area, WHLT. In 1993, NPG sold several of its stations, including WJTV and WHLT, to the first incarnation of ]. In turn, New Vision sold its entire stations group to Ellis Communications in 1995. Ellis was folded into ] the following year after it was bought out by a media group led by the ] (who bought ]'s broadcasting group a few months earlier).


From 1977 until 1983, WJTV was owned by the Capitol Broadcasting Company (the same company which owned ] in ], and ] in ], but unrelated to the ] of ]). In 1983, it was sold to the ]. Four years later, the station launched a semi-satellite for the Hattiesburg–] area, WHLT. In 1993, NPG sold several of its stations, including WJTV and WHLT, to the first incarnation of ]. In turn, New Vision sold its entire stations group to Ellis Communications in 1995. Ellis was folded into ] the following year after it was bought out by a media group led by the ] (who bought ]'s broadcasting group a few months earlier).
In 1997, Raycom bought out Federal Broadcasting, owner of WHLT's rival station, ]. Due to the presence of WHLT, this acquisition put Raycom in ] (FCC) duopoly rules in the Hattiesburg/Laurel market. As a result, Raycom opted to keep the higher-rated WDAM and trade WJTV and WHLT (along with ] in ], ] that also had to be divested by Raycom due to its ownership of that station's rival ]) to Media General in exchange for ] in ], ] (which had to be divested by Media General due to FCC same-market cross-ownership restrictions).

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In 1997, Raycom bought out Federal Broadcasting, owner of WHLT's rival station, ]. Due to the presence of WHLT, this acquisition put Raycom in violation of ] (FCC) duopoly rules in the Hattiesburg–Laurel market. As a result, Raycom opted to keep the higher-rated WDAM and trade WJTV and WHLT (along with ] in ], that also had to be divested by Raycom due to its ownership of that station's rival ]) to ] in exchange for ] in ] (which had to be divested by Media General due to FCC same-market cross-ownership restrictions).


The trade left Raycom without a station in the Jackson market until 2006 when it acquired WLBT as part of its purchase of ]. Its original digital transmitter was located at its studios on TV Road. The trade left Raycom without a station in the Jackson market until 2006 when it acquired WLBT as part of its purchase of ]. Its original digital transmitter was located at its studios on TV Road.


On October 1, 2013, WJTV returned programming from ] to the Jackson market after a five-month absence due to former affiliate ] (channel 34)'s sale to the religious ]. WJTV placed the network on its second digital subchannel, replacing a still of the station's weather radar.
After an aborted merger plan with ], Media General announced on January 27, 2016 that it was being acquired by ] with the new company named "Nexstar Media Group".<ref name=tvnc-mgnexstar>{{cite web|title=Nexstar-Media General: It's A Done Deal|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/91865/nexstarmedia-general-its-a-done-deal|website=TVNewsCheck|accessdate=27 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=nyt-mgnex>{{cite news|title=Nexstar Clinches Deal to Acquire Media General|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/business/dealbook/nexstar-clinches-deal-to-acquire-media-general.html?_r=0|accessdate=27 January 2016|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Because ] (owned by Nexstar) is considered part of the ] DMA by the FCC<ref></ref><ref></ref> (despite being licensed to ], located in the Jackson market), Nexstar was not forced to sell either WNTZ or WJTV to comply with the ownership rules. The sale was completed on January 17, 2017.<ref> ], 17 January, 2017. Retrieved 17 January, 2017.</ref>


After an aborted merger plan with ], Media General announced on January 27, 2016, that it was being acquired by ] with the new company named "Nexstar Media Group".<ref name=tvnc-mgnexstar>{{cite web|title=Nexstar-Media General: It's A Done Deal|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/91865/nexstarmedia-general-its-a-done-deal|website=TVNewsCheck|access-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref><ref name=nyt-mgnex>{{cite news|title=Nexstar Clinches Deal to Acquire Media General|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/business/dealbook/nexstar-clinches-deal-to-acquire-media-general.html?_r=0|access-date=January 27, 2016|work=The New York Times| date=January 27, 2016 | last1=Picker | first1=Leslie }}</ref> Because ] (owned by Nexstar) is considered part of the ] DMA by the FCC<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-1191A2.pdf|title=Reverse Auction Opening Prices|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=16539|title=Facility Details « Licensing and Management System Admin « FCC|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|website=enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov}}</ref> (despite being licensed to ], located in the Jackson market), Nexstar was not forced to sell either WNTZ or WJTV to comply with the ownership rules. The sale was completed on January 17, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-broadcasting-group-completes-acquisition-of-media-general-creating-nexstar-media-group-the-nations-second-largest-television-broadcaster/|title=Nexstar Broadcasting Group Completes Acquisition of Media General Creating Nexstar Media Group, The Nation's Second Largest Television Broadcaster|publisher=]|date=January 17, 2017|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>
==WJTV-DT2==
'''WJTV-DT2''', branded as '''"Mississippi's CW"''', is the ]-affiliated second ] of WJTV, broadcasting in high definition on virtual and VHF digital channel 12.2. All programming on WJTV-DT2 is received through The CW's programming feed for smaller media markets, ], which provides a set schedule of syndicated programming acquired by The CW during time periods without network programs; however, Nexstar handles local advertising and promotional services for the subchannel. On cable, the station is available on Xfinity digital channel 212 in standard definition and channel 435 in high definition.


==News operation==
On October 1, 2013, WJTV returned programming from The CW to the Jackson market after a five-month absence due to former affiliate ] (channel 34)'s sale to the religious ]. WJTV placed the network on their second digital subchannel, replacing a still of the station's weather radar.
WHLT simulcasts its parent's weekday morning show and, beginning in December 2013, airs a full 30-minute 10 p.m. newscast produced within the WJTV studio that features stories submitted by WHLT reporters. The 10 p.m. newscast is anchored by WJTV personalities Melanie Christopher, Byron Brown, and chief meteorologist Ken South, and is specially produced for the Hattiesburg market.


The Hattiesburg station will sometimes share video footage with its parent when providing relevant, regional coverage of Mississippi. In this role, WHLT essentially acts as a bureau for WJTV. At some point in spring 2012, WJTV upgraded local news production to 16:9 ] ].
==Digital television==


==Technical information==
===Digital channels===
===Subchannels===
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
The station's signal is ]:
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|+Subchannels of WJTV<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WJTV#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WJTV|website=www.rabbitears.info}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | ]
! scope = "col" | ]
! scope = "col" | ]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
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| ] || rowspan=2| ] || WJTV-HD || ]
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! scope = "row" | 12.2
| 12.1 || ] || rowspan=2| ] || WJTV-HD || Main WJTV programming / CBS
| ] || The CW || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 12.3
| 12.2 || ] || The CW || ]
| rowspan="2"|] || ] || ION TV || ]
|-
| 12.3 || rowspan="2"|] || rowspan="2"|] || ION TV || ]
|-
| 12.4 || LAFF || ]
|- |-
! scope = "row" | 12.4
| 16:9 || CourtTV || ]
|} |}


===Analog-to-digital conversion=== ===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WJTV shut down its analog signal, over ] channel 12, on June 12, 2009, as part of the ].<ref></ref> The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition ] channel 52, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 12. WJTV shut down its analog signal, over ] channel 12, on June 12, 2009, as part of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf|date=August 29, 2013|title=Attached Article|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf|archive-date=August 29, 2013}}</ref> The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 52, which was among the high band UHF channels (52–69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 12.

==Programming==
] programming on WJTV includes '']'', '']'', and '']'' among others.

Among the syndicated shows which have aired in the past are: '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', ''Mama's Family]]'', '']'', '']'', '']'' (with sections produced locally), '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and ''].

==News operation==
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WHLT simulcasts its parent's weekday morning show and, beginning in December 2013, airs a full 30-minute 10 p.m. newscast produced within the WJTV studio that features stories submitted by WHLT reporters. The 10 p.m. newscast is anchored by WJTV personalities Melanie Christopher, Byron Brown, and chief meteorologist Ken South, and is specially produced for the Hattiesburg market.

The Hattiesburg station will sometimes share video footage with its parent when providing relevant, regional coverage of Mississippi. In this role, WHLT essentially acts as a bureau for WJTV. At some point in spring 2012, WJTV upgraded local news production to 16:9 ] ].


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TV station in Jackson, Mississippi

Not to be confused with WTVJ.
This article is missing information about WJTV's news department. Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (February 2024)
WJTV
Channels
Branding
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air dateJanuary 20, 1953 (72 years ago) (1953-01-20)
Former call signsWSLI-TV (on channel 12, 1954–1955)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 25 (UHF, 1953–1955), 12 (VHF, 1955–2009)
  • Digital: 52 (UHF, 1999–2009)
Former affiliations
  • DuMont (secondary, 1953–1956)
  • ABC (secondary 1953–1970, primary 1954–1955 on WSLI)
Call sign meaning"Jackson Television"
Technical information
Licensing authorityFCC
Facility ID48667
ERP49.2 kW
HAAT491 m (1,611 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°14′26″N 90°24′15″W / 32.24056°N 90.40417°W / 32.24056; -90.40417
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wjtv.com

WJTV (channel 12) is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, affiliated with CBS. Its second digital subchannel serves as an owned-and-operated station of The CW. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station has studios on TV Road in southwest Jackson, and its transmitter is located in Raymond, Mississippi.

WHLT (channel 22) in Hattiesburg operates as a semi-satellite of WJTV extending the CBS signal into the Pine Belt region of Mississippi. As such, it clears all network programming as provided through its parent and simulcasts most of WJTV's newscasts, but airs a separate offering of syndicated programming; there are also separate station identifications and local commercial inserts. Although WHLT maintains its own studios on US 49 in Hattiesburg, master control and some internal operations are based at WJTV's facilities.

History

WJTV signed-on January 20, 1953, as Mississippi's first television station, airing an analog signal on UHF channel 25. It was owned by the Hederman family, publishers of Jackson's morning and afternoon newspapers—The Clarion-Ledger and the Jackson Daily News, respectively—and was a primary CBS affiliate and secondary DuMont Television Network affiliate.

One year later, on March 27, 1954, the Standard Life Insurance Company started WSLI-TV on VHF channel 12. That station was a primary ABC affiliate, owing to WSLI-AM's affiliation with that network, and provided Jackson residents with network coverage from the three major broadcast networks, since NBC affiliate WLBT (channel 3) had begun operation three months earlier. WSLI shared tower space with WJTV.

In 1955, the Hederman family and Standard Life Insurance Company opted to combine both stations' operations. On June 1, 1955, the two stations merged under WJTV's call letters, but using WSLI-TV's license on channel 12. WSLI radio remained on the air and became a sister to WJTV. The combined station was a primary CBS affiliate with secondary affiliations with ABC and DuMont. The new channel 12 also shared ABC programming with WLBT until 1970, when WAPT started operations on channel 16. WJTV was also affiliated with NBC and broadcast The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson until September 1966 when it was carried by NBC affiliate WLBT. (Carson had attended Millsaps College in Jackson.)

From 1977 until 1983, WJTV was owned by the Capitol Broadcasting Company (the same company which owned KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Arizona, and KKTV in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but unrelated to the Capitol Broadcasting Company of Raleigh, North Carolina). In 1983, it was sold to the News-Press & Gazette Company. Four years later, the station launched a semi-satellite for the Hattiesburg–Laurel area, WHLT. In 1993, NPG sold several of its stations, including WJTV and WHLT, to the first incarnation of New Vision Television. In turn, New Vision sold its entire stations group to Ellis Communications in 1995. Ellis was folded into Raycom Media the following year after it was bought out by a media group led by the Retirement Systems of Alabama (who bought AFLAC's broadcasting group a few months earlier).

WJTV's logo from 2005 to 2015

In 1997, Raycom bought out Federal Broadcasting, owner of WHLT's rival station, WDAM-TV. Due to the presence of WHLT, this acquisition put Raycom in violation of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) duopoly rules in the Hattiesburg–Laurel market. As a result, Raycom opted to keep the higher-rated WDAM and trade WJTV and WHLT (along with WSAV-TV in Savannah, Georgia, that also had to be divested by Raycom due to its ownership of that station's rival WTOC-TV) to Media General in exchange for WTVR-TV in Richmond, Virginia (which had to be divested by Media General due to FCC same-market cross-ownership restrictions).

The trade left Raycom without a station in the Jackson market until 2006 when it acquired WLBT as part of its purchase of The Liberty Corporation. Its original digital transmitter was located at its studios on TV Road.

On October 1, 2013, WJTV returned programming from The CW to the Jackson market after a five-month absence due to former affiliate WRBJ-TV (channel 34)'s sale to the religious Trinity Broadcasting Network. WJTV placed the network on its second digital subchannel, replacing a still of the station's weather radar.

After an aborted merger plan with Meredith Corporation, Media General announced on January 27, 2016, that it was being acquired by Nexstar Broadcasting Group with the new company named "Nexstar Media Group". Because WNTZ-TV (owned by Nexstar) is considered part of the Alexandria DMA by the FCC (despite being licensed to Natchez, located in the Jackson market), Nexstar was not forced to sell either WNTZ or WJTV to comply with the ownership rules. The sale was completed on January 17, 2017.

News operation

WHLT simulcasts its parent's weekday morning show and, beginning in December 2013, airs a full 30-minute 10 p.m. newscast produced within the WJTV studio that features stories submitted by WHLT reporters. The 10 p.m. newscast is anchored by WJTV personalities Melanie Christopher, Byron Brown, and chief meteorologist Ken South, and is specially produced for the Hattiesburg market.

The Hattiesburg station will sometimes share video footage with its parent when providing relevant, regional coverage of Mississippi. In this role, WHLT essentially acts as a bureau for WJTV. At some point in spring 2012, WJTV upgraded local news production to 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WJTV
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
12.1 1080i 16:9 WJTV-HD CBS
12.2 720p The CW The CW
12.3 480i 4:3 ION TV Ion Television
12.4 16:9 CourtTV Court TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

WJTV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 12, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 52, which was among the high band UHF channels (52–69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 12.

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WJTV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Third TV Station in Jackson Favored". The Clarion-Ledger. August 18, 1953. p. 4.
  3. "WSLI-TV Starts Its Operations Saturday". The Clarion-Ledger. March 27, 1954. p. 1.
  4. "History Cards for WJTV". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
  5. "WJTV Asks FCC Permit for Move to Channel 12". The Clarion-Ledger. April 15, 1955. p. 1.
  6. "Nexstar-Media General: It's A Done Deal". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  7. Picker, Leslie (January 27, 2016). "Nexstar Clinches Deal to Acquire Media General". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  8. "Reverse Auction Opening Prices" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission.
  9. "Facility Details « Licensing and Management System Admin « FCC". enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission.
  10. "Nexstar Broadcasting Group Completes Acquisition of Media General Creating Nexstar Media Group, The Nation's Second Largest Television Broadcaster". Nexstar Media Group. January 17, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  11. "RabbitEars TV Query for WJTV". www.rabbitears.info.
  12. "Attached Article" (PDF). August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on August 29, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

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This region includes the following cities: Jackson
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Tupelo TV
Baton Rouge TV
New Orleans TV
Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of Mississippi
ABC
CBS
Fox
NBC
The CW
Broadcast affiliates
Cable-only affiliates
MyNetworkTV
Ion Television
PBS (MPB)
Jackson market
WMAU 17 (Bude)
WMPN 29 (Jackson)
Columbus/Tupelo/West Point market
WMAB 2 (Mississippi State)
WMAE 12 (Booneville)
Biloxi/Gulfport market
WMAH 19 (Biloxi)
Hattiesburg/Laurel market
W47BP 47 (Hattiesburg)
W45AA 45 (Columbia)
Greenwood/Greenville market
WMAO 23 (Greenwood)
Meridian market
WMAW 14 (Meridian)
Memphis market
WMAV 18 (Oxford)
Other
Jackson area
Columbus/Tupelo area
Gulf Coast area
Mississippi Delta area
Memphis area
New Orleans area
Baton Rouge area
Mobile/Pensacola area
Defunct
Major television network affiliates in the state of Louisiana
ABC
CBS
Fox
NBC
The CW
MyNetworkTV
Ion Television
PBS
LPB
Other member stations
Member stations from
adjacent states
See also
Other Louisiana Stations
Nexstar Media Group
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
ABC [REDACTED]
CBS
The CW (O&O)
Fox
MyNetworkTV
NBC
Other stations
TV channels
TV programs
Other assets
Acquisitions
  • Nexstar operates these stations under an SSA.
  • These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels.
Owned and/or operated stations of the major television networks in the United States
ABC
(Walt Disney Co.)
CBS
(Paramount)
Fox
(Fox Corporation)
NBC
(Comcast)
Telemundo
(Comcast)
The CW
(Nexstar Media Group,
Paramount Global
and Warner Bros. Discovery)
Nexstar
Paramount
Univision
(TelevisaUnivision)
These stations are owned by Mission Broadcasting but operated by Nexstar under an LMA.
These stations are owned by Londen Media Group but operated by Nexstar under a TBA.
Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery still own a combined 25 percent stake in The CW, however the network is operated entirely by Nexstar.
These stations are owned by Vaughan Media but operated by Nexstar under an LMA.
TelevisaUnivision owns the licenses to these stations but the stations themselves are operated by Entravision Communications (of which the company owns a 10 percent stake) under an LMA.
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