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class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">Digital</a>: 28 (<a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_channel" title="Virtual channel">Virtual</a>: 47</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branding</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Fox 47</li><li>47+ (47.2)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>47.1:</b> <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a></li><li><b>47.2:</b> <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Independent</a></li><li><i>for others, see <a href="#Subchannels">§ Subchannels</a></i></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/E._W._Scripps_Company" title="E. W. Scripps Company">E. W. Scripps Company</a></li><li>(Scripps Broadcasting Holdings <a href="/wiki/LLC" class="mw-redirect" title="LLC">LLC</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">December 1, 1982<span class="noprint"> (42 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1982-12-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former call signs</div></th><td class="infobox-data">WFSL-TV (1982–1985)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former channel number(s)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>Analog:</b> 47 (UHF, 1982–2009)</li><li><b>Digital:</b> 38 (UHF, 2001–2020)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">Former affiliations</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Independent (1982–1990)</li><li><a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a> (47.2, 2017–2025)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">Call sign</a> meaning</div></th><td class="infobox-data">We Said Yes to Michigan, as in the "Say Yes to Michigan" slogan used by the state in the 1980s and 1990s</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/FCC" class="mw-redirect" title="FCC">FCC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">74094</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power">ERP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>642 kW</li><li>1,000 kW (<a href="/wiki/Construction_permit" class="mw-redirect" title="Construction permit">CP</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain" title="Height above average terrain">HAAT</a></th><td class="infobox-data">305 m (1,001 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Transmitter coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=WSYM-TV&params=42_28_3_N_84_39_6_W_type:landmark_scale:2000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°28′3″N</span> <span class="longitude">84°39′6″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.46750°N 84.65167°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.46750; -84.65167</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Public license information </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/WSYM-TV">Public file</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=74094">LMS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fox47news.com/">www<wbr />.fox47news<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WSYM-TV</b> (channel 47) is a <a href="/wiki/Television_station" title="Television station">television station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing, Michigan</a>, United States, affiliated with <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> and <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a>. Owned by the <a href="/wiki/E._W._Scripps_Company" title="E. W. Scripps Company">E. W. Scripps Company</a>, the station has studios on West Saint Joseph Street (along <a href="/wiki/I-496" class="mw-redirect" title="I-496">I-496</a>) in downtown Lansing, and its transmitter is located in <a href="/wiki/Hamlin_Township,_Eaton_County,_Michigan" title="Hamlin Township, Eaton County, Michigan">Hamlin Township</a> along <a href="/wiki/M-50_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-50 (Michigan highway)">M-50</a>/<a href="/wiki/M-99_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-99 (Michigan highway)">M-99</a>/South <a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Michigan" title="Clinton County, Michigan">Clinton</a> Trail. </p><p>Channel 47 in Lansing went on the air December 1, 1982, as WFSL-TV. Owned by real estate developers <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Ferguson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joel Ferguson (page does not exist)">Joel Ferguson</a> and Sol Steadman as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">independent station</a>. Although Lansing was the largest market in the country without a full-time <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> affiliate, the network rebuffed Ferguson and Steadman requests for an affiliation to avoid encroaching on the service areas of three nearby affiliates. Ferguson and Steadman sold WFSL-TV to <a href="/wiki/Journal_Media_Group" title="Journal Media Group">The Journal Company</a> in 1985; the new owners changed the call sign to WSYM-TV. In spite of the 1986 launch of Fox, WSYM-TV's continued courtship of ABC led it to avoid the new network. This changed when Ferguson started a second Lansing station, <a href="/wiki/WLAJ" title="WLAJ">WLAJ</a>, in 1990. Ferguson designed WLAJ's signal pattern to meet ABC's requirements and win that network's affiliation, leading WSYM-TV to become a Fox affiliate. </p><p>Under Journal, WSYM-TV began a 10 p.m. newscast in 1997 but turned over production of its newscasts to local <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/WILX-TV" title="WILX-TV">WILX-TV</a> in 2004. The station eventually aired morning, early evening, and late evening newscasts produced by WILX. After Journal's stations merged into the E. W. Scripps Company in 2015, the station began an in-house news operation at the start of 2021. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSYM-TV&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WFSL-TV:_Early_years">WFSL-TV: Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSYM-TV&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: WFSL-TV: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing</a>–<a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Michigan" title="Jackson, Michigan">Jackson</a> television market was dominated by two major commercial <a href="/wiki/VHF" class="mw-redirect" title="VHF">VHF</a> stations, WJIM-TV (now <a href="/wiki/WLNS-TV" title="WLNS-TV">WLNS-TV</a>) on channel 6 and <a href="/wiki/WILX-TV" title="WILX-TV">WILX-TV</a> (channel 10), since the latter station began in 1959. In the late 1970s, interest emerged in activating a third local station on a <a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a> channel: channel 36, then allocated to Lansing. Three applicants had already filed for the channel by 1979. Benko Broadcasting was owned by two brothers, one of whom was a judge in <a href="/wiki/Sanilac_County,_Michigan" title="Sanilac County, Michigan">Sanilac County</a>; Kare-Kim Broadcasting Corporation, whose primary stakeholder, Donald Haney, was a television personality in Detroit; and F&S Comm/News was primarily owned by former Lansing city councilman <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joel_Ferguson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joel Ferguson (page does not exist)">Joel Ferguson</a> and business partner Sol Steadman. Three additional shareholders owned one percent apiece, which with Ferguson's stake made the company 51.5% Black-owned: businessman Greg Eaton and former <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan State Spartans men's basketball">Michigan State Spartans men's basketball</a> players <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kelser" title="Greg Kelser">Greg Kelser</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans790818_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans790818-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 4, 1980, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> (FCC) issued a ruling that complicated the picture for the channel 36 applicants. It changed the channel allocation from 36 to 47 as part of changes in five Michigan and Ohio cities, necessary to conform with a new Canadian table of allocations for UHF channels. This was not a trivial change for the Lansing applicants, as channel 47 was short-spaced with location restrictions. These restrictions, to channel 62 in Detroit, had led the FCC in 1967 to allot channel 36 instead of 47 at Lansing.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In restoring channel 47 to Lansing, the FCC gave the existing applicants from the channel 36 case the opportunity to keep the short-spaced channel or specify Lansing's other UHF channel, channel 53.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Benko and Kare-Kim opted for channel 53, and the FCC declared a <a href="/wiki/Comparative_hearing" title="Comparative hearing">comparative hearing</a> for their applications in May 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans810601_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans810601-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> F&S Comm/News was the only applicant who selected channel 47 and was awarded a construction permit on December 10, 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans811215_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans811215-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the time F&S Comm/News obtained the channel 47 construction permit, the company was already making its mark in local television, particularly around <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans" title="Michigan State Spartans">Michigan State Spartans</a> athletics. It produced and syndicated the MSU football coaches' show featuring head coach <a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters_(American_football)" title="Muddy Waters (American football)">Muddy Waters</a>, and in September 1980, the firm won the bidding to produce Michigan State men's basketball telecasts, which it then syndicated to WILX-TV and other Michigan TV stations.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans800925_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans800925-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station set up studios in the Capitol Commons office park, developed by Ferguson and Steadman, on the edge of downtown Lansing.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans820711_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans820711-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An estimated $6 million was spend on equipment, office space, and programming.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans821125_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans821125-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 350px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 350px; height: 300px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="350" data-height="300" data-overlays="["_7d9673df2b7e162509464a92a00eb127caa2c9aa"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,350x300.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=WSYM-TV&revid=1280540287&groups=_7d9673df2b7e162509464a92a00eb127caa2c9aa" width="350" height="300" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,350x300@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=WSYM-TV&revid=1280540287&groups=_7d9673df2b7e162509464a92a00eb127caa2c9aa 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption">Grade A signal contours for WSYM-TV, WLAJ, WJRT, WUHQ (now WOTV) and WXYZ-TV, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1998</span>. WSYM-TV's analog signal (green) overlapped with ABC affiliates WJRT to the northeast, WUHQ to the west, and WXYZ-TV to the east, preventing WSYM from affiliating with ABC. WLAJ's analog signal (blue) was intentionally engineered to not interfere with these stations, and became Lansing's ABC affiliate.</div></div></div> <p>Channel 47 began broadcasting December 1, 1982, as WFSL-TV, an <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">independent station</a> with a schedule dominated by movies as well as the MSU basketball package.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans821118_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans821118-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lans821202_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans821202-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lack of network affiliation came as something of a surprise to local observers. One of the reasons channel 36 had initially attracted interest prior to 1980 was the prospect of bringing an <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> affiliate to Lansing. At the time, Lansing was the largest market in the country without an in-market ABC affiliate.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans790818_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans790818-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/WJRT-TV" title="WJRT-TV">WJRT-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a> was the primary source of ABC programming in Lansing; other parts of the market could watch ABC over-the-air on <a href="/wiki/WOTV" title="WOTV">WUHQ</a> in <a href="/wiki/Battle_Creek,_Michigan" title="Battle Creek, Michigan">Battle Creek</a> or <a href="/wiki/WXYZ-TV" title="WXYZ-TV">WXYZ-TV</a> from <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans750817_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans750817-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, cable was often necessary to get a good ABC signal, particularly in Jackson.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans900306_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans900306-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JCP900525_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JCP900525-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Knowing this, Ferguson and Steadman made numerous overtures for an ABC affiliation in the lead-up to WFSL's launch. However, ABC turned them all down <sup id="cite_ref-Lans820711_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans820711-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to significant signal overlaps with WXYZ-TV (which ABC owned at the time), WJRT,<sup id="cite_ref-Lans821118_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans821118-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and especially WUHQ-TV.<sup id="cite_ref-JCP900525_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JCP900525-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the construction permit for channel 47 was awarded, the FCC dismissed a protest by WUHQ-TV, which sought to establish translators in Jackson and Lansing.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WFSL-TV's first months on air were lean. The station laid off a third of its 50-person staff before conditions improved. Tom Jones, WFSL-TV's general manager, blamed its struggles on jitters that local and regional advertisers had about independents after seeing <a href="/wiki/WXMI" title="WXMI">WWMA-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan" title="Grand Rapids, Michigan">Grand Rapids</a> miss its planned starting date by nine months and reservations about committing a Christmas advertising budget to an unproven station that might not be on in time for the holidays and, in any event, had no ratings survey for four months to show a proven audience. This began to turn after basketball season, which served as a promotional vehicle for the new channel 47 and its programs.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans830904_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans830904-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WSYM-TV:_Journal_ownership_and_Fox_affiliation">WSYM-TV: Journal ownership and Fox affiliation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSYM-TV&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: WSYM-TV: Journal ownership and Fox affiliation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On August 7, 1984, Ferguson and Steadman announced the sale of WFSL-TV to <a href="/wiki/Journal_Media_Group" title="Journal Media Group">The Journal Company</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>-based broadcaster that owned two other TV stations and <i><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Journal">The Milwaukee Journal</a></i> newspaper, for $9 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans840807_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans840807-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The deal, finalized at the end of 1984, represented a tripling of an investment of about $3 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans841220_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans841220-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Journal overhauled the station's programming, emphasizing syndicated material over movies,<sup id="cite_ref-Lans850119_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans850119-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and changed the station's call sign to WSYM-TV—"We Said Yes to Michigan"—on March 11, 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans850311_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans850311-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new call sign referenced the slogan "Say Yes to Michigan",<sup id="cite_ref-Lans850508_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans850508-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which the state used for economic development and tourism between 1981 and 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Musk811202_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Musk811202-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Batt970328_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Batt970328-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Journal made a second attempt at courting ABC. The company already owned an ABC affiliate, <a href="/wiki/KTNV-TV" title="KTNV-TV">KTNV-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans840807_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans840807-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station held talks with ABC in 1985,<sup id="cite_ref-Lans850404_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans850404-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but ABC—again attempting to avoid upsetting its other affiliates—opted against affiliating.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans851113_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans851113-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Channel 47 passed up on the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> network when it launched in 1986<sup id="cite_ref-Lans861005_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans861005-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and declined to join the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a> television network, with general manager Dale Parker reasoning that half of local viewers already got Fox affiliate <a href="/wiki/WKBD-TV" title="WKBD-TV">WKBD-TV</a> in Detroit on cable and thus the Pistons. Only upon Parker's departure in late 1988 did WSYM-TV begin to air the Pistons.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans881214_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans881214-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lans890428_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans890428-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:250px; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>When I owned WSYM, we had a powerful signal. When I went to buy a station in Las Vegas, I realized I didn't need all that powerful stuff. Once the signal was out of the city, all there was was desert, anyway. So when I designed WLAJ, I cut the signal down to just the areas we are targeting. It will miss Battle Creek entirely. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">Joel Ferguson<sup id="cite_ref-JCP900525_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JCP900525-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>WSYM-TV was still an independent station when, in 1989, Joel Ferguson agreed to buy the channel 53 permit from Benko.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans890331_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans890331-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reactivation of plans for channel 53 immediately started to unblock the ABC logjam. Neither ABC nor Fox had an affiliate in the Lansing market, and ABC was seen to be in the driver's seat with a choice of possible affiliates (WSYM or WLAJ).<sup id="cite_ref-Lans890913_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans890913-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FCC granted final approval for the WLAJ sale in March 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-Lans900306_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans900306-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leaving ABC with the decision between WSYM and WLAJ as its local affiliate.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a bid to court the network, Ferguson redesigned WLAJ's signal pattern to protect WJRT and WUHQ;<sup id="cite_ref-Lans900306_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans900306-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this was successful, and on May 23, 1990, ABC awarded the Lansing affiliation to WLAJ.<sup id="cite_ref-JCP900525_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JCP900525-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This eliminated the primary reason WSYM had held out on network affiliation.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans900915_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans900915-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, WSYM-TV joined Fox on September 16, 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans900821_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans900821-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It continued to air the Pistons until 1993, when new general manager Judy Kenney dropped the team to give priority to Fox programming.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans931202_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans931202-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_in-house_news_department">First in-house news department</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSYM-TV&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First in-house news department"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the course of the 1990s, Fox encouraged its stations to begin airing or producing local newscasts. Kenney had been sent to Lansing in 1993 under orders from Journal to develop a news department, but she reached the conclusion that the time was not right.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans970908_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans970908-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That changed in 1997, when WSYM-TV committed to airing a 10 p.m. newscast, originally envisioned as an hourlong report.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans970227_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans970227-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Fox 47 News</i> debuted on September 8, 1997, with a half-hour newscast at 10 p.m. and an 11 p.m. edition added two weeks later.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lans970908_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans970908-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter was gone by February 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans980404_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans980404-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The in-house news department never gained the traction that management desired. In 2000, the station experimented with an hourlong 10 p.m. newscast but soon reverted, only to return to a full hour at 10 in 2002. The next year, the station debuted a newscast at 5 p.m. and then moved it to 5:30 p.m. to counterprogram WLNS-TV and WILX-TV.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans020916_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans020916-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outsourcing_of_news_to_WILX-TV">Outsourcing of news to WILX-TV</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSYM-TV&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Outsourcing of news to WILX-TV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beginning August 30, 2004, the production of WSYM-TV's 5:30 and 10 p.m. newscasts was outsourced to WILX-TV, though the news on channel 47 retained a partially separate anchor team for news and weather and came from a different set.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans040713_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans040713-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lans040830_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans040830-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WSYM's 23 newsroom employees lost their jobs, though 10 positions were created at WILX-TV to handle the enlarged operation.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans040901_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans040901-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These remained the only local newscasts on WSYM-TV until 2015, when a two-hour extension of WILX-TV's morning newscast began airing from 7 to 9 a.m.;<sup id="cite_ref-Lans151005_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans151005-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this replaced a television simulcast of <i>Michigan's Big Show</i>, a talk radio program hosted by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Patrick_Shiels" title="Michael Patrick Shiels">Michael Patrick Shiels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WILX-TV debuted its own 5:30 p.m. newscast in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans181001_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans181001-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, WSYM began operating <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a> outlet <a href="/wiki/WHTV" title="WHTV">WHTV</a> through a <a href="/wiki/Local_marketing_agreement" title="Local marketing agreement">local marketing agreement</a>, replacing WLNS-TV as the service partner.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WHTV left the air in 2017, with much of its programming moving to a subchannel of WSYM.<sup id="cite_ref-Lans170918_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lans170918-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scripps_ownership_and_second_in-house_local_news_department">Scripps ownership and second in-house local news department</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSYM-TV&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Scripps ownership and second in-house local news department"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 1, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/E._W._Scripps_Company" title="E. W. Scripps Company">E. W. Scripps Company</a> completed the simultaneous acquisition of Journal Communications, retaining the television properties while spinning off both firms' newspaper holdings.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scripps announced on October 8, 2020, that WSYM would reinstate its news department on January 1, 2021, ending its news share agreement with WILX.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new news department, structured around a neighborhood reporting model, had an initial staff of 15 reporters, editors, and producers.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_former_on-air_staff">Notable former on-air staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSYM-TV&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable former on-air staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Fareed" title="Ahmed Fareed">Ahmed Fareed</a> – sports anchor (2003–2004)<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technical_information">Technical information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSYM-TV&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Technical information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subchannels">Subchannels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSYM-TV&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Subchannels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The station's signal is <a href="/wiki/Multiplex_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiplex (TV)">multiplexed</a>: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Subchannels of WSYM-TV<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel#United_States" title="Digital subchannel">Channel</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Display_resolution" title="Display resolution">Res.</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)" title="Aspect ratio (image)">Aspect</a> </th> <th scope="col">Short name </th> <th scope="col">Programming </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">47.1 </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/720p" title="720p">720p</a></td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/16:9" class="mw-redirect" title="16:9">16:9</a></td> <td>FOX 47</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">47.2 </th> <td>47+</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">47.3 </th> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/480i" title="480i">480i</a></td> <td>Bounce</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce TV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">47.4 </th> <td>Grit</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grit_(TV_network)" title="Grit (TV network)">Grit</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">47.5 </th> <td>CourtTV</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court TV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">47.6 </th> <td>IonMyst</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Ion Mystery</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">47.7 </th> <td>Laff</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a></li><li>→ <a href="/wiki/Busted_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Busted (TV network)">Busted</a> (eff. 3/1/2025)</li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Analog-to-digital_conversion">Analog-to-digital conversion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSYM-TV&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Analog-to-digital conversion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WSYM-TV shut down its analog signal, over <a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a> channel 47, on June 12, 2009, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States" title="Digital television transition in the United States">federally mandated transition from analog to digital television</a>. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 38<sup id="cite_ref-Analog_to_Digital_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Analog_to_Digital-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until January 17, 2020, when it relocated to channel 28 as a result of the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_wireless_spectrum_auction" title="2016 United States wireless spectrum auction">2016 United States wireless spectrum auction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Repack_Table_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Repack_Table-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSYM-TV&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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href="/wiki/Central_Michigan" title="Central Michigan">Central Michigan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lansing%E2%80%93East_Lansing_metropolitan_area" title="Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area">Greater Lansing Urban Area</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dd>This region includes the following cities: <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/East_Lansing,_Michigan" title="East Lansing, Michigan">East Lansing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Michigan" title="Jackson, Michigan">Jackson</a><br />Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/WLNS-TV" title="WLNS-TV">WLNS-TV</a> 6 (.1 <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WILX-TV" title="WILX-TV">WILX-TV</a> 10 (.1 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, .2 <a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a>, .3 <a href="/wiki/Heroes_%26_Icons" title="Heroes & Icons">H&I</a>, .4 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion</a>, .5 <a href="/wiki/Free_TV_Networks" title="Free TV Networks">365BLK</a>, .6 <a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">Crime</a>, .7 <a href="/wiki/Outlaw_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outlaw (TV network)">Outlaw</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WKAR-TV" title="WKAR-TV">WKAR-TV</a> 23 (.1 <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, .2 <a href="/wiki/World_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="World (TV channel)">World</a>, .3 <a href="/wiki/Create_(TV_network)" title="Create (TV network)">Create</a>, .4 <a href="/wiki/PBS_Kids" title="PBS Kids">PBS Kids</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WLNM-LD" 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(Lansing, Michigan)">WILS-TV/WTOM-TV</a> 54</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">broadcast television</a> areas by city</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Alpena_TV" title="Template:Alpena TV">Alpena</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Detroit_TV" title="Template:Detroit TV">Detroit</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Flint-Saginaw-Bay_City_TV" title="Template:Flint-Saginaw-Bay City TV">Flint/Tri-Cities</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Grand_Rapids_TV" title="Template:Grand Rapids TV">Grand Rapids/Battle Creek</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Lansing_TV" title="Template:Lansing TV">Lansing/Jackson</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Marquette_TV" title="Template:Marquette TV">Marquette</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Northern_Michigan_TV" title="Template:Northern Michigan TV">Northern Michigan</a></dd></dl> </div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:South_Bend_TV" title="Template:South Bend TV">South Bend TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Fort_Wayne_TV" title="Template:Fort Wayne TV">Fort Wayne TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Toledo_TV" title="Template:Toledo TV">Toledo/Bowling Green/Vacationland TV</a></dd></dl></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Broadcast_television_in_the_Grand_Rapids_metropolitan_area_and_Western_Michigan1075" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">Broadcast television</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_metropolitan_area" title="Grand Rapids metropolitan area">Grand Rapids metropolitan area</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Michigan" title="West Michigan">Western Michigan</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dd>This region also includes the following cities:</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Muskegon,_Michigan" title="Muskegon, Michigan">Muskegon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo, Michigan">Kalamazoo</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Battle_Creek,_Michigan" title="Battle Creek, Michigan">Battle Creek</a><br />Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Grand Rapids</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/WOOD-TV" title="WOOD-TV">WOOD-TV</a> (8.1 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 8.2 <a href="/wiki/Rewind_TV" title="Rewind TV">REW</a>, 8.3 <a href="/wiki/Defy_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Defy TV">Defy</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WZZM" title="WZZM">WZZM</a> (13.1 <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, 13.2 Local WX, 13.3 <a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">Crime</a>, 13.4 <a href="/wiki/Quest_(American_TV_network)" title="Quest (American TV network)">Quest</a>, 13.5 <a href="/wiki/Free_TV_Networks" title="Free TV Networks">365BLK</a>, 13.6 <a href="/wiki/Outlaw_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outlaw (TV network)">Outlaw</a>, 13.7 <a href="/wiki/QVC" title="QVC">QVC</a>, 13.8 <a href="/wiki/Shop_LC" title="Shop LC">Shop LC</a>, 13.9 <a href="/wiki/Start_TV" title="Start TV">Start</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WXSP-CD" title="WXSP-CD">WXSP-CD</a> (15.1 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>, 15.2 <a href="/wiki/The_Nest_(TV_network)" title="The Nest (TV network)">Nest</a>, 15.3 <a href="/wiki/Comet_(TV_network)" title="Comet (TV network)">Comet</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WXMI" title="WXMI">WXMI</a> (17.1 <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, 17.2 <a href="/wiki/Antenna_TV" title="Antenna TV">ANT</a>, 17.3 <a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce</a>, 17.4 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Plus" title="Ion Plus">Ion+</a>, 17.5 <a href="/wiki/Get_(TV_network)" title="Get (TV network)">Get</a>, 17.6 <a href="/wiki/QVC" title="QVC">QVC</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WUHQ-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WUHQ-LD">WUHQ-LD</a> (29.1 <a href="/wiki/Daystar_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daystar (TV network)">Daystar</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WGVU-TV" title="WGVU-TV">WGVU-TV</a> (35.1 <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, 35.2 <a href="/wiki/PBS_Kids" title="PBS Kids">PBS Kids</a>, 35.3 <a href="/wiki/Create_(TV_network)" title="Create (TV network)">Create</a>, 35.4 <a href="/wiki/World_Channel" title="World Channel">World</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/W48CL" class="mw-redirect" title="W48CL">W48CL 48</a> (<a href="/wiki/Three_Angels_Broadcasting_Network" title="Three Angels Broadcasting Network">3ABN</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Kalamazoo</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/WWMT" title="WWMT">WWMT</a> (3.1 <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, 3.2 <a href="/wiki/Independent_station_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent station (North America)">Ind.</a>, 3.3 <a href="/wiki/TBD_(TV_network)" title="TBD (TV network)">TBD</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WUHO-LD" title="WUHO-LD">WUHO-LD</a> (18.1 Ind.)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WXSP-CD" title="WXSP-CD">WOKZ-CD</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWMT" title="WWMT">50.1</a> <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/WOOD-TV" title="WOOD-TV">50.1</a> <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/WXMI" title="WXMI">50.1</a> <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, <a href="/wiki/WOTV" title="WOTV">50.1</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, 50.4 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WGVU-TV" title="WGVU-TV">WGVK</a> (52.1 <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, 52.2 <a href="/wiki/PBS_Kids" title="PBS Kids">PBS Kids</a>, 52.3 <a href="/wiki/Create_(TV_network)" title="Create (TV network)">Create</a>, 52.4 <a href="/wiki/World_Channel" title="World Channel">World</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WTLJ" title="WTLJ">WJGP-LD</a> (54.1 <a href="/wiki/Tri-State_Christian_Television" title="Tri-State Christian Television">TCT</a> SD, 54.2 <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart#Television" title="Jimmy Swaggart">SBN</a>, 54.3 Healing Streams TV, 54.4 <a href="/wiki/Story_Television" title="Story Television">Story</a>, 54.5 <a href="/wiki/Movies!" title="Movies!">Movies!</a>, 54.6 <a href="/wiki/Shop_LC" title="Shop LC">Shop LC</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WLLA" title="WLLA">WLLA</a> (64.1 <a href="/wiki/Religious_broadcasting" title="Religious broadcasting">Rel.</a> <a href="/wiki/Independent_station_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent station (North America)">Ind.</a>, 64.2 <a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a>, 64.3 <a href="/wiki/Heroes_%26_Icons" title="Heroes & Icons">H&I</a>, 64.4 <a href="/wiki/Catchy_Comedy" title="Catchy Comedy">Catchy</a>, 64.5 <a href="/wiki/Retro_Television_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Retro Television Network">Retro TV</a>, 64.6 <a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>, 64.7 <a href="/wiki/MeTV_Toons" title="MeTV Toons">MeToons</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Battle Creek</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/WXSP-CD" title="WXSP-CD">WOBC-CD</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWMT" title="WWMT">14.1</a> <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/WOOD-TV" title="WOOD-TV">14.1</a> <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/WXMI" title="WXMI">14.1</a> <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, <a href="/wiki/WOTV" title="WOTV">14.1</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, 14.4 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WOTV" title="WOTV">WOTV</a> (41.1 <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, 41.2 <a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">CW</a>, 41.3 <a href="/wiki/Charge!_(TV_network)" title="Charge! (TV network)">Charge!</a>, 41.4 <a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WZPX-TV" title="WZPX-TV">WZPX-TV</a> (43.1 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion</a>, 43.2 <a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court</a>, 43.3 <a href="/wiki/Grit_(TV_network)" title="Grit (TV network)">Grit</a>, 43.4 <a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a>, 43.5 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Mystery</a>, 43.6 <a href="/wiki/Scripps_News" title="Scripps News">Scripps News</a>, 43.7 <a href="/wiki/Jewelry_Television" title="Jewelry Television">JTV</a>, 43.8 <a href="/wiki/HSN" title="HSN">HSN</a>, 43.9 <a href="/wiki/QVC#QVC2" title="QVC">QVC2</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Muskegon,_Michigan" title="Muskegon, Michigan">Muskegon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/WXMI" title="WXMI">W17DF-D / W42CB-D</a> (<a href="/wiki/WXSP-CD" title="WXSP-CD">15.2</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Nest_(TV_network)" title="The Nest (TV network)">Nest</a>, 17.1 <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, 17.2 <a href="/wiki/Antenna_TV" title="Antenna TV">ANT</a>, 17.3 <a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce</a>, 17.4 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Plus" title="Ion Plus">Ion+</a>, 17.5 <a href="/wiki/Get_(TV_network)" title="Get (TV network)">Get</a>, 17.6 <a href="/wiki/Shop_LC" title="Shop LC">Shop LC</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WXSP-CD" title="WXSP-CD">WOMS-CD</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWMT" title="WWMT">29.1</a> <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/WOOD-TV" title="WOOD-TV">29.1</a> <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 29.4 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/WXMI" title="WXMI">29.1</a> <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, <a href="/wiki/WOTV" title="WOTV">29.1</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WMKG-CD" title="WMKG-CD">WMKG-CD</a> (38.1 <a href="/wiki/The_Family_Channel_(American_TV_network,_founded_2008)" title="The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 2008)">FAM</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WTLJ" title="WTLJ">WTLJ</a> (54.1 <a href="/wiki/Tri-State_Christian_Television" title="Tri-State Christian Television">TCT</a>, 54.2 <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart#Television" title="Jimmy Swaggart">SBN</a>, 54.3 Healing Streams TV, 54.4 <a href="/wiki/Story_Television" title="Story Television">Story</a>, 54.5 <a href="/wiki/Movies!" title="Movies!">Movies!</a>, 54.6 <a href="/wiki/Shop_LC" title="Shop LC">Shop LC</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Holland,_Michigan" title="Holland, Michigan">Holland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/WOOD-TV" title="WOOD-TV">WOGC-CD</a> (8.1 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 8.2 <a href="/wiki/Rewind_TV" title="Rewind TV">REW</a>, 8.3 <a href="/wiki/Defy_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Defy TV">Defy</a>, <a href="/wiki/WXSP-CD" title="WXSP-CD">15.1</a> <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/WXSP-CD" title="WXSP-CD">WOHO-CD</a> (33.4 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/WWMT" title="WWMT">33.1</a> <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/WOOD-TV" title="WOOD-TV">33.1</a> <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/WXMI" title="WXMI">33.1</a> <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, <a href="/wiki/WOTV" title="WOTV">33.1</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ATSC_standards#ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC standards">ATSC 3.0 digital</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WXSP-CD" title="WXSP-CD">WXSP-CD/WOLP-CD</a> (<a href="/wiki/WWMT" title="WWMT">3.1</a> <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, 3.10 <a href="/wiki/Tennis_Channel" title="Tennis Channel">T2</a>, <a href="/wiki/WOOD-TV" title="WOOD-TV">8.1</a> <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 15.4 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/WXMI" title="WXMI">17.1</a> <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, <a href="/wiki/WOTV" title="WOTV">41.1</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">Cable</a> channels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd>Comcast Television</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network_Detroit" title="FanDuel Sports Network Detroit">FanDuel Sports Network Detroit</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> <a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">broadcast television</a> areas by city</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Alpena_TV" title="Template:Alpena TV">Alpena</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Detroit_TV" title="Template:Detroit TV">Detroit</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Flint-Saginaw-Bay_City_TV" title="Template:Flint-Saginaw-Bay City TV">Flint/Tri-Cities</a></dd> 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title="WBKB-TV">WBKB-DT 11.4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Alpena_TV" title="Template:Alpena TV">Alpena</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXMI" title="WXMI">WXMI 17</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Grand_Rapids_TV" title="Template:Grand Rapids TV">Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFQX-TV" title="WFQX-TV">WFQX-TV 32 / WFUP 45</a> & <a href="/wiki/WWTV" title="WWTV">WWTV-DT 9.2 / WWUP-DT 10.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Northern_Michigan_TV" title="Template:Northern Michigan TV">Cadillac/Traverse City/Vanderbilt/Sault Ste. Marie</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WSYM-TV 47</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Lansing_TV" title="Template:Lansing TV">Lansing/Jackson</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSMH" title="WSMH">WSMH 66</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Flint-Saginaw-Bay_City_TV" title="Template:Flint-Saginaw-Bay City TV">Flint/Saginaw/Bay City</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Secondary**</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WSBT-TV" title="WSBT-TV">WSBT-DT 22.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:South_Bend_TV" title="Template:South Bend TV">South Bend, IN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQDS-TV" title="KQDS-TV">W32CV-D 32</a><sup>1</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Ironwood</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUPW" title="WUPW">WUPW 36</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Toledo_TV" title="Template:Toledo TV">Toledo, OH</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLUK-TV" title="WLUK-TV">W40AN-D 40</a><sup>2</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Green_Bay_TV" title="Template:Green Bay TV">Escanaba</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>(*) – indicates station is in one of Michigan's primary <a href="/wiki/Media_market#Television" title="Media market">TV markets</a><br />(**) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Michigan <p><sup>1</sup>W32CV is a repeater of <a href="/wiki/KQDS-TV" title="KQDS-TV">KQDS-TV</a> <a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth, MN</a>; <sup>2</sup> W40AN is a repeater of <a href="/wiki/WLUK-TV" title="WLUK-TV">WLUK-TV</a> <a href="/wiki/Template:Green_Bay_TV" title="Template:Green Bay TV">Green Bay, WI</a>. </p> <div class="hlist"> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:ABC_Michigan" title="Template:ABC Michigan">ABC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:CBS_Michigan" title="Template:CBS Michigan">CBS</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:CW_Michigan" title="Template:CW Michigan">CW</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Fox_Michigan" title="Template:Fox Michigan">Fox</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:ION_Michigan" title="Template:ION Michigan">Ion</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:MNTV_Michigan" title="Template:MNTV Michigan">MyNetworkTV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:NBC_Michigan" title="Template:NBC Michigan">NBC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:PBS_Michigan" title="Template:PBS Michigan">PBS</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Other_Michigan_Stations" title="Template:Other Michigan Stations">Other stations in Michigan</a></dd></dl> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="E._W._Scripps_Company1879" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:EWS_CORP" title="Template:EWS CORP"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:EWS_CORP" title="Template talk:EWS CORP"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:EWS_CORP" title="Special:EditPage/Template:EWS CORP"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="E._W._Scripps_Company1879" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/E._W._Scripps_Company" title="E. W. Scripps Company">E. W. Scripps Company</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>sorted by primary channel network affiliations</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KATC_(TV)" title="KATC (TV)">KATC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KERO-TV" title="KERO-TV">KERO-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KZKC-LD" title="KZKC-LD">KZKC-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KGTV" title="KGTV">KGTV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KZSD-LD" title="KZSD-LD">KZSD-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KGUN-TV" title="KGUN-TV">KGUN-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KIVI-TV" title="KIVI-TV">KIVI-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KSAW-LD" title="KSAW-LD">KSAW-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMGH-TV" title="KMGH-TV">KMGH-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KZCO-LD" title="KZCO-LD">KZCO-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNXV-TV" title="KNXV-TV">KNXV-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTNV-TV" title="KTNV-TV">KTNV-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXXV" title="KXXV">KXXV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KRHD-CD" title="KRHD-CD">KRHD-CD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCPO-TV" title="WCPO-TV">WCPO-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEWS-TV" title="WEWS-TV">WEWS-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFTS-TV" title="WFTS-TV">WFTS-TV</a> <sup>9</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKBW-TV" title="WKBW-TV">WKBW-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMAR-TV" title="WMAR-TV">WMAR-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRTV" title="WRTV">WRTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTXL-TV" title="WTXL-TV">WTXL-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXYZ-TV" title="WXYZ-TV">WXYZ-TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KMTV-TV" title="KMTV-TV">KMTV-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPAX-TV" title="KPAX-TV">KPAX-TV</a> / KAJJ-CD</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRTV" title="KRTV">KRTV</a> / KXLH-LD</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTVQ" title="KTVQ">KTVQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXLF-TV" title="KXLF-TV">KXLF-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KBZK" title="KBZK">KBZK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KZTV" title="KZTV">KZTV</a> <sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTKR" title="WTKR">WTKR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTVF" title="WTVF">WTVF</a> <sup>5</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTVR-TV" title="WTVR-TV">WTVR-TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Independent</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K22JA-D" title="K22JA-D">K22JA-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KASW" title="KASW">KASW</a> <sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCDO-TV" title="KCDO-TV">KCDO-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KSBS-CD" title="KSBS-CD">KSBS-CD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMCC" title="KMCC">KMCC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMCI-TV" title="KMCI-TV">KMCI-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTNV-TV" title="KTNV-TV">KTNV-TV</a> <sup>3</sup> <sup>4</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KUPX-TV" title="KUPX-TV">KUPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWBA-TV" title="KWBA-TV">KWBA-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WACY-TV" title="WACY-TV">WACY-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGNT" title="WGNT">WGNT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHDT" title="WHDT">WHDT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMYD" title="WMYD">WMYD</a> <sup>7</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSFL-TV" title="WSFL-TV">WSFL-TV</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WSYM-TV</a> <sup>3</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KSTU" title="KSTU">KSTU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFLX" title="WFLX">WFLX</a> <sup>6</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFTX-TV" title="WFTX-TV">WFTX-TV</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WSYM-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXMI" title="WXMI">WXMI</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KJRH-TV" title="KJRH-TV">KJRH-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KOAA-TV" title="KOAA-TV">KOAA-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRIS-TV" title="KRIS-TV">KRIS-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSBY" title="KSBY">KSBY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSHB-TV" title="KSHB-TV">KSHB-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTVH-DT" title="KTVH-DT">KTVH-DT</a> / KTGF-LD</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTPX-TV" title="KTPX-TV">KTPX-TV</a> <sup>3</sup> <sup>8</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGBA-TV" title="WGBA-TV">WGBA-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLEX-TV" title="WLEX-TV">WLEX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPTV-TV" title="WPTV-TV">WPTV-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTMJ-TV" title="WTMJ-TV">WTMJ-TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion</a> (<a href="/wiki/Owned_and_operated_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Owned and operated station">O&O</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KFPX-TV" title="KFPX-TV">KFPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKPX-TV" title="KKPX-TV">KKPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPXB-TV" title="KPXB-TV">KPXB-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPXD-TV" title="KPXD-TV">KPXD-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPXG-TV" title="KPXG-TV">KPXG-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPXL-TV" title="KPXL-TV">KPXL-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPXM-TV" title="KPXM-TV">KPXM-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPXN-TV" title="KPXN-TV">KPXN-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPXR-TV" title="KPXR-TV">KPXR-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRTV" title="KRTV">KRTV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KXLH-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="KXLH-LD">KXLH-LD</a> <sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSPX-TV" title="KSPX-TV">KSPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTPX-TV" title="KTPX-TV">KTPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWPX-TV" title="KWPX-TV">KWPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXLF-TV" title="KXLF-TV">KXLF-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KBZK" title="KBZK">KBZK</a> <sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBPX-TV" title="WBPX-TV">WBPX-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/WPXG-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WPXG-TV">WPXG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCPX-TV" title="WCPX-TV">WCPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDPX-TV" title="WDPX-TV">WDPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEPX-TV" title="WEPX-TV">WEPX-TV / WPXU-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WINP-TV" title="WINP-TV">WINP-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIPL" title="WIPL">WIPL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKOI-TV" title="WKOI-TV">WKOI-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLPX-TV" title="WLPX-TV">WLPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNPX-TV" title="WNPX-TV">WNPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOPX-TV" title="WOPX-TV">WOPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPPX-TV" title="WPPX-TV">WPPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXA-TV" title="WPXA-TV">WPXA-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXC-TV" title="WPXC-TV">WPXC-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXE-TV" title="WPXE-TV">WPXE-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXK-TV" title="WPXK-TV">WPXK-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXL-TV" title="WPXL-TV">WPXL-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXM-TV" title="WPXM-TV">WPXM-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXN-TV" title="WPXN-TV">WPXN-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXQ-TV" title="WPXQ-TV">WPXQ-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXR-TV" title="WPXR-TV">WPXR-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXW-TV" title="WPXW-TV">WPXW-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/WWPX-TV" title="WWPX-TV">WWPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQPX-TV" title="WQPX-TV">WQPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRBU" title="WRBU">WRBU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRPX-TV" title="WRPX-TV">WRPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSFJ-TV" title="WSFJ-TV">WSFJ-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSPX-TV" title="WSPX-TV">WSPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTPX-TV" title="WTPX-TV">WTPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTVR-TV" title="WTVR-TV">WTVR-TV</a> <sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXPX-TV" title="WXPX-TV">WXPX-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZRB" title="WZRB">WZRB</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce TV</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KILM" title="KILM">KILM</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KTNV-TV" title="KTNV-TV">KTNV-TV</a> <sup>3</sup> <sup>4</sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Grit_(TV_network)" title="Grit (TV network)">Grit</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WDPX-TV" title="WDPX-TV">WDPX-TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Ion Mystery</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KZCS-LD" title="KZCS-LD">KZCS-LD</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WFPX-TV" title="WFPX-TV">WFPX-TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">Telemundo</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K47DF-D" class="mw-redirect" title="K47DF-D">K47DF-D</a> / <a href="/wiki/KZTV" title="KZTV">KZTV</a> <sup>1</sup> <sup>3</sup></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV networks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Broadcast</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grit_(TV_network)" title="Grit (TV network)">Grit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Ion Mystery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ion_Plus" title="Ion Plus">Ion Plus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scripps_News" title="Scripps News">Scripps News</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Broadcast</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defy_(TV_network)" title="Defy (TV network)">Defy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qubo" title="Qubo">Qubo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TrueReal" title="TrueReal">TrueReal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Programming</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scripps_Sports" title="Scripps Sports">Scripps Sports</a></li> <li><i>The List</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Right_This_Minute" title="Right This Minute">Right This Minute</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yule_Log_(TV_program)" title="Yule Log (TV program)">Yule Log</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Acquisitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cordillera_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Cordillera Communications">Cordillera 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Symson">Adam P. Symson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Boehne" title="Rich Boehne">Rich Boehne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_W._Estlow" title="Edward W. Estlow">Edward W. Estlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_R._Howard" title="Jack R. Howard">Jack R. Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_W._Howard" title="Roy W. Howard">Roy W. Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Knap" title="Ted Knap">Ted Knap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_G._Lucas" title="Jim G. Lucas">Jim G. Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Pyle" title="Ernie Pyle">Ernie Pyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Schottelkotte" title="Al Schottelkotte">Al Schottelkotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Scripps" title="Charles Scripps">Charles Scripps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._W._Scripps" title="E. W. Scripps">E. W. 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