WJYS
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| City | Hammond, Indiana |
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| Branding | WJYS, The Way |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Millennial Telecommunications, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | March 2, 1991 |
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Call signmeaning | Original owners Joseph and Yvonne Stroud[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 32334 |
| ERP | 140kW |
| HAAT | 510 m (1,673 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°52′44″N87°38′8″W/ 41.87889°N 87.63556°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | wjystv |
WJYS(channel 62) is anindependent television stationlicensed toHammond, Indiana,United States, serving theChicagoarea. It is one of twocommercialtelevision stations in the Chicagomarketto be licensed in Indiana (alongsideMyNetworkTVowned-and-operated stationWPWR-TV[channel 50] inGary). Owned by Millennial Telecommunications, Inc., WJYS maintains studio facilities on South Oak Park Avenue inTinley Park, Illinois,and its transmitter is located atop theWillis Tower.
History[edit]
The station first signed on the air on March 2, 1991. It originally operated as a 24-hour-a-dayhome shoppingstation.[3]In 1994, WJYS became more of a general entertainment station, picking up a number ofsyndicatedprograms.[4]These shows includedLaverne & Shirley,The Rifleman,The Odd Couple,Little House on the Prairie,Gunsmoke,Highway to HeavenandMatlock,along with oldermoviesandanimeprogramming, plus theHoosier Lotterygame showHoosier Millionaire.By 1997, channel 62 was runninginfomercialsandreligious programmingmost of the day and by 2000, most of the entertainment shows were gone from the station. Today, WJYS offers both religious andsecularpaid programming.
Programming[edit]
The station's schedule primarily features local, national and international religious programming, along with paid programming (including long-form direct response, automobile dealer programs, and shows advertising local businesses). WJYS' locally-produced programs includeHorace Smith,Salem Baptist Church,Charis Bible College,Triedstone Baptist Church,thejazztrio showYvonne's Piano,HaitianRelief with Steve MunseyandEmmy Award-winning music showJBTV.WJYS also produced local commercials forChicago State University.
Technical information[edit]
Subchannels[edit]
The station's digital signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 62.1 | 480i | 4:3 | WJYS-DT |
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| 62.2 | PRISM-6 | Jewelry TV | ||
| 62.3 | PRISM | QVC | ||
| 62.4 | HRTLND | Heartland | ||
| 62.5 | PRISM-3 | QVC | ||
| 62.6 | PRISM-4 | Heartland | ||
| 62.7 | JTV | Jewelry TV | ||
| 62.8 | EVINE | HSN | ||
| 62.9 | 16:9 | HSN | ||
| 62.10 | 4:3 | MCTV | WEDE-CD(Religiousindependent) |
Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]
WJYS shut down its analog signal, overUHFchannel 62, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United Statestransitioned from analog to digital broadcastsunder federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 36,[6]usingvirtual channel62.
Unlike the analog transmitter once located in Tinley Park, WJYS-DT has a transmitter atop the Willis Tower on channel 36, allowing for greater signal coverage.[7]The WJYS signal during the analog television era reached approximately 7.5 million people in the Chicago metropolitan area, expanding to nearly 11 million households across Illinois, Indiana,WisconsinandMichiganfollowing the June 2009 digital transition as its digital transmitter facilities on Willis Tower replicated the coverage area of the major broadcast stations in the market.
References[edit]
- ^Boyd, Roger (January 15, 1989)."62 says: 'Just stay tuned'".The Times.p. A-3.RetrievedApril 11,2021.
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WJYS".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Kennedy Melia, Marilyn (October 1, 1993). "Sell-Avision View Shopping Channels With a Critical Eye".Chicago Tribune.
- ^Nidetz, Steve (November 30, 1994). "10 p.m. viewers tune back to WBBM, but WLS is still No. 1".Chicago Tribune.
- ^"RabbitEars TV Query for WJYS".RabbitEars.RetrievedSeptember 8,2015.
- ^"DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on August 29, 2013.RetrievedMarch 24,2012.
- ^Polar Plotlinked to theFCC database for WJYS.