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			{{Short description\|TV station in Johnson City, Tennessee}}
	{{Infobox Broadcast
			{{Use mdy dates\|date=February 2024}}
	\| call_letters = WJHL-TV
			{{Infobox television station
	\| city = Johnson City
			\| callsign = WJHL-TV
	\| station_logo = ]<br>]
			\| city = Johnson City, Tennessee
	\| station_slogan = ''Asking Questions, Give You Answers.''
			\| logo = WJHL-TV 2012 logo.png
	\| station_branding = 11 Connects <small>(general)</small><br>11 Connects News <small>(newscasts)</small>
			\| logo_size = 225px
	\| digital = 11 (])
			\| image = WJHL-DT2 Logo.png
	\| other_chs =
			\| image_size = 200px
	\| subchannels = 11.1 ]<br>11.2 ] <ref></ref><br>11.3 local weather
			\| branding = {{ubl\|''NewsChannel 11''\|ABC Tri-Cities ''(on DT2)''}}
	\| airdate = ]
			\| digital = 9 (])
	\| location = ]-]-]-]
			\| virtual = 11
	\| callsign_meaning = '''J'''ohn '''H'''. '''L'''ancaster<br />(founder of ])
			\| translators =
	\| former_callsigns =
			\| subchannels = {{ubl\|'''11.1:''' ]\|'''11.2:''' ]\|'''11.3:''' ]}}
	\| former_channel_numbers = Analog:<br>11 (VHF, 1953-2009)<br />Digital:<br>58 (], 1998-2009)
			\| country = United States
	\| owner = ]
			\| founded =
	\| licensee = Media General Communications Holdings, LLC
			\| airdate = {{start date and age\|1953\|10\|26\|p=y}}
	\| sister_stations =
			\| last_airdate =
	\| former_affiliations = ] (1953-1956)<br />] (1953-1956)<br>] (1953-1969)<br>all secondary
			\| location = {{ubl\|]–\|]–]\|]}}
	\| effective_radiated_power = 34.5 ]
			\| callsign_meaning = J Hanes Lancaster (founder of ])
	\| HAAT = 708 m
			\| former_callsigns =
	\| facility_id = 57826
			\| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl\|'''Analog:''' 11 (VHF, 1953–2009)\|'''Digital:''' 58 (], 1998–2009), 11 (VHF, 2009–2020)}}
	\| coordinates = {{coord\|36\|25\|54.8\|N\|82\|8\|15.1\|W\|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
			\| owner = ]
	\| homepage =
			\| licensee = Nexstar Media Inc.
			\| sister_stations =
			\| former_affiliations = {{ubl\|'''All secondary:'''\|] (1953–1956)\|] (1953–1956)\|ABC (1953–1969)}}
			\| erp = 38 kW
			\| haat = {{convert\|703.2\|m\|ft\|0\|abbr=on}}
			\| facility_id = 57826
			\| coordinates = {{coord\|36\|25\|54.7\|N\|82\|8\|15.2\|W\|type:landmark_scale:2000\|display=inline,title}}
			\| licensing_authority = ]
			\| website = {{URL\|https://www.wjhl.com/}}
	}}		}}

	'''WJHL-TV''' is ~~the~~ ]~~-affiliated~~ ] ~~for~~ the ] area of ~~Northeastern~~ ] ~~and Southwestern~~ ] ~~that's licensed to~~ ]. It ~~broadcasts~~ a ] ~~digital~~ ~~signal~~ on ] ~~channel~~ 11 ~~from~~ a ~~transmitter~~ on ~~the~~ ~~southwest~~ ~~slope of Holston High~~ ~~Point~~ on ]. ~~Owned by ], which also owns~~ the '']~~'', the station has studios on East Main Street in downtown Johnson City~~.		'''WJHL-TV''' (channel 11) is a ] licensed to ], United States, serving the ] area as an affiliate of ] and ]. The station is owned by ], and maintains studios on East Main Street in downtown Johnson City; its transmitter is located on ] in the ].

			==History==
	Although the station is located in Johnson City, the ] (FCC) requires it to include Kingsport and Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia in its legal station identification.<ref>Television Factbook #49, 1980 Edition, page 787-B, WJHL-TV</ref>
			WJHL-TV began broadcasting on October 26, 1953.<ref>. ].</ref><ref>{{cite magazine \|title=Eight stations, 5 VHF, 3 UHF, begin commercial operation \|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1953/BC-1953-11-02.pdf#page=64 \|magazine=Broadcasting-Telecasting \|date=November 2, 1953 \|page=64}}</ref> It was owned by Hanes Lancaster Sr., his son Hanes Jr., and Jesse W. "Jay" Birdwell along with WJHL radio (910 AM, now ]; and FM 101.5, now ]).<ref name=nash>{{Cite book\|last=Nash\|first=Francis M.\|date=1995\|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State\|publisher=HOST Communications\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Towers-Over-Kentucky-Nash-1995.pdf\|via=World Radio History\|isbn=9781879688933\|page=268}}</ref>

			Hanes Jr., who was the radio station's sales manager, foresaw the potential of television, and pushed hard for building a television counterpart to WJHL radio even in a time when few people in the area had sets. Hanes Sr. was skeptical, but Hanes Jr. lined up several potential investors and was ready to stake out on his own to build a television station. Ultimately, Hanes Sr. gave in and took the project under his wing. It would be the second time that the Lancasters had taken a gamble on broadcasting; Hanes Sr. had founded WJHL radio in 1938 at Birdwell's suggestion after his auto parts distribution business failed.<ref name=60Years>{{cite video \|date=2013\|title=WJHL: Celebrating 60 Years!\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjzCbB5ntWI \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/VjzCbB5ntWI \|archive-date=December 21, 2021 \|url-status=live\|medium=Television Production \|publisher=WJHL-TV \|location=] }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
	WJHL-TV is in what the media industry calls a ] newsroom, meaning Media General online print ('']'') and broadcast (WJHL) operations work together closely. Herald Courier reporters are trained to occasionally deliver webcasts of Bristol news, conduct TV "talk-backs" with WJHL and gather audio for daily stories. News Channel 11 reporters often have bylined stories that appear in the Herald Courier news pages. Both operations provide content for ], a subsidiary of Media General's Digital Media Department.

			The Lancaster-Birdwell interests applied for a license in 1948, only to be derailed by the nationwide license freeze that had been imposed a few months earlier. After a four-and-a-half year wait, they were granted a license in January 1953. Studios were set up in the former main ] building in downtown Johnson City; channel 11 is still based there today.<ref name=60Years/>
	==Digital programming==
	{\| class="wikitable"
	! Channel
	! ]
	! ]
	! Programming
	\|-
	\| 11.1 \|\| ] \|\| ] \|\| Main WJHL-TV programming / ]
	\|-
	\| 11.2 \|\| rowspan="2"\|] \|\| rowspan="2"\|] \|\| ]
	\|-
	\| 11.3 \|\| ''Storm Team 11'' 24/7 Weather
	\|}

			In the summer of 1953, WJHL-TV was on track to be the first television station to sign on in East Tennessee, projecting to begin operations on October 17. At the time, the station's original transmission tower was being constructed on Tannery Knob in downtown Johnson City. With just a few weeks before sign-on, the guy wires snapped, sending the {{convert\|550\|ft\|m\|adj=on}} tower and its antenna crashing to the ground, falling just {{convert\|3\|in\|cm\|0\|spell=in}} from the transmission equipment. Despite the damage, only two people were injured.<ref name=60Years/> This enabled WROL-TV in ] (now ]) to beat WJHL-TV to the air by almost a month. Since many advertisers and banks were already skeptical about television's viability (the tower crash did not help), the Lancasters had to scramble for funding. They were able to get the station on the air more than a week later, but had to side-mount a much smaller replacement antenna on a wooden power pole the Johnson City Power Board installed at the last minute.
	==History==
	WJHL-TV began broadcasting on October 26, 1953. It was owned by Hanes Lancaster, Sr. his son Hanes, Jr. and Jesse W. "Jay" Birdwell along with WJHL radio (910 AM, now ]; and FM 101.5, now ]). All three stations took their calls from John H. Lancaster, Sr. (Hanes, Sr.'s father and Hanes, Jr.'s grandfather) who had founded WJHL-AM in 1938.

			In 1955, Birdwell sold his stake in WJHL-AM-FM-TV to the Lancasters. This ended his involvement in broadcasting; Birdwell had already sold WBIR in Knoxville (now ]) eleven years earlier to a group of investors from Knoxville and ]. This consortium retained the WBIR call letters, reflecting the first three letters of Birdwell's name. In 1956, that same consortium launched ], which retains Birdwell's original call letters to this day.
	In 1953, WJHL-TV was on track to be the first television station to sign-on in East Tennessee. The station's original tower was being constructed on Tannery Knob in downtown Johnson City. With just a few weeks before sign-on, the guy wires snapped, sending the {{convert\|300\|ft\|m\|adj=on}} tower and its antenna crashing to the ground. This enabled WROL-TV in ] (now ]) to beat WJHL-TV to the air by almost a month. Since many advertisers and banks were already skeptical about television's viability (the tower crash did not help), the Lancasters had to scramble for funding. They were able to get the station on-the-air but had to side-mount a much smaller replacement antenna on a wooden power pole the Johnson City Power Board installed at the last minute.

	Originally, ~~the station~~ was affiliated with all four television networks of the time—CBS, ], ], and ]. However, its primary affiliation has always been with CBS, due to that network's long-time affiliation with WJHL radio. In 1954, the WJHL-TV transmitter was relocated to Buffalo Mountain southwest of Johnson City, which is {{convert\|1200\|ft\|m}} higher than Tannery Knob. From that location, the station was able to better reach ~~Bristol,~~ ] and other areas of Eastern Tennessee, Southwestern Virginia, and Western ]~~. To this day, WQUT-FM (the former WJHL-FM) still broadcasts from WJHL-TV's old tower on Buffalo Mountain~~. Meanwhile, NBC moved to ] in Bristol when that station signed-on in 1956. WJHL lost Dumont soon afterward when that network shut down. WJHL and WCYB shared ABC until 1969 when ] in Kingsport signed-on and became the ]'s ABC affiliate.		Originally, WJHL-TV was affiliated with all four television networks of the time—CBS, ], ABC, and ]. However, its primary affiliation has always been with CBS, due to that network's long-time affiliation with WJHL radio. In 1954, the WJHL-TV transmitter was relocated to Buffalo Mountain southwest of Johnson City, which is {{convert\|1200\|ft\|m\|0}} higher than Tannery Knob. From that location, the station was able to better reach ], ] and other areas of Eastern Tennessee, Southwestern Virginia, and Western ]. Meanwhile, NBC moved to ] on the ] when that station signed on in 1956. WJHL lost Dumont soon afterward when that network shut down. WJHL and WCYB shared ABC until 1969 when ] in Kingsport signed on and became the ]'s ABC affiliate.

			The Lancasters sold off their radio interests in 1960, and in turn sold WJHL-TV to ] Broadcasting in 1964—earning a handsome return on John H. Lancaster's original investment from 26 years earlier.{{r\|nash}}<ref>{{cite magazine \|title=Changing Hands \|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1964/1964-01-20-BC.pdf#page=48 \|magazine=Broadcasting \|date=January 20, 1964 \|page=48}}</ref> Around this time, the station adopted a logo featuring a ] sign with an "11" inside it, which remained in use until around 1987. The logo was already well known in the area, since alternate routes of ], ] and ], pass through most of the major cities and towns in the Tri-Cities. The shields were, and still are, quite prevalent in the area and became an instant promotional link for the station. Park Broadcasting was renamed ] in the 1970s.
	In 1956, Birdwell helped launch ], Channel 10 in Knoxville and was faced with a dilemma. Channels 10 and 11 had a fairly large city-grade signal overlap, mainly in the ] and ] areas. At the time, the ] normally did not allow common ownership of two stations with overlapping signals and wouldn't even consider a waiver for a city-grade overlap. Birdwell chose to keep his interest in ], and sell his stake in WJHL-TV to the Lancasters.

			Hanes Lancaster, Jr. succeeded his father as station manager in 1954, and remained as station manager after the sale to Park. In 1989, Lancaster, Jr. was succeeded by Jack Dempsey, who held the post until June 2012, when he went to WCYB. Dan Cates was appointed General Manager of WJHL in August 2012, after being the news director of sister station ] in ]. Many of its employees have stayed on for thirty years or more, which is unusual for what has always been a small market (it is currently the 93rd market, the smallest in the state with three full ] affiliates).
	The Lancasters sold off their radio interests in 1960, and in turn sold WJHL-TV to ] Broadcasting in 1964. Around this time, the station adopted a logo featuring a ] sign with an "11" inside it, which remained in use until around 1987. The logo was already well known in the area, since ] passes through most of the major cities and towns in the market as U.S. 11-E and U.S. 11-W. The shields were, and still are, quite prevalent in the area and became an instant promotional link for the station. Park Broadcasting was renamed Park Communications in the 1970s.

	Hanes Lancaster, Jr. had succeeded his father as station manager in 1954, and remained as station manager after the sale to Park. In 1989, Lancaster, Jr. was succeeded by Jack Dempsey, who still holds the post today. To this day, WJHL holds the distinction of being the only station in Tennessee to have only had three General Managers since it began broadcasting. In 1969, WJHL moved its transmitter once again {{convert\|800\|ft\|m}} higher and further east, this time side-by-side with WKPT on the lower end of Holston High Point on Holston Mountain. With an antenna now at {{convert\|2224\|ft\|m}} above average terrain, it was necessary to reduce full power analog visual to 245,000 ]s from the normal 316,000 watts allocated to stations between VHF channel 7 to 13 with antennas below {{convert\|2000\|ft\|m}} above average terrain.		In 1969, WJHL moved its transmitter once again {{convert\|800\|ft\|m}} higher and further east, this time side by side with WKPT on the lower end of Holston High Point on Holston Mountain. With an antenna now at {{convert\|2224\|ft\|m}} above average terrain, it was necessary to reduce full power analog visual to 245,000 ]s from the normal 316,000 watts allocated to stations between VHF channel 7 to 13 with antennas below {{convert\|2000\|ft\|m}} above average terrain. To this day, WQUT-FM (the former WJHL-FM) still broadcasts from WJHL-TV's old tower on Buffalo Mountain.

			]
	] programming on WJHL-DT3. The "11" had been used on the main channel since 1997, and is still used on TV in the "Live VIPIR 11" logo and on WJHL-DT3 in the "Storm Team 11" logo.]]
			] acquired Park Communications and WJHL in 1997 and dropped its longtime brand of "TV 11" in favor of ''NewsChannel 11''. The station began broadcasting a digital signal on ] channel 58 in 1998. In May 2009, WJHL switched its branding from ''NewsChannel 11'' to ''11 Connects''. WJHL reverted to the ''NewsChannel 11'' branding in October 2012.
	Many of its employees have stayed on for thirty years or more, which is unusual for a market this size (it is currently the 93rd market, the smallest in the state with three full ] affiliates).

			Under federal ] rules, broadcasters can either allow cable systems in their market to carry their signals for free or charge a fee under ] provisions. On December 3, 2008, it was announced that Inter Mountain Cable (IMC), a cable provider serving parts of Eastern ], announced that it would drop WJHL from its lineup unless an agreement was reached over retransmission consent.<ref name="IMC">{{cite web\|url=http://www.imctv.com/news_viewNews.php?news_id=41 \|title=WKPT, WCYB & WJHL Possible Programming Issue For 2009 \|date=December 3, 2008 \|publisher=Inter Mountain Cable \|access-date=January 15, 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203142806/http://imctv.com/news_viewNews.php?news_id=41 \|archive-date=February 3, 2009 }}</ref> According to '']'', this dispute has caused concern among officials in the city of ] where IMC holds the cable television franchise there.<ref name="Farley">{{cite news\|url=http://www.themountaineagle.com/news/2009/0114/news/004.html\|title=Neon council upset by threat of TV changes\|last=Farley\|first=William\|date=January 14, 2009\|publisher=The Mountain Eagle\|pages=2\|access-date=January 15, 2009\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513050057/http://www.themountaineagle.com/news/2009/0114/news/004.html\|archive-date=May 13, 2009\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city council in Fleming-Neon has stated that the removal of WJHL will violate IMC's franchise agreement.<ref name="Farley" />
	Media General acquired Park Communications and WJHL in 1997 and dropped its longtime brand of "TV 11" in favor of "NewsChannel 11". The station began broadcasting a digital signal on ] channel 58 in 1998. In May 2009, WJHL switched its branding from "NewsChannel 11" to "11 Connects".

			===WJHL-DT2===
	Under federal ] rules, broadcasters can either allow cable systems in their market to carry their signals for free or charge a fee under ] provisions. On December 3, 2008, it was announced that Inter Mountain Cable (IMC), a cable provider serving parts of Eastern ], announced that it would drop WJHL from its lineup unless an agreement was reached over retransmission consent.<ref name="IMC">{{cite web\|url=http://www.imctv.com/news_viewNews.php?news_id=41\|title=WKPT, WCYB & WJHL Possible Programming Issue For 2009\|date=2008-12-03\|publisher=Inter Mountain Cable\|accessdate=2009-01-15}} {{Dead link\|date=October 2010\|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> According to '']'', this dispute has caused concern among officials in the city of ] where IMC holds the cable television franchise there.<ref name="Farley">{{cite news\|url=http://www.themountaineagle.com/news/2009/0114/news/004.html\|title=Neon council upset by threat of TV changes\|last=Farley\|first=William\|date=2009-01-14\|publisher=The Mountain Eagle\|pages=2\|accessdate=2009-01-15}}</ref> The city council in Fleming-Neon have stated that the removal of WJHL will violate IMC's franchise agreement.<ref name="Farley" />
			'''WJHL-DT2''', branded on air as '''ABC Tri-Cities''', is the ABC-affiliated second digital subchannel of WJHL-TV, broadcasting in ] on channel 11.2.

			WJHL-DT2 was established in late 2006 as a simulcast of its 24-hour cable weather channel. In August 2011, WJHL-DT2 established a general entertainment format as a ] affiliate.
	==Out-of-market cable carriage==

	In recent years, WJHL has been carried on ] in multiple areas outside of the ] ]. That includes cable systems within the ] market in ], and the ] and ] markets in ].<ref>http://svtvstations.webs.com/svtvstations.htm</ref> According to ], WJHL has been carried on cable in ], which is within the ] market.<ref>http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?method=decideFwdForLineup&zipcode=37046&setMyPreference=false&lineupId=TN68058:-</ref>
			On January 4, 2016, Media General and ABC announced that WJHL-DT2 would become the Tri-Cities' ABC affiliate on February 1 of that year, ending that network's affiliation in the Tri-Cities on WKPT-TV and MeTV's affiliation with WJHL-DT2. The move reunited the network with WJHL, which had a secondary affiliation with ABC until WKPT's launch in 1969. MeTV was promptly picked up by WKPT's sister station ], while that station's ] affiliation moved to WKPT.<ref name="timesnews-newprogramming">{{cite news\|title=WKPT, WAPK announce new programming plan\|url=http://www.timesnews.net/Business/2016/01/28/WKPT-WAPK-announce-new-programming-plan.html\|access-date=February 2, 2016\|work=Kingsport Times-News}}</ref><ref> {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305160318/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/media-general-announces-abc-affiliation-211500000.html \|date=March 5, 2016 }} press release via ], January 4, 2016</ref><ref name=TimesNews01042016>{{cite web \| url=http://www.timesnews.net/Business/2016/01/04/WKPT-s-affiliation-with-ABC-coming-to-an-end.html \| title=WKPT's affiliation with ABC coming to an end \| date=January 3, 2016 \| access-date=January 4, 2016}}</ref>

	==News operation==		==News operation==
	WJHL's newscasts were simulcast on WKPT for four years. That station shut down its news department in February 2002. The simulcasts ceased in September 2006. In late-2006, ~~this station~~ launched a 24-hour cable weather channel. It ~~can be~~ seen on most cable outlets in the area via digital cable and on digital channel 11.2. On August 11, 2008, Channel 11 debuted a new daytime show, ''Daytime Tri-Cities''. The show is hosted by Morgan King (a former weatherman at WKPT and WCYB) and Amy Lynn (who was an anchor at WCYB). In the November 2008 ratings period, WJHL's 11 P.M. news took over the ratings lead from WCYB for the first time in thirty years.		WJHL's newscasts were simulcast on WKPT for four years. That station shut down its news department in February 2002. The simulcasts ceased in September 2006 (WKPT later restarted its own news operation, which itself shut down January 29, 2016). In late 2006, WJHL-TV launched a 24-hour cable weather channel. It was seen on most cable outlets in the area via digital cable and on digital channel 11.3; in 2015, the channel was replaced by ] as a result of an affiliation deal between Media General and Ion. On August 11, 2008, Channel 11 debuted a new daytime show, ''Daytime Tri-Cities''. The show is hosted by Chris McIntosh (Morgan King, a former weatherman at WKPT and WCYB, formerly filled his role) and Amy Lynn (who was an anchor at WCYB). In the November 2008 ratings period, WJHL's 11 p.m. news took over the ratings lead from WCYB for the first time in thirty years.

	On April 21, 2010, WJHL management announced that the station ~~will~~ convert Channel 11 newscasts to high definition.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=11 Connects first to announce local news to be telecast in HD for viewing area\|url=http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/11_connects_first_to_announce_local_news_to_be_telecast_in_hd_for_viewing_a/44923/\|~~publisher~~=~~Tricities~~.com~~\|date=~~2010-04-21}}</ref> On October 4, 2010, WJHL became the second station in the Tri-Cities market to convert its newscast in high definition.<ref>http://www2.tricities.com/news/2010/oct/04/wjhl-tv-11-connects-launch-high-def-newscasts-debu-ar-539066/</ref>		On April 21, 2010, WJHL management announced that the station would convert Channel 11 newscasts to high definition.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=11 Connects first to announce local news to be telecast in HD for viewing area\|url=http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/11_connects_first_to_announce_local_news_to_be_telecast_in_hd_for_viewing_a/44923/\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308161431/http://www2.tricities.com/news/2010/apr/21/11_connects_first_to_announce_local_news_to_be_tel-ar-235004/\|archivedate=March 8, 2012\|website=tricities.com\|date=April 21, 2010}}</ref> On October 4, 2010, WJHL became the second station in the Tri-Cities market to convert its newscast in high definition.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www2.tricities.com/news/2010/oct/04/wjhl-tv-11-connects-launch-high-def-newscasts-debu-ar-539066/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005062045/http://www2.tricities.com/news/2010/oct/04/wjhl-tv-11-connects-launch-high-def-newscasts-debu-ar-539066/ \|archive-date=October 5, 2010 \|title=WJHL-TV 11 Connects launches hi-def newscasts today {{!}} TriCities.com}}</ref>

			When WJHL-DT2 switched from MeTV to ABC on February 1, 2016, WJHL's morning, 11 p.m., and weekend newscasts began simulcasting on the subchannel. In addition, WJHL-DT2 airs newscasts at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., with ''ABC World News Tonight'' broadcast in between the two local newscasts at 7 p.m. The newscasts are branded ''ABC Tri-Cities News'' and are exclusive to WJHL-DT2.
	===News team<ref></ref>===
	'''Anchors'''
	* Sara Diamond - weekday mornings and weekdays at noon
	* Melissa Hipolit - weeknights at 7 p.m.
	* Josh Smith - weeknights at 5, 5:30, 6 and 11 p.m.

			In addition to its Johnson City studios and newsroom, WJHL operates news bureaus in the Progress Building in downtown Kingsport, on State Street in Bristol, Tennessee, and on Depot Street in ].
	'''''Storm Team 11'''''
	* Mark Reynolds (] ] Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights and on WJHL-DT3
	* Nathan Scott - meteorologist; weekend evenings and on WJHL-DT3; also weeknight reporter
	* Rob Williams - (] ] Seal of Approval)meteorologist; weekday mornings and weekdays at noon

			==Technical information==
	'''Sports team'''
	* Kenny Hawkins - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m.; heard on ]-AM 640
	* Kasey Marler - sports reporter; also weekend anchor

			===Subchannels===
	'''Reporters'''
			The station's signal is ]:
	* Tim Cable - "Cable Country" segment producer
			{\| class="wikitable"
	* Bill Christian - general assignment reporter
			\|+Subchannels of WJHL-TV<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WJHL\|title=RabbitEars.Info\|website=www.rabbitears.info}}</ref>
	* Cameron Crapps - general assignment reporter
			! scope = "col" \| ]
	* George Jackson - general assignment reporter; also producer
			! scope = "col" \| ]
	* Lizz Marrs - general assignment reporter
			! scope = "col" \| ]
	* David McAvoy - digital journalist
			! scope = "col" \| Short name
	* Chris McIntosh - chief photojournalist
			! scope = "col" \| Programming
	* Nate Morabito - general assignment reporter
			\|-
	* Ted Overbay - digital journalist
			! scope = "row" \| 11.1
			\| ] \|\| rowspan=2\| ] \|\| WJHL-HD \|\| ]
			\|-
			! scope = "row" \| 11.2
			\| ] \|\| WJHL D2 \|\| ]
			\|-
			! scope = "row" \| 11.3
			\| ] \|\| ] \|\| Antenna \|\| ]
			\|}

			===Analog-to-digital conversion===
	'''''Daytime Tri-Cities'''''
			WJHL-TV shut down its analog signal, over ] channel 11, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States ] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 58, 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 11.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf \|title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds \|access-date=March 24, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|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>
	* Morgan King - host
	* Amy Lynn - host

			==Out-of-market cable carriage==
	====Station management====
			In recent years, WJHL has been carried on ] in multiple areas outside of the Tri-Cities media market. That includes cable systems within the Knoxville market in Tennessee, and the ] and ] markets in North Carolina.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://svtvstations.webs.com/svtvstations.htm \|title=SVTV Stations - the things you care that others won't \|access-date=July 8, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502223103/http://svtvstations.webs.com/svtvstations.htm \|archive-date=May 2, 2012 }}</ref>
	* Kathy Booher - producer
	* Doug Counts - producer
	* Yasmeen Elayan - producer
	* Richard Harker - producer
	* Shira Hartsook - producer
	* John Soares - news director
	* Rebecca Whitaker - producer

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TV station in Johnson City, Tennessee

WJHL-TV
Johnson City– Kingsport–Bristol, Tennessee Bristol, Virginia United States


City	Johnson City, Tennessee
Channels	Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 11
Branding	NewsChannel 11 ABC Tri-Cities (on DT2)
Programming
Subchannels	11.1: CBS 11.2: ABC 11.3: Antenna TV
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Media Inc.)
History
First air date	October 26, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-10-26)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 58 (UHF, 1998–2009), 11 (VHF, 2009–2020)
Former affiliations	All secondary: DuMont (1953–1956) NBC (1953–1956) ABC (1953–1969)
Call sign meaning	J Hanes Lancaster (founder of WJHL radio)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	57826
ERP	38 kW
HAAT	703.2 m (2,307 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°25′54.7″N 82°8′15.2″W / 36.431861°N 82.137556°W / 36.431861; -82.137556
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wjhl.com

WJHL-TV (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Johnson City, Tennessee, United States, serving the Tri-Cities area as an affiliate of CBS and ABC. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on East Main Street in downtown Johnson City; its transmitter is located on Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest.

History

WJHL-TV began broadcasting on October 26, 1953. It was owned by Hanes Lancaster Sr., his son Hanes Jr., and Jesse W. "Jay" Birdwell along with WJHL radio (910 AM, now WJCW; and FM 101.5, now WQUT).

Hanes Jr., who was the radio station's sales manager, foresaw the potential of television, and pushed hard for building a television counterpart to WJHL radio even in a time when few people in the area had sets. Hanes Sr. was skeptical, but Hanes Jr. lined up several potential investors and was ready to stake out on his own to build a television station. Ultimately, Hanes Sr. gave in and took the project under his wing. It would be the second time that the Lancasters had taken a gamble on broadcasting; Hanes Sr. had founded WJHL radio in 1938 at Birdwell's suggestion after his auto parts distribution business failed.

The Lancaster-Birdwell interests applied for a license in 1948, only to be derailed by the nationwide license freeze that had been imposed a few months earlier. After a four-and-a-half year wait, they were granted a license in January 1953. Studios were set up in the former main Post Office building in downtown Johnson City; channel 11 is still based there today.

In the summer of 1953, WJHL-TV was on track to be the first television station to sign on in East Tennessee, projecting to begin operations on October 17. At the time, the station's original transmission tower was being constructed on Tannery Knob in downtown Johnson City. With just a few weeks before sign-on, the guy wires snapped, sending the 550-foot (170 m) tower and its antenna crashing to the ground, falling just three inches (8 cm) from the transmission equipment. Despite the damage, only two people were injured. This enabled WROL-TV in Knoxville (now WATE-TV) to beat WJHL-TV to the air by almost a month. Since many advertisers and banks were already skeptical about television's viability (the tower crash did not help), the Lancasters had to scramble for funding. They were able to get the station on the air more than a week later, but had to side-mount a much smaller replacement antenna on a wooden power pole the Johnson City Power Board installed at the last minute.

In 1955, Birdwell sold his stake in WJHL-AM-FM-TV to the Lancasters. This ended his involvement in broadcasting; Birdwell had already sold WBIR in Knoxville (now WIFA) eleven years earlier to a group of investors from Knoxville and Cincinnati. This consortium retained the WBIR call letters, reflecting the first three letters of Birdwell's name. In 1956, that same consortium launched WBIR-TV, which retains Birdwell's original call letters to this day.

Originally, WJHL-TV was affiliated with all four television networks of the time—CBS, NBC, ABC, and DuMont. However, its primary affiliation has always been with CBS, due to that network's long-time affiliation with WJHL radio. In 1954, the WJHL-TV transmitter was relocated to Buffalo Mountain southwest of Johnson City, which is 1,200 feet (366 m) higher than Tannery Knob. From that location, the station was able to better reach Bristol, Kingsport and other areas of Eastern Tennessee, Southwestern Virginia, and Western North Carolina. Meanwhile, NBC moved to WCYB-TV on the Virginia side of Bristol when that station signed on in 1956. WJHL lost Dumont soon afterward when that network shut down. WJHL and WCYB shared ABC until 1969 when WKPT-TV in Kingsport signed on and became the market's ABC affiliate.

The Lancasters sold off their radio interests in 1960, and in turn sold WJHL-TV to Roy H. Park Broadcasting in 1964—earning a handsome return on John H. Lancaster's original investment from 26 years earlier. Around this time, the station adopted a logo featuring a U.S. highway sign with an "11" inside it, which remained in use until around 1987. The logo was already well known in the area, since alternate routes of US 11, US 11E and 11W, pass through most of the major cities and towns in the Tri-Cities. The shields were, and still are, quite prevalent in the area and became an instant promotional link for the station. Park Broadcasting was renamed Park Communications in the 1970s.

Hanes Lancaster, Jr. succeeded his father as station manager in 1954, and remained as station manager after the sale to Park. In 1989, Lancaster, Jr. was succeeded by Jack Dempsey, who held the post until June 2012, when he went to WCYB. Dan Cates was appointed General Manager of WJHL in August 2012, after being the news director of sister station WSPA-TV in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Many of its employees have stayed on for thirty years or more, which is unusual for what has always been a small market (it is currently the 93rd market, the smallest in the state with three full big three affiliates).

In 1969, WJHL moved its transmitter once again 800 feet (240 m) higher and further east, this time side by side with WKPT on the lower end of Holston High Point on Holston Mountain. With an antenna now at 2,224 feet (678 m) above average terrain, it was necessary to reduce full power analog visual to 245,000 watts from the normal 316,000 watts allocated to stations between VHF channel 7 to 13 with antennas below 2,000 feet (610 m) above average terrain. To this day, WQUT-FM (the former WJHL-FM) still broadcasts from WJHL-TV's old tower on Buffalo Mountain.

Media General acquired Park Communications and WJHL in 1997 and dropped its longtime brand of "TV 11" in favor of NewsChannel 11. The station began broadcasting a digital signal on UHF channel 58 in 1998. In May 2009, WJHL switched its branding from NewsChannel 11 to 11 Connects. WJHL reverted to the NewsChannel 11 branding in October 2012.

Under federal must-carry rules, broadcasters can either allow cable systems in their market to carry their signals for free or charge a fee under retransmission consent provisions. On December 3, 2008, it was announced that Inter Mountain Cable (IMC), a cable provider serving parts of Eastern Kentucky, announced that it would drop WJHL from its lineup unless an agreement was reached over retransmission consent. According to The Mountain Eagle, this dispute has caused concern among officials in the city of Fleming-Neon where IMC holds the cable television franchise there. The city council in Fleming-Neon has stated that the removal of WJHL will violate IMC's franchise agreement.

WJHL-DT2

WJHL-DT2, branded on air as ABC Tri-Cities, is the ABC-affiliated second digital subchannel of WJHL-TV, broadcasting in high definition on channel 11.2.

WJHL-DT2 was established in late 2006 as a simulcast of its 24-hour cable weather channel. In August 2011, WJHL-DT2 established a general entertainment format as a MeTV affiliate.

On January 4, 2016, Media General and ABC announced that WJHL-DT2 would become the Tri-Cities' ABC affiliate on February 1 of that year, ending that network's affiliation in the Tri-Cities on WKPT-TV and MeTV's affiliation with WJHL-DT2. The move reunited the network with WJHL, which had a secondary affiliation with ABC until WKPT's launch in 1969. MeTV was promptly picked up by WKPT's sister station WAPK-CD, while that station's MyNetworkTV affiliation moved to WKPT.

News operation

WJHL's newscasts were simulcast on WKPT for four years. That station shut down its news department in February 2002. The simulcasts ceased in September 2006 (WKPT later restarted its own news operation, which itself shut down January 29, 2016). In late 2006, WJHL-TV launched a 24-hour cable weather channel. It was seen on most cable outlets in the area via digital cable and on digital channel 11.3; in 2015, the channel was replaced by Ion Television as a result of an affiliation deal between Media General and Ion. On August 11, 2008, Channel 11 debuted a new daytime show, Daytime Tri-Cities. The show is hosted by Chris McIntosh (Morgan King, a former weatherman at WKPT and WCYB, formerly filled his role) and Amy Lynn (who was an anchor at WCYB). In the November 2008 ratings period, WJHL's 11 p.m. news took over the ratings lead from WCYB for the first time in thirty years.

On April 21, 2010, WJHL management announced that the station would convert Channel 11 newscasts to high definition. On October 4, 2010, WJHL became the second station in the Tri-Cities market to convert its newscast in high definition.

When WJHL-DT2 switched from MeTV to ABC on February 1, 2016, WJHL's morning, 11 p.m., and weekend newscasts began simulcasting on the subchannel. In addition, WJHL-DT2 airs newscasts at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., with ABC World News Tonight broadcast in between the two local newscasts at 7 p.m. The newscasts are branded ABC Tri-Cities News and are exclusive to WJHL-DT2.

In addition to its Johnson City studios and newsroom, WJHL operates news bureaus in the Progress Building in downtown Kingsport, on State Street in Bristol, Tennessee, and on Depot Street in Greeneville, Tennessee.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WJHL-TV
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
11.1	1080i	16:9	WJHL-HD	CBS
11.2	720p	16:9	WJHL D2	ABC
11.3	480i	4:3	Antenna	Antenna TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

WJHL-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 58, 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 11.

Out-of-market cable carriage

In recent years, WJHL has been carried on cable in multiple areas outside of the Tri-Cities media market. That includes cable systems within the Knoxville market in Tennessee, and the Asheville and Charlotte markets in North Carolina.

References

"Facility Technical Data for WJHL-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
FCC History Cards for WJHL-TV. Federal Communications Commission.
"Eight stations, 5 VHF, 3 UHF, begin commercial operation" (PDF). Broadcasting-Telecasting. November 2, 1953. p. 64.
^ Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. p. 268. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
^ WJHL: Celebrating 60 Years! (Television Production). Johnson City, TN: WJHL-TV. 2013. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
"Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 20, 1964. p. 48.
"WKPT, WCYB & WJHL Possible Programming Issue For 2009". Inter Mountain Cable. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2009.
^ Farley, William (January 14, 2009). "Neon council upset by threat of TV changes". The Mountain Eagle. p. 2. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2009.
"WKPT, WAPK announce new programming plan". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
"Media General Announces ABC Affiliation in Tri-Cities DMA," Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine press release via Yahoo!, January 4, 2016
"WKPT's affiliation with ABC coming to an end". January 3, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
"11 Connects first to announce local news to be telecast in HD for viewing area". tricities.com. April 21, 2010. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012.
"WJHL-TV 11 Connects launches hi-def newscasts today | TriCities.com". Archived from the original on October 5, 2010.
"RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.
"DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
"SVTV Stations - the things you care that others won't". Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.

External links

Official website

v t e Broadcast television in the Tri-Cities region
This region includes the following cities: Johnson City/Kingsport, TN Bristol, TN/VA Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Full power	WETP-TV 2 .1 PBS .2 PBS Kids .3 Create WCYB-TV 5 .1 NBC .2 CW .3 Comet .4 Crime WJHL-TV 11 .1 CBS .2 ABC .3 ANT WKPT-TV 19 .1 Cozi .2 MeTV .3 Laff .4 Mystery .5 Start .6 Movies! .7 Court WEMT 39 .1 Fox .2 Dabl .3 Charge! .4 TBD WLFG 68 .1 Rel. Ind. .2 Ion+ .3 Ion .4 JTV .5/.9/.12 .6 Buzzr .7 QVC .8 Quest .10 Catchy .11 Get .13 Grio
Low power	WOPI-CD 19 .1 Cozi .2 MeTV .3 Laff .4 Mystery .5 Start .6 Movies! .7 Court WAPK-CD 36 .1 MeTV .2 Grit .3 Bounce .4 H&I
Cable	PBS Appalachia Virginia
Defunct	WSBN-TV 47 / WMSY-TV 52 (PBS; Norton/Marion, VA) W09AX 9 / W66AH 66 / W67AN 67 (PBS/KET via WKHA; Eolia/Whitesburg/Letcher, KY)
See also Bluefield TV Charleston/Huntington TV Charlotte TV Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville TV Knoxville TV Lexington TV Roanoke TV

v t e CBS network affiliates licensed to and serving the state of Tennessee
Primary*	WREG-TV 3 (Memphis) WTVF 5 (Nashville) WBBJ-DT 7.3 (Jackson) WVLT-TV 8 (Knoxville) WJHL-TV 11 (Johnson City/Kingsport/Bristol) WDEF-TV 12 (Chattanooga)
Secondary**	KFVS-TV 12 (Cape Girardeau, MO/Harrisburg, IL/Paducah, KY/Union City) WHNT-TV 19 (Huntsville, AL/Fayetteville)
() – indicates station is in one of Tennessee's primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Tennessee See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Tennessee

v t e CBS network affiliates licensed to and serving the Commonwealth of Virginia
Primary*	WTKR 3 (Norfolk) WTVR-TV 6 (Richmond/Petersburg) WDBJ 7 (Roanoke/Lynchburg) WUSA 9 (Washington, D.C.) WJHL-TV 11 (Johnson City/Kingsport/Bristol, TN/VA) WCAV 19 (Charlottesville) WSVF-CD 43.2 (Harrisonburg)
Secondary**	WFMY-TV 2 (Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem, NC, serving Patrick County) WNCN 17 (Goldsboro/Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, NC, serving Mecklenburg County) WVNS-TV 59 (Lewisburg/Beckley/Bluefield, WV, serving Tazewell County)
() – indicates station is in one of Virginia's primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Virginia See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Virginia

v t e ABC network affiliates licensed to and serving the state of Tennessee
Primary*	WKRN-TV 2 (Nashville) WATE-TV 6 (Knoxville) WBBJ-TV 7 (Jackson) WTVC 9 (Chattanooga) WJHL-DT 11.2 (Johnson City/Kingsport/Bristol) WATN-TV 24 (Memphis)
Secondary**	WSIL-TV 3 (Harrisburg, IL/Cape Girardeau, MO/Paducah, KY/Union City) WAAY-TV 31 (Huntsville, AL/Fayetteville)
() – indicates station is in one of Tennessee's primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Tennessee See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Tennessee

v t e ABC network affiliates licensed to and serving the Commonwealth of Virginia
Primary*	WHSV-TV 3 (Harrisonburg) WJLA-TV 7 (Washington, D.C.) WRIC-TV 8 (Petersburg/Richmond) WJHL-DT 11.2 (Johnson City/Kingsport/Bristol, TN/VA) WSET-TV 13 (Lynchburg/Roanoke) WVEC 13 (Hampton/Norfolk) WVAW-LD 16 (Charlottesville)
Secondary**	WOAY-TV 4 (Oak Hill/Beckley/Bluefield, WV, serving Tazewell County) WTVD 11 (Durham/Raleigh/Fayetteville, NC, serving Mecklenburg County) WXLV-TV 45 (Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point, NC, serving Patrick County)
() – indicates station is in one of Virginia's primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Virginia See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Virginia

v t e Nexstar Media Group
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
ABC	KAMC KCAU-TV KMID KODE-TV KSVI KTKA-TV KTVX WATE-TV WAWV-TV WBOY-TV WDHN WEHT WGNO WHTM-TV WIVT WJBF WJET-TV WJHL-TV WKRN-TV WLAJ WMBB WOTV WRIC-TV WSYR-TV WTEN WTNH WTRF-TV WTVO WUTR WVNY WWTI WYTV
CBS	KELO-TV / KCLO-TV / KDLO-TV / KPLO-TV KGPE KLAS-TV KLBK-TV KLFY-TV KLST KOIN KOLR KREX-TV / KREY-TV KRQE / KBIM-TV / KREZ-TV KTAB-TV KVEO-TV KXMB-TV / KXMC-TV / KXMD-TV / KXMA-TV WANE-TV WBTW WCIA WFRV-TV WHBF-TV WHNT-TV WHLT WIAT WIVB-TV WJHL-TV WJTV WKBN-TV WKRG-TV WLNS-TV WMBD-TV WNCN WNCT-TV WOWK-TV WPRI-TV WRBL WREG-TV WROC-TV WSPA-TV WTAJ-TV WTRF-TV WTTV / WTTK WVNS-TV WYOU
The CW (O&O)	KASN KAUT-TV KAZT-TV / KAZT-CD KELO-TV / KCLO-TV / KDLO-TV / KPLO-TV KDAF KGCW KGET-TV KHON-TV / KHAW-TV / KAII-TV KIAH KLFY-TV KNVA KPLR-TV KRCW-TV KRON-TV KSVI KTKA-TV KTLA KUCW KWBQ / KRWB-TV KWGN-TV KXMB-TV / KXMC-TV / KXMD-TV / KXMA-TV KXTU-LD WBDT WBRL-CD WCBD-TV WDCW WFNA WFXV WGN-TV WHDF WHLT WJTV WLAJ WMBB WNAC-TV WNCT-TV WNLO WNOL-TV WOTV WPIX WPHL-TV WSAV-TV WTTA WTVW WVBT WWCW WWLP / WFXQ-CD WWTI WYCW
Fox	KARD KCIT KDVR / KFCT KFQX KFTA-TV KFXK-TV KHON-TV / KHAW-TV / KAII-TV KHMT KJTL KLJB KLRT-TV KMSS-TV KPEJ-TV KRBK KRQE / KBIM-TV / KREZ-TV KSWB-TV KTMJ-CD KTVI KTXL KWKT-TV KXRM-TV WDAF-TV WDKY-TV WFFF-TV WFXP WFXR WFXV WGHP WGMB-TV WJKT WJZY WJW WLAX / WEUX WNAC-TV WNTZ-TV WQRF-TV WVBT WVNS-TV WXIN WXXA-TV WYFX-LD WYZZ-TV
MyNetworkTV	KARZ-TV KASY-TV KBVO / KBVO-CD KCPN-LD KELO-TV / KDLO-TV / KPLO-TV KGJT-CD KHII-TV / KGMD-TV / KGMV KJBO-LD KOZL-TV KSHV-TV KTPN-LD KXNW KYLE-TV WBTW WCIX WCTX WJMN-TV WMYT-TV WNTZ-TV WPNY-LD WPRI-TV WSAV-TV WSNN-LD WTRF-TV WTVO WVNS-TV WXSP-CD WYTV-DT2
NBC	KAMR-TV KARK-TV KETK-TV KFDX-TV KFOR-TV KGET-TV KNWA-TV KRBC-TV KSAN-TV KSEE KSNF KSNT KSNW / KSNC / KSNG / KSNK / KSNL-LD KTAL-TV KTSM-TV KTVE KVEO-TV KXAN-TV WAVY-TV WBGH-CD WBOY-TV WBRE-TV WCBD-TV WCMH-TV WDTN WETM-TV WFLA-TV WHO-DT WOOD-TV WSAV-TV WTWO WVLA-TV WWLP / WFXQ-CD
Other stations	Antenna TV KGBT-TV Telemundo KKEY-LP KTAB-TV Independent KUSI-TV KZUP-CD WDVM AM Radio WGN
TV channels	Broadcast Antenna TV The CW (75%) Rewind TV Cable Cooking Channel (30%) Food Network (30%) NewsNation
TV programs	Bozo, Gar and Ray: WGN TV Classics Banfield The Donlon Report Eye Opener KTLA Morning News NewsFix NewsNation Prime WGN Morning News WGN Sports Yule Log
Other assets	Border Report The Hill Zap2it TV by the Numbers TV CMS company Lakana LIN Digital Online ad company Yashi Former assets CLTV
Acquisitions	Communications Corporation of America Grant Broadcasting Media General LIN Media New Vision Television Park Communications Spartan Communications Young Broadcasting Newport Television Tribune Media Tribune Broadcasting Local TV LLC Renaissance Broadcasting WGN America West Virginia Media Holdings
Nexstar operates these stations under an SSA. These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels.

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