WSJV
TV station in Elkhart, Indiana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about WSJV?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
WSJV (channel 28) is a television station licensed to Elkhart, Indiana, United States, serving the South Bend area as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Heroes & Icons. It is owned by Gray Television alongside NBC affiliate WNDU-TV (channel 16). The two stations share studios on the University of Notre Dame campus along State Road 933 on South Bend's north side; WSJV's transmitter is co-located within the WSBT-TV (channel 22) site on Ironwood Road in South Bend.
| ATSC 3.0 station | |
|---|---|
 | |
| |
| City | Elkhart, Indiana |
| Channels | |
| Branding | WSJV 28 |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations |
|
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
|
| WNDU-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | March 20, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-03-20) |
Former channel number(s) |
|
Call sign meaning | St. Joseph River Valley |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 74007 |
| ERP | 258 kW |
| HAAT | 332.6 m (1,091 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°37′0″N 86°13′1″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WSJV began broadcasting in 1954 as the NBC and ABC affiliate for the Elkhart–South Bend area, losing NBC to WNDU-TV when that station started in 1955. It broadcast on channel 52 before moving to channel 28 in 1958. After Fox acquired the rights to National Football League games in 1994, it began looking for new affiliates in markets where it had none, with South Bend the largest such market. Quincy Newspapers then switched the station from ABC to Fox.
In 2016, Quincy sold the programming rights and Fox affiliation to WSBT-TV, where Fox became a subchannel. At the time, Quincy was interested in possibly selling the station's spectrum, which could have been valuable; since that time, WSJV has broadcast national digital multicast television networks. Gray successfully petitioned the FCC to let it keep WSJV when it acquired Quincy in 2021. WSJV serves as the market's ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) host station, with four other commercial stations in the market each broadcasting some of WSJV's subchannels in ATSC 1.0 format on its behalf.