WJYS
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| Hammond, Indiana/Chicago, Illinois | |
| Channels | Analog: 62 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | religious independent |
| Owner | Jovon Broadcasting Corporation |
| First air date | March 2, 1991 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Jesus Your Saviour -or- We're Joyfully Your Station |
| Transmitter Power | 5000 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 146 m (analog) 455 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 32334 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | (analog) (digital) |
| Website | www.wjystv62.net |
WJYS is an independent television station licensed to Hammond, Indiana, but headquartered in Tinley Park, Illinois, serving the Chicago, Illinois market on broadcast channel 62. The station features religious programs primarily, plus turnkey automobile dealer and other infomercials.
[edit] Overview
In the early 90s, WEHS Channel 60, then owned by Home Shopping Network, tried to buy WJYS, which was also operating as a 24 hour a day shopping channel. However, then regulations didn't permit a duopoly in Chicago, and the sale never went through.
In the mid 90s, WJYS tried to compete as a general market station, airing such shows as Laverne & Shirley and The Odd Couple. Due to its transmitter being located so far south of Chicago and topographical issues, the signal is difficult for many in the Chicago area to view. It may not be visible to viewers in the city of Chicago North of the downtown area via an antenna. WJYS is included in the cable television and satellite television coverage for Chicago.
When low power station WEDE-CA, licensed to Arlington Heights, Illinois on Channel 34, signed on from the Sears Tower WJYS simulcasted content on WEDE-CA (then W34CK) to bring coverage to areas of the city north of downtown. Channel 34 has since reclaimed much of its own broadcast schedule.
Unlike the analog transmitter located in Tinley Park, WJYS-DT has a transmitter atop the Sears Tower on channel 36. Its coverage is directed primarily to the south.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Polar Plot linked to the FCC database for WJYS.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WJYS
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WJYS-TV
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