WJET-TV

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WJET-TV
Erie, Pennsylvania

Branding	JET 24 (general) JET 24 Action News (newscasts)
Slogan	Your News Leader
Channels	Digital: 24 (UHF)
Subchannels	24.1 ABC 24.2 Me-TV
Owner	Nexstar Broadcasting Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.)
First air date	April 2, 1966
Call letters' meaning	JET Broadcasting (former owners)
Sister station(s)	WFXP
Former channel number(s)	24 (UHF analog, 1966-2009) 58 (UHF digital)
Transmitter power	523 kW
Height	304 m
Website	www.yourerie.com

WJET-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Pennsylvania's Northwest Region. Licensed to Erie, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 24 from a transmitter at its studios on US 19/Peach Street in Summit Township. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 4 and in high definition on digital channel 1004. Owned by the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, WJET operates Fox affiliate WFXP (owned by Mission Broadcasting) through a local marketing agreement (LMA) and the two share studios. Programming on WJET includes: The Doctors,Steve Harvey (TV series)and Judge Judy.

History

WJET signed-on as the third station in Erie during the 6 p.m. hour on April 2, 1966. Owned by Jet Broadcasting along with WJET radio, it aired an analog signal on UHF channel 24 and the first program shown was a 24-hour movie marathon. The station immediately joined ABC which had been shared as a secondary affiliate on NBC station WICU-TV and CBS outlet WSEE-TV until this point. In January 1998, Nexstar acquired WJET. Later that year, it began performing non-programming functions for Mission Broadcasting-owned WFXP as was standard for most Nexstar stations. That station was then consolidated into WJET's facilities.

On April 3, 2006, this station celebrated its 40th anniversary. It began airing its digital signal on UHF channel 58 in high definition in 2008. In 2009, the station returned to channel 24 when the analog to digital conversion was completed. It is carried on cable in London, St. Thomas and other communities in Ontario, Canada near Lake Erie. In recent years, the station has been bumped to high dial positions on cable systems in those locations. WJET was once available on cable in the Hamilton, Niagara, and Grand River areas but was dropped by the early 2000s.

Channel 24 continues to supply its former radio sister with newscast support during the day, even though the two have been under separate ownership for several years.

News operation

News open.

Unlike most ABC affiliates in the Eastern Time Zone, WJET does not air a full-two hour weekday morning show. On Friday nights at 11:20 (11:15 during the high school football season), it airs a local sports highlight show called Friday Night Lights. When the station began operating WFXP, it took over production of that station's nightly half hour prime time broadcast (known as Fox 66 News at 10). This had previously been produced by WICU through a news share agreement. On September 10, 2007, WJET began airing an hour-long weekday morning show at 8 on WFXP (called Fox 66 News in the Morning). This is the only local newscast in the area broadcasting in the time-slot.

In June 2009, WSEE moved into WICU's studios. As of February 2013 WSEE and WICU began airing two live HD newscasts at the same time from two independent control centers. WSEE's weeknight broadcast at 10 now airs live on CW affiliate WSEE-DT2. That show now competes with WJET's production on WFXP. The CW show airs for half an hour. WJET and FOX do not currently broadcast the local news nor their local commercials in HD.^[1]

In June 2011, the station rolled out a new logo and on-air graphics, replacing a logo used since the early 1980s and graphics that were used for over 10 years. On October 23, 2013, WJET began broadcasting newscasts in HD.

News team

Anchors

Traci Teudhope - weekday mornings (5:30-7:00 on WJET and 8:00-9:00 a.m. on WFXP) and weekdays at noon
Sean Lafferty - weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 10:00 (WFXP) and 11:00 p.m.
Jill McCormick - weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 10:00 (WFXP) and 11:00 p.m.
David Belmondo - weekends at 6:00, 10:00 (WFXP) and 11:00 p.m.

JET-TV Pinpoint Weather meteorologists

Tom Atkins (NWA sealholder) - Chief seen weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 10:00 (WFXP) and 11:00 p.m.
Tom DiVecchio (AMS sealholder) - weekday mornings (5:30-7:00 on WJET and 8:00-9:00 a.m. on WFXP) and weekdays at noon
Linh Truong - weekends at 6:00, 10:00 (WFXP) and 11:00 p.m.

Sports

Craig Smylie - sports director; weeknights at 6:00, 10:00 (WFXP) and 11:00 p.m.
Matt Edwards - sports anchor; weekends at 6:00, 10:00 (WFXP) and 11:00 p.m.

Reporters

Raychel Vendetti Adiutori (part time)
Elizabeth D'Aurora
Mike Holden
Ashlee McGeehan
Brian Sheridan (part time)
Jessica Starr
Danielle Woods

Former on-air staff

Kevin Benson - meteorologist, now at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh
Jim Connors - Fill-in weatherman & WJET-AM midday air personality from the mid 1960s to 1971. One of WJET-AM's original "Good Guys".
John Evans- sports director/anchor/reporter (1979-2000); current member, PA House of Representatives
Jill Perkins - reporter
Chelsea Pompeani - reporter
John Stehr - anchor/reporter (1979–1980), now primary anchor at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis^[2]
Anita Vogel - reporter, now a reporter for Fox News

References

↑ http://www.erietvnews.com/story/20722047/wsee-joins-wicu-with-live-hd-broadcasts
↑ "John Stehr bio". Retrieved 12 March 2013.

External links

YourErie.com - Official WJET/WFXP-TV Website
Query the FCC's TV station database for WJET-TV

v t e Broadcast television in Northwestern Pennsylvania, including Erie

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WLEP-LD (9.1 Retro TV, 9.2 PBJ, 9.3 Tuff TV) WICU (12.1 NBC, 12.2 The CW +, 12.3 CBS) WJET (24.1 ABC, 24.2 Me-TV) WSEE (35.1 CBS, 35.2 The CW +, 35.3 NBC) WQLN (54.1 PBS, 54.2 Create, 54.3 World) WFXP (66.1 Fox)

Pennsylvania broadcast television Binghamton, New York Buffalo, New York Elmira, New York Erie Johnstown/Altoona/State College New York City Philadelphia Pittsburgh Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Susquehanna Valley (Harrisburg) Washington, DC Youngstown, Ohio See also Cleveland Buffalo Ontario TV

v t e ABC Network Affiliates in the State of Pennsylvania

WTAE 4 (Pittsburgh) WPVI 6 (Philadelphia) WNEP 16 (Scranton) WATM 23 (Altoona) WJET 24 (Erie) WHTM 27 (Harrisburg)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Pennsylvania

v t e Nexstar Broadcasting Group

ABC network affiliates	KAMC¹ KCAU⁵ KMID KODE¹ KQTV KSVI KTVX WATN WAWV¹ WDHN WEHT WIVT WJET WOI⁵ WSYR WTVO¹ WUTR¹ WVNY¹ WWTI

CBS network affiliates	KGPE KLBK KLST KOLR¹ KTAB WCIA WFRV WHBF⁵ WJMN WMBD WROC WTAJ WYOU¹

The CW network affiliates	KASN¹ KGET KUCW WCWJ WLYH⁴ WLMT WTVW¹ WWTI

Fox network affiliates	KARD KCIT¹ KHMT¹ KFTA² KJTL¹ KLRT¹ WFFF WFFT WFXP¹ WFXV WJKT WQRF WYZZ³

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KARZ KCPN¹ KJBO¹ WCIX WPNY WTVO¹

NBC network affiliates	KAMR KARK KFDX KGET KNWA KRBC¹ KSAN¹ KSEE KSNF KTAL KTVE¹ WBGH WBRE WETM WHAG WTWO

Telemundo affiliate	KKEY

Independent stations	KOZL WETM

¹ Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. ² Sale of the station to Mission Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval. Nexstar will continue to operate the station. ³ Nexstar operates WYZZ owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. ⁴ Nexstar holds the license to this station, but management capabilities belong to Sinclair Broadcast Group. ⁵ Nexstar operates these stations owned by Citadel Communications; the outright purchase of these stations is awaiting FCC approval.

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