WLUC-DT2

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WLUC-DT2
Marquette, Michigan

Branding	Fox UP (general) Fox UP News
Slogan	Upper Michigan's Source
Channels	Digital: WLUC-DT 35.2 (UHF) Virtual: 6.2 (PSIP)
Affiliations	Fox (primary) America One (secondary)
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (WLUC Licensee, LLC)
Founded	late-2005
Call letters' meaning	see WLUC
Sister station(s)	WPBN-TV / WTOM-TV, WGTU / WGTQ, WWMT, WEYI-TV, WBSF, WSMH
Former affiliations	The Tube NBC Weather Plus Universal Sports
Transmitter power	83 kW (digital)
Height	262 m (digital)
Facility ID	21259 (digital)
Transmitter coordinates	46°20′12.6″N 87°50′56.7″W / 46.336833°N 87.849083°W / 46.336833; -87.849083 (digital)

WLUC-DT2 is the Fox-affiliated television station for Michigan's Central Upper Peninsula. It is a second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WLUC-TV that is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 35.2 (or virtual channel 6.2 PSIP) from a transmitter on South Helen Lake Road in Republic Township southeast of unincorporated Republic. The station can also be seen on DirecTV channel 7 in high definition and Charter channel 11 and in high definition on digital channel 706.

Through a secondary arrangement, it airs America One during the late-night and morning hours in addition to fulfilling the outlet's mandated E/I requirements. Syndicated programming on WLUC-DT2 includes Two and a Half Men, Family Guy, My Name Is Earl, and The Andy Griffith Show among others. Its parent station has studios on U.S. 41/M-28 in Negaunee of Negaunee Township. Although WLUC-DT2 does not have its own web address, it maintains a separate section within the main channel's website.

History

While under Raycom Media ownership, this subchannel signed-on for the first time in late-2005 carrying The Tube Music Network. After that network shut down October 1, 2007 due to a lack of advertising revenue, NBC Weather Plus was added. Later, the 24-hour automated weather channel was dropped in favor of Universal Sports. Throughout its association with those three services, WLUC-DT2 was carried on Charter digital channel 306.

In July 2009, WLUC announced it would begin carrying Fox on this second digital subchannel starting August 17. At this point, Universal Sports was dropped after programming from America One was added in a secondary nature. The subchannel replaced WZMQ (formerly WMQF) as the market's Fox affiliate in the wake of the Equity Media Holdings bankruptcy, and the digital transition effectively taking WMQF off the air due to lack of digital facilities.

WZMQ is now back on-the-air after being sold to new owners, switching to This TV, and moving MyNetworkTV to a new second digital subchannel. As of 2012, Me-TV has begun airing airing on WZMQ's main feed with MyNetworkTV and This TV on the second digital subchannel while a third feed has launched Antenna TV. Even before adding Fox to this subchannel, WLUC carried some programming from the network in the early-1990s before WLUK-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin switched to Fox. Although subject to blackout restrictions, WLUC-DT2 (FOX UP) is a primary NFL affiliate of Green Bay Packers football during the 2012 season due the majority of the local fans supportive of Green Bay despite a sizable minority fans more loyal to Detroit which is more than twice the driving distance from Marquette.

In addition to this Fox subchannel offered from WLUC, the network is available in the Upper Peninsula over-the-air from WLUK in Menominee County and through a low-powered digital translator of that station in Escanaba. Gogebic County is covered by KQDS-TV from Duluth, Minnesota. The Eastern Upper Peninsula is covered by WWUP-DT 10.2 (a standard definition digital simulcast of WFQX-TV from Cadillac).

In 2012, lobbying from WLUC, combined with new affiliation requirements from Fox disallowing cable carriage from other affiliates outside a station's market, forced WLUK from most cable systems in the western and central portions of the Upper Peninsula. There were no changes on DirecTV since WLUK was never available to viewers outside Menominee County in the Upper Peninsula.

Newscasts

Weeknight news open.

After WLUC-DT2 initially added Fox, it offered a nationally syndicated newscast weeknights at 6:30 taped in advance. Known as INN News, the program was produced for America One by the Independent News Network from studios on Tremont Avenue in Davenport, Iowa. This was eventually dropped in favor syndicated programming as the subchannel developed more.

On September 8, 2009, WLUC-DT2 added the area's second weeknight prime time newscast to its schedule known as Your Fox UP News in Primetime. The thirty minute broadcast competes with another half-hour show airing at the same time on CW affiliate WBKP that is produced by ABC affiliate WBUP. WLUC-DT2's news originates from a secondary set at the U.S. 41/M-28 studios featuring a separate graphics scheme and unique segments such as viewer feedback and daily polls. There is no regular sports segment seen during the broadcast although a quick update can be given on teams with local and regional interest.

Your Fox UP News in Primetime maintains a separate news anchor and reporter assigned exclusively to WLUC-DT2 although additional reporters can also be seen. The on-air team includes news anchor David Fath, Chief Meteorologist Karl Bohnak (with an AMS Seal of Approval), and reporter Gabriella DeLuca. There is also a local lifestyle/outdoors program known as XUP that is hosted by Nick "Juice" Terbrack. In addition to its main studios, WLUC operates bureaus in Escanaba (on Ludington Street), Iron Mountain (on South Stephenson Avenue/U.S. 2/U.S. 141), and Houghton (on Sheldon Avenue/U.S. 41). The Iron Mountain Bureau also serves Kingsford while the Houghton Bureau also serves Hancock.

Reporters

Mike Reling - "On the Town With the Fat Man" segment producer and heard on WUPT-FM 100.3
Rob Jamros - President and Chief Executive Officer (also "The UPside" segment producer)
Adam Chick - Iron Mountain Bureau
Gabrielle Mays - Houghton Bureau
Jerry Tudor - photojournalist
Ana Simovska
Jennifer Perez
Dustin Bonk

External links

v t e Broadcast television in the Central and Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, including Marquette and Escanaba

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

Local stations	WJMN (3.1 CBS) WBKP (5.1 The CW, 5.2 ABC) WLUC (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Fox/A1) WDHS (8.1 silent) WBUP (10.1 ABC, 10.2 The CW) WNMU (13.1 PBS, 13.2 PBS HD, 13.3 Create) WZMQ (19.1 Me-TV, 19.2 MNTV/This TV, 19.3 Antenna TV) W40AN 40 (Fox via WLUK)

Adjacent locals	Green Bay WLUK (11.1 Fox) WPNE (38.1 PBS/WPT) Wausau / Rhinelander WMOW (4.1 The CW, 4.2 ABC, 4.3 This TV) WSAW (7.1 CBS, 7.2 MNTV, 7.3 Weather) WJFW (12.1 NBC, 12.2 Antenna TV) WYOW (34.1 ABC, 34.2 The CW, 34.3 This TV) WLEF (36.1 PBS / WPT) Duluth KDLH (3.1 CBS) KBJR (6.1 NBC) KQDS (21.1 Fox) Thunder Bay CKPR (2.1 CBC) CHFD (4.1 Global)

Cable stations	Fox Sports Detroit MGTV CBMT (CBC, Montréal)

Defunct	WUPT-CA 25 (UPN)

Michigan Broadcast television areas by city Alpena Detroit Duluth, MN Flint-Saginaw-Bay City Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo Green Bay, WI Lansing/Jackson Marquette Northern Michigan South Bend, IN Toledo, OH

v t e Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Michigan

WJBK 2 (Detroit) WLUC 6.2 (Marquette) WBKB 11.2 (Alpena) WXMI 17 (Grand Rapids) W32CV 32 ¹ (Ironwood) WFQX 32 / WFUP 45 (Cadillac / Vanderbilt) W40AN 40 ² (Escanaba) WSYM 47 (Lansing) WSMH 66 (Flint) ¹ W32CV is a repeater of KQDS-TV Duluth, Minnesota; ² W40AN is a repeater of WLUK-TV Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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

v t e Sinclair Broadcast Group

ABC network affiliates	KATU KDNL KHQA KOMO KTVO KVII / KVIH WCHS WEAR WGTU / WGTQ¹ WHOI WHAM² WICD WICS WKEF WLOS WPDE WSYX WTVC WXLV

CBS network affiliates	KBAK KBOI KDBC KEPR KEYE KFDM KGAN KGBT KHQA KIMA KLEW KMEG³ KRCG KTVL KTVO KUTV KVAL / KCBY / KPIC WGME WHP WKRC WPEC WRGB WTVH⁴ WWMT

The CW network affiliates	KEPR KFDM KFRE KIMA KMTR / KTCW / KMCB⁵ KMYS² KOCB KTVL KVII / KVIH KVCW KXTU KXVO⁶ KYUU WBUI⁷ WBSF¹ WCWN WHAM² WHOI WKRC WLFL WLYH⁸ WNAB⁹ WNUV¹ WSTQ WTTO / WDBB WTVX WUCW WVTV WWHO¹⁰ WWMB¹¹ WWMT

Fox network affiliates	KABB KBFX KBSI KBTV² KDSM KFOX KFXA¹² KMPH KOKH KPTH KPTM KRXI KSAS KXRM WACH WBFF WDKY WFXL WLUC WMSN WPFO¹³ WPGH WRGT¹ WRLH WRSP / WCCU⁷ WSMH WSYT¹⁴ WTAT¹ WTTE¹ WUHF WUTV WVAH¹ WYZZ^{1, 15} WZTV

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KAME² KDBC KMTW¹⁶ KMYU KUTV KVMY WABM WCGV WDKA¹⁷ WFGX WMMP WMYA¹ WMYV WNYO WNYS¹⁴ WPMY WRDC WRGT¹ WRLH WSTR² WSYX WTCN WTTA WTVZ WUTB² WUXP

NBC network affiliates	KMTR / KMCB / KTCW⁵ KRNV / KENV¹⁸ WEYI¹¹ WJAC WLUC WNWO WOAI WPBN / WTOM WPMI² WSTM WTOV WTWC

Other affiliates	Independent station WJTC² This TV affiliates KMYU WFGX Univision KUNP^MFX KUNS^MFX KUNW-CD / KVVK / KORX Azteca América WWHB

Radio Stations	KOMO-AM KOMO-FM¹⁹ KPLZ-FM KVI

Wrestling promotion	Ring of Honor

¹Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of SBGI's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock. ²Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. ³Owned by Waitt Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair. ⁴Owned by Granite Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair. ⁵Owned by Roberts Media and operated by Sinclair. ⁶Owned by Mitts Telecasting and operated by Sinclair. ⁷Owned by GOCOM Media and operated by Sinclair. ⁸Operated by Sinclair, owned by Nexstar. ⁹Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair by an outsourcing agreement. ¹⁰Owned by Manhan Media and operated by Sinclair. ¹¹Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. ¹²Owned by Second Generation Ltd. and operated by Sinclair. ¹³Owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group (itself 49% owned by Max Media) and operated by Sinclair. Sale to Cunningham Broadcasting, pending FCC approval. ¹⁴Owned by Bristlecone Broadcasting, Sinclair operates WSYT through transitional agreement. WNYS is owned by RKM Media, LLC, its LMA assignment will be transfered to Bristlecone. ¹⁵Operated by Nexstar under an LMA. ¹⁶Owned by Mercury Broadcasting Company and operated by Sinclair. ¹⁷Owned by WDKA Acquisition Corporation and operated by Sinclair. ¹⁸Owned by Intermountain West Communications Company and operated by Sinclair. Sale to Cunningham Broadcasting, pending FCC approval. ¹⁹Owned by South Sound Broadcasting, Sinclair programs this station, as a simulcast of KOMO (AM).

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