WJKT

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

WJKT

Jackson, Tennessee
Branding	FOX16
Slogan	Jackson's 16
Channels	16 (UHF) analog, 39 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	FOX
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (sale pending)
Founded	November 3, 1981
Call letters meaning	W JacKson Tennessee
Former callsigns	WMTU (1990-2001) WJWT (1984-1990) WUAA (1981-1984)
Former affiliations	UPN (19?? - August 2006)
Transmitter Power	4680 kW (analog) 392 kW (digital)

WJKT is a television station in Jackson, Tennessee, broadcasting locally on channel 16 as an affiliate of FOX. It was formerly a UPN affiliate until August 21, 2006 when the station became a FOX affiliate. WJKT was the first television station in West Tennessee to broadcast a digital television signal. The transmitter is located in Alamo, Tennessee. The station is owned by Clear Channel, which on November 16, 2006, announced its intention to sell off all of its television stations.

[edit] News broadcasts

WJKT does not air national news programming except for FOX News programming. The station currently does not have a local news broadcast. However, it airs Eyewitness News at 9:00, a simulcast from sister station WLMT, a CW affiliate in Memphis, Tennessee.

[edit] Logos

WJKT's UPN logo until August 2006.

[edit] External links

Query the FCC's TV station database for WJKT

This article about a television station in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Broadcast television in the Jackson, Tennessee market (Nielsen DMA #174)
WREG 3 (CBS) - WSMV 4 (NBC) - WMC 5 (NBC) - WTVF 5 (CBS) - WBBJ 7 (ABC) - WLJT 11 (PBS) - WMAE 12 (PBS/MPB) - WHBQ 13 (FOX) - WJKT 16 (FOX) - WJTE-LP 19 (FamilyNet) - W35AH 35 (TBN)

Fox Network Affiliates in the state of Tennessee
WHBQ 13 (Memphis) - WJKT 16 (Jackson) - WZTV 17 (Nashville) - WEMT 39 (Greeneville) - WTNZ 43 (Knoxville) - WDSI 61 (Chattanooga)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, i, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Tennessee