WEYI-TV
  
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Saginaw/Flint/Bay City, Michigan United States |
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| Branding | NBC 25 (general) NBC 25 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | NBC25 News is Your News |
| Channels |
Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 25 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 25.1 NBC 25.2 The CW 25.3 Bounce TV |
| Affiliations | NBC (1995–present) |
| Owner |
Howard Stirk Holdings (HSH Flint (WEYI-TV) Licensee, LLC) |
| Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| First air date | April 5, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | resembles "EYE" referring to previous CBS affiliation and may also refer to its initial "WI25" moniker in the early-1970s |
| Sister station(s) | WBSF, WSMH, WWMT, WLUC-TV, WPBN-TV / WTOM-TV, WGTU / WGTQ |
| Former callsigns | WKNX-TV (1953–1972) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 57 (UHF, 1953–1965) 25 (UHF, 1965–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: CBS (1953–1995) Secondary: ABC (1953–1958) The WB (2000–2004) |
| Transmitter power | 193 kW |
| Height | 356 metres (1,168 ft) |
| Facility ID | 72052 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°13′1″N 83°43′17″W / 43.21694°N 83.72139°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | minbcnews.com |
WEYI-TV (branded NBC25) is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities market that is licensed to Saginaw. The station broadcasts a 193 kilowatt high definition digital signal on UHF channel 30 from a transmitter at its studios on West Willard Road in Vienna Township (with a Clio address) along the Genesee and Saginaw County line.
Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings, and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, it is the sister station to Fox affiliate WSMH, and CW affiliate WBSF (owned by Cunningham Broadcasting). The station can also be seen on WBSF's second digital subchannel (virtual channel 46.2).
Channel 25 is one of the nation's oldest UHF stations. It debuted on April 5, 1953 as WKNX-TV on channel 57. It was owned by Lake Huron Broadcasting along with WKNX radio (AM 1210, now WHHQ at AM 1250), and was a CBS affiliate. It also shared ABC with DuMont affiliate WTAC-TV and then-NBC affiliate WNEM-TV (which later became sister to the former WKNX radio). When WTAC-TV shut down in 1954, WKNX-TV and WNEM-TV shared ABC until WJRT-TV signed on in 1958. It moved to the stronger channel 25 on September 14, 1965.
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