WJET-TV
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Erie, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Branding | JET 24 (general) JET 24 Action News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Your News Leader |
| Channels | Digital: 24 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 24.1 ABC 24.2 Laff 24.3 Escape |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media 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, –2009) |
| Transmitter power | 523 kW |
| Height | 304 m |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°2′25″N 80°4′9″W / 42.04028°N 80.06917°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| 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. WJET's over-the-air signal covers the city of Erie and its suburbs, Conneaut, Ohio, and nearby communities in Chautauqua County, New York. The station has been cut from Time Warner Cable in the Ohio market, being replaced by WTAE-TV from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, WJET-TV operates Fox affiliate WFXP (owned by Mission Broadcasting) through a local marketing agreement (LMA) and the two share studios.
WJET-TV 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-TV. 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.
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